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West Ham 6-1 Manchester City - May 18, 1963 / Division 1 1962/1963

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4' - Goal Geoff Hurst4

8' - Goal Geoff Hurst8

29' - Goal Alan Sealey29

35' - Goal Ronnie Boyce35

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56' - Goal Peter Brabrook56

83' - Goal Alan Sealey83

84' - Goal Alan Oakes

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Ham

6 - 1

Manchester City

West Ham Manchester City

Team line-ups

West Ham

Leslie

Lawrence Leslie

Scotland

B.date17/03/1935

Age28 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Burkett

Jack Burkett

England

B.date21/08/1942

Age20 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Moore

Bobby Moore

England

B.date12/04/1941

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

Bond

John Bond

England

B.date17/12/1932

Age30 years

positionFull-back

Sealey8329

Alan Sealey

England

B.date22/04/1942

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Boyce35

Ronnie Boyce

England

B.date06/01/1943

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Brown

Ken Brown

England

B.date16/02/1934

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Bovington

Eddie Bovington

England

B.date23/04/1941

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Hurst84

Geoff Hurst

England

B.date08/12/1941

Age21 years

H1m81

positionForward

Dear

Brian Dear

England

B.date18/09/1943

Age19 years

positionStriker

Brabrook56

Peter Brabrook

England

B.date08/11/1937

Age25 years

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lawrence Leslie		28	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jack Burkett		20	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Moore		22	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Bond		30	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Sealey	8329	21	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Boyce	35	20	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken Brown		29	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Bovington		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Geoff Hurst	84	21	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Dear		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Brabrook	56	25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Manchester City

Dowd

Harry Dowd

England

B.date04/07/1938

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Kennedy

Bobby Kennedy

Scotland

B.date23/06/1937

Age25 years

positionRight central defender

Leivers

William Leivers

England

B.date29/01/1932

Age31 years

positionDefender

Sear

Cliff Sear

Wales

B.date22/09/1936

Age26 years

positionDefender

Oakes84

Alan Oakes

England

B.date07/09/1942

Age20 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Dobing

Peter Dobing

England

B.date01/12/1938

Age24 years

positionForward

Hayes

Joe Hayes

England

B.date20/01/1936

Age27 years

positionForward

Wagstaffe

David Wagstaffe

England

B.date05/04/1943

Age20 years

positionWinger

Gray

Matt Gray

Scotland

B.date11/07/1936

Age26 years

positionForward

Young

Neil Young

England

B.date17/02/1944

Age19 years

positionStriker

Harley

Alex Harley

Scotland

B.date20/04/1936

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Dowd		24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Kennedy		25	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Leivers		31	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cliff Sear		26	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Oakes	84	20	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Dobing		24	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Hayes		27	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Wagstaffe		20	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Matt Gray		26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Young		19	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alex Harley		27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Brian Dear

John Byrne

OUT

Eddie Bovington

Martin Peters

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Greenwood

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Greenwood vs Manchester City

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 18, 1963

Greenwood vs McDowall

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 18, 1963

Manager

Age

Match num

Les McDowall

592

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

McDowall vs West Ham

5 victories

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on May 18, 1963

McDowall vs Greenwood

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 18, 1963

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Key figures

West Ham keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Manchester City in Premier League running (since 02/03/1932). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 19/10/1929 (2 matches)

Alan Sealey scored 5 goals vs Manchester City in his professional career

Alan Sealey scored 5 goals vs Manchester City in his professional career with West Ham

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWest Ham 1-3 Ipswich Town12/04/1963

VWest Ham 2-0 Leicester13/04/1963

VWest Ham 4-1 Nottingham Forest22/04/1963

LWest Ham 1-2 Everton27/04/1963

LWest Ham 0-1 Blackburn04/05/1963

VWest Ham 2-0 Leyton Orient11/05/1963

Overall

VWest Ham 4-1 Nottingham Forest22/04/1963

LWest Ham 1-2 Everton27/04/1963

LBirmingham City 3-2 West Ham01/05/1963

LWest Ham 0-1 Blackburn04/05/1963

VWest Ham 2-0 Leyton Orient11/05/1963

DBlackpool 0-0 West Ham13/05/1963

Current form

Away

LSheffield United 3-1 Manchester City03/04/1963

LLeicester 2-0 Manchester City06/04/1963

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Manchester City15/04/1963

VArsenal 2-3 Manchester City20/04/1963

LBlackburn 4-1 Manchester City01/05/1963

LAston Villa 3-1 Manchester City08/05/1963

Overall

LManchester City 1-5 West Bromwich Albion27/04/1963

LBlackburn 4-1 Manchester City01/05/1963

LManchester City 0-3 Blackpool04/05/1963

LAston Villa 3-1 Manchester City08/05/1963

VManchester City 1-0 Tottenham11/05/1963

DManchester City 1-1 Manchester United15/05/1963

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	11	0
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	4	3
Conceding streak	8	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
13	Victories (Competition total)	10
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
12	Draws (Competition total)	11
6	Draws (Home / Away)	6
16	Losses (Competition total)	20
7	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

67	Goals scored (Competition total)	57
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	27
68	Goals conceded (Competition total)	96
33	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	51
1.63	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.39
1.65	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.35
1.66	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.34
1.65	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.55

Betting aid

23	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	28
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	15
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
25	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	32
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	17
2-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-4 (3 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Geoff Hurst	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	23 goals	Alex Harley
Geoff Hurst	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	9 goals	Alex Harley
Martin Peters	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Alex Harley
Geoff Hurst	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Alex Harley
Tony Scott	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Alex Harley

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

9 v

2 d

3 l

32 gf

16 ga

Away

15 matches

5 v

1 d

9 l

28 gf

33 ga

Total

29 matches

14 v

3 d

12 l

60 gf

49 ga

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

9 v

1 d

5 l

33 gf

28 ga

Away

14 matches

3 v

2 d

9 l

16 gf

32 ga

Total

29 matches

12 v

3 d

14 l

49 gf

60 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	September 08, 1962
Home	5 - 1	April 20, 1959

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 24, 1962
Away	4 - 0	March 24, 1962

Latest head to head

September 08, 1962 - Division 1 1962/1963

Manchester City

1 - 6

West Ham

March 24, 1962 - Division 1 1961/1962

West Ham

0 - 4

Manchester City logo Manchester City

November 04, 1961 - Division 1 1961/1962

Manchester City

3 - 5

West Ham

April 15, 1961 - Division 1 1960/1961

West Ham

1 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

November 12, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Manchester City

1 - 2

West Ham

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Alan Sealey	3 goals	1961 - 1961
Malcolm Musgrove	3 goals	1961 - 1962
John Dick	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Martin Peters	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Tony Scott	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Geoff Hurst	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Peter Dobing	6 goals	1961 - 1962
Colin Barlow	3 goals	1960 - 1962
Joe Hayes	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Bobby Moore	5 matches	1960 - 1962
John Bond	5 matches	1960 - 1962
Ken Brown	5 matches	1960 - 1962
Malcolm Musgrove	5 matches	1960 - 1962
Phillip Woosnam	5 matches	1960 - 1962
John Dick	3 matches	1960 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Bert Trautmann	5 matches	1960 - 1962
Colin Barlow	5 matches	1960 - 1962
Barrie Betts	4 matches	1960 - 1962
Joe Hayes	4 matches	1961 - 1962
Alan Oakes	4 matches	1961 - 1962
Cliff Sear	4 matches	1960 - 1962