Sheffield United vs Rotherham United

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KEY FEATURES… 

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We check in with Sander Berge as he explains 

he can’t wait to hear the Bramall Lane buzz again 

as he continues his recovery from injury. 

We welcome charity partners Weston Park who join 

us at Bramall Lane today for their Takeover Day. 

Les Payne looks back over the career of 

former boss Reg Freeman who played a major 

role here and at our visitors Rotherham. 

This week Ollie Norwood is next up to 

take part in the Favourites Q&A. 

SHEFFIELD UNITED vs ROTHERHAM UNITED

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Paul Heckingbot tom 

MANAGER’S NOTES 

It has been pleasing to see 

everyone’s hard work being 

rewarded recently. 

Interestingly, or coincidentally, our return 

to winning form has been whilst the live 

TV cameras have been on us. Three wins 

in seven days has, I hope, highlighted that 

we are a team that has to be respected 

and are capable of winning matches in 

different ways. At West Brom we deserved 

it, at Bristol City we dug in and on Saturday 

we were impressive in ending Burnley’s 

unbeaten run – a fantastic team effort 

which, it seemed, lifted Blades fans who 

were inside Bramall Lane. The character 

of the team showed and everyone was 

understandably delighted at full-time. 

We played our way back into the game 

after a challenging start and the response 

following Burnley’s second goal set us 

up to get on top in the second half. We 

played how we wanted to, we worked 

on our approach at the end of last week 

and it would have been foolish not to take 

into account where we would have an 

advantage. 

There was lots to be pleased with, 

particularly in the second half, we were 

adamant we didn’t want Burnley to come 

and have it their way and make it a game 

they wanted, we wanted to make it about 

how we want to play. Even though a few 

things went against us, we went out and 

showed belief to keep executing what we 

wanted and did it extremely well. 

We didn’t rest and we were quickly 

back thinking about tonight’s game – the 

work that goes on away from the lights by 

everyone with a Blades badge on their 

chest is extensive and is aimed at getting 

the most out of what we’ve got. It’s a quick 

turn around and there’s many points to 

consider when we are talking about the 

availability of players and we, like every 

club, are careful with the information 

we give out. We don’t want to give the 

opposition an advantage by knowing who 

is or isn’t available and it isn’t a secret that 

we’ve had one or two issues with injuries. 

The on-going situation is something that is 

talked about frequently and it is frustration 

for all involved, but we will not use it as 

an excuse. Recently, we’ve had one eye 

on the World Cup break with the hope of 

giving the players that need it a rest or 

extra time to rehabilitate as we plan for a 

busy December and festive period. 

All of the above considered, we remain 

competitive and there can be no question, 

after the last couple of fixtures, that the 

Lane is the place for entertainment and 

despite not having the cameras to shine 

in front of tonight, hopefully we can 

continue impressing. This will be a good 

test because Matt Taylor and his team will 

make it difficult for us. Myself and Macca 

were at Turf Moor on Wednesday where 

we watched Rotherham leading against 

Burnley until they went down to 10 men 

and lost to a heart breaking 100th minute 

goal. This South Yorkshire derby tonight 

will be another big test for us. We have to 

be prepared, teams will want to beat us 

or stop us from playing our way, but our 

aim remains to be strong, dominate the 

ball where possible and entertain, that’s 

important with in excess of 27,000 home 

supporters here on a midweek evening. 

With it being our last home game for a 

month, let’s all enjoy it, we want and need 

to keep collecting points in this tough, 

tough division. 

Hecky 


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CIARAN WELCOMES COMPETITION 

After recently 

returning from the 

sidelines, Ciaran 

Clark is relishing the battle 

for a starting place as 

United’s left side starts to 

look strong again. 

After a tough run on 

the injury front, Ciaran’s 

return from the bench in 

the recent win at Bristol 

City has coincided with 

returns for fellow left siders 

Jack Robinson and Enda 

Stevens who played major 

roles in United’s impressive 

win over Burnley. 

The high standards are 

driving everyone forward 

as United look to push 

back up the table following 

a sticky patch, with the 

Newcastle loanee keen to 

play his part now he is fit 

and available once again. 

He told SUTV: “It has 

been good to be back on 

the training field and to 

get some minutes on the 

pitch as well has been a 

bonus. It’s great to be back 

in and pleased to be over 

the injury. 

“Everyone knew at the 

start of the season, there 

was always going to be 

competition for places. 

