Swindon Town 5-2 Sheffield United: result and report

League One · Saturday 20 September 2014

Result

Swindon Town 5-2 Sheffield United

League One · Saturday 20 September 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Swindon Town 5-2 Sheffield United: match report

Swindon Town defeated Sheffield United 5-2 in the League One on Saturday 20 September 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Michael Smith opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Michael Smith (13'), Michael Smith (55', penalty), Jonathan Obika (58'), Andy Williams (76') and Louis Thompson (86'). Sheffield United scored through Marc McNulty (66') and Ben Davies (72').

Discipline: Swindon Town received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 7th on 12 points from 7 and Sheffield United 6th on 13 points from 7. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Sheffield United 5th with 74.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Michael SmithSwindon Town · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · S. ScougallSheffield United
  • 31'Yellow card · Yaser KasimSwindon Town
  • 51'Yellow card · Chris BashamSheffield United
  • 55'Penalty goal · Michael SmithSwindon Town · 2-0
  • 58'Goal · Jonathan ObikaSwindon Town · 3-0
  • 66'Goal · Marc McNultySheffield United · 3-1
  • 72'Goal · Ben DaviesSheffield United · 3-2
  • 76'Goal · Andy WilliamsSwindon Town · 4-2
  • 86'Goal · Louis ThompsonSwindon Town · 5-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Ben DaviesSheffield United

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Swindon Town 1, draws 0, Sheffield United 1.

Team news

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Swindon Town expected line-up

Wes Foderingham, Nathan Thompson, James McEveley, Grant Hall, Troy Archibald-Henville, Massimo Luongo, Yaser Kasim, Ryan Harley, Darren Ward

Sheffield United expected line-up (4-3-3)

George Long, Mark Howard, Harry Maguire, Tony McMahon, Conor Coady, Ryan Flynn, Simon Lappin, Jamie Murphy, Matthew Hill