Sheffield United 3-0 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 October 2008

Result

Sheffield United 3-0 Bristol City

Championship · Saturday 4 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sheffield United 3-0 Bristol City: match report

Sheffield United beat Bristol City 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 4 October 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

James Beattie opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from James Beattie (44'), an own goal by L. Fontaine (56') and James Beattie (69'). Bristol City did not score.

Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Bristol City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 7th on 14 points from 9 and Bristol City 10th on 13 points from 9. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Bristol City 10th with 61.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · James McAllisterBristol City
  • 36'Yellow card · Bradley OrrBristol City
  • 44'Goal · James BeattieSheffield United · 1-0
  • 56'Own goal · L. FontaineSheffield United · 2-0
  • 69'Goal · James BeattieSheffield United · 3-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Stephen QuinnSheffield United

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Sheffield United 1, draws 0, Bristol City 1.

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