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Arsenal 0-1 Sheffield United - August 24, 1971 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 4

Highbury - London - England

August 24, 1971

Arsenal

0 - 1

Sheffield United

Stewart Scullion

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0' - Goal Stewart Scullion

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

0 - 1

Sheffield United

Arsenal Sheffield United

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Wilson

Bob Wilson

Scotland

B.date30/10/1941

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date13/01/1945

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

McLintock

Frank McLintock

Scotland

B.date28/12/1939

Age31 years

positionRight central defender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

McNab

Robert McNab

England

B.date20/07/1943

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Storey

Peter Storey

England

B.date07/09/1945

Age25 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kelly

Eddie Kelly

Scotland

B.date07/02/1951

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Graham

George Graham

Scotland

B.date30/11/1944

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Armstrong

George Armstrong

England

B.date09/08/1944

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

Radford

John Radford

England

B.date22/02/1947

Age24 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bob Wilson	29	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Simpson	26	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank McLintock	31	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice	22	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert McNab	28	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Storey	25	237	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Kelly	20	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Graham	26	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy	20	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Armstrong	27	311	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Radford	24	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

176

Sheffield United

Hope

John Hope

England

B.date30/03/1949

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Colquhoun

Edmond Colquhoun

Scotland

B.date29/03/1945

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Flynn

John Flynn

England

B.date20/03/1948

Age23 years

positionDefender

Badger

Len Badger

England

B.date08/06/1945

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Hemsley

Ted Hemsley

England

B.date01/09/1943

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Currie

Tony Currie

England

B.date01/01/1950

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Salmons

Geoffrey Salmons

England

B.date14/01/1948

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Woodward

Alan Woodward

England

B.date07/09/1946

Age24 years

positionWinger

Scullion0

Stewart Scullion

Scotland

B.date18/04/1946

Age25 years

positionWinger

Hockey

Trevor Hockey

Wales

B.date01/05/1943

Age28 years

positionForward

Dearden

William Dearden

England

B.date11/02/1944

Age27 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Hope	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Edmond Colquhoun	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Flynn	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Badger	26	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ted Hemsley	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Currie	21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoffrey Salmons	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Woodward	24	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stewart Scullion	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Trevor Hockey	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	William Dearden	27	4	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

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

Bertie Mee

286

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Mee vs Sheffield United

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 1971

Mee vs Harris

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

John Harris

537

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Harris vs Arsenal

5 victories

5 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on August 24, 1971

Harris vs Mee

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 24, 1971

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Arsenal after 7 matches without conceding any goal at home in Premier League (since 20/03/1971). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/08/1956 (5 matches)

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bertie Mee has done less than 24% of losses .

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bertie Mee has done less than 1.47 goals scored per game .

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 2-0 Chelsea03/04/1971

VArsenal 1-0 Coventry06/04/1971

VArsenal 1-0 Newcastle United17/04/1971

VArsenal 1-0 Burnley20/04/1971

VArsenal 1-0 Stoke City01/05/1971

VArsenal 3-0 Chelsea14/08/1971

Overall

VArsenal 1-0 Stoke City01/05/1971

VTottenham 0-1 Arsenal03/05/1971

VArsenal 2-1 Liverpool08/05/1971

VArsenal 3-0 Chelsea14/08/1971

VHuddersfield Town 0-1 Arsenal17/08/1971

LManchester United 3-1 Arsenal20/08/1971

Current form

Away

DQueens Park Rangers 2-2 Sheffield United13/03/1971

VBristol City 0-1 Sheffield United27/03/1971

DLeicester 0-0 Sheffield United10/04/1971

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Sheffield United12/04/1971

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Sheffield United24/04/1971

VEverton 0-1 Sheffield United21/08/1971

Overall

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

VSheffield United 3-0 Leeds United17/08/1971

VEverton 0-1 Sheffield United21/08/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	19	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	7
Scoring streak	14	6
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	6	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	5
Unbeaten streak	6	14
Drawless streak	1	5
Scoring streak	2	8
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.33
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Frank McLintock	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Alan Woodward
Frank McLintock	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Alan Woodward
Frank McLintock	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Alan Woodward

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

22 v

8 d

9 l

94 gf

48 ga

Away

39 matches

6 v

10 d

23 l

51 gf

93 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

79 matches

29 v

18 d

32 l

146 gf

141 ga

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

23 v

10 d

6 l

93 gf

51 ga

Away

39 matches

9 v

8 d

22 l

48 gf

94 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

79 matches

32 v

18 d

29 l

141 gf

146 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 2	December 24, 1932
Home	9 - 2	December 24, 1932

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 24, 1964
Away	6 - 2	March 26, 1921

Latest head to head

January 13, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Arsenal

1 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

September 09, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Sheffield United

2 - 4

Arsenal

March 25, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Arsenal

2 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

December 10, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Sheffield United

1 - 1

Arsenal

April 25, 1966 - Division 1 1965/1966

Sheffield United

3 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

George Graham	4 goals	1966 - 1968
Joe Baker	4 goals	1963 - 1965
Geoff Strong	4 goals	1961 - 1964
John Barnwell	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Alan Skirton	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Frank McLintock	2 goals	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Mick Jones	5 goals	1964 - 1967
Leonard Allchurch	5 goals	1963 - 1964
Alan Birchenall	3 goals	1964 - 1967
Barry Hartle	2 goals	1965 - 1966
Derek Pace	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Gilbert Reece	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

George Armstrong	10 matches	1962 - 1968
George Eastham	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Terry Neill	10 matches	1962 - 1968
Jon Sammels	8 matches	1964 - 1968
Ian Ure	7 matches	1963 - 1968
Billy McCullough	7 matches	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Alan Hodgkinson	13 matches	1961 - 1968
Bernard Shaw	8 matches	1963 - 1968
Mick Jones	8 matches	1964 - 1967
Reg Matthewson	7 matches	1964 - 1967
Brian Richardson	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Ken Mallender	7 matches	1964 - 1968