Gary Sprake

Born on : April 03, 1945 at Swansea

Date of death : October 19, 2016

Nationality : Wales

Number of international caps : 36

First cap : vs Scotland 20/11/1963

Main position
Goalkeeper	100%

Sprake's career statisticsLast updated on 22/12/2024 at 11:30

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1974/1975

Birmingham

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Wales	Euro Qualifying	3					2	2	225	0	100%		60%			67%	0%	33%
Birmingham	Division 1	2					1	1	180	0	100%		5%			100%	0%	0%

1973/1974

Birmingham

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Birmingham	Division 1	14				1	21	3	1249	0	100%		42%			21%	36%	43%
Wales	British Home Championship	2					2	1	180	0	100%		67%			50%	0%	50%

1973/1974

Leeds United

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Leeds United	(C3) UEFA Cup	1					1		90	0	100%		100%			0%	100%	0%
Wales	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1					3		90	0	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%

1972/1973

Leeds United

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Wales	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	3	2	1	270	100%	100%	33%	33%	33%
Wales	British Home Championship	2	3		180	100%	67%	0%	0%	100%
Leeds United	Division 1	1	2		90	100%	2%	0%	0%	100%

1971/1972

Leeds United

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Leeds United	Division 1	35	26	19	3150	100%		83%	57%	26%	17%
Leeds United	(C3) UEFA Cup	2	2	1	135	50%	1	100%	50%	0%	50%
Leeds United	League Cup	2		2	180	100%		50%	50%	50%	0%
Leeds United	FA Cup	4	2	2	360	100%			100%	0%	0%
Wales	Euro Qualifying	1		1	45	100%		33%	100%	0%	0%
Wales	British Home Championship	3	4	1	270	100%		100%	0%	33%	67%

1970/1971

Leeds United

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Leeds United	Division 1	34	27	19	3060	100%		81%	62%	26%	12%
Leeds United	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	10	5	5	774	90%	1	83%	50%	40%	10%
Wales	Euro Qualifying	1		1	90	100%		33%	0%	100%	0%
Wales	British Home Championship	3	1	2	270	100%		100%	0%	67%	33%

1969/1970

Leeds United

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Leeds United	Charity Shield	1	1		90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Leeds United	Division 1	37	36	9	3330	100%	88%	54%	38%	8%
Leeds United	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	8	2	6	677	100%	100%	75%	0%	25%
Leeds United	League Cup	1	1		90	100%		0%	100%	0%
Leeds United	FA Cup	1	2		120	100%		0%	100%	0%
Wales	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	2	7		180	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%

1968/1969

Leeds United

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Leeds United	Division 1	42	26	24	3780	100%	120%	64%	31%	5%
Leeds United	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	8	8	2	711	100%	100%	50%	13%	38%
Wales	Friendlies	1	1		90	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%
Wales	British Home Championship	3	7	1	270	100%	100%	0%	33%	67%

1967/1968

Leeds United

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Leeds United	Division 1	36	1	30	15	3240	100%	95%	56%	25%	19%
Leeds United	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	8		2	6	720	100%	67%	50%	50%	0%
Leeds United	FA Cup	1		1		90	100%		0%	0%	100%
Wales	British Home Championship	2		6		180	100%	67%	0%	0%	100%

1966/1967

Leeds United

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Leeds United	Division 1	39	41	13	3510	100%	93%	51%	28%	21%
Leeds United	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	10	8	4	930	100%	100%	50%	30%	20%
Leeds United	FA Cup	1	1		90	100%		0%	0%	100%
Wales	British Home Championship	1	1		90	100%	33%	0%	100%	0%

1965/1966

Leeds United

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Leeds United	Division 1	40	36	17	3600	100%	95%	55%	23%	23%
Leeds United	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	11	10	3	990	100%	100%	45%	36%	18%
Leeds United	FA Cup	1	1		90	100%		0%	0%	100%
Wales	British Home Championship	2	4	1	180	100%	67%	0%	50%	50%
Wales	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1	1		90	100%	50%	100%	0%	0%

1964/1965

Leeds United

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Leeds United	Division 1	41	52	11	3690	100%	98%	61%	22%	17%
Leeds United	FA Cup	1	2		120	100%		0%	0%	100%
Wales	British Home Championship	1	2		90	100%	33%	100%	0%	0%
Wales	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	2	3		180	100%	50%	0%	0%	100%

1963/1964

Leeds United

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Wales	British Home Championship	2					5		180	0	100%		67%			0%	0%	100%
Leeds United	FA Cup	2					3		180	0	100%					0%	50%	50%

1962/1963

Leeds United

Total

321

430

The data represented with this background color are not complete. The figures may not reflect reality.

Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

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Mental

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Technical

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Offense

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Defense

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Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Premier League	1	1969
Community Shield	1	1969
FA Cup	1	1972
Europa League	2	19681971

Runner-ups

Premier League	5	19651966197019711972
FA Cup	2	19651970
British Home Championship	1	1965
Europa League	1	1967

Transfers

01/07/75 > 19/10/16		Retired
01/10/73 > 01/07/75		Birmingham
01/07/62 > 01/10/73		Leeds United

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 22/12/2024 at 11:30

Club	Played matches	Clean sheets	Goals conceded	Minutes played	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Birmingham	16	25%4	22	1429	100%16	31%5	38%6
Leeds United	378	42%158	328	33887	99%376	56%211	17%63
Wales	36	25%9	54	3150	100%36	19%7	56%20

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Liverpool	19	8	9	20
Chelsea	19	7	8	18
West Ham	18	9	8	16
S Wednesday	11	7	8	6
Nottingham	15	9	7	9
Arsenal	14	10	7	7
Everton	18	8	6	19
Tottenham	17	7	6	20
Man United	15	7	6	11
Stoke City	16	10	5	21
Newcastle	13	8	5	10
Sunderland	12	6	5	11
Southampton	12	7	5	11
Man City	11	6	5	9
Coventry	9	7	5	6
Leicester	13	7	4	16
Burnley	12	8	4	12
Sheffield U	11	6	4	10
Ipswich Town	7	5	4	6
Derby County	5	4	4	2

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Scotland	9	6	18
Liverpool	19	6	20
Chelsea	19	5	18
Everton	18	5	19
Tottenham	17	5	20
England	7	4	10
N. Ireland	7	4	9
Man City	11	3	9
Stoke City	16	3	21
WBA	14	3	15
Blackpool	7	3	9
Saragosse	3	2	5
Celtic	2	2	3
Újpesti Dózsa SC	4	2	5
Man United	15	2	11
Newcastle	13	2	10
Aston Villa	6	2	6
West Ham	18	2	16
Wolves	12	2	12
Southampton	12	2	11

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
1974/1975	Birmingham	100%	0%	2	34%	45%	47	-
1973/1974	Birmingham	21%	43%	14	48%	26%	27	Extremely negative
1973/1974	Leeds United	0%	0%	1	89%	0%	9	-
1972/1973	Leeds United	0%	100%	1	52%	19%	63	-
1971/1972	Leeds United	60%	16%	43	50%	33%	12	Slightly positive
1970/1971	Leeds United	59%	11%	44	67%	20%	15	Slightly negative
1969/1970	Leeds United	56%	10%	48	47%	33%	15	Slightly positive
1968/1969	Leeds United	58%	12%	43	25%	50%	4	-
1967/1968	Leeds United	60%	13%	48	77%	18%	22	Slightly negative
1966/1967	Leeds United	48%	24%	54	62%	15%	13	Slightly negative
1965/1966	Leeds United	52%	23%	52	60%	40%	5	-
1964/1965	Leeds United	60%	19%	42	70%	10%	10	Slightly negative
1963/1964	Leeds United	0%	50%	2	59%	9%	46	-
1962/1963	Leeds United	0%	0%	0	47%	32%	47	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Leeds United
25/01/1964	FAC	Leeds United - Everton	1 - 1	First match with the club, first start
28/01/1964	FAC	Everton - Leeds United	2 - 0	First loss
22/08/1964	D1	Aston Villa - Leeds United	1 - 2	First victory
09/12/1967	D1	Liverpool - Leeds United	2 - 0	First own goal
Birmingham City
06/10/1973	D1	Arsenal - Birmingham	1 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first loss
13/10/1973	D1	Birmingham - Wolverhampton	2 - 1	First victory
27/10/1973	D1	Birmingham - Everton	0 - 2	First own goal

