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Man United 3-0 Fulham - December 09, 1961 / Division 1 1961/1962

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Division 1 1961/1962 - Round 21

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

December 09, 1961

22 193

Man United

3 - 0

Fulham

David Herd

38'

David Herd

47'

Norbert Lawton

79'

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38' - Goal David Herd38

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47' - Goal David Herd47

79' - Goal Norbert Lawton79

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 0

Fulham

Man United Fulham

Team line-ups

Man United

Gaskell

David Gaskell

England

B.date05/10/1940

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Brennan

Shay Brennan

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/05/1937

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age20 years

positionLeft full-back

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Giles

Johnny Giles

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/11/1940

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Lawton79

Norbert Lawton

England

B.date25/03/1940

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Nicholson

Jimmy Nicholson

Northern Ireland

B.date27/02/1943

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Setters

Maurice Setters

England

B.date16/12/1936

Age24 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Herd4738

David Herd

Scotland

B.date15/04/1934

Age27 years

positionForward

Chisnall

Phil Chisnall

England

B.date27/10/1942

Age19 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Gaskell		21	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		29	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan		24	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		24	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Giles		21	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Norbert Lawton	79	21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Nicholson		18	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maurice Setters		24	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Herd	4738	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Phil Chisnall		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Fulham

Hewkins

Ken Hewkins

South Africa

B.date30/10/1929

Age32 years

positionGoalkeeper

Dodgin Jr

Bill Dodgin Jr

England

B.date04/11/1931

Age30 years

positionDefender

Langley

Ernest J Langley

England

B.date07/02/1929

Age32 years

positionDefender

Key

Johnny Key

England

B.date05/11/1937

Age24 years

positionDefender

Cohen

George Cohen

England

B.date22/10/1939

Age22 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Mullery

Alan Mullery

England

B.date23/11/1941

Age20 years

positionRight Midfielder

Metchick

David Metchick

England

B.date14/08/1943

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Edwards

David Edwards

Wales

B.date10/12/1934

Age26 years

positionForward

Leggat

Graham Leggat

Scotland

B.date20/06/1934

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

O'Connell

Pat O'Connell

England

B.date13/09/1937

Age24 years

positionForward

Cook

Maurice Cook

England

B.date10/12/1931

Age29 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Ken Hewkins	32	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Dodgin Jr	30	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ernest J Langley	32	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johnny Key	24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Cohen	22	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Mullery	20	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Metchick	18	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Edwards	26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Graham Leggat	27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pat O'Connell	24	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Maurice Cook	29	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Edwards

Johnny Haynes

OUT

Ken Hewkins

Tony Macedo

OUT

Johnny Key

Edward Lowe

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

733

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Busby vs Fulham

7 victories

5 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 09, 1961

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Key figures

End of streak for Fulham after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 18/11/1961). It was the best streak for the club since 16/04/1960-30/04/1960 (4 matches).

Man United keeps its 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Fulham at home running (since 17/03/1934). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time David Herd scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Fulham in his professional career with Manchester United

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 3-2 Manchester City23/09/1961

LManchester United 0-2 Wolverhampton30/09/1961

LManchester United 0-2 Birmingham City14/10/1961

LManchester United 0-3 Bolton Wanderers28/10/1961

DManchester United 2-2 Leicester11/11/1961

LManchester United 1-4 Burnley25/11/1961

Overall

LManchester United 0-3 Bolton Wanderers28/10/1961

LSheffield Wednesday 3-1 Manchester United04/11/1961

DManchester United 2-2 Leicester11/11/1961

LIpswich Town 4-1 Manchester United18/11/1961

LManchester United 1-4 Burnley25/11/1961

LEverton 5-1 Manchester United02/12/1961

Current form

Away

VIpswich Town 2-4 Fulham23/09/1961

LSheffield United 4-0 Fulham25/09/1961

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Fulham14/10/1961

DSheffield United 2-2 Fulham28/10/1961

LTottenham 4-2 Fulham11/11/1961

VBlackburn 0-2 Fulham25/11/1961

Overall

DSheffield United 2-2 Fulham28/10/1961

LFulham 0-1 Cardiff City04/11/1961

LTottenham 4-2 Fulham11/11/1961

LFulham 0-1 Blackpool18/11/1961

VBlackburn 0-2 Fulham25/11/1961

LFulham 0-1 Wolverhampton02/12/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	5	10
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	6	13

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	20
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
6	Victories (Competition total)	7
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	5
1	Draws (Home / Away)	4
9	Losses (Competition total)	8
4	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
43	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.47	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.7
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.7
2.26	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.65
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.6

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
3-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 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

Dennis Viollet	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Maurice Cook
David Herd	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Alan Mullery
Albert Quixall	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ernest J Langley
Albert Quixall	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
David Herd	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Maurice Cook

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

11 v

4 d

0 l

31 gf

15 ga

Away

15 matches

3 v

5 d

7 l

24 gf

26 ga

Total

30 matches

14 v

9 d

7 l

55 gf

41 ga

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

7 v

5 d

3 l

26 gf

24 ga

Away

15 matches

0 v

4 d

11 l

15 gf

31 ga

Total

30 matches

7 v

9 d

14 l

41 gf

55 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 26, 1960
Home	3 - 0	April 29, 1950

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	April 20, 1935
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 01, 1961 - Division 1 1960/1961

Man United

3 - 1

Fulham

December 10, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Fulham

4 - 4

Man United

March 26, 1960 - Division 1 1959/1960

Fulham

0 - 5

Man United

November 07, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Man United

3 - 3

Fulham

March 26, 1958 - FA Cup 1957/1958

Man United

5 - 3

Fulham

Best historical scorers against Fulham

Bobby Charlton	6 goals	1958 - 1961
Alex Dawson	5 goals	1958 - 1960
Dennis Viollet	4 goals	1959 - 1961
Albert Quixall	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Albert Scanlon	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Mark Pearson	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/03/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Pat O'Connell	2 goals	1960 - 1961
Bobby Brown	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Alan Mullery	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/03/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Fulham

Bill Foulkes	6 matches	1958 - 1961
Bobby Charlton	6 matches	1958 - 1961
Harry Gregg	5 matches	1958 - 1960
Shay Brennan	4 matches	1958 - 1961
Mark Pearson	4 matches	1958 - 1961
Ron Cope	4 matches	1958 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/03/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Ernest J Langley	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Pat O'Connell	2 matches	1960 - 1961
George Cohen	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Johnny Haynes	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Mike Johnson	1 match	1961 - 1961
Edward Lowe	1 match	1961 - 1961