That was a brilliant game of football that neither team deserved to lose. twoht on Sheffield United beating Blackburn in a thrilling FA Cup quarter-final.
Sheffield United vs Blackburn Rovers is a fixture which drips with the history of football in this country. The city in which the game of football was first realised versus the first working class town to win the FA Cup. The first fixture between the two teams was played on the 15th January 1894, in the same month as the oldest surviving motion picture, seven years before the death of Queen Victoria.
The sight of two teams absolutely going at each other was all the more surprising to those of us who’ve become wearily familiar with frequently soporific Saturday lunchtime Premier League matches. The idea has started to take hold that this time of kick-off is too early, as though players need more time to allow their breakfast to settle, or as though the players might suddenly be taken by an overwhelming urge to disappear back down the tunnel for a little nap.
But if Sheffield United did feel aggrieved at the decision which gave Blackburn the lead, the football Gods saw fit to equal things up within just a few minutes. Max Lowe shooting first time from a corner, only for the ball to twang at an improbable angle off Sam Gallagher’s knee, leaving the Blackburn goalkeeper Aynsley Pears frozen in time and space as the ball flew across him and into the opposite corner of the goal.
completely sprang a somewhat slovenly home offside trap for Sammie Szmodics to race through and score.
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