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Sheffield United 3-1 Birmingham City - November 25, 1961 / Division 1 1961/1962

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Division 1 1961/1962 - Round 19

Bramall Lane - Sheffield - England

November 25, 1961

3 - 1

Birmingham City

Leonard Allchurch

15'

Ron Simpson

62'

Barry Hartle

77'

84'

Jimmy Harris

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15' - Goal Leonard Allchurch15

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62' - Goal Ron Simpson62

77' - Goal Barry Hartle77

84' - Goal Jimmy Harris

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sheffield United

3 - 1

Birmingham City

Sheffield United Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Sheffield United

Hodgkinson

Alan Hodgkinson

England

B.date16/08/1936

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Coldwell

Cec Coldwell

England

B.date12/01/1929

Age32 years

positionDefender

Graham Shaw

England

B.date09/07/1934

Age27 years

positionDefender

Joe Shaw

England

B.date23/06/1928

Age33 years

positionDefender

Kettleborough

Keith Kettleborough

England

B.date29/06/1935

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Richardson

Brian Richardson

England

B.date05/10/1934

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Allchurch15

Leonard Allchurch

Wales

B.date12/09/1933

Age28 years

H1m73

positionWinger

Hartle77

Barry Hartle

England

B.date08/08/1939

Age22 years

H1m74

positionForward

Summers

Gerry Summers

England

B.date04/10/1933

Age28 years

positionForward

Pace

Derek Pace

England

B.date11/03/1932

Age29 years

positionForward

Simpson62

Ron Simpson

England

B.date25/02/1934

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alan Hodgkinson		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cec Coldwell		32	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Shaw		27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Shaw		33	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Kettleborough		26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Richardson		27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leonard Allchurch	15	28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Barry Hartle	77	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerry Summers		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Pace		29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ron Simpson	62	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Schofield

Johnny Schofield

England

B.date08/02/1931

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Trevor Smith

England

B.date13/04/1936

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Hennessey

William Hennessey

Wales

B.date01/09/1942

Age19 years

positionDefender

Sissons

Graham Sissons

England

B.date20/05/1934

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Lynn

Stan Lynn

England

B.date18/06/1928

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Beard

Malcolm Beard

England

B.date03/05/1942

Age19 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Auld

Bertie Auld

Scotland

B.date23/03/1938

Age23 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Leek

Kenneth Leek

Wales

B.date26/07/1935

Age26 years

positionForward

Hellawell

Mike Hellawell

England

B.date30/06/1938

Age23 years

positionRight Winger

Orritt

Bryan Orritt

Wales

B.date22/02/1937

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

Harris84

Jimmy Harris

England

B.date18/08/1933

Age28 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Johnny Schofield		30	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Smith		25	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Hennessey		19	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Sissons		27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stan Lynn		33	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Malcolm Beard		19	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bertie Auld		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenneth Leek		26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Hellawell		23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Orritt		24	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Harris	84	28	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 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

Kenneth Leek

Jimmy Bloomfield

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Harris

127

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Harris vs Birmingham City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 25, 1961

Harris vs Merrick

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 25, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

Gilbert Merrick

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Merrick vs Sheffield United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 25, 1961

Merrick vs Harris

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 25, 1961

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Key figures

It's the first time Leonard Allchurch scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

Sheffield United keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Birmingham City running (since 18/11/1950). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/11/1924-19/09/1931 time period (15 matches).

It's the first time Jimmy Harris scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

Read the next 5 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield United 4-0 Fulham25/09/1961

DSheffield United 2-2 Newcastle United02/10/1961

VSheffield United 2-1 Ipswich Town14/10/1961

DSheffield United 2-2 Fulham28/10/1961

VSheffield United 3-1 Manchester City11/11/1961

VSheffield United 1-0 Portsmouth13/11/1961

Overall

LEverton 1-0 Sheffield United21/10/1961

DSheffield United 2-2 Fulham28/10/1961

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Sheffield United04/11/1961

VSheffield United 3-1 Manchester City11/11/1961

VSheffield United 1-0 Portsmouth13/11/1961

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Sheffield United18/11/1961

Current form

Away

LSwindon Town 2-0 Birmingham City25/09/1961

LAS Roma 2-0 Birmingham City11/10/1961

VManchester United 0-2 Birmingham City14/10/1961

VAston Villa 1-3 Birmingham City28/10/1961

LBlackburn 2-0 Birmingham City11/11/1961

LEspanyol 5-2 Birmingham City15/11/1961

Overall

VBirmingham City 3-2 Chelsea21/10/1961

VAston Villa 1-3 Birmingham City28/10/1961

DBirmingham City 1-1 Blackpool04/11/1961

LBlackburn 2-0 Birmingham City11/11/1961

LEspanyol 5-2 Birmingham City15/11/1961

VBirmingham City 4-0 West Ham18/11/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	9	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	18
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
6	Victories (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
8	Losses (Competition total)	8
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

19	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	40
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.12	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.61
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.13
1.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.22
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.88

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (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

Derek Pace	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Jimmy Harris
Derek Pace	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Jimmy Harris
Ron Simpson	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Jimmy Harris
Ron Simpson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Jimmy Harris
Ron Simpson	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 9 matches	Jimmy Harris