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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Home Park
  • Attendance: 13669
  • Referee: Hall, A

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

Billy Sharp is replaced by Ugo Ehiogu.

90 mins

Rob Hulse is booked for unsporting behaviour.

89 mins

The referee has booked Nadjim Abdou.

89 mins

Gary Sawyer is booked for unsporting behaviour.

82 mins

James Beattie is being taken off, Rob Hulse has come on in his place.

74 mins

Lilian Nalis is being taken off, Rory Fallon has come on in his place.

71 mins

David Carney is replaced by Keith Gillespie.

68 mins

Gary Teale is replaced by Chris Clark.

65 mins

Jermaine Easter is being taken off, Jamie Mackie has come on in his place.

63 mins

Goal!! Sheff Utd have scored with James Beattie putting it in the back of the net.

61 mins

Chris Morgan goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

25 mins

Gary Naysmith goes into the referees book for timewasting.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, March 8th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Plymouth Argyle's promotion hopes took a blow at the hands of former player Kevin Blackwell.

The Sheffield United manager steered the Blades to a first win since taking over from Bryan Robson thanks to James Beattie's second-half goal.

However, the real United hero was goalkeeper Paddy Kenny, who made several world-class saves as Argyle chased the game.

When Kenny was not the vital last line of defence, his back four came to his aid with several goal-line clearances.

In truth Argyle never featured in the game until they were a goal behind as they sunk to a first home defeat in four matches.

Argyle manager Paul Sturrock, a former Sheffield Wednesday manager, had stuck to the same starting line-up for the fourth successive match, but they were a shadow of the team that had won five of their last six games.

Driving rain and a swirling wind did not help either side and it was not until late in the first half that Argyle fashioned the first real goalscoring chance when Peter Halmosi's shot was cleared by Gary Naysmith with Kenny beaten.

Then Gary Teale found Halmosi at the far post and this time the Hungarian's on-target shot was thumped to safety by Blades captain Chris Morgan.

The best Argyle chance came after the interval when Lilian Nalis released Jermaine Easter, but the Pilgrims striker was denied by Kenny.

Almost immediately, United scored when Gary Speed set up a quick breakaway attack. The ball was worked to David Cotterill, who crossed for Beattie to head home unmarked from a couple of yards.

Kenny then saved a shot by Russell Anderson that hit Nadjim Abdou and looked destined to be the equaliser and then Matthew Kilgallon completed a hat-trick of goal-line clearances from Halmosi, after substitute Jamie Mackie had set him up.

Kenny saved his best until last as Argyle poured forward in injury-time, thwarting Mackie from close range.

Plymouth Argyle Team

Sheffield United Team

Plymouth Argyle

Sheffield United

Corners

7 6

Fouls

16 16

Goal attempts

13 4

Shots off target

3 1

Offsides

3 4

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