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Tottenham 2-1 Man United - January 23, 1960 / Division 1 1959/1960

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Division 1 1959/1960 - Round 27

White Hart Lane - London - England

January 23, 1960

62 602

Tottenham

2 - 1

Man United

Bobby Smith

32'

48'

Warren Bradley

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8' - Goal Bobby Smith8

32' - Goal Bobby Smith32

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48' - Goal Warren Bradley

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Tottenham

2 - 1

Man United

Tottenham Man United

Team line-ups

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

Age28 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

Age25 years

H1m72

positionLeft Midfielder

White

John White

Scotland

B.date28/04/1937

Age22 years

positionPlaymaker

Smith328

Bobby Smith

England

B.date22/02/1933

Age26 years

positionStriker

Jones

Cliff Jones

Wales

B.date07/02/1935

Age24 years

H1m68

positionLeft Winger

Allen

Les Allen

England

B.date04/09/1937

Age22 years

positionForward

Harmer

Thomas Harmer

England

B.date02/02/1928

Age31 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bill Brown		28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Maurice Norman		25	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Henry		25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Baker		28	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Blanchflower		33	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Mackay		25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John White		22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Smith	328	26	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cliff Jones		24	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Les Allen		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas Harmer		31	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Gregg

Harry Gregg

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1932

Age27 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Carolan

Joseph Carolan

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/09/1937

Age22 years

positionDefender

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Brennan

Shay Brennan

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/05/1937

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Quixall

Albert Quixall

England

B.date09/08/1933

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Cope

Ron Cope

England

B.date05/10/1934

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Setters

Maurice Setters

England

B.date16/12/1936

Age23 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Bradley48

Warren Bradley

England

B.date20/06/1933

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

Viollet

Dennis Viollet

England

B.date20/09/1933

Age26 years

positionForward

Scanlon

Albert Scanlon

England

B.date10/10/1935

Age24 years

H1m78

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Gregg		27	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joseph Carolan		22	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		28	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan		22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Quixall		26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		22	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ron Cope		25	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maurice Setters		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Warren Bradley	48	26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Viollet		26	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Albert Scanlon		24	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 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

Billy Nicholson

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Nicholson vs Man United

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 23, 1960

Nicholson vs Busby

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 23, 1960

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

648

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Busby vs Tottenham

9 victories

5 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on January 23, 1960

Busby vs Nicholson

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 23, 1960

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Key figures

Tottenham keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 02/01/1960).

Tottenham keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 02/01/1960).

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Billy Nicholson has reached 2.19 goals scored per game .

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LTottenham 0-2 Bolton Wanderers07/11/1959

VTottenham 3-0 Everton21/11/1959

VTottenham 2-1 Blackburn05/12/1959

VTottenham 4-0 Newcastle United19/12/1959

LTottenham 1-4 Leeds United28/12/1959

VTottenham 3-0 Arsenal16/01/1960

Overall

VTottenham 4-0 Newcastle United19/12/1959

VLeeds United 2-4 Tottenham26/12/1959

LTottenham 1-4 Leeds United28/12/1959

VBirmingham City 0-1 Tottenham02/01/1960

VNewport County 0-4 Tottenham09/01/1960

VTottenham 3-0 Arsenal16/01/1960

Current form

Away

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Manchester United14/11/1959

LEverton 2-1 Manchester United28/11/1959

VNottingham Forest 1-5 Manchester United12/12/1959

VBurnley 1-4 Manchester United28/12/1959

LNewcastle United 7-3 Manchester United02/01/1960

VDerby County 2-4 Manchester United09/01/1960

Overall

LManchester United 2-3 West Bromwich Albion19/12/1959

LManchester United 1-2 Burnley26/12/1959

VBurnley 1-4 Manchester United28/12/1959

LNewcastle United 7-3 Manchester United02/01/1960

VDerby County 2-4 Manchester United09/01/1960

VManchester United 2-1 Birmingham City16/01/1960

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	8	6
Scoring streak	5	10
Invincibility streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	5	10
Scoring streak	8	17
Conceding streak	15	21

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	26
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
14	Victories (Competition total)	11
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
8	Draws (Competition total)	5
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
4	Losses (Competition total)	10
2	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

57	Goals scored (Competition total)	64
30	Goals scored (Home / Away)	28
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	55
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	32
2.19	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.46
2.31	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.15
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.12
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.46

Betting aid

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

Bobby Smith	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	26 goals	Dennis Viollet
Bobby Smith	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	11 goals	Dennis Viollet
Cliff Jones	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Albert Quixall
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Albert Quixall
Les Allen	5 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	18 goals during the last 16 matches	Dennis Viollet

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

9 v

10 d

6 l

43 gf

30 ga

Away

26 matches

5 v

7 d

14 l

29 gf

46 ga

Total

51 matches

14 v

17 d

20 l

72 gf

76 ga

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

14 v

7 d

5 l

46 gf

29 ga

Away

25 matches

6 v

10 d

9 l

30 gf

43 ga

Total

51 matches

20 v

17 d

14 l

76 gf

72 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	September 10, 1932
Home	6 - 1	September 10, 1932

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 22, 1910
Away	3 - 1	February 07, 1959

Latest head to head

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

April 12, 1958 - Division 1 1957/1958

Tottenham

1 - 0

Man United

November 30, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Man United

3 - 4

Tottenham

Best historical scorers against Man United

Bobby Smith	7 goals	1957 - 1959
Thomas Harmer	2 goals	1958 - 1959
Dave Mackay	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Dave Dunmore	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Maurice Norman	1 goal	1959 - 1959

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 Tottenham

Colin Webster	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Bobby Charlton	2 goals	1959 - 1959
David Pegg	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Liam Whelan	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Eddie Colman	1 goal	1956 - 1956
Dennis Viollet	1 goal	1959 - 1959

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

Bobby Smith	5 matches	1957 - 1959
Peter Baker	4 matches	1957 - 1959
Thomas Harmer	4 matches	1957 - 1959
Maurice Norman	4 matches	1957 - 1959
Danny Blanchflower	4 matches	1957 - 1959
Terry Medwin	4 matches	1957 - 1959

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	6 matches	1956 - 1959
Wilfred McGuiness	5 matches	1956 - 1959
Bobby Charlton	5 matches	1957 - 1959
Albert Scanlon	5 matches	1957 - 1959
Ron Cope	4 matches	1958 - 1959
Freddie Goodwin	4 matches	1958 - 1959