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Man United 1-1 Burnley - October 06, 1971 / League Cup 1971/1972

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League Cup 1971/1972 - Round of 32

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

October 06, 1971

44 400

Man United

1 - 1

Burnley

Bobby Charlton

35'

Leighton James

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0' - Goal Leighton James

35' - Goal Bobby Charlton35

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 1

Burnley

Man United Burnley

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

O'Neil

Tommy O'Neil

England

B.date25/10/1952

Age18 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

James

Steve James

England

B.date20/11/1949

Age21 years

positionRight full-back

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Charlton35

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age33 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

Aston

John Aston

England

B.date28/06/1947

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Kidd

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Gowling

Alan Gowling

England

B.date16/03/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		29	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy O'Neil		18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		25	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		21	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		30	470	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	35	33	677	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		27	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Aston		24	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd		22	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		25	395	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Gowling		22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

242

Burnley

Mellor

Peter Mellor

England

B.date20/11/1947

Age23 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Docherty

Mick Docherty

England

B.date29/10/1950

Age20 years

positionDefender

Waldron

Colin Waldron

England

B.date22/06/1948

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Cliff

Eddie Cliff

England

B.date30/09/1951

Age20 years

positionDefender

Thomas

Dave Thomas

England

B.date05/10/1950

Age21 years

positionLeft full-back

West

Alan West

England

B.date18/12/1951

Age19 years

positionMidfield

James0

Leighton James

Wales

B.date16/02/1953

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Dobson

Martin Dobson

England

B.date14/02/1948

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Casper

Frank Casper

England

B.date09/12/1944

Age26 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Fletcher

Paul Fletcher

England

B.date13/01/1951

Age20 years

positionForward

Bellamy

Arthur Bellamy

England

B.date05/04/1942

Age29 years

H1m75

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Mellor	23	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Docherty	20	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Waldron	23	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie Cliff	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Thomas	21	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan West	19	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Leighton James	18	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Dobson	23	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Casper	26	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Fletcher	20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Arthur Bellamy	29	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22 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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

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:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

O'Farrell vs Burnley

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 06, 1971

O'Farrell vs Adamson

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 06, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Adamson

Success rate in this team:

26 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

26 %

Adamson vs Man United

0 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 06, 1971

Adamson vs O'Farrell

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 06, 1971

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Bobby Charlton scores a goal in League Cup with Manchester United since the 18/11/1970 (with Manchester United vs Crystal Palace )

Man United keeps its 35 matches with at least one goal scored vs Burnley at home running (since 26/09/1925). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 14/04/1906 (5 matches)

Alan Gowling played his game number 50 in his professional career with Manchester United

Read the next 3 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 3-2 Ipswich Town24/04/1971

VManchester United 3-1 Arsenal20/08/1971

VManchester United 3-1 West Bromwich Albion23/08/1971

VManchester United 1-0 Ipswich Town04/09/1971

VManchester United 4-2 West Ham18/09/1971

VManchester United 2-0 Sheffield United02/10/1971

Overall

VManchester United 1-0 Ipswich Town04/09/1971

VIpswich Town 1-3 Manchester United07/09/1971

VCrystal Palace 1-3 Manchester United11/09/1971

VManchester United 4-2 West Ham18/09/1971

DLiverpool 2-2 Manchester United25/09/1971

VManchester United 2-0 Sheffield United02/10/1971

Current form

Away

DCardiff City 2-2 Burnley14/08/1971

LOxford United 2-1 Burnley28/08/1971

VPreston North End 1-3 Burnley30/08/1971

VCoventry 0-1 Burnley08/09/1971

VFulham 0-2 Burnley11/09/1971

LCharlton 2-0 Burnley25/09/1971

Overall

VCoventry 0-1 Burnley08/09/1971

VFulham 0-2 Burnley11/09/1971

VBurnley 1-0 Queens Park Rangers18/09/1971

LCharlton 2-0 Burnley25/09/1971

VBurnley 6-1 Leyton Orient28/09/1971

LBurnley 0-1 Sunderland02/10/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	1
Unbeaten streak	6	6
Drawless streak	13	1
Scoring streak	6	6
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	5	6
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	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

George Best	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Frank Casper
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Frank Casper
Willie Morgan	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
George Best	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Frank Casper

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

32 v

8 d

13 l

116 gf

63 ga

Away

53 matches

16 v

8 d

29 l

67 gf

105 ga

Total

106 matches

48 v

16 d

42 l

183 gf

168 ga

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

29 v

8 d

16 l

105 gf

67 ga

Away

53 matches

13 v

8 d

32 l

63 gf

116 ga

Total

106 matches

42 v

16 d

48 l

168 gf

183 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 12, 1961
Home	6 - 0	April 12, 1961

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	February 13, 1901
Away	5 - 2	September 22, 1962

Latest head to head

January 16, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

1 - 1

Burnley

August 25, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Burnley

0 - 2

Man United

March 17, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Man United

3 - 3

Burnley

November 29, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Burnley

1 - 1

Man United

October 20, 1969 - League Cup 1969/1970

Man United

1 - 0

Burnley

Best historical scorers against Burnley

David Herd	10 goals	1961 - 1966
Dennis Viollet	9 goals	1959 - 1961
Denis Law	7 goals	1962 - 1970
George Best	7 goals	1963 - 1970
Albert Quixall	5 goals	1958 - 1961
Pat Crerand	4 goals	1965 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Andy Lochhead	10 goals	1962 - 1967
John Connelly	6 goals	1960 - 1962
Gordon Harris	4 goals	1961 - 1967
Ray Pointer	3 goals	1960 - 1962
Willie Irvine	2 goals	1965 - 1966
Willie Morgan	2 goals	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Burnley

Bobby Charlton	27 matches	1957 - 1971
Bill Foulkes	25 matches	1957 - 1969
Tony Dunne	23 matches	1960 - 1971
Nobby Stiles	19 matches	1960 - 1971
George Best	17 matches	1963 - 1970
Denis Law	15 matches	1962 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

John Angus	17 matches	1960 - 1971
Brian O'Neil	13 matches	1963 - 1970
Andy Lochhead	13 matches	1961 - 1968
Gordon Harris	12 matches	1961 - 1967
Brian Miller	12 matches	1960 - 1967
Adam Blacklaw	11 matches	1960 - 1966