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Leicester 6-0 Man United - January 21, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Round 27

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

January 21, 1961

31 308

Leicester

6 - 0

Man United

Jimmy Walsh

21'

Ken Keyworth

31'

Jimmy Walsh

51'

Ken Keyworth

70'

Gordon Wills

76'

(penalty) Howard Riley

85'

logo Leicester LEI

21' - Goal Jimmy Walsh21

31' - Goal Ken Keyworth31

logo Leicester LEI

51' - Goal Jimmy Walsh51

70' - Goal Ken Keyworth70

76' - Goal Gordon Wills76

85' - Goal Howard Riley85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

6 - 0

Man United

Leicester Man United

Team line-ups

Leicester

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age23 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

McLintock

Frank McLintock

Scotland

B.date28/12/1939

Age21 years

positionRight central defender

King

Ian King

Scotland

B.date27/05/1937

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Chalmers

Len Chalmers

England

B.date04/09/1936

Age24 years

positionDefender

Norman

Richie Norman

England

B.date05/09/1935

Age25 years

positionDefender

Appleton

Colin Appleton

England

B.date07/03/1936

Age24 years

positionDefender

Keyworth3170

Ken Keyworth

England

B.date24/02/1934

Age26 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Walsh5121

Jimmy Walsh

Scotland

B.date03/12/1930

Age30 years

positionForward

Wills76

Gordon Wills

England

B.date24/04/1934

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

Riley85

Howard Riley

England

B.date18/08/1938

Age22 years

positionRight Winger

Leek

Kenneth Leek

Wales

B.date26/07/1935

Age25 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks		23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank McLintock		21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian King		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Chalmers		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richie Norman		25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Appleton		24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken Keyworth	3170	26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Walsh	5121	30	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Wills	76	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Howard Riley	85	22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenneth Leek		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Briggs

William Briggs

Northern Ireland

B.date29/03/1943

Age17 years

positionGoalkeeper

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Brennan

Shay Brennan

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/05/1937

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Cantwell

Noel Cantwell

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/02/1932

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Stiles

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

Dawson

Alex Dawson

Scotland

B.date21/02/1940

Age20 years

H1m78

positionForward

Pearson

Mark Pearson

England

B.date28/10/1939

Age21 years

H1m68

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	William Briggs	17	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes	29	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan	23	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Noel Cantwell	28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles	18	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Nicholson	17	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	23	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Quixall	27	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maurice Setters	24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alex Dawson	20	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Pearson	21	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.5 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

William Briggs

Harry Gregg

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Matt Gillies

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Gillies vs Man United

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 21, 1961

Gillies vs Busby

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 21, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

695

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Busby vs Leicester

5 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 1961

Busby vs Gillies

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 1961

Videos

Comments

Key figures

The last time Man United has ended with the score 0-6 away from home, It was on the 11/12/1926 (vs )

Man United keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 17/12/1960). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 20/02/1960-05/09/1960 time period (19 matches).

End of streak for Man United after 6 consecutive wins (since 17/12/1960). It was the best streak for the club since 22/11/1958-03/01/1959 (8 matches).

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

	6	Aston Villa	30 pts	26 rd
	7	Arsenal	28 pts	27 rd
+1	8	Leicester	27 pts	27 rd
+2	9	West Ham	26 pts	26 rd
-2	10	Manchester United	26 pts	26 rd

General ranking

+1	8	Leicester	27 pts	27 rd
+2	9	West Ham	26 pts	26 rd
-2	10	Manchester United	26 pts	26 rd
+1	11	Blackburn	25 pts	27 rd
-2	12	Cardiff City	25 pts	27 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLeicester 5-2 Preston North End04/11/1960

VLeicester 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday19/11/1960

DLeicester 1-1 Nottingham Forest03/12/1960

VLeicester 2-0 Bolton Wanderers26/12/1960

VLeicester 4-1 Everton31/12/1960

VLeicester 3-1 Oxford United07/01/1961

Overall

LBlackpool 5-1 Leicester17/12/1960

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Leicester24/12/1960

VLeicester 2-0 Bolton Wanderers26/12/1960

VLeicester 4-1 Everton31/12/1960

VLeicester 3-1 Oxford United07/01/1961

DBlackburn 1-1 Leicester14/01/1961

Current form

Away

LBradford 2-1 Manchester United02/11/1960

LBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester United12/11/1960

LCardiff City 3-0 Manchester United26/11/1960

DFulham 4-4 Manchester United10/12/1960

VBlackburn 1-2 Manchester United17/12/1960

VChelsea 1-2 Manchester United24/12/1960

Overall

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

VManchester United 2-0 Tottenham14/01/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	18	4
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	6
Unbeaten streak	3	8
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	3	8
Conceding streak	18	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

