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Tottenham 4-2 Arsenal - January 21, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Round 27

White Hart Lane - London - England

January 21, 1961

4 - 2

Arsenal

Les Allen

10'

(penalty) Danny Blanchflower

23'

Bobby Smith

42'

Les Allen

60'

Jackie Henderson

61'

Joe Haverty

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8' - Goal Jackie Henderson

10' - Goal Les Allen10

23' - Goal Danny Blanchflower23

42' - Goal Bobby Smith42

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60' - Goal Les Allen60

61' - Goal Joe Haverty

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Tottenham

4 - 2

Arsenal

Tottenham Arsenal

Team line-ups

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

Baker

Peter Baker

England

B.date10/12/1931

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Mackay

Dave Mackay

Scotland

B.date14/11/1934

Age26 years

H1m72

positionLeft Midfielder

Blanchflower23

Danny Blanchflower

Northern Ireland

B.date10/02/1926

Age34 years

positionMidfield

White

John White

Scotland

B.date28/04/1937

Age23 years

positionPlaymaker

Smith42

Bobby Smith

England

B.date22/02/1933

Age27 years

positionStriker

Allen6010

Les Allen

England

B.date04/09/1937

Age23 years

positionForward

Jones

Cliff Jones

Wales

B.date07/02/1935

Age25 years

H1m68

positionLeft Winger

Dyson

Terry Dyson

England

B.date29/11/1934

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bill Brown		29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Maurice Norman		26	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Henry		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Baker		29	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Mackay		26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Blanchflower	23	34	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John White		23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Smith	42	27	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Les Allen	6010	23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cliff Jones		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Dyson		26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

McClelland

Jack McClelland

Northern Ireland

B.date19/05/1940

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

Young

Allan Young

England

B.date20/01/1941

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Docherty

Tommy Docherty

Scotland

B.date24/04/1928

Age32 years

positionDefender

Neill

Terry Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date08/05/1942

Age18 years

positionCentral defender

Magill

Jimmy Magill

Northern Ireland

B.date07/05/1939

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

McCullough

Billy McCullough

Northern Ireland

B.date27/07/1935

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Eastham

George Eastham

England

B.date23/09/1936

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Haverty61

Joe Haverty

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/02/1936

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Henderson8

Jackie Henderson

Scotland

B.date17/01/1932

Age29 years

positionStriker

Herd

David Herd

Scotland

B.date15/04/1934

Age26 years

positionForward

Clapton

Danny R Clapton

England

B.date22/07/1934

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jack McClelland		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Young		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Docherty		32	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Neill		18	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Magill		21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy McCullough		25	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Eastham		24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Haverty	61	24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jackie Henderson	8	29	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Herd		26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny R Clapton		26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 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

Cliff Jones

John Smith

OUT

Peter Baker

Ken Barton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jack McClelland

Alfred John Kelsey

OUT

Allan Young

Melvyn Charles

OUT

Tommy Docherty

Vic Groves

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Billy Nicholson

108

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Nicholson vs Arsenal

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 21, 1961

Nicholson vs Swindin

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 21, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

George Swindin

120

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Swindin vs Tottenham

2 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 1961

Swindin vs Nicholson

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 1961

Videos

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Key figures

No Tottenham manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Billy Nicholson has reached 2.47 goals scored per game .

The last time Tottenham has scored at least 4 goals vs Arsenal at home, It was on the 25/12/1911

Tottenham keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs Arsenal running (since 05/09/1959). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 26/08/1950-29/09/1951 time period (3 matches).

Read the next 6 key stats

General ranking

1	Tottenham	48 pts	27 rd
2	Wolverhampton	38 pts	26 rd
3	Sheffield Wednesday	36 pts	26 rd
4	Burnley	33 pts	26 rd
5	Everton	32 pts	26 rd

General ranking

	5	Everton	32 pts	26 rd
	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

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VTottenham 5-1 Fulham05/11/1960

VTottenham 6-0 Birmingham City19/11/1960

DTottenham 4-4 Burnley03/12/1960

VTottenham 2-0 West Ham24/12/1960

VTottenham 5-2 Blackburn31/12/1960

VTottenham 3-2 Charlton07/01/1961

Overall

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

LManchester United 2-0 Tottenham14/01/1961

Current form

Away

LWest Ham 6-0 Arsenal05/11/1960

DBlackpool 1-1 Arsenal19/11/1960

LWolverhampton 5-3 Arsenal03/12/1960

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Arsenal23/12/1960

VNottingham Forest 3-5 Arsenal31/12/1960

LSunderland 2-1 Arsenal07/01/1961

Overall

LArsenal 2-5 Burnley17/12/1960

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Arsenal23/12/1960

DArsenal 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday26/12/1960

VNottingham Forest 3-5 Arsenal31/12/1960

LSunderland 2-1 Arsenal07/01/1961

VArsenal 5-4 Manchester City14/01/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	14	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	14	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	5	11
Conceding streak	10	16

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	7
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	12

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	26
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
22	Victories (Competition total)	12
10	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
2	Losses (Competition total)	10
0	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

81	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
44	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	50
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	28
3.12	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
3.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.42
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.92
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.33

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (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

Bobby Smith	20 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	23 goals	David Herd
Bobby Smith	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	David Herd
Danny Blanchflower	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Danny Blanchflower	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Les Allen	7 goals during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	22 goals during the last 21 matches	David Herd

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

11 v

4 d

9 l

39 gf

37 ga

Away

26 matches

8 v

6 d

12 l

36 gf

46 ga

Total

50 matches

19 v

10 d

21 l

75 gf

83 ga

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

12 v

6 d

8 l

46 gf

36 ga

Away

24 matches

9 v

4 d

11 l

37 gf

39 ga

Total

50 matches

21 v

10 d

19 l

83 gf

75 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 25, 1911
Home	5 - 0	December 25, 1911

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	March 06, 1935
Away	6 - 0	March 06, 1935

Latest head to head

September 10, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Arsenal

2 - 3

Tottenham

January 16, 1960 - Division 1 1959/1960

Tottenham

3 - 0

Arsenal

September 05, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Arsenal

1 - 1

Tottenham

January 31, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Tottenham

1 - 4

Arsenal

September 13, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Arsenal

3 - 1

Tottenham

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Bobby Smith	4 goals	1957 - 1960
Les Allen	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Terry Medwin	3 goals	1957 - 1959
Thomas Harmer	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Frank Saul	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Terry Dyson	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Ted Drake	5 goals	1934 - 1935
Alf Kirchen	2 goals	1935 - 1935
Pat Beasley	1 goal	1934 - 1934
Cliff Bastin	1 goal	1935 - 1935
Gerry Ward	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Peter G. Dougal	1 goal	1935 - 1935

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Danny Blanchflower	5 matches	1957 - 1960
Bobby Smith	4 matches	1957 - 1960
Terry Medwin	4 matches	1957 - 1960
Peter Baker	4 matches	1957 - 1960
Maurice Norman	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Thomas Harmer	4 matches	1957 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Danny R Clapton	3 matches	1959 - 1960
David Herd	3 matches	1959 - 1960
Len Wills	3 matches	1959 - 1960
Jimmy Bloomfield	3 matches	1959 - 1960
John Barnwell	2 matches	1959 - 1960
Jack Crayston	2 matches	1934 - 1935

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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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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Tottenham 4-2 Arsenal - January 21, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

Tottenham

4 - 2

Arsenal

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

Nicholson vs Arsenal

Nicholson vs Swindin

Manager

Swindin vs Tottenham

Swindin vs Nicholson

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 Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking