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Rotherham United 1-3 Crystal Palace - December 22, 2002 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 24

Millmoor - Rotherham - England

December 22, 2002

6 829

Rotherham United

1 - 3

Crystal Palace

Darren Byfield

69'

12'

Tommy Black

45'

Julian Gray

51'

Tommy Black

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12' - Goal Tommy Black

45' - Goal Julian Gray

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46' - Substitution Paul Warneis substituted by Darren Byfield46

51' - Goal Tommy Black

66' - Substitution Nick Dawsis substituted by Stewart Talbot66

69' - Goal Darren Byfield69

78' - Substitution Rob Scottis substituted by Marvin Bryan78

90' - Substitution Danny Butterfieldis substituted by Sam Togwell

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Rotherham United

1 - 3

Crystal Palace

Rotherham United Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

Rotherham United

Pollitt

Michael Pollitt

England

B.date29/02/1972

Age30 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Scott78

Rob Scott

England

B.date15/08/1973

Age29 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

McIntosh

Martin McIntosh

Scotland

B.date19/03/1971

Age31 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Swailes

Chris Swailes

England

B.date19/10/1970

Age32 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Hurst

Paul Hurst

England

B.date25/09/1974

Age28 years

H1m63

positionLeft full-back

Daws66

Nick Daws

England

B.date15/03/1970

Age32 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Warne46

Paul Warne

England

B.date05/08/1973

Age29 years

H1m76

positionRight Midfielder

Mullin

John Mullin

England

B.date11/08/1975

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Monkhouse

Andy Monkhouse

England

B.date23/10/1980

Age22 years

H1m88

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Barker

Richie Barker

England

B.date30/05/1975

Age27 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Lee

Alan Lee

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/08/1978

Age24 years

H1m89

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Michael Pollitt		30	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rob Scott	78	29	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin McIntosh		31	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Swailes		32	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Hurst		28	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Daws	66	32	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Warne	46	29	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Mullin		27	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Monkhouse		22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Richie Barker		27	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Lee		24	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crystal Palace

Kolinko

Aleksandrs Kolinko

Latvia

B.date18/06/1975

Age27 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Powell

Darren Powell

England

B.date10/03/1976

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Symons

Kit Symons

Wales

B.date08/03/1971

Age31 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Butterfield90

Danny Butterfield

England

B.date21/11/1979

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Borrowdale

Gary Borrowdale

England

B.date16/07/1985

Age17 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Derry

Shaun Derry

England

B.date06/12/1977

Age25 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Riihilahti

Aki Riihilahti

Finland

B.date09/09/1976

Age26 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Black5112

Tommy Black

England

B.date26/11/1979

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Gray45

Julian Gray

England

B.date21/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft Midfielder

Mullins

Hayden Mullins

England

B.date27/03/1979

Age23 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Adebola

Dele Adebola

Nigeria

B.date23/06/1975

Age27 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Aleksandrs Kolinko		27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Powell		26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kit Symons		31	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Butterfield	90	23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Borrowdale		17	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Derry		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aki Riihilahti		26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Black	5112	23	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julian Gray	45	23	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hayden Mullins		23	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dele Adebola		27	27	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

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Marvin Bryan	78	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Talbot	66	29	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darren Byfield	6946	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Sam Togwell	90	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Warne

Chris Sedgwick

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Borrowdale

Andy Johnson

OUT

Shaun Derry

Will Antwi

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronnie Moore

287

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Moore vs Crystal Palace

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 2002

Moore vs Francis

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Trevor Francis

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Francis vs Rotherham United

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 22, 2002

Francis vs Moore

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 22, 2002

Referee

Philip Joslin

2 victories	0 draw	4 losses	Rotherham United6 matches	General total	Crystal Palace7 matches	4 victories	2 draws	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Rotherham United2 matches	Season total	Crystal Palace2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 29, 2006					Latest figure on March 08, 2008

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Key figures

It's the first time Tommy Black scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs in his professional career