9	General ranking (Competition total)	8
14	General ranking (Home / Away)	17

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
10	Victories (Competition total)	11
6	Victories (Home / Away)	2
5	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
11	Losses (Competition total)	10
3	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

48	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
48	Goals conceded (Competition total)	45
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	33
1.85	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.08
2.08	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.42
1.85	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.8
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.75

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 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

Kenneth Leek	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Alex Dawson
Kenneth Leek	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Dennis Viollet
Ian King	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Albert Quixall
Ian King	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Albert Quixall
Kenneth Leek	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	10 goals during the last 9 matches	Alex Dawson

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

15 v

5 d

8 l

48 gf

40 ga

Away

29 matches

3 v

5 d

21 l

31 gf

73 ga

Total

57 matches

18 v

10 d

29 l

79 gf

113 ga

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

21 v

5 d

3 l

73 gf

31 ga

Away

28 matches

8 v

5 d

15 l

40 gf

48 ga

Total

57 matches

29 v

10 d

18 l

113 gf

79 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	September 02, 1929
Home	4 - 1	September 02, 1929

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 21, 1957
Away	3 - 0	August 24, 1957

Latest head to head

September 10, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Man United

1 - 1

Leicester

February 24, 1960 - Division 1 1959/1960

Leicester

3 - 1

Man United

October 03, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Man United

4 - 1

Leicester

April 25, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Leicester

2 - 1

Man United

December 06, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Man United

4 - 1

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Man United

Jimmy Walsh

1 goal

1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1957 - 1959
Albert Scanlon	3 goals	1957 - 1960
Liam Whelan	3 goals	1957 - 1957
Bobby Charlton	3 goals	1957 - 1959
Warren Bradley	2 goals	1958 - 1959
Johnny Giles	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Gordon Banks	1 match	1960 - 1960
Tony Knapp	1 match	1960 - 1960
Frank McLintock	1 match	1960 - 1960
Colin Appleton	1 match	1960 - 1960
Albert Cheesebrough	1 match	1960 - 1960
Kenneth Leek	1 match	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Dennis Viollet	7 matches	1957 - 1960
Bill Foulkes	7 matches	1957 - 1960
Bobby Charlton	6 matches	1957 - 1960
Harry Gregg	5 matches	1957 - 1960
Albert Quixall	5 matches	1958 - 1960
Albert Scanlon	5 matches	1957 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

January 21, 1961

Manchester City

3 3

Newcastle United

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	48	27	23	2	2	85	32	+53
2	Wolverhampton	38	26	17	4	5	70	49	+21
3	Sheffield Wednesday	36	26	14	8	4	50	30	+20
4	Burnley	33	26	16	1	9	73	48	+25
5	Everton	32	26	14	4	8	60	48	+12
6	Aston Villa	30	26	13	4	9	56	52	+4
7	Arsenal	28	27	12	4	11	54	54	0
+18	Leicester	27	27	11	5	11	54	48	+6
+29	West Ham	26	26	11	4	11	59	56	+3
-210	Manchester United	26	26	11	4	11	52	51	+1
+111	Blackburn	25	27	10	5	12	54	58	-4
-212	Cardiff City	25	27	9	7	11	37	46	-9
+113	Birmingham City	24	27	10	4	13	41	54	-13
+214	Nottingham Forest	23	27	9	5	13	42	55	-13
-215	Fulham	23	27	10	3	14	50	69	-19
+216	West Bromwich Albion	22	27	9	4	14	42	51	-9
-217	Chelsea	21	26	9	3	14	61	68	-7
-118	Manchester City	21	25	8	5	12	51	62	-11
+119	Bolton Wanderers	21	26	8	5	13	39	50	-11
-120	Newcastle United	20	27	7	6	14	60	75	-15
21	Blackpool	16	25	6	4	15	43	54	-11
22	Preston North End	15	26	5	5	16	25	48	-23

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Leicester 6-0 Man United - January 21, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

Leicester

6 - 0

Man United

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

Gillies vs Man United

Gillies vs Busby

Manager

Busby vs Leicester

Busby vs Gillies

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 Man United

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Players with most games played vs Man United

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking