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Crystal Palace 2-3 Arsenal - October 21, 1972 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 14

Selhurst Park - London - England

October 21, 1972

2 - 3

Arsenal

John Craven

Pat Rice

John Radford

Charles George

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0' - Goal John Craven photo John Craven

0' - Goal John Craven0

0' - Goal Pat Rice photo John Radford

0' - Goal John Radford photo Charles George

0' - Goal Charles George

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46' - Substitution Eddie Kellyis substituted by Sammy Nelson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crystal Palace

2 - 3

Arsenal

Crystal Palace Arsenal

Team line-ups

Crystal Palace

Hammond

Paul Hammond

England

B.date26/07/1953

Age19 years

positionGoalkeeper

Blyth

Mel Blyth

England

B.date28/07/1944

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Phillip

Iain Phillip

Scotland

B.date14/02/1951

Age21 years

positionDefender

Payne

David Payne

England

B.date25/04/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

McCormick

John McCormick

Scotland

B.date18/07/1936

Age36 years

positionCentral defender

Taylor

Anthony Taylor

Scotland

B.date06/09/1946

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Hinshelwood

Martin Hinshelwood

England

B.date16/06/1953

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Craven00

John Craven

England

B.date15/05/1947

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Tambling

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age31 years

positionStriker

Cooke

Charlie Cooke

Scotland

B.date14/10/1942

Age30 years

positionRight Winger

Pinkney

Alan Pinkney

England

B.date01/01/1947

Age25 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Hammond	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Blyth	28	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Iain Phillip	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Payne	25	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McCormick	36	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Taylor	26	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Hinshelwood	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Craven	25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling	31	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Cooke	30	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Pinkney	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Barnett

Geoff Barnett

England

B.date16/10/1946

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Blockley

Jeff Blockley

England

B.date12/09/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

McLintock

Frank McLintock

Scotland

B.date28/12/1939

Age32 years

positionRight central defender

McNab

Robert McNab

England

B.date20/07/1943

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Rice0

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Storey

Peter Storey

England

B.date07/09/1945

Age27 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kelly46

Eddie Kelly

Scotland

B.date07/02/1951

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Graham

George Graham

Scotland

B.date30/11/1944

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Radford0

John Radford

England

B.date22/02/1947

Age25 years

positionStriker

Marinello

Peter Marinello

Scotland

B.date20/02/1950

Age22 years

positionRight Winger

George0

Charles George

England

B.date10/10/1950

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Geoff Barnett		26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Blockley		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank McLintock		32	328	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert McNab		29	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice		23	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Storey		27	290	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Kelly	46	21	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Graham		27	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Radford		25	301	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Marinello		22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charles George		22	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

162

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Sammy Nelson	46	23	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Robert Tambling

Paddy Mulligan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eddie Kelly

Alan Ball

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bert Head

308

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Head vs Arsenal

1 victory

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on October 21, 1972

Head vs Mee

1 victory

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on October 21, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Bertie Mee

360

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Mee vs Crystal Palace

5 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 21, 1972

Mee vs Head

5 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 21, 1972

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Key figures

Crystal Palace keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 02/09/1972). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/10/1971-04/12/1971 time period (11 matches).

Arsenal keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 23/09/1972).

Crystal Palace keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win vs Arsenal running (since 14/11/1970). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City29/08/1972

VCrystal Palace 2-1 Newcastle United02/09/1972

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Stockport05/09/1972

LCrystal Palace 0-2 West Bromwich Albion16/09/1972

LCrystal Palace 0-2 Norwich City30/09/1972

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Coventry07/10/1972

Overall

LTottenham 2-1 Crystal Palace09/09/1972

LCrystal Palace 0-2 West Bromwich Albion16/09/1972

LSouthampton 2-0 Crystal Palace23/09/1972

LCrystal Palace 0-2 Norwich City30/09/1972

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Coventry07/10/1972

DWolverhampton 1-1 Crystal Palace14/10/1972

Current form

Away

VLeicester 0-1 Arsenal12/08/1972

DCoventry 1-1 Arsenal22/08/1972

DManchester United 0-0 Arsenal26/08/1972

LNewcastle United 2-1 Arsenal09/09/1972

LNorwich City 3-2 Arsenal23/09/1972

LSheffield United 1-0 Arsenal07/10/1972

Overall

LNorwich City 3-2 Arsenal23/09/1972

VArsenal 2-0 Birmingham City26/09/1972

VArsenal 1-0 Southampton30/09/1972

VArsenal 5-0 Rotherham United03/10/1972

LSheffield United 1-0 Arsenal07/10/1972

VArsenal 1-0 Ipswich Town14/10/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	4	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	7
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	4	0
Conceding streak	5	8

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

13	Number of games (Competition total)	14
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
2	Victories (Competition total)	7
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
5	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	3
3	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
0.62	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
0.57	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.83
1.23	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.71
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.17

Betting aid

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

Willie Wallace	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Ray Kennedy
Willie Wallace	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	George Graham
Martin Hinshelwood	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	George Graham

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

3 gf

9 ga

Away

5 matches

1 v

1 d

3 l

4 gf

12 ga

Total

9 matches

1 v

3 d

5 l

7 gf

21 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

3 v

1 d

1 l

12 gf

4 ga

Away

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

9 gf

3 ga

Total

9 matches

5 v

3 d

1 l

21 gf

7 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	November 09, 1970
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	January 27, 1934
Away	5 - 1	November 01, 1969

Latest head to head

April 11, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Crystal Palace

2 - 2

Arsenal

November 27, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Arsenal

2 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

March 13, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Crystal Palace

0 - 2

Arsenal

November 14, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Arsenal

1 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

November 09, 1970 - League Cup 1970/1971

Arsenal

0 - 2

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Craven	2 goals	1971 - 1972
Bobby Kellard	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Alan Birchenall	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Per Bartram	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

John Radford	7 goals	1969 - 1972
George Graham	2 goals	1969 - 1971
Charles George	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Jon Sammels	1 goal	1971 - 1971
George Armstrong	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Eddie Kelly	1 goal	1971 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

David Payne	6 matches	1969 - 1972
John Jackson	6 matches	1969 - 1972
John McCormick	6 matches	1969 - 1972
Mel Blyth	5 matches	1970 - 1972
Anthony Taylor	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Steve Kember	4 matches	1969 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

John Radford	6 matches	1969 - 1972
George Graham	6 matches	1969 - 1972
Peter Storey	6 matches	1969 - 1972
George Armstrong	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Bob Wilson	5 matches	1970 - 1972
Peter Simpson	4 matches	1969 - 1972