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Blackpool 2-0 Man United - March 31, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Round 36

Bloomfield Road - Blackpool - England

March 31, 1961

30 835

Blackpool

2 - 0

Man United

Brian Peterson

32'

(o.g) Nobby Stiles

71'

logo Blackpool BLA

32' - Goal Brian Peterson32

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71' - Own goal Nobby Stiles71

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackpool

2 - 0

Man United

Blackpool Man United

Team line-ups

Blackpool

West

Gordon West

England

B.date24/03/1943

Age18 years

positionGoalkeeper

Gratrix

Roy Gratrix

England

B.date09/02/1932

Age29 years

positionDefender

Martin

Barrie Martin

England

B.date29/09/1935

Age25 years

positionDefender

Armfield

Jimmy Armfield

England

B.date21/09/1935

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Salt

Sammy Salt

England

B.date30/12/1938

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Hauser

Peter Hauser

South Africa

B.date20/04/1934

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Parry

Raymond Parry

England

B.date19/01/1936

Age25 years

positionForward

Horne

Des Horne

South Africa

B.date12/12/1939

Age21 years

positionLeft Winger

Peterson32

Brian Peterson

South Africa

B.date28/10/1936

Age24 years

positionForward

Charnley

Ray Charnley

England

B.date29/05/1935

Age25 years

positionStriker

Hill

Mandy Hill

England

B.date15/02/1940

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon West		18	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roy Gratrix		29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barrie Martin		25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Armfield		25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy Salt		22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Hauser		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Raymond Parry		25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Des Horne		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Peterson	32	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ray Charnley		25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mandy Hill		21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Gaskell

David Gaskell

England

B.date05/10/1940

Age20 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

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Stiles71

Nobby Stiles

England

B.date18/05/1942

Age18 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

Quixall

Albert Quixall

England

B.date09/08/1933

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Setters

Maurice Setters

England

B.date16/12/1936

Age24 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Moir

Ian Moir

Scotland

B.date30/04/1943

Age17 years

positionRight Winger

Dawson

Alex Dawson

Scotland

B.date21/02/1940

Age21 years

H1m78

positionForward

Pearson

Mark Pearson

England

B.date28/10/1939

Age21 years

H1m68

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Gaskell		20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		29	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan		23	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Noel Cantwell		29	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles	71	18	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Quixall		27	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		23	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maurice Setters		24	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Moir		17	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alex Dawson		21	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Pearson		21	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.9 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

Barrie Martin

Tommy Garrett

OUT

Sammy Salt

Dave Durie

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Suart

131

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Suart vs Man United

2 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1961

Suart vs Busby

2 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

706

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Busby vs Blackpool

14 victories

7 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1961

Busby vs Suart

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1961

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Maurice Setters played his game number 50 in Premier League with Manchester United

The last time Man United has ended with the score 0-2 away from home, It was on the 10/11/1956 (vs )

Blackpool keeps its 3 matches without conceding any goal running (since 21/03/1961). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/03/1955-08/04/1955 time period (4 matches).

Read the next 9 key stats

General ranking

	17	Fulham	30 pts	36 rd
	18	Bolton Wanderers	28 pts	34 rd
+2	19	Blackpool	27 pts	35 rd
-1	20	Manchester City	27 pts	34 rd
+1	21	Preston North End	27 pts	35 rd

General ranking

	9	Leicester	34 pts	33 rd
	10	Cardiff City	34 pts	35 rd
	11	Manchester United	33 pts	35 rd
	12	West Bromwich Albion	32 pts	36 rd
+2	13	Birmingham City	32 pts	35 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackpool 2-0 Blackburn24/12/1960

VBlackpool 3-0 West Ham04/02/1961

LBlackpool 0-1 Preston North End18/02/1961

VBlackpool 5-2 Wolverhampton04/03/1961

LBlackpool 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday15/03/1961

DBlackpool 0-0 Burnley21/03/1961

Overall

LFulham 4-3 Blackpool25/02/1961

VBlackpool 5-2 Wolverhampton04/03/1961

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Blackpool11/03/1961

LBlackpool 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday15/03/1961

DBlackpool 0-0 Burnley21/03/1961

VCardiff City 0-2 Blackpool24/03/1961

Current form

Away

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Manchester United28/01/1961

LWolverhampton 2-1 Manchester United11/02/1961

LNottingham Forest 3-2 Manchester United25/02/1961

VManchester City 1-3 Manchester United04/03/1961

DNewcastle United 1-1 Manchester United11/03/1961

LSheffield Wednesday 5-1 Manchester United25/03/1961

Overall

VManchester United 3-1 Bolton Wanderers18/02/1961

LNottingham Forest 3-2 Manchester United25/02/1961

VManchester City 1-3 Manchester United04/03/1961

DNewcastle United 1-1 Manchester United11/03/1961

DManchester United 1-1 Arsenal18/03/1961

LSheffield Wednesday 5-1 Manchester United25/03/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	6	10
Conceding streak	25	11

