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Man United 5-3 West Ham - April 18, 1960 / Division 1 1959/1960

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Division 1 1959/1960 - Journée 40

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 18, 1960

34 676

Man United

5 - 3

West Ham

Bobby Charlton

25'

Alex Dawson

34'

Alex Dawson

49'

Bobby Charlton

62'

Albert Quixall

84'

Dave Dunmore

30'

Noel Cantwell (penalty)

37'

Tony Scott

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5' - Goal Dave Dunmore

25' - Goal Bobby Charlton25

30' - Goal Noel Cantwell

34' - Goal Alex Dawson34

37' - Goal Tony Scott

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49' - Goal Alex Dawson49

62' - Goal Bobby Charlton62

84' - Goal Albert Quixall84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

5 - 3

West Ham

Man United West Ham

Team line-ups

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

Cope

Ron Cope

England

B.date05/10/1934

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Charlton6225

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Quixall84

Albert Quixall

England

B.date09/08/1933

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Giles

Johnny Giles

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/11/1940

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Setters

Maurice Setters

England

B.date16/12/1936

Age23 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Dawson4934

Alex Dawson

Scotland

B.date21/02/1940

Age20 years

H1m78

positionForward

Viollet

Dennis Viollet

England

B.date20/09/1933

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Gregg		27	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joseph Carolan		22	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		28	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan		22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ron Cope		25	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	6225	22	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Quixall	84	26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Giles		19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maurice Setters		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alex Dawson	4934	20	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Viollet		26	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

West Ham

Rhodes

Brian Rhodes

England

B.date23/10/1937

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Kirkup

Joe Kirkup

England

B.date17/12/1939

Age20 years

positionDefender

Moore

Bobby Moore

England

B.date12/04/1941

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

Cantwell30

Noel Cantwell

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/02/1932

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Bovington

Eddie Bovington

England

B.date23/04/1941

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Musgrove

Malcolm Musgrove

England

B.date08/07/1933

Age26 years

positionForward

Smillie

Andy Smillie

England

B.date15/03/1941

Age19 years

positionForward

Scott37

Tony Scott

England

B.date01/04/1941

Age19 years

positionWinger

Brett

Ron Brett

England

B.date04/09/1937

Age22 years

positionForward

Dunmore5

Dave Dunmore

England

B.date18/02/1934

Age26 years

positionForward

Cartwright

John Cartwright

England

B.date05/11/1940

Age19 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brian Rhodes		22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Kirkup		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Moore		19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Noel Cantwell	30	28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Bovington		18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Musgrove		26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Smillie		19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Scott	37	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ron Brett		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Dunmore	5	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Cartwright		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

21.6 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

Dennis Viollet

Warren Bradley

OUT

Albert Quixall

Norbert Lawton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eddie Bovington

Ken Brown

OUT

Tony Scott

Phillip Woosnam

OUT

Ron Brett

Andy Malcolm

OUT

John Cartwright

Mike Grice

OUT

Joe Kirkup

John Bond

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

663

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Busby vs West Ham

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1960

Busby vs Fenton

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1960

Manager

Age

Match num

Ted Fenton

443

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Fenton vs Man United

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1960

Fenton vs Busby

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1960

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 4 consecutive wins at home running (since 19/03/1960). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/02/1959-18/04/1959 time period (7 matches).

Man United keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded vs West Ham in Premier League running (since 08/09/1958). It's a record streak. The first of history

West Ham keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 15/04/1960).

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 1-1 Preston North End13/02/1960

LManchester United 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday20/02/1960

LManchester United 0-2 Wolverhampton05/03/1960

VManchester United 3-1 Nottingham Forest19/03/1960

VManchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers02/04/1960

VManchester United 1-0 Blackburn16/04/1960

Overall

VFulham 0-5 Manchester United26/03/1960

LSheffield Wednesday 4-2 Manchester United30/03/1960

VManchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers02/04/1960

VLuton Town 2-3 Manchester United09/04/1960

LWest Ham 2-1 Manchester United15/04/1960

VManchester United 1-0 Blackburn16/04/1960

Current form

Away

LLeeds United 3-0 West Ham16/01/1960

LNottingham Forest 3-1 West Ham27/02/1960

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-2 West Ham09/03/1960

LBlackpool 3-2 West Ham12/03/1960

LManchester City 3-1 West Ham30/03/1960

LWolverhampton 5-0 West Ham11/04/1960

Overall

VWest Ham 2-1 Blackburn19/03/1960

LManchester City 3-1 West Ham30/03/1960

DWest Ham 0-0 Arsenal02/04/1960

LWolverhampton 5-0 West Ham11/04/1960

VWest Ham 2-1 Manchester United15/04/1960

LWest Ham 1-2 Fulham16/04/1960

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Drawless streak	5	11
Scoring streak	3	7
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	6	1
Winless streak	11	1
Drawless streak	6	3
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	13	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

39	Number of games (Competition total)	39
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
17	Victories (Competition total)	16
11	Victories (Home / Away)	4
7	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
15	Losses (Competition total)	18
5	Losses (Home / Away)	12

Goals

90	Goals scored (Competition total)	70
43	Goals scored (Home / Away)	24
72	Goals conceded (Competition total)	82
27	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	50
2.31	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.79
2.26	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.26
1.85	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.1
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.63

Betting aid

30	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	32
13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	14
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
29	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	29
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (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

Dennis Viollet	32 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	John Dick
Dennis Viollet	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Malcolm Musgrove
Albert Quixall	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Albert Quixall	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alex Dawson	6 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 9 matches	John Dick

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

6 v

1 d

6 l

25 gf

20 ga

Away

14 matches

3 v

1 d

10 l

14 gf

28 ga

Total

27 matches

9 v

2 d

16 l

39 gf

48 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

10 v

1 d

3 l

28 gf

14 ga

Away

13 matches

6 v

1 d

6 l

20 gf

25 ga

Total

27 matches

16 v

2 d

9 l

48 gf

39 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 23, 1938
Home	4 - 0	February 23, 1938

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	October 11, 1930
Away	3 - 0	March 19, 1927

Latest head to head

April 15, 1960 - Division 1 1959/1960

West Ham

2 - 1

Man United

September 17, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Man United

4 - 1

West Ham

September 08, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

West Ham

3 - 2

Man United

April 30, 1938 - Division 2 1937/1938

West Ham

1 - 0

Man United

February 23, 1938 - Division 2 1937/1938

Man United

4 - 0

West Ham

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Albert Scanlon	3 goals	1958 - 1958
Colin Webster	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Wilfred McGuiness	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Alex Dawson	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

	Mike Grice	1 goal	1960 - 1960
	Malcolm Musgrove	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Harry Gregg	3 matches	1958 - 1960
Ron Cope	3 matches	1958 - 1960
Bobby Charlton	3 matches	1958 - 1960
Bill Foulkes	3 matches	1958 - 1960
Ian Greaves	2 matches	1958 - 1958
Wilfred McGuiness	2 matches	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Bobby Moore	1 match	1960 - 1960
Ken Brown	1 match	1960 - 1960
Phillip Woosnam	1 match	1960 - 1960
Malcolm Musgrove	1 match	1960 - 1960
Mike Grice	1 match	1960 - 1960
Brian Rhodes	1 match	1960 - 1960