John Mullin played his game number 50 in Championship with

Crystal Palace keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 30/11/2002).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LRotherham United 2-3 Portsmouth05/10/2002

DRotherham United 1-1 Gillingham12/10/2002

VRotherham United 4-0 Stoke City26/10/2002

VRotherham United 2-1 Watford09/11/2002

DRotherham United 0-0 Burnley16/11/2002

DRotherham United 0-0 Wolverhampton30/11/2002

Overall

DRotherham United 0-0 Burnley16/11/2002

LLeicester 2-1 Rotherham United23/11/2002

DRotherham United 0-0 Wolverhampton30/11/2002

LBlackburn 4-0 Rotherham United04/12/2002

VIpswich Town 1-2 Rotherham United07/12/2002

VBurnley 2-6 Rotherham United14/12/2002

Current form

Away

DWimbledon FC 2-2 Crystal Palace19/10/2002

VWalsall 3-4 Crystal Palace29/10/2002

VIpswich Town 1-2 Crystal Palace03/11/2002

LNorwich City 2-0 Crystal Palace16/11/2002

LSheffield United 2-1 Crystal Palace30/11/2002

LSheffield United 3-1 Crystal Palace17/12/2002

Overall

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Reading26/11/2002

LSheffield United 2-1 Crystal Palace30/11/2002

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Oldham Athletic03/12/2002

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Millwall07/12/2002

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Norwich City14/12/2002

LSheffield United 3-1 Crystal Palace17/12/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	5	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	3
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	0	3
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	1
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	5	8
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	7	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	23
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
9	Victories (Competition total)	8
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
7	Draws (Competition total)	9
6	Draws (Home / Away)	5
7	Losses (Competition total)	6
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

40	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.74	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.48
1.18	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.36
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.13
0.64	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.45

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
0-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

48	Yellow cards (Competition total)	41
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	24
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Alan Lee	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Andy Johnson
Alan Lee	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Andy Johnson
Alan Lee	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Dougie Freedman
Alan Lee	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alan Lee	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Dele Adebola

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

3 v

1 d

3 l

10 gf

9 ga

Away

7 matches

0 v

3 d

4 l

6 gf

12 ga

Total

14 matches

3 v

4 d

7 l

16 gf

21 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

4 v

3 d

0 l

12 gf

6 ga

Away

7 matches

3 v

1 d

3 l

9 gf

10 ga

Total

14 matches

7 v

4 d

3 l

21 gf

16 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 15, 1966
Home	3 - 0	January 15, 1966

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 19, 1967
Away	3 - 0	August 19, 1967

Latest head to head

January 19, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Crystal Palace

2 - 0

Rotherham United logo Rotherham United

August 11, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Rotherham United

2 - 3

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

January 03, 1983 - Division 2 1982/1983

Crystal Palace

1 - 1

Rotherham United logo Rotherham United

September 04, 1982 - Division 2 1982/1983

Rotherham United

2 - 2

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

February 27, 1982 - Division 2 1981/1982

Rotherham United

2 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

	Guy Branston	1 goal	2001 - 2001
	Mark Robins	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/08/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Rotherham United

Jamie Smith	2 goals	2001 - 2002
Dougie Freedman	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Aki Riihilahti	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Clinton Morrison	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/08/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Michael Pollitt	2 matches	2001 - 2002
Chris Swailes	2 matches	2001 - 2002
Paul Hurst	2 matches	2001 - 2002
Andy Monkhouse	2 matches	2001 - 2002
Paul Warne	2 matches	2001 - 2002
Kevin Watson	2 matches	2001 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/08/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Rotherham United

Aleksandrs Kolinko	2 matches	2001 - 2002
Julian Gray	2 matches	2001 - 2002
Aki Riihilahti	2 matches	2001 - 2002
Simon Rodger	2 matches	2001 - 2002
Clinton Morrison	2 matches	2001 - 2002
Jamie Smith	2 matches	2001 - 2002