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Wolverhampton 2-3 Man United - December 30, 1967 / Division 1 1967/1968

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Division 1 1967/1968 - Round 24

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

December 30, 1967

2 - 3

Man United

Patrick Buckley

Michael A Bailey

67'

45+1'

Bobby Charlton

45+5'

John Aston

45+15'

Brian Kidd

logo Wolverhampton WOL

1' - Goal Patrick Buckley1

46' - Goal Bobby Charlton

50' - Goal John Aston

60' - Goal Brian Kidd

logo Wolverhampton WOL

46' - Substitution Graham Hawkinsis substituted by Gerry Taylor46

67' - Goal Michael A Bailey67

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

2 - 3

Man United

Wolverhampton Man United

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

Williams

Evan Williams

Scotland

B.date15/07/1943

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hawkins46

Graham Hawkins

England

B.date05/03/1946

Age21 years

positionDefender

Thomson

Robert Thomson

England

B.date05/12/1943

Age24 years

positionDefender

Holsgrove

John Holsgrove

England

B.date27/09/1945

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Wilson

Les Wilson

England

B.date10/07/1947

Age20 years

positionDefender

Ross

Stewart Ross

England

B.date11/09/1945

Age22 years

positionDefender

Bailey67

Michael A Bailey

England

B.date27/02/1942

Age25 years

positionRight Midfielder

Buckley1

Patrick Buckley

Scotland

B.date12/08/1946

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Wagstaffe

David Wagstaffe

England

B.date05/04/1943

Age24 years

positionWinger

Knowles

Peter Knowles

England

B.date30/09/1945

Age22 years

positionForward

Evans

Alun Evans

England

B.date30/04/1949

Age18 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Evan Williams		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Hawkins	46	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Thomson		24	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Holsgrove		22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Les Wilson		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stewart Ross		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael A Bailey	67	25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Buckley	1	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Wagstaffe		24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Knowles		22	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alun Evans		18	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age35 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Burns

Francis Burns

Scotland

B.date17/10/1948

Age19 years

positionLeft full-back

Crerand

Pat Crerand

Scotland

B.date19/02/1939

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Charlton46

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age30 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Kidd60

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age18 years

positionForward

Law

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age27 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Aston50

John Aston

England

B.date28/06/1947

Age20 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		35	553	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		21	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		26	300	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Burns		19	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Crerand		28	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	46	30	485	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd	60	18	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law		27	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		21	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Aston	50	20	81	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

213

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gerry Taylor	46	20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alun Evans

Derek Dougan

OUT

Graham Hawkins

John Farrington

OUT

Stewart Ross

David Woodfield

OUT

Patrick Buckley

David Burnside

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Allen

113

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Allen vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 30, 1967

Allen vs Busby

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 30, 1967

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

1058

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Busby vs Wolverhampton

21 victories

6 draws

17 losses

Latest figure on December 30, 1967

Busby vs Allen

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 30, 1967

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Man United keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored in Premier League running (since 11/11/1967). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 19/08/1967-04/11/1967 time period (14 matches).

Wolverhampton keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 04/11/1967). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 03/04/1965-16/10/1965 time period (20 matches).

End of streak for Wolverhampton after 3 matches lost with a difference of 1 goals vs Man United in Premier League (since 17/10/1964). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 03/11/1956 (2 matches)

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

	13	Stoke City	21 pts	24 rd
+3	14	West Ham	20 pts	24 rd
-1	15	Wolverhampton	20 pts	23 rd
	16	Chelsea	20 pts	23 rd
-2	17	Southampton	19 pts	23 rd

General ranking

	1	Manchester United	35 pts	24 rd
	2	Liverpool	32 pts	24 rd
+1	3	Leeds United	31 pts	24 rd
-1	4	Manchester City	30 pts	24 rd
+2	5	West Bromwich Albion	27 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWolverhampton 2-2 Newcastle United07/10/1967

VWolverhampton 3-2 Arsenal23/10/1967

VWolverhampton 2-0 Coventry04/11/1967

LWolverhampton 3-4 Stoke City18/11/1967

VWolverhampton 2-0 Southampton02/12/1967

VWolverhampton 3-2 Fulham16/12/1967

Overall

DWolverhampton 2-2 Newcastle United07/10/1967

VWolverhampton 3-2 Arsenal23/10/1967

VWolverhampton 2-0 Coventry04/11/1967

LWolverhampton 3-4 Stoke City18/11/1967

VWolverhampton 2-0 Southampton02/12/1967

VWolverhampton 3-2 Fulham16/12/1967

Current form

Overall

VManchester United 1-0 Stoke City04/11/1967

VManchester United 3-2 Southampton18/11/1967

VManchester United 2-1 Sarajevo29/11/1967

VManchester United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion02/12/1967

