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Stoke City 2-0 Manchester City - April 24, 1971 / Division 1 1970/1971

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Division 1 1970/1971 - Round 40

Victoria Ground - Stoke-on-Trent - England

April 24, 1971

14 836

2 - 0

Manchester City

Mike Bernard

John Ritchie

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Stoke City

2 - 0

Manchester City

Stoke City Manchester City

Team line-ups

Stoke City

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age33 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Pejic

Mike Pejic

England

B.date25/01/1950

Age21 years

positionDefender

Skeels

Eric Skeels

England

B.date27/10/1939

Age31 years

positionDefender

Jump

Stewart Jump

England

B.date27/01/1952

Age19 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Smith

Denis Smith

England

B.date19/11/1947

Age23 years

positionDefender

Lees

Terry Lees

England

B.date30/06/1952

Age18 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Haslegrave

Sean Haslegrave

England

B.date07/06/1951

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Bernard0

Mike Bernard

England

B.date10/01/1948

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Greenhoff

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age24 years

positionStriker

Ritchie0

John Ritchie

England

B.date12/07/1941

Age29 years

positionForward

Mahoney

John Mahoney

Wales

B.date20/09/1946

Age24 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks	33	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Pejic	21	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Skeels	31	293	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stewart Jump	19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Smith	23	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Lees	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sean Haslegrave	19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike Bernard	23	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff	24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Ritchie	29	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Mahoney	24	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Manchester City

Corrigan

Joe Corrigan

England

B.date18/11/1948

Age22 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Booth

Tommy Booth

England

B.date09/11/1949

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Connor

Dave Connor

England

B.date27/10/1945

Age25 years

positionDefender

Mann

Arthur Mann

Scotland

B.date23/01/1948

Age23 years

positionDefender

Donachie

Willie Donachie

Scotland

B.date05/10/1951

Age19 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Book

Tony Book

England

B.date04/09/1934

Age36 years

positionCentral defender

Towers

Tony Towers

England

B.date13/04/1952

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Johnson

Jeffrey Johnson

Wales

B.date26/11/1953

Age17 years

positionMidfield

Young

Neil Young

England

B.date17/02/1944

Age27 years

positionStriker

Lee

Francis Lee

England

B.date29/04/1944

Age26 years

positionStriker

Hill

Frederick Hill

England

B.date17/01/1940

Age31 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Corrigan	22	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Booth	21	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Connor	25	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Mann	23	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Donachie	19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Book	36	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Towers	19	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jeffrey Johnson	17	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Young	27	252	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francis Lee	26	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frederick Hill	31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 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

Terry Lees

Alan Bloor

OUT

John Mahoney

John Marsh

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Frederick Hill

Steve Carter

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Waddington

533

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Waddington vs Manchester City

6 victories

0 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on April 24, 1971

Waddington vs Mercer

6 victories

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on April 24, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

319

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Mercer vs Stoke City

10 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on April 24, 1971

Mercer vs Waddington

6 victories

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on April 24, 1971

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Stoke City after 3 consecutive matches without a win (since 10/04/1971).

Stoke City keeps its 15 consecutive matches without a draw vs Manchester City in Premier League running (since 04/03/1950). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 08/02/1936 (7 matches)

End of streak for Manchester City after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home (since 13/03/1971). It was the best streak for the club since 21/02/1970-29/08/1970 (11 matches).

Read the next 6 key stats

General ranking

-3	12	Coventry	39 pts	40 rd
	13	Everton	37 pts	41 rd
+1	14	Stoke City	36 pts	39 rd
+1	15	West Bromwich Albion	35 pts	40 rd
-2	16	Nottingham Forest	35 pts	40 rd

General ranking

	6	Tottenham	47 pts	38 rd
	7	Southampton	44 pts	39 rd
	8	Manchester City	40 pts	39 rd
+1	9	Manchester United	40 pts	40 rd
+2	10	Derby County	39 pts	40 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LStoke City 1-2 Chelsea20/02/1971

LStoke City 1-2 Manchester United20/03/1971

LStoke City 0-2 Arsenal31/03/1971

VStoke City 1-0 Wolverhampton07/04/1971

LStoke City 0-1 Liverpool10/04/1971

DStoke City 1-1 Blackpool13/04/1971

Overall

LStoke City 0-2 Arsenal31/03/1971

LCrystal Palace 3-2 Stoke City03/04/1971

VStoke City 1-0 Wolverhampton07/04/1971

LStoke City 0-1 Liverpool10/04/1971

DStoke City 1-1 Blackpool13/04/1971

LWest Ham 1-0 Stoke City17/04/1971

Current form

Away

LGornik Zabrze 2-0 Manchester City10/03/1971

DDerby County 0-0 Manchester City13/03/1971

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Manchester City27/03/1971

LHuddersfield Town 1-0 Manchester City10/04/1971

DNewcastle United 0-0 Manchester City12/04/1971

LChelsea 1-0 Manchester City14/04/1971

Overall

VManchester City 3-0 Everton03/04/1971

LManchester City 1-3 Nottingham Forest09/04/1971

LHuddersfield Town 1-0 Manchester City10/04/1971

DNewcastle United 0-0 Manchester City12/04/1971

LChelsea 1-0 Manchester City14/04/1971

DManchester City 1-1 Chelsea17/04/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	9	5
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	9	0
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

