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Linfield 2-1 Manchester City - September 23, 1970 / (C2) Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupes 1970/1971

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(C2) Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupes 1970/1971 - 1er tour

Windsor Park - Belfast - Northern Ireland

September 23, 1970

25 000

Linfield

Northern Ireland

2 - 1

Manchester City

England

William Millen

56'

Francis Lee

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4' - Goal William Millen4

6' - Goal Francis Lee

19' - Substitution Francis Leeis substituted by Ian Bowyer

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56' - Goal William Millen56

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Linfield

2 - 1

Manchester City

Linfield Manchester City

Team line-ups

Linfield

Humphreys

Derek Humphreys

Northern Ireland

B.date05/10/1949

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

Patterson

Jackie Patterson

Northern Ireland

B.date1943

Age27 years

positionDefender

Bowyer

Eric Bowyer

Northern Ireland

positionDefender

Fraser

Alan Fraser

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1952

Age17 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Andrews

Isaac Andrews

Northern Ireland

B.date1943

Age27 years

H1m70

positionRight Midfielder

Sinclair

Billy Sinclair

Scotland

B.date21/03/1947

Age23 years

positionMidfield

McAllister

Ivan McAllister

Northern Ireland

positionMidfield

Millen456

William Millen

Northern Ireland

B.date30/03/1949

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Hamilton

Bryan Hamilton

Northern Ireland

B.date21/12/1946

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Magee

Eric Magee

Northern Ireland

B.date24/08/1947

Age23 years

positionRight Winger

Cathcart

Des Cathcart

Northern Ireland

B.date1947

Age23 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Derek Humphreys		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jackie Patterson		27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Bowyer			4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Fraser		17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Isaac Andrews		27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy Sinclair		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ivan McAllister			2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	William Millen	456	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Hamilton		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eric Magee		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Des Cathcart		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average number of matches played for the team

Manchester City

Corrigan

Joe Corrigan

England

B.date18/11/1948

Age21 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Book

Tony Book

England

B.date04/09/1934

Age36 years

positionCentral defender

Jeffries

Derek Jeffries

England

B.date22/03/1951

Age19 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Pardoe

Glyn Pardoe

England

B.date01/06/1946

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Doyle

Michael Doyle

England

B.date25/11/1946

Age23 years

positionRight Midfielder

Oakes

Alan Oakes

England

B.date07/09/1942

Age28 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Towers

Tony Towers

England

B.date13/04/1952

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Bell

Colin Bell

England

B.date26/02/1946

Age24 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Lee619

Francis Lee

England

B.date29/04/1944

Age26 years

positionStriker

Summerbee

Mike Summerbee

England

B.date15/12/1942

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

Young

Neil Young

England

B.date17/02/1944

Age26 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Corrigan		21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Book		36	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Jeffries		19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glyn Pardoe		24	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle		23	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Oakes		28	274	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Towers		18	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Bell		24	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francis Lee	619	26	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Summerbee		27	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Young		26	231	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

147

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ian Bowyer	19	19	48	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

Derek Jeffries

Tommy Booth

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Billy Bingham

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

28 %

Bingham vs Manchester City

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1970

Bingham vs Mercer

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1970

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

279

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Mercer vs Linfield

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1970

Mercer vs Bingham

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1970

Referee

William John Gow

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Linfield2 matches	General total	Manchester City1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Linfield1 match	Season total	Manchester City1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 17, 1975					Latest figure on September 23, 1970

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Comments

Key figures

Manchester City keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win away from home in Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupes running (since 04/03/1970). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Linfield after 5 consecutive losses (since 18/09/1968). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 05/09/1962 (3 matches)

End of streak for Manchester City after 9 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupes (since 01/10/1969). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LLinfield 0-3 Portadown03/01/1970

VLinfield 4-1 Bangor17/01/1970

VLinfield 1-0 Portadown31/01/1970

VLinfield 4-2 Coleraine07/02/1970

DLinfield 1-1 Cliftonville28/02/1970

VLinfield 4-1 Crusaders28/03/1970

Overall

VDerry City 1-2 Linfield14/03/1970

VArds 2-3 Linfield21/03/1970

VLinfield 4-1 Crusaders28/03/1970

VLinfield 2-1 Ballymena United04/04/1970

DDerry City 1-1 Linfield21/05/1970

LManchester City 1-0 Linfield16/09/1970

Current form

Away

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Manchester City22/04/1970

DSouthampton 1-1 Manchester City15/08/1970

VCrystal Palace 0-1 Manchester City19/08/1970

VEverton 0-1 Manchester City29/08/1970

LCarlisle United 2-1 Manchester City09/09/1970

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Manchester City12/09/1970

Overall

VEverton 0-1 Manchester City29/08/1970

VManchester City 4-1 West Bromwich Albion05/09/1970

LCarlisle United 2-1 Manchester City09/09/1970

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Manchester City12/09/1970

VManchester City 1-0 Linfield16/09/1970

VManchester City 4-1 Stoke City19/09/1970

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	8

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	4	7
Scoring streak	7	7
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

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

	-		Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Colin Bell
	-		The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Colin Bell

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	September 16, 1970
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 16, 1970 - (C2) Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupes 1970/1971

Manchester City

1 - 0

Linfield

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Linfield

Colin Bell

1 goal

1970 - 1970

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Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Eric Bowyer	1 match	1970 - 1970
William Millen	1 match	1970 - 1970
Bryan Hamilton	1 match	1970 - 1970
Eric Magee	1 match	1970 - 1970
Ronnie McAteer	1 match	1970 - 1970
Derek Humphreys	1 match	1970 - 1970

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Players with most games played vs Linfield

Tony Book	1 match	1970 - 1970
Tony Towers	1 match	1970 - 1970
Michael Doyle	1 match	1970 - 1970
Mike Summerbee	1 match	1970 - 1970
Francis Lee	1 match	1970 - 1970
Joe Corrigan	1 match	1970 - 1970