We’ve had a lot of injuries 

but hopefully now we are 

seeing a lot of the boys 

come back and we’ll see 

PLAYER FOCUS 

that competition and we’ll 

be in a strong position as 

a team.” 

Whilst the World Cup 

break will be seen as a 

blessing for some, it has 

come at a bad time for 

the Republic of Ireland 

international who is keen 

to get back to playing 

competitively again, in 

a side which showed its 

defensive mettle with clean 

sheets against West Brom 

and Bristol City recently. 

He added: “It’s arrived 

just as I’ve managed to 

get fit. But it is part of the 

game, we all knew that 

▲ Ciaran Clark returned from the sidelines for the win at Bristol City 

there was going to be a 

break at this point in the 

season, so I think it’s just 

a case of focusing on the 

games coming up and then 

individually we’ll look at 

it and see where we are 

at and see what fitness 

we’ll need. 

“It’s great to get clean 

sheets, it gives you that 

platform to then go on and 

win games and over the 

last few months the boys 

have been brilliant and 

that’s one thing we want 

to try and keep doing and 

build on the clean sheets 

we’re getting.” 


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ANEL DELIGHTED TO BE A BLADE 

Anel Ahmedhodžić 

says the freedom 

to play his game is 

ensuring he is loving life at 

Sheffield United as he 

continues to develop in S2. 

Since joining the club in 

the summer from Malmo, 

the Bosnian international 

has impressed both 

in defence and with 

his contribution going 

forward, as he quickly 

settles into life at 

Bramall Lane. 

The 23-year-old netted 

his fourth of the season 

in the 5-2 victory over 

league leaders Burnley and 

pointed to the freedom to 

express himself at Bramall 

Lane as a huge factor 

behind his enjoyment of 

being a Blade. 

He remarked: “The 

freedom I get when we 

play, it is amazing. The 

only thing we have to do 

here is the basics, which 

is to work hard, win your 

duels and work as a 

team. After that, we are 

allowed to be creative and 

be yourself, I really like 

that here. 

“I’m happy. I was 

gutted when my goal was 

disallowed for offside 

against Blackpool. Now 

I am happy to be back on 

the scoresheet.” 

PLAYER FOCUS 

Anel is adamant his 

move to the Steel City is 

one of the ‘best decisions’ 

he’s made in his short 

career and has highlighted 

the contribution of Paul 

Heckingbottom, the 

staff and senior players 

– most notably Chris 

Basham – in his continued 

improvement. 

He said: “Coming 

here is one of the best 

decisions I have ever 

made, I am thriving. It’s a 

good environment with 

professional people here 

and I am very thankful 

for getting the chance to 

prove myself. 

“I think he’s (Paul 

Heckingbottom) great. If 

I am not 100% in training or 

games, I hear it. I respond 

well to strong leadership 

and he’s showing that. 

Strong leadership is what 

a good Championship 

side needs. The way he 

has managed me, and the 

group has been amazing. 

I have no complaints. 

“Bash has been very 

helpful. He has got the 

position perfect, and he 

has helped me a lot. He’s 

a very good player and is 

a great person. He helped 

me integrate into the 

club; he’s been amazing. 

He’s always encouraging 

in games and training; 

I ask for advice and he’s 

helpful. He’s a very good 

person.” 

▲ Anel is happy to be a Blade 


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BLADES SHOWING CHARACTER – GEORGE 

United wing-back 

George Baldock 

highlighted the 

team’s character to 

bounce back from a 

mini-slump to win the last 

three Championship 

fixtures. 

After a blistering 

start to the campaign, a 

sticky patch after the last 

international break saw 

the Blades drop off the 

pace slightly until wins 

over West Bromwich 

Albion, Bristol City and 

leaders Burnley dragged 

Paul Heckingbottom’s 

side back to the summit of 

the table. 

Greece international 

George hailed the 

determination of the team 

to bounce back from some 

recent disappointments 

as the Championship 

continues to be as 

unpredictable as always 

with the season closing in 

on the World Cup break. 

He said: “It’s not easy 

in this league, it is going 

to be a slog, and you are 

going to have patches 

which we have just had, 

but as long as we can 

stay consistent with our 

performances, then we’ll 

have a great chance. 

We’re doing okay at the 

minute, we haven’t got as 

PLAYER FOCUS 

many points as we would 

have wanted, that’s me 

being honest, but we have 

shown great character and 

bounced back from a bit of 

a difficult patch. 

