Sheffield United 1-1 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 March 2012

Result

Sheffield United 1-1 Tranmere Rovers

League One · Saturday 17 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sheffield United 1-1 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Sheffield United drew with Tranmere Rovers 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 17 March 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ched Evans opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Sheffield United's goal came from Ched Evans (31'). Tranmere Rovers scored through L. Akins (54').

Discipline: Sheffield United received no yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 2nd on 69 points from 36 and Tranmere Rovers 16th on 41 points from 36. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 2nd with 95 points, and Tranmere Rovers 12th with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Tranmere Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Ched EvansSheffield United · 1-0
  • 54'Goal · L. AkinsTranmere Rovers · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Owain Fôn WilliamsTranmere Rovers
  • 70'Yellow card · James WallaceTranmere Rovers

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Sheffield United 0, draws 1, Tranmere Rovers 0.

Team news

Sheffield United line-up

Steve Simonsen, Matthew Lowton, Harry Maguire, Lee Williamson, S. Quinn, Will Hoskins, Ched Evans, Chris Porter, Michael Doyle, N. Collins, Matthew Hill

Tranmere Rovers line-up

Owain Fôn Williams, Zoumana Bakayogo, Ian Goodison, Ash Taylor, Danny Holmes, David Buchanan, John Welsh, James Wallace, Lucas Akins, Ryan Brunt, Enoch Showunmi