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Bristol City 1-2 Man United - March 03, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Journée 31

Ashton Gate - Bristol - England

March 03, 1979

Bristol City

1 - 2

Man United

Gerry Gow

19'

Gordon McQueen

47'

Andy Ritchie

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0' - Goal Gordon McQueen

19' - Goal Gerry Gow19

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47' - Goal Andy Ritchie

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bristol City

1 - 2

Man United

Bristol City Man United

Team line-ups

Bristol City

Cashley

Ray Cashley

England

B.date23/10/1951

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hunter

Norman Hunter

England

B.date29/10/1943

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

Gillies

Donald Gillies

Scotland

B.date20/06/1951

Age27 years

positionDefender

Collier

Gary Collier

England

B.date04/02/1955

Age24 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Whitehead

Clive Whitehead

England

B.date24/11/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Mann

Jimmy Mann

England

B.date15/12/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Tainton

Trevor Tainton

England

B.date08/06/1948

Age30 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Gow19

Gerry Gow

Scotland

B.date29/05/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Sweeney

Gerry Sweeney

Scotland

B.date10/07/1945

Age33 years

positionMidfield

Royle

Joe Royle

England

B.date08/04/1949

Age29 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Garland

Chris Garland

England

B.date24/04/1949

Age29 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Cashley		27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Norman Hunter		35	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Donald Gillies		27	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Collier		24	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clive Whitehead		23	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Mann		26	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Tainton		30	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Gow	19	26	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Sweeney		33	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Royle		29	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Garland		29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

McQueen0

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age21 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Grimes

Ashley Grimes

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/08/1957

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Thomas

Mickey Thomas

Wales

B.date07/07/1954

Age24 years

H1m68

positionLeft Midfielder

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age23 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Greenhoff

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age32 years

positionStriker

Ritchie47

Andy Ritchie

England

B.date28/11/1960

Age18 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey		20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		29	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl		22	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston		21	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Grimes		21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy		24	254	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell		23	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff		32	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Ritchie	47	18	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

105

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Clive Whitehead

Peter Cormack

OUT

Norman Hunter

David Rodgers

OUT

Chris Garland

Tom Ritchie

OUT

Donald Gillies

Terry Cooper

OUT

Jimmy Mann

Kevin Mabbutt

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ashley Grimes

Brian Greenhoff

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Dicks

551

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Dicks vs Man United

3 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 03, 1979

Dicks vs Sexton

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 03, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Sexton vs Bristol City

2 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 03, 1979

Sexton vs Dicks

2 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 03, 1979

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Key figures

No Manchester United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Dave Sexton has reached 33% of losses .

No Bristol City manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Alan Dicks has done less than 1.22 goals conceded per game .

End of streak for Bristol City after 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Man United at home in Premier League (since 04/04/1908). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBristol City 1-0 Liverpool16/12/1978

VBristol City 5-0 Coventry26/12/1978

DBristol City 1-1 Manchester City30/12/1978

VBristol City 3-1 Bolton Wanderers09/01/1979

DBristol City 0-0 Tottenham13/01/1979

VBristol City 3-1 Ipswich Town03/02/1979

Overall

DBristol City 0-0 Tottenham13/01/1979

LCrystal Palace 3-0 Bristol City29/01/1979

VBristol City 3-1 Ipswich Town03/02/1979

LEverton 4-1 Bristol City10/02/1979

LSouthampton 2-0 Bristol City20/02/1979

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Bristol City24/02/1979

Current form

Away

VChelsea 0-1 Manchester United25/11/1978

VDerby County 1-3 Manchester United09/12/1978

LBolton Wanderers 3-0 Manchester United22/12/1978

DFulham 1-1 Manchester United31/01/1979

VManchester City 0-3 Manchester United10/02/1979

VColchester United 0-1 Manchester United20/02/1979

Overall

LManchester United 0-2 Arsenal03/02/1979

VManchester City 0-3 Manchester United10/02/1979

VManchester United 1-0 Fulham12/02/1979

VColchester United 0-1 Manchester United20/02/1979

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa24/02/1979

VManchester United 2-0 Queens Park Rangers28/02/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	3
Unbeaten streak	7	0
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	1	5
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	1	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	3	5
Invincibility streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	26
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
10	Victories (Competition total)	11
7	Victories (Home / Away)	5
8	Draws (Competition total)	7
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
11	Losses (Competition total)	8
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	38
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
35	Goals conceded (Competition total)	42
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.17	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.46
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.58
1.21	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.62
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.92

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (3 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Tom Ritchie	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Jimmy Greenhoff
Joe Royle	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Jimmy Greenhoff
Peter Cormack	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jimmy Greenhoff
Peter Cormack	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Joe Royle	5 goals during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Jimmy Greenhoff

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

5 v

6 d

4 l

19 gf

14 ga

Away

16 matches

5 v

3 d

8 l

18 gf

26 ga

Total

31 matches

10 v

9 d

12 l

37 gf

40 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

8 v

3 d

5 l

26 gf

18 ga

Away

15 matches

4 v

6 d

5 l

14 gf

19 ga

Total

31 matches

12 v

9 d

10 l

40 gf

37 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 18, 1902
Home	4 - 0	January 18, 1902

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	September 02, 1905
Away	1 - 0	April 25, 1978

Latest head to head

October 21, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Man United

1 - 3

Bristol City logo Bristol City

April 25, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Bristol City

0 - 1

Man United

February 08, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Man United

1 - 1

Bristol City logo Bristol City

May 07, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Bristol City

1 - 1

Man United

January 19, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Man United

2 - 1

Bristol City logo Bristol City

Best historical scorers against Man United

Kevin Mabbutt	3 goals	1978 - 1978
Peter Cormack	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Chris Garland	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Keith Fear	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/01/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bristol City

Jimmy Greenhoff	2 goals	1977 - 1978
Stuart Pearson	2 goals	1977 - 1978
Brian Greenhoff	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Gordon Hill	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/01/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Trevor Tainton	5 matches	1977 - 1978
Gerry Sweeney	5 matches	1977 - 1978
John Shaw	5 matches	1977 - 1978
Norman Hunter	5 matches	1977 - 1978
Jimmy Mann	4 matches	1977 - 1978
Gerry Gow	4 matches	1977 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/01/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bristol City

Stewart Houston	5 matches	1977 - 1978
Steve Coppell	5 matches	1977 - 1978
Sammy McIlroy	5 matches	1977 - 1978
Martin Buchan	4 matches	1977 - 1978
Jimmy Greenhoff	4 matches	1977 - 1978
Brian Greenhoff	4 matches	1977 - 1978