“You don’t get promoted 

at this stage, obviously 

we want to be in there, 

and want to be there all 

season. Like I’ve said in 

interviews before, we want 

to be the hunted. We’ve 

shown we can hunt other 

teams down, but we want 

to be at the top of the 

table and that’s our aim.” 

George played a 

pivotal role in United’s 

impressive 5-2 win over 

Burnley at the weekend, 

where he expressed his 

greatest admiration for 

defender Jack Robinson 

who recovered from an 

error to net in the Blades’ 

emphatic win. 

He added: “I thought 

we applied ourselves 

well and we really 

showed what we are 

about. I think it has been 

coming, winning a game 

at Bramall Lane, getting 

the crowd on their feet 

and scoring lots of goals. 

Absolutely delighted for 

the goalscorers, especially 

Robbo, he was obviously 

disappointed with the 

error but that happens. 

He’s been brilliant aside 

from that one error and 

fully deserved his goal.” 

▲ Another impressive showing from 

George in the win over Burnley 


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SITTING DOWN WITH 

SANDER Sander Berge 

BERGE 

The timing of the forthcoming World Cup 

has divided the opinion of many and has 

raised a few eyebrows, but one of United’s 

most influential performers, who is currently 

absent through injury, is delighted it is just 

around the corner. 

Speaking exclusively to UTB, Sander Berge 

revealed the showpiece event in Qatar can’t come 

soon enough for him personally because it will 

mean second tier football is suspended for close 

to four weeks meaning he isn’t missing any crucial 

Championship action. 

And the good news doesn’t end there for one of 

the most popular figures in Paul Heckingbottom’s 

squad, with the imposing Norwegian international 

in confident mood that he’ll return to action sooner 

rather than later following an issue picked up in the 

fixture against QPR last month. 

Sander is likely to be at the Lane this evening 

for what promises to be an intriguing South 

Yorkshire derby and understandably the midfielder 

acknowledged he’d rather be in the Blades 

engine room against the Millers, rather than sitting 

in the stand. 

His presence may have been missed on the 

pitch, having not featured since early October, but 

his contribution to the cause hasn’t diminished as 

he looks to keep the spirits high amongst those 

in the treatment room, namely young duo Rhys 

Norrington-Davies and Rhian Brewster. 


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UTB: Firstly, how is your 

rehabilitation going and is there 

already an air of excitement 

about when you might be able to 

return to competitive action? 

SB: “I’m getting better and 

better now thankfully, and my 

sole focus is on returning to 

action as soon as possible. It is 

always a blow and there is never 

a good time to be out injured but 

I’m getting stronger now and in 

some ways the World Cup break 

that is coming up is at an ideal 

time for me because it means I’m 

not missing so many games and 

I’m hoping to be back to help the 

lads as soon as possible. It was 

frustrating and disappointing to 

have picked up the injury, but 

I always try and remain positive 

about the situation and come into 

work every day with the goal of 

returning to help the team. I can 

focus only on United with Norway 

not in the World Cup so that has 

helped in a sense.” 

“WE’VE STOOD TOGETHER 

AS A GROUP, LIKE WE DID 

TOWARDS THE END OF THE 

LAST SEASON AND WE’RE 

OVERCOMING THE ISSUES TO 

STILL ENJOY A PROMISING 

START TO THE SEASON” 

UTB: Paul Heckingbottom 

spoke about his feelings of the 

challenge that caused you to 

pick up the injury at the time, did 

that add to your frustration? 

SB: “It is an unfortunate part of 

the game. The injury came in a 

challenge when we were chasing 

the game against QPR and not 

only did we not get the penalty, 

but we lost the game, and I left 

the field with the injury too. We 

probably should have had a 

penalty and a point, but football, 

particularly in this division is 

decided on fine margins and 

unfortunately, I was off balance 

and the contact from the 

challenge led to the problem.” 

UTB: How much of a united 

effort has it been this season 

so far this campaign, given the 

number of players who have 

been sidelined at different times? 

SB: “It is not nice to see other 

lads picking up injuries and we’ve 

had a tough season and some 

bad luck on that front so far. It 

doesn’t make it easier having 

your team-mates around you 

because like me they’d rather be 

fit and in contention for selection, 

giving the manager more options 

to choose from. I’ve hated seeing 

lads go down in recent games, 

but whoever it is they will rehab 

properly here and get the full 

support of Hecky and his staff, 

there is always a good vibe in the 

dressing room even when some 

lads have suffered bad injuries. 

