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S Wednesday 2-1 Tottenham - October 17, 1959 / Division 1 1959/1960

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Division 1 1959/1960 - Round 13

Hillsborough - Sheffield - England

October 17, 1959

S Wednesday

2 - 1

Tottenham

Gerry Young

14'

Derek Wilkinson

82'

23'

John White

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14' - Goal Gerry Young14

23' - Goal John White

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82' - Goal Derek Wilkinson82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

S Wednesday

2 - 1

Tottenham

S Wednesday Tottenham

Team line-ups

S Wednesday

Springett

Ron Springett

England

B.date22/07/1935

Age24 years

H1m79

positionGoalkeeper

Kay

Tony Kay

England

B.date13/05/1937

Age22 years

positionDefender

Curtis

Norman Curtis

England

B.date10/09/1924

Age35 years

positionDefender

McAnearney

Tom McAnearney

Scotland

B.date06/01/1932

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Johnson

Peter Johnson

England

B.date31/07/1931

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Young14

Gerry Young

England

B.date01/10/1936

Age23 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Swan

Peter Swan

England

B.date08/10/1936

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Fantham

John Fantham

England

B.date06/02/1939

Age20 years

positionForward

Wilkinson82

Derek Wilkinson

England

B.date04/06/1935

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

Kirby

George Kirby

England

B.date20/12/1933

Age25 years

positionForward

Finney

Alan Finney

England

B.date31/10/1933

Age25 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ron Springett		24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Kay		22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Norman Curtis		35	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tom McAnearney		27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Johnson		28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Young	14	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Swan		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Fantham		20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Wilkinson	82	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Kirby		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Finney		25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Tottenham

Brown

Bill Brown

Scotland

B.date08/10/1931

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Norman

Maurice Norman

England

B.date08/05/1934

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Henry

Ron Henry

England

B.date17/08/1934

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Baker

Peter Baker

England

B.date10/12/1931

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Blanchflower

Danny Blanchflower

Northern Ireland

B.date10/02/1926

Age33 years

positionMidfield

Mackay

Dave Mackay

Scotland

B.date14/11/1934

Age24 years

H1m72

positionLeft Midfielder

White23

John White

Scotland

B.date28/04/1937

Age22 years

positionPlaymaker

Harmer

Thomas Harmer

England

B.date02/02/1928

Age31 years

positionForward

Smith

Bobby Smith

England

B.date22/02/1933

Age26 years

positionStriker

Worley

Len Worley

England

B.date26/06/1937

Age22 years

positionForward

Dyson

Terry Dyson

England

B.date29/11/1934

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bill Brown		28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Maurice Norman		25	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Henry		25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Baker		27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Blanchflower		33	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Mackay		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John White	23	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas Harmer		31	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Smith		26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Len Worley		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Dyson		24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 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

Gerry Young

Redfern Froggatt

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Len Worley

Terry Medwin

OUT

Terry Dyson

Cliff Jones

OUT

Ron Henry

Melvyn Hopkins

OUT

John White

Dave Dunmore

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Catterick

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Catterick vs Tottenham

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 17, 1959

Catterick vs Nicholson

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 17, 1959

Manager

Age

Match num

Billy Nicholson

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Nicholson vs S Wednesday

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 17, 1959

Nicholson vs Catterick

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 17, 1959

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Key figures

S Wednesday keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 12/09/1959).

S Wednesday keeps its 16 consecutive matches without a loss vs Tottenham at home in Premier League running (since 14/03/1910). It's a record streak. The first of history

Billy Nicholson has registered 100 goal(s) in Premier League since the 11/10/1958 as the manager of Tottenham next after this match..

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield Wednesday 5-0 Barnsley25/04/1959

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Manchester City29/08/1959

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Wolverhampton02/09/1959

VSheffield Wednesday 5-0 Blackpool12/09/1959

LSheffield Wednesday 0-1 Nottingham Forest16/09/1959

VSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Luton Town26/09/1959

Overall

VSheffield Wednesday 5-0 Blackpool12/09/1959

LSheffield Wednesday 0-1 Nottingham Forest16/09/1959

LEverton 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday19/09/1959

VSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Luton Town26/09/1959

LBolton Wanderers 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday03/10/1959

DBirmingham City 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday10/10/1959

Current form

Away

VNewcastle United 1-5 Tottenham22/08/1959

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Tottenham02/09/1959

DArsenal 1-1 Tottenham05/09/1959

VManchester United 1-5 Tottenham12/09/1959

VWest Ham 1-2 Tottenham14/09/1959

DLeicester 1-1 Tottenham26/09/1959

Overall

VManchester United 1-5 Tottenham12/09/1959

VWest Ham 1-2 Tottenham14/09/1959

VTottenham 5-1 Preston North End19/09/1959

DLeicester 1-1 Tottenham26/09/1959

DTottenham 1-1 Burnley03/10/1959

VTottenham 5-1 Wolverhampton10/10/1959

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	7	14
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	13	9
Conceding streak	16	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

12	Number of games (Competition total)	12
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
4	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	4
2	Draws (Competition total)	6
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
14	Goals conceded (Competition total)	13
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.58
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.67
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.08
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	5-1 (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

John Fantham	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Bobby Smith
Redfern Froggatt	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Bobby Smith
Norman Curtis	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Cliff Jones
Norman Curtis	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Cliff Jones
John Fantham	2 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	11 goals during the last 11 matches	Bobby Smith

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

18 v

4 d

1 l

53 gf

20 ga

Away

23 matches

3 v

4 d

16 l

36 gf

68 ga

Total

46 matches

21 v

8 d

17 l

89 gf

88 ga

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

16 v

4 d

3 l

68 gf

36 ga

Away

23 matches

1 v

4 d

18 l

20 gf

53 ga

Total

46 matches

17 v

8 d

21 l

88 gf

89 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 01, 1947
Home	5 - 1	March 01, 1947

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	January 22, 1955
Away	3 - 0	September 16, 1937

Latest head to head

February 01, 1958 - Division 1 1957/1958

S Wednesday

2 - 0

Tottenham

September 21, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Tottenham

4 - 2

S Wednesday

March 30, 1957 - Division 1 1956/1957

Tottenham

1 - 1

S Wednesday

November 17, 1956 - Division 1 1956/1957

S Wednesday

4 - 1

Tottenham

January 22, 1955 - Division 1 1954/1955

Tottenham

7 - 2

S Wednesday

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/09/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Bobby Smith	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Terry Medwin	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Terry Dyson	1 goal	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/09/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

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Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Melvyn Hopkins	2 matches	1957 - 1958
John Ryden	2 matches	1957 - 1958
Terry Medwin	2 matches	1957 - 1958
Thomas Harmer	2 matches	1957 - 1958
Danny Blanchflower	2 matches	1957 - 1958
Terry Dyson	2 matches	1957 - 1958