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Wolverhampton 1-3 Sheffield United - March 23, 1968 / Division 1 1967/1968

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Division 1 1967/1968 - Round 33

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

March 23, 1968

1 - 3

Sheffield United

John Farrington

Frank Barlow

Colin Addison

Gilbert Reece

logo Wolverhampton WOL

0' - Goal John Farrington0

0' - Goal Frank Barlow photo Colin Addison

0' - Goal Colin Addison photo Gilbert Reece

0' - Goal Gilbert Reece

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46' - Substitution Frank Wignallis substituted by Michael Kenning46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

1 - 3

Sheffield United

Wolverhampton Sheffield United

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

Parkes

Phil Parkes

England

B.date14/07/1947

Age20 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Woodfield

David Woodfield

England

B.date11/10/1943

Age24 years

positionDefender

Farrington0

John Farrington

England

B.date19/06/1947

Age20 years

positionDefender

Holsgrove

John Holsgrove

England

B.date27/09/1945

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Wilson

Les Wilson

England

B.date10/07/1947

Age20 years

positionDefender

Parkin

Derek Parkin

England

B.date02/01/1948

Age20 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Bailey

Michael A Bailey

England

B.date27/02/1942

Age26 years

positionRight Midfielder

Wignall46

Frank Wignall

England

B.date21/08/1939

Age28 years

positionStriker

Knowles

Peter Knowles

England

B.date30/09/1945

Age22 years

positionForward

Wagstaffe

David Wagstaffe

England

B.date05/04/1943

Age24 years

positionWinger

Evans

Alun Evans

England

B.date30/04/1949

Age18 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Phil Parkes		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Woodfield		24	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Farrington		20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Holsgrove		22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Les Wilson		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Parkin		20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael A Bailey		26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Wignall	46	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Knowles		22	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Wagstaffe		24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alun Evans		18	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sheffield United

Hodgkinson

Alan Hodgkinson

England

B.date16/08/1936

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Mallender

Ken Mallender

England

B.date10/12/1943

Age24 years

positionDefender

Barlow0

Frank Barlow

England

B.date15/10/1946

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Shaw

Bernard Shaw

England

B.date14/03/1945

Age23 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Munks

David Munks

England

B.date29/04/1947

Age20 years

positionDefender

Badger

Len Badger

England

B.date08/06/1945

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Carlin

Willie Carlin

England

B.date06/10/1940

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Addison0

Colin Addison

England

B.date18/05/1940

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Currie

Tony Currie

England

B.date01/01/1950

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Woodward

Alan Woodward

England

B.date07/09/1946

Age21 years

positionWinger

Reece0

Gilbert Reece

Wales

B.date02/07/1942

Age25 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Alan Hodgkinson	31	271	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Mallender	24	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Barlow	21	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bernard Shaw	23	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Munks	20	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Badger	22	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carlin	27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Addison	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Currie	18	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Woodward	21	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gilbert Reece	25	72	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
	F		Michael Kenning	46	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Farrington

Robert Thomson

OUT

Alun Evans

Derek Dougan

OUT

Les Wilson

Michael Kenning

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alan Woodward

Michael Hill

OUT

Colin Addison

Philip Cliff

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Allen

124

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Allen vs Sheffield United

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 23, 1968

Allen vs Harris

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 23, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

John Harris

431

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Harris vs Wolverhampton

4 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 23, 1968

Harris vs Allen

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 23, 1968

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Key figures

The last time Wolverhampton has lost with a difference of 2 goals vs Sheffield United at home, It was on the 22/11/1902

End of streak for Wolverhampton after 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs Sheffield United at home (since 19/01/1963). It was the best streak for the club since 13/02/1904-15/10/1955 (11 matches).

Colin Addison scored 5 goals vs Wolverhampton in Premier League

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

-1	16	Stoke City	27 pts	31 rd
+2	17	Sheffield United	27 pts	33 rd
-1	18	Wolverhampton	26 pts	33 rd
-1	19	West Ham	25 pts	31 rd
	20	Coventry	25 pts	33 rd

General ranking

+1	15	Southampton	27 pts	33 rd
-1	16	Stoke City	27 pts	31 rd
+2	17	Sheffield United	27 pts	33 rd
-1	18	Wolverhampton	26 pts	33 rd
-1	19	West Ham	25 pts	31 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWolverhampton 2-3 Manchester United30/12/1967

LWolverhampton 1-3 Everton06/01/1968

LWolverhampton 1-2 West Ham20/01/1968

DWolverhampton 1-1 Liverpool02/03/1968

VWolverhampton 2-1 Sunderland09/03/1968

LWolverhampton 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday19/03/1968

Overall

DBurnley 1-1 Wolverhampton03/02/1968

LNewcastle United 2-0 Wolverhampton24/02/1968

DWolverhampton 1-1 Liverpool02/03/1968

VWolverhampton 2-1 Sunderland09/03/1968

VArsenal 0-2 Wolverhampton16/03/1968

LWolverhampton 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday19/03/1968

