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Blackburn 2-4 Arsenal - October 22, 1960 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Round 14

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

October 22, 1960

2 - 4

Arsenal

Louis Bimpson

65'

David Herd

44'

Melvyn Charles

80'

Geoff Strong

90+2'

Geoff Strong

logo Blackburn BLA

6' - Goal Louis Bimpson6

7' - Goal David Herd

44' - Goal Melvyn Charles

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65' - Goal Louis Bimpson65

80' - Goal Geoff Strong

92' - Goal Geoff Strong

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

2 - 4

Arsenal

Blackburn Arsenal

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Leyland

Harry Leyland

England

B.date12/05/1930

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Woods

Matt Woods

England

B.date01/11/1931

Age28 years

positionDefender

Taylor

Ken Taylor

England

B.date15/03/1931

Age29 years

positionDefender

Bray

John Bray

England

B.date16/03/1937

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Clayton

Ronnie Clayton

England

B.date05/08/1934

Age26 years

H1m77

positionRight Midfielder

England

Mike England

Wales

B.date02/12/1941

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Douglas

Bryan Douglas

England

B.date27/05/1934

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

Bimpson656

Louis Bimpson

England

B.date14/05/1929

Age31 years

positionForward

Dobing

Peter Dobing

England

B.date01/12/1938

Age21 years

positionForward

Crowe

Christopher Crowe

England

B.date11/06/1939

Age21 years

positionForward

Daly

Pat Daly

England

B.date03/01/1941

Age19 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Leyland		30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Woods		28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Taylor		29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Bray		23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Clayton		26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike England		18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Douglas		26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Louis Bimpson	656	31	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Dobing		21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Christopher Crowe		21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pat Daly		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Standen

Jim Standen

England

B.date30/05/1935

Age25 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

Charles44

Melvyn Charles

Wales

B.date14/05/1935

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Strong8092

Geoff Strong

England

B.date19/11/1937

Age22 years

positionLeft central defender

Snedden

John Snedden

Scotland

B.date03/02/1941

Age19 years

positionDefender

Docherty

Tommy Docherty

Scotland

B.date24/04/1928

Age32 years

positionDefender

Wills

Len Wills

England

B.date08/11/1927

Age32 years

positionRight full-back

McCullough

Billy McCullough

Northern Ireland

B.date27/07/1935

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Barnwell

John Barnwell

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/12/1938

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Groves

Vic Groves

England

B.date05/11/1932

Age27 years

positionForward

Henderson

Jackie Henderson

Scotland

B.date17/01/1932

Age28 years

positionStriker

Herd7

David Herd

Scotland

B.date15/04/1934

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Standen		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Melvyn Charles	44	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Strong	8092	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Snedden		19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Docherty		32	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Wills		32	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy McCullough		25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnwell		21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vic Groves		27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jackie Henderson		28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Herd	7	26	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 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

Jim Standen

Alfred John Kelsey

OUT

Melvyn Charles

Danny R Clapton

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

George Swindin

106

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Swindin vs Blackburn

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 22, 1960

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Comments

Key figures

Blackburn keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win vs Arsenal running (since 14/03/1959). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 17/09/1946-03/04/1948 time period (3 matches).

The last time Blackburn has lost with a difference of 2 goals vs Arsenal at home, It was on the 01/01/1923

End of streak for Blackburn after 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs Arsenal (since 25/10/1958). It was the best streak for the club since 30/11/1912-06/11/1920 (5 matches).

Read the next 3 key stats

General ranking

+1	8	Arsenal	15 pts	14 rd
+1	9	Aston Villa	15 pts	14 rd
-2	10	Blackburn	14 pts	14 rd
+1	11	Leicester	13 pts	14 rd
+3	12	West Ham	13 pts	14 rd

General ranking

+1	6	Fulham	17 pts	14 rd
-2	7	Manchester City	16 pts	12 rd
+1	8	Arsenal	15 pts	14 rd
+1	9	Aston Villa	15 pts	14 rd
-2	10	Blackburn	14 pts	14 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 4-1 Nottingham Forest24/08/1960

LBlackburn 1-4 Tottenham27/08/1960

VBlackburn 4-1 Aston Villa10/09/1960

VBlackburn 3-1 Chelsea19/09/1960

VBlackburn 3-1 Bolton Wanderers24/09/1960

LBlackburn 1-4 Burnley08/10/1960

Overall

VBlackburn 3-1 Bolton Wanderers24/09/1960

LWest Ham 3-2 Blackburn01/10/1960

LBlackburn 1-4 Burnley08/10/1960

VYork City 1-3 Blackburn10/10/1960

LPreston North End 2-0 Blackburn15/10/1960

VSwansea 1-2 Blackburn18/10/1960

Current form

Away

LBurnley 3-2 Arsenal20/08/1960

LPreston North End 2-0 Arsenal30/08/1960

DManchester City 0-0 Arsenal03/09/1960

LBirmingham City 2-0 Arsenal14/09/1960

LCardiff City 1-0 Arsenal24/09/1960

LLeicester 2-1 Arsenal08/10/1960

Overall

LBirmingham City 2-0 Arsenal14/09/1960

VArsenal 5-0 Newcastle United17/09/1960

LCardiff City 1-0 Arsenal24/09/1960

VArsenal 1-0 West Bromwich Albion01/10/1960

LLeicester 2-1 Arsenal08/10/1960

VArsenal 2-1 Aston Villa15/10/1960

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	9	7
Scoring streak	7	1
Conceding streak	10	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	11	0
Drawless streak	3	8
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	3	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

