SHEFFIELD UNITED 0 CITY 1
FA Premier League
25th September 1993
Attendance 20,067
Scorer Sheron(65)
Ref David Elleray
City Coton, Lomas, D Brightwell, McMahon, Curle, Kernaghan, Groenendijk, Sheron, Quinn, Edghill, Holden – subs Mike(unused), Simpson(unused), Margetson(unused)
United Tracey, Gage, Barnes, Tuttle, Beesley, Bradshaw, Rogers, Falconer, Whitehouse, Flo, Hodges – subs Littlejohn(68), Cork(81), Bibbo(unused)
FROM THE PRESS BOX
ALAN THOMPSON WRITING IN THE SUNDAY MIRROR 26TH SEPTEMBER 1993
Blunt Blades hit rock-bottom when they surrendered their unbeaten home record to a 56th minute tap-in by Mike Sheron.
Before the match manager Dave Bassett, still smarting from the mid-week Coca-Cola thrashing at Blackpool, threatened changes if there was no improvement.
After this defeat Bassett put four players, Nat Peel, Tom Cowan, John Pemberton and Franz Carr, on the transfer list.
United began as if they meant business when Glyn Hodges skipped out of two tackles to hit a shot which Tony Coton saved. But that was virtually the end of them as a strike force.
The deadlock was broken in the 56th minute. Groenendijk flicked the ball to unmarked Niall Quinn, who cracked a first-time shot. Tracey couldn’t hold it and Sheron beat two defenders to tap over the line.