Party poopers

It was Chris Wilder's third debut at Bramall Lane by popular request, but the day confounded pundits with Charlton winning 1-0 in a victory that took them up to 11th.    Charlton fans chanted: 'You're getting sacked in the morning.'

Before the game moaners wallowed in their pessimism forecasting a 3-0 home win, while the more optimistic went for a brill 0-0 in the rain.  Not a good result for those who have been saying that relegation is inevitable.

Charlton were solid in defence and dangerous on the break.  Olaofe scored a late winner on 90 minutes, making use of a pass from Brie.  It was his first goal for the club.

Richard Cawley described it as a statement performance and result.

Despite the difficult environment, it was almost the perfect start for the Addicks when captain Greg Docherty played Charlie Kelman in behind the Blades’ defence on the halfway line in the second minute.  Kelman charged towards the goal, but the chasing Blades defenders caught up with the American youth international, forcing an early attempt on goal which drifted well wide.

The Addicks almost suffered a catastrophic self-inflicted setback when shot-stopper Thomas Kaminski took a heavy touch from a simple pass by Bree.  With Kaminski seemingly beaten, the Sheffield United attack looked to pounce, but the Belgian recovered excellently to clear the danger at full stretch.

On the half-hour mark, Tyreece Campbell darted into the box and struck an excellent ball goalward, but Ben Godfrey was on hand to block the effort before it was eventually cleared away.

The Addicks enjoyed an exceptional end to the half, but lacked the finishing touch as an opener eluded them - with Michael Cooper on hand to make an exceptional stop from a header in the six-yard box.

The introduction of Harvey Knibbs late on injected a late spark to the Addicks.  The switch almost offered an immediate reward when he combined with Miles Leaburn to win possession back near the edge of the hosts’ box, but Leaburn’s effort was well saved.

Charlton were in full flow now in their search for a winner, however, and Sheffield United looked increasingly unable to contain the Addicks.  Eventually, Charlton put the Blades to the sword as substitute Olaofe netted a 90th-minute winner, elating the 1,154 travelling Addicks.

A simple ball across the box from Bree had the beating of Femi Seriki, landing in the path of Olaofe, who made no mistake finding the back of the net from point-blank range.

The Addicks saw out the remainder of the match with ease, a once energised and positive Bramall Lane by then one of anger and disappointment, compounded by the victory for the Massives at Portsmouth.