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Wimbledon FC 0-0 Newcastle United - March 31, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 26

Selhurst Park - London - England

March 31, 1998

15 478

Wimbledon FC

0 - 0

Newcastle United

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56' - Substitution Darren Peacockis substituted by Warren Barton

88' - Substitution Andy Griffinis substituted by Keith Gillespie

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wimbledon FC

0 - 0

Newcastle United

Wimbledon FC Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Wimbledon FC

Sullivan

Neil Sullivan

Scotland

B.date24/02/1970

Age28 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Perry

Chris Perry

England

B.date26/04/1973

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentral defender

Blackwell

Dean Blackwell

England

B.date05/12/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Kimble

Alan Kimble

England

B.date06/08/1966

Age31 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Roberts

Andy Roberts

England

B.date20/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Hughes

Michael Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m70

positionRight Midfielder

Earle

Robbie Earle

Jamaica

B.date27/01/1965

Age33 years

H1m75

positionOffensive Midfielder

Ardley

Neal Ardley

England

B.date01/09/1972

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Leaburn

Carl Leaburn

England

B.date30/03/1969

Age29 years

positionForward

Gayle

Marcus Gayle

Jamaica

B.date27/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m91

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Neil Sullivan	28	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Cunningham	26	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Perry	24	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dean Blackwell	28	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kimble	31	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Roberts	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Hughes	26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Earle	33	272	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neal Ardley	25	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carl Leaburn	29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Gayle	27	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

129

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age21 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

5 Peacock56

Darren Peacock

England

B.date03/02/1968

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

34 Dabizas

Nikos Dabizas

Greece

B.date03/08/1973

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

19 Watson

Steve Watson

England

B.date01/04/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

27 Albert

Philippe Albert

Belgium

B.date10/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

38 Griffin88

Andy Griffin

England

B.date17/03/1979

Age19 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

12 Pearce

Stuart Pearce

England

B.date24/04/1962

Age35 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

22 Hamilton

Des Hamilton

England

B.date15/08/1976

Age21 years

positionMidfield

11 Speed

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

14 Ketsbaia

Temur Ketsbaia

Georgia

B.date18/03/1968

Age30 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

9 Shearer

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Darren Peacock	56	30	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	Nikos Dabizas		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Steve Watson		23	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Philippe Albert		30	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
38	D	Andy Griffin	88	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Stuart Pearce		35	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Des Hamilton		21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Gary Speed		28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Temur Ketsbaia		30	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer		27	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
2	D		Warren Barton	56	29	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M		Keith Gillespie	88	23	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dean Blackwell

Ben Thatcher

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy Griffin

Alessandro Pistone

OUT

Temur Ketsbaia

Keith Gillespie

OUT

Steve Watson

Aaron Hughes

OUT

Philippe Albert

Jon Dahl Tomasson

OUT

Des Hamilton

Rob Lee

OUT

Gary Speed

John Barnes

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Kinnear

311

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Kinnear vs Newcastle United

4 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1998

Kinnear vs Dalglish

2 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Dalglish vs Wimbledon FC

10 victories

7 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1998

Dalglish vs Kinnear

3 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1998

Referee

Neale Barry

1 victory	2 draws	4 losses	Wimbledon FC7 matches	General total	Newcastle United20 matches	8 victories	5 draws	7 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Wimbledon FC1 match	Season total	Newcastle United2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 13, 2001					Latest figure on April 24, 2005

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Key figures

End of streak for Wimbledon FC after 7 matches with at least one goal conceded (since 14/02/1998).

No Newcastle United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Kenny Dalglish has reached 32% of draws in Premier League.

Newcastle United keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a win in Premier League running (since 07/02/1998).

