Blades progress to play-off final

Sheffield United 1 Preston 0 (Sheff Utd win 2-1 on aggregate)

Blades progress to play-off final
Mon, 11 May, 2009 - 22:51

Sheffield United 1 Preston 0 (Sheff Utd win 2-1 on aggregate)

Greg Halford’s towering second-half header booked Sheffield United a date at Wembley for their fourth play-off final in 12 years.

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CourtsSoccerHeathrowPlace: WembleyPlace: Bramall LanePlace: DeepdalePlace: CotterillPerson: Greg HalfordPerson: David CotterillPerson: HalfordPerson: Kevin BlackwellPerson: LilywhitesPerson: BlackwellPerson: Jamie WardPerson: Darius HendersonPerson: Craig BeattiePerson: Alan IrvinePerson: Chris BrownPerson: Barry NicholsonPerson: Neil MellorPerson: Darren CarterPerson: Ross WallacePerson: Jon ParkinPerson: WallacePerson: Alan WileyPerson: Nick MontgomeryPerson: ParkinPerson: Brian HowardPerson: CotterillPerson: Kyle NaughtonPerson: BeattiePerson: NicholsonPerson: HowardPerson: Chris SedgwickPerson: Andy LonerganPerson: LonerganPerson: Billy Jones’Person: Paddy KennyPerson: IrvinePerson: MellorPerson: CarterPerson: Sean St LedgerPerson: Jones’Person: Stephen QuinnPerson: WileyEvent: Coca-Cola ChampionshipEvent: Premier LeagueOrganisation: BladesOrganisation: Sheffield UnitedOrganisation: PrestonOrganisation: Sheff UtdOrganisation: SunderlandOrganisation: UnitedOrganisation: SheffieldOrganisation: The BladesOrganisation: CotterillOrganisation: Blades’Organisation: BurnleyOrganisation: Reading
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