Sheffield United 2-3 Oldham Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 3 March 2012

Result

Sheffield United 2-3 Oldham Athletic

League One · Saturday 3 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Sheffield United 2-3 Oldham Athletic: match report

Sheffield United were beaten by Oldham Athletic 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 3 March 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Matthew Lowton opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Matthew Lowton (22') and Ched Evans (38'). Oldham Athletic scored through an own goal by Richard Cresswell (65'), Kieran Lee (69') and Shefki Kuqi (90+2', penalty).

Discipline: Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Oldham Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 2nd on 65 points from 32 and Oldham Athletic 15th on 39 points from 30. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 2nd with 95 points, and Oldham Athletic 16th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sheffield United win, 0 draws and 0 for Oldham Athletic.

Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Oldham Athletic's D-W-L-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Matthew LowtonSheffield United · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Ched EvansSheffield United · 2-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Reece BrownOldham Athletic
  • 65'Own goal · Richard CresswellOldham Athletic · 2-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Matthew LowtonSheffield United
  • 66'Yellow card · C. TaylorOldham Athletic
  • 67'Second yellow · Matthew LowtonSheffield United
  • 69'Goal · Kieran LeeOldham Athletic · 2-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Ched EvansSheffield United
  • 90+1'Red card · Harry MaguireSheffield United
  • 90+2'Penalty goal · Shefki KuqiOldham Athletic · 2-3

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Sheffield United 1, draws 0, Oldham Athletic 0.

Team news

Sheffield United line-up

Steve Simonsen, Matthew Lowton, Lecsinel Jean-François, Andy Taylor, Harry Maguire, Ryan Flynn, Lee Williamson, S. Quinn, Ched Evans, Richard Cresswell, Michael Doyle

Oldham Athletic line-up

Alex Cisak, Jean-Yves M'voto, Reece Brown, James Tarkowski, Filipe Morais, Tom Adeyemi, Chris Taylor, Kieran Lee, Carl Winchester, David Mellor, Shefki Kuqi