VManchester United 3-1 Everton16/12/1967

VManchester United 4-0 Wolverhampton26/12/1967

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	5	5
Scoring streak	20	20
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	10
Unbeaten streak	0	21
Drawless streak	0	10
Scoring streak	0	14
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

14	General ranking (Competition total)	1
14	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	23
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
8	Victories (Competition total)	13
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
4	Draws (Competition total)	7
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
10	Losses (Competition total)	3
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

38	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	25
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.73	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.91
2.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.58
2.09	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.09
1.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.42

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
2-0 (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

Peter Knowles	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	George Best
Peter Knowles	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Peter Knowles	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Peter Knowles	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Peter Knowles	9 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 8 matches	George Best

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

15 v

5 d

8 l

65 gf

45 ga

Away

27 matches

7 v

2 d

18 l

36 gf

59 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

57 matches

23 v

8 d

26 l

103 gf

105 ga

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

18 v

2 d

7 l

59 gf

36 ga

Away

28 matches

8 v

5 d

15 l

45 gf

65 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

57 matches

26 v

8 d

23 l

105 gf

103 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	December 26, 1931
Home	7 - 0	December 26, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	10 - 1	October 15, 1892
Away	6 - 2	November 01, 1947

Latest head to head

December 26, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Man United

4 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

March 05, 1966 - FA Cup 1965/1966

Wolverhampton

2 - 4

Man United

March 10, 1965 - FA Cup 1964/1965

Wolverhampton

3 - 5

Man United

February 27, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Man United

3 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

October 17, 1964 - Division 1 1964/1965

Wolverhampton

2 - 4

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Raymond Crawford	5 goals	1963 - 1964
Jimmy Murray	5 goals	1958 - 1962
Norman Deeley	5 goals	1957 - 1961
Peter Broadbent	3 goals	1958 - 1961
Dennis Westcott	3 goals	1946 - 1947
Barry Stobart	3 goals	1960 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1931. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Denis Law	9 goals	1962 - 1966
Bobby Charlton	7 goals	1957 - 1967
David Herd	7 goals	1962 - 1966
George Best	4 goals	1965 - 1967
Dennis Viollet	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Liam Whelan	1 goal	1956 - 1956

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1931. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Peter Broadbent	14 matches	1957 - 1964
Ronald Flowers	12 matches	1957 - 1965
George Showell	11 matches	1957 - 1964
Gerry Harris	9 matches	1957 - 1965
Norman Deeley	9 matches	1957 - 1961
Eddie Stuart	8 matches	1958 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1931. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Bill Foulkes	20 matches	1956 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	18 matches	1956 - 1967
Shay Brennan	13 matches	1958 - 1966
Albert Quixall	10 matches	1958 - 1963
Nobby Stiles	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Harry Gregg	9 matches	1959 - 1966

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Competition info

The other matches

December 30, 1967

Fulham

1 2

Tottenham

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester United	35	24	14	7	3	47	27	+20
2	Liverpool	32	24	12	8	4	35	18	+17
+13	Leeds United	31	24	13	5	6	36	21	+15
-14	Manchester City	30	24	13	4	7	52	31	+21
+25	West Bromwich Albion	27	23	11	5	7	45	32	+13
6	Newcastle United	27	24	9	9	6	37	37	0
-27	Everton	26	24	11	4	9	34	24	+10
+28	Tottenham	26	24	10	6	8	37	39	-2
-19	Arsenal	25	23	10	5	8	38	29	+9
+110	Nottingham Forest	24	23	10	4	9	35	26	+9
-211	Sheffield Wednesday	24	23	9	6	8	35	33	+2
12	Burnley	24	24	9	6	9	41	45	-4
13	Stoke City	21	24	8	5	11	31	39	-8
+314	West Ham	20	24	8	4	12	46	47	-1
-115	Wolverhampton	20	23	8	4	11	40	49	-9
16	Chelsea	20	23	5	10	8	31	50	-19
-217	Southampton	19	23	7	5	11	38	47	-9
18	Leicester	18	23	5	8	10	35	43	-8
19	Sunderland	18	23	6	6	11	30	42	-12
+120	Sheffield United	18	23	6	6	11	28	41	-13
-121	Fulham	16	22	6	4	12	32	44	-12
22	Coventry	15	24	3	9	12	29	48	-19

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Wolverhampton 2-3 Man United - December 30, 1967 / Division 1 1967/1968

Wolverhampton

2 - 3

Man United

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Allen vs Man United

Allen vs Busby

Manager

Busby vs Wolverhampton

Busby vs Allen

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Man United

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Players with most games played vs Man United

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking