Match Thread - Sheffield United (H) - 6 Aug 2016. 15:00.

[TANGODANCER]

Beevers clears twice then they come again and....Wheater has to head out for a corner them. Bad one and they manage to keep the ball. Spearing heads out foe throw. Wheater does well again and....they get a free that Spearing clears. Duffy again and we don't get a free kick for a shunt on Madine. Now they come again but it's a goal kick to us. Some mumbling about Bury then we get a corner and......and....it's a header from Wheater then they have a quick break. We win it, lose it and.....Clark can't manage to reach a cross (thankfully). Some chat about this and that then we clear via Howard. Madine knocks it down and the keeper saves a Pratley weakish effort.

[thebish]

b'burn 0 - 3 Norwich

[thebish]

who's the comedy scouser on the wanderers player commentary??

[TANGODANCER]

Madine "quiet"....before Wilson looses out down the wing. More chat then Wheater heads clear. Spearing sends Wilson away but it must have come to naught. Wilson wallops one boxward and they get a free for a Spearing challenge. Twenty five gone and the scales are still level. Wheater and Beever seem to be working ( so far) claims the mic man. Throw us, Pratley, Moxey, Taylor, Vela, Buxton, Wilson......Beevers and cleared. Moxey gives one away. Zico sounding like Steve Gerard on Red Bull as we have some this and that, back and forth, know wor I mean like......

Pratley figures then .......a head clash leaves a Shef needing treatment. .

[Worthy4England]

They've missed three really good chances. We haven't.

[TANGODANCER]

Now.....Sheffield camoflage strip numbers causing comment. More chat then....Crowd having a sing as mic man chats some more scores. Ref gives a drop ball as their player is off for treatment. Wheater and Pratley do well as questions get asked as to the pitch being shortened. ("Shorter the better for me" claims Zico). Chat about sealing wax and string then we sally forth. Buxton figures and....we get a throw and then another. Wilson and......and.......it's 1-0 us via Spearing...

[thebish]

yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss glorious spearing volley"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Worthy4England]

Soon as it left his boot...

[TANGODANCER]

The little fella rockets one into the string bag. How nice is that? And......ooohh a Madine header finally goes just wide.

[thebish]

spearing booked...

[TANGODANCER]

Vela and Moxey clear, but back come the visitors. Our defence are "getting bodies in the way" says the man. Cracking goal by all acounts as the Shefs get a throw. Howard collects from Clark and half time looms. Throw us again then Pratley wins another. A long one from Wilson and.....and......they head clear for another throw. Wilson again and...Clark clears and they break, well almost as the ball goes out for a throw us. Madine brings play to a halt as he is fouled. Now they clear long then we claim in vain against a late challenge on a White. Madine now and....wins a soft corner afer going down like a feather. Spearing with the corner as the ref adds five mins extra. Spearing collects a yellow which apparently was coming.

Now, some banter in the mic box then we win another throw. Long from Buxton and then same again. Throw us again and....Buxton throws to Vela. Pratley figuring well as half time looms.

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We clear, they wallop it back, we clear again. Beavers clears for a throw and....Sharp has it and.....we hack clear via Wilson. Ref doesn't like using his whistle.......and we get a goal kick to make him do that.....1-0 us.....

[TANGODANCER]

Settled for a strong brew for now as I'll have a Barcelona Estrlla with a ham salad tea at full time. Meanwhile, I think Anthony Axford may no longer be our commentary sponsor. Ah well never mind...Part Two on the way.

And...Tower FM get us underway again. A repeat of the Spearing goal to cheer us on and.....off we go. An impressive four and a half thousand Sheffield fans have descended on the Macron. No changes obvious as Pratley gets the ball. We go forth but lose out and the lads have a chat about Lawrie Wilson and then some comment on the bench lads. We get a throw far down the pitch and it's a bad one that goes straight out for a goal kick. We clear as Oldham get a mention. We'll get back to the game in a minute and......some to and fro before we clear for a throw them.

[thebish]

madine shoots wide from halfway line!

buxton mops up after wheater error..

[TANGODANCER]

Hmmm, they clear and....sally forth and...Spearing clears. That man Duffy but Moxey does well before thay get another throw. Spearing needs to watch the aggression it seems. Free kick them comes long and fast and....they still have it but we get a goal kick. Madine wins a header but the vistors clear to Duffy. Bad cross is sliced out by them. Spearing clears and then Clark almost got in. 17,050 of a crowd for the opening game. They come forth as mic man rambles a few scores from outer space. Madine tried one from way out...that went way wide. Wheater slips, Buxton defends and they get a corner. And.....and....Duffy comes and.....we get a goal kick.

[TANGODANCER]

Blackburn and Owen Coyle go four down.....apparently, but meanwhile, at the Macron.....Sharp nets but is well ofside.

[thebish]

mavis on for taylor...

[TANGODANCER]

Some chat and a visit to Gigg Lane then.....Mark Davies replaces Chris Taylor for the Whites. We break and Davies figures quickly but we need to clear.

[plymouth wanderer]

who's the comedy scouser on the wanderers player commentary??

Tony kelly

[TANGODANCER]

Howrad collects and sets us off quickly but it all ends with a goal kick. Oh, their keeper made a bollox of that but we didn't quite take advantage. Sharp crosses and Howard collects once more.. Another goal round about now would be really nice. Vela goes down to no avail then Moxey does well before Sheffield get a deep throw. Ref makes a Sheff take a throw from the correct post and it ends up a throw us. Moxey and......OHHHHHH Pratley gets a cracking header in and the keeper has to make a cracking save.