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Wolverhampton 1-2 Sheffield United - April 28, 1972 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 42

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

April 28, 1972

Wolverhampton

1 - 2

Sheffield United

John Richards

Tony Currie

William Dearden

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0' - Goal John Richards0

0' - Goal Tony Currie photo William Dearden

0' - Goal William Dearden

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46' - Substitution David Staniforthis substituted by Stewart Scullion

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

1 - 2

Sheffield United

Wolverhampton Sheffield United

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

Parkes

Phil Parkes

England

B.date14/07/1947

Age24 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Taylor

Gerry Taylor

England

B.date15/08/1947

Age24 years

positionDefender

McAlle

John McAlle

England

B.date31/01/1950

Age22 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Shaw

Bernard Shaw

England

B.date14/03/1945

Age27 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Munro

Frank Munro

Scotland

B.date25/10/1947

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Hibbitt

Kenny Hibbitt

England

B.date03/01/1951

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Hegan

Daniel Hegan

Northern Ireland

B.date14/06/1943

Age28 years

positionMidfield

McCalliog

Jim McCalliog

Scotland

B.date23/09/1946

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Wagstaffe

David Wagstaffe

England

B.date05/04/1943

Age29 years

positionWinger

Richards0

John Richards

England

B.date09/11/1950

Age21 years

positionStriker

Dougan

Derek Dougan

Northern Ireland

B.date20/01/1938

Age34 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Phil Parkes	24	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerry Taylor	24	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McAlle	22	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bernard Shaw	27	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Munro	24	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Hibbitt	21	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Daniel Hegan	28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim McCalliog	25	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Wagstaffe	29	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Richards	21	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Dougan	34	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

109

Sheffield United

McAlister

Thomas McAlister

Scotland

B.date10/12/1952

Age19 years

positionGoalkeeper

Colquhoun

Edmond Colquhoun

Scotland

B.date29/03/1945

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Goulding

Steve Goulding

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age18 years

positionDefender

MacKenzie

Ian MacKenzie

England

B.date27/09/1950

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Hemsley

Ted Hemsley

England

B.date01/09/1943

Age28 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

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Currie0

Tony Currie

England

B.date01/01/1950

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Staniforth46

David Staniforth

England

B.date06/10/1950

Age21 years

H1m83

positionForward

Dearden0

William Dearden

England

B.date11/02/1944

Age28 years

positionForward

Woodward

Alan Woodward

England

B.date07/09/1946

Age25 years

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Thomas McAlister		19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Edmond Colquhoun		27	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Goulding		18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian MacKenzie		21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ted Hemsley		28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Badger		26	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoffrey Salmons		24	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Currie		22	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Staniforth	46	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	William Dearden		28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Woodward		25	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Stewart Scullion	46	26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Wagstaffe

Steve Daley

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Goulding

Stewart Scullion

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill McGarry

173

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

McGarry vs Sheffield United

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 28, 1972

McGarry vs Harris

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 28, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

John Harris

581

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Harris vs Wolverhampton

5 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 28, 1972

Harris vs McGarry

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 28, 1972

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bill McGarry has done less than 1.46 goals scored per game .

End of streak for Wolverhampton after 3 consecutive wins (since 19/04/1972).

End of streak for Wolverhampton after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 15/04/1972).

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWolverhampton 2-2 Ipswich Town26/02/1972

VWolverhampton 2-1 Juventus22/03/1972

LWolverhampton 0-1 Leicester01/04/1972

LWolverhampton 0-2 Chelsea12/04/1972

LWolverhampton 0-1 West Bromwich Albion15/04/1972

VWolverhampton 2-1 Ferencváros19/04/1972

Overall

LArsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton08/04/1972

LWolverhampton 0-2 Chelsea12/04/1972

LWolverhampton 0-1 West Bromwich Albion15/04/1972

VWolverhampton 2-1 Ferencváros19/04/1972

VHuddersfield Town 0-1 Wolverhampton22/04/1972

VNottingham Forest 1-3 Wolverhampton25/04/1972

Current form

Away

DStoke City 2-2 Sheffield United11/03/1972

DHuddersfield Town 0-0 Sheffield United21/03/1972

LTottenham 2-0 Sheffield United25/03/1972

LChelsea 2-0 Sheffield United29/03/1972

DIpswich Town 0-0 Sheffield United15/04/1972

LCoventry 3-2 Sheffield United18/04/1972

Overall

VSheffield United 1-0 Newcastle United01/04/1972

DSheffield United 1-1 Manchester United04/04/1972

LSheffield United 0-4 Derby County08/04/1972

DIpswich Town 0-0 Sheffield United15/04/1972

LCoventry 3-2 Sheffield United18/04/1972

VSheffield United 1-0 Crystal Palace22/04/1972

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	9	0
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	41
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
17	Victories (Competition total)	16
9	Victories (Home / Away)	6
11	Draws (Competition total)	12
7	Draws (Home / Away)	4
12	Losses (Competition total)	13
3	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

62	Goals scored (Competition total)	59
32	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
54	Goals conceded (Competition total)	59
20	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	33
1.55	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.44
1.68	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.35	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.44
1.05	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.65

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	22
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	13
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
25	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
2-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (4 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

Derek Dougan	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Alan Woodward
Derek Dougan	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Tony Currie
John Richards	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Tony Currie

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

14 v

10 d

7 l

64 gf

40 ga

Away

31 matches

7 v

9 d

15 l

47 gf

65 ga

Total

62 matches

21 v

19 d

22 l

111 gf

105 ga

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

15 v

9 d

7 l

65 gf

47 ga

Away

31 matches

7 v

10 d

14 l

40 gf

64 ga

Total

62 matches

22 v

19 d

21 l

105 gf

111 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 19, 1949
Home	6 - 0	April 19, 1949

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	October 17, 1903
Away	4 - 0	March 23, 1901

Latest head to head

December 11, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Sheffield United

2 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

March 23, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Wolverhampton

1 - 3

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

October 28, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Sheffield United

1 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

February 12, 1966 - FA Cup 1965/1966

Wolverhampton

3 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

April 10, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Sheffield United

0 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Raymond Crawford	3 goals	1964 - 1964
Dennis Westcott	2 goals	1946 - 1946
Bobby Woodruff	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Terry Wharton	1 goal	1962 - 1962
John Richards	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Jesse Pye	1 goal	1946 - 1946

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/11/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Derek Pace	6 goals	1961 - 1964
Alan Woodward	2 goals	1967 - 1971
Albert Nightingale	2 goals	1947 - 1947
Colin Addison	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Harold Brook	1 goal	1947 - 1947
Leonard Allchurch	1 goal	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/11/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Ronald Flowers	8 matches	1961 - 1965
David Woodfield	7 matches	1962 - 1968
Robert Thomson	7 matches	1962 - 1967
Terry Wharton	7 matches	1961 - 1967
Fred Davies	5 matches	1962 - 1964
Angus McLean	4 matches	1946 - 1947

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/11/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Alan Hodgkinson	9 matches	1961 - 1968
Graham Shaw	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Brian Richardson	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Leonard Allchurch	6 matches	1961 - 1965
Len Badger	6 matches	1964 - 1971
Derek Pace	6 matches	1961 - 1964