8	General ranking (Competition total)	9
13	General ranking (Home / Away)	21

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

13	Number of games (Competition total)	13
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
6	Victories (Competition total)	6
4	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	6
2	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	14
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
2.15	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.46
2.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.08
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

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

Peter Dobing	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	David Herd
Derek Dougan	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	David Herd
Peter Dobing	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Peter Dobing	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Peter Dobing	8 goals during the last 12 matches	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 8 matches	David Herd

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

10 v

10 d

10 l

55 gf

43 ga

Away

32 matches

5 v

5 d

22 l

29 gf

79 ga

Total

62 matches

15 v

15 d

32 l

84 gf

122 ga

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

22 v

5 d

5 l

79 gf

29 ga

Away

30 matches

10 v

10 d

10 l

43 gf

55 ga

Total

62 matches

32 v

15 d

15 l

122 gf

84 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 02, 1909
Home	7 - 0	October 02, 1909

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	February 25, 1933
Away	5 - 0	January 01, 1923

Latest head to head

February 06, 1960 - Division 1 1959/1960

Arsenal

5 - 2

Blackburn

September 19, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Blackburn

1 - 1

Arsenal

March 14, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Arsenal

1 - 1

Blackburn

October 25, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Blackburn

4 - 2

Arsenal

April 03, 1948 - Division 1 1947/1948

Arsenal

2 - 0

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Peter Dobing	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Roy Isherwood	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Alistair MacLeod	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Melvyn Charles	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Ted Drake	2 goals	1934 - 1934
David Herd	2 goals	1959 - 1960
Cliff Bastin	1 goal	1934 - 1934
Ray Bowden	1 goal	1934 - 1934
Joe Haverty	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Michael McGrath	2 matches	1959 - 1960
Bryan Douglas	2 matches	1959 - 1960
Peter Dobing	2 matches	1959 - 1960
Harry Leyland	2 matches	1959 - 1960
Ken Taylor	2 matches	1959 - 1960
Ronnie Clayton	2 matches	1959 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Cliff Bastin	2 matches	1934 - 1934
Edris Hapgood	2 matches	1934 - 1934
Tommy Docherty	2 matches	1959 - 1960
Jack Crayston	2 matches	1934 - 1934
Ted Drake	2 matches	1934 - 1934
Ray Bowden	2 matches	1934 - 1934

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

October 22, 1960

Man United

3 2

Newcastle United

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October 24, 1960

Everton

4 2

Manchester City

Line-ups available

November 02, 1960

Tottenham

3 2

Cardiff City

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	25	13	12	1	0	41	12	+29
2	Sheffield Wednesday	21	13	9	3	1	24	11	+13
3	Burnley	20	14	10	0	4	40	21	+19
4	Everton	18	13	8	2	3	31	21	+10
+15	Wolverhampton	18	14	7	4	3	30	25	+5
+16	Fulham	17	14	8	1	5	32	33	-1
-27	Manchester City	16	12	6	4	2	25	20	+5
+18	Arsenal	15	14	7	1	6	23	16	+7
+19	Aston Villa	15	14	7	1	6	32	35	-3
-210	Blackburn	14	14	6	2	6	30	30	0
+111	Leicester	13	14	5	3	6	25	26	-1
+312	West Ham	13	14	6	1	7	31	35	-4
-213	Birmingham City	12	14	5	2	7	23	27	-4
-114	Preston North End	12	14	5	2	7	18	25	-7
+115	West Bromwich Albion	11	14	5	1	8	25	24	+1
-216	Newcastle United	11	14	5	1	8	31	37	-6
17	Chelsea	10	13	4	2	7	30	35	-5
18	Cardiff City	9	13	3	3	7	14	24	-10
+119	Manchester United	8	12	3	2	7	23	29	-6
-120	Bolton Wanderers	8	14	3	2	9	17	27	-10
+121	Blackpool	6	14	2	2	10	19	34	-15
-122	Nottingham Forest	6	13	2	2	9	14	31	-17

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Blackburn 2-4 Arsenal - October 22, 1960 / Division 1 1960/1961

Blackburn

2 - 4

Arsenal

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Swindin vs Blackburn

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking