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Chelsea 1-2 Man United - December 24, 1960 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Round 23

Stamford Bridge - London - England

December 24, 1960

37 601

Chelsea

1 - 2

Man United

Peter Brabrook

90'

Bobby Charlton

Alex Dawson

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0' - Goal Bobby Charlton photo Alex Dawson

0' - Goal Alex Dawson

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90' - Goal Peter Brabrook90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

1 - 2

Man United

Chelsea Man United

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age19 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Mortimore

John Mortimore

England

B.date23/09/1934

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Sillett

Peter Sillett

England

B.date01/02/1933

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Harris

Allan Harris

England

B.date28/12/1942

Age17 years

positionLeft full-back

Evans

Robert Evans

Scotland

B.date16/07/1927

Age33 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Anderton

Sylvan Anderton

England

B.date23/11/1934

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Brabrook90

Peter Brabrook

England

B.date08/11/1937

Age23 years

positionWinger

Blunstone

Frank Blunstone

England

B.date17/10/1934

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

Greaves

Jimmy Greaves

England

B.date20/02/1940

Age20 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Tambling

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age19 years

positionStriker

Tindall

Ron Tindall

England

B.date23/09/1935

Age25 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		19	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Mortimore		26	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Sillett		27	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Harris		17	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robert Evans		33	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sylvan Anderton		26	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Brabrook	90	23	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Blunstone		26	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greaves		20	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling		19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ron Tindall		25	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Gregg

Harry Gregg

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1932

Age28 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Brennan

Shay Brennan

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/05/1937

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Cantwell

Noel Cantwell

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/02/1932

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Stiles

Nobby Stiles

England

B.date18/05/1942

Age18 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

Charlton0

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Quixall

Albert Quixall

England

B.date09/08/1933

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Nicholson

Jimmy Nicholson

Northern Ireland

B.date27/02/1943

Age17 years

positionMidfield

Setters

Maurice Setters

England

B.date16/12/1936

Age24 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Dawson0

Alex Dawson

Scotland

B.date21/02/1940

Age20 years

H1m78

positionForward

Pearson

Mark Pearson

England

B.date28/10/1939

Age21 years

H1m68

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Gregg	28	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes	28	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan	23	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Noel Cantwell	28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles	18	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	23	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Quixall	27	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Nicholson	17	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maurice Setters	24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alex Dawson	20	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Pearson	21	38	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Frank Blunstone

Terry Venables

OUT

Sylvan Anderton

Johnny Brooks

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ted Drake

394

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Drake vs Man United

4 victories

1 draw

12 losses

Latest figure on December 24, 1960

Drake vs Busby

4 victories

1 draw

12 losses

Latest figure on December 24, 1960

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

690

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Busby vs Chelsea

18 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 24, 1960

Busby vs Drake

12 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 24, 1960

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Key figures

Bobby Charlton scored 6 goals vs Chelsea in his professional career

It's the first time Bobby Charlton scores a goal vs Chelsea in his professional career since the 02/09/1959 (with Manchester United vs Chelsea )

Bobby Charlton scored 6 goals vs Chelsea in his professional career with Manchester United

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

	9	Blackburn	21 pts	23 rd
	10	Fulham	21 pts	23 rd
	11	Chelsea	20 pts	22 rd
+2	12	Manchester City	20 pts	21 rd
-1	13	Leicester	20 pts	23 rd

General ranking

+2	12	Manchester City	20 pts	21 rd
-1	13	Leicester	20 pts	23 rd
+1	14	Manchester United	20 pts	22 rd
-2	15	Cardiff City	19 pts	22 rd
	16	Newcastle United	18 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LChelsea 2-6 Burnley22/10/1960

VChelsea 4-2 Workington24/10/1960

VChelsea 4-2 Newcastle United05/11/1960

VChelsea 6-3 Manchester City19/11/1960

VChelsea 7-1 West Bromwich Albion03/12/1960

LChelsea 2-4 Aston Villa17/12/1960

Overall

VChelsea 6-3 Manchester City19/11/1960

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Chelsea26/11/1960

VChelsea 7-1 West Bromwich Albion03/12/1960

LCardiff City 2-1 Chelsea10/12/1960

LPortsmouth 1-0 Chelsea14/12/1960

LChelsea 2-4 Aston Villa17/12/1960

Current form

Away

LArsenal 2-1 Manchester United29/10/1960

LBradford 2-1 Manchester United02/11/1960

LBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester United12/11/1960

LCardiff City 3-0 Manchester United26/11/1960

DFulham 4-4 Manchester United10/12/1960

VBlackburn 1-2 Manchester United17/12/1960

Overall

LBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester United12/11/1960

VManchester United 3-0 West Bromwich Albion19/11/1960

LCardiff City 3-0 Manchester United26/11/1960

VManchester United 1-0 Preston North End03/12/1960

DFulham 4-4 Manchester United10/12/1960

VBlackburn 1-2 Manchester United17/12/1960

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	6	14
Scoring streak	24	1
Conceding streak	14	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	17	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

