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Newcastle United 2-1 Man United - October 21, 1972 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 14

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

October 21, 1972

2 - 1

Man United

Terry Hibbitt

John Tudor

84'

Bobby Charlton

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0' - Goal Terry Hibbitt photo John Tudor

0' - Goal John Tudor0

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75' - Substitution Ian Storey-Mooreis substituted by Bobby Charlton

84' - Goal Bobby Charlton

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

2 - 1

Man United

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Team line-ups

Newcastle United

McFaul

Willie McFaul

Northern Ireland

B.date01/10/1943

Age29 years

H1m75

positionGoalkeeper

Clark

Frank Clark

England

B.date09/09/1943

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Moncur

Bobby Moncur

Scotland

B.date19/01/1945

Age27 years

positionDefender

Craig

Dave Craig

Northern Ireland

B.date08/06/1944

Age28 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Howard

Pat Howard

England

B.date07/10/1947

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Gibb

Tommy Gibb

England

B.date13/12/1944

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Hodgson

Gordon Hodgson

England

B.date13/10/1952

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Hibbitt0

Terry Hibbitt

England

B.date01/12/1947

Age24 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Tudor0

John Tudor

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age26 years

positionForward

Barrowclough

Stewart Barrowclough

England

B.date29/10/1951

Age20 years

positionRight Winger

Smith

Jimmy Smith

Scotland

B.date20/01/1947

Age25 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Willie McFaul	29	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Clark	29	271	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Moncur	27	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Craig	28	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Howard	25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Gibb	27	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Hodgson	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Hibbitt	24	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Tudor	26	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stewart Barrowclough	20	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Smith	25	61	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

124

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Young

Tony Young

England

B.date24/12/1952

Age19 years

positionDefender

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age31 years

positionLeft full-back

Watson

William Watson

Scotland

B.date04/12/1949

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Storey-Moore75

Ian Storey-Moore

England

B.date17/01/1945

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

MacDougall

Edward MacDougall

Scotland

B.date08/01/1947

Age25 years

positionForward

Davies

Wyn Davies

Wales

B.date20/03/1942

Age30 years

positionForward

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age28 years

positionRight Winger

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		30	287	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		23	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Young		19	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		26	320	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		31	515	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Watson		22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Storey-Moore	75	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Edward MacDougall		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wyn Davies		30	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		28	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		26	453	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

169

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Bobby Charlton	8475	35	730	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bobby Moncur

Ron Guthrie

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Keith Burkinshaw

Joe Harvey

490

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Burkinshaw vs Man United

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 21, 1972

Burkinshaw vs O'Farrell

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 21, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank O'Farrell

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

O'Farrell vs Newcastle United

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 21, 1972

O'Farrell vs Burkinshaw

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 21, 1972

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Key figures

Bobby Charlton scored 6 goals vs Newcastle United in his professional career with Manchester United

Man United keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 03/10/1972).

Newcastle United keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal conceded at home running (since 12/08/1972). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 18/11/1961-17/03/1962 time period (9 matches).

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LNewcastle United 1-2 Ipswich Town26/08/1972

LNewcastle United 0-1 Tottenham30/08/1972

VNewcastle United 2-1 Arsenal09/09/1972

VNewcastle United 3-2 Leeds United23/09/1972

LNewcastle United 0-3 Blackpool04/10/1972

VNewcastle United 3-1 Norwich City07/10/1972

Overall

VCoventry 0-3 Newcastle United16/09/1972

VNewcastle United 3-2 Leeds United23/09/1972

LEverton 3-1 Newcastle United30/09/1972

LNewcastle United 0-3 Blackpool04/10/1972

VNewcastle United 3-1 Norwich City07/10/1972

LStoke City 2-0 Newcastle United14/10/1972

Current form

Away

DWest Ham 2-2 Manchester United02/09/1972

DOxford United 2-2 Manchester United06/09/1972

LWolverhampton 2-0 Manchester United16/09/1972

LSheffield United 1-0 Manchester United30/09/1972

DBristol Rovers 1-1 Manchester United03/10/1972

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Manchester United07/10/1972

Overall

VManchester United 3-0 Derby County23/09/1972

LSheffield United 1-0 Manchester United30/09/1972

DBristol Rovers 1-1 Manchester United03/10/1972

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Manchester United07/10/1972

LManchester United 1-2 Bristol Rovers11/10/1972

VManchester United 1-0 Birmingham City14/10/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	11
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	8	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	12	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	9	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

13	Number of games (Competition total)	13
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
6	Victories (Competition total)	2
4	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	5
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	6
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	15
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1.62	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.77
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
1.54	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.15
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.83

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (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

Malcolm Macdonald	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	George Best
Malcolm Macdonald	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	George Best
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	George Best
John Tudor	4 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Edward MacDougall

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

22 v

8 d

15 l

93 gf

61 ga

Away

46 matches

9 v

12 d

25 l

62 gf

103 ga

Total

91 matches

31 v

20 d

40 l

155 gf

164 ga

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

25 v

12 d

9 l

103 gf

62 ga

Away

45 matches

15 v

8 d

22 l

61 gf

93 ga

Total

91 matches

40 v

20 d

31 l

164 gf

155 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	September 10, 1927
Home	5 - 0	February 09, 1929

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	May 04, 1968
Away	6 - 1	October 12, 1907

Latest head to head

February 12, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Man United

0 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

October 23, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Newcastle United

0 - 1

Man United

February 27, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

1 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

October 31, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Man United

April 04, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Newcastle United

5 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Bryan Robson	4 goals	1969 - 1970
Ron McGarry	2 goals	1965 - 1966
Wyn Davies	2 goals	1970 - 1970
Jimmy Smith	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Bob Stokoe	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Tommy Gibb	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

George Best	6 goals	1968 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	5 goals	1958 - 1970
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1957 - 1959
Brian Kidd	4 goals	1967 - 1971
Alex Dawson	3 goals	1958 - 1960
Liam Whelan	3 goals	1956 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Frank Clark	11 matches	1965 - 1972
Bobby Moncur	9 matches	1965 - 1972
Willie McFaul	9 matches	1968 - 1972
Alwyn Burton	9 matches	1965 - 1971
Tommy Gibb	8 matches	1968 - 1972
Dave Craig	8 matches	1965 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Bobby Charlton	21 matches	1958 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	16 matches	1956 - 1968
George Best	13 matches	1965 - 1972
Tony Dunne	12 matches	1965 - 1971
Pat Crerand	11 matches	1965 - 1971
David Sadler	11 matches	1967 - 1972