We’ve stood together as a group, 

like we did towards the end of the 

last season and we’re overcoming 

the issues to still enjoy a 

promising start to the season 

so everyone, the coaching staff, 

medical and players are united 

and making the best of what we 

have had to deal with. The club is 

in a good place under Hecky and 

everyone on and off the pitch has 

played a part and done their job.” 


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UTB: Do you feel the break will 

benefit the team in the long-term 

and how important is it to ensure 

a positive end to the current run 

of fixtures this week? 

SB: “The break will do 

everyone at the club good for 

sure. We know how strong we 

are, so if we can keep adding 

the points as the players return 

to the squad then it will put us 

into a very good position for 

when the action resumes in 

December. We know we can 

beat anyone in this division, but 

we also respect that anyone 

can beat anyone else and we’ve 

shown great consistency for long 

periods since Hecky took charge 

last season. We’ve obviously hit 

some bumps recently but we’ve 

bounced back and having shown 

the potential last season we’ve 

really kicked on this time, and if 

we keep pushing and believing 

then hopefully we’ll get even 

better in the second part of the 

season.” 

UTB: Has the aforementioned 

injury enabled you to have any 

free time to try a new hobby 

perhaps, or is it about trying to 

reset the body both mentally 

and physically? 

SB: “When I return to the pitch, 

I aim to return even stronger 

physically and I’ll be hungry to 

start contributing quickly and 

trying to help the team win 

promotion this season, that is 

the aim of the group and we 

all know where we want to get 

to. I will comeback recharged 

and refreshed, I’m only 24 and 

this setback is part of being 

a professional athlete but 

injuries can give you a different 

perspective on things because 

you have time to reflect. I look 

a lot into the game of football, 

it is my life and passion, it is my 

career and I love it the most. I’m 

not a person who gets stressed 

in these situations, I’m just trying 

to relax away from the club whilst 

with family and friends. The 

key for me is to remain positive 

because it will only aid my 

rehab.” 

UTB: Are you a good or bad 

watcher of games? 

SB: “It depends really, but 

nothing can ever beat playing. 

I enjoy coming down to Bramall 

Lane and watching the boys, the 

Norwich game was a fantastic 

atmosphere and you see so 

much more of the game when 

you are at the stadium. All the 

injured lads come to the home 

matches so you sit and watch 

it with them around you 

and obviously that makes 

everyone feel part of the 

group because you are so 

close to the action sat 

behind the dugouts, 

but you just want to 

be out there playing. 

I personally watch 

the games much 

calmer at home 

on the television, 

I certainly enjoyed 

the recent 

televised away 

wins at West 

Brom and 

Bristol City, 

although the 


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conditions at Ashton Gate looked 

really tough. I know I’m injured 

and can’t fight with the boys, but 

it is what it is and I’m counting 

down the games and the days 

until I’m back out there having 

memorable moments with my 

team-mates. Hopefully we’ve 

regained some momentum now 

and I honestly believe we are 

going to get stronger like we did 

last year as the season enters the 

new year.” 

UTB: In recent games, both 

Rhys Norrington-Davies and 

Rhian Brewster have been dealt 

significant injury blows, have 

you managed to offer them any 

advice? 

SB: “Yes, firstly I’m gutted for 

the young lads, but I’ve managed 

to speak to both Rhys and Rhian. 

It is a big blow personally for 

Rhys to miss the World Cup 

with Wales, he has been in and 

around their squad for a while 


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now and has been one of our 

most consistent performers 

this season having built on 

an encouraging first season 

around the first-team last year. 

For Rhian it is the second injury 

he has suffered in 2022 and it 

will be tough to accept now but 

they both must remain positive 

and upbeat because everyone 

around them, from family and 

friends to the lads and the staff 

at the club, are right behind 

them because we’re all in this 

together.” 

UTB: Back to you, just how 

excited are you right now about 

the prospect of pulling on that 

number 8 shirt again in the 

coming weeks? 

SB: “It is all I’m thinking about 

every day, how quickly can 

I realistically get back out there 

and into the action. I just want 

to be out there playing a big 

part again and I do whatever 

I can every day to push myself 

forward and meet the goals in my 

rehab. I want to make a positive 

impact from the first moment 

I return because when you are 

on the sidelines and not able 

to entertain the supporters it 

makes you realise how lucky you 

are to be a footballer and how 

much happiness you can bring 

those who follow the club you 

are representing. I’ll never take 

anything for granted in my life 

because you know it can be 

taken away and from me. 

I play every game like it 

is a big game because 

when you aren’t playing 

it is tough.” 

UTB: Finally, a word for the 

fans who have always had your 

back as a Blade. Have you 

received plenty of well wishes in 

recent weeks? 

SB: “The fans have always 

been right behind me and are 

very much behind the manager 

and the rest of the players 

which is so important if you are 

going to be successful together. 

I still remember my debut at 

Crystal Palace like it was only 

yesterday and the reception 

I received at the end of that 

victory. The support here has 

always been there through 

thick and thin as they say and 

it has been simply amazing so 

I know in my own mind the fans 

will always be here for me and 

this team, but right now it is 

about the team needing their 

back heading into the break. 

I want to give something back in 

performances when I’m fit again 

and that is my aim every day, 

to get that bit closer. I come 

off social media when I’m out 

through injury because there is 

a lot of good and bad on there 

as we know, and I just want 

to stay focused and positive 

because I’ll be back very soon.” 

“THE FANS HAVE ALWAYS 

BEEN RIGHT BEHIND ME 

AND ARE VERY MUCH 

BEHIND THE MANAGER AND 

THE REST OF THE PLAYERS 

WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT 

IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE 

SUCCESSFUL TOGETHER” 


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25 YEARS OF UNITED’S 

DIGITAL ARCHIVE 

To commemorate 25 years since the 

creation of the club’s official digital 

photo archive, UTB delves into the 

folders to celebrate some of the lesser 

known and quirky images from our 

recent past. 

SEASIDE SOCIAL… 

Another from the Neil Warnock era here 

as the Blades boss takes his United side 

on a bonding trip to Scarborough. 

This image was taken during the 

2004-05 season, and you can see a 

cameraman in the background as filming 

continued on the now famous Warnock 

documentary. 

Here Michael Tonge prepares for his 

attempt at skimming stones as the full 

squad enjoy a day out on Scarborough’s 

south bay beach. 


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UTB 21 

UNDER-21s UPDATE 

United slipped to a first defeat 

since the opening month of the 

season following a 3-0 loss in the 

South Yorkshire derby against Barnsley. 

The Reds fielded a strong side with first 

teamer Jasper Moon opening the scoring 

after six minutes when his powerful effort 

beat Dylan Wharton. 

Experienced Barnsley stopper Jack 

Walton was called into action to deny Jili 

Buyabu on two occasions, with one effort 

tipped onto the post. 

Louie Marsh also struck a post for 

United as Micky Collins’s side tried to find 

a way back into the contest. 

Just before half time Will Hondermarck 

headed in a second for Barnsley but 

United kept at it when Marsh saw another 

effort held by Walton. 

With 15 minutes remaining Fabio Jalo 

slotted in a third before Moon was sent off 

late on for a second bookable offence. 

TEAM (vs Barnsley): Wharton, Barratt (L. Williams 

65), Buyabu (Gomis 77), Potter, Gordon, Freckleton, 

Hampson, Maguire, Gaxha (Aston 65), Marsh, 

Staniland. Unused: Hiddleston, Pitan. 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

JAN 

DATE KO/F-A OPPOSITION VENUE/SCORER 

TUE 9 u 2-0 READING McBURNIE, OSULA 

MON 15 v 3-5 CHARLTON ATHLETIC SACHDEV, OSULA (2) 

TUE 23 v 0-3 CARDIFF CITY – 

TUE 30 u 2-0 QUEENS PARK RANGERS BROADBENT, MARSH 

TUE 6 u 2-0 WATFORD PECK, MARSH 

TUE 13 u 2-1 PETERBOROUGH UNITED BROADBENT, MARSH 

WED 21 u 2-0 WIGAN ATHLETIC WILLIAMS 2 

TUE 27 s 1-1 HULL CITY MARSH 

MON 3 u 3-0 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY MARSH (2), BROOKS 

TUE 11 u 3-0 COVENTRY CITY PECK, HAMPSON, WILLIAMS 

MON 24 u 3-2 BURNLEY ARBLASTER, MARSH (2) 

