Match Report
| Sheffield United | Sheffield United |  |  | Crystal Palace | Crystal Palace | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | manager | Big Dave | Big Dave | |||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Insley | S. Insley |  | 61 | G |  | 1 | | G | 67 | | David Lua-Lua | D. Lua-Lua | |||||||||
| Didier Baudoin | D. Baudoin |  | 57 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 56 | | Marc Peckham | M. Peckham | |||||||||
| Duncan Hendry | D. Hendry |  | 52 | D | | 3 | | D | 55 | | Garry Meiklejohn | G. Meiklejohn | |||||||||
| Ben Cooke | B. Cooke | | 51 | D | | 4 | | D | 54 | | Graham Smith | G. Smith | |||||||||
| Eddie Simonsen | E. Simonsen | | 51 | D | | 5 | | D | 53 | | Adrian Hunt | A. Hunt | |||||||||
| Eddie Myers | E. Myers | | 63 | M | | 6 | | M | 76 | | Stephen Barrett | S. Barrett | |||||||||
| Dale Sheringham | D. Sheringham | | 57 | M | | 7 | | M | 53 | | Shaun Haynes | S. Haynes | |||||||||
| Ivan Galli | I. Galli | | 55 | M | | 8 | | M | 53 | | Robert Watson | R. Watson | |||||||||
| Mervin Whelan | M. Whelan | | 53 | M | | 9 | | M | 44 | | Syd Terry | S. Terry | |||||||||
| Gareth Carter | G. Carter | | 54 | A | | 10 | | A | 55 | | Norman Mann | N. Mann | |||||||||
| Gareth Gascoigne | G. Gascoigne | | 51 | A | | 11 | | A | 51 | | Mervin Mckay | M. Mckay | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Bramall Lane where Sheffield United play host to Crystal Palace. A crowd of 4,778 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Both Sheffield United and Crystal Palace are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Sheffield United and Crystal Palace are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Crystal Palace kick off the first half!
9.13
0-0Shaun Haynes deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Norman Mann. Norman Mann knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
14.56
Syd Terry makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Norman Mann. Norman Mann knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Ben Cooke.
15.33
0-0Shaun Haynes threads the ball through to Mervin Mckay. Mervin Mckay knocks in a cross ball towards Norman Mann. Norman Mann powers a header at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
16.19
Garry Meiklejohn kicks a strong pass forward to Robert Watson. Robert Watson makes a probing pass to Norman Mann. Norman Mann knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
20.53
0-0Didier Baudoin barges into Mervin Mckay. Didier Baudoin is warned by the referee! Mervin Mckay stretches but gets up unharmed.
22.53
0-0Sheffield United are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Crystal Palace's defence.
26.10
Ben Cooke knocks the ball forward to Ivan Galli. Ivan Galli chips the ball to his team mate, Gareth Gascoigne. Gareth Gascoigne knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
27.08
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
36.29
Ivan Galli sees space and advances. Ivan Galli controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
39.45
Syd Terry knocks the ball to his team mate, Norman Mann. Norman Mann controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The second half starts with Sheffield United kicking off!
49.57
Adrian Hunt deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Stephen Barrett. Stephen Barrett kicks a strong pass forward to Mervin Mckay. Mervin Mckay shoots from 20 yards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
51.30
Adrian Hunt deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Shaun Haynes. Shaun Haynes threads the ball through to Norman Mann. Norman Mann lofts in a cross ball towards Mervin Mckay. Mervin Mckay directs the ball goalwards with his head but it is miles over!
54.17
0-0Ben Cooke chips the ball to his team mate, Dale Sheringham. Dale Sheringham knocks the ball to his team mate, Gareth Carter. Gareth Carter shoots from 20 yards but somehow David Lua-Lua manages to keep it out.
65.19
Gareth Gascoigne hacks Marc Peckham from behind! Gareth Gascoigne is given a warning by the referee! Marc Peckham runs off the knock.
66.52
Robert Watson flicks the ball to his team mate, Mervin Mckay. Mervin Mckay plays a perfect one-two with Norman Mann and rushes in on goal... Mervin Mckay makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
67.35
Stephen Barrett clumsily knocks into Ivan Galli. The referee calls over Stephen Barrett and warns him to calm down! Ivan Galli hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
73.13
Dale Sheringham passes the ball forward to Gareth Gascoigne. Gareth Gascoigne controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it flies wide!
84.08
Ivan Galli passes the ball forward to Gareth Carter. Gareth Carter knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Garry Meiklejohn.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
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