Sheffield United vs Wigan Athletic
Match pulse
Who won: Wigan 2-1
Wigan Athletic beat Sheffield United 2-1 on Sunday, May 13, 2007 at Bramall Lane. Goals for Sheffield Utd: Jonathan Stead (38'). Goals for Wigan: Paul Scharner (14') and David Unsworth (45'+6' pen).
Play by play
- 94'
FULL-TIME: Sheffield United are relegated and Wigan stay up. Football - funny old game eh?
- 94'
Paddy Kenny comes forward to help out the Blades attack but Wigan have a free-kick and full-time is now seconds away.
- 94'
Heskey hooks the ball to safety once more.
- 93'
Pollitt collects the ball and will be in no hurry to make his clearance.
- 92'
Danny Weber is just a foot shy of prodding the ball in to the Wigan goal after Jon Stead's cross whips across the Wigan six yard line.
- 91'
Another great defensive hearder from Heskey who has been immense for Wigan today.
- 90'
Five minutes of injury time to be played.
- 89'
Gillespie stretches to keep the ball in play but merely plays it straight back to Wigan.
- 87'
Good covering header from Heskey as the Blades lay siege to the Wigan goal. This time Politt has to dash from his line to punch the ball to safety.
- 85'
Stead tamely hits his shot in to the arms of Michael Pollitt when he should have opted for power.
- 84'
Claude Davis clashes heads with Caleb Folan.
- 81'
Pollitt has to scramble back to scoop the ball away from his goal after he misjudged the flight of the ball.
- 80'
Nice cross in from Gillespie and Wigan have to put the ball behind for a corner.
- 79'
Valencia now is booked for kicking the ball away.
- 79'
Claude Davis comes on to replace Nick Montgomery.
- 78'
The ball is hit straight in to the wall by Kazim-Richards and it is looking less and less likely that the home side will get out of this.
- 77'
Scharner is booked for a late challenge and the Blades have a free-kick thirty yards from the Wigan goal.
- 76'
Caleb Folan replaces Denny Landzaat.
- 75'
Better cross this time from Gillepsie but Boyce is on hand to get it away.
- 74'
Scharner now is down injured after falling awkwardly.
- 72'
Lee McCulloch is sent off for a second bookable offence after a late challenge on Jon Stead.
- 71'
Sheffield United have another corner but the delivery is poor once more and Wigan clear it easily.
- 70'
Nice cross in from Heskey who finds Skoko but the substitute's header flashes wide of PAddy Kenny's goal.
- 69'
Stead argues that Boyce was pulling his shirt in the penalty area but the referee is not impressed and waves play on.
- 68'
Through a scrum of players Jon Stead swings at the ball but Emile Heskey is back to block his effort.
Leaders
More from this season series: WGA leads series 2-1-2
Blackburn15-7-163
Reading16-7-153Final
Bolton16-8-142
Aston Villa11-17-102Final
Chelsea24-11-31
Everton15-13-101Final
Liverpool20-8-102
Charlton8-10-202Final
Man United28-5-50
West Ham12-5-211Final
Boro12-10-163
Fulham8-15-151Final
Portsmouth14-12-120
Arsenal19-11-80Final
Spurs17-9-122
Man City11-9-181Final
Watford5-13-201
Newcastle11-10-171Final