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 22/12/2024 at 11:30

Competition	Played matches	clean sheets	Goals conceded	Own goals	Minutes played	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
Premier League	Premier League	321	41%131	298	2	28879	100%321	56%180	27%88	17%53
FA Cup	FA Cup	11	18%2	12		1050	100%11	36%4	18%2	45%5
League Cup	League Cup	3	67%2	1		270	100%3	33%1	67%2
Community Shield	Community Shield	1		1		90	100%1	100%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	1		1		90	100%1		100%1
BHC	British Home Championship	21	29%6	35		1890	100%21	10%2	29%6	62%13
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	9	11%1	16		810	100%9	22%2	11%1	67%6
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	5	80%4	2		360	100%5	60%3	20%1	20%1
Champions League	Champions League	8	75%6	2		677	100%8	75%6		25%2
Europa League	Europa League	50	42%21	36		4350	96%48	48%24	34%17	18%9

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
1974/1975	Birmingham	1	17	37	42	14	9	19	53	61
1973/1974	Birmingham	1	19	37	42	12	13	17	52	64
1972/1973	Leeds United	1	3	53	42	21	11	10	71	45
1971/1972	Leeds United	1	2	57	42	24	9	9	73	31
1970/1971	Leeds United	1	2	64	42	27	10	5	72	30
1969/1970	Leeds United	1	2	57	42	21	15	6	84	49
1968/1969	Leeds United	1	1	67	42	27	13	2	66	26
1967/1968	Leeds United	1	4	53	42	22	9	11	71	41
1966/1967	Leeds United	1	4	55	42	22	11	9	62	42
1965/1966	Leeds United	1	2	55	42	23	9	10	79	38
1964/1965	Leeds United	1	2	61	42	26	9	7	83	52
1963/1964	Leeds United	2	1	63	42	24	15	3	71	34
1962/1963	Leeds United	2	5	48	42	19	10	13	79	53

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
May 23, 1975	23/05	BHC	Round 3	N. Ireland	1 - 0	Wales	Absent
May 21, 1975	21/05	BHC	Round 1	England	2 - 2	Wales	Absent
May 20, 1975	20/05	BHC	Round 2	Wales	2 - 2	Scotland	Absent
May 01, 1975	01/05	EQ	Group 2	Luxembourg	1 - 3	Wales	Absent
April 29, 1975	29/04	D1	Round 39	Birmingham	0 - 0	Sheffield U	Absent
April 26, 1975	26/04	D1	Round 42	Newcastle	1 - 2	Birmingham	Absent
April 19, 1975	19/04	D1	Round 41	Birmingham	1 - 4	Luton Town	Absent
April 16, 1975	16/04	EQ	Group 2	Hungary	1 - 2	Wales	Absent
April 12, 1975	12/04	D1	Round 40	Coventry	1 - 0	Birmingham	Absent
April 09, 1975	09/04	FAC	Semi-finals	Fulham	1 - 0a.e.t.	Birmingham	No data
April 05, 1975	05/04	FAC	Semi-finals	Birmingham	1 - 1	Fulham	No data
April 01, 1975	01/04	D1	Round 38	Ipswich Town	3 - 2	Birmingham	Absent
March 29, 1975	29/03	D1	Round 36	Liverpool	1 - 0	Birmingham	Absent
March 25, 1975	25/03	D1	Round 37	Birmingham	2 - 0	Carlisle United	90 Minutes
March 22, 1975	22/03	D1	Round 35	Birmingham	4 - 1	QPR	90 Minutes
March 18, 1975	18/03	D1	Round 33	Birmingham	1 - 1	West Ham	Absent
March 15, 1975	15/03	D1	Round 34	Arsenal	1 - 1	Birmingham	Absent
March 08, 1975	08/03	FAC	Quarter-finals	Birmingham	1 - 0	Middlesbrough	No data
March 01, 1975	01/03	D1	Round 32	Wolverhampton	0 - 1	Birmingham	Absent
February 22, 1975	22/02	D1	Round 31	Man City	3 - 1	Birmingham	Absent
February 18, 1975	18/02	D1	Round 30	Birmingham	1 - 0	Tottenham	Absent
February 15, 1975	15/02	FAC	Round of 16	Birmingham	2 - 1	Walsall	No data
February 08, 1975	08/02	D1	Round 29	Chelsea	2 - 1	Birmingham	Absent
February 01, 1975	01/02	D1	Round 28	Birmingham	1 - 1	Burnley	Absent
January 25, 1975	25/01	FAC	Round of 32	Chelsea	0 - 1	Birmingham	No data
January 18, 1975	18/01	D1	Round 27	Birmingham	0 - 3	Everton	Absent
January 11, 1975	11/01	D1	Round 26	Stoke City	0 - 0	Birmingham	Absent
January 04, 1975	04/01	FAC	3rd round	Luton Town	0 - 1	Birmingham	No data
December 28, 1974	28/12	D1	Round 25	Birmingham	0 - 1	Ipswich Town	Absent
December 26, 1974	26/12	D1	Round 24	Derby County	2 - 1	Birmingham	Absent
December 21, 1974	21/12	D1	Round 23	Birmingham	3 - 1	Liverpool	Absent
December 14, 1974	14/12	D1	Round 22	Middlesbrough	3 - 0	Birmingham	Absent
December 07, 1974	07/12	D1	Round 21	Birmingham	0 - 3	Stoke City	Absent
November 30, 1974	30/11	D1	Round 20	Everton	4 - 1	Birmingham	Absent
November 23, 1974	23/11	D1	Round 19	Tottenham	0 - 0	Birmingham	Absent
November 20, 1974	20/11	EQ	Group 2	Wales	5 - 0	Luxembourg	90 Minutes
November 16, 1974	16/11	D1	Round 18	Birmingham	4 - 0	Man City	Absent
November 09, 1974	09/11	D1	Round 17	Burnley	2 - 2	Birmingham	Absent
November 02, 1974	02/11	D1	Round 16	Birmingham	2 - 0	Chelsea	Absent
October 30, 1974	30/10	EQ	Group 2	Wales	2 - 0	Hungary	45 Minutes
October 26, 1974	26/10	D1	Round 15	Sheffield U	3 - 2	Birmingham	Absent
October 19, 1974	19/10	D1	Round 14	Birmingham	3 - 0	Newcastle	Absent
October 15, 1974	15/10	D1	Round 13	Birmingham	1 - 0	Leeds United	Absent
October 12, 1974	12/10	D1	Round 12	Luton Town	1 - 3	Birmingham	Absent
October 05, 1974	05/10	D1	Round 11	Birmingham	1 - 2	Coventry	Absent
September 28, 1974	28/09	D1	Round 10	Birmingham	3 - 1	Arsenal	Absent
September 25, 1974	25/09	D1	Round 9	West Ham	3 - 0	Birmingham	Absent
September 21, 1974	21/09	D1	Round 8	Carlisle United	1 - 0	Birmingham	Absent
September 14, 1974	14/09	D1	Round 7	Birmingham	3 - 2	Derby County	Absent
September 10, 1974	10/09	LC	2nd round	Crewe	2 - 1	Birmingham	No data
September 07, 1974	07/09	D1	Round 6	QPR	0 - 1	Birmingham	Absent
September 04, 1974	04/09	EQ	Group 2	Austria	2 - 1	Wales	90 Minutes
August 31, 1974	31/08	D1	Round 5	Birmingham	1 - 1	Wolverhampton	Absent
August 28, 1974	28/08	D1	Round 4	Leicester	1 - 1	Birmingham	Absent
August 24, 1974	24/08	D1	Round 3	Leeds United	1 - 0	Birmingham	Absent
August 20, 1974	20/08	D1	Round 2	Birmingham	3 - 4	Leicester	Absent
August 17, 1974	17/08	D1	Round 1	Birmingham	0 - 3	Middlesbrough	Absent

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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