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

21	General ranking (Competition total)	11
22	General ranking (Home / Away)	16

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	34
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
9	Victories (Competition total)	13
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
7	Draws (Competition total)	7
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
18	Losses (Competition total)	14
8	Losses (Home / Away)	12

Goals

58	Goals scored (Competition total)	65
37	Goals scored (Home / Away)	25
64	Goals conceded (Competition total)	66
29	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	51
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.91
2.18	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.39
1.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.94
1.71	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.83

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	26
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	16
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	25
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	15
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (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

Ray Charnley	26 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Bobby Charlton
Ray Charnley	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Bobby Charlton
Ray Charnley	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Albert Quixall
Ray Charnley	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Albert Quixall
Ray Charnley	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	10 goals during the last 15 matches	Bobby Charlton

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

12 v

7 d

12 l

49 gf

51 ga

Away

32 matches

5 v

6 d

21 l

31 gf

67 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

64 matches

17 v

13 d

34 l

82 gf

122 ga

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

21 v

6 d

5 l

67 gf

31 ga

Away

31 matches

12 v

7 d

12 l

51 gf

49 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

64 matches

34 v

13 d

17 l

122 gf

82 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 21, 1931
Home	5 - 1	March 21, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	February 27, 1960
Away	6 - 0	February 27, 1960

Latest head to head

February 27, 1960 - Division 1 1959/1960

Blackpool

0 - 6

Man United

December 05, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Man United

3 - 1

Blackpool

January 03, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Man United

3 - 1

Blackpool

August 30, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Blackpool

2 - 1

Man United

September 18, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Man United

1 - 2

Blackpool

Best historical scorers against Man United

Stan Mortensen	4 goals	1946 - 1948
Jimmy McIntosh	2 goals	1948 - 1948
Walter Rickett	1 goal	1948 - 1948
George Farrow	1 goal	1946 - 1946
Hugh Kelly	1 goal	1948 - 1948
George Dick	1 goal	1946 - 1946

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackpool

Dennis Viollet	8 goals	1957 - 1960
Bobby Charlton	5 goals	1959 - 1960
Liam Whelan	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Tommy Taylor	2 goals	1956 - 1956
Mark Pearson	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Albert Scanlon	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Stan Mortensen	7 matches	1946 - 1948
Harry Johnston	7 matches	1946 - 1948
Eric Hayward	6 matches	1947 - 1948
Eddie Shimwell	6 matches	1947 - 1948
Hugh Kelly	5 matches	1947 - 1948
Alex Munro	5 matches	1946 - 1948

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackpool

Bill Foulkes	8 matches	1956 - 1960
Dennis Viollet	7 matches	1956 - 1960
Roger Byrne	4 matches	1956 - 1957
Ron Cope	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Johnny Berry	4 matches	1956 - 1957
Tommy Taylor	4 matches	1956 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Ernie Taylor

2 matches

30 matches

1953 - 1958

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/05/1953. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Ernie Taylor

2 matches

30 matches

1953 - 1958

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/05/1953. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

January 28, 1961

Wolverhampton

4 2

WBA

Line-ups available

March 31, 1961

Line-ups available

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April 03, 1961

Bolton Wanderers

3 0

Aston Villa

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	56	35	26	4	5	98	44	+54
2	Sheffield Wednesday	53	35	22	9	4	69	35	+34
3	Wolverhampton	49	36	21	7	8	90	66	+24
4	Burnley	41	33	18	5	10	87	59	+28
+15	Everton	39	36	17	5	14	69	64	+5
-16	Blackburn	37	36	14	9	13	68	66	+2
7	Aston Villa	36	34	14	8	12	65	63	+2
8	Arsenal	36	36	13	10	13	68	70	-2
9	Leicester	34	33	14	6	13	65	56	+9
10	Cardiff City	34	35	13	8	14	52	64	-12
11	Manchester United	33	35	13	7	15	65	68	-3
12	West Bromwich Albion	32	36	14	4	18	57	66	-9
+213	Birmingham City	32	35	13	6	16	55	69	-14
-114	Chelsea	31	35	12	7	16	82	85	-3
+115	West Ham	31	35	13	5	17	69	75	-6
-216	Nottingham Forest	31	35	12	7	16	50	65	-15
17	Fulham	30	36	12	6	18	61	83	-22
18	Bolton Wanderers	28	34	10	8	16	49	60	-11
+219	Blackpool	27	35	10	7	18	60	64	-4
-120	Manchester City	27	34	10	7	17	65	80	-15
+121	Preston North End	27	35	10	7	18	38	57	-19
-222	Newcastle United	26	36	9	8	19	75	98	-23

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Blackpool 2-0 Man United - March 31, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

Blackpool

2 - 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

Suart vs Man United

Suart vs Busby

Manager

Busby vs Blackpool

Busby vs Suart

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 Blackpool

Players with most games played vs Man United

Players with most games played vs Blackpool

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking