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Bolton Wanderers 4-2 Arsenal - March 26, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 26

Burnden Park - Bolton - England

March 26, 1979

Bolton Wanderers

4 - 2

Arsenal

(penalty) Frank Worthington

Alan Gowling

(penalty) Frank Worthington

Alan Gowling

David Price

45+45'

Mark Heeley

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0' - Goal Frank Worthington photo Alan Gowling

0' - Goal Alan Gowling photo Frank Worthington

0' - Goal Frank Worthington photo Alan Gowling

0' - Goal Alan Gowling0

0' - Goal David Price

90' - Goal Mark Heeley

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46' - Substitution Brian Talbotis substituted by Mark Heeley

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bolton Wanderers

4 - 2

Arsenal

Bolton Wanderers Arsenal

Team line-ups

Bolton Wanderers

McDonagh

Seamus McDonagh

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/10/1952

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Nicholson

Peter Nicholson

England

B.date12/01/1951

Age28 years

positionDefender

Walsh

Michael Walsh

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/06/1956

Age22 years

positionDefender

Jones

Paul Jones

England

B.date13/05/1953

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age37 years

positionLeft full-back

Smith

Brian Smith

England

B.date12/09/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Greaves

Roy Greaves

England

B.date04/04/1947

Age31 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Worthington00

Frank Worthington

England

B.date23/11/1948

Age30 years

positionForward

Gowling00

Alan Gowling

England

B.date16/03/1949

Age30 years

positionForward

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age34 years

positionRight Winger

Whatmore

Neil Whatmore

England

B.date17/05/1955

Age23 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Seamus McDonagh	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Nicholson	28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Walsh	22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Jones	25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne	37	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Smith	23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roy Greaves	31	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Worthington	30	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Gowling	30	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan	34	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Whatmore	23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age33 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Gatting

Steve Gatting

England

B.date29/05/1959

Age19 years

positionLeft central defender

Walford

Steve Walford

England

B.date05/01/1958

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Nelson

Sammy Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/1949

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Talbot46

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Price0

David Price

England

B.date23/06/1955

Age23 years

positionCentre Midfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Sunderland

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age25 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings		33	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		20	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Gatting		19	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Walford		21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice		30	443	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sammy Nelson		29	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot	46	25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Price		23	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		21	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton		22	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland		25	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

138

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Mark Heeley	9046	19	19	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

Steve Gatting

Willie Young

OUT

Steve Walford

Mark Heeley

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ian Greaves

219

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Greaves vs Arsenal

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on March 26, 1979

Greaves vs Neill

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 26, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

154

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Neill vs Bolton Wanderers

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 26, 1979

Neill vs Greaves

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 26, 1979

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Bolton Wanderers keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 09/12/1978).

It's the first time David Price scores 1 goal vs Bolton Wanderers in his professional career with Arsenal

The last time Bolton Wanderers has scored at least 4 goals in Premier League, It was on the 18/09/1963 (vs )

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBolton Wanderers 0-1 West Bromwich Albion18/11/1978

LBolton Wanderers 0-1 Nottingham Forest25/11/1978

VBolton Wanderers 3-1 Wolverhampton09/12/1978

VBolton Wanderers 3-0 Manchester United22/12/1978

VBolton Wanderers 2-1 Chelsea24/02/1979

VBolton Wanderers 2-0 Southampton24/03/1979

Overall

VBolton Wanderers 2-1 Chelsea24/02/1979

LManchester City 2-1 Bolton Wanderers03/03/1979

LAston Villa 3-0 Bolton Wanderers07/03/1979

DCoventry 2-2 Bolton Wanderers17/03/1979

LDerby County 3-0 Bolton Wanderers21/03/1979

VBolton Wanderers 2-0 Southampton24/03/1979

Current form

Away

VManchester United 0-2 Arsenal03/02/1979

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Arsenal13/02/1979

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Arsenal26/02/1979

LSouthampton 2-0 Arsenal03/03/1979

LIpswich Town 2-0 Arsenal17/03/1979

DSouthampton 1-1 Arsenal19/03/1979

Overall

LSouthampton 2-0 Arsenal03/03/1979

VArsenal 2-0 Bristol City10/03/1979

LIpswich Town 2-0 Arsenal17/03/1979

DSouthampton 1-1 Arsenal19/03/1979

VArsenal 2-0 Southampton21/03/1979

DArsenal 1-1 Manchester City24/03/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Drawless streak	6	2
Scoring streak	4	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	31
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
8	Victories (Competition total)	15
7	Victories (Home / Away)	6
7	Draws (Competition total)	9
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
14	Losses (Competition total)	7
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	48
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
52	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.24	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.55
1.77	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.36
1.79	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.9
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (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

Frank Worthington	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Frank Stapleton
Frank Worthington	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Liam Brady
Frank Worthington	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Liam Brady
Frank Worthington	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Liam Brady
Alan Gowling	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Alan Sunderland

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

23 v

13 d

10 l

83 gf

58 ga

Away

47 matches

7 v

13 d

27 l

46 gf

108 ga

Total

93 matches

30 v

26 d

37 l

129 gf

166 ga

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

27 v

13 d

7 l

108 gf

46 ga

Away

46 matches

10 v

13 d

23 l

58 gf

83 ga

Total

93 matches

37 v

26 d

30 l

166 gf

129 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	January 01, 1906
Home	6 - 1	January 01, 1906

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	September 09, 1958
Away	5 - 0	January 01, 1937

Latest head to head

September 16, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Arsenal

1 - 0

Bolton Wanderers logo Bolton Wanderers

February 22, 1967 - FA Cup 1966/1967

Arsenal

3 - 0

Bolton Wanderers logo Bolton Wanderers

February 18, 1967 - FA Cup 1966/1967

Bolton Wanderers

0 - 0

Arsenal

January 11, 1964 - Division 1 1963/1964

Bolton Wanderers

1 - 1

Arsenal

September 07, 1963 - Division 1 1963/1964

Arsenal

4 - 3

Bolton Wanderers logo Bolton Wanderers

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

William McAdams	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Francis Lee	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Wyn Davies	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Dennis Stevens	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Brian Bromley	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Frederick Hill	1 goal	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bolton Wanderers

Alan Skirton	2 goals	1963 - 1963
George Eastham	2 goals	1960 - 1960
David Herd	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Melvyn Charles	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Geoff Strong	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Joe Baker	2 goals	1963 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Frederick Hill	10 matches	1959 - 1964
Edward Hopkinson	10 matches	1959 - 1964
Bryan Edwards	9 matches	1959 - 1964
Roy Hartle	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Syd Farrimond	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Doug Holden	6 matches	1959 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bolton Wanderers

Billy McCullough	9 matches	1959 - 1964
John Barnwell	7 matches	1959 - 1964
John MacLeod	6 matches	1961 - 1964
George Eastham	6 matches	1960 - 1964
Laurie Brown	5 matches	1961 - 1963
Geoff Strong	5 matches	1960 - 1964