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S Wednesday 1-2 Chelsea - February 24, 1973 / FA Cup 1972/1973

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FA Cup 1972/1973 - 1/8 de finale

Hillsborough - Sheffield - England

February 24, 1973

46 910

S Wednesday

1 - 2

Chelsea

Roy Coyle

Peter Osgood

Bill Garner

logo Sheffield Wednesday SW

0' - Goal Roy Coyle0

0' - Goal Peter Osgood photo Bill Garner

0' - Goal Bill Garner

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logo Chelsea CHE

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

S Wednesday

1 - 2

Chelsea

S Wednesday Chelsea

Team line-ups

S Wednesday

Grummitt

Peter Grummitt

England

B.date19/08/1942

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Rodrigues

Peter Rodrigues

Wales

B.date21/01/1944

Age29 years

H1m75

positionSweeper

Prophett

Colin Prophett

England

B.date08/03/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

Holsgrove

John Holsgrove

England

B.date27/09/1945

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Craig

Jim Craig

Scotland

B.date30/04/1943

Age29 years

positionRight full-back

Coyle0

Roy Coyle

Northern Ireland

B.date31/01/1946

Age27 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Clements

Dave Clements

Northern Ireland

B.date15/09/1945

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Joicey

Brian Joicey

England

B.date19/12/1945

Age27 years

positionForward

Henderson

Willie Henderson

Scotland

B.date24/01/1944

Age29 years

H1m62

positionRight Winger

Sunley

David Sunley

England

B.date06/02/1952

Age21 years

positionForward

Sissons

John Sissons

England

B.date30/09/1945

Age27 years

H1m70

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Grummitt	30	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Rodrigues	29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Prophett	25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Holsgrove	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Craig	29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roy Coyle	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Clements	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Joicey	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Henderson	29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Sunley	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Sissons	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

Phillips

John Phillips

Wales

B.date07/07/1951

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

McCreadie

Eddie McCreadie

Scotland

B.date15/04/1940

Age32 years

positionDefender

Hinton

Marvin Hinton

England

B.date02/02/1940

Age33 years

positionDefender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age28 years

positionDefender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Hudson

Alan Hudson

England

B.date21/06/1951

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Kember

Steve Kember

England

B.date08/12/1948

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Osgood0

Peter Osgood

England

B.date20/02/1947

Age26 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Garland

Chris Garland

England

B.date24/04/1949

Age23 years

positionForward

Garner0

Bill Garner

England

B.date14/12/1947

Age25 years

positionStriker

Houseman

Peter Houseman

England

B.date24/12/1945

Age27 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Phillips	21	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie McCreadie	32	356	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marvin Hinton	33	311	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris	28	492	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins	26	457	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hudson	21	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Kember	24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Osgood	26	333	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Garland	23	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bill Garner	25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Houseman	27	286	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

233

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

Eddie McCreadie

Gary Locke

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Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

302

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Sexton vs S Wednesday

7 victories

4 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on February 24, 1973

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Key figures

S Wednesday keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 10/02/1973).

No Sheffield Wednesday manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Danny Williams has reached 1.64 goals conceded per game .

S Wednesday keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals conceded vs Chelsea in FA Cup running (since 09/03/1968). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Aston Villa23/12/1972

VSheffield Wednesday 3-1 Queens Park Rangers30/12/1972

VSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Fulham13/01/1973

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Crystal Palace03/02/1973

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Sunderland10/02/1973

VSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Crystal Palace19/02/1973

Overall

LPortsmouth 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday27/01/1973

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Crystal Palace03/02/1973

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday06/02/1973

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Sunderland10/02/1973

LFulham 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday17/02/1973

VSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Crystal Palace19/02/1973

Current form

Away

LWolverhampton 1-0 Chelsea16/12/1972

LIpswich Town 3-0 Chelsea26/12/1972

LNorwich City 1-0 Chelsea03/01/1973

VBrighton & Hove 0-2 Chelsea13/01/1973

LWest Ham 3-1 Chelsea27/01/1973

DLeeds United 1-1 Chelsea17/02/1973

Overall

VBrighton & Hove 0-2 Chelsea13/01/1973

LChelsea 0-1 Arsenal20/01/1973

LWest Ham 3-1 Chelsea27/01/1973

VChelsea 2-0 Ipswich Town03/02/1973

VChelsea 4-2 Sheffield United10/02/1973

DLeeds United 1-1 Chelsea17/02/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	8	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	8	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Brian Joicey	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Peter Osgood
Brian Joicey	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Peter Osgood
Jim Craig	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Jim Craig	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Brian Joicey	3 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Bill Garner

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

19 v

14 d

4 l

83 gf

47 ga

Away

38 matches

10 v

12 d

16 l

36 gf

48 ga

Total

75 matches

29 v

26 d

20 l

119 gf

95 ga

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

16 v

12 d

10 l

48 gf

36 ga

Away

37 matches

4 v

14 d

19 l

47 gf

83 ga

Total

75 matches

20 v

26 d

29 l

95 gf

119 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	December 31, 1966
Home	6 - 1	December 31, 1966

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 19, 1950
Away	3 - 1	November 08, 1969

Latest head to head

September 22, 1970 - League Cup 1970/1971

Chelsea

2 - 1

S Wednesday

September 09, 1970 - League Cup 1970/1971

S Wednesday

1 - 1

Chelsea

March 25, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Chelsea

3 - 1

S Wednesday

November 08, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

S Wednesday

1 - 3

Chelsea

October 09, 1968 - Division 1 1968/1969

S Wednesday

1 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

John Fantham	7 goals	1961 - 1968
Alan Finney	4 goals	1961 - 1964
John Ritchie	4 goals	1966 - 1968
David Ford	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Jim McCalliog	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Colin Dobson	2 goals	1961 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Robert Tambling	8 goals	1961 - 1968
Peter Osgood	6 goals	1967 - 1970
Tommy Baldwin	4 goals	1967 - 1968
Ian Hutchinson	3 goals	1969 - 1970
Jimmy Greaves	3 goals	1958 - 1958
Terry Venables	3 goals	1963 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Don Megson	20 matches	1961 - 1968
Gerry Young	15 matches	1963 - 1970
John Fantham	15 matches	1961 - 1968
Ron Springett	13 matches	1961 - 1967
Wilf Smith	13 matches	1965 - 1970
Vic Mobley	12 matches	1964 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Ron Harris	21 matches	1962 - 1970
Peter Bonetti	19 matches	1961 - 1970
John Hollins	18 matches	1964 - 1970
Robert Tambling	16 matches	1961 - 1970
Marvin Hinton	14 matches	1963 - 1970
Eddie McCreadie	13 matches	1963 - 1968