Current form

Away

DArsenal 1-1 Sheffield United13/01/1968

VWatford 0-1 Sheffield United27/01/1968

LNewcastle United 1-0 Sheffield United03/02/1968

LLeicester 3-1 Sheffield United02/03/1968

VWest Ham 1-2 Sheffield United09/03/1968

VFulham 0-1 Sheffield United13/03/1968

Overall

VSheffield United 2-1 Blackpool17/02/1968

VSheffield United 3-2 Tottenham26/02/1968

LLeicester 3-1 Sheffield United02/03/1968

VWest Ham 1-2 Sheffield United09/03/1968

VFulham 0-1 Sheffield United13/03/1968

LSheffield United 1-2 Sunderland16/03/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	26	4
Conceding streak	7	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	6
Scoring streak	3	7
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

17	General ranking (Competition total)	19
16	General ranking (Home / Away)	20

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

32	Number of games (Competition total)	32
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
10	Victories (Competition total)	8
7	Victories (Home / Away)	1
6	Draws (Competition total)	9
3	Draws (Home / Away)	6
16	Losses (Competition total)	15
6	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

51	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
65	Goals conceded (Competition total)	55
31	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	33
1.59	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.16
2.06	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.06
2.03	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.72
1.94	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.06

Betting aid

23	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
25	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (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)	9 goals	Gilbert Reece
Peter Knowles	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Gilbert Reece
Michael Kenning	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Bernard Shaw
Michael Kenning	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Bernard Shaw
John Holsgrove	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Willie Carlin

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

14 v

10 d

6 l

63 gf

37 ga

Away

30 matches

7 v

8 d

15 l

45 gf

63 ga

Total

60 matches

21 v

18 d

21 l

108 gf

100 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

15 v

8 d

7 l

63 gf

45 ga

Away

30 matches

6 v

10 d

14 l

37 gf

63 ga

Total

60 matches

21 v

18 d

21 l

100 gf

108 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

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

November 28, 1964 - Division 1 1964/1965

Wolverhampton

1 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

March 31, 1964 - Division 1 1963/1964

Sheffield United

4 - 3

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Raymond Crawford	3 goals	1964 - 1964
Dennis Westcott	2 goals	1946 - 1946
Jimmy Melia	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Ted Farmer	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Ronald Flowers	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Derek Dougan	1 goal	1967 - 1967

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
Albert Nightingale	2 goals	1947 - 1947
Colin Collindridge	1 goal	1947 - 1947
Harold Brook	1 goal	1947 - 1947
Leonard Allchurch	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Billy Hodgson	1 goal	1961 - 1961

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
Robert Thomson	7 matches	1962 - 1967
Terry Wharton	7 matches	1961 - 1967
David Woodfield	6 matches	1962 - 1967
Fred Davies	5 matches	1962 - 1964
Albert Williams	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

Graham Shaw	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Alan Hodgkinson	8 matches	1961 - 1967
Brian Richardson	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Leonard Allchurch	6 matches	1961 - 1965
Derek Pace	6 matches	1961 - 1964
Cec Coldwell	5 matches	1961 - 1964

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They played in both sides

Patrick Buckley

21 matches

5 matches

1964 - 1968

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Patrick Buckley

21 matches

5 matches

1964 - 1968

Total : 1 players

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Competition info

The other matches

March 23, 1968

Everton

1 0

Newcastle United

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Leeds United	45	33	18	9	6	56	26	+30
+12	Manchester United	45	32	19	7	6	63	38	+25
-13	Manchester City	43	32	19	5	8	69	36	+33
4	Liverpool	43	32	17	9	6	51	28	+23
5	Newcastle United	37	33	12	13	8	47	43	+4
6	Everton	36	31	16	4	11	50	33	+17
+17	Tottenham	36	32	14	8	10	47	45	+2
+18	West Bromwich Albion	35	32	14	7	11	59	50	+9
+19	Chelsea	35	32	12	11	9	50	58	-8
-310	Nottingham Forest	34	33	13	8	12	44	39	+5
+111	Arsenal	31	31	11	9	11	44	38	+6
+112	Burnley	30	32	11	8	13	53	58	-5
-213	Sheffield Wednesday	30	33	11	8	14	45	51	-6
14	Leicester	27	32	9	9	14	51	59	-8
+115	Southampton	27	33	10	7	16	52	68	-16
-116	Stoke City	27	31	11	5	15	37	49	-12
+217	Sheffield United	27	33	9	9	15	40	56	-16
-118	Wolverhampton	26	33	10	6	17	52	68	-16
-119	West Ham	25	31	10	5	16	57	58	-1
20	Coventry	25	33	7	11	15	42	61	-19
21	Sunderland	24	32	8	8	16	37	55	-18
22	Fulham	20	32	8	4	20	44	73	-29

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Wolverhampton 1-3 Sheffield United - March 23, 1968 / Division 1 1967/1968

Wolverhampton

1 - 3

Sheffield United

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

Allen vs Sheffield United

Allen vs Harris

Manager

Harris vs Wolverhampton

Harris vs Allen

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 Sheffield United

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking