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Sheffield United 3-0 Leeds United - August 17, 1971 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 2

Bramall Lane - Sheffield - England

August 17, 1971

3 - 0

Leeds United

John Flynn

Edmond Colquhoun

William Dearden

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0' - Goal John Flynn photo Edmond Colquhoun

0' - Goal Edmond Colquhoun photo William Dearden

0' - Goal William Dearden0

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sheffield United

3 - 0

Leeds United

Sheffield United Leeds United

Team line-ups

Sheffield United

Hope

John Hope

England

B.date30/03/1949

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Flynn0

John Flynn

England

B.date20/03/1948

Age23 years

positionDefender

Colquhoun0

Edmond Colquhoun

Scotland

B.date29/03/1945

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Hemsley

Ted Hemsley

England

B.date01/09/1943

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Badger

Len Badger

England

B.date08/06/1945

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Salmons

Geoffrey Salmons

England

B.date14/01/1948

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Currie

Tony Currie

England

B.date01/01/1950

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Scullion

Stewart Scullion

Scotland

B.date18/04/1946

Age25 years

positionWinger

Hockey

Trevor Hockey

Wales

B.date01/05/1943

Age28 years

positionForward

Dearden0

William Dearden

England

B.date11/02/1944

Age27 years

positionForward

Woodward

Alan Woodward

England

B.date07/09/1946

Age24 years

positionWinger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Hope	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Flynn	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Edmond Colquhoun	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ted Hemsley	27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Badger	26	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoffrey Salmons	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Currie	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stewart Scullion	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Trevor Hockey	28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	William Dearden	27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Woodward	24	128	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

Leeds United

Sprake

Gary Sprake

Wales

B.date03/04/1945

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Madeley

Paul Madeley

England

B.date20/09/1944

Age26 years

positionDefender

Charlton

Jack Charlton

England

B.date08/05/1935

Age36 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Hunter

Norman Hunter

England

B.date29/10/1943

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Reaney

Paul Reaney

England

B.date22/10/1944

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Bremner

Billy Bremner

Scotland

B.date09/12/1942

Age28 years

positionCentre Midfield

Giles

Johnny Giles

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/11/1940

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Bates

Mick Bates

England

B.date19/09/1947

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Lorimer

Peter Lorimer

Scotland

B.date14/12/1946

Age24 years

H1m77

positionRight Winger

Clarke

Allan Clarke

England

B.date31/07/1946

Age25 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Belfitt

Rod Belfitt

England

B.date30/10/1945

Age25 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Sprake	26	335	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Madeley	26	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jack Charlton	36	418	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Norman Hunter	27	352	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Reaney	26	329	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy Bremner	28	337	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Giles	30	285	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mick Bates	23	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Lorimer	24	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Allan Clarke	25	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rod Belfitt	25	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

259

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

Mick Bates

Terry Cooper

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Harris

535

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Harris vs Leeds United

5 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on August 17, 1971

Harris vs Revie

4 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on August 17, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Don Revie

570

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Revie vs Sheffield United

6 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on August 17, 1971

Revie vs Harris

6 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on August 17, 1971

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Key figures

It's the first time in his career that William Dearden scores at least 1 goals during the same game in Premier League

Sheffield United keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw vs Leeds United in Premier League running (since 27/03/1967). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 24/04/1965 (3 matches)

Sheffield United keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored vs Leeds United at home in Premier League running (since 26/02/1966). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 04/01/1947 (2 matches)

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSheffield United 0-0 Norwich City03/04/1971

VSheffield United 2-0 Millwall13/04/1971

VSheffield United 3-0 Birmingham City17/04/1971

VSheffield United 5-1 Cardiff City27/04/1971

VSheffield United 3-0 Watford01/05/1971

VSheffield United 3-1 Southampton14/08/1971

Overall

VSheffield United 2-0 Millwall13/04/1971

VSheffield United 3-0 Birmingham City17/04/1971

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Sheffield United24/04/1971

VSheffield United 5-1 Cardiff City27/04/1971

VSheffield United 3-0 Watford01/05/1971

VSheffield United 3-1 Southampton14/08/1971

Current form

Away

DNewcastle United 1-1 Leeds United10/04/1971

DHuddersfield Town 0-0 Leeds United12/04/1971

VLiverpool 0-1 Leeds United14/04/1971

VSouthampton 0-3 Leeds United24/04/1971

DJuventus 2-2 Leeds United28/05/1971

VManchester City 0-1 Leeds United14/08/1971

Overall

VLeeds United 1-0 Arsenal26/04/1971

DLeeds United 0-0 Liverpool28/04/1971

VLeeds United 2-0 Nottingham Forest01/05/1971

DJuventus 2-2 Leeds United28/05/1971

DLeeds United 1-1 Juventus03/06/1971

VManchester City 0-1 Leeds United14/08/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	3
Unbeaten streak	7	12
Drawless streak	5	3
Scoring streak	5	6
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	6	7
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	4	4
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
1	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
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-1 (1 times)	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

Geoffrey Salmons	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Peter Lorimer
Geoffrey Salmons	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Peter Lorimer
Geoffrey Salmons	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Peter Lorimer

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

11 v

6 d

3 l

34 gf

23 ga

Away

19 matches

4 v

6 d

9 l

20 gf

33 ga

Total

39 matches

15 v

12 d

12 l

54 gf

56 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

9 v

6 d

4 l

33 gf

20 ga

Away

20 matches

3 v

6 d

11 l

23 gf

34 ga

Total

39 matches

12 v

12 d

15 l

56 gf

54 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	January 04, 1947
Home	6 - 2	January 04, 1947

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 07, 1931
Away	4 - 1	March 27, 1967

Latest head to head

September 08, 1970 - League Cup 1970/1971

Sheffield United

1 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

April 06, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Leeds United

3 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

March 30, 1968 - FA Cup 1967/1968

Leeds United

1 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

November 11, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Sheffield United

1 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

March 28, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Leeds United

2 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

Alan Woodward	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Michael Hill	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Reg Matthewson	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Alan Birchenall	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Mick Jones	1 goal	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/10/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Johnny Giles	3 goals	1967 - 1968
Billy Bremner	3 goals	1965 - 1967
Alan Peacock	3 goals	1965 - 1967
Jim Storrie	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Albert Johanneson	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Jack Charlton	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/10/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leeds United

Alan Hodgkinson	8 matches	1964 - 1968
Reg Matthewson	7 matches	1964 - 1967
Ken Mallender	7 matches	1964 - 1968
Len Badger	7 matches	1964 - 1968
Barry Wagstaff	6 matches	1964 - 1968
Alan Birchenall	6 matches	1964 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/10/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Jack Charlton	8 matches	1964 - 1968
Gary Sprake	8 matches	1964 - 1968
Paul Reaney	8 matches	1964 - 1968
Norman Hunter	8 matches	1964 - 1968
Billy Bremner	8 matches	1964 - 1968
Johnny Giles	7 matches	1964 - 1968