Paul in the Sky Blue
Steve Ogrizovic; Roland Nilsson, David Burrows, George Boateng, Gary Breen, Dion Dublin, Paul Telfer,*Gavin Strachan(sub. Trond-Egil Soltvedt -76)*, Viorel Moldovan (sub. Marcus Hall-78), Darren Huckerbyand Noel Whelan .
Unused subs:- Richard Shaw, Simon Haworth and Scott Howie (gk)
The Blades’ side was:-
Alan Kelly, Chris Short (sub. Piotr Katchuro -81), Wayne Quinn, Nicky Marker, David Holdsworth, Lee Sandford, Vasillis Borbokis, Bobby Ford, Gareth Taylor, Marcelo (sub. Mark Beard -46) and Graham Stuart Unused subs:- Trianos Dellos, Ryan Ludlam and Simon Tracey (gk) Referee:- Steve Dunn (Bristol)
City were unlucky not to make it to the F.A.Cup semi-finals this season when the thrilling replay at Bramall Lane saw the Sky Blues take a tenth minute lead from Paul Telfer, only for the home side to find an equaliser again from David Holdsworth with only a minute left on the clock. Extra time saw no more goals so it went to penalties which the Sky Blues sadly lost!
In the Premier League the Sky Blues eventually finished in a comfortable eleventh position in the top division with Arsenal pipping Manchester United for the Premiership title in the 1997-98 season and Bolton Wanderers, Barnsley and bottom club Crystal Palace suffered the drop!