Sheffield United v Huddersfield Town

Up The Blades 

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SHEFFIELD UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB 

Rhian 

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SHEFFIELD UNITED vs HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 

SATURDAY 21st AUGUST 2021 × 3.00PM 

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SHEFFIELD UNITED vs 

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

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KEY FEATURES… 

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Ahead of the visit from his former club, we sit down with 

midfielder Ollie Norwood to chat about being reunited 

with boss Slaviša Jokanović and mull over his time with 

Huddersfield Town. 

Our Legends of the Lane curator John Garrett looks over 

some special items from within the club vaults in our 

Secrets of the Museum feature. 

We chat with former Blade and Huddersfield fullback 

Tom Cowan ahead of the clash of two of his 

former teams. 

In our Forgotten Grounds feature, we take a look 

at United’s record at Huddersfield’s former home 

of Leeds Road. 

SHEFFIELD UNITED vs HUDDERSFIELD TOWN

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MANAGER’S NOTES 

“Before the closure of the window at the end of the movement, I hope that we will 

have further additions to the squad in a number of areas to make us stronger” 

After a hectic couple of days, we are 

looking forward to match day again as 

we welcome Huddersfield Town to 

Bramall Lane. 

I am aware of the pride that Yorkshire people 

feel when they beat local rivals and the aim is to 

make Blades fans happy at 5pm tonight. 

For every team, the Championship is 

relentless, everyone connected with the 

game understands that and we come into this 

game with very little preparation time after 

Wednesday night. 

At West Brom, of course, we were 

disappointed, it was a bad night for us, and I will 

not offer excuses. We were not satisfied with the 

performance; they were stronger and won more 

second balls and that is something we have to 

address to improve our game. We tried to move 

the ball and create chances but that became 

difficult when we were chasing the game, we 

paid an expensive price for our defending at setpieces. 

We are a work in progress, we are still 

rebuilding our squad and this game also helped 

us to understand how we need to improve to be 

a competitive team in this league. We know what 

we need to do to be the team we want to be. 

That followed a long trip to Swansea when we 

were better defensively, they didn’t create many 

chances, but we did not do enough to win the 

match. There were sections of the game when 

we did well, it is our intention to attack with pace 

and we are always trying to develop individuals 

and combinations to look for solutions and pick 

up wins – we started with four strikers and then 

changed it as the game progressed. 

In total, we’ve only played six games and 

in usual circumstances we would be working 

to a preferred shape, but we lost around four 

games in pre-season and are still developing. 

There is a lot of talk about three or four at the 

back, but the answer is we have to be able to 

adapt and be flexible in our approach. The hard 

work continues on the training ground, and 

every game will make us all comfortable with 

each other. 

Off the field, there’s been our first movements 

in the transfer market this week. 

Ben Davies arrived, and he can help us, that’s 

for sure, he has played a lot of Championship 

football. We are assessing how to use him and 

the system that will work best for us, but we 

believe he can be really important to us. 

Aaron Ramsdale’s exit is a significant 

departure, but it was not unexpected – he is a 

quality goalkeeper and we understood there 

would be interest in him before the end of 

the window. We wish him all the best, but our 

immediate intention is to evaluate what is next 

for us in that area of the pitch. 

Before the closure of the window at the 

end of the movement, I hope that we will have 

further additions to the squad in a number 

of areas to make us stronger going into 

September and beyond. 

Slav 


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PLAYER TALK 

× BEN RELISHING COMPETITIVE EDGE AGAIN 

New Blades signing 

Ben Davies admits the 

pull of competitive 

football in front of a crowd was 

a huge factor in his decision to 

leave Liverpool for 

Bramall Lane. 

The former Preston 

defender moved to Anfield last 

season but with opportunities 

seemingly limited moving 

forward, Ben revealed the 

chance to play in front of fans 

again following a 17-month 

Covid hiatus was too good an 

opportunity to turn down. 

The 26-year-old has penned 

a season-long loan stint 

with the Blades, and says he 

can’t wait to be involved in 

matchdays once again. 

He said: “I just missed 

matchdays and the buzz 

around them, especially with 

having fans in this season. It 

has been a long time really 

since I played a proper 

matchday with a full crowd so 

that’s part of the excitement 

coming here and hopefully 

having a successful season. 

“I’m really happy to be here 

to be honest. I had some really 

exciting feelings when I was 

driving into the place, once 

I got into the building everyone 

has been really friendly and 

I’ve met most of the players 

and the manager, so I feel 

really comfortable already.” 

When seeking pastures new, 

it was United’s ability to pack 

29,000 plus into the ground 

for a second-tier fixture which 

persuaded him that the Steel 

City was the place to be. 

He added: “I’ve always liked 

Sheffield United as a club, 

playing against them, and 

I obviously saw the crowd for 

the game against Birmingham 

- 29,000 fans, that was a pull 

for me. I like the manager, and 

the way he plays the game. 

We have some great players 

here and I think we have a 

good chance of bouncing 

straight back up.” 

After playing close to 150 

games in a successful stint 

at Preston, the Barrow-born 

operator is no stranger to the 

R Ben has penned a season-long loan at Bramall Lane 

rigours of the Championship. 

While he admits his move 

to Merseyside was a great 

experience, playing football 

regularly was his only ambition 

for the current season. 

“It was a move I couldn’t turn 

down; it was really exciting 

for me,” Ben said of his switch 

to Liverpool. 

“I’ve had a good six months 

there but obviously playing 

football is the most important 

thing for any footballer so 

that’s what has got me driven 

to come out on loan, and 

hopefully play some games 

and get back to enjoying that 

competitive side once again.” 


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× RHIAN THANKS TEAM-MATES AFTER BAGGING FIRST BLADES GOAL 

The hard work 

eventually paid off for 

Rhian Brewster as he 

netted his first United goal in 

the recent success against 

Carlisle United in the 

Carabao Cup. 

The popular striker has 

endured a frustrating wait to 

break his United duck since 

arriving from Liverpool, but 

his instincts didn’t let him 

down when he latched onto 

the loose ball to net after Billy 

Sharp’s initial effort had been 

parried by the ‘keeper. 

After seeing the ball crash 

into the net, Rhian admitted 

the elation of scoring his first 

for the club was there for all to 

see, stating the support of his 

team-mates – who all to a man 

congratulated him – had been 

key during some tough times. 

He told SUTV Live: “Jayden 

Bogle was the first there 

to celebrate with me and 

everyone else followed and 

quick! They were really happy 

for me, and I appreciate every 

single one of them, especially 

Sharpy being the captain. 

With the amount of goals, he’s 

scored in his career, for him 

to say ‘well done’ - it meant 

a lot to me. 

“It has been tough, but I just 

kept thinking it was going 

to come and kept pushing, 

making sure I continued 

working hard in training on 

all different types of finishing. 

The goal arrived against 

R Rhian off and running after netting against Carlisle 

Carlisle, and it was a great 

moment for me.” 

Rhian also revealed he had 

to do a quick double take 

when he initially set off in the 

direction of the South Stand 

to celebrate. Quickly realising 

that part of the stadium was 

empty, he did an about turn to 

sprint towards the fans and his 

family members situated in the 

John Street Stand as he rightly 

lapped up what turned out to 

be the winning goal. 

He continued: “I started 

running the other way, then 

I realised the fans were in 

the other stand! Obviously, 

I wanted to share the 

moment with everybody 

who was there. 

“It was pure emotion. Of 

course, it was a relief, and 

it was good to get my first 

goal for the Blades. I was 

excited and happy to share 

the moment with the fans who 

were there, I think you could 

see in the pictures just how 

much it meant to me and how 

much it meant to my family as 

well who were in the crowd.” 


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PLAYER TALK 

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× ZAK EAGER FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY 

Youngster Zak Brunt is 

keen for another first 

team opportunity after 

impressing in the recent 

Carabao Cup success over 

Carlisle United. 

The midfielder was one of 

five graduates from the United 

Academy to make their senior 

debut against the Cumbrians, 

as boss Slaviša Jokanović 

opted to shuffle his pack for 

the Carabao Cup showdown. 

With another cup game 

firmly on the horizon, Zak is 

pinning his hopes that his 

impressive display in the first 

round will warrant another 

first team run out, as United 

prepare to face Wayne 

Rooney’s Derby in round two. 

Zak said: “I was buzzing to 

finally make my debut. I had a 

little inkling that I might have 

done well enough in training 

and then we were told the 

team the day before. The boys 

who played did well, hopefully 

the gaffer gives us the nod in 

the next round. 

“If not, it is about working 

hard in training and being 

there to back up the lads and 

like we saw last year, if there’s 

a couple of injuries, maybe 

get on the bench and then 

the next thing you know you 

might be the player the gaffer 

needs. I am hoping I can 

prove if there is game time 

there to be had, then I can 

step up to the plate and do 

the job that’s needed.” 

R A positive debut for Zak Brunt against Carlisle 

After being an unused 

substitute on a number of 

occasions last season, Zak’s 

patience was finally rewarded 

against Carlisle, following a 

string of impressive displays 

for the U23s in 2020/21. 

The 19-year-old admitted 

he was thrilled when he found 

out he was playing, and whilst 

there were a few pre-game 

nerves, Zak believes his 

playing style helped him 

quickly settle into the contest. 

He added: “I am quite 

chilled out and I like to relax 

on the ball and try and be 

composed. That’s the kind of 

player I am, I think I was more 

nervous before the game 

than when I was on the pitch. 

When you get into it after the 

first couple of minutes the 

nerves settle, and you start 

playing your game. 

“It was something I hoped 

was coming. I’ve been working 

hard in pre-season, and I’ve 

tried to do as much as I can 

in the pre-season games just 

to put myself in the gaffer’s 

mind in case an opportunity 

arises. When I found out 

I was buzzing.” 


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THE BIG INTERVIEW 

Ollie Norwood 

PLAYER 

IN FOCUS 

UTB’s MARK WOOLLAS sits down with current 

Blade and former Huddersfield ace Ollie Norwood 

ahead of the visit of his former club... 

Slaviša Jokanović and Ollie Norwood 

certainly know the secret to winning 

promotion from the Sky Bet 

Championship and having achieved it together 

before in West London, who’d bet against a 

repeat in South Yorkshire?! 

The 30-year-old midfielder was happy to 

oblige when asked to shed some light on 

what makes the United boss tick ahead of this 

afternoon’s clash against one of his former 

clubs Huddersfield Town. 

The former Northern Ireland international 

also believes the future at Bramall Lane, a place 

he regards as ‘home’, will be a bright one with 

Jokanović at the helm and several promising 

youngsters emerging from the Academy. 


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⊲ UTB: How do you reflect on the first 

two league games of the season? 

Following a disrupted pre-season 

do we have to focus on the positives 

whilst remaining calm and showing 

some patience? 

⊲ ON: “Yes, the pre-season was 

disrupted and that’s not making 

excuses, it’s fact. We had the enforced 

isolation that limited our time working 

with the new manager and I’ll be 

honest, it’s a complete change from 

the last four years or so under Chris 

Wilder. Of course, as players we 

were bitterly disappointed with the 

performance and result against 

Birmingham, nobody likes losing 

and the supporters were probably 

frustrated following something 

of an anti-climax really. We didn’t 

play forward quick enough, and 

Birmingham held on gamely to their 

early goal. The fans pay their money 

and are always entitled to their 

opinion, but as players we have to 

trust the process of Slaviša and at 

Swansea I thought we were much 

better. We created more chances and 

it’s just unfortunate we weren’t more 

clinical as it was a game we felt we 

could go on to win the longer it went.” 

⊲ UTB: Five youngsters were handed 

their full senior debuts in the Carabao 

Cup success over Carlisle United 

at Bramall Lane. How do you think 

they did and how important was 

the victory? 

⊲ ON: “It was great to see so many 

young boys from the Academy given 

a chance to impress and it’s fantastic 

to see Sheffield United producing 

more exciting prospects for the future. 

They’ve worked hard and have a 

fantastic opportunity in front of them, 

we as senior professionals need to 

point them in the right direction and 

I’m sure many of them will have good 


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careers at this football club. To play 

in front of our crowd is demanding 

and it really is sink or swim time when 

you cross that white line, but they all 

performed excellently, and it will be 

huge for their development.” 

⊲ UTB: If the win against Carlisle 

United was ‘important’, does 

the celebrations following Rhian 

Brewster’s first goal for the club show 

how much it meant to him and all of 

his team-mates? 

⊲ ON: “I was personally delighted for 

Rhian and if you speak to any of the 

lads, they’ll all say the same. It’s a 

weight off his shoulders and hopefully 

there are many more to come for him 

in red and white. Rhian was probably 

more frustrated than anyone last 

season, but let’s be honest nobody 

had a season to be proud of and we 

all knew working with him every day 

just how hard he was trying and how 

much he wanted to score that goal and 

make a statement. Like everyone else, 

it’s a fresh start for him now, we’re 

delighted to have Rhian within the 

group and for him personally and us 

as a team we now need to build some 

momentum quickly.” 

⊲ UTB: Today sees us play our 

fifth game of seven this month, 

the relentless nature of the 

Championship schedule hasn’t got 

any easier in our absence, has it? 

⊲ ON: “What more can you say about 

this division, it’s simply just game after 

game after game and as players you 

just roll from Saturday into midweek 

and on to the following weekend, it’s 

class. It’s without question the most 

competitive league in the world and 

on any given day anyone is capable 

of beating anyone, we’ve seen it 

already and we’re only three weeks 

into August! But it’s about having 

a calmness, some patience and 

striving to find that consistency in 

performances and more importantly 

results. We’ve got an experienced 

group and that stands us in 

good stead.” 


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⊲ UTB: There can be nobody 

better placed than you to talk to 

us about what Slaviša Jokanović 

brings to Bramall Lane, having won 

promotion under his stewardship 

whilst on-loan at Fulham during the 

2017/18 season? 

⊲ ON: “Definitely. I loved my time at 

Craven Cottage and learnt so much 

from Slaviša and all his staff. It is 

fascinating to listen and learn about 

the game from how they see it and 

it’s then you realise they are winners 

and are destined to succeed. We 

couldn’t have got a better successor 

to Chris, and I truly believe the club 

made a terrific decision securing the 

services of the manager as we look 

to bounce back at the first attempt. 

His track record speaks for itself and 

I’m sure as time progresses, we’ll all 

understand why he was brought to 

Sheffield United. We as players share 

his ambition, we want to get back to 

the Premier League. The manager isn’t 

here to find his feet and hang around, 

he’ll demand instant success from us, 

like the fans will of him.” 

⊲ UTB: Having helped Fulham 

to the promised land, were you 

disappointed not to make that switch 

a permanent one, although a move 

to Bramall Lane proved to the be the 

alternative? 

⊲ ON: “Fulham spent £100 million 

and moved in a different direction, 

despite the manager making it clear 

he wanted to sign me. I genuinely 

believe I got the better deal though, 

moving to Bramall Lane, sometimes 

a club just feels right, and it did then 

for me and still does now. I had to wait 

another 12 months or so to finally get 

a crack at the Premier League, but 

things happen for a reason, and I have 

no regrets at all, I’m delighted events 

panned out as they did.” 


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⊲ UTB: What is the secret to the 

success Slaviša Jokanović has 

enjoyed at this level? 

⊲ ON: “He is a winner and accepts 

nothing less. He has an understanding 

of the game and a calmness about 

him, he might look stern and not very 

happy, but he never gets too high 

or too low and most importantly he 

knows the route to winning promotion. 

I know exactly the demands he puts 

on his players, but it’s done properly, 

and everyone is buying into his 

philosophies here, why wouldn’t they, 

given his record? He is a great person 

too, he’s articulate and funny, totally 

different to the perception some 

people may have. He’s a genuine 

guy and a first-class manager, he 

has brought a real positive energy 

to the club and I’m confident about 

the future.” 

⊲ UTB: In June 2012, a fresh-faced 

Ollie Norwood stepped out of 

Manchester United and joined today’s 

visitors Huddersfield Town on a free 

transfer. How do you reflect on your 

two-season stint with the Terriers? 

⊲ ON: “Huddersfield were my first 

permanent club, and it was then 

I knew I was moving away from Old 

Trafford for good. I was still finding my 

feet as a footballer and unfortunately, 

I probably never set the world alight 

there. It was a promising start, then 

I suffered a loss of form, I was in and 

out of the team and we struggled to 

be honest. I still remember the final 

day draw against Barnsley, that was a 

surreal experience for all involved and 

I don’t think it’s happened since. The 

second season saw a chopping and 

changing of manager. Simon Grayson 

signed me, he was replaced by Mark 


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Robins and when he departed Mark 

Lillis and Steve Eyre took the reins as 

caretaker managers before I moved on 

to Reading. It was a real steep learning 

curve for me but one that certainly 

built me as a person and helped me 

build some resilience. I learnt you 

can’t take things personally; you have 

to accept the rough with the smooth 

and it was never going to be easy 

having joined from the reserves at 

Manchester United. I look back with 

pride though because those two 

years helped me mature and 

make me a better player as 

my career has progressed.” 

⊲ UTB: Does facing a 

former club carry any extra 

significance or is it simply 

business as normal? 

⊲ ON: “When you’ve 

played for the amount 

of clubs I have by 

the age of 30, I could 

be playing one every 

week! In all seriousness 

though, I probably do 

have a better affiliation 

with people at Brighton 

and Fulham but that’s only 

because I was part of 

a successful team at 

those clubs and of 

course everyone 

wants to remember those good times 

with that extra fondness. I was a young 

man learning my trade when I was at 

Huddersfield, I had to grow up fast and 

I’ll be honest they never saw the best 

of me consistently enough. I have no 

issues whatsoever though and after 

Saturday I genuinely wish them all the 

best. Home to me is Sheffield United 

though, it has felt that way since the 

day I arrived, it’s been the best time 

of my career and I genuinely believe 

there is more to come.” 

⊲ UTB: A Yorkshire derby, our first 

3pm kick-off of the new season, it’ll 

be a good day if we’re celebrating 

a first home win of the campaign by 

5pm on Saturday evening, won’t it? 

⊲ ON: “That’s our sole focus now 

and I’m sure it’ll be another cracking 

atmosphere at Bramall Lane. It is a 

derby, it might not be the big one, 

but it’ll have that edge to it and for us 

it represents another opportunity to 

move positively in the right direction.” 

“WE AS PLAYERS SHARE HIS 

AMBITION, WE WANT TO GET BACK 

TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE. THE 

MANAGER ISN’T HERE TO FIND HIS 

FEET AND HANG AROUND, HE’LL 

DEMAND INSTANT SUCCESS FROM 

US, LIKE THE FANS WILL OF HIM” 


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Memory Lane 

TIME CAPSULE 

In each edition of UTB we cast a glance 

into our picture archives for some quirky 

and memorable images from the past… 

× SETTLING IN FOR THE DAY 

Fans gather at Bramall Lane, but it isn’t for 

football on this day, May 26th 1964. It’s the 

cricket season and Yorkshire are taking on 

Derbyshire in the County Championship. 

This fantastic image shows the public 

smoking a pipe, reading the Green ‘Un and 

cleaning spectacles back in the day when 

the Lane was as much a cricket venue than 

a football one. This three-day match was 

eventually drawn, with the likes of Fred 

Trueman, Brian Close and John Hampshire 

all playing for Yorkshire. 


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no place for discrimination in our game. If 

you do not agree, then you are not welcome. 

If you see or hear discrimination in this 

stadium, please report it to the nearest 

steward or via the Kick it Out App. 

Because we are all 

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SNAPSHOT 

This season UTB will feature a 

snap from our eagle-eyed sports 

photography agency Sportimage 

as they follow United home and 

away throughout the season… 

× WELCOME BEN… 

Ben Davies became Slaviša 

Jokanović’s first Blades signing 

this week after penning a seasonlong 

loan deal from Liverpool. 

Here the former Preston ace poses 

for the snappers in front of the 

Bramall Lane End after completing 

his switch from Anfield. 


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UNDER-23s UPDATE 

United’s U23s started the new 

campaign with a win and a clean sheet 

after a comprehensive 4-0 success 

over Watford. 

Paul Heckingbottom selected a strong side 

which included the likes of Tyler Smith, Kacper 

Lopata, Zak Brunt, Daniel Jebbison and Kyron 

Gordon who had all recently featured for the 

first team in the Carabao Cup success over 

Carlisle. The Blades were held at bay during 

a goalless first-half, but Heckingbottom’s side 

clicked into gear after the break. 

On 57 minutes good work by Jebbison 

resulted in an opportunity for Brunt, with the 

latter curling the ball in from 20 yards. 

Smith was denied United’s second when after 

being fouled in the area, his resulting penalty 

was saved. The same player then hit the bar 

with a header as the Blades turned on the 

style, before a second duly arrived when Andre 

Brooks netted with a low powerful effort. 

Smith bagged his first after finishing coolly 

from Frankie Maguire’s ball in behind and there 

was also time for a second when Gordon laid on 

a simple finish for United’s fourth. 

Blades: Dewhurst, Trialist, Cappello, Gordon, Lopata, 

Gomis, Brunt, Maguire, Jebbison (Gaxha 85’), Smith, Brooks. 

Unused: Hiddleston, Cullinan, Grant, Ayari. 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

JAN 

FEB 

MAR 

DATE KO/F-A OPPOSITION 

VENUE/ 

GOALSCORERS 

Tue 17 4-0 Watford Smith (2), Brooks, Brunt 

Tue 24 7pm Swansea City Technique Stadium 

Mon 30 2pm Charlton Athletic Dartford FC 

Fri 10 7pm Bristol City Technique Stadium 

Tue 21 1pm Cardiff City Leckwith Stadium 

Tue 28 1pm Barnsley 

Oakwell Training 

Ground 

Tue 5 1pm Coventry City Bramall Lane 

Mon 18 7pm Hull City 

York Community 

Stadium 

Mon 1 7pm Sheffield Wednesday Bramall Lane 

Tue 9 1pm Peterborough United Weston Homes Stadium 

Fri 19 7pm Wigan Athletic Technique Stadium 

Tue 7 7pm Crewe Alexandra Technique Stadium 

Tue 14 1pm Coventry City Alan Higgs Centre 

Thu 6 7pm Everton (PL Cup) Technique Stadium 

Tue 11 1pm Barnsley Bramall Lane 

Mon 24 1pm Wigan Athletic 

Christopher Park 

Training Ground 

Wed 9 1pm Crewe Alexandra Alexandra Park 

Tue 1 7pm Hull City Technique Stadium 

Mon 14 7pm Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough 

Tue 22 2pm Colchester United Technique Stadium 

Tue 29 1pm Peterborough United Bramall Lane 

APR 

Tue 5 1pm Queens Park Rangers 

Kiyan Prince 

Foundation Stadium 

Tue 26 7pm Millwall Bramall Lane 

MAY 

Mon 2 1pm Ipswich Town 

Ipswich Training 

Ground 

R Two goals for Tyler Smith in United’s win at Watford 

Home games in Bold 


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UNDER-18s UPDATE 

Striker Will Lankshear made a blistering 

start to the new campaign after netting 

a hat-trick in the opening day victory 

over Colchester United. 

Former Arsenal ace Lankshear enjoyed a 

goal-laden end to last season, and he picked up 

where he left off as Derek Geary’s side started 

the new campaign with a win. 

It took just under 15 minutes for Lankshear 

to open the scoring with a stunning effort 

from outside the area, and young forward Billy 

Blacker then added a second with a fine strike 

on his debut for the U18s. 

Just before the break Lankshear was fouled 

in the area by the Colchester ‘keeper, and 

subsequently netted the spot kick himself to 

make it 3-0. 

In the second-half, Lankshear hit the bar 

with a header whilst Theo Williams also went 

close as the Blades continued to dominate. 

United didn’t have to wait long for a fourth when 

Lankshear dispatched a second penalty after 

being pulled down by the defender. 

Blades: Hiddleston, Waldron (Pitan 84’), Angell (Drake 84’), 

Staniland, Sachdev, Anderson, T. Williams (Oluleye 81’), Aston, 

Lankshear, Marsh, Blacker. Unused: Hampshaw, Slater. 

FEB 

JAN 

DEC NOV OCT SEP 

AUG 


VENUE/ 

GOALSCORERS 

Sat 14 4-0 Colchester United Lankshear (3), Blacker 

Tue 17 0-2 Huddersfield Town (CC) 

Sat 21 11am Charlton Athletic 

Sat 28 1pm Millwall 

Huddersfield 


Sparrows Lane 


Sheffield United 

Academy 

Sat 4 11am Swansea City Swansea City Academy 

Sat 11 11am Watford 

Fri 1 7pm Barnsley 

Sat 23 11am Coventry City 

Sat 6 12pm Wigan Athletic 

Sat 20 11am Crewe Alexandra 

Sat 4 11am Peterborough United 


Academy 

Oakwell Training 

Ground 


Academy 

Christopher Park 



Academy 


Academy 

Sat 18 11am Sheffield Wednesday Middlewood Road 

Sat 8 11am Hull City 


Academy 

Sat 22 11am Crewe Alexandra Alexandra Park 

Sat 29 11am Peterborough United idverde Academy 

Sat 5 11am Sheffield Wednesday 


Academy 

Sat 19 11am Hull City Bishop Burton College 

Sat 26 11am Barnsley 


Academy 

MAR 

APR 

Sat 5 11am Coventry City Alan Higgs Centre 

Sat 19 12pm Wigan Athletic 

Sat 2 11am Ipswich Town 

Sat 9 11am Queens Park Rangers 


Academy 

Ipswich Training 

Ground 


Academy 

Sat 23 11am Bristol City Robins Training Centre 

MAY 

Sat 7 2pm Cardiff City 


Academy 

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WOMEN’S UPDATE 

Ahead of the new season United 

Women have completed the signing of 

goalkeeper Nina Wilson from fellow 

Championship side London City Lionessess. 

The 22-year-old former Brighton, Lewes and 

Watford stopper will now provide competition 

for last season’s regular custodian Fran Kitching. 

Nina said: “I honestly couldn’t be any happier, 

I think it’s definitely the proudest moment of my 

career so far. The quality we have in the squad, 

it’s such an unreal opportunity for me to learn 

from all of them and I can’t wait to get going.” 

Boss Neil Redfearn added: “I’ve been 

very impressed with Nina. She’s got good 

experience at this level and she’s a more than 

capable goalkeeper and good competition for 

Fran. That’s what we wanted; we want to give 

everyone competition.” 

Meanwhile, United’s opening home game 

of the new FA Women’s Championship season 

against Durham has been selected for live 

coverage on the FA Player. 

The Blades will be making their return to 

Chesterfield’s Technique Stadium for the new 

campaign following a productive pre-season 

which saw Redfearn’s side recently defeat 

Leicester 2-0 after goals from Mia Enderby and 

Rhema Lord-Mears. 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

JAN 

FEB 

MAR 

APR 


VENUE/ 

GOALSCORERS 

Sun 29 2pm Blackburn Rovers Sir Tom Finney Stadium 

Sun 5 2pm Durham Technique Stadium 

Sun 12 2pm Coventry United Butts Park Arena 

Sun 26 2pm Watford Technique Stadium 

Sun 3 2pm Crystal Palace Hayes Lane 

Sun 10 2pm Liverpool Technique Stadium 

Sun 31 2pm Bristol City 

Robins High 

Performance Centre 

Sun 7 2pm Charlton Athletic Technique Stadium 

Sun 14 2pm London City Lionesses Princes Park 

Sun 21 2pm Lewes Technique Stadium 

Sun 12 2pm Sunderland Technique Stadium 

Sun 9 2pm Charlton Athletic The Oakwood 

Sun 16 2pm Coventry United Technique Stadium 

Sun 23 12pm Durham Maiden Castle 

Sun 6 2pm Sunderland 

Eppleton Colliery 

Welfare Ground 

Sun 13 2pm Blackburn Rovers Technique Stadium 

Sun 6 2pm Watford Kings Langley 

Sun 13 2pm London City Lionesses Technique Stadium 

Sun 27 2pm Bristol City Technique Stadium 

Sun 3 1pm Lewes The Dripping Pan 

Sun 24 2pm Liverpool Prenton Park 

MAY 

Sun 1 2pm Crystal Palace Technique Stadium 

R Nina Wilson joins the Blades 



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SUTV LIVE 

UP AND RUNNING 

Following a successful launch, SUTV 

Live returns today with Ashleigh 

Wilmot in the presenting chair 

alongside regular pundit Kevin Gage. 

SUTV Live is United’s very own in-house TV 

channel which has enjoyed a successful launch 

prior to the home game against Birmingham 

City on the opening night of the season. 

Our regular presenters include Ashleigh, 

John Rawling and Paul Walker with all three 

enjoying a stint fronting the new show in the 

opening games of the season. 

Former Blades defender Gage has appeared 

on all our shows so far, as well as stepping into 

the co-commentary chair for the live games. 

Other guests this season have included 

Brian Deane, Chris Morgan and Carl Asaba, 

who are all set to appear regularly throughout 

the season. 

Our pre-match hourly show is available 

to watch for FREE which includes exclusive 

interviews from inside the club as well as 

match highlights and pre-game chat between 

our regular pool of presenters and guests. 

The pre-match show for our recent away 

fixture against Swansea included an exclusive 

interview with Rhian Brewster where he 

discussed his first goal for the Blades in the 

recent Carabao Cup clash with Carlisle United. 

SUTV Live also includes a post-match show 

reviewing the game, and post-game interviews 

when available. 

SUTV Live will be available to Blades 

fans around the world, whether they are 

watching from the comfort of their home or the 

concourses of S2. In previous seasons Blades 

R From top: John Rawling hosts with Brian 

Deane and Kevin Gage; Ashleigh in the chair 

alongside Carl Asaba and Kevin Gage 

fans would have watched Championship 

games via iFollow this is now replaced by 

SUTV Live. 

To look back on our shows to date, be sure 

to check out our official YouTube channel 

which includes all our pre-game productions. 

SUTV Live is available at live.sufc.co.uk 

or the Sheffield United app, but please note 

that the streaming of games is dependent on 

broadcast regulations. 

For full details of which games are available 

and which are not, please visit live.sufc.co.uk 

for full details. 


30 UTB 

INSIDE LANE 

Bulletin Board 

Happy Birthday... 

Happy Birthday 

Lyle Dronfield. 

Lots of love 

Dad, Mum, 

Mitch and Harris. 

Happy 4th 

Birthday to Brody 

Mitchell who 

attends his first 

game today versus 

Huddersfield 

Town. Have a 

great day, love 

Mum, Dad, 

Leo and the 

Mitchell family. 

Happy Birthday 

Dominic McCann, 

11 on the 23rd of 

August. Lots of 

love from all your 

family and friends. 

CONGRATULATIONS 

ANNETTE & LIZ 

The United family would like to extend our 

congratulations to season ticket holders 

Annette and Liz Morris who recently tied the 

knot right here at Bramall Lane. 

The couple were married on the same day as 

the scheduled United vs Norwich pre-season 

friendly, and whilst they missed out on seeing 

the game following the postponement, they 

did have the ground to themselves to celebrate 

their special day. 

The couple said: “We just want to thank Adam 

and all the staff at Bramall Lane for making our 

day absolutely perfect. Our wedding day was 

truly magical and will be remembered forever.” 

Here’s to many years of happiness! 

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 

ROY & CHRISTINE 

Congratulations to Blades supporting couple 

Roy and Christine Young who will celebrate 

40 glorious years of marriage on Sunday 22nd 

August. 

Happy Ruby Wedding Anniversary to you 

both, and here’s to many more years of wedded 

bliss, love from all your family. 


UTB 31 

SENIOR BLADES 

WE’RE BACK! 

Tuesday 17th August 2021 was a big day for 

Senior Blades, that was the day we finally got 

back into the Platinum Suite and were able to 

resume our monthly lunch meetings. 

With over 160 members present, it was so 

good to see many old friends, welcome new 

ones and also remember those who we had 

lost since our last meeting in March 2020. 

Understandably, some of our regular members 

still feel uneasy about being in a large gathering 

but we are sure they will come back to rejoin 

us as soon as they are comfortable with 

the situation. 

Everyone was very happy to see former 

Blades captain Chris Morgan who entertained 

us with his Blades recollections. 

We are all looking forward to many more 

regular lunches and of course celebrating our 

40th anniversary - but more of that later… 

Our trip to Skegness on the 15th September 

2021 still has a few spare seats available. For 

more details, please contact Sue Foster on 

0114 2550053. 

Again, another reminder for members 

attending our September lunch, this will be on 

Monday 13th September 2021 and bookings 

have to be made by Monday 6th September 

2021, by contacting Stephen Gibbons on 01335 

664560 or email info@seniorblades.com. 

This week Rainbow Blades 

member Michelle describes her 

early experiences of watching 

Sheffield United. 

Tony Currie, Len Badger, Alan 

Woodword. Growing up in the ‘90s, 

they were the Blades legends we 

heard about. They were the topic of 

conversation in the pub and at the 

Lane. Your dad or the old gentleman 

next to you at the match would tell 

you about the glory days and you’d 

wish you’d been there to see it. 

The ‘90s featured future legends 

like Brian Deane. I remember 

watching him at the Lane, the first few 

matches I got to go to. There was a 

Marcelo hat-trick that left us all on a 

high later that decade. 

There was nothing like matchdays 

as a kid. The build up, the chip butty 

and fizzy Vimto before the walk to 

the ground, finding out the lineup. 

Kick off... 

Warnock joined us and there 

was something exciting about it 

from the start. Going to the FA Cup 

semi-final at Old Trafford in ‘03 was 

unbelievable. 

We rejoiced as we earned 

promotion, finally! We marched on. For 

those too young to get to see that, we 

got the memorable Wilder era. 

It’s all history in the making. I can’t 

wait to see what’s to come with 

Jokanović’s reign. 

Up the Blades! 

Michelle 


32 UTB 

0 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 

Venue: Bramall Lane × Att: 29,043 (-) 

MATCH ACTION 

76POSSESSION 

16SHOTS 

2 ON TARGET 

8CORNERS 

1 2 

3 

× THE TEAM: Ramsdale, Baldock, Fleck ( Sharp 68’), Berge, Mousset ( Brewster 53’), Egan, Burke ( McBurnie 79’), 

Norwood, McGoldrick, Robinson, Osborn. Unused: Verrips, Basham, Freeman, Bogle 

× THE ACTION: 1. John Egan competes in the air; 2. Oli Burke watches on as his effort hits the post; 

3. Lys Mousset fires an effort across goal; 4. Sander Berge’s driving run is halted; 

5. Rhian Brewster makes a forward burst; 6. David McGoldrick is challenged by Ryan Woods 


UTB 33 

MATCH ACTION 

BIRMINGHAM CITY 1 

(Colin 19’) 

Referee: T. Robinson 

POSSESSION24 

SHOTS9 

ON TARGET 2 

CORNERS2 

4 5 

6 

× THE STORY: It was a frustrating return for United after a narrow defeat in front of more than 29,000 

returning fans at Bramall Lane. The Blades dominated the ball but fell behind to a Maxime Colin 

header on 19 minutes. United almost responded instantly when OIi Burke struck a post, but it was 

Birmingham’s night as the visitors held on for all three points. 


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UTB 35 

Fables & Folklore 

Blades historian JOHN GARRETT’S long-running inimitable account of following the Blades 

always provides a talking point as UTB again extends a platform for his popular article... 

History Without Soul... 

I got through my share of walking over 

lockdown. I made a decision to use the 

time to try and get a little fitter and also 

to try and stop myself from going stark raving 

mad. I managed to keep my regime up, 

because, well, I had to do something. 

I could see all the tell-tale signs of bad habits 

in the first month, you know, 6.00am Countdown, 

then Cheers (two episodes), followed by Mike 

R The empty stands of Bramall 

Lane at the start of last season 

and Molly, then Everybody Loves Raymond (two 

episodes) and then Frazier. That left enough time 

for a quick shower, breakfast, tidy up and then 

Minder on ITV4 followed by The Professionals. It 

was when I realised that Peter Boyle (who played 

the dad in Raymond) was Young Frankenstein 

in the Mel Brooks film, and had also been best 

man for John Lennon, that I knew I had to do 

something else and fast! 


36 UTB 

On working days there was something 

to occupy me – writing for the programme, 

answering queries on ex-players etc - but that 

was an all too fleeting ray of light breaking 

through the Covid cloud that had descended. 

Joking aside, I have written in these pages 

before about my own frequent battles with 

the black dog of depression and I had heard 

him scratching at the door on more than 

one occasion in that first month, so I was 

determined that I wasn’t going to let him in. 

I reorganised the vinyl collection. That took a 

few days. Never realised that I had 12 copies of 

Rubber Soul by The Beatles. Our house is like 

a refuge for battered vinyl. If I find one for the 

right money, I always feel sorry for it and take it 

home to give it another chance. In my defence, 

there are mono copies, stereo copies, English 

ones, American ones, ones with different 

track listings and ones with different covers. 

I found the ones you thought you had lost, and 

a fair few I had forgotten I had. It was great 

reacquainting with Look Sharp by Joe Jackson 

and a Tonic for The Troops by The Boomtown 

Rats, but I was still sat on my backside and also 

annoying the neighbours as I can never listen to 

music quietly. 

My attentions then turned to footy 

programmes, books, pictures and general 

rubbish accumulated over a lifetime. I was like 

Howard Carter breaking the seal on an Egyptian 

R Limited numbers of fans return for the Burnley game 

tomb as I opened a cardboard box I hadn’t seen 

for years and found my 1961 FA Cup semi-final 

replay programme with ticket and my 1948 Isle 

of Man Sheffield derby with tickets too, but after 

a week, even my patience was being tried. At 

this time, of course, football had ground to a 

halt, so we were all in the same boat. 

Now back to the walking. My youngest son 

and my best mate, who was furloughed and 

destined to lose his job at John Lewis, also 

needed to do something for their own sanity, 

so we became a modern-day version of Last 

“To get a few fans in for the final game felt 

so good, and it was incredible just what a 

difference those inside our famous home had. 

A wonderful experience and one that finally 

made you think that you could see some 

floodlights at the end of a very long tunnel” 

of the Summer Wine. Three Blades wondering 

around the Steel City, rediscovering just how 

beautiful it is in every way, and talking mostly 

about United, how much we missed football 

and normality in general, but without trying to 

make tanks out of upturned baths with pram 

wheels and a plastic pipe for a periscope! At 

first, we thought we had achieved something 

major when we did five miles, then it became 

six, seven, 10 and eventually 15! 

The season eventually returned with the 

games having to be played behind closed 

doors and without the game’s most valuable 

asset - the fans - and also the large majority 

of staff. I had worked virtually every home 

game for nearly 23 years and also been at 

pretty much every away game as well, but the 

numbers allowed by regulation in the ground 

meant that any staff present had to have a role 

that was specific to either the ground regs or 

Covid protocol. As much as I wanted to be 

there and play a part, and despite trying hard 

to fit there, I knew I was pretty much shot. 

For the first games we were away on holiday, 

but the rest were watched in the same way 


UTB 37 

as everyone else - on TV and from home. 

As much as I understood and accepted the 

situation, I mean, there was no argument, I still 

found it difficult. I wasn’t on my own - far from 

it. There are fans whose life revolves solely 

around the fixture list, it’s their world, it’s their 

husband and wife. 

Out walking, we bumped into so many Blades 

I knew all doing the same as us. There were, 

of course, glimmers of hope when it looked as 

though there would be a chance of a return as 

the new season began, that fans would be in 

the stadiums for the Christmas games and also 

the realisation that, if this was the case, then the 

majority of staff would be needed, but that was 

also a false dawn. 

It was like an out of body experience 

watching us on the box. You could see that, 

without the roar of the Kop and the very life 

force that our fans put out to those in the shirt 

out on the pitch, that we were missing a vital 

part of what makes this club just what it is. 

The fans here are the very oxygen of what we 

are, and without them we just can’t breathe, 

yet I suppose every club would say exactly 

the same, I just think that with some, it’s even 

more important. 

Eventually, I was required to come in and 

work from the Newcastle game at the turn of 

this year. If I said I was emotional, then that 

would be an understatement, but it became 

very obvious very quickly that this wasn’t to 

be the football that I know and love. Only 

allowed on site an hour before, and only after 

completing a health questionnaire and giving 

a temperature test, it was sanitised football 

in more ways than one. I worked John Street 

but couldn’t walk through the ground as it 

touched on red zone areas, having instead to 

circle the perimeter and go in through the John 

St reception. No one around the ground, no 

hustle, no bustle, no burger vans, programme 

sellers, no people, no life really. Just a husk, dry 

and deathly quiet. 

It was a privilege in one way to be involved, 

but a burden in many other ways as it just 

R Fans return in full for the home game 

against Birmingham City 

wasn’t the same without the people who make 

the game what it is. It’s really that simple. 

To get a few fans in for the final game felt 

so good, and it was incredible just what a 

difference those inside our famous home had. A 

wonderful experience and one that finally made 

you think that you could see some floodlights 

at the end of a very long tunnel. Roll on to the 

game against Birmingham a short while ago, 

and you truly saw what had been missing - the 

noise, the light and the life that shook the old 

stadium once more to its very foundations. 

The family had come home at last, and it was a 

party that we won’t ever forget. Okay, we didn’t 

get the result, but that will come. Covid did 

more damage to the Lane and its fabric than 

even the Luftwaffe managed in the war, let’s 

hope it doesn’t take as long this time for the 

club to recover. 

It’s been a hard road. I’m still walking when 

I get chance and now, I suspect that I always 

will. It kept me sane when my life and one of my 

big loves were out of reach to me for reasons 

beyond our control. It’s been a time when I have 

realised truly how important those close to me 

really are, but also just how much the Sheffield 

United family means to me as well. Time to 

reappraise and adjust. 

Welcome home, you have been 

sorely missed! 


38 UTB 

Junior 

BLADES 

NAME THE GROUND 

Can you name the club who plays at the stadium pictured below? 

STAT 

ATTACK 

Can you guess which 

current Blade holds 

this particular stat? 

NAME THE BADGE 

Can you name this Championship club’s 

badge which is outlined below? 

ANSWERS: Guess the Blade – Jayden Bogle, Name the badge – Blackburn Rovers, Stat 

Attack – John Egan, Name the ground – Bloomfield Road, Blackpool, Spot the difference – 1. 

Colour of Luke Freeman’s boots, 2. Number on Freeman’s shorts, 3. Sponsor missing on 

Doncaster player’s shirt, 4. Ball missing, 5. Stripes missing at the top of Freeman’s sock. 

GUESS THE 

BLADE 

Can you name this 

current hidden Blade? 


UTB 39 

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE 

Can you find the five differences from this image of the recent friendly against Doncaster Rovers? 


40 UTB 

MATCHDAY 

Activities 

JON HELLIWELL, United’s fan engagement 

lead, keeps the supporters informed… 

× HOME DEBUT SCHEME 

Sheffield United would like to give a warm welcome to today’s home debutants who are all visiting 

Beautiful Downtown Bramall Lane for the very first time. Today’s first-time visitors are: 

× Oscar 

× Billy 

× Harry 

× Caleb 

× Kobe 

We hope you all enjoy your first day at Bramall Lane. 

× DISABLED SUPPORTERS LOUNGE 

Sheffield United are once again pleased to 

announce that the Sheffield United Disabled 

Supporters Lounge will be available for 

disabled supporters for the 2021/22 season. 

The lounge is completely free of charge and 

all you need to do to attend is simply turn up on 

the day! The lounge is located on John Street 

level two and can be accessed through the 

John Street executive entrance. It is available 

from 1pm until kick-off, and is available on a first 

come, first served basis. 

× CONTACT 

For further information regarding any of our matchday and non-matchday initiatives, you 

can follow us @SUFCServices on twitter or visit our website at www.sufc.co.uk/fans. 

Alternatively, you can contact our fan engagement lead & disability liaison officer, Jon 

Helliwell, at jon.helliwell@sufc.co.uk 


UTB 41 

× SHEFFIELD SPORTS COMMENTARIES 

Here at Sheffield United we’re thrilled to 

continue to work with our friends at Sheffield 

Sports Commentaries where, for over 70 

years, they have provided free matchday 

commentary to Blades fans who are blind or 

partially sighted, to enable them to enjoy the 

matchday experience amongst their fellow 

supporters. 

In recent years, and in keeping with other 

clubs, Sheffield Sports Commentaries have 

also welcomed listeners in the ground who 

may have other disabilities such as Autism, 

where silencing lots of noise and having one 

voice speaking to them enables their matchday 

experience to be more enjoyable. 

As a charity, Sheffield Sports Commentaries 

provide all equipment required for supporters to 

utilise this service and aim to be the supporters’ 

eyes and assist them in knowing what else may 

be happening on the touchline, something that 

can come naturally for fully sighted fans. 

To book out a free headset, please contact 

our disability liaison officer, Jon Helliwell, using 

the details left. 

× AUTISM HOUR IN THE BLADES SUPERSTORE 

Here at Sheffield United, we understand 

the importance of making Bramall Lane as 

inclusive and accessible as possible for both 

children and adults living with a disability. 

To support this vision, we recently launched 

Autism Hour in the Blades Superstore, and 

this now takes place every Wednesday 

from 4pm - 5pm. 

Autism Hour will not only support autistic 

people but also those with other hidden 

disabilities, including dementia and Alzheimer’s. 

Our aim is to be an inclusive football club, 

supporting all those visiting Bramall Lane with a 

variety of physical and hidden disabilities. 

What to expect in-store: 

× A reduced in-store capacity 

× The dimming of in-store lighting, LED boards 

and TV screens 

× A reduction of noise (less tills in operation, 

no music, less printing machines running, 

and air conditioning units switched off 

where applicable) 

× A reduction of staff on the shop floor but 

additional staff available onsite to assist 

where and when required 

× All doors will remain open to ease access 

upon entry to and exit from the superstore 

where applicable 


UTB 43 

1 

WELCOME BACK 

Our regular Holiday Snaps page will return shortly but in its place for this edition of UTB 

is a very special spread covering the full return of fans for the season opener against 

Birmingham, through the eyes of our sports photography agency Sportimage... 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

1. Fans entering the turnstiles for The Kop; 2. View from the back of the Kop as fans start to trickle in 

before kick-off; 3. An emotional return for one supporter here; 4. A very happy Blackpool Blade; 5. View 

from the bottom of The Kop; 6. A first look at the Lane in 17 months here for one supporter 

Snaps is set to return for future editions of UTB. Would you like to see your snap included? 

Send your image, complete with a few words of description to matthew.young@sufc.co.uk 


44 UTB 

FIRST LAST 

This season PAUL HOLLAND picks out a Blade with 

a connection to our opponents looking back on their 

first and last outing for the red and white wizards... 

Chris Lucketti had 

already enjoyed a 

long-established 

career before joining the 

Blades in early March 2006, 

signing at the age of 34, 

initially on loan, from Preston. 

Before United, he had spent 17 

years with Rochdale, 

Stockport, Halifax, Bury and 

Huddersfield. He served just 

over two years at Bramall 

Lane, making 17 appearances 

(+ four as a sub), and scored 

one goal in a League Cup 

victory at MK Dons in August 

2007. He spent a month on 

loan at Southampton towards 

the end of the 2007-08 

campaign, and ended his 

career back at Huddersfield 

Town, where he played a total 

of 92 times for the Terriers, 

scoring twice. 

Following his retirement 

from playing, he became a 

coach at Fleetwood Town 

(where he twice took charge 

as a caretaker), Scunthorpe 

United, manager of Bury, as 

well as a coach at Salford 

City. He is currently assistant 

to Graham Alexander at 

Scottish Premier League side 

Motherwell. 

First Game... 

Chris Lucket ti 

18.04.2006 vs Leeds United (1-1) 

Promotion to the Premier League had already been sealed 

three days before Lucketti made his Blades debut six weeks 

after signing. Having previously worked with then manager 

Neil Warnock at Bury, the veteran was brought in as cover due 

to Leigh Bromby being ruled out for several months through 

injury. However, his debut was 

overshadowed by Warnock’s 

dismissal from the dugout 

following Gary Kelly’s rash 

tackle on Craig Short late on. 

United had taken the lead 

through Eirik Bakke’s own 

goal on 10 minutes before 

David Healy levelled before 

the break. Lucketti put in a 

stellar performance on his 

debut and played in the 

remaining fixtures against 

Luton and Crystal Palace. 

Last Game... 

29.12.2007 vs Crystal Palace (0-1) 

The final game of 2007 ended in defeat and it would also prove 

to be Lucketti’s final game in a Blades shirt. It was a quiet match 

for the defender, who produced a characteristic steady display, 

his only blot arriving early when he conceded a free-kick on 

the edge of the area after eight minutes following a handball. 

He would join Southampton on loan in March before departing 

Bramall Lane. 


UTB 45 

HE SHOOTS, 

HE SCORES… 

Paul Devlin 

In every edition of this season’s UTB we go back into the Blades’ recent history to 

look over some of the greatest goals scored by those in red and white. This week, 

we remember a long-range strike netted against today’s opponents… 

Date: 17/10/00 Opposition: Huddersfield Town Competition: Nationwide League Division One Scoreline: 3-0 

× BACKGROUND… 

After a mixed start to the 

2000/01 season, United 

had really started to find top 

form by the time the season 

had moved into October. 

Neil Warnock’s side were 

unbeaten in five games, which 

included three wins, and prior 

to kick-off had climbed into 

eighth position after 10 games, 

with a game in hand on most 

of the teams around them. 

Meanwhile, Huddersfield had 

endured a wretched start to 

the season and the day before 

this Tuesday night trip to 

Bramall Lane had sacked boss 

Steve Bruce who had left the 

Blades for Town in June 1999. 

The Terriers were second 

bottom of the division with 

just one league win all season 

which was against bottom 

club Sheffield Wednesday. 

Lou Macari, part of Bruce’s 

backroom team at Bramall 

Lane, was now in caretaker 

charge of Huddersfield. 

× THE GOAL… 

Devlin had already showed 

his capabilities earlier in the 

season with a long-range 

rocket which helped United to 

a win over Blackburn. This was 

a different type of finish which 

underlined the winger’s talent. 

A throw on the right was taken 

by full-back Gus Uhlenbeek 

which was controlled by 

Devlin who then threaded 

a pass into David Kelly with 

his back to goal just inside 

the area. Devlin followed his 

pass and Kelly’s presence of 

mind saw the veteran striker 

lay the ball back into the 

path of the onrushing Devlin 

who speared a shot with the 

outside of his right foot into 

the corner beyond the dive of 

Nico Vaeson. 

× THE OUTCOME… 

United had taken the lead in 

this Yorkshire derby thanks 

to a free-flowing move which 

was started on half-way and 

finished when Michael Brown’s 

cross was headed in by Kelly. 

Devlin’s fine strike on 64 

minutes had made it 2-0 and 

the game was then wrapped 

up with 15 minutes remaining 

when Kelly bagged his second 

and United’s third. The result 

inched United to within three 

points of the top six whilst 

Huddersfield remained rooted 

within the bottom three. 


46 UTB 

SWAP 

SHOP 

There have been many player swap deals down the years at Bramall Lane with varying 

degrees of success. For each edition of UTB this season we take a look back on some of those 

transfers to delve further into the most famous exchange deals in United’s long history… 

RONNIE SIMPSON & £6,000 

to Sheffield United 

1958 

DEREK HAWKSWORTH 

to Huddersfield United 

× THE STORY… 

Ronnie Simpson had long been on 

United’s radar before his eventual arrival 

at Bramall Lane when Blades boss Joe 

Mercer reportedly tried to sign him from 

Huddersfield in 1957. Town’s boss at that 

time, a certain Bill Shankly, refused the 

bid of £10,000 insisting that Simpson 

was worth double the price United had 

offered. The deal was dead it seemed 

with United unwilling to budge on what 

was initially tabled. 

At the time of United’s initial interest, 

the two clubs were not so far apart in 

the old Second Division, but by the 

end of the 1957/58 season United had 

finished sixth and Huddersfield eight 

points further back in ninth. In late May 

1958 a deal appeared to be back on the 

table, but this time the fee was much 

less as Town sensed an opportunity 

to take United’s Derek Hawksworth 

as part of the deal. An agreement 

was reached that Hawksworth would 

join Town with the Terriers also 

receiving £6,000 with Simpson moving 

the other way. 

× THE PLAYERS… 

Born in Carlisle, Simpson had actually 

accompanied a friend to Huddersfield 

who had been invited for a trial but was 

Ronnie Simpson 


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in his career as an amateur in 1947. 

He would go on to make his name at 

Bradford City before Teddy Davison 

signed him for United in 1950 aged 23. 

Starting at outside left, he netted on 

his United debut and his performance 

instantly made him a favourite. 

For the next seven seasons he, 

alongside Alf Ringstead on the right, 

became one of the most devastating 

and dangerous pair of wingers in 

United’s history. The duo played 

a major role in United winning the 

Second Division Championship in 

1953, whilst Hawksworth’s form also 

saw him play for the FA against the 

Army in 1951 and England B against 

France in 1952. By the time of the 

move to Huddersfield he had made 

286 appearances, scoring 88 goals 

for the Blades. 

Derek Hawksworth 

offered a game himself and a place on 

the ground staff. He made his debut 

aged just 17 in 1951 when Huddersfield 

were in the top flight, but ultimately had 

to be patient for a regular spot in the 

side which didn’t really arrive until 1956. 

During his time with Town, he would 

make 118 appearances, showing his 

versatility by figuring in every frontline 

position except centre-forward. 

Hawksworth had started his career 

with Bradford Park Avenue but did 

actually sign for Huddersfield earlier 

× THE OUTCOME… 

When Simpson moved to Bramall Lane, 

he was 24, with many years ahead of 

him. Perhaps the same couldn’t be said 

of Hawksworth who was now in his 30s 

and seemingly on the final stretch of 

his career. In the end, that’s how things 

panned out for the pair. 

Hawksworth played over 50 games 

for Town in his two years with the 

club before joining Lincoln City in 

1960 and then Bradford again in 1961 

where his professional career ended. 

He would later run a newsagent in 

Bradford and passed away in March this 

year, aged 93. 

Simpson would play an important 

role as United earned promotion from 

the Second Division in 1961 and also 

reached the FA Cup semi-final in the 

same year. After six years, he lost his 

place and moved on to Carlisle in 1965, 

ending his career in Scotland with 

Queen of the South. He passed away 

in 2010, aged 76. His nephew, Paul 

Simpson, would later briefly play for the 

Blades on loan in 1996. 


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SECRETS OF THE MUSEUM 

Legends of the Lane curator JOHN GARRETT talks through some memorable 

artifacts currently residing in the museum at Bramall Lane... 

It’s amazing what survives in drawers 

and boxes over the years, isn’t it? 

This luggage tag is over 80 years old 

and made simply out of cardboard with a string 

to fasten it to the handle of a bag or trunk to 

make sure that it gets to its destination. We all 

do something similar in better times I suppose 

when we are flying out for our jollies. 

This simple tag is slightly different. It was 

fastened to the case of a member of what could 

be described as the ‘royal family’ of Blades for 

a very special day indeed. I have written many 

times about the fabulous Johnson family of 

Ecclesfield. WH signed for the Blades in 1896 

and won the League Championship in 1898, two 

FA Cups, played for England and the Football 

League and then went on to coach the club 

for many years. His son, Harry, is our all-time 

record goalscorer and mirrored his father in 

1925 by lifting the FA Cup for the Blades, whilst 

also playing for the Football League. Then there 

was youngest son, Tom, he was also a Blades 

player of some repute who was part of the 

team that clinched promotion back to Division 

One in 1939 and that topped the table until the 

outbreak of war. 

He also played in, what is to date, our last FA 

Cup final appearance against Arsenal on April 

25th, 1936. A few days earlier he had married 

the lovely Gwen with team-mate Jock Dodds 

as best man, before setting off to London by 

train the day before the game to check in at the 

Grand Hotel and destiny at the top of Wembley 

Way in front of just shy of 100,000 people. 

Incredible that this very label was attached to 

his luggage as he set off to the game. 

History books show that we lost 1-0 and 

Tom lost the chance to add another winning 

medal to the family hoard of gold. Sadly, he 

passed in the ‘80s, but I was lucky to know 

his wife, and spent many great afternoons up 

at the family home on The Wheel, the house 

where WH and his wife first lived when he 

was a player before building a bungalow up 

the road, and where the boys were both born. 

She could produce the most amazing artefacts 

from anywhere and was a mine of information 

on the amazing family she married into. She 

also smoked a fair few of my fags back then 

(she used to kick her granddaughter out when 

I was going round so she could have a crafty 

smoke as they all thought she had packed 

up!) and I was privileged to know someone 

who directly remembered some of the figures 

from our Victorian past who built the club 

we know today. 

Why did the tag survive? Well, I can tell you 

that pretty well everything survived with them. 

Telegrams to the team at Wembley, invitations 

to the game, newspapers - incredible. 

They also survived because Tom, like the rest 

of the family, was a proud Blade who knew just 

what it meant to have come from such stock and 

to have played such a part in the proud history 

of Sheffield United. 

You could call it a label of quality. 


50 UTB 

1981/82 

40th Anniversary 

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of United’s Fourth Division title winning season 

in 1981/82, UTB trawls through our programme archive to chart the memorable season 

through the eyes of the Blades matchday programme of the time. In this week’s 

edition, we cast a glance over the League Cup first leg edition of the programme 

as United welcomed York City for the second home game of the season... 

× NEWS AND VIEWS… 

The Blades Future Players Fund – a supporters 

group designed to raise money for club 

transfers – announced two more social events 

after successful events at the Sportsman Inn 

(Crosspool) and the Punch Bowl (Gleadless). 

There was confirmation that a new prize of 

the Blades Lottery would be a ‘motor car’. 

× IAN PORTERFIELD… 

Ian Porterfield began his notes by gently 

insisting that the season would stand or fall 

on what happened in the league, and whilst 

not dismissing the cup, it was clear where 

his priorities stood. He ended his notes by 

mentioning there were ‘still some irons in the 

fire’ as he looked to strengthen his squad. 


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× ACTION… 

Numerous pictures from the pre-season games 

against Doncaster, Grimsby and Chesterfield. 

× FOURTH DIVISION TALK ABOUT… 

This page started with a potted history 

of the career of new Blades signing Paul 

Richardson. The article charts his progress 

from Nottingham Forest, Chester and 

Stoke, suggesting his top-level experience 

would be a huge asset for United. 

× THE TEAMS… 

One change to the listed team as 

Trenton Wiggan started instead of Paul 

Richardson. United won 1-0 thanks 

to a Tony Kenworthy penalty. 


52 UTB 

HIGHS, LOWS 

& THE UNUSUAL 1996/97 

In each edition of UTB this season, DAVE BURKINSHAW looks back on a particular campaign 

to seek out the good, bad and the sometimes strange events from the season... 

Following the team’s strong end to the 

1995/96 season optimism was high 

amongst Blades fans for a sustained 

promotion challenge. To add to the upbeat 

mood, work on the newly constructed John 

Street Stand was almost completed, a further 

sign of the club’s progress under new owner, 

Mike McDonald. 

R Michael Vonk netted twice against Stoke 

× THE HIGHS… 

1. The emphatic 

4-0 win at 

Stoke City on 

19th October 

1996 was clear 

evidence that 

this United team 

were genuine 

contenders 

for automatic 

promotion. A 

fine all-round 

performance 

was achieved 

with two goals 

from centre back 

R Gareth Taylor scored twice in 

the 4-4 draw against Birmingham 

Michel Vonk and one each from Andy Walker 

and Gareth Taylor. Sadly, just over a month 

after the Stoke victory, Vonk suffered a severe 

cruciate ligament injury and missed the rest of 

the season. 

2. Bramall Lane witnessed one of the most 

topsy-turvy and entertaining games seen for 

a number of years on 24th August 1996 when 

the game with Birmingham City ended in an 

amazing 4-4 draw. The Blades trailed 2-0 

before rallying superbly with two goals apiece 

for Taylor and Walker which handed United a 

4-2 lead by the 72nd minute. City were not to 

be denied and two future Blades in Paul Devlin, 

with a penalty, and Jonathan Hunt scored to 

leave the game all square at full-time. 


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3. The Division One play-off semi-final win 

against Ipswich Town saw two of the tensest 

and hardest fought games the Blades had 

featured in for many years. The first leg at 

Bramall Lane had ended 1-1 and most experts 

felt that Town were now the clear favourites. 

However, the Blades battled against all the 

odds to draw 2-2 after extra time to win the tie 

on away goals. During those tense 120 minutes 

they had to manage an injury to goalkeeper 

Alan Kelly and the sending off of midfielder Nick 

Henry. Goals from Peter Katchouro and Walker 

saw the Blades reach the Wembley final. 

× THE LOWS... 

1. One of the teams challenging with the Blades 

for automatic promotion were South Yorkshire 

neighbours Barnsley, managed by future United 

boss Danny Wilson. The Tykes achieved the 

double over the Blades, key results which saw 

them win automatic promotion and condemn 

United to the play-offs. Barnsley won 1-0 at the 

Lane and 2-0 at Oakwell. 

2. The team’s early exits from both the FA 

Cup and Coca-Cola League Cup were very 

disappointing. The FA Cup saw United lose 1-0 

in the third round at Norwich City and give a 

limp performance. The manner of their exit from 

League Cup shocked most Blades fans. Playing 

Division Two Stockport County over two legs 

in round two, United lost the away leg 2-1 and 

were expected to overturn this deficit at the 

Lane. Instead, a crowd of 6,850 saw County 

romp to a 5-2 

win and a 7-3 

aggregate 

triumph. 

3. The season’s 

finale, the 

Division One 

play-off final at 

Wembley saw 

the team suffer 

a devastating 

last minute 

1-0 defeat to 

Crystal Palace. 

R Jan Aage Fjortoft in action 

against Palace in the play-off final 

In a tense and dull game extra time seemed 

certain until Palace’s David Hopkin scored a 

spectacular last-minute winner. United had 

looked tired and laboured throughout the game 

with no cutting edge. Nevertheless, the manner 

of the defeat was cruel. 

× THE UNUSUAL... 

1. The Blades’ Norwegian international 

defender Roger Nilsen had an eventful few 

weeks in the middle of the season. Firstly, he 

had to withdraw from a United game prior to 

kick off after being injured in the warm up and 

then in the home game against Norwich City 

he went in goal for the last 21 minutes when 

regular ‘keeper Alan Kelly was injured. Sadly, 

for Roger he conceded two goals meaning City 

won 3-2. 

2. Defender David Holdsworth, who signed 

for the club in October, joined the ranks of 

United players who have scored for and against 

the Blades in the same match. For David this 

occurred in the 2-1 away defeat at Swindon 

Town on 1st February 1997. First, he had the 

misfortune to put Town 2-0 up in the 70th 

minute with his own goal. He then scored at the 

right end minutes later to reduce the deficit. 

3. New striker Jan-Aage Fjortoft signed at the 

end of January 1997 and had a tremendous 

impact on the team scoring 10 goals in 17 

league appearances, as well as scoring the 

Blades’ goal in the play-off semi-final first leg. 

Sadly, another new signing midfielder John 

Ebbrell had much less of an impact playing only 

45 minutes at home to Reading and then never 

again appearing for the Blades due to serious 

injury problems. 

× SEASON’S VERDICT... 

After the weight of expectation, the season’s 

ending was one of crushing disappointment. 

With heavy investment yet again in the first 

team squad it was expected that promotion 

would be achieved. The manner of the defeat 

in the play-off final was a sickener especially 

against a Crystal Palace team the Blades had 

beaten twice in the league. 


54 UTB 

FORMER PLAYER 

FROM BRITISH 

STEEL TO THE 

FIRST DIVISION 

UTB recently caught up with former Blade and Huddersfield fullback 

TOM COWAN who discusses his career which included 

a steep rise from some very humble beginnings… 

Some say first impressions can 

make or break a decision. Well, 

in the case of Tom Cowan 

following any instinct from his first look 

at Bramall Lane may well have denied 

him a place in one of United’s most 

successful sides. 

When the likeable Scot received the 

call to go and speak to Blades boss 

Dave Bassett regarding a potential 

move back in the summer of 1991, his 

first viewing of Bramall Lane would have 

been a far cry from what he was used to. 

Leaving a big club like Rangers 

and a stadium the size of Ibrox, Tom 

knew it would take some beating. He 

would eventually see his expectations 

matched in S2, but he revealed his 

first glimpse of Bramall Lane didn’t 

immediately show a path to some 

memorable days ahead. 

“I do remember when I first went to 

Bramall Lane to discuss the move,” 

Tom told UTB. 

“I arrived at the ground and parked 

behind the old John Street Stand. It is 

fair to say that this particular area of 

Bramall Lane was showing its age a little, 

so my first impression was the place was 

a bit of a hole! I was already thinking 

that this might not go so well, but then 

I was told to go to the other side of the 

stadium for the main entrance and that 

changed everything. 

“Once I found the main car park and 

saw the frontage of the South Stand, 

I quickly realised there was much more 

to Bramall Lane! 


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TOM 

COWAN 


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FORMER PLAYER 

“When I went inside and spoke to 

Harry (Dave Bassett) I fell in love with the 

place. I’ve loved coming back to Bramall 

Lane ever since, it’s certainly moved on 

from my first viewing!” 

Tom’s move to United, then a First 

Division outfit, was a steep climb from 

humble beginnings. The left-back 

started his career playing for Clyde, but 

had no immediate thoughts about a fulltime 

career in the game. 

Working on an apprenticeship with 

British Steel, football was a nice addition 

to his working week, but his thought 

process began to change when the 

likes of Coventry City, Nottingham 

Forest, Tottenham Hotspur and Glasgow 

Rangers started to show a keen interest 

in his talents. 

It was sitting in Brian Clough’s 

house where he realised a career in 

the game was a possibility, but an 

opportunity to work with a European 

Cup winner did not tempt Tom initially to 

move to England. 

“Coventry had shown an interest in me 

when I was at Clyde, but nothing came 

of it,” explained Tom, who was playing in 

the second tier of Scottish football. 

“To be honest, I never really thought 

anything of it because at the time I was 

doing an apprenticeship with British 

Steel, and I wasn’t really thinking of 

changing careers at that time. 

“Nottingham Forest came in 

for me and then it was a totally 

different ball game. 

“I went to Brian Clough’s house which 

was quite memorable. I caught a flight 

down from Glasgow to East Midlands 

with a lad called Martin Clark who was 

also at Clyde. Ronnie Fenton (Clough’s 

assistant) met us at the airport but 

instead of going to the ground we had 

to go to the manager’s house because 

it was raining so he wanted to stay at 

home, that was a little strange! We went 

and Martin signed, and they agreed to 

let me think about it. 

“When I went home there was a scout 

there waiting for me from Tottenham and 

he had Terry Venables on the phone. He 

told me he wanted me, and he knew I’d 

been to speak to Forest. He told me, ‘I 

can tell you now, Brian will put you in the 

reserves but if you sign for me, you’ll go 

straight into our first team.’ I was blown 

away but had to make a decision there 

and then, but I just didn’t think I could 

move to London at the age I was then. 

“When Rangers came in, I knew that 

was the club for me. I was brought up 

S Injury would 

eventually rule 

him out of the 

FA Cup semifinal 

in 1993 


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R Tom started 

his career with 

Clyde before 

joining United 

via Rangers 

on that side of the divide, so I signed for 

them. I was straight into the first team 

dressing room with the likes of Terry 

Butcher, Ray Wilkins, Trevor Steven and 

Chris Woods - it was a big jump to say 

I was working at British Steel. I was soon 

pretty comfortable in the environment 

though; it was a great experience.” 

Tom’s time at Rangers coincided with 

three Scottish Premier League titles, a 

Scottish Cup and a Scottish League Cup 

success, but the defender was restricted 

to just a handful of appearances in his 

three seasons at Ibrox. 

Now in his early 20s, the time was 

right to test himself in England, but after 

agreeing to sign for the Blades he would 

endure a tough start as United began 

the 1991-92 campaign stuck in first gear. 

It would take a confidence boosting 

success against Forest followed by a 

Steel City derby win over Wednesday 

to kick-start the campaign, with Tom 

playing in both crucial games. 

“I instantly loved it at United,” 

confirmed the Bellshill-born ace. 

“When I signed Vinnie Jones was 

still the captain. We would sign Kevin 

Gage, and we had some good players 

like Brian Deane, Glyn Hodges, John 

Gannon etc. Instantly, I realised what 

a great team spirit there was, and 

everyone got along. 

“It was difficult at the start. For some 

reason, it always seemed to click into 

place when we played Nottingham 

Forest. We had a great result against 

them and then we really kicked 

on from there. 

“We also beat Wednesday and 

I played in that one. It was something 

like the first time we had met in the top 

flight for 27 years. I’ve actually watched 

the game back recently and it wasn’t the 

best game in the world, but it doesn’t 

matter, does it? It’s the result that 

counts. It was good to play in that one. 

The atmosphere was brilliant, similar to 

Rangers vs Celtic but not quite as toxic! 

It was great to play in.” 

United really clicked into gear during 

January and February eventually 

finishing in ninth, something that was 

only equalled in 2020, nearly 30 

years later. 

Tom looks back on his opening 

season, where he made 24 appearances 

in all competitions, with great pride, 

noting the magnitude of what was 

achieved despite such a sluggish start. 

“Where we actually finished the 

season, in ninth, it was a tremendous 

achievement,” said Tom who was 

competing mainly with David Barnes for 

the left-back slot. 


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“We knew we weren’t the best team in 

the league, but we worked our socks off. 

I think everyone was proud of the finish. 

“I think that the spirit was the main 

reason why we did so well. We had 

talented players, but we weren’t as 

good as half of the teams in that league, 

it was the togetherness which set us 

apart as a team.” 

Tom played a major role again in the 

following season, starring as United 

defeated Manchester United in the 

FA Cup as Bassett guided his side to 

the semi-finals. The end of the cup 

adventure would prove to be a sore 

point for Tom who missed the semifinal 

against Wednesday after picking 

up an injury. 

“We had some great results in that 

season. I played in the cup win over 

Manchester United, that was a terrific 

day,” said Tom, who played 53 games 

in all competitions during his time at 

Bramall Lane. 

“I remember that game really well and 

I still have a picture of that game on the 

wall in my house. The image is of me 

taking a shot on the volley from outside 

the area. I knew where the ball went but 

when anyone asks when they see it, 

I just tell them it was a great save, even 

though it went miles over the bar! 

“We made it all the way to the semifinals, 

but I missed the game which was 

really disappointing. We played Crystal 

Palace 10 days before the semi, and 

I just remember tweaking my hamstring 

– nothing serious. We then had a 

mid-week game against Coventry, and 

I played. I also knew then we had seven 

days off before the big game to get right. 

I remember chasing big Micky Quinn; 

I slid in and won the ball but as I did, I felt 

my hamstring rip at the same time. I was 

out for six weeks, and I was devastated 

to miss the game.” 

The arrival of Roger Nilsen for the 

start of the following season would 

signal the end for Tom’s United career, 

and he took the option of loan switches 

to both Stoke and Huddersfield. He 

would then make a move to the latter 

on a permanent basis, and whilst he 

may have had reservations regarding 

dropping down the pyramid, the move 

to West Yorkshire gave his career a 

shot in the arm. 

“Roger Nilsen signed, and I knew 

I wasn’t really in the plans, so I wanted to 

get out and play,” said Tom, who would 

go on to play for future Blades boss Neil 

Warnock at Huddersfield. 

“It was strange, I was playing pretty 

regularly in the Premier League and 

ended up dropping down to the third 

tier, so initially that was a bit of a blow. It 

turned into a good move though, we got 

promoted with Huddersfield right away 

and I had a great time there.” 

Fast forward to March 1997 and Tom 

would come back to haunt his former 

employers. After earning promotion 

to the second tier in 1995, he won the 

Terriers’ Player of the Year award in 1996 

after an impressive eighth placed finish. 

S He would 

enjoy covering 

the Blades 

for the Press 

Association for 

many years 


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R Tom signed 

for United 

in 1991 

By 1997 though, Huddersfield were 

struggling near the bottom when United 

visited the McAlpine Stadium in March. 

With the Blades, now under Howard 

Kendall, sat third just two points off 

automatic promotion with six games 

remaining, any potential surge into the 

top two was about to be halted by one 

of the unlikeliest of sources. 

Paul Dalton had given Town the 

lead before Lee Sinnott’s own goal 

levelled the contest. Two minutes later 

it was Tom’s header which restored 

the advantage and Huddersfield hung 

on for the points as United’s automatic 

promotion charge crumbled. 

“We were struggling that year and 

United were doing well,” recalls Tom, 

who never scored during his time 

with the Blades. 

“It was the first time I’d faced United 

since I’d left but I didn’t think too much 

about it in the build-up. I was perhaps a 

little nervous before the game, but I do 

remember the corner which resulted in 

the goal. It was swung in from the right 

side and I got up well. I was marked by 

David White at the time, but I managed 

to get above him and got a good 

connection and it went in. 

“I loved United, but I had a job to do 

for Huddersfield and I was pleased with 

the goal, I still have a picture of it.” 

Tom picked up another Player of the 

Year award in 1997 but a serious knee 

injury effectively ended his spell with 

Huddersfield with Rob Edwards taking 

the left-back slot in his absence. 

He would go on to have spells with 

the likes of Burnley, Cambridge and 

Carlisle amongst others before joining 

Gretna to work in their community 

department. After leaving the Scottish 

side when they ran into financial trouble, 

he returned to Sheffield to join the 

fire service. 

“I came back to Sheffield, playing nonleague, 

and had a job reading meters for 

a while and then I managed to get into 

the fire service,” Tom, now 51, revealed. 

“It was something I was interested in 

when I initially moved here in 1991 and 

my neighbour Glyn was a firefighter and 

he really enjoyed it. It’s something I’ve 

also really enjoyed doing too.” 

He’s kept a keen eye on the Blades, 

also working in the media covering 

United games for the Press Association, 

and will take a keen interest today as 

two of his former sides meet. 

“I’m really hopeful United can 

make it straight back up this year,” 

concluded Tom. 

“I think if Huddersfield can build and 

move themselves into some mid-table 

stability, then that will be a good season 

for them. They’ve made a lot of signings, 

so that bodes well. United have 

managed to keep most of the squad 

together so that should stand them in 

good stead. Fingers crossed for a good 

season for both.” 


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INSIDE LANE 

Bulletin Board 

BLADES FAN NICOLA PACKING A PUNCH 

Boxer and Blade Nicola ‘Hurricane’ Hopewell is targeting 

a European title next month after recently maintaining her 

unbeaten streak with another stunning performance. 

The Worksop fighter won her fourth professional bout after 

stopping Spanish National Champion 

Ivette Garcia in round six, and is now 

set to fight for the World Boxing League 

(WBL) European Super Flyweight title in 

Brighton on September 4th. 

“On the 4th September my first main 

target is to win the WBL European 

super flyweight title,” Nicola said. 

“I have another fight in October 

and, fingers crossed if all goes well, 

I will be able to box for the interim 

WIBA world title in December.” 

After a strong amateur career, 

Nicola has relished the prospect 

of rising up the pro ranks as she 

continues to go from strength-tostrength 

“I had 32 amateur fights and 

I boxed all the best people, including 

GB squad members,” she added. 

“But then I found I was boxing the 

same people over and over again as 

the pool was not massive. By 2019 we 

already had one lad from the gym turn 

pro – he was the first – and my coach 

Chris Boyle suggested to me I could 

go pro. I didn’t take much persuading. 

“I didn’t expect to start my pro career so 

well. I have always been known in the amateurs for throwing 

fast flurries in phases, but I was never known for my power. It 

just showed how much work I have done on my strength.” 

Nicola, a big Blades fan, recently visited Bramall Lane to 

ensure she’ll be showing off her allegiance to United at her 

next fight. Good luck Nicola, and make sure you keep proudly 

flying the Blades flag! 

DOORDEALS 

CONFIRMED 

AS BACK OF 

SHIRT SPONSOR 

National retailer 

Doordeals recently 

renewed their partnership 

as back-of-shirt sponsors 

with the Blades. 

Their brand and logo 

are now appearing on 

the back of the club’s 

2021/22 men’s and 

women’s playing kit for 

competitive games as well 

as supporter replica shirts. 

Steve Naylor, 

Doordeals managing 

director, said: “As a 

previous club sponsor 

we have thoroughly 

enjoyed working 

with Sheffield United 

and their commercial 

department, interacting 

with other businesses, the 

supporters and of course 

following the Blades home 

and away. Our links with 

the club over multiple 

years have undoubtedly 

helped in raising our 

profile both locally and 

nationally.” 

For details, visit www. 

doordeals.co.uk 


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Rhian Brewster 

PICTURES OF MY CAREER 

UTB looks back on some special images during the careers of United’s first team squad. 

This week it is the turn of RHIAN BREWSTER to look back on some career highlights... 

ENGLAND U17 5-2 SPAIN U17 

Date: 28/10/2017 

Division: FIFA U17 World Cup final 

Rhian says: “This was out in India where 

I won the golden boot for England as we 

won the U17 World Cup. It was a great 

tournament for me personally. I scored 

the goal against Spain in the final which 

got us back in the game, but I think 

I actually closed my eyes on the header! 

It was great to score, it was exciting 

times for me.” 

LIVERPOOL 2-0 TOTTENHAM 

Date: 01/06/2019 

Division: Champions League final 

Rhian says: “I was on the bench for 

this game but what a night it was for 

the club, and I also got a medal for 

being in the squad. The build-up to 

the game was amazing, and to just be 

part of the team and see how some 

of the lads prepared for a big game 

was a privilege. Being in the squad 

and being part of the celebrations 

and the parade was special.” 


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MK DONS 0-2 LIVERPOOL 

Date: 25/09/19 

Division: League Cup 

Rhian says: “This was my debut for Liverpool 

against MK Dons in the League Cup. 

I remember this being a really exciting day for 

me and my family. I played alongside some 

great names that night with the likes of James 

Milner, Adam Lallana and Joe Gomez. We 

had quite a few debuts as well, it was a great 

experience for me.” 

CARDIFF CITY 0-0 SWANSEA CITY 

Date: 12/01/2020 

Division: Sky Bet Championship 

Rhian says: “This was my debut for 

Swansea, playing in a big derby against 

Cardiff. That was a mad start to my time 

in Wales! The next week I played against 

Wigan and scored my first goal, so it was 

quite a whirlwind start to my time there.” 

UNITED 1-0 CARLISLE 

Date: 10/08/2021 

Division: League Cup 

Rhian says: “This is recent and obviously 

a moment I have waited for and one 

which I enjoyed, scoring my first goal 

for the Blades. I just remember having 

to change direction after I scored so 

I could celebrate with the fans! My family 

were also sat there so that was a nice 

moment. That’s one under my belt now, 

hopefully I can go on now and get plenty 

of goals in the league.” 


64 UTB 

BLADES IN THE COMMUNITY 

Sheffield United Community Foundation is a charity working in the areas of education and training, health and 

wellbeing and participation and inclusion. For more community news, follow us on social media @CommunitySUFC, 

visit www.sufc-community.com, email enquiries@sufc-community.co.uk or call 0114 253 7200 (OPTION 6)... 

ENDING FOREVER ISOLATION PARTNERSHIP 

WITH CADBURY, AVIVA AND HOME INSTEAD 

CADBURY AND AVIVA PARTNERSHIP 

Sheffield United Community 

Foundation would like to 

thank Cadbury and Aviva for 

their contributions towards 

funding our upcoming Ending 

Forever Isolation project. 

The project aims to support 

people aged 65 and over 

who have experienced 

loneliness and isolation, 

in which we aim to offer a 

safe space that allows the 

opportunity to meet new 

people, expand their support 

network, increase social skills 

and confidence and most 

importantly have fun and 

enjoy themselves. 

HOME INSTEAD PARTNERSHIP 

We are also excited to 

announce that Home Instead 

will be our delivery partner for 

the project. Home Instead is 

an award-winning community 

home care provider, 

supporting vulnerable adults 

to remain living independently 

in their own homes. 

Home Instead will support 

with the delivery and planning 

of the weekly session and use 

their expertise and outreach 

to identify those in the local 

community who would benefit 

from coming along. 

Megan Stancill, Home Instead 

Sheffield & Barnsley’s client 

services manager, said: “We 

are delighted to form this 

fantastic partnership with 

Sheffield United Community 

Foundation to work on such an 

invaluable community project. 


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“We endeavor to promote 

awareness around social 

isolation and bring groups 

of people together to form 

new lasting relationships and 

experiences.” 

Josh Blunkett, Sheffield 

United Community 

Foundation’s health 

coordinator, added: “It has 

been an extremely tough 18 

months for us all, which has 

really shone a light on how 

loneliness and periods of 

isolation can impact people. 

“Due to this, a lot of people 

in our community have lost the 

confidence to do everyday 

tasks that we all enjoy. Thanks 

to Cadbury and Aviva, we are 

able to launch Ending Forever 

Isolation to support those in the 

community that need it most. 

“We would also like to thank 

Home Instead, who we are 

pleased will be our delivery 

partner on the project, who will 

be providing a helping hand, 

friendly face and invaluable 

expertise in supporting 

people locally. We can’t wait to 

get started!” 

The project will run every 

Wednesday from 1pm-2.30pm 

from the Family Hub at Bramall 

Lane. Each week there will 

be different activities on offer 

such as film and book club, 

arts and crafts and chair-based 

exercise sessions. 

If you, or someone you may 

know, would be interested in 

coming along to our weekly 

session, please call Josh 

Blunkett on 07949 375726 

or email health@sufccommunity.co.uk. 

RECORD NUMBERS 

ON SUMMER CAMPS 

Our Summer Camps have hit record numbers and it’s not 

over yet. This summer we have nine football camps and one 

basketball camp running throughout the school holidays 

with over 500 young people attending in the first week. 

We currently have four mixed football camps at 

Handsworth Sporting Club, Leisure United Graves, Leisure 

United Westfield and Wisewood Sports Centre as well as 

girls only camps at Handsworth Sporting Club, LU Graves 

and LU Westfield. 

Premier League Kicks have 

also continued to deliver 

during the school holidays 

thanks to funding from the 

Premier League Charitable 

Fund and Sheffield City 

Council. We have two PL 

Kicks football camps at 

Springs Academy and UMIX 

and one PL Kicks basketball camp at EIS Sheffield. Early in 

August our young people took part in first aid workshops 

with Direct Action Training, providing participants with 

important skills which they can use if they need to 

administer first aid. 

Katie Glossop, senior manager at the Foundation, said: 

“It’s fantastic to see so many young people joining our 

camps this summer, and after a year of uncertainty for 

everyone it’s great to be able to help so many children play 

football, have fun and meet with their friends.” 

You can still book your child a place on our camps for the 

remainder of the summer. Go to www.officialsoccerschools. 

co.uk/sheffieldunited for all the details. 


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In Memoriam... 

Nick Tryon 

Gone too soon. Nick Tryon, lifelong Blade 

and member of the Disabled Supporters 

Club, sadly passed away this June due to 

cancer. His other family would like to thank 

all Nick’s SUFC family for their kind thoughts 

and wishes. It was heart-warming at such 

a difficult time to hear the outpouring of 

love and respect for him. Phrases like ‘once 

met never forgotten’ and he was a ‘special 

edition’ are some that have been repeated 

more than once. We were also touched by 

the warmth from the club itself and they 

couldn’t have done more to accommodate 

a last visit to the ground on the day of 

his funeral. Nick’s family live far and wide 

but Sheffield United will always have a 

special place in our hearts. Thank you all. 

Darren Hawley 

Darren passed away on Saturday 14th 

August and would have been 48 years 

old on 31/08/21. He was a lifelong 

Blade and season ticket holder in the 

John Street Stand. He will be sadly 

missed by all his friends and family. 

Raymond Haynes 

RIP Raymond Haynes. Sunrise 22nd 

September 1964, sunset 13th August 

2021. Gone but never forgotten. Love 

from all your friends and family. 

Kevin Hepplestone 

Kevin (Heppy) Hepplestone. True Blade 

to the end. Will be missed by all. RIP. 

Steven Joyce 

3rd July 1962 - 22nd July 2021 

In memory of a loving son, brother 

and uncle, we will miss you greatly. 

Rest In Peace 

R From the top: Nick Tryon with Chris Wilder; Nick 

also pictured with with Tony Currie; Darren Hawley; 

Raymond Hayes; Kevin Hepplestone; Steven Joyce 


68 UTB 

TRANSFER 

TRAIL 

In every edition of UTB this season, DAVE BURKINSHAW looks 

back on a significant transfer involving the Blades... 

BLADES BREAK THE NATIONAL TRANSFER RECORD AGAIN! 

Following the ending of WWI in 

November 1918 the regular 

Football League season 

restarted in 1919/20. An aging United 

team finished that season in a 

disappointing 14th place in the 

First Division. 

The following season, 1920/21, was 

even worse with relegation looking a 

strong possibility. United needed to 

revamp their team and 

looked to the transfer 

market to achieve this. As 

with many teams throughout 

the history of the game the 

rebuild was achieved with 

the sale of a star player. 

In this case United sold 

forward Stan Fazackerley, 

who had not recaptured the 

form he had shown pre-war. 

In fairness to United Stan 

had asked for a transfer. He 

was sold to Everton for £4K in 

November 1920 making him 

United’s record sale, and at 

the time, this was the highest fee paid by 

any professional club in the UK. 

As with some earlier transfer dealings 

where high fees had been paid, the FA 

were not happy with how the move had 

come about and they carried out an 

enquiry into the deal, especially the role 

Stan had played. 

R David Mercer scored all six against United 

in an abandoned game in 1919 


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United quickly re-invested the money 

they had received by purchasing two 

wingers to add more potency to their 

attack. In December 1920 they paid 

Scunthorpe United £1K for their leftwinger 

Fred Tunstall and then once 

again broke the UK transfer record with 

the purchase of Hull City right winger 

David Mercer. A fee of between £4.25K 

and £4.5K was paid for Mercer. 

Mercer had especially caught the 

eyes of United when in January 1919 he 

had played for Hull against the Blades 

in the war-time league competition. City 

were beating United 6-1 in that game 

when it had to be abandoned after 70 

minutes with Mercer having scored all 

six of City’s goals! 

R Fred 

Tunstall went 

on to play 437 

league games 

for United 

David was a fast and skilful player 

with excellent dribbling skills earning 

nicknames such as ‘twinkling feet’. 

He was also powerfully built and hard 

to knock off the ball. He was a good 

provider of chances and one of the 

beneficiaries of 

his talent was 

Tunstall on the 

other flank. 

David went 

on to play for 

England twice 

and also for the 

Football League 

representative 

team. Along 

with Tunstall he 

helped United 

avoid relegation 

at the end of the 

1920/21 season 

and then helped 

to maintain 

their First 

Division status. 

Both players 

subsequently 

helped United 

win the FA Cup 

in 1925 for the 

fourth and to 

date the last 

time. Although 

United had paid 

a record fee for Mercer it proved to 

be and good deal by the Blades. He 

played 223 league games and scored 

22 goals for the club in addition to the 

cup success. 

The Blades later signed his brother 

Arthur and the two Mercers played 

in same United team on a number 

of occasions. Whilst the Mercer deal 

proved to be a good one for United, 

Fred Tunstall was arguably an even 

better signing scoring 129 goals in 437 

league games and scoring the winning 

goal in the 1925 FA Cup final. 


70 UTB 

OPPOSITION 

PROFILE 

HUDDERSFIELD 

TOWN 


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INTRODUCTION... 

After flirting with relegation 

from the Championship last 

season, the challenge for 

Terriers head coach Carlos 

Corberan is to push for more 

in the months ahead. 

Spanish tactician Corberan 

has had a year to build his 

experience in the Huddersfield 

hot-seat and he is confident 

long-term that the building 

blocks are in place to ensure 

progress can be made. 

After only recently enjoying 

a two-year stint in the Premier 

League, there’s hope that, 

given time, Corberan can 

replicate some of the success 

he enjoyed in this league 

as part of Marcelo Bielsa’s 

coaching team at Leeds 

United, to help proper Town 

back to their recent glory days. 

Town showed their 

capabilities on their day last 

season by beating Premier 

League bound Watford and 

play-off finalists Swansea 

(twice) as Corberan looks for 

more consistency to take the 

club forward in 2021/22. 


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MANAGER... 

CARLOS CORBERAN 

After arriving at Huddersfield as something 

of an unknown quantity last summer, Carlos 

Corberan is now very much accustomed to life 

in English football. 

His first season in charge of Huddersfield 

was played out amid the global pandemic 

and in stadiums lacking the vital ingredient 

of supporters, so the Spanish tactician was 

relieved to have had time to work with his 

players ahead of this campaign as he looks to 

improve on last term’s 20th place finish. 

“It was a positive build-up to the season 

because we had enough time to continue 

developing the players that we want to 

develop, especially the time to do it in the right 

way,” he stated. 

“We focused a lot of work on progressing 

in the right way. Sometimes you aren’t always 

making the progression in the right direction, 

and you try very fast to get the right intensity 

in the team. Performing at this level means 

you’re at risk of injuries, but now I think that the 

pre-season has been fantastic in this balance 

between the performance we are looking for 

and the risk of long-term injury. 

“It’s important for the players to do a lot of 

work in their recovery sessions and in their 

minds. We didn’t miss any players during preseason, 

and so this has been very positive.” 

Corberan, 38, moved into coaching after his 

hopes of making it as a player came to an end 

when he failed to break into the Valencia first 

team set-up. 

Spells in charge of sides in the Cypriot league 

proceeded a stint as Leeds under-23 boss, 

where he developed a solid reputation as a 

tactician worthy of respect as he caught the eye 

of Leeds first team boss Marcelo Bielsa. 

The chance to take over as Huddersfield 

boss in July 2020 was too good to turn down 

and while last weekend’s 5-1 defeat at home 

against Fulham was a blow to Corberan’s hopes 

of getting this season off to a fast start, he is 

convinced he has a squad to deliver success 

this campaign. 

His ambitions in the opening weeks of this 

season have been affected by positive cases 

of Covid-19 in his camp and he missed the first 

game of the season himself as he was isolating, 

but he is keen to promote positivity despite 

some setbacks. 

“I have full confidence with the squad we 

have,” he continues, after a summer that saw 

him add a host of new faces to his playing pool, 

including the signing of striker Jordan Rhodes. 

“The players we have here are better able 

to solve situations like we saw against Fulham 

and what we need to do is understand the 

responsibility we have to take. 

“It is important to be a mature team, to 

understand how to react after you score a goal 

and concede a goal. This is about experience, 

and we will find a way to improve.” 


UTB 73 

Greatest Day 

CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF FINAL 

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 0 READING 0 

29th MAY 2017 *Huddersfield Town won 4-3 on penalties 

The golden era in Huddersfield Town’s history 

dates back to days when Herbert Chapman 

was their inspirational manager in the 1920s, 

yet the modern Terriers fan base will never 

forget a golden day at Wembley a little over 

four years ago. 

The prospect of Huddersfield taking their 

place in the Premier League seemed distant 

when David Wagner took over as the club’s 

manager in November 2015, yet the German 

took the club to the brink of the promised land 

at the end of his first full season at the helm. 

A win against Sheffield Wednesday in the 

Championship play-off semi-finals paved the 

way for a clash against Reading in the final, 

with the golden ticket to the richest league in 

world football decided by a dramatic penalty 

shoot-out. 

Christopher Schindler took the decisive spotkick 

as Huddersfield held their nerve in a game 

that had so much resting on it, with Wagner 

reflecting on the moment with real pride. 

“If someone told me we would secure our 

Championship status in my first season, get 

promoted and staying in the Premier League 

for two years - I would’ve told them to wake 

up from the dream, but it happened,” reflected 

Wagner, who left his role mid-way through the 

club’s second season in the top flight, which 

ultimately ended in relegation. 

“We had to change so many things to make 

dreams into reality and we had the incredible 

day at Wembley and then the first season in the 

Premier League was amazing. I will always be 

proud of what we achieved.” 

Beating Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United 

during their first season in the Premier League 

was another day to be stored in the memory 

banks for Huddersfield fans, with the Wagner 

days certain to retain a special place in the 

hearts of all Terriers supporters. 


74 UTB 

JONATHAN HOGG 

JOSH KOROMA 

JORDAN RHODES 

MD 

ST 

ST 

CAPTAIN... 

JONATHAN HOGG 

Born: 6th December 1988 

Former clubs: Aston Villa, Darlington 

(loan), Portsmouth (loan) Watford 

Hogg had Premier League 

experience from his days 

at Aston Villa, but made his 

name at Watford, making 84 

games for the Hornets before 

moving to Huddersfield in 

2013. Over the last eight 

seasons, he has been a 

key figure for the Terriers, 

clocking up an average of 

almost 34 games a season 

during his time at the club. 

GOAL GETTER... 

JOSH KOROMA 

Born: 8th November 1998 

Former clubs: Leyton Orient, 

Rotherham (loan) 

LAST TIME WE MET... 

This striker scored some 

important goals for 

Huddersfield last season as 

they staved off the threat 

of relegation. Koroma top 

scored with eight league 

goals last term, despite injury 

disrupting his campaign, and 

will be hoping to provide 

further cutting edge for 

Carlos Corberan’s side 

this season. 

WILDCARD... 

JORDAN RHODES 

Born: 5th February 1990 

Former clubs: Ipswich, Huddersfield, 

Blackburn, Middlesbrough, Sheffield 

Wednesday, Norwich (loan) 

Back for a second spell 

at Huddersfield, Scotland 

international Rhodes scored 

87 goals in 148 appearances 

during his first stint as a 

Terrier between 2009 and 

2013. He has been transferred 

for big fees in the years since, 

but was snapped up on a free 

transfer after his contract at 

Sheffield Wednesday expired 

this summer. 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 0 × HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 0 

League One play-off final, 26th May 2012 

A day Blades fans would rather forget, and 

Huddersfield followers remember fondly, with the 

Terriers coming out on top in a penalty shoot-out 

after the play-off final ended 0-0. A Sheffield United 

side led by manager Danny Wilson were finally 

beaten when ‘keeper Steve Simonsen missed 

the crucial spot-kick, sending Simon Grayson’s 

Huddersfield into the Championship. 


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HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 

IN NUMBERS... 

28 

36 

38 

43 

101 

159 

226 

574 

The most wins achieved by a Huddersfield side 

in a season, as they notched up 28 wins to claim 

promotion from the old Second Division in 1920. 

Jordan Rhodes holds the record for the most goals 

scored in a single season by a Huddersfield player, 

with his mark from the 2011/12 season tough to beat. 

Huddersfield have beaten Sheffield United 38 times 

in previous meetings, with the Blades coming out on 

top in this fixture on 26 occasions, with 35 draws. 

The longest unbeaten run in Huddersfield’s history, 

as they went 43 games unbeaten between 1 

January 2011 to 28 November 2011. 

Huddersfield broke the 100-goal barrier for a 

season as they topped the old Fourth Division in the 

1979-80 campaign. 

George Brown is Huddersfield’s all-time top 

goalscorer, as he played a key role in their golden 

era during the 1920s. 

Malcolm Brown set a fine record for consecutive 

appearances for Huddersfield in a Terriers career 

that started in 1977. 

Englishman Billy Smith appeared in more 

Huddersfield games than any other player in a 

career spanning between 1912 and 1934. 

All-Time Great 

Huddersfield are proud to have a player from England’s 1966 World Cupwinning 

side with such strong connections to their club, with full-back 

Ray Wilson, who passed away in 2018, playing 266 games for the Terriers 

before moving to Everton in 1964. On 30 July 2016, 50 years to the day 

since England lifted the World Cup, Wilson’s former club Huddersfield 

Town released its new second kit for the 2016/17 season in his honour, 

released with the tagline “Legends Are Rarely Made”. 


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Homegrown Heroes 

Football historian LEIGH EDWARDS profiles eight notable players 

who progressed through the ranks at Huddersfield Town... 

RAY WILSON 

KEVIN McHALE 

DENIS LAW 

BOB McNAB 

Left-back Ray Wilson 

gained the first 30 of 

his 63 England caps 

while at Huddersfield 

Town. A former 

amateur at Leeds 

Road, he turned 

professional in August 

1952 and was everpresent 

in 1958/59. 

He netted six goals in 

266 League games 

for Huddersfield 

before joining Everton 

for £35,000 plus 

Irish international 

centre-half Mick 

Meagan in July 1964. 

Helping to win the FA 

Cup shortly before 

starring in England’s 

1966 World Cup final 

triumph, he was an 

FA Cup finalist again 

in 1968. He joined 

Oldham Athletic 

in July 1969, then 

was Bradford City’s 

player-coach. Later 

an undertaker, he 

died in Huddersfield 

in May 2018. 

England Youth 

winger Kevin McHale 

helped Huddersfield 

Town to reach the 

FA Cup fifth round 

in 1956/57. Given 

his League debut 

in Huddersfield’s 

3-0 win at home 

to Leyton Orient 

two months before 

turning professional 

in October 1956, he 

also featured as the 

Terriers reached the 

FA Cup fifth round 

again in 1963/64, 

then 1965/66 when 

they narrowly missed 

promotion. He netted 

60 goals in 345 

League games prior 

to joining Crewe in 

exchange for John 

Archer in January 

1968. Helping clinch 

promotion, he later 

featured in Chester’s 

1971/72 promotion 

near-miss. He worked 

for Huddersfield 

engineers 

David Brown. 

Scotland international 

Denis Law gained the 

first six of his 55 caps 

while at Huddersfield 

Town. He was the 

club’s youngest-ever 

League player at 

16 years 303 days 

against Notts County 

in December 1956 

and netted 16 goals 

in 81 Second Division 

games for the Terriers 

before being sold to 

Manchester City for 

£53,000 in March 

1960. Joining Torino 

for £100,000 in June 

1961, he moved to 

Manchester United 

for £110,000 in August 

1962 and scored in 

their 1963 FA Cup 

final triumph. He 

also starred in two 

League Championship 

triumphs before 

rejoining Manchester 

City in July 1973 

and later worked 

in the media. 

Left-back Bob McNab 

gained four England 

caps after leaving 

Huddersfield Town. 

Signing professional 

for hometown 

Huddersfield in 

April 1962, he was 

ever-present in their 

1965-66 promotion 

near-miss and 

made 68 League 

appearances before 

sold to Arsenal for 

£50,000 in October 

1966. He played in 

two consecutive 

League Cup finals, 

then helped the 

Gunners to win the 

Fairs Cup in 1970, the 

‘Double’ in 1970/71 

and was an FA Cup 

finalist again in 1972. 

He joined Wolves in 

July 1975 and returned 

from a spell with San 

Antonio to play for 

Barnet. Later coaching 

Vancouver Whitecaps, 

he has business 

interests in California. 


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Ray Wilson, 

Denis Law 

& Andy Booth 

TREVOR CHERRY 

FRANK WORTHINGTON 

GEOFF HUTT 

ANDY BOOTH 

Versatile central 

defender Trevor 

Cherry gained 27 

England caps after 

leaving Huddersfield 

Town. Signing 

professional at Leeds 

Road in July 1965, 

he was an important 

figure as Huddersfield 

reached the League 

Cup semi-finals in 

1967/68 and won 

the Second Division 

title in 1969/70. He 

netted 12 goals in 188 

League games for his 

hometown club before 

being sold to Leeds 

United for £100,000 in 

June 1972. Starring as 

they won the League 

Championship in 

1973/74, he joined 

Bradford City as 

player-manager in 

December 1982, then 

ran a promotions and 

hospitality company in 

Huddersfield. He died 

in April 2020. 

Striker Frank 

Worthington was 

capped eight times by 

England after leaving 

Huddersfield. From 

a footballing family, 

he starred as the 

Terriers were League 

Cup semi-finalists in 

1967/68 and Second 

Division champions in 

1969/70 and netted 

41 goals in 171 League 

games before being 

sold to Leicester for 

£100,000 in August 

1972. He reunited 

with Ian Greaves at 

Bolton in September 

1977 and helped 

to win the Second 

Division title in 

1977/78, then played 

for Birmingham, 

Leeds, Sunderland, 

Southampton, 

Brighton, Tranmere, 

Preston and 

Stockport. He 

later became a 

popular after-dinner 

speaker and died 

in March 2021. 

Left-back Geoff Hutt 

was ever-present in 

Huddersfield Town’s 

1969/70 Second 

Division title triumph. 

A former apprentice 

at Leeds Road, he 

turned professional 

in September 

1967 and made his 

League debut in 

Huddersfield’s 3-0 

defeat at Oxford 

United in February 

1969. He was everpresent 

again in 

1971/72, helping the 

Terriers to reach the 

FA Cup sixth round, 

netting four goals in 


prior to joining Dutch 

side Haarlem in June 

1976. Moving to York 

City in February 1977, 

then Halifax Town, he 

later worked in sales 

for Tibbett & Britten 

and became a driver 

for Clinton Cards, 

settling in Mirfield. 

England U-21 striker 

Andy Booth was top 

scorer in Huddersfield 

Town’s 1994-95 

promotion success. 

Signing professional 

for hometown 

Huddersfield in July 

1992, he played in the 

1994 Autoglass Trophy 

final and was leading 

marksman again in 

1995-96. He joined 

Sheffield Wednesday 

for £2,700,000 in July 

1996 and returned 

to Huddersfield for 

£200,000 in March 

2001. Starring as the 

Terriers qualified for 

the Second Division 

play-offs in 2001-02, 

he featured in their 

2003-04 play-off 

final success and 

netted 134 goals in 


overall before hanging 

up his boots in April 

2009. Now club 

ambassador. 


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80 UTB 

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with safeguarding procedures and to make sure that all young 

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responsible adult, aged 25 or above. A maximum of two juniors 

U16 may travel with a responsible adult. For more information 

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ADULT £40 £35 £31 

OVER 60 / DISABLED £32 £25 £23 

YA U22 / STUDENT £26 £21 £20 

UNDER 18 £21 £17 £14 


ADULT £37 £33 £29 

BRAMALL LANE 

OVER 60 / DISABLED £31 £26 £21 

UPPER AND 

YA U22 / STUDENT £25 £21 £18 

UPPER CORNER 

UNDER 18 £20 £16 £13 


£1 DISCOUNT FOR ADULT MEMBERSHIPS × £2 DISCOUNT FOR JUNIOR MEMBERS 

BLADES vs 

DERBY COUNTY 

Carabao Cup Round Two 

Tuesday 24th August 2021 

Kick-off 7.45pm 

Tickets are priced as follows: 

Adults: £15 

Seniors (60+): £10 

Young Adults (18-21) / 

Students: £10 

Juniors (U18): £5 

Tickets are on sale now. 

Please note only the John 

Street Family and South 

Stands are open for this game. 

Only one ticket per customer 

number is now permitted. 

Tickets can be purchased in 

person at the ticket office, over 

the telephone on 0114 253 

7200 (option 1) or securely 

online. A booking fee of £1 per 

ticket applies for orders placed 

online or over the telephone. 

Please note: Any tickets that 

are held in collection will 

require photographic ID on 

collection. Any tickets that are 

lost in the post and need to 

be re-printed will also require 

photographic ID on collection. 


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AGE CONCESSION 

TICKET CHECKS 

IN OPERATION 

Sheffield United would like 

to remind supporters that 

age concession checks will 

be in operation in advance 

of entry to Bramall Lane 

at EVERY fixture in the 

forthcoming months. 

The club is aware that 

previously adults have 

knowingly gained entry into 

the stadium by using the 

incorrect band of season 

ticket or match ticket and are 

therefore gaining admittance 

in a fraudulent manner. As a 

result, club stewards are now 

being instructed to check 

season cards and match 

tickets at turnstiles before fans 

will be allowed to proceed. 

The Blades will continue 

to take a belligerent stance 

regarding this issue and any 

supporters found attempting 

to gain entry using a ticket 

category which is not correct 

will have their match ticket or 

season card confiscated with 

no refunds issued and they 

will also be prevented from 

obtaining entry to the stadium 

for future games. 

Those in possession of 

an age-related concession 

ticket must have suitable ID 

with proof of age, for example 

a passport, birth certificate, 

driving license or other 

relevant documentation. 

At Bramall Lane, 

concessionary season tickets 

and match tickets may both 

be upgraded for individual 

games. These upgrades, 

where supporters simply pay 

the difference in advance of 

entering the stadium, can be 

done in person at the ticket 

office or over the phone by 

calling 0114 2537 200 then 

selection option 1. 

It should be noted that it 

is a criminal offence to try 

and enter the stadium on a 

concession ticket when the 

supporter is not within the 

stated age bracket. 

LUTON TOWN vs 

BLADES 

Sky Bet Championship 

Saturday 28th August 2021 

Kick-off 3pm 

For ticket information please 

visit tickets.sufc.co.uk 


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QUIZ 

1 What year did United last play Huddersfield in the second tier of English football? 

 

2 Name the United defender who scored the winner the last time United beat 

Huddersfield back in February 2012? 

 

3 Name the former Blades ‘keeper who played against United in Huddersfield’s 3-0 

victory at Bramall Lane back in September 2011? 

 

4 Who was his opposite number in the above game in the Blades goal? 

 

5 Name the Sheffield-born winger who played for Leeds and 

Newcastle in the ‘80s and ‘90s and also had a spell with 

Huddersfield between 1999 and 2001, and later coach in 

United’s Academy? 

 

6 Name the dogged midfielder who joined United on loan from Bury 

in 2001 playing in a Sheffield derby, who played over 100 times for 

Town between 1993 and 1997? 

 

7 Name the attacking full-back who scored his first United goal at 

Huddersfield in the 2-1 League Cup win back in August 2008? 

 

8 What decade did the two teams last play each other in English 

football’s top flight? 

 

9 Who is this defender who starred for both? 

 

10 Name this striker who played for both clubs. 

 

Quickfire Quiz... 

Can you answer these Blades and Huddersfield Town related quiz questions… 

Answers: 1. 2001, 2. Neill Collins, 3. Ian Bennett, 4. Steve Simonsen, 5. Scott Sellars, 6. Darren Bullock, 

7. Kyle Naughton, 8. 1970s (1971-72 season), 9. Chris Lucketti, 10. Martin Smith. 


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KIT SPONSORS 

Do you want to sponsor a player’s kit? Contact us at 0114 253 7200 (option 2) or email commercial@sufc.co.uk. 

A player kit sponsorship package is priced at £605 plus VAT per player and includes the following: 

• Match worn kit of your chosen player 

• Video message from 

your chosen player 

• Christmas card from your chosen player 

• Invitation to annual sponsor 

training event 

• Advertising on club website 

• Stadium big screen and within 

the matchday programme 

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FLECK 

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MRMK 

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HE Barnes 

Paul Key 

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BREWSTER 

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BERGE 

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Sheffield Sheffield 

Transmission Transmission 

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Paramedical 

First Aid 

Toby Salt 

MRMK 

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MOUSSET 

MOUSSET 

EGAN 

EGAN 

Fleming 

Pexton Ltd 

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Electrical 

Contractors 

Door 

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Available to 

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Paul Key 

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Electronics 

HE Barnes 

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BLADES BUSINESS 

Head of Commercial PAUL REEVES provides UTB with the latest corporate news. To discuss how you 

could benefit from our opportunities to develop your business, contact Paul on 07983 425066… 

Good afternoon and 

welcome to Bramall 

Lane for today’s fixture 

against Huddersfield Town. 

As always, we are delighted 

to be joined by our match 

sponsors and we are pleased 

to see a full complement with 

us today. 

Our main match sponsor is 

the official mobile telecoms 

supplier to the club, Blue 

Portal Telecom. As a local 

business they focus on 

reducing companies’ mobile 

phone bills year-on-year via on 

site consultation and account 

management. Combined with 

a first-rate customer service 

level, they can manage and 

assist all types of businesses 

in their mobile phone 

procurements. For more details 

visit www.blueportal.co.uk. 

Our programme sponsor 

today is S2S Group. They are 

a comprehensive ‘one stop 

solution’ for your secure IT 

asset recovery and recycling. 

S2S Group have built an 

enviable industry reputation 

for providing bespoke, costeffective 

solutions for all 

sectors. For more details visit 

www.s2s.uk.com 

Finally, our match ball 

sponsor is approvedfood. 

co.uk – a new sponsor to 

Bramall Lane. They offer 

the UK’s best selection of 

clearance food and drink at 

discount prices and specialise 

in surplus and short-dated 

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Looking back on the 

Birmingham game and we 

were delighted to welcome Dr 

Peter Fitzgerald, the founder 

and CEO of our new principal 

partner Randox Health. 

For over 35 years Randox 

has been quietly carrying 

out ground-breaking R&D, 

transforming the way patients 

are diagnosed and treated 

in over 145 countries. But it 

exploded on to the national 

stage in 2017, when it took 

on the sponsorship of one 

of the world’s most famous 

steeplechases, the Randox 

Health Grand National. They 

are quickly becoming a 

household brand that people 

are extremely familiar with 

through their rapid COVID 

travel tests. 

Visit randoxhealth.com to 

find out more and book an 

appointment or call 0800 

2545 130. 

To find out how your 

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from becoming a future 

match sponsor for our 

remaining fixtures, contact 

the commercial team via 

commercial@sufc.co.uk 

We hope that you all enjoy 

your afternoon with us. 

UTB! 

Paul Reeves 

Head of Commercial 

R From top: United are delighted to 

welcome Dr Peter Fitzgerald from 

Randox Health ;Sponsors from our 

recent game against Birmingham City 


86 UTB 

1 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 

Venue: Bramall Lane × Att: 6,778 (Brewster 24’) 

MATCH ACTION 

69POSSESSION 

16SHOTS 

4 ON TARGET 

5CORNERS 

1 

× THE TEAM: Verrips, Basham, Brewster, Sharp ( McBurnie 45’), Freeman, Bogle, Brunt, Smith ( Jebbison 65’), 

Norrington-Davies, Gordon ( Norwood 65’), Lopata. Unused: Foderingham, Baldock, Lowe, Osborn 

× THE ACTION: 1. A great moment for Rhian Brewster as he nets his first United goal; 2. Tyler Smith carries 

the attack to Carlisle; 3. Oli McBurnie goes close with a header; 4. Rhian enjoys the moment 


UTB 87 

MATCH ACTION 

CARLISLE UNITED 0 

(-) 

Referee: J. Oldham 

POSSESSION31 

SHOTS8 

ON TARGET2 

CORNERS2 

2 3 

4 

× THE STORY: Slaviša Jokanović presided over his first win as United boss after a 1-0 victory over 

Carlisle United in the Carabao Cup first round. It was a special moment for Rhian Brewster who 

netted his first goal for the Blades in the first-half, whilst five youngsters – Rhys Norrington-Davies, 

Tyler Smith, Kacper Lopata, Kyron Gordon and Zak Brunt - all made their senior debut for the club. 


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T he Story So Far... Catching up and recording events from Bramall Lane… 

FRIDAY 

30 

JULY 

SATURDAY 

7 

AUG 

United Women defender 

Ellie Wilson signs 

a new deal for the 

2021/22 season. 

SATURDAY 

31 

JULY 

United Women complete 

the signing of young 

striker Mia Enderby from 

Leeds United’s Regional 

Talent Centre. 

TUESDAY 

3 

AUG 

Youngster George 

Broadbent joins League 

Two side Rochdale on loan 

until January. 

S United begin the season 

in front of fans again 

against Birmingham 

United Women complete 

the signing of goalkeeper 

Nina Wilson from fellow FA 

Women’s Championship 

side London 

City Lionesses. 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

Blades 0 

- 

Birmingham City 1 

Colin (19’) 

Blades: Ramsdale, Baldock, 

Fleck (Sharp 68’), Berge, 

Mousset (Brewster 53’), Egan, 

Burke (McBurnie 79’), Norwood, 

McGoldrick, Robinson, Osborn. 

Unused: Verrips, Basham, 

Freeman, Bogle. 

Birmingham: Sarkic, Colin, 

Pedersen, Roberts, Woods 

(Castillo 78’), Chong (Sunjic 74’), 

Hogan (Leko 68’), Jutkiewicz, 

Bela, Dean, Gardner. Unused: 

Friend, Aneke, Sanchez, Trueman. 

Referee: T. Robinson 

Attendance: 29,043 

R Rhian Brewster is congratulated after 

the winner against Carlisle 

United slip to a 

narrow defeat on the 

opening night of the 

Championship season 

against Birmingham City 

at Bramall Lane. With fans 

back in full for the first 

time to witness Slaviša 

Jokanović’s first game in 

charge of the club, the 

Blades are frustrated by a 

Birmingham side who hold 

out after taking the lead 

in the first-half through 

Maxime Colin’s header. 

TUESDAY 

10 

AUG 

CARABAO CUP 

Blades 1 

Brewster (24’) 

Carlisle United 0 

- 

Blades: Verrips, Basham, 

Brewster, Sharp (McBurnie 45’), 

Freeman, Bogle, Brunt, Smith 

(Jebbison 65’), Norrington- 

Davies, Gordon (Norwood 65’), 

Lopata.Unused: Foderingham, 

Baldock, Lowe, Osborn. 

Carlisle: Jensen, Tanner, Armer, 

Riley, Guy, Charters (Mellish 63’), 

Feeney, Dixon (Dickenson 63’), 

Mampala, Toure, Bell (Abrahams 

73’). Unused: Norman, McDonald, 

Alessandra, Whelan. 

Referee: J. Oldham 

Attendance: 6,778 

It was a night of firsts as 

boss Slaviša Jokanović 

bagged his first win in the 

United hot-seat thanks to 

Rhian Brewster’s first goal 

for the club as the Blades 

moved into round two of 

the Carabao Cup after a 

1-0 success over League 

Two Carlisle. Brewster 

netted in the first-half after 

hitting home a rebound 

following Billy Sharp’s 

initial effort, as United 

comfortably booked a 

place in the next round. 

THURSDAY 

13 

AUG 

Young wing-back Femi 

Seriki joins United World 

sister club K Beerschot VA 

in Belgium on a seasonlong 

loan deal. 


90 UTB 

FORGOTTEN GROUNDS 

Leeds Road 

Opened: 1908 Closed: 1994 

Each week UTB looks back over a stadium from the past to discover 

United’s first, last and most memorable performance... 

× THE GROUND… 

Huddersfield began life at 

Leeds Road in 1908 but to 

develop the ground and 

gain entry to the Football 

League, they hired renowned 

architect Archibald Leitch who 

designed a 4,000 seated main 

stand and a partly covered 

Leeds Road End terrace. In 

the 1920s, the Leeds Road 

End was given a new barrel 

shaped wooden roof, taking 

on the nickname of the 

Cowshed. The East Stand 

terrace (Popular Terrace) was 

extended and eventually 

roofed in 1955, whilst the 

Dalton Bank terrace was also 

extended to boost capacity. 

In 1950 the wooden main 

stand was destroyed by fire 

but was replaced with a stand 

made from concrete and 

metal, whilst the ‘50s also saw 

R Leeds Road was home to Huddersfield Town for 86 years 

Leeds Road boast the first 

electronic scoreboard in the 

country which was installed 

in Dalton Bank End. In the 

decades to follow the lack 

of updates saw the ground 

begin to decline. Capacity 

was gradually reduced due to 

increased safety regulations 

and restrictions falling from 

52,000 to 31,000 and then 

finally, 16,000. The Cowshed 


UTB 91 

was deemed unfit and closed 

for two years, but Leeds 

Road did break new ground 

in the ‘80s with the stadium’s 

pioneering colour CCTV 

system which helped convict 

‘fans’ putting Town at the 

forefront of reducing the threat 

of hooliganism. Following 

the Taylor Report, and with a 

ground which was terraced 

on three sides, a decision 

was made to move to a new 

stadium on a site next door, 

with Huddersfield hosting 

football at Leeds Road for the 

final time in 1994. 

× FIRST UNITED VISIT… 

The Blades made a first visit 

to Leeds Road back in 1913 

for an FA Cup tie. In fact, they 

made two visits as the first one 

had to be abandoned after 

75 minutes due to snow with 

United in front! Huddersfield 

won the rearranged game 3-1 

with United’s Bobby Evans 

suffering injury for most of the 

replay. Billy Gillespie netted 

for the Blades. 

× LAST UNITED VISIT… 

By the time Huddersfield left 

Leeds Road in 1994, the two 

clubs had been in different 

leagues for six years. In 

1988/89 both sides were in 

the third tier, but United’s 

last game at Leeds Road was 

actually an FA Cup tie in the 

same campaign. Huddersfield 

had won the league game 

3-2 in November ’88, but the 

Blades exacted revenge in 

January ’89. After dispatching 

Mansfield and Doncaster to 

make it into the third round, 

a solitary Tony Agana strike 

was enough to take United 

into round four. 

R Leeds Road would eventually be redeveloped into a retail park 

R View from outside ahead of the final game against Blackpool in 1994 

× MEMORABLE GAME… 

The 1960/61 season was a 

memorable one from a United 

perspective as the club 

achieved a second-placed 

finish and promotion to the 

First Division. Three wins and 

a draw from the opening five 

games suggested United 

would be strong contenders 

and this was underlined further 

in game six. On a Wednesday 

night in September 1960, the 

Blades travelled to Leeds 

Road and recorded a 1-0 

victory thanks to a goal from 

Frank Nibloe. 

× WHAT HAPPENED NEXT… 

After Huddersfield’s 2-1 victory 

over Blackpool in front of just 

over 16,000 fans in April 1994, 

football at Leeds Road was no 

more. During the final stages 

of Huddersfield’s tenure, the 

sights of the banana shaped 

roofs of the new stadium could 

be seen from the old ground 

as the then McAlpine Stadium 

was starting to take shape 

close by. Leeds Road was 

soon demolished after Town 

vacated and was redeveloped 

as a retail park. There is a 

plaque in the car park where 

the centre spot once was to 

commemorate the site’s past. 


92 UTB 

FACTS&FIGURES 2021/22 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 2021/22 ROLLCALL 2021/22 

LEAGUE 

2021/22 

CUP 

UNITED 

CAREER 

2021/22 

RECORD 

Player DOB POB App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls Assists ■ ■ 

1 Aaron Ramsdale 14.05.98 Stoke-on-Trent 2 - - - - - 46 - - - - - 

2 George Baldock 09.03.93 Buckingham 3 - - - - - 136 6 4 - 1 - 

3 Enda Stevens 09.07.90 Dublin - - - - - - 163 2 7 - - - 

4 John Fleck 24.08.91 Glasgow 2 - - - - - 197 11 13 - - - 

5 Jack O’Connell 29.03.94 Liverpool - - - - - - 172 5 9 - - - 

6 Chris Basham 30.05.88 Peterborough 2 - - 1 - - 306 14 14 - - - 

7 Rhian Brewster 01.04.00 Chadwell Heath 1 1 - 1 - 1 16 17 1 - 1 - 

8 Sander Berge 14.02.98 Asker 3 - - - - - 30 5 2 - - - 

9 Oli McBurnie 04.06.96 Leeds - 3 - - 1 - 39 30 7 - 1 - 

10 Billy Sharp 05.02.86 Sheffield 2 1 - 1 - - 226 68 111 1 - - 

11 Lys Mousset 08.02.96 Montivilliers 1 - - - - - 17 30 6 - - - 

12 John Egan 20.10.92 Cork 3 - - - - - 120 1 3 - - - 

13 Max Lowe 11.05.97 South Normanton - - - - - - 9 2 - - - - 

14 Oli Burke 07.04.97 Kirkcaldy 2 1 - - - - 17 16 2 - - - 

15 Luke Freeman 22.03.92 Dartford - 1 - 1 - - 8 10 - - - - 

16 Ollie Norwood 12.04.91 Burnley 3 - - - 1 - 117 9 6 - - - 

17 David McGoldrick 29.11.87 Nottingham 3 - - - - - 95 23 28 - 1 - 

18 Wes Foderingham 14.01.91 Hammersmith - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 

19 Jack Robinson 01.09.93 Warrington 3 - - - - - 20 4 - - - - 

20 Jayden Bogle 27.07.00 Reading - 1 - 1 - - 18 5 3 - - - 

21 Michael Verrips 03.12.96 Velp 1 - - 1 - - 3 - - - - - 

22 Ben Davies 11.08.95 Barrow-in-Furness - - - - - - - - - - - - 

23 Ben Osborn 05.08.94 Derby 2 1 - - - - 33 15 1 - - - 

28 Regan Slater 06.09.99 Sheffield - - - - - - 1 2 1 - - - 

30 Zak Brunt 17.11.01 Chesterfield - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 

31 Jake Eastwood 03.10.96 Rotherham - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 

32 Tyler Smith 04.12.98 Sheffield - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 

33 Rhys Norrington-Davies 22.04.99 Riyadh - - - 1 - - 1 - - - 1 - 

34 Kyron Gordon 14.05.02 Sheffield - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 

35 Kacper Lopata 27.08.01 Krakow - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 

36 Daniel Jebbison 13.08.03 Oakville - - - - 1 - 3 2 1 - 1 - 

OWN GOALS –OTHERS 

HEAD-TO-HEAD vs HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 

SUFC DRAWS HUFC 

LEAGUE 23 29 34 

LEAGUE CUP 1 0 0 

FA CUP 2 5 4 

TOTAL 26 34 38 

2021/22 ON THE ROAD 

● ● ● 

BARNSLEY - - - 

BIRMINGHAM CITY 2,570 - - 

BLACKBURN ROVERS - - - 

BOURNEMOUTH - - - 

BLACKPOOL - - - 

BRISTOL CITY - - - 

CARDIFF CITY - - - 

COVENTRY CITY - - - 

DERBY COUNTY - - - 

FULHAM - - - 

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN - - - 

HULL CITY - - - 

LUTON TOWN - - - 

● ● ● 

MIDDLESBROUGH - - - 

MILLWALL - - - 

NOTTINGHAM FOREST - - - 

PETERBOROUGH UNITED - - - 

PRESTON NORTH END - - - 

QUEENS PARK RANGERS - - - 

READING - - - 

STOKE CITY - - - 

SWANSEA CITY - TBC 362 

WEST BROMWICH ALBION - 1,960 144 

CARABAO CUP 

CARLISLE UNITED 524 - - 

● AWAY FANS AT THE LANE ● BLADES AWAY FANS ● ROUND TRIP (MILES) 

GOALS: THE BREAKDOWN 

SHOTS HEADERS PENALTIES OWN GOALS OTHERS 

1 - - - - 

GOAL TIMES 

FOR 

AGAINST 

0-15 - - 

16-30 1 2 

31-45 - - 

46-60 - 3 

61-75 - - 

76-90 - - 

Extra-time - - 

OUR LEAGUE RECORD 

P W D L F A 

HOME 2,446 1,300 609 537 4,477 2,684 

AWAY 2,447 664 601 1,182 2,951 4,259 

TOTAL 4,893 1,964 1,210 1,719 7,428 6,943 


UTB 93 

CHAMPIONSHIP IN STATS 

2021/22 

× GOALS 

CALLUM ROBINSON 

West Bromwich Albion 3 

PHILIP BILLING 

AFC Bournemouth 2 

DARA O’SHEA 


NICK POWELL 

Stoke City 2 

LIAM MOORE 

Reading 2 

× ASSISTS 

TOMMY SMITH 

Stoke City 3 

BOBBY DE CORDOVA-REID 

Fulham 3 

JAIDON ANTHONY 


JOHN SWIFT 

Reading 2 

STEFAN JOHANSEN 

Queens Park Rangers 2 

× YELLOW CARDS 

CHRIS MEPHAM 


DAVID BROOKS 


ALEX MOWATT 


SAM CLUCAS 

Stoke City 2 

JOSH LAURENT 

Reading 2 

× GOALS SCORED 

WEST 

 

BROMWICH ALBION 

9 

FULHAM 

8 

QUEENS 

 

PARK RANGERS 

7 

STOKE 

 

CITY 

6 

READING 

6 

× OPENING DAY ATTENDANCES 

 

SHEFFIELD UNITED vs BIRMINGHAM CITY 

29,043 

 

COVENTRY CITY vs NOTTINGHAM FOREST 

20,843 

STOKE 

 

CITY vs READING 

19,068 

 

BRISTOL CITY vs BLACKPOOL 

18,729 

 

CARDIFF CITY vs BARNSLEY 

17,431 


UTB 95 

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP 2021/22 LEAGUE TABLE 

POS TEAM PLD W D L GF GA GD PTS 

1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7 

2 FULHAM 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 

3 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 

4 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 

5 STOKE CITY 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 

6 BLACKBURN ROVERS 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 

7 LUTON TOWN 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 

8 COVENTRY CITY 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6 

9 CARDIFF CITY 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5 

10 MIDDLESBROUGH 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 

11 BRISTOL CITY 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 

12 DERBY COUNTY 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 

13 BARNSLEY 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 

14 BIRMINGHAM CITY 3 1 1 1 1 2 -1 4 

15 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2 4 

16 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 3 1 1 1 3 6 -3 4 

17 READING 3 1 0 2 6 7 -1 3 

18 HULL CITY 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 3 

19 MILLWALL 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 2 

20 SWANSEA CITY 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1 

21 BLACKPOOL 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1 

22 SHEFFIELD UNITED 3 0 1 2 0 5 -5 1 

23 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 3 0 0 3 3 6 -3 0 

24 PRESTON NORTH END 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 0 

FA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2020-21 FINAL TABLE 


1 LEICESTER CITY 20 16 2 2 54 16 +38 50 

2 DURHAM 20 12 6 2 34 15 +19 42 

3 LIVERPOOL 20 11 6 3 37 15 +22 39 

4 SHEFFIELD UNITED 20 11 5 4 37 15 +22 38 

5 LEWES 20 8 4 8 19 22 −3 28 

6 LONDON CITY LIONESSES 20 6 6 8 19 19 0 24 

7 CRYSTAL PALACE 20 5 5 10 27 36 −9 20 

8 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 20 4 7 9 19 29 −10 19 

9 BLACKBURN ROVERS 20 4 6 10 20 31 −11 18 

10 COVENTRY UNITED 20 5 1 14 21 51 −30 16 

11 LONDON BEES 20 3 2 15 14 52 −38 11 

U23 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH 2021/22 LEAGUE TABLE* (UPDATED AS OF 18/08/21) 



2 COVENTRY CITY 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 

3 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4 HULL CITY 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0 

5 CREWE ALEXANDRA 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 

6 WIGAN ATHLETIC 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 

7 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 

8 BARNSLEY 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0 

U18 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH 2021/22 LEAGUE TABLE* (UPDATED AS OF 18/08/21) 



2 WIGAN ATHLETIC 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3 

3 CREWE ALEXANDRA 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 

4 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 

5 COVENTRY CITY 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 3 

6 HULL CITY 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 3 

7 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 

8 BARNSLEY 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0 

*Please note, games against teams from south league contribute towards northern team’s league points tally 


96 UTB 

SHEFFIELD UNITED SEASON STATS 2021/22 

DATE KO OPPOSITION F-A ATT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOv 

DEC 

JAN 

FEB 

MAR 

APR 

Sat 7 20:00 Birmingham City 0-1 29,043 (2,570) Ramsdale Baldock Egan Robinson Osborn Norwood Berge 

Tue 10 19:45 Carlisle United CC1 1-0 6,778 (524) Verrips Bogle Basham Lopata Gordon N’-Davies Brunt 

Sat 14 20:00 Swansea City 0-0 15,946 (TBC) Ramsdale Baldock Basham Egan Robinson Norwood Berge 

Wed 18 20:00 West Bromwich Albion 0-4 23,113 (1,960) Verrips Baldock Basham Egan Robinson Norwood Berge 

Sat 21 

Tue 24 

Sat 28 

Sat 11 

Tue 14 

Sat 18 

Sat 25 

Tue 28 

Sat 2 

Sat 16 

Tue 19 

Sat 23 

Sat 30 

15:00 Huddersfield Town 

19:45 Derby County CC2 

15:00 Luton Town 

15:00 Peterborough United 

19:45 Preston North End 

12:30 Hull City 

15:00 Derby County 

19:45 Middlesbrough 

15:00 Bournemouth 

15:00 Stoke City 

19:45 Millwall 

15:00 Barnsley 

15:00 Blackpool 

Tue 2 19:45 Nottingham Forest 

Sat 6 

Sat 20 

Tue 23 

Sun 28 

Sat 4 

Sat 11 

Sat 18 

Sun 26 

15:00 Blackburn Rovers 

15:00 Coventry City 

20:00 Reading 

12:30 Bristol City 

15:00 Cardiff City 

15:00 Queens Park Rangers 

15:00 Fulham 

15:00 Preston North End 

Wed 29 19:45 Hull City 

Sat 1 

Sat 15 

Sat 22 

Sat 29 

Sat 5 

Wed 9 

Sat 12 

Sat 19 

15:00 Middlesbrough 

15:00 Derby County 

15:00 Luton Town 

15:00 Peterborough United 

15:00 Birmingham City 

19:45 West Bromwich Albion 

15:00 Huddersfield Town 

15:00 Swansea City 

Wed 23 19:45 Blackburn Rovers 

Sat 26 

Sat 5 

Sat 12 

15:00 Millwall 

15:00 Nottingham Forest 

15:00 Coventry City 

Wed 16 19:45 Blackpool 

Sat 19 

Sat 2 

Sat 9 

Fri 15 

15:00 Barnsley 

15:00 Stoke City 

15:00 Bournemouth 

15:00 Reading 

Mon 18 15:00 Bristol City 

Sat 23 

Sat 30 

Sat 7 

15:00 Cardiff City 

15:00 Queens Park Rangers 

15:00 Fulham 


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Home games in bold 

1 Number signifies goals scored 

OG = indicates an own goal 

P = Penalty 

■ = Booked 

■ = Sent-off 

(9) = Substitute used (number denotes player replaced) 

*Burnley won 5-4 on penalties 

8 9 10 11 SUBSTITUTES REFEREE 

Fleck McGoldrick Burke Mousset Brewster (11) ■, Sharp (8), McBurnie (10), Basham, Bogle, Freeman, Verrips T. Robinson 

Freeman Smith Sharp Brewster 1 McBurnie (10), Norwood (5), Jebbison (9), Baldock, Lowe, Osborn, Foderingham J. Oldham 

Brewster McGoldrick Burke Sharp McBurnie (11) ■, Osborn (10), Bogle (8), Norrington-Davies, Fleck, Freeman, Verrips K. Stroud 

Fleck Osborn McGoldrick ■ Sharp McBurnie (10), Burke (11), Freeman (7), Davies, Bogle, Brewster, Foderingham M. Donohue 

SNAPSHOT... 

A great image of Bramall Lane and Sheffield 

City Centre from afar, taken just prior to our 

recent home game against Carlisle United, 

by our photography partners Sportimage. 


98 UTB 

Stats All Folks 

Blades statistician ANDREW KIRKHAM delves into the archives to enlighten Unitedites with topical figures… 

A LOOK BACK AT 2020-21 × PART 2 

Phil Jagielka, Oli Burke and Oli 

McBurnie were all subbed subs, the 

first time we have had three 

since 2002/03. 

Our 20 league goals were scored by nine 

Blades, and Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger. David 

McGoldrick (8 – 40% of the total) was top 

scorer, including two in one game, with Billy 

Sharp (3) and Jayden Bogle (2) also getting 

more than one. David McGoldrick became only 

the fifth Blade to score 40% or more of our 

league goals in a season. 

We were awarded five penalties. Billy Sharp 

(3 - one in the FA Cup) and Sander Berge (1) 

scored. John Lundstram’s attempt was saved. 

Five goals were scored by substitutes. Billy 

Sharp and Oli Burke (one in the FA Cup) scored 

twice and Jayden Bogle once. Two of these 

games were drawn and three won. 

We kept five clean sheets (all 1-0 victories) 

and failed to score in 21 league games. For the 

first time since 2014/15 we had no 0-0 draws. 

We failed to do a league double but avoided 

defeat against Brighton and Hove Albion. 11 

clubs did the league double over us, four more 

than the previous highest in 1967/68. 

John Egan, John Lundstram and Phil Jagielka 

were shown the red card as were two of 

our opponents. 

We lost at the first attempt in the EFL Cup, 

4-5 on a penalty shoot-out. This was our fourth 

successive shoot-out loss, the last victory being 

at Hartlepool in September 2015. We reached 

round six in the FA Cup using 20 players in the 

four games. David McGoldrick and Billy Sharp 

(2) were amongst the cup scorers bringing 

their respective goal totals to 9 and 5. Wes 

Foderingham made his club debut and one 

appearance in the EFL Cup. 

Only four games had fans present, three 

away with a total of 14,000 and our final home 

game with around 5,000. We played games on 

every day of the week but Friday. We played 

14 league games on Saturdays and 14 on 

Sundays. Including cup games, the totals were 

respectively 16 and 15. 

Jayden Bogle scored on his United league 

debut, which was also his Premier League 

debut, and his goal against Bristol Rovers was 

our 600th in the FA Cup. 

Chris Basham, Billy Sharp and Phil Jagielka 

reached 300 competitive games for the Blades, 

John Fleck his 200th. John Egan made his first 

sub appearance. 

R Chris Basham passed 300 competitive 

United games last season 


1. AARON RAMSDALE 

2. GEORGE BALDOCK 

3 ENDA STEVENS 

4. JOHN FLECK 

5. JACK O’CONNELL 

6. CHRIS BASHAM 

7. RHIAN BREWSTER 

8. SANDER BERGE 

9. OLI Mc BURNIE 

10. BILLY SHARP 

11. LYS MOUSSET 

12. JOHN EGAN 

13. MAX LOWE 

14. OLI BURKE 

15. LUKE FREEMAN 

16. OLLIE NORWOOD 

17. DAVID Mc GOLDRICK 

18. WES FODERINGHAM 

19. JACK ROBINSON 

20. JAYDEN BOGLE 

21. MICHAEL VERRIPS 

22. BEN DAVIES 

23. BEN OSBORN 

28. REGAN SLATER 

30. ZAK BRUNT 

31. JAKE EASTWOOD 

32. TYLER SMITH 

33. RHYS NORRINGTON-DAVIES 

34. KYRON GORDON 

35. KACPER LOPATA 

36. DANIEL JEBBISON 

2. PIPA 

3. HARRY TOFFOLO 

4. MATTY PEARSON 

5. ÁLEX VALLEJO 

6. JONATHAN HOGG 

7. JUNINHO BACUNA 

8. LEWIS O’BRIEN 

9. JORDAN RHODES 

10. JOSH KOROMA 

11. ROLANDO AARONS 

12. REECE BROWN 

14. JOSH RUFFELS 

15. SCOTT HIGH 

16. SORBA THOMAS 

18. ISAAC MBENZA 

19. DUANE HOLMES 

20. OLLIE TURTON 

21. LEE NICHOLLS 

22. FRAIZER CAMPBELL 

23. NABY SARR 

24. DANEL SINANI 

25. DANNY WARD 

26. LEVI COLWILL 

28. DANNY GRANT 

30. BEN JACKSON 

31. RYAN SCHOFIELD 

32. TOM LEES 

42. NICHOLAS BILOKAPIC 

44. MICHAEL ROXBURGH 

REFEREE: M. SALISBURY × ASSISTANT REFEREE: W. SMITH × ASSISTANT REFEREE: P. DERMOTT × FOURTH OFFICIAL: G. ELTRINGHAM 

EMERGENCY PROCEDURE 

In the event of any emergency you will hear a safety 

message over the PA system. Remain where you are 

and listen carefully to the announcement. Comply 

immediately if it affects your area. Stewards, Police 

Officers and Officials will direct you to safe areas, 

which may be through Exit Doors/Gates to the street 

or on to the playing area. If you are disabled or 

feel unsafe in a large crowd, remain where you are 

until stewards assist you. Remain calm and do not 

move unless the announcement affects your area. 

MAIN MATCH SPONSOR × BLUE PORTAL × MATCHBALL SPONSOR × APPROVED FOODS.CO.UK × PROGRAMME SPONSOR × S2S

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