• Date: Sat 29 March 2008
  • Venue: Deepdale
  • Ref: Oliver, C
  • Attendance: 14,647
Preston North End

Preston North End

Davidson (28) P

Mellor (64)

Mellor (90)

3 - 1
Sheffield United

Sheffield United

Beattie (87)P

Preston North End vs Sheffield United

Team Lineups

Preston North End

Andy Lonergan
Sean St Ledger
Callum Davidson (Matt Hill, 46)
Youl Mawene
Simon Whaley (Richard Chaplow, 82)
Billy Jones
Chris Sedgwick
Paul McKenna
Darren Carter
Neil Mellor
Chris Brown

Sheffield United

Paddy Kenny
Chris Morgan
Gary Naysmith (James Beattie, 67)
Matt Kilgallon
John Halls
David Carney (Stephen Quinn, 58)
Michael Tonge (Keith Gillespie, 84)
Gary Speed
David Cotterill
Billy Sharp
Rob Hulse


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90
Goal
 

Goal!! Neil Mellor scores for Preston.

90
Yellow Card
 

Neil Mellor goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

90
Red Card
 

It's red. He's off. Chris Morgan has been sent off.

87
Goal
 

James Beattie takes a penalty for Sheff Utd and scores!.

84
Substitution
 

Michael Tonge is replaced by Keith Gillespie.

82
Substitution
 

Simon Whaley is replaced by Richard Chaplow.

72
Yellow Card
 

The referee has booked Chris Morgan.

67
Substitution
 

Gary Naysmith is being taken off, James Beattie has come on in his place.

64
Goal
 

Goal!! Preston have scored with Neil Mellor putting it in the back of the net.

58
Substitution
 

Sheff Utd are replacing David Carney with Stephen Quinn.

Second half
 

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

46
Substitution
 

Preston are replacing Callum Davidson with Matt Hill.

Half time
 

Half time whistle is blown by C Oliver

28
Goal
 

Callum Davidson takes a penalty for Preston and scores!.

27
Yellow Card
 

The referee has booked Matthew Kilgallon.

Kickoff
 

It's 3pm on Saturday, March 29th, the match has kicked off.