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Manchester City 3-1 Blackburn - April 28, 1962 / Division 1 1961/1962

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Division 1 1961/1962 - Round 42

Maine Road - Manchester - England

April 28, 1962

Manchester City

3 - 1

Blackburn

Bobby Kennedy

25'

Neil Young

55'

Neil Young

77'

22'

Bryan Douglas (penalty)

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22' - Goal Bryan Douglas

25' - Goal Bobby Kennedy25

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55' - Goal Neil Young55

77' - Goal Neil Young77

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

3 - 1

Blackburn

Manchester City Blackburn

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Trautmann

Bert Trautmann

Germany

B.date22/10/1923

Age38 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

Leivers

William Leivers

England

B.date29/01/1932

Age30 years

positionDefender

Kennedy25

Bobby Kennedy

Scotland

B.date23/06/1937

Age24 years

positionRight central defender

Betts

Barrie Betts

England

B.date18/09/1932

Age29 years

positionDefender

Sear

Cliff Sear

Wales

B.date22/09/1936

Age25 years

positionDefender

Benson

John Benson

Scotland

B.date23/12/1942

Age19 years

positionRight full-back

Shawcross

David Shawcross

England

B.date03/07/1941

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Hayes

Joe Hayes

England

B.date20/01/1936

Age26 years

positionForward

Young5577

Neil Young

England

B.date17/02/1944

Age18 years

positionStriker

Dobing

Peter Dobing

England

B.date01/12/1938

Age23 years

positionForward

Wagstaffe

David Wagstaffe

England

B.date05/04/1943

Age19 years

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bert Trautmann		38	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Leivers		30	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Kennedy	25	24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barrie Betts		29	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cliff Sear		25	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Benson		19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Shawcross		20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Hayes		26	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Young	5577	18	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Dobing		23	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Wagstaffe		19	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Blackburn

Jones

Bobby Jones

England

B.date28/03/1933

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Taylor

Ken Taylor

England

B.date15/03/1931

Age31 years

positionDefender

Newton

Keith Newton

England

B.date23/06/1941

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

Clayton

Ronnie Clayton

England

B.date05/08/1934

Age27 years

H1m77

positionRight Midfielder

England

Mike England

Wales

B.date02/12/1941

Age20 years

positionMidfield

McGrath

Michael McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date07/04/1936

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Craig

Bobby Craig

Scotland

B.date08/04/1935

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Douglas22

Bryan Douglas

England

B.date27/05/1934

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

Haverty

Joe Haverty

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/02/1936

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

Byrom

John Byrom

England

B.date28/07/1944

Age17 years

positionForward

Lawther

Ian Lawther

Northern Ireland

B.date20/10/1939

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bobby Jones		29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Taylor		31	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Newton		20	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Clayton		27	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike England		20	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael McGrath		26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Craig		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Douglas	22	27	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Haverty		26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Byrom		17	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Lawther		22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Barrie Betts

Alan Oakes

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael McGrath

Andrew McEvoy

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Les McDowall

541

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

McDowall vs Blackburn

4 victories

0 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on April 28, 1962

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Key figures

Manchester City keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a draw vs Blackburn running (since 28/01/1939). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 23/10/1920 (7 matches)

The last time Manchester City has ended with the score 3-1 vs Blackburn in Premier League, It was on the 30/09/1933

The last time Neil Young scored at least 2 goals during the same game in Premier League , it was on the 20/01/1962 (avec vs )

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester City 6-2 Tottenham03/03/1962

DManchester City 2-2 Wolverhampton17/03/1962

DManchester City 1-1 Sheffield United31/03/1962

LManchester City 1-4 Birmingham City11/04/1962

VManchester City 1-0 Aston Villa14/04/1962

VManchester City 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday20/04/1962

Overall

DChelsea 1-1 Manchester City07/04/1962

LManchester City 1-4 Birmingham City11/04/1962

VManchester City 1-0 Aston Villa14/04/1962

VManchester City 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday20/04/1962

LBlackpool 3-1 Manchester City21/04/1962

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Manchester City23/04/1962

Current form

Away

LLeicester 2-0 Blackburn17/03/1962

LRochdale 3-1 Blackburn19/03/1962

LBirmingham City 2-1 Blackburn30/03/1962

LFulham 2-0 Blackburn14/04/1962

VBurnley 0-1 Blackburn17/04/1962

LTottenham 4-1 Blackburn20/04/1962

Overall

LFulham 2-0 Blackburn14/04/1962

VBurnley 0-1 Blackburn17/04/1962

LTottenham 4-1 Blackburn20/04/1962

LBlackburn 2-3 Bolton Wanderers21/04/1962

LBlackburn 0-1 Tottenham23/04/1962

LBlackburn 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday26/04/1962

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	7	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	4
Winless streak	1	4
Drawless streak	6	7
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	1	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
16	Victories (Competition total)	14
10	Victories (Home / Away)	4
7	Draws (Competition total)	11
3	Draws (Home / Away)	5
18	Losses (Competition total)	16
7	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

75	Goals scored (Competition total)	49
43	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
80	Goals conceded (Competition total)	55
37	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	33
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.2
2.15	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.8
1.95	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.34
1.85	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.65

Betting aid

30	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
29	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
16	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (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

Peter Dobing	22 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Ian Lawther
Peter Dobing	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Bryan Douglas
Barrie Betts	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Bryan Douglas
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Bryan Douglas
Peter Dobing	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	Ian Lawther

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

17 v

10 d

9 l

67 gf

44 ga

Away

36 matches

8 v

8 d

20 l

49 gf

71 ga

Total

72 matches

25 v

18 d

29 l

116 gf

115 ga

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

20 v

8 d

8 l

71 gf

49 ga

Away

36 matches

9 v

10 d

17 l

44 gf

67 ga

Total

72 matches

29 v

18 d

25 l

115 gf

116 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 2	November 08, 1919
Home	8 - 2	November 08, 1919

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 20, 1907
Away	3 - 1	September 27, 1947

Latest head to head

December 09, 1961 - Division 1 1961/1962

Blackburn

4 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

March 18, 1961 - Division 1 1960/1961

Blackburn

4 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

October 29, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Manchester City

4 - 0

Blackburn

February 13, 1960 - Division 1 1959/1960

Blackburn

2 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

September 26, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Manchester City

2 - 1

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Joe Hayes	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Bobby Kennedy	1 goal	1961 - 1961
George Hannah	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Denis Law	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

John Byrom	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Frederick Pickering	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Peter Dobing	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Edward Thomas	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Barrie Ratcliffe	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Ian Lawther	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Cliff Sear	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Jackie Plenderleith	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Joe Hayes	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Barrie Betts	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Ken Barnes	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Denis Law	2 matches	1960 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Bryan Douglas	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Ken Taylor	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Ronnie Clayton	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Matt Woods	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Alistair MacLeod	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Frederick Pickering	2 matches	1961 - 1961