Sheffield United vs Burnley

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BLADES STATISTICIAN ANDREW KIRKHAM DELVES INTO THE
ARCHIVES TO ENLIGHTEN UNITEDITES WITH TOPICAL FIGURES…
ABOUT TIME IT HAPPENED AGAIN...
What has happened 62 (or 61) times
in the Football League but not since
November 1987, never in the Premier
League, not at Bramall Lane since
January 1929 and not involving the
Blades since November 1933?
The answer: a side scoring 10 or more
goals in a league game.
Below are some facts and figures about
those 61/62 scores.
UNITED’S DOUBLE FIGURE
SCORELINES
Port Vale 0-10 United 10/12/1892 Div 2
United 11-2 Cardiff City 01/01/1926 Div 1
United 10-0 Burnley 19/01/1929 Div 1
Middlesbrough 10-3 United 18/11/1933 Div 1
Our 10-0 win at Port Vale remains the
only time an away side has scored double
figures in a league game
THE MOST RECENT
Man. City 10-7 Huddersfield T. 07/11/1987 Div 2
Gillingham 10-0 Chesterfield 05/09/1987 Div 3
Doncaster 10-0 Darlington 25/01/1964 Div 4
Fulham 10-1 Ipswich Town 26/12/1963 Div 1
The 23 year plus gap between Doncaster
and Gillingham scoring 10 was the longest
to that time. We have now waited 35 years
since Manchester City’s 10 goals.
Oldham had beaten Tranmere 4-1 at home
on the previous day (games were played
on Christmas Day back then).
14 IN A GAME
Aston Villa 12-2 Accrington 12/03/1892 Div 1
Man. City 11-3 Lincoln City 23/03/1895 Div 2
Tottenham H. 10-4 Everton 11/10/1958 Div 1
DOES IT COUNT?
On 2 Sep 1939, in Division 3 (South),
Bournemouth beat Northampton Town 10-
0. The following day the war was declared
and the Football League was abandoned.
The three games that most clubs had
played are not included in their league
records.
When the Football League restarted in
1946-47 the same fixture list as in 1939-
40 was used and Bournemouth did beat
Northampton again but only 2-1.
▼ Harry Johnson scored four as United beat Burnley 10-0 in 1929
THE MOST GOALS IN A GAME
The biggest ever goals total is 17 in a
Division 3 (North) game:
Tranmere R. 13-4 Oldham A. 26/12/1935
SHEFFIELD UNITED vs BURNLEY