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Middlesbrough 4-1 Tottenham - December 20, 1980 / Division 1 1980/1981

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Division 1 1980/1981 - Round 34

Ayresome Park - Middlesbrough - England

December 20, 1980

Middlesbrough

4 - 1

Tottenham

Craig Johnston

David Hodgson

John Lacy

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0' - Goal Craig Johnston photo David Hodgson

0' - Goal David Hodgson photo David Hodgson

0' - Goal David Hodgson0

0' - Goal John Lacy

46' - Substitution Graham Robertsis substituted by Terry Yorath

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

4 - 1

Tottenham

Middlesbrough Tottenham

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Platt

Jim Platt

Northern Ireland

B.date26/01/1952

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Bailey

Ian Bailey

England

B.date20/10/1956

Age24 years

positionDefender

Ashcroft

Billy Ashcroft

England

B.date01/10/1952

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Nattrass

Irving Nattrass

England

B.date12/12/1952

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Craggs

John Craggs

England

B.date31/10/1948

Age32 years

positionRight full-back

Johnston0

Craig Johnston

England

B.date25/06/1960

Age20 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Proctor

Mark Proctor

England

B.date30/01/1961

Age19 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Armstrong

David Armstrong

England

B.date26/12/1954

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Hodgson000

David Hodgson

England

B.date06/08/1960

Age20 years

positionForward

Shearer

David Shearer

Scotland

B.date16/10/1958

Age22 years

positionForward

Cochrane

Terry Cochrane

Northern Ireland

B.date23/01/1953

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Platt	28	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Bailey	24	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Ashcroft	28	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Irving Nattrass	28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Craggs	32	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Johnston	20	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Proctor	19	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Armstrong	25	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hodgson	20	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Shearer	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Cochrane	27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

120

Tottenham

Aleksic

Milija Aleksic

England

B.date14/04/1951

Age29 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Roberts45+1

Graham Roberts

England

B.date03/07/1959

Age21 years

positionDefender

McAllister

Don McAllister

England

B.date26/05/1953

Age27 years

positionDefender

Lacy0

John Lacy

England

B.date14/08/1951

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Hughton

Chris Hughton

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/12/1958

Age22 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Perryman

Steve Perryman

England

B.date21/12/1951

Age28 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Villa

Ricardo Villa

Argentina

B.date18/08/1952

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Ardiles

Osvaldo Ardiles

Argentina

B.date03/08/1952

Age28 years

H1m69

positionCentre Midfield

Hoddle

Glenn Hoddle

England

B.date27/10/1957

Age23 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

Crooks

Garth Crooks

England

B.date10/03/1958

Age22 years

H1m73

positionForward

Archibald

Steve Archibald

Scotland

B.date27/09/1956

Age24 years

H1m82

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Milija Aleksic		29	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Roberts	45+1	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Don McAllister		27	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Lacy		29	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Hughton		22	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Perryman		28	525	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ricardo Villa		28	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Osvaldo Ardiles		28	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glenn Hoddle		23	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garth Crooks		22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Archibald		24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

119

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Terry Yorath	45+1	30	57	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

Milija Aleksic

Barry Daines

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Neal

169

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Neal vs Tottenham

5 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1980

Neal vs Burkinshaw

5 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1980

Manager

Age

Match num

Keith Burkinshaw

221

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Burkinshaw vs Middlesbrough

3 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 1980

Burkinshaw vs Neal

1 victory

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 1980

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Comments

Key figures

Middlesbrough keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 06/12/1980).

No Tottenham manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Keith Burkinshaw has done less than 1.28 goals scored per game in Premier League.

Osvaldo Ardiles played his game number 100 in Premier League

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Southampton18/10/1980

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Leicester21/10/1980

LMiddlesbrough 1-2 Birmingham City01/11/1980

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Manchester United15/11/1980

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Wolverhampton22/11/1980

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Aston Villa06/12/1980

Overall

VBrighton & Hove 0-1 Middlesbrough08/11/1980

LLeeds United 2-1 Middlesbrough12/11/1980

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Manchester United15/11/1980

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Wolverhampton22/11/1980

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Aston Villa06/12/1980

LLeicester 1-0 Middlesbrough13/12/1980

Current form

Away

LManchester City 3-1 Tottenham22/10/1980

DEverton 2-2 Tottenham01/11/1980

VNottingham Forest 0-3 Tottenham15/11/1980

LBirmingham City 2-1 Tottenham22/11/1980

LWest Ham 1-0 Tottenham02/12/1980

LLiverpool 2-1 Tottenham06/12/1980

Overall

LBirmingham City 2-1 Tottenham22/11/1980

LTottenham 2-3 West Bromwich Albion29/11/1980

LWest Ham 1-0 Tottenham02/12/1980

LLiverpool 2-1 Tottenham06/12/1980

VTottenham 2-1 Manchester City13/12/1980

VTottenham 5-3 Ipswich Town17/12/1980

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	3	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
8	Victories (Competition total)	9
6	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
4	Draws (Home / Away)	2
9	Losses (Competition total)	7
1	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	42
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	37
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.91
1.91	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.45
1.48	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.68
0.82	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.91

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 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

Craig Johnston	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Steve Archibald
Craig Johnston	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Steve Archibald
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Glenn Hoddle
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Peter Taylor
Craig Johnston	4 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	12 goals during the last 14 matches	Steve Archibald

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

16 v

6 d

3 l

50 gf

22 ga

Away

29 matches

8 v

5 d

16 l

49 gf

69 ga

Total

54 matches

24 v

11 d

19 l

99 gf

91 ga

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

16 v

5 d

8 l

69 gf

49 ga

Away

25 matches

3 v

6 d

16 l

22 gf

50 ga

Total

54 matches

19 v

11 d

24 l

91 gf

99 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 13, 1914
Home	6 - 0	April 13, 1914

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 25, 1952
Away	4 - 0	December 27, 1952

Latest head to head

October 11, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Tottenham

3 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

November 03, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Middlesbrough

0 - 0

Tottenham

August 18, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Tottenham

1 - 3

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

April 07, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Tottenham

1 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

March 31, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Middlesbrough

1 - 0

Tottenham

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

John Hickton	4 goals	1972 - 1975
David Mills	3 goals	1974 - 1977
Mark Proctor	2 goals	1979 - 1979
David Armstrong	2 goals	1974 - 1979
Graeme Souness	2 goals	1975 - 1975
Micky Burns	1 goal	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/01/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Frank Saul	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Jimmy Neighbour	2 goals	1974 - 1976
Dave Mackay	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Glenn Hoddle	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Steve Perryman	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Ricardo Villa	1 goal	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/01/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

John Craggs	14 matches	1972 - 1980
Jim Platt	13 matches	1972 - 1980
David Armstrong	12 matches	1972 - 1980
Stuart Boam	11 matches	1972 - 1979
Willie Maddren	9 matches	1972 - 1977
David Mills	8 matches	1972 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/01/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Steve Perryman	16 matches	1972 - 1980
John Pratt	12 matches	1972 - 1979
Terry Naylor	11 matches	1972 - 1979
Pat Jennings	9 matches	1966 - 1975
Chris Jones	9 matches	1975 - 1979
Glenn Hoddle	8 matches	1976 - 1980