Read the next 4 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWimbledon FC 0-0 Wrexham04/01/1998

DWimbledon FC 0-0 Derby County17/01/1998

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Wolverhampton14/02/1998

VWimbledon FC 2-1 Aston Villa21/02/1998

LWimbledon FC 0-1 Arsenal11/03/1998

VWimbledon FC 2-1 Leicester14/03/1998

Overall

VWimbledon FC 2-1 Aston Villa21/02/1998

LWolverhampton 2-1 Wimbledon FC25/02/1998

LBarnsley 2-1 Wimbledon FC28/02/1998

LWimbledon FC 0-1 Arsenal11/03/1998

VWimbledon FC 2-1 Leicester14/03/1998

LManchester United 2-0 Wimbledon FC28/03/1998

Current form

Away

LSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Newcastle United10/01/1998

LLiverpool 1-0 Newcastle United21/01/1998

DStevenage 1-1 Newcastle United25/01/1998

VAston Villa 0-1 Newcastle United01/02/1998

DEverton 0-0 Newcastle United28/02/1998

LSouthampton 2-1 Newcastle United28/03/1998

Overall

DNewcastle United 1-1 Leeds United22/02/1998

DEverton 0-0 Newcastle United28/02/1998

VNewcastle United 3-1 Barnsley08/03/1998

DNewcastle United 0-0 Coventry14/03/1998

LNewcastle United 1-2 Crystal Palace18/03/1998

LSouthampton 2-1 Newcastle United28/03/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	30
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
9	Victories (Competition total)	9
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
8	Draws (Competition total)	8
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
12	Losses (Competition total)	13
7	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
34	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.03	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.93
1.07	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.85
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.17
1.27	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.31

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

39	Yellow cards (Competition total)	49
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Jason Euell	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	John Barnes
Jason Euell	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Keith Gillespie
Neal Ardley	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	John Barnes
Neal Ardley	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Robbie Earle	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Robbie Earle	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Michael Hughes	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Rob Lee

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

6 v

3 d

0 l

22 gf

11 ga

Away

10 matches

3 v

0 d

7 l

11 gf

21 ga

Total

19 matches

9 v

3 d

7 l

33 gf

32 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

7 v

0 d

3 l

21 gf

11 ga

Away

9 matches

0 v

3 d

6 l

11 gf

22 ga

Total

19 matches

7 v

3 d

9 l

32 gf

33 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 29, 1989
Home	4 - 0	April 29, 1989

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	October 21, 1995
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 13, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Newcastle United

1 - 3

Wimbledon FC logo Wimbledon FC

March 23, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Wimbledon FC

1 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

August 21, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Newcastle United

2 - 0

Wimbledon FC logo Wimbledon FC

December 03, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Wimbledon FC

3 - 3

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

October 21, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Newcastle United

6 - 1

Wimbledon FC logo Wimbledon FC

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Dean Holdsworth	4 goals	1993 - 1995
Efan Ekoku	4 goals	1994 - 1997
Andy Sayer	3 goals	1987 - 1987
John Fashanu	2 goals	1987 - 1994
Paul Miller	1 goal	1989 - 1989
Steve Cotterill	1 goal	1989 - 1989

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1986. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wimbledon FC

Peter Beardsley	7 goals	1987 - 1994
Les Ferdinand	5 goals	1995 - 1995
Neil McDonald	3 goals	1987 - 1988
Paul Kitson	2 goals	1994 - 1995
John Hendrie	2 goals	1988 - 1988
Philippe Albert	1 goal	1995 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1986. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Vinnie Jones	12 matches	1987 - 1997
Robbie Earle	8 matches	1993 - 1997
John Fashanu	7 matches	1986 - 1994
Hans Segers	7 matches	1988 - 1995
Lawrie Sanchez	7 matches	1986 - 1989
Dean Holdsworth	7 matches	1993 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1986. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wimbledon FC

Rob Lee	9 matches	1993 - 1997
Peter Beardsley	8 matches	1987 - 1995
John Beresford	8 matches	1993 - 1997
David McCreery	7 matches	1986 - 1989
Steve Watson	7 matches	1993 - 1997
Neil McDonald	6 matches	1986 - 1988