Former Sheffield United midfielder Louis Reed scored twice against his boyhood club as League One Mansfield Town stunned the Blades in a thrilling seven-goal FA Cup third-round tie.
Two excellent strikes from Reed before half-time, either side of Gus Hamer's beautiful dipping strike from 20 yards, gave the Stags 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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