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Man United 2-0 Tottenham - January 14, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Journée 26

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

January 14, 1961

65 295

2 - 0

Tottenham

Nobby Stiles

14'

Mark Pearson

73'

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14' - Goal Nobby Stiles14

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73' - Goal Mark Pearson73

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 0

Tottenham

Man United Tottenham

Team line-ups

Man United

Gregg

Harry Gregg

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1932

Age28 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Cantwell

Noel Cantwell

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/02/1932

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Brennan

Shay Brennan

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/05/1937

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Stiles14

Nobby Stiles

England

B.date18/05/1942

Age18 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

Nicholson

Jimmy Nicholson

Northern Ireland

B.date27/02/1943

Age17 years

positionMidfield

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Quixall

Albert Quixall

England

B.date09/08/1933

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Setters

Maurice Setters

England

B.date16/12/1936

Age24 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Pearson73

Mark Pearson

England

B.date28/10/1939

Age21 years

H1m68

positionForward

Dawson

Alex Dawson

Scotland

B.date21/02/1940

Age20 years

H1m78

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Gregg		28	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		29	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Noel Cantwell		28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan		23	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles	14	18	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Nicholson		17	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		23	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Quixall		27	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maurice Setters		24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Pearson	73	21	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alex Dawson		20	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Tottenham

Brown

Bill Brown

Scotland

B.date08/10/1931

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Norman

Maurice Norman

England

B.date08/05/1934

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Henry

Ron Henry

England

B.date17/08/1934

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Barton

Ken Barton

Wales

B.date20/09/1937

Age23 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Blanchflower

Danny Blanchflower

Northern Ireland

B.date10/02/1926

Age34 years

positionMidfield

Mackay

Dave Mackay

Scotland

B.date14/11/1934

Age26 years

H1m72

positionLeft Midfielder

White

John White

Scotland

B.date28/04/1937

Age23 years

positionPlaymaker

John Smith

England

B.date04/01/1939

Age22 years

positionForward

Allen

Les Allen

England

B.date04/09/1937

Age23 years

positionForward

Dyson

Terry Dyson

England

B.date29/11/1934

Age26 years

positionForward

Bobby Smith

England

B.date22/02/1933

Age27 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bill Brown	29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Maurice Norman	26	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Henry	26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken Barton	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Blanchflower	34	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Mackay	26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John White	23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Smith	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Les Allen	23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Dyson	26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Smith	27	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

694

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Busby vs Tottenham

10 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on January 14, 1961

Busby vs Nicholson

2 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 14, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

Billy Nicholson

107

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Nicholson vs Man United

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 14, 1961

Nicholson vs Busby

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 14, 1961

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Tottenham after 6 consecutive wins (since 10/12/1960). It was the best streak for the club since 23/04/1960-01/10/1960 (13 matches).

End of streak for Tottenham after 28 matches with at least one goal scored (since 23/04/1960). It was the best streak for the club since 09/04/1949-07/01/1950 (33 matches).

Man United keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw vs Tottenham running (since 07/02/1959). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 09/10/1937-25/03/1953 time period (8 matches).

Read the next 26 key stats

General ranking

	6	Aston Villa	29 pts	25 rd
	7	Arsenal	28 pts	26 rd
	8	Manchester United	26 pts	25 rd
	9	Leicester	25 pts	26 rd
+2	10	Cardiff City	25 pts	26 rd

General ranking

	1	Tottenham	46 pts	26 rd
	2	Wolverhampton	36 pts	25 rd
+1	3	Sheffield Wednesday	34 pts	25 rd
-1	4	Burnley	33 pts	25 rd
	5	Everton	32 pts	25 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday05/11/1960

VManchester United 3-0 West Bromwich Albion19/11/1960

VManchester United 1-0 Preston North End03/12/1960

VManchester United 6-0 Chelsea26/12/1960

VManchester United 5-1 Manchester City31/12/1960

VManchester United 3-0 Middlesbrough07/01/1961

Overall

DFulham 4-4 Manchester United10/12/1960

VBlackburn 1-2 Manchester United17/12/1960

VChelsea 1-2 Manchester United24/12/1960

VManchester United 6-0 Chelsea26/12/1960

VManchester United 5-1 Manchester City31/12/1960

VManchester United 3-0 Middlesbrough07/01/1961

Current form

Away

VNewcastle United 3-4 Tottenham29/10/1960

LSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Tottenham12/11/1960

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-3 Tottenham26/11/1960

VPreston North End 0-1 Tottenham10/12/1960

VEverton 1-3 Tottenham17/12/1960

VWest Ham 0-3 Tottenham26/12/1960

Overall

VPreston North End 0-1 Tottenham10/12/1960

VEverton 1-3 Tottenham17/12/1960

VTottenham 2-0 West Ham24/12/1960

VWest Ham 0-3 Tottenham26/12/1960

VTottenham 5-2 Blackburn31/12/1960

VTottenham 3-2 Charlton07/01/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	5
Unbeaten streak	9	7
Drawless streak	5	5
Scoring streak	5	7
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	6
Unbeaten streak	4	9
Drawless streak	20	6
Scoring streak	18	28
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

8	General ranking (Competition total)	1
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
10	Victories (Competition total)	22
8	Victories (Home / Away)	12
4	Draws (Competition total)	2
2	Draws (Home / Away)	0
10	Losses (Competition total)	1
2	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

50	Goals scored (Competition total)	81
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	37
45	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
2.08	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.24
2.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.85
1.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.12
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-3 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (3 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Alex Dawson	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	20 goals	Bobby Smith
Alex Dawson	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Bobby Smith
Albert Quixall	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Danny Blanchflower
Albert Quixall	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alex Dawson	10 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 10 matches	Les Allen

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

14 v

7 d

5 l

46 gf

29 ga

Away

27 matches

6 v

10 d

11 l

32 gf

49 ga

Total

53 matches

20 v

17 d

16 l

78 gf

78 ga

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

11 v

10 d

6 l

49 gf

32 ga

Away

26 matches

5 v

7 d

14 l

29 gf

46 ga

Total

53 matches

16 v

17 d

20 l

78 gf

78 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 22, 1910
Home	5 - 0	January 22, 1910

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	September 10, 1932
Away	5 - 1	September 12, 1959

Latest head to head

September 03, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Tottenham

4 - 1

Man United

January 23, 1960 - Division 1 1959/1960

Tottenham

2 - 1

Man United

September 12, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Man United

1 - 5

Tottenham

February 07, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Tottenham

1 - 3

Man United

September 20, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Man United

2 - 2

Tottenham

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Dennis Viollet	2 goals	1959 - 1960
Colin Webster	2 goals	1958 - 1958
David Pegg	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Bobby Charlton	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Liam Whelan	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Johnny Berry	1 goal	1956 - 1956

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Bobby Smith	5 goals	1957 - 1960
Les Allen	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Thomas Harmer	1 goal	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Bill Foulkes	8 matches	1956 - 1960
Bobby Charlton	7 matches	1957 - 1960
Albert Scanlon	6 matches	1957 - 1960
Harry Gregg	6 matches	1958 - 1960
Wilfred McGuiness	5 matches	1956 - 1959
Dennis Viollet	5 matches	1957 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Danny Blanchflower	3 matches	1957 - 1960
Bobby Smith	3 matches	1957 - 1960
Maurice Norman	3 matches	1957 - 1960
Terry Medwin	3 matches	1957 - 1960
Ron Henry	2 matches	1958 - 1960
Thomas Harmer	2 matches	1957 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

January 14, 1961

West Ham

1 1

S Wednesday

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March 04, 1961

Blackpool

5 2

Wolverhampton

Line-ups available

March 22, 1961

Everton

1 2

Aston Villa

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	46	26	22	2	2	81	30	+51
2	Wolverhampton	36	25	16	4	5	66	48	+18
+13	Sheffield Wednesday	34	25	13	8	4	44	29	+15
-14	Burnley	33	25	16	1	8	73	47	+26
5	Everton	32	25	14	4	7	59	44	+15
6	Aston Villa	29	25	13	3	9	54	50	+4
7	Arsenal	28	26	12	4	10	52	50	+2
8	Manchester United	26	25	11	4	10	52	45	+7
9	Leicester	25	26	10	5	11	48	48	0
+210	Cardiff City	25	26	9	7	10	36	44	-8
-111	West Ham	24	25	10	4	11	56	55	+1
-112	Blackburn	24	26	10	4	12	52	56	-4
13	Fulham	23	26	10	3	13	49	63	-14
+314	Birmingham City	22	26	9	4	13	38	52	-14
-115	Chelsea	21	25	9	3	13	60	65	-5
16	Nottingham Forest	21	26	8	5	13	40	54	-14
-217	Manchester City	20	24	8	4	12	48	59	-11
+118	West Bromwich Albion	20	26	8	4	14	41	51	-10
-119	Newcastle United	19	26	7	5	14	57	72	-15
20	Bolton Wanderers	19	25	7	5	13	36	49	-13
21	Blackpool	16	24	6	4	14	42	51	-9
22	Preston North End	15	25	5	5	15	23	45	-22

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Man United 2-0 Tottenham - January 14, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

Man United

2 - 0

Tottenham

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Busby vs Tottenham

Busby vs Nicholson

Manager

Nicholson vs Man United

Nicholson vs Busby

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Best historical scorers against Man United

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Players with most games played vs Man United

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking