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S Wednesday 4-0 Burnley - April 30, 1962 / Division 1 1961/1962

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Division 1 1961/1962 - Round 25

Hillsborough - Sheffield - England

April 30, 1962

4 - 0

Burnley

Colin Dobson

12'

Colin Dobson

54'

John Fantham

60'

Derek Wilkinson

67'

logo Sheffield Wednesday SW

12' - Goal Colin Dobson12

logo Sheffield Wednesday SW

54' - Goal Colin Dobson54

60' - Goal John Fantham60

67' - Goal Derek Wilkinson67

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

S Wednesday

4 - 0

Burnley

S Wednesday Burnley

Team line-ups

S Wednesday

Springett

Ron Springett

England

B.date22/07/1935

Age26 years

H1m79

positionGoalkeeper

Kay

Tony Kay

England

B.date13/05/1937

Age24 years

positionDefender

Johnson

Peter Johnson

England

B.date31/07/1931

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Megson

Don Megson

England

B.date12/06/1936

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Hardy

Robin Hardy

England

B.date18/01/1941

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Swan

Peter Swan

England

B.date08/10/1936

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Holliday

Edwin Holliday

England

B.date07/06/1939

Age22 years

positionForward

Dobson1254

Colin Dobson

England

B.date09/05/1940

Age21 years

positionLeft Winger

Wilkinson67

Derek Wilkinson

England

B.date04/06/1935

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

Finney

Alan Finney

England

B.date31/10/1933

Age28 years

positionForward

Fantham60

John Fantham

England

B.date06/02/1939

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ron Springett		26	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Kay		24	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Johnson		30	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Don Megson		25	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robin Hardy		21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Swan		25	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Edwin Holliday		22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin Dobson	1254	21	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Wilkinson	67	26	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Finney		28	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Fantham	60	23	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Burnley

Blacklaw

Adam Blacklaw

Scotland

B.date02/09/1937

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Talbut

John Talbut

England

B.date20/10/1940

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Elder

Alex Elder

Northern Ireland

B.date25/04/1941

Age21 years

positionLeft full-back

Angus

John Angus

England

B.date02/09/1938

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Miller

Brian Miller

England

B.date19/01/1937

Age25 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date21/09/1940

Age21 years

positionRight Midfielder

Harris

Gordon Harris

England

B.date02/06/1940

Age21 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Meredith

Trevor Meredith

England

B.date25/12/1936

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

Joyce

Walter Joyce

England

B.date10/09/1937

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Lochhead

Andy Lochhead

Scotland

B.date09/03/1941

Age21 years

positionStriker

Robson

Jimmy Robson

England

B.date23/01/1939

Age23 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Adam Blacklaw	24	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Talbut	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Elder	21	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Angus	23	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Miller	25	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Simpson	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Harris	21	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Trevor Meredith	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Walter Joyce	24	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Lochhead	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Robson	23	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Trevor Meredith

Ian Towers

OUT

Peter Simpson

Jimmy McIlroy

OUT

Walter Joyce

John Connelly

OUT

Andy Lochhead

Ray Pointer

OUT

Gordon Harris

Tommy Cummings

OUT

John Talbut

Jimmy Adamson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Vic Buckingham

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Buckingham vs Burnley

7 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 30, 1962

Buckingham vs Potts

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 30, 1962

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Potts

222

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Potts vs S Wednesday

4 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 30, 1962

Potts vs Buckingham

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 30, 1962

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Comments

Key figures

The last time S Wednesday has scored at least 4 goals vs Burnley at home in Premier League, It was on the 08/02/1930

S Wednesday keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Burnley in Premier League running (since 24/09/1960). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/02/1953-02/01/1954 time period (3 matches).

It's the first time Colin Dobson scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Burnley in his professional career

Read the next 4 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield Wednesday 3-0 Aston Villa03/03/1962

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 West Ham17/03/1962

VSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Cardiff City03/04/1962

VSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Blackpool14/04/1962

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Manchester City23/04/1962

VSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Wolverhampton28/04/1962

Overall

VSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Blackpool14/04/1962

LManchester City 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday20/04/1962

LNottingham Forest 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday21/04/1962

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Manchester City23/04/1962

VBlackburn 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday26/04/1962

VSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Wolverhampton28/04/1962

Current form

Away

DCardiff City 1-1 Burnley14/03/1962

VAston Villa 0-2 Burnley24/03/1962

DWolverhampton 1-1 Burnley07/04/1962

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Burnley11/04/1962

LSheffield United 2-0 Burnley21/04/1962

DBlackpool 1-1 Burnley23/04/1962

Overall

LBurnley 1-3 Manchester United14/04/1962

LBurnley 0-1 Blackburn17/04/1962

VBurnley 2-0 Blackpool20/04/1962

LSheffield United 2-0 Burnley21/04/1962

DBlackpool 1-1 Burnley23/04/1962

DBurnley 1-1 Chelsea28/04/1962

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	3
Unbeaten streak	7	3
Drawless streak	4	9
Scoring streak	4	6
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	4	3
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
19	Victories (Competition total)	21
13	Victories (Home / Away)	7
6	Draws (Competition total)	11
4	Draws (Home / Away)	7
16	Losses (Competition total)	9
3	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

68	Goals scored (Competition total)	101
43	Goals scored (Home / Away)	44
58	Goals conceded (Competition total)	63
23	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	37
1.66	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.46
2.15	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.2
1.41	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.54
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.85

Betting aid

24	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	28
13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	13
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	30
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	17
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

John Fantham	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	25 goals	Ray Pointer
John Fantham	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	12 goals	Ray Pointer
Tom McAnearney	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Jimmy McIlroy
Tom McAnearney	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Jimmy McIlroy
John Fantham	5 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Ian Towers

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

15 v

7 d

6 l

48 gf

29 ga

Away

27 matches

6 v

4 d

17 l

26 gf

61 ga

Total

55 matches

21 v

11 d

23 l

74 gf

90 ga

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

17 v

4 d

6 l

61 gf

26 ga

Away

28 matches

6 v

7 d

15 l

29 gf

48 ga

Total

55 matches

23 v

11 d

21 l

90 gf

74 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 10, 1928
Home	5 - 0	March 10, 1928

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 03, 1898
Away	6 - 2	January 03, 1914

Latest head to head

December 26, 1961 - Division 1 1961/1962

Burnley

4 - 0

S Wednesday

March 07, 1961 - FA Cup 1960/1961

Burnley

2 - 0

S Wednesday

March 04, 1961 - FA Cup 1960/1961

S Wednesday

0 - 0

Burnley

February 11, 1961 - Division 1 1960/1961

Burnley

3 - 4

S Wednesday

September 24, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

S Wednesday

3 - 1

Burnley

Best historical scorers against Burnley

Bobby Craig	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Keith Ellis	3 goals	1959 - 1960
John Fantham	2 goals	1960 - 1961
Tom McAnearney	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Billy Griffin	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Alan Finney	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

John Connelly	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Jimmy Robson	3 goals	1959 - 1961
Jimmy McIlroy	2 goals	1960 - 1961
Brian Miller	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Ray Pointer	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Jimmy Adamson	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Burnley

Alan Finney	5 matches	1959 - 1961
John Fantham	5 matches	1959 - 1961
Ron Springett	5 matches	1959 - 1961
Don Megson	5 matches	1959 - 1961
Tom McAnearney	5 matches	1959 - 1961
Tony Kay	5 matches	1959 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Ray Pointer	5 matches	1959 - 1961
Alex Elder	5 matches	1959 - 1961
Brian Miller	5 matches	1959 - 1961
Jimmy Robson	5 matches	1959 - 1961
Adam Blacklaw	5 matches	1959 - 1961
John Angus	5 matches	1959 - 1961