15	General ranking (Competition total)	8
8	General ranking (Home / Away)	6

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	38
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
11	Victories (Competition total)	12
9	Victories (Home / Away)	5
12	Draws (Competition total)	16
7	Draws (Home / Away)	8
15	Losses (Competition total)	10
3	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

42	Goals scored (Competition total)	42
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.11	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.11
1.37	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.85
1.21	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.87
0.53	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.9

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
14	Clean sheets (Competition total)	16
11	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	9
13	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	15
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	11
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
0-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (5 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

Terry Conroy	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Colin Bell
John Ritchie	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Colin Bell
John Ritchie	3 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Francis Lee

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

17 v

3 d

4 l

42 gf

15 ga

Away

26 matches

3 v

6 d

17 l

22 gf

50 ga

Total

50 matches

20 v

9 d

21 l

64 gf

65 ga

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

17 v

6 d

3 l

50 gf

22 ga

Away

24 matches

4 v

3 d

17 l

15 gf

42 ga

Total

50 matches

21 v

9 d

20 l

65 gf

64 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 26, 1967
Home	3 - 0	August 26, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 26, 1927
Away	1 - 0	November 12, 1966

Latest head to head

September 19, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Manchester City

4 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

January 17, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Manchester City

0 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

September 27, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Stoke City

2 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

March 29, 1969 - Division 1 1968/1969

Manchester City

3 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

September 07, 1968 - Division 1 1968/1969

Stoke City

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Harry Burrows	3 goals	1967 - 1970
Peter Dobing	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Mike Bernard	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Jimmy Greenhoff	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Terry Conroy	1 goal	1968 - 1968
John Marsh	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Colin Bell	4 goals	1967 - 1969
Francis Lee	3 goals	1967 - 1970
Neil Young	2 goals	1967 - 1970
Michael Doyle	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Tony Book	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Bobby Owen	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Eric Skeels	8 matches	1966 - 1970
Alan Bloor	8 matches	1966 - 1970
Peter Dobing	7 matches	1966 - 1970
Gordon Banks	6 matches	1967 - 1970
Harry Burrows	6 matches	1966 - 1970
George Eastham	6 matches	1966 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Mike Summerbee	9 matches	1966 - 1970
Alan Oakes	8 matches	1967 - 1970
Colin Bell	8 matches	1966 - 1970
Glyn Pardoe	8 matches	1966 - 1970
Neil Young	8 matches	1966 - 1970
Tony Book	8 matches	1966 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Peter Dobing

270 matches

82 matches

1961 - 1970

Harry Dowd

3 matches

94 matches

1961 - 1970

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/08/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Harry Dowd

3 matches

94 matches

1961 - 1970

Peter Dobing

270 matches

82 matches

1961 - 1970

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/08/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

April 24, 1971

Tottenham

2 0

Crystal Palace

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	61	39	27	7	5	69	28	+41
2	Leeds United	60	40	25	10	5	69	30	+39
3	Chelsea	50	40	18	14	8	52	41	+11
4	Wolverhampton	49	40	21	7	12	63	54	+9
5	Liverpool	48	40	16	16	8	39	22	+17
6	Tottenham	47	38	17	13	8	51	31	+20
7	Southampton	44	39	16	12	11	49	41	+8
8	Manchester City	40	39	12	16	11	42	35	+7
+19	Manchester United	40	40	15	10	15	60	62	-2
+210	Derby County	39	40	15	9	16	54	54	0
11	Newcastle United	39	40	13	13	14	41	44	-3
-312	Coventry	39	40	15	9	16	35	38	-3
13	Everton	37	41	12	13	16	54	58	-4
+114	Stoke City	36	39	12	12	15	44	46	-2
+115	West Bromwich Albion	35	40	10	15	15	58	70	-12
-216	Nottingham Forest	35	40	14	7	19	42	59	-17
17	Huddersfield Town	33	40	10	13	17	38	48	-10
18	Crystal Palace	33	39	11	11	17	36	48	-12
19	Ipswich Town	32	40	12	8	20	42	48	-6
20	West Ham	32	40	9	14	17	45	58	-13
21	Burnley	25	40	6	13	21	28	62	-34
22	Blackpool	20	40	3	14	23	30	64	-34

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Stoke City 2-0 Manchester City - April 24, 1971 / Division 1 1970/1971

Stoke City

2 - 0

Manchester City

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

Waddington vs Manchester City

Waddington vs Mercer

Manager

Mercer vs Stoke City

Mercer vs Waddington

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 Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking