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Blackpool 2-1 Sheffield United - April 08, 1966 / Division 1 1965/1966

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Division 1 1965/1966 - Round 30

Bloomfield Road - Blackpool - England

April 08, 1966

Blackpool

2 - 1

Sheffield United

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Alan Birchenall

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackpool

2 - 1

Sheffield United

Blackpool Sheffield United

Team line-ups

Blackpool

Waiters

Anthony K Waiters

England

B.date01/02/1937

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

McPhee

John McPhee

Scotland

B.date21/11/1937

Age28 years

positionDefender

Thompson

Tommy Thompson

England

B.date09/03/1938

Age28 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Armfield

Jimmy Armfield

England

B.date21/09/1935

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Lea

Leslie Lea

England

B.date05/10/1942

Age23 years

positionMidfield

James

Glyn James

Wales

B.date17/12/1941

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Fisher

Hugh Fisher

Scotland

B.date09/01/1944

Age22 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Oates

Graham Oates

England

B.date04/12/1943

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Ball00

Alan Ball

England

B.date12/05/1945

Age20 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

Robson

Jimmy Robson

England

B.date23/01/1939

Age27 years

positionForward

Charnley

Ray Charnley

England

B.date29/05/1935

Age30 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Anthony K Waiters	29	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McPhee	28	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Thompson	28	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Armfield	30	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Leslie Lea	23	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glyn James	24	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hugh Fisher	22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Oates	22	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Ball	20	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Robson	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ray Charnley	30	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

117

Sheffield United

Hodgkinson

Alan Hodgkinson

England

B.date16/08/1936

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Munks

David Munks

England

B.date29/04/1947

Age18 years

positionDefender

Mallender

Ken Mallender

England

B.date10/12/1943

Age22 years

positionDefender

Matthewson

Reg Matthewson

England

B.date06/08/1939

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Badger

Len Badger

England

B.date08/06/1945

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

Wagstaff

Tony Wagstaff

England

B.date19/02/1944

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Wagstaff

Barry Wagstaff

England

B.date26/11/1945

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Birchenall0

Alan Birchenall

England

B.date22/08/1945

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Jones

Mick Jones

England

B.date25/04/1945

Age20 years

positionStriker

Hartle

Barry Hartle

England

B.date08/08/1939

Age26 years

H1m74

positionForward

Woodward

Alan Woodward

England

B.date07/09/1946

Age19 years

positionWinger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Alan Hodgkinson	29	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Munks	18	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Mallender	22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Reg Matthewson	26	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Badger	20	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Wagstaff	22	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Wagstaff	20	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Birchenall	20	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Jones	20	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Barry Hartle	26	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Woodward	19	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22 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

Jimmy Robson

Robert Waddell

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Suart

367

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Suart vs Sheffield United

4 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 1966

Suart vs Harris

4 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 1966

Manager

Age

Match num

John Harris

336

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Harris vs Blackpool

3 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 1966

Harris vs Suart

3 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 1966

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Key figures

Sheffield United keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 19/03/1966).

Blackpool keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 12/03/1966).

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackpool 2-0 Everton15/01/1966

DBlackpool 1-1 Manchester City22/01/1966

DBlackpool 0-0 Tottenham05/02/1966

LBlackpool 0-1 Aston Villa26/02/1966

VBlackpool 2-1 West Ham19/03/1966

VBlackpool 1-0 Leeds United28/03/1966

Overall

DArsenal 0-0 Blackpool05/03/1966

LSunderland 2-1 Blackpool12/03/1966

VBlackpool 2-1 West Ham19/03/1966

VLeeds United 1-2 Blackpool26/03/1966

VBlackpool 1-0 Leeds United28/03/1966

LSheffield Wednesday 3-0 Blackpool04/04/1966

Current form

Away

VAston Villa 0-2 Sheffield United29/01/1966

LWolverhampton 3-0 Sheffield United12/02/1966

LWest Ham 4-0 Sheffield United19/02/1966

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Sheffield United12/03/1966

LLeicester 1-0 Sheffield United19/03/1966

LStoke City 2-0 Sheffield United25/03/1966

Overall

LWest Ham 4-0 Sheffield United19/02/1966

DSheffield United 1-1 Leeds United26/02/1966

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Sheffield United12/03/1966

LLeicester 1-0 Sheffield United19/03/1966

LStoke City 2-0 Sheffield United25/03/1966

VSheffield United 2-0 Blackburn29/03/1966

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
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	5	0
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	34
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
10	Victories (Competition total)	12
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
8	Draws (Competition total)	11
4	Draws (Home / Away)	5
16	Losses (Competition total)	11
6	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

43	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
30	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
55	Goals conceded (Competition total)	50
24	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	29
1.26	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
1.76	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.76
1.62	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.47
1.41	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.71

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 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

Alan Ball	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	17 goals	Mick Jones
Alan Ball	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Mick Jones
Alan Ball	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Alan Woodward
Alan Ball	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alan Ball	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Mick Jones

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

8 v

5 d

6 l

30 gf

28 ga

Away

18 matches

5 v

3 d

10 l

26 gf

32 ga

Total

37 matches

13 v

8 d

16 l

56 gf

60 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

10 v

3 d

5 l

32 gf

26 ga

Away

19 matches

6 v

5 d

8 l

28 gf

30 ga

Total

37 matches

16 v

8 d

13 l

60 gf

56 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 12, 1935
Home	3 - 0	October 12, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 26, 1930
Away	3 - 0	December 18, 1948

Latest head to head

February 20, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Blackpool

2 - 2

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

October 10, 1964 - Division 1 1964/1965

Sheffield United

1 - 3

Blackpool

December 14, 1963 - Division 1 1963/1964

Sheffield United

1 - 0

Blackpool

August 24, 1963 - Division 1 1963/1964

Blackpool

2 - 2

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

April 16, 1963 - Division 1 1962/1963

Sheffield United

0 - 0

Blackpool

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Ray Charnley	3 goals	1963 - 1965
Stan Mortensen	3 goals	1946 - 1947
Patrick Quinn	3 goals	1963 - 1963
George Dick	2 goals	1947 - 1947
Raymond Parry	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Alex Munro	2 goals	1947 - 1948

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/11/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackpool

John Docherty	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Mick Jones	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Ron Simpson	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Derek Pace	2 goals	1961 - 1963
Leonard Allchurch	2 goals	1961 - 1963
Tony Wagstaff	1 goal	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/11/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Ray Charnley	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Jimmy Armfield	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Anthony K Waiters	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Raymond Parry	6 matches	1961 - 1963
Harry Johnston	6 matches	1946 - 1948
Barrie Martin	6 matches	1961 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/11/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackpool

Graham Shaw	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Brian Richardson	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Joe Shaw	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Alan Hodgkinson	6 matches	1961 - 1965
Cec Coldwell	6 matches	1961 - 1963
Keith Kettleborough	5 matches	1961 - 1965