Mansfield Town caused one of the shocks of the FA Cup third round with a stunning victory over Sheffield United in a seven-goal thriller at Bramall Lane.
Two excellent strikes from former Blades midfielder Louis Reed before half-time, either side of Gus Hamer’s beautiful dipping strike from 20 yards, gave the in-form League One outfit a deserved 2-1 lead at the break against their Championship opponents.
Buoyed on by approximately 5,000 visiting supporters, Mansfield raced into a three-goal lead soon after the interval through Lucas Akins and Rhys Oates.
But a goal from Blades substitute Patrick Bamford, as well as an own goal from Mansfield’s Nathan Moriah-Welsh, meant the Stags had a nervy final 25 minutes to see out.
United heaped on the pressure in the final stages as they searched for an equaliser but the visitors saw out the match to claim a famous win and clinch a fourth victory on the bounce in all competitions.
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