SUBSTITUTE Andy Walker's scrambled 77th-minute strike earned Sheffield United a Wembley shot at the Premiership as luckless Ipswich suffered the agony of an away goals rule defeat in the first division play-off semi-final.
United had midfielder Nick Henry sent off for a second bookable offence 10 minutes from the end of the extra period, but they hung on bravely to go through with a battling performance that contained seven bookings.
Walker went on in place of Belarus star, Petr Katchouro, scorer of United's controversial opener, just in time to see on-loan Swede Nildas Gudmundsson head Ipswich into a 2-1 lead on 73 minutes.,
But after Jan Fjortoft's volley was ruled out for offside the 32-year old, former Celtic and Scot land striker, who cannot earn a regular place in the United attack popped up on the end of a Dane Whitehouse cross to smuggle the ball past Ipswich goalkeeper Richard Wright at the second attempt.
Despite the Suffolk team's energetic efforts to regain the advantage, injured goalkeeper Alan Kelly bravely defied Jamie Scowcroft and Gudmundsson.
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