Preston North End 1-1 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Friday 8 May 2009

Result

Preston North End 1-1 Sheffield United

Championship · Friday 8 May 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 1-1 Sheffield United: match report

Preston North End drew with Sheffield United 1-1 in the Championship on Friday 8 May 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Sean St. Ledger opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Preston North End's goal came from Sean St. Ledger (21'). Sheffield United scored through Brian Howard (46').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 6th on 74 points from 46 and Sheffield United 3rd on 80 points from 46. Preston North End went on to finish that season 6th with 75 points, and Sheffield United 3rd with 84.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Preston North End win, 3 draws and 2 for Sheffield United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Sean St. LedgerPreston North End · 1-0
  • 46'Goal · Brian HowardSheffield United · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · D. CarterPreston North End
  • 61'Yellow card · Matthew KilgallonSheffield United
  • 67'Yellow card · Nick MontgomerySheffield United
  • 90'Yellow card · Arturo LupoliSheffield United

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Preston North End 1, draws 3, Sheffield United 2.

Team news

Sheffield United expected line-up

Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge