Colin Todd began his reign at Swindon with a point at Bramall Lane - but had to thank striker Guiliano Grazioli for his brace that secured an unlikely draw.

The Blades dominated for most of the match but, having taken the lead through Wayne Quinn's 14th minute strike, Grazioli brought them back down to earth with two goals in two minutes.

A clinical chip in the 53rd minute levelled the scores from Swindon's first real chance and moments later his low drive beat Simon Tracey from inside the box.

Neither side seemed fully motivated for this end-of-season affair and the already relegated Robins did little to impress their new boss.

They managed just three shots during the entire 90 minutes and had it not been for some slack United defending they would have returned home on the back of yet another defeat.

United started brightly and Marcus Bent shot wide after six minutes, then Alan Reeves did well to deflect Bruno Ribeiro's effort over the bar three minutes later.

After Quinn put the home side ahead, keeper Steve Mildenhall did well to parry Paul Devlin's powerful low drive, but the Swindon stopper was forced off the pitch midway through the first half after colliding with the post whilst trying to cover a shot.

Young Irishman Alan Flanagan came on for his Robins debut and pulled off a great double save in first half injury time to deny Quinn and Bent.

Swindon were level eight minutes after the restart and debut boy Flanagan had a hand in it. His long kick was flicked on by Steve Cowe, and Grazioli ran through a static defence and sent a crisp chip over Tracey.

It was a rare touch for Tracey, but two minutes later he was beaten again as Lee Collins laid the ball off to Grazioli in the box and the former Peterborough forward scored with ease.

Neil Warnock used all three substitutes in an effort to spark some life into United.

And it worked as the Blades claimed the equaliser their dominance deserved in the 73rd minute.

Reeves was unable to clear Quinn's free-kick from just in front of his goalkeeper and substitute Burley nipped in to poke the ball home.

Grazioli had a great chance to complete his hat-trick in the 81st minute. He beat Tracey to the ball on the byline but his chip was scrambled off the line by the Blades defence .

Teams:

Sheff Utd: Tracey, Devlin, Kozluk, Murphy, Quinn, Sandford, Woodhouse, Ribeiro (Burley 65), Ford (D'Jaffo 57), Bent,Brown (Jagielka 57).

Subs Not Used: Woodward, Gysbrechts.

Booked: Woodhouse, Ford, Burley, Kozluk.

Goals: Quinn 14, Burley 73.

Swindon: Mildenhall (Flanagan 31), J. Williams (McHugh 78), Hall, Willis, Robinson, Howe, Davies, Grazioli, Cowe (Griffin 70), Reeves, Collins.

Subs Not Used: Gay, Mills.

Booked: Robinson.

Goals: Grazioli 53, 55.

Att: 12,603

Ref: P Taylor (Cheshunt).