Sheffield United 2-1 Scunthorpe United: result and report

League One · Wednesday 29 February 2012

Result

Sheffield United 2-1 Scunthorpe United

League One · Wednesday 29 February 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sheffield United 2-1 Scunthorpe United: match report

Sheffield United defeated Scunthorpe United 2-1 in the League One on Wednesday 29 February 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

M. Duffy opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Sheffield United's goals came from L. Williamson (54') and Stephen Quinn (82'). Scunthorpe United scored through M. Duffy (31').

Discipline: Sheffield United received no yellow cards; Scunthorpe United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 2nd on 62 points from 31 and Scunthorpe United 17th on 34 points from 31. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 2nd with 95 points, and Scunthorpe United 15th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sheffield United wins, 2 draws and 5 for Scunthorpe United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · M. DuffyScunthorpe United · 0-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Jon ParkinScunthorpe United
  • 38'Red card · S. TogwellScunthorpe United
  • 54'Goal · L. WilliamsonSheffield United · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · David MirfinScunthorpe United
  • 69'Yellow card · Sam SlocombeScunthorpe United
  • 82'Goal · Stephen QuinnSheffield United · 2-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Sheffield United 0, draws 2, Scunthorpe United 5.

Team news

Sheffield United line-up

Steve Simonsen, Matthew Lowton, Lecsinel Jean-François, Johannes Ertl, Harry Maguire, Ryan Flynn, Lee Williamson, Ched Evans, James Beattie, Michael Doyle, N. Collins

Scunthorpe United line-up

Sam Slocombe, David Mirfin, Paul Reid, Jamie Reckord, Christian Ribeiro, Sam Togwell, Michael O'Connor, Josh Walker, Jon Parkin, Andy Barcham, Mark Duffy