Burnley 1
Cole 80
Sheff Utd 2
Beattie 33 Sharp 53
Burnley 1 Sheffield United 2 April 12 2008
James Beattie and Billy Sharp scored in a 2-1 win at Burnley on Saturday to boost Sheffield United's slender play-off hopes.
The Blades opened the scoring at Turf Moor when David Cotterill embarked on a run from inside his own half shortly after half-hour mark.
Cotterill was cynically hacked down by David Unsworth and Beattie netted with a spectacular 30-yard strike from the resulting free-kick.
However, Paddy Kenny was forced into a superb save two minutes later when Kyle Lafferty fired goalwards.
The Clarets were punished in the 53rd minute when Cotterill crossed from the left to Sharp, who headed in.
A late rally saw Andy Cole sweep the ball home for the hosts on 80 minutes. The veteran striker was then denied an equaliser when Kenny superbly parried his close-range volley.