Match Report

Nationwide Division One - Tuesday 29th January 2002, from Bramall Lane

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Result
Sheffield United  0 Sheffield Wednesday

 

Att: 28,364


Team Lineups

Tracey Heald
Uhlenbeek Haslam
Ullathorne Broomes
Page Bromby
Curle Westwood
Ford Hamshaw
Tonge Soltvedt
Brown McLaren
Ndlovu Quinn
Asaba Sibon
D'Jaffo Ekoku

Substitutes

  Bonvin - Hamshaw (25 mins)

Un-used Substitutes

De Vogt Roberts
Sandford Maddix
Thompson Crane
Montgomery O'Donnell
Santos


Match Report

Steel City derby part two ends in stalemate

90 mins - Full time. 0-0. The second half opened up and the game seemed to promise a goal. Efan Ekoku's last gasp effort could so easily have been a match winner. The second Steel City derby of the season ends like it did in October, goalless.
90 mins - Two minutes of injury time to be played.
89 mins - Simon Tracey denies Efan Ekoku from point blank range!
88 mins - Bobby Ford brings down Alan Qunn, yellow card.
87 mins - Broomes charges down Asaba, Blades fans scream for a handball. United are awarded the free-kick.
85 mins - Ullathorne clears the ball off the line! Westwood came close to opening the scoring.
85 mins - Wednesday win a corner, as Curle heads Ekoku's cross behind..
82 mins - Tony Crane warming up on the sideline for Wednesday. Yorath perhaps opting for some height upfront.
81 mins - Michael Brown's shot is saved low down from Heald. United win the corner with 9 minutes plus injury time left.
78 mins - Wednesday counter-attack - Sibon nearly finishes the move with a fine shot from the edge of the box.
77 mins - United pile on the pressure again, Wednesday hold out.
74 mins - Heald saves from Asaba, the referee makes a bad call in giving a goal-kick.
70 mins - Ekoku caught narrowly offside, the big Nigerian would've been clean through on goal.
68 mins - Heald denies Asaba once again - United win a corner.
66 mins - Westwood's late tackle on Ndlovu earns him a yellow card.
65 mins - United's goal disallowed for an earlier foul on Haslam. Bramall Lane officials play Mission Impossible theme thinking the goal had counted.
63 mins - Bromby's long throw finds Westwood - his flick on picks out Bonvin, but the South Americans header is blocked.
62 mins - Heald saves from Asaba again, Asaba puts the ball in the back of the net from the rebound. The goal doesn't stand!
60 mins - Keith Curle and Efan Ekoku exchange words - the referee settles things down. No further bookings.
59 mins - Heald bravely saves as Asaba threatens once again.
57 mins - D'Jaffo failed to meet Brown's cross. The game has come alive in this second half. The official attendance for tonight is 28,364.
55 mins - Wednesday enjoying their best spell of the game. Ekoku's cross wins Wednesday a corner.
53 mins - Tracey rushes off his line as Efan Ekoku chased a through ball.
51 mins - United threat at the other end - Asaba can't put away a half chance.
47 mins - Wednesday start the second half brightly, Ekoku goes close. Broomes drills the ball across the goal, Wednesday win a corner.

45 mins - Half-time whistle blows, 0-0 at the break. United having looked the brighter of the two sides, but haven't created much infront of goal. Wednesday have defended well but Terry Yorath will be wanting his men to start creating more upfront. Very much a carbon copy of the first derby game of the season at Hillsborough.
42 mins - Carl Asaba fires the ball goalbound but Paul Heald tips it wide with a great save.
39 mins - Michael Brown continues to taunt Steven Haslam on the wing.
37 mins - McLaren breaks away and puts a great ball in. Sibon's first touch lets him down. The Owls win a corner.
35 mins - Chances few and far between for both Sheffield sides, a little over ten minutes until half-time.
34 mins - McLaren fires a left foot shot from the edge of the box, just wide.
25 mins - Pablo Bonvin on for Matthew Hamshaw. Bonvin and Ekoku upfront, Sibon drops into midfield.
24 mins - Matthew Hamshaw goes off to recieve treatment, suspected hamstring strain. Pablo Bonvin warms up on the bench.
23 mins - The Blades feel they should have been awarded a free-kick for a backpass.
22 mins - Nearly midway through the first half - no goals but the Blades have been the more dominant side.
16 mins - Laurent D'Jaffo hits the sidenetting, fools a few people. Marlon Broomes hobbling with a suspected injury.
12 mins - Positive start to the game - the Blades having enjoyed the better first ten minutes of the game.
11 mins - Michael Tonge's shot is charged down for a corner.
7 mins - Paul McLaren brings down Bobby Ford and McLaren will be the first to go into the book.
5 mins - Now it's Wednesday's turn to attack, with two successive corners at the other end.
5 mins - Asaba's effort is cleared off the line by Haslam! Blades piling on the pressure early on.
4 mins - Both sets of players still settling down. Blades win a corner after a quiet call for a penalty.
1 mins - The game kicks off. The Blades win an early free-kick.
0 mins - Trond-Egil Soltvedt leads his side out. Kick off now only moments away. A reduced capacity crowd of 28,000 sounds more like 38,000.
0 mins - The atmosphere is electric at Bramall Lane as both sets of fans wait for the two teams to run out. The 101st Sheffield derby league encounter is sure to be a cracker.