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Man United 4-0 West Ham - February 28, 1976 / Division 1 1975/1976

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Division 1 1975/1976 - Round 32

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

February 28, 1976

Man United

4 - 0

West Ham

Alex Forsyth

49'

Lou Macari

56'

David McCreery

76'

Stuart Pearson

88'

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46' - Substitution Alan Tayloris substituted by Billy Jennings

49' - Goal Alex Forsyth49

56' - Goal Lou Macari56

76' - Goal David McCreery photo David McCreery

76' - Substitution Sammy McIlroyis substituted by David McCreery76

88' - Goal Stuart Pearson88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

4 - 0

West Ham

Man United West Ham

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age33 years

positionGoalkeeper

Greenhoff

Brian Greenhoff

England

B.date28/04/1953

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Houston

Stewart Houston

Scotland

B.date20/08/1949

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Forsyth49

Alex Forsyth

Scotland

B.date05/02/1952

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

McIlroy76

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age21 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Macari56

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age26 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Daly

Gerry Daly

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1954

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age20 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Hill

Gordon Hill

England

B.date01/04/1954

Age21 years

positionLeft Winger

Pearson88

Stuart Pearson

England

B.date21/06/1949

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		33	389	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Greenhoff		22	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		26	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stewart Houston		26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Forsyth	49	24	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy	76	21	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari	56	26	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Daly		21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell		20	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Hill		21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stuart Pearson	88	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

West Ham

Day

Mervyn Day

England

B.date26/06/1955

Age20 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Lock

Kevin Lock

England

B.date27/12/1953

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Bonds

Billy Bonds

England

B.date17/09/1946

Age29 years

positionDefender

McGiven

Mick McGiven

England

B.date07/02/1951

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

T. Taylor

Tommy Taylor

England

B.date26/09/1951

Age24 years

positionDefender

McDowell

John McDowell

England

B.date07/09/1951

Age24 years

positionDefender

Robson

Keith Robson

England

B.date15/11/1953

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Paddon

Graham Paddon

England

B.date24/08/1950

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Brooking

Trevor Brooking

England

B.date02/10/1948

Age27 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Curbishley

Alan Curbishley

England

B.date08/11/1957

Age18 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Alan Taylor46

Alan Taylor

England

B.date14/11/1953

Age22 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mervyn Day		20	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Lock		22	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Bonds		29	348	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick McGiven		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Taylor		24	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McDowell		24	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Robson		22	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Paddon		25	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Brooking		27	305	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Curbishley		18	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Taylor	46	22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

143

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		David McCreery	7676	18	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Billy Jennings	46	24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Lock

Frank Lampard

OUT

Billy Bonds

Pat Holland

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tommy Docherty

155

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Docherty vs West Ham

5 victories

4 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 1976

Docherty vs Lyall

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1976

Manager

Age

Match num

John Lyall

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Lyall vs Man United

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1976

Lyall vs Docherty

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1976

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Man United after 8 matches with at least one goal conceded vs West Ham (since 29/08/1970). It was the best streak for the club since 30/04/1938-26/10/1963 (12 matches).

It's the first time Alex Forsyth scores 1 goal vs West Ham in his professional career

The last time Man United has scored at least 4 goals vs West Ham, It was on the 18/09/1971

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 2-1 Oxford United03/01/1976

VManchester United 2-1 Queens Park Rangers10/01/1976

VManchester United 3-1 Peterborough United24/01/1976

VManchester United 3-1 Birmingham City31/01/1976

DManchester United 0-0 Liverpool18/02/1976

DManchester United 1-1 Derby County25/02/1976

Overall

VManchester United 3-1 Birmingham City31/01/1976

DCoventry 1-1 Manchester United07/02/1976

VLeicester 1-2 Manchester United14/02/1976

DManchester United 0-0 Liverpool18/02/1976

LAston Villa 2-1 Manchester United21/02/1976

DManchester United 1-1 Derby County25/02/1976

Current form

Away

LNorwich City 1-0 West Ham06/12/1975

LBurnley 2-0 West Ham13/12/1975

LAston Villa 4-1 West Ham26/12/1975

LManchester City 3-0 West Ham17/01/1976

DTottenham 1-1 West Ham07/02/1976

LCoventry 2-0 West Ham14/02/1976

Overall

VWest Ham 1-0 Queens Park Rangers24/01/1976

LWest Ham 0-4 Liverpool31/01/1976

DTottenham 1-1 West Ham07/02/1976

LCoventry 2-0 West Ham14/02/1976

LWest Ham 1-2 Derby County21/02/1976

DWest Ham 1-1 Leeds United23/02/1976

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	25	1
Winless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	8	5
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	7	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

31	Number of games (Competition total)	31
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
16	Victories (Competition total)	13
11	Victories (Home / Away)	3
9	Draws (Competition total)	7
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
6	Losses (Competition total)	11
0	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

47	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	44
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	26
1.52	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
1.73	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.21
0.94	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.42
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.86

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Lou Macari	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Alan Taylor
Stuart Pearson	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Alan Taylor
Gerry Daly	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Tommy Taylor
Gerry Daly	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Stuart Pearson	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Alan Taylor

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

15 v

5 d

8 l

65 gf

39 ga

Away

30 matches

6 v

5 d

19 l

37 gf

56 ga

Total

58 matches

21 v

10 d

27 l

102 gf

95 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

19 v

5 d

6 l

56 gf

37 ga

Away

28 matches

8 v

5 d

15 l

39 gf

65 ga

Total

58 matches

27 v

10 d

21 l

95 gf

102 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	May 06, 1967
Home	6 - 1	September 14, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	October 11, 1930
Away	3 - 0	March 19, 1927

Latest head to head

October 25, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

West Ham

2 - 1

Man United

January 12, 1974 - Division 1 1973/1974

West Ham

2 - 1

Man United

September 15, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Man United

3 - 1

West Ham

January 20, 1973 - Division 1 1972/1973

Man United

2 - 2

West Ham

September 02, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

West Ham

2 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against West Ham

George Best	11 goals	1964 - 1972
Bobby Charlton	10 goals	1960 - 1973
Denis Law	8 goals	1962 - 1968
Albert Quixall	5 goals	1960 - 1962
Albert Scanlon	4 goals	1958 - 1960
Brian Kidd	4 goals	1967 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Geoff Hurst	9 goals	1964 - 1972
Bryan Robson	5 goals	1971 - 1973
John Dick	3 goals	1961 - 1961
Clyde Best	3 goals	1971 - 1973
Ron Brett	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Trevor Brooking	2 goals	1968 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Bobby Charlton	29 matches	1958 - 1973
Tony Dunne	19 matches	1961 - 1972
Denis Law	19 matches	1962 - 1973
Bill Foulkes	19 matches	1958 - 1968
George Best	16 matches	1964 - 1972
David Sadler	16 matches	1964 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Bobby Moore	26 matches	1960 - 1973
Geoff Hurst	20 matches	1961 - 1972
Billy Bonds	14 matches	1967 - 1974
Ronnie Boyce	13 matches	1963 - 1971
Martin Peters	12 matches	1962 - 1970
Ken Brown	11 matches	1960 - 1965