Sheffield United v Wycombe Wanderers; Review

Worthington Cup Round 2  - Tuesday 1 October 2002

The Chairboys are older than United, by only two years when they was formed in 1887.

United go into this game having beaten Yorkshire rivals York City 1-0 in Round One, Jon-Paul McGovern putting Blades in lead after 12 minutes.

United still have Carl Asaba (Back) Paul Peschisolido (Achilles), Iffy Onoura (Achilles Tendon) and Laurens Ten Heuvel (Shin) all out, but Robert Page made a entrance on Saturday after Phil Jagielka was sent off so Page might make a start. A new injury occurred on Saturday when Robert Kozluk had to go off.

On loan striker Michael Boulding is available after Aston Villa said that Neil Warnock can play him, so the line up could look like this:

Paddy Kenny (GK), Ben Doane (RB), Shaun Murphy (CB), Robert Page (CB), Robert Ullathorne (LB), Jon-Paul McGovern (RM), Stuart McCall (CM), Michael Brown (CM), Michel Tonge (LM), Wayne Allison (RF), Peter Ndlovu (LF).

While United were playing Premier League Football (A sight that most Blades want to see again) in 1992-93 season Wycombe Wanderers were winning the then GM Vauxhall Conference (now Nationwide Conference), this means that this is their 10th season in Football League.

Like most opponents we don't know what players could be made unavailable through injury's, suspensions and possible Cup ties but we do know that for the first ever United can Welcome striker David Currie to Bramall Lane, David is the cousin of one of Blades greatest players, Tony Currie who still works for United.

Prediction: Wycombe are a Division Two side but it would be very naive of United to think that we will walk it, especially when we are short of strikers and when York gave United a run for there money.

I still think that The Blades have a OK squad and that United can win this tie and that I think they will do just that. Home Win!!!