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Blackpool 2-1 Man United - August 30, 1958 / Division 1 1958/1959

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Division 1 1958/1959 - Round 3

Bloomfield Road - Blackpool - England

August 30, 1958

36 719

Blackpool

2 - 1

Man United

Bill Perry

35'

(penalty) Hugh Kelly

43'

Dennis Viollet

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9' - Goal Dennis Viollet

35' - Goal Bill Perry35

43' - Goal Hugh Kelly43

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackpool

2 - 1

Man United

Blackpool Man United

Team line-ups

Blackpool

Farm

George Farm

Scotland

B.date13/07/1924

Age34 years

positionGoalkeeper

Jimmy Kelly

England

B.date11/11/1931

Age26 years

positionDefender

Wright

Jackie Wright

England

B.date11/08/1926

Age32 years

positionDefender

Gratrix

Roy Gratrix

England

B.date09/02/1932

Age26 years

positionDefender

Garrett

Tommy Garrett

England

B.date28/02/1926

Age32 years

positionLeft full-back

Hugh Kelly43

Hugh Kelly

Scotland

B.date23/07/1923

Age35 years

positionLeft full-back

Perry35

Bill Perry

England

B.date10/09/1930

Age27 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Mudie

Jackie Mudie

Scotland

B.date10/04/1930

Age28 years

positionStriker

Durie

Dave Durie

England

B.date13/08/1931

Age27 years

positionForward

Charnley

Ray Charnley

England

B.date29/05/1935

Age23 years

positionStriker

Matthews

Stanley Matthews

England

B.date01/02/1915

Age43 years

H1m74

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	George Farm		34	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Kelly		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jackie Wright		32	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roy Gratrix		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Garrett		32	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hugh Kelly	43	35	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bill Perry	35	27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jackie Mudie		28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Durie		27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ray Charnley		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stanley Matthews		43	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Gregg

Harry Gregg

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1932

Age25 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Greaves

Ian Greaves

England

B.date26/05/1932

Age26 years

positionDefender

Goodwin

Freddie Goodwin

England

B.date28/06/1933

Age25 years

positionDefender

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

McGuiness

Wilfred McGuiness

England

B.date25/10/1937

Age20 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cope

Ron Cope

England

B.date05/10/1934

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age20 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Taylor

Ernie Taylor

England

B.date02/09/1925

Age32 years

H1m57

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Viollet9

Dennis Viollet

England

B.date20/09/1933

Age24 years

positionForward

Scanlon

Albert Scanlon

England

B.date10/10/1935

Age22 years

H1m78

positionForward

Dawson

Alex Dawson

Scotland

B.date21/02/1940

Age18 years

H1m78

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Gregg		25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Greaves		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Freddie Goodwin		25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		26	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wilfred McGuiness		20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ron Cope		23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		20	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ernie Taylor		32	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Viollet	9	24	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Albert Scanlon		22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alex Dawson		18	24	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stanley Matthews

John Gregson

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

Success rate in this team:

100 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

73 %

Suart vs Man United

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 1958

Suart vs Busby

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 1958

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

580

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Busby vs Blackpool

11 victories

7 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on August 30, 1958

Busby vs Suart

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 1958

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 23/08/1958).

Man United keeps its 3 matches with at least 1 goals scored running (since 23/08/1958).

Blackpool keeps its 15 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 01/03/1958). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 02/04/1956-29/09/1956 time period (15 matches).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackpool 4-2 Birmingham City22/03/1958

LBlackpool 1-2 Preston North End04/04/1958

VBlackpool 3-2 Newcastle United05/04/1958

VBlackpool 2-0 West Bromwich Albion19/04/1958

LBlackpool 0-1 Everton23/04/1958

VBlackpool 3-0 Newcastle United25/08/1958

Overall

VPortsmouth 1-2 Blackpool12/04/1958

VBlackpool 2-0 West Bromwich Albion19/04/1958

LBlackpool 0-1 Everton23/04/1958

LTottenham 2-1 Blackpool26/04/1958

VTottenham 2-3 Blackpool23/08/1958

VBlackpool 3-0 Newcastle United25/08/1958

Current form

Away

VSunderland 1-2 Manchester United07/04/1958

LTottenham 1-0 Manchester United12/04/1958

DPortsmouth 3-3 Manchester United16/04/1958

LChelsea 2-1 Manchester United26/04/1958

LAC Milan 4-0 Manchester United14/05/1958

VNottingham Forest 0-3 Manchester United27/08/1958

Overall

LChelsea 2-1 Manchester United26/04/1958

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester United03/05/1958

VManchester United 2-1 AC Milan08/05/1958

LAC Milan 4-0 Manchester United14/05/1958

VManchester United 5-2 Chelsea23/08/1958

VNottingham Forest 0-3 Manchester United27/08/1958

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	7	14
Scoring streak	1	3
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	4
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-0 (1 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	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Bobby Charlton
Ray Charnley	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Bobby Charlton
Ray Charnley	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 2 matches	Bobby Charlton

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

11 v

7 d

11 l

47 gf

44 ga

Away

30 matches

5 v

6 d

19 l

29 gf

61 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

60 matches

16 v

13 d

31 l

78 gf

109 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

19 v

6 d

5 l

61 gf

29 ga

Away

29 matches

11 v

7 d

11 l

44 gf

47 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

60 matches

31 v

13 d

16 l

109 gf

78 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 26, 1900
Away	4 - 1	September 09, 1957

Latest head to head

September 18, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Man United

1 - 2

Blackpool

September 09, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Blackpool

1 - 4

Man United

February 23, 1957 - Division 1 1956/1957

Man United

0 - 2

Blackpool

October 27, 1956 - Division 1 1956/1957

Blackpool

2 - 2

Man United

April 07, 1956 - Division 1 1955/1956

Man United

2 - 1

Blackpool

Best historical scorers against Man United

Stan Mortensen	4 goals	1946 - 1948
Eddie Shimwell	2 goals	1948 - 1949
Jimmy McIntosh	2 goals	1948 - 1948
Billy McIntosh	1 goal	1949 - 1949
Walter Rickett	1 goal	1948 - 1948
George Farrow	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

Liam Whelan	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Dennis Viollet	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Tommy Taylor	2 goals	1956 - 1956
Duncan Edwards	1 goal	1957 - 1957

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

Harry Johnston	8 matches	1946 - 1949
Stan Mortensen	8 matches	1946 - 1949
Eddie Shimwell	7 matches	1947 - 1949
Eric Hayward	7 matches	1947 - 1949
Hugh Kelly	6 matches	1947 - 1949
Stanley Matthews	5 matches	1947 - 1949

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

Roger Byrne	4 matches	1956 - 1957
Johnny Berry	4 matches	1956 - 1957
Tommy Taylor	4 matches	1956 - 1957
David Pegg	4 matches	1956 - 1957
Bill Foulkes	4 matches	1956 - 1957
Eddie Colman	4 matches	1956 - 1957