11	General ranking (Competition total)	15
15	General ranking (Home / Away)	20

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
9	Victories (Competition total)	7
5	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
10	Losses (Competition total)	10
3	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

57	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
36	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
50	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
29	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	32
2.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.76
3.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.36
2.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.05
2.9	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.91

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
3-3 (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

Jimmy Greaves	25 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Dennis Viollet
Jimmy Greaves	19 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Dennis Viollet
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Albert Quixall
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Albert Quixall
Jimmy Greaves	25 goals during the last 19 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Mark Pearson

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

8 v

7 d

14 l

47 gf

60 ga

Away

29 matches

5 v

7 d

17 l

19 gf

51 ga

Total

58 matches

13 v

14 d

31 l

66 gf

111 ga

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

17 v

7 d

5 l

51 gf

19 ga

Away

29 matches

14 v

7 d

8 l

60 gf

47 ga

Total

58 matches

31 v

14 d

13 l

111 gf

66 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	September 06, 1930
Home	6 - 2	September 06, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 17, 1948
Away	4 - 0	November 29, 1947

Latest head to head

September 02, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Chelsea

3 - 6

Man United

August 26, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Man United

0 - 1

Chelsea

December 20, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Chelsea

2 - 3

Man United

August 23, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Man United

5 - 2

Chelsea

April 26, 1958 - Division 1 1957/1958

Chelsea

2 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1959
Peter Sillett	3 goals	1958 - 1959
Peter Brabrook	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Ron Tindall	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Les Allen	1 goal	1958 - 1958
David Cliss	1 goal	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Bobby Charlton	5 goals	1958 - 1959
Tommy Taylor	3 goals	1956 - 1957
Liam Whelan	2 goals	1956 - 1957
Warren Bradley	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Dennis Viollet	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Alex Dawson	2 goals	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Peter Brabrook	6 matches	1957 - 1959
Reginald Matthews	6 matches	1957 - 1959
Jimmy Greaves	5 matches	1958 - 1959
John Mortimore	5 matches	1957 - 1959
Peter Sillett	5 matches	1958 - 1959
John Sillett	4 matches	1957 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Bill Foulkes	8 matches	1956 - 1959
Dennis Viollet	8 matches	1956 - 1959
Bobby Charlton	5 matches	1958 - 1959
Harry Gregg	5 matches	1958 - 1959
Ron Cope	4 matches	1958 - 1959
Freddie Goodwin	4 matches	1958 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Stan Crowther

58 matches

20 matches

1958 - 1960

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/02/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Stan Crowther

58 matches

20 matches

1958 - 1960

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/02/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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December 23, 1960

S Wednesday

1 1

Arsenal

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December 24, 1960

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December 27, 1960

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	42	23	20	2	1	73	26	+47
+22	Wolverhampton	32	23	14	4	5	57	45	+12
-13	Everton	30	22	13	4	5	55	36	+19
-14	Sheffield Wednesday	30	22	12	6	4	40	27	+13
5	Burnley	29	21	14	1	6	63	39	+24
6	Aston Villa	28	23	13	2	8	50	45	+5
7	West Ham	23	22	10	3	9	54	48	+6
8	Arsenal	23	23	10	3	10	41	42	-1
9	Blackburn	21	23	9	3	11	47	50	-3
10	Fulham	21	23	9	3	11	47	60	-13
11	Chelsea	20	22	9	2	11	58	52	+6
+212	Manchester City	20	21	8	4	9	43	48	-5
-113	Leicester	20	23	8	4	11	41	46	-5
+114	Manchester United	20	22	8	4	10	39	44	-5
-215	Cardiff City	19	22	7	5	10	29	40	-11
16	Newcastle United	18	23	7	4	12	51	63	-12
+117	Nottingham Forest	18	23	7	4	12	34	47	-13
-118	Birmingham City	18	23	7	4	12	35	49	-14
+119	Bolton Wanderers	16	22	6	4	12	32	45	-13
+220	Blackpool	15	22	6	3	13	40	47	-7
-221	West Bromwich Albion	15	22	6	3	13	34	45	-11
-122	Preston North End	14	22	5	4	13	21	40	-19

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Chelsea 1-2 Man United - December 24, 1960 / Division 1 1960/1961

Chelsea

1 - 2

Man United

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

Drake vs Man United

Drake vs Busby

Manager

Busby vs Chelsea

Busby vs Drake

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 Man United

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Man United

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking