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Arsenal 2-1 Stoke City - April 19, 1972 / FA Cup 1971/1972

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FA Cup 1971/1972 - 1/2 finales

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 19, 1972

38 970

2 - 1

Stoke City

John Radford

(penalty) Charles George

Jimmy Greenhoff (penalty)

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0' - Goal John Radford photo Charles George

0' - Goal Charles George0

0' - Goal Jimmy Greenhoff

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 1

Stoke City

Arsenal Stoke City

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Barnett

Geoff Barnett

England

B.date16/10/1946

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date13/01/1945

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

McLintock

Frank McLintock

Scotland

B.date28/12/1939

Age32 years

positionRight central defender

McNab

Robert McNab

England

B.date20/07/1943

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Storey

Peter Storey

England

B.date07/09/1945

Age26 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Graham

George Graham

Scotland

B.date30/11/1944

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Armstrong

George Armstrong

England

B.date09/08/1944

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

Radford0

John Radford

England

B.date22/02/1947

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

Ball

Alan Ball

England

B.date12/05/1945

Age26 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

George0

Charles George

England

B.date10/10/1950

Age21 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Geoff Barnett	25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Simpson	27	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank McLintock	32	305	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert McNab	28	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice	23	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Storey	26	269	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Graham	27	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Armstrong	27	360	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Radford	25	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Ball	26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charles George	21	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

194

Stoke City

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age34 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Skeels

Eric Skeels

England

B.date27/10/1939

Age32 years

positionDefender

Smith

Denis Smith

England

B.date19/11/1947

Age24 years

positionDefender

Marsh

John Marsh

England

B.date31/05/1948

Age23 years

positionFull-back

Elder

Alex Elder

Northern Ireland

B.date25/04/1941

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Eastham

George Eastham

England

B.date23/09/1936

Age35 years

positionMidfield

Bloor

Alan Bloor

England

B.date16/03/1943

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Bernard

Mike Bernard

England

B.date10/01/1948

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Dobing

Peter Dobing

England

B.date01/12/1938

Age33 years

positionForward

Greenhoff0

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age25 years

positionStriker

Ritchie

John Ritchie

England

B.date12/07/1941

Age30 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks	34	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Skeels	32	316	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Smith	24	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Marsh	23	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Elder	30	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Eastham	35	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Bloor	29	264	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike Bernard	24	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Dobing	33	313	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff	25	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Ritchie	30	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29 years

Average number of matches played for the team

195

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Geoff Barnett

Bob Wilson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Bertie Mee

337

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Mee vs Stoke City

8 victories

6 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 19, 1972

Mee vs Waddington

8 victories

6 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 19, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Waddington

593

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Waddington vs Arsenal

3 victories

7 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on April 19, 1972

Waddington vs Mee

2 victories

6 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 19, 1972

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Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored vs Stoke City in FA Cup running (since 05/01/1957). It's a record streak. The first of history

Arsenal keeps its 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Stoke City running (since 31/03/1971). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 06/05/1967-07/02/1970 time period (7 matches).

Stoke City keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored in FA Cup running (since 07/05/1971). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 09/01/1956-10/01/1959 time period (11 matches).

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

LLeeds United 1-0 Arsenal02/03/1968

LSwindon Town 3-1 Arsenal15/03/1969

VArsenal 2-1 Liverpool08/05/1971

VArsenal 1-0 Derby County13/03/1972

DStoke City 1-1 Arsenal15/04/1972

Overall

VArsenal 1-0 Southampton28/03/1972

VArsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest01/04/1972

DLeicester 0-0 Arsenal04/04/1972

VArsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton08/04/1972

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Arsenal11/04/1972

DStoke City 1-1 Arsenal15/04/1972

Current form

Neutral ground

DStoke City 0-0 West Ham05/01/1972

VStoke City 2-1 Chelsea04/03/1972

DStoke City 1-1 Arsenal15/04/1972

Overall

LLiverpool 2-1 Stoke City28/03/1972

VManchester City 1-2 Stoke City01/04/1972

DStoke City 0-0 West Ham04/04/1972

LStoke City 0-3 Leeds United08/04/1972

LStoke City 0-2 Nottingham Forest10/04/1972

DStoke City 1-1 Arsenal15/04/1972

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	3
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
4	Victories (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	14
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
1.29	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Alan Ball	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Jimmy Greenhoff
Ray Kennedy	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jimmy Greenhoff
George Armstrong	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 5 matches	Jimmy Greenhoff

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

22 v

4 d

3 l

63 gf

21 ga

Away

27 matches

7 v

9 d

11 l

30 gf

36 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

57 matches

29 v

14 d

14 l

94 gf

58 ga

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

11 v

9 d

7 l

36 gf

30 ga

Away

29 matches

3 v

4 d

22 l

21 gf

63 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

57 matches

14 v

14 d

29 l

58 gf

94 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 10, 1950
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 26, 1970
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 15, 1972 - FA Cup 1971/1972

Stoke City

1 - 1

Arsenal

January 08, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Stoke City

0 - 0

Arsenal

August 28, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Arsenal

0 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

May 01, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Arsenal

1 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

March 31, 1971 - FA Cup 1970/1971

Stoke City

0 - 2

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Joe Baker	6 goals	1963 - 1965
George Graham	4 goals	1967 - 1967
Jon Sammels	3 goals	1964 - 1967
John Radford	3 goals	1966 - 1967
Cliff Bastin	2 goals	1934 - 1934
George Armstrong	2 goals	1969 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Ritchie	9 goals	1964 - 1971
Jimmy McIlroy	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Harry Burrows	2 goals	1967 - 1969
Jimmy Greenhoff	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Peter Dobing	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Terry Conroy	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

George Armstrong	18 matches	1963 - 1972
Frank McLintock	17 matches	1964 - 1972
John Radford	13 matches	1966 - 1972
Robert McNab	12 matches	1967 - 1972
Peter Storey	12 matches	1966 - 1972
Jon Sammels	11 matches	1964 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Peter Dobing	15 matches	1963 - 1972
Eric Skeels	15 matches	1963 - 1972
Alan Bloor	14 matches	1964 - 1972
Anthony Allen	11 matches	1963 - 1969
Gordon Banks	10 matches	1967 - 1972
John Marsh	10 matches	1967 - 1972