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Leicester 2-1 Newcastle United - January 11, 1969 / Division 1 1968/1969

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Division 1 1968/1969 - Round 27

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

January 11, 1969

Leicester

2 - 1

Newcastle United

Rodney Fern

45'

Allan Clarke

45'

Bryan Robson

logo Leicester LEI

0' - Goal Bryan Robson

45' - Goal Rodney Fern photo Allan Clarke

45' - Goal Allan Clarke45

logo Leicester LEI

46' - Substitution Jackie Sinclairis substituted by Alan Foggon

logo Newcastle United NU

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

2 - 1

Newcastle United

Leicester Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Leicester

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age19 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Manley

Malcolm Manley

Scotland

B.date01/12/1949

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

Nish

David Nish

England

B.date26/09/1947

Age21 years

positionDefender

Cross

Graham Cross

England

B.date15/11/1943

Age25 years

positionDefender

Sjoberg

John Sjoberg

Scotland

B.date12/06/1941

Age27 years

positionRight central defender

Roberts

Bobby Roberts

Scotland

B.date02/09/1940

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Gibson

Dave Gibson

Scotland

B.date23/09/1938

Age30 years

positionPlaymaker

Fern45

Rodney Fern

England

B.date13/12/1948

Age20 years

positionForward

Glover

Leonard Glover

England

B.date31/01/1944

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Clarke45

Allan Clarke

England

B.date31/07/1946

Age22 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Lochhead

Andy Lochhead

Scotland

B.date09/03/1941

Age27 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		19	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Manley		19	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Nish		21	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Cross		25	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Sjoberg		27	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Roberts		28	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Gibson		30	270	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rodney Fern	45	20	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leonard Glover		24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Allan Clarke	45	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Lochhead		27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

114

Newcastle United

McFaul

Willie McFaul

Northern Ireland

B.date01/10/1943

Age25 years

H1m75

positionGoalkeeper

Craig

Dave Craig

Northern Ireland

B.date08/06/1944

Age24 years

H1m73

positionDefender

McNamee

John McNamee

Scotland

B.date11/06/1941

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Clark

Frank Clark

England

B.date09/09/1943

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Moncur

Bobby Moncur

Scotland

B.date19/01/1945

Age23 years

positionDefender

Sinclair46

Jackie Sinclair

Scotland

B.date21/07/1943

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Gibb

Tommy Gibb

England

B.date13/12/1944

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Bennett

Albert Bennett

England

B.date16/07/1944

Age24 years

positionForward

Scott

Jim Scott

Scotland

B.date21/08/1940

Age28 years

positionRight Winger

Robson0

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/11/1945

Age23 years

positionStriker

Davies

Wyn Davies

Wales

B.date20/03/1942

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Willie McFaul		25	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Craig		24	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McNamee		27	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Clark		25	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Moncur		23	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jackie Sinclair	46	25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Gibb		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Albert Bennett		24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jim Scott		28	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Robson		23	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wyn Davies		26	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Alan Foggon	46	18	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Malcolm Manley

Alan Woollett

OUT

Dave Gibson

Peter Rodrigues

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank O'Farrell

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

O'Farrell vs Newcastle United

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 11, 1969

O'Farrell vs Harvey

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 11, 1969

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Harvey

302

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Harvey vs Leicester

2 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 11, 1969

Harvey vs O'Farrell

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 11, 1969

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Key figures

Leicester keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 23/11/1968).

Leicester keeps its 11 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 09/11/1968). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 19/04/1965-16/10/1965 time period (18 matches).

It's the first time Rodney Fern scores 1 goal vs Newcastle United in his professional career

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LLeicester 0-2 Burnley26/10/1968

DLeicester 2-2 Nottingham Forest09/11/1968

DLeicester 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday23/11/1968

VLeicester 2-1 Manchester United07/12/1968

LLeicester 1-4 Chelsea21/12/1968

VLeicester 2-1 Barnsley08/01/1969

Overall

VLeicester 2-1 Manchester United07/12/1968

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Leicester14/12/1968

LLeicester 1-4 Chelsea21/12/1968

LBurnley 2-1 Leicester28/12/1968

DBarnsley 1-1 Leicester04/01/1969

VLeicester 2-1 Barnsley08/01/1969

Current form

Away

DArsenal 0-0 Newcastle United09/11/1968

LWolverhampton 5-0 Newcastle United23/11/1968

LStoke City 1-0 Newcastle United07/12/1968

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Newcastle United21/12/1968

LLeeds United 2-1 Newcastle United26/12/1968

LReal Zaragoza 3-2 Newcastle United01/01/1969

Overall

LStoke City 1-0 Newcastle United07/12/1968

VNewcastle United 2-1 Ipswich Town14/12/1968

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Newcastle United21/12/1968

LLeeds United 2-1 Newcastle United26/12/1968

LReal Zaragoza 3-2 Newcastle United01/01/1969

VNewcastle United 4-0 Reading04/01/1969

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	5	8
Conceding streak	7	10

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	8	0
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
4	Victories (Competition total)	7
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
7	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
14	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

23	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
50	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
0.92	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.36
1.42	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.15
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.44
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.69

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (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

Allan Clarke	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Bryan Robson
Allan Clarke	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Bryan Robson
David Nish	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
David Nish	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Allan Clarke	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 5 matches	Bryan Robson

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

15 v

5 d

7 l

63 gf

47 ga

Away

29 matches

4 v

6 d

19 l

36 gf

55 ga

Total

56 matches

19 v

11 d

26 l

99 gf

102 ga

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

19 v

6 d

4 l

55 gf

36 ga

Away

27 matches

7 v

5 d

15 l

47 gf

63 ga

Total

56 matches

26 v

11 d

19 l

102 gf

99 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	January 18, 1930
Home	6 - 1	January 18, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 02, 1909
Away	4 - 0	January 02, 1909

Latest head to head

November 02, 1968 - Division 1 1968/1969

Newcastle United

0 - 0

Leicester

April 03, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Newcastle United

0 - 0

Leicester

November 04, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Leicester

2 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

May 06, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Leicester

4 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

April 01, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Mike Stringfellow	3 goals	1965 - 1967
Jackie Sinclair	3 goals	1965 - 1967
Kenneth Leek	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Nick Sharkey	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Albert Cheesebrough	2 goals	1960 - 1961
Ian King	2 goals	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Albert Bennett	2 goals	1966 - 1967
Len White	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Bryan Robson	2 goals	1965 - 1966
Ivor Allchurch	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Peter Noble	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Tommy Robson	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Richie Norman	7 matches	1960 - 1967
Graham Cross	6 matches	1965 - 1968
Mike Stringfellow	6 matches	1965 - 1968
Bobby Roberts	6 matches	1965 - 1968
Dave Gibson	6 matches	1965 - 1968
Gordon Banks	5 matches	1960 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Frank Clark	7 matches	1965 - 1968
Bryan Robson	6 matches	1965 - 1968
Jim Iley	6 matches	1965 - 1968
Albert Bennett	5 matches	1965 - 1967
Bobby Moncur	5 matches	1965 - 1968
Gordon Marshall	5 matches	1966 - 1968