Match Report
| Sheffield United | Sheffield United |  |  | Northampton Town | Northampton Town | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alistair Thomson | A. Thomson |  | 54 | G |  | 1 | | G | 53 | | Wes Finney | W. Finney | |||||||||
| Mike Green | M. Green | | 53 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 47 | | Gary Minto | G. Minto | |||||||||
| Omer Fletcher | O. Fletcher | | 51 | D | | 3 | | D | 44 | | James Marr | J. Marr | |||||||||
| Patrick Stamp | P. Stamp | | 46 | D | | 4 | | D | 40 | | Glynn Allman | G. Allman | |||||||||
| Eddie Etherington | E. Etherington | | 45 | D | | 5 | | D | 38 | | Andy Murphy | A. Murphy | |||||||||
| Adam Robinson | A. Robinson | | 50 | M | | 6 | | M | 55 |  | Ruben Vieira | R. Vieira | |||||||||
| Carlton Barry | C. Barry | | 45 | M | | 7 | | M | 54 | | Shaun Peckham | S. Peckham | |||||||||
| Lee Milligan | L. Milligan | | 42 | M | | 8 | | M | 46 | | Gary Eustace | G. Eustace | |||||||||
| Brian Upson | B. Upson | | 37 | M | | 9 | | M | 40 | | Teddy Goodwin | T. Goodwin | |||||||||
| Leon Bowyer | L. Bowyer | | 51 | A | | 10 | | A | 48 | | Ross Adams | R. Adams | |||||||||
| Ross Unsworth | R. Unsworth | | 48 | A | | 11 | | A | 47 | | Seth Rodgers | S. Rodgers | |||||||||
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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at Bramall Lane where Sheffield United play host to Northampton Town. A crowd of 4,334 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Both Sheffield United and Northampton Town are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Sheffield United and Northampton Town are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Northampton Town kick off!
2.39
0-0Teddy Goodwin sees space and advances. Teddy Goodwin shoots from outside the area but he balloons it over the crossbar!
3.55
Patrick Stamp chips the ball to his team mate, Adam Robinson. Adam Robinson takes it forward alone. Adam Robinson shoots from long range but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
8.56
0-0James Marr makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Ruben Vieira. Ruben Vieira knocks the ball forward to Seth Rodgers. Seth Rodgers knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Patrick Stamp.
14.56
Omer Fletcher sees space and advances. Omer Fletcher chips the ball to his team mate, Leon Bowyer. Leon Bowyer knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Gary Minto.
18.48
0-0Gary Eustace flicks the ball to his team mate, Seth Rodgers. Seth Rodgers knocks the ball forward to Ross Adams but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
20.58
Glynn Allman makes a probing pass to Shaun Peckham. Shaun Peckham makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Ross Adams. Ross Adams plays a perfect one-two with Seth Rodgers and rushes in on goal... Ross Adams cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
21.29
Shaun Peckham brings the ball forward. Shaun Peckham passes the ball forward but Ross Adams is offside!
22.23
0-0Northampton Town are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
26.23
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
27.46
Brian Upson makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Leon Bowyer. Leon Bowyer knocks in a cross ball towards Ross Unsworth. Ross Unsworth connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
36.30
Omer Fletcher chips the ball to his team mate, Carlton Barry. Carlton Barry threads the ball through to Ross Unsworth. Ross Unsworth finds some space and shoots from distance but it curls horrendously wide!
38.36
Gary Eustace flicks the ball to his team mate, Ross Adams. Ross Adams knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Alistair Thomson who gathers it comfortably.
40.32
0-0Seth Rodgers hacks Omer Fletcher from behind! The referee calls over Seth Rodgers and warns him to calm down! Omer Fletcher hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
Sheffield United start the second half!
47.58
Northampton Town are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
51.47
Lee Milligan flicks the ball to his team mate, Leon Bowyer. Leon Bowyer knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
53.36
Teddy Goodwin makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Seth Rodgers. Seth Rodgers knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
55.16
Mike Green deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Lee Milligan. Lee Milligan kicks a strong pass forward to Ross Unsworth. Ross Unsworth sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
57.18
Gary Eustace makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Seth Rodgers. Seth Rodgers knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
59.57
Carlton Barry deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ross Unsworth. Ross Unsworth knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Wes Finney who gathers it comfortably.
65.31
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
75.14
0-1James Marr knocks the ball forward to Teddy Goodwin. Teddy Goodwin makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Seth Rodgers. Seth Rodgers knocks in a cross ball towards Ross Adams. Ross Adams flicks the ball with his head. Alistair Thomson is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
81.17
0-1Gary Eustace chips the ball to his team mate, Ross Adams. Ross Adams goes all the way! Ross Adams takes a shot at goal but it is tipped over by Alistair Thomson.
83.30
Gary Eustace makes a probing pass to Seth Rodgers. Seth Rodgers shoots from long range but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
85.47
Shaun Peckham knocks the ball to his team mate, Seth Rodgers. Seth Rodgers knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
89.47
Gary Minto makes a simple pass to Shaun Peckham. Shaun Peckham controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ross Adams. Ross Adams controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
0
2
Shots off Target
4
4
Offsides
1
3
Fouls
0
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
42.5%
57.5%
Play Area
32.5%
43.8%
23.8%
Scorers
| Ross Adams 75 |