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Sheffield United 2-0 Leicester - December 16, 1972 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Journée 22

Bramall Lane - Sheffield - England

December 16, 1972

Sheffield United

2 - 0

Leicester

Trevor Hockey

Alan Woodward

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0' - Goal Trevor Hockey photo Alan Woodward

0' - Goal Alan Woodward0

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46' - Substitution Jon Sammelsis substituted by David Tomlin

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sheffield United

2 - 0

Leicester

Sheffield United Leicester

Team line-ups

Sheffield United

McAlister

Thomas McAlister

Scotland

B.date10/12/1952

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

Flynn

John Flynn

England

B.date20/03/1948

Age24 years

positionDefender

Colquhoun

Edmond Colquhoun

Scotland

B.date29/03/1945

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Badger

Len Badger

England

B.date08/06/1945

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Hemsley

Ted Hemsley

England

B.date01/09/1943

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Currie

Tony Currie

England

B.date01/01/1950

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Salmons

Geoffrey Salmons

England

B.date14/01/1948

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Hockey0

Trevor Hockey

Wales

B.date01/05/1943

Age29 years

positionForward

Dearden

William Dearden

England

B.date11/02/1944

Age28 years

positionForward

Woodward0

Alan Woodward

England

B.date07/09/1946

Age26 years

positionWinger

Scullion

Stewart Scullion

Scotland

B.date18/04/1946

Age26 years

positionWinger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Thomas McAlister	20	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Flynn	24	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Edmond Colquhoun	27	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Badger	27	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ted Hemsley	29	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Currie	22	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoffrey Salmons	24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Trevor Hockey	29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	William Dearden	28	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Woodward	26	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stewart Scullion	26	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Leicester

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age23 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Manley

Malcolm Manley

Scotland

B.date01/12/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Cross

Graham Cross

England

B.date15/11/1943

Age29 years

positionDefender

Farrington

John Farrington

England

B.date19/06/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

Rofe

Dennis Rofe

England

B.date01/06/1950

Age22 years

positionDefender

Whitworth

Stephen Whitworth

England

B.date20/03/1952

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

Sammels46

Jon Sammels

England

B.date23/07/1945

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Birchenall

Alan Birchenall

England

B.date22/08/1945

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Weller

Keith Weller

England

B.date11/06/1946

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Glover

Leonard Glover

England

B.date31/01/1944

Age28 years

positionLeft Winger

Worthington

Frank Worthington

England

B.date23/11/1948

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		23	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Manley		23	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Cross		29	362	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Farrington		25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Rofe		22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Whitworth		20	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jon Sammels	46	27	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Birchenall		27	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Weller		26	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leonard Glover		28	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Worthington		24	19	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

100

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Tomlin	46	19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Flynn

Ian MacKenzie

OUT

Geoffrey Salmons

David Ford

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

John Harris

607

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Harris vs Leicester

7 victories

8 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 1972

Harris vs Bloomfield

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 16, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Bloomfield

Success rate in this team:

28 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

25 %

Bloomfield vs Sheffield United

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 1972

Bloomfield vs Harris

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 1972

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Key figures

Sheffield United keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 25/11/1972).

Leicester keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win away from home running (since 14/10/1972).

It's the first time Trevor Hockey scores 1 goal vs Leicester in his professional career with Sheffield United

Read the next 4 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LSheffield United 0-1 Everton21/10/1972

VSheffield United 1-0 Charlton23/10/1972

LSheffield United 1-2 Arsenal31/10/1972

DSheffield United 0-0 Stoke City04/11/1972

LSheffield United 1-2 Wolverhampton25/11/1972

DSheffield United 1-1 Manchester City09/12/1972

Overall

LSheffield United 1-2 Arsenal31/10/1972

DSheffield United 0-0 Stoke City04/11/1972

LLeeds United 2-1 Sheffield United11/11/1972

LCoventry 3-0 Sheffield United18/11/1972

LSheffield United 1-2 Wolverhampton25/11/1972

DSheffield United 1-1 Manchester City09/12/1972

Current form

Away

LLeeds United 3-1 Leicester16/09/1972

VIpswich Town 0-2 Leicester30/09/1972

LDerby County 2-1 Leicester14/10/1972

LStoke City 1-0 Leicester28/10/1972

DChelsea 1-1 Leicester11/11/1972

DBirmingham City 1-1 Leicester09/12/1972

Overall

LStoke City 1-0 Leicester28/10/1972

DLeicester 2-2 Manchester United04/11/1972

DChelsea 1-1 Leicester11/11/1972

LLeicester 0-1 Tottenham18/11/1972

VLeicester 3-1 West Bromwich Albion02/12/1972

DBirmingham City 1-1 Leicester09/12/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	4	7
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	4	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	20
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
6	Victories (Competition total)	4
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
5	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
9	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

20	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.1
0.91	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.4
0.91	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

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

Alan Woodward	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Keith Weller
William Dearden	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Leonard Glover
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jon Sammels
Alan Woodward	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Frank Worthington

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

13 v

10 d

8 l

58 gf

42 ga

Away

31 matches

6 v

13 d

12 l

40 gf

59 ga

Total

62 matches

19 v

23 d

20 l

98 gf

101 ga

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

12 v

13 d

6 l

59 gf

40 ga

Away

31 matches

8 v

10 d

13 l

42 gf

58 ga

Total

62 matches

20 v

23 d

19 l

101 gf

98 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	January 04, 1930
Home	7 - 1	January 04, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 12, 1957
Away	4 - 1	February 23, 1929

Latest head to head

January 01, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Sheffield United

1 - 1

Leicester

September 18, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Leicester

0 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

April 10, 1971 - Division 2 1970/1971

Leicester

0 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

December 26, 1970 - Division 2 1970/1971

Sheffield United

2 - 1

Leicester

March 21, 1970 - Division 2 1969/1970

Leicester

2 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Leonard Allchurch	3 goals	1961 - 1962
Mick Jones	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Alan Woodward	2 goals	1967 - 1971
Gilbert Reece	2 goals	1965 - 1968
Keith Kettleborough	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Barry Hartle	1 goal	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Ken Keyworth	3 goals	1962 - 1962
Jackie Sinclair	2 goals	1965 - 1966
Mike Stringfellow	2 goals	1966 - 1967
Billy Hodgson	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Frank McLintock	1 goal	1964 - 1964
John Sjoberg	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Alan Hodgkinson	14 matches	1961 - 1968
Len Badger	10 matches	1964 - 1972
Brian Richardson	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Alan Woodward	7 matches	1964 - 1972
Joe Shaw	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Ken Mallender	7 matches	1964 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Graham Cross	14 matches	1962 - 1972
John Sjoberg	13 matches	1962 - 1972
Dave Gibson	13 matches	1962 - 1969
Mike Stringfellow	11 matches	1962 - 1968
Richie Norman	11 matches	1961 - 1967
Gordon Banks	10 matches	1961 - 1966