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Man United 3-0 Middlesbrough - March 27, 1976 / Division 1 1975/1976

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Division 1 1975/1976 - Round 36

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

March 27, 1976

Man United

3 - 0

Middlesbrough

(penalty) Gerry Daly

60'

David McCreery

65'

Gordon Hill

70'

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46' - Substitution Phil Boersmais substituted by Peter Brine

60' - Goal Gerry Daly60

65' - Goal David McCreery65

70' - Goal Gordon Hill70

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 0

Middlesbrough

Man United Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age33 years

positionGoalkeeper

Greenhoff

Brian Greenhoff

England

B.date28/04/1953

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Houston

Stewart Houston

Scotland

B.date20/08/1949

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Forsyth

Alex Forsyth

Scotland

B.date05/02/1952

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Daly60

Gerry Daly

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1954

Age21 years

positionMidfield

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age21 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

McCreery65

David McCreery

Northern Ireland

B.date16/09/1957

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age20 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Pearson

Stuart Pearson

England

B.date21/06/1949

Age26 years

positionForward

Hill70

Gordon Hill

England

B.date01/04/1954

Age21 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		33	395	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Greenhoff		22	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		27	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stewart Houston		26	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Forsyth		24	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Daly	60	21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy		21	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David McCreery	65	18	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell		20	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stuart Pearson		26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Hill	70	21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Middlesbrough

Platt

Jim Platt

Northern Ireland

B.date26/01/1952

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Maddren

Willie Maddren

England

B.date11/01/1951

Age25 years

positionDefender

McAndrew

Anthony McAndrew

Scotland

B.date11/04/1956

Age19 years

positionDefender

Boam

Stuart Boam

England

B.date28/01/1948

Age28 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Craggs

John Craggs

England

B.date31/10/1948

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age22 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Armstrong

David Armstrong

England

B.date26/12/1954

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Boersma46

Phil Boersma

England

B.date24/09/1949

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Hickton

John Hickton

England

B.date24/09/1944

Age31 years

positionForward

Smith

Malcolm Smith

England

B.date21/09/1953

Age22 years

positionForward

Mills

David Mills

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Platt		24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Maddren		25	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony McAndrew		19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Boam		28	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Craggs		27	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		22	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Armstrong		21	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Phil Boersma	46	26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hickton		31	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Smith		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Mills		24	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Peter Brine	46	22	23	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

John Craggs

Terry Cooper

OUT

Malcolm Smith

Frank Spraggon

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tommy Docherty

161

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Docherty vs Middlesbrough

3 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 27, 1976

Docherty vs Charlton

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 27, 1976

Manager

Age

Match num

Jack Charlton

144

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Charlton vs Man United

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 27, 1976

Charlton vs Docherty

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 27, 1976

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Phil Boersma played his game number 100 in Premier League

Man United keeps its 13 matches with at least one goal scored vs Middlesbrough at home running (since 02/05/1931). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 27/08/1927 (3 matches)

It's the first time Gerry Daly scores 1 goal vs Middlesbrough in Premier League

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 3-1 Birmingham City31/01/1976

DManchester United 0-0 Liverpool18/02/1976

DManchester United 1-1 Derby County25/02/1976

VManchester United 4-0 West Ham28/02/1976

DManchester United 1-1 Wolverhampton06/03/1976

VManchester United 3-2 Leeds United13/03/1976

Overall

VManchester United 4-0 West Ham28/02/1976

DManchester United 1-1 Wolverhampton06/03/1976

VWolverhampton 2-3 Manchester United09/03/1976

VManchester United 3-2 Leeds United13/03/1976

DNorwich City 1-1 Manchester United17/03/1976

VNewcastle United 3-4 Manchester United20/03/1976

Current form

Away

LBury 3-2 Middlesbrough06/01/1976

LStoke City 1-0 Middlesbrough17/01/1976

LManchester City 4-0 Middlesbrough21/01/1976

LBirmingham City 2-1 Middlesbrough07/02/1976

VLeeds United 0-2 Middlesbrough21/02/1976

VLiverpool 0-2 Middlesbrough06/03/1976

Overall

VLeeds United 0-2 Middlesbrough21/02/1976

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Coventry24/02/1976

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Arsenal28/02/1976

VLiverpool 0-2 Middlesbrough06/03/1976

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Leicester13/03/1976

LMiddlesbrough 0-2 Derby County20/03/1976

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	28	7
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	4	8
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	6	6
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

35	Number of games (Competition total)	35
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
19	Victories (Competition total)	13
13	Victories (Home / Away)	6
10	Draws (Competition total)	10
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
6	Losses (Competition total)	12
0	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

59	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
35	Goals conceded (Competition total)	32
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.69	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.06
1.94	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.12
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.91
0.65	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.29

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	17
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Stuart Pearson	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	David Mills
Stuart Pearson	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	David Mills
Gerry Daly	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	John Hickton
Gerry Daly	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	John Hickton
Stuart Pearson	5 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 6 matches	John Hickton

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

21 v

7 d

10 l

76 gf

50 ga

Away

34 matches

12 v

8 d

14 l

54 gf

66 ga

Total

72 matches

33 v

15 d

24 l

130 gf

116 ga

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

14 v

8 d

12 l

66 gf

54 ga

Away

38 matches

10 v

7 d

21 l

50 gf

76 ga

Total

72 matches

24 v

15 d

33 l

116 gf

130 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 08, 1900
Home	4 - 0	September 08, 1900

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 25, 1953
Away	4 - 1	January 14, 1933

Latest head to head

December 06, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Middlesbrough

0 - 0

Man United

December 18, 1974 - League Cup 1974/1975

Man United

3 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

December 04, 1974 - League Cup 1974/1975

Middlesbrough

0 - 0

Man United

October 08, 1973 - League Cup 1973/1974

Man United

0 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

February 29, 1972 - FA Cup 1971/1972

Middlesbrough

0 - 3

Man United

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Willie Morgan	2 goals	1970 - 1972
Bobby Charlton	2 goals	1970 - 1972
George Best	2 goals	1971 - 1972
Alex Dawson	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Carlo Sartori	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Noel Cantwell	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/01/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/01/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Willie Morgan	8 matches	1969 - 1973
Bobby Charlton	8 matches	1961 - 1972
George Best	7 matches	1969 - 1972
Tony Dunne	7 matches	1969 - 1972
David Sadler	7 matches	1969 - 1972
Alex Stepney	6 matches	1969 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/01/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

John Hickton	3 matches	1972 - 1975
Willie Maddren	3 matches	1972 - 1975
John Craggs	3 matches	1972 - 1975
David Mills	3 matches	1972 - 1975
Jim Platt	3 matches	1972 - 1975
Stuart Boam	3 matches	1972 - 1975