TUE 1 v 0-3 BARNSLEY – 

FRI 4 s 0-0 BIRMINGHAM CITY – 

MON 14 7PM CRYSTAL PALACE (PLC) BRAMALL LANE 

MON 21 2PM BRISTOL CITY (PLC) BRAMALL LANE 

FRI 25 2PM CREWE ALEXANDRA 

LNER COMMUNITY 

STADIUM, YORK 

MON 28 3PM NEWCASTLE UNITED (PLC) BRAMALL LANE 

MON 5 7PM NEWCASTLE UNITED (PLC) WHITLEY PARK 

FRI 9 7PM CRYSTAL PALACE (PLC) COPERS COPE ROAD 

MON 19 1PM BRISTOL CITY (PLC) 

TUE 10 5PM WIGAN ATHLETIC 

ROBINS HIGH 

PERFORMANCE CENTRE 


STADIUM, YORK 

MON 16 7PM HULL CITY NORTH FERRIBY FC 

TUE 24 5PM COVENTRY CITY 


STADIUM, YORK 

TUE 31 2PM BIRMINGHAM CITY BRAMALL LANE 

MON 13 1PM CREWE ALEXANDRA ALEXANDRA PARK 

FEB 

MON 20 7PM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY BRAMALL LANE 

TUE 28 1.30PM PETERBOROUGH UNITED IDVERDE TRAINING GROUND 

MAR 

FRI 3 1PM BARNSLEY OAKWELL 

TUE 21 2PM BURNLEY BRAMALL LANE 

TUE 4 1PM BRISTOL CITY ASHTON GATE 

APR 

TUE 18 1PM MILLWALL 


STADIUM, YORK 

MON 24 2PM SWANSEA CITY LANDORE ACADEMY 

MAY 

TUE 2 2PM COLCHESTER UNITED BRAMALL LANE 

FRI 5 1PM IPSWICH TOWN PORTMAN ROAD 

▲ Jili Buyabu went close for United in defeat to Barnsley 

HOME GAMES IN BOLD – PLC - PREMIER LEAGUE CUP 


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UNDER-18s UPDATE 

United moved level on points with 

leaders Barnsley after an 

impressive 2-0 win away at 

Peterborough United. 

United made a good start and Ben 

Drake and Kurtis Havenhand had both 

gone close before the Blades were 

awarded a penalty. Mekhi Haughton- 

Parris was tripped inside the box and that 

allowed Owen Hampson to step up and 

send the goalkeeper the wrong way from 

the penalty spot. 

Just before the break it was 2-0 when 

good work from Charlie Staniland saw him 

play in Havenhand who fired beyond the 

‘keeper from just inside the area. 

Havenhand came close to a second 

when he struck the post just a minute later. 

After the game, boss Paul Quinn said: 

“It was a very good performance. We 

got ourselves in front and then I thought 

second half was what you need away from 

home. Didn’t take any risks, didn’t give 

them any opportunities, their only chance 

came at the end in stoppage time.” 

TEAM (vs Peterborough): Yam, Clarke (Blacker 57), 

Drake, Staniland, Pitan, Waldron, Cummings (Oluleye 

68), Ly, Havenhand, Hampson, Haughton-Parris. 

Unused: Hewitson, Trialist, Ciccarelli. 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

JAN 

FEB 


SAT 13 u 1-0 MILLWALL HAVENHAND 

SAT 20 v 0-3 CHARLTON ATHLETIC – 

SAT 27 u 2-0 READING BLACKER (2) 

SAT 3 u 2-1 LEEDS UNITED (PLC) DICKINSON, BLACKER 

SAT 17 s 0-0 COLCHESTER UNITED – 

SAT 24 u 1-0 CREWE ALEXANDRA PITAN 

SAT 1 v 1-3 WIGAN ATHLETIC DRAKE 

SAT 8 v 1-2 CRYSTAL PALACE (PLC) HAMPSON 

SAT 15 v 1-2 BARNSLEY WALDRON 

SAT 22 u 5-1 BIRMINGHAM CITY 

STANILAND, MIDWOOD, 

HAMPSON, DICKINSON (2) 

SAT 29 u 2-0 PETERBOROUGH UNITED HAMPSON, HAVENHAND 

SAT 5 u 2-0 BRIGHTON (PLC) HAVENHAND, HAMPSON 

FRI 18 3PM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY MIDDLEWOOD ROAD 

SAT 26 12PM BURNLEY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 3 11AM COVENTRY CITY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 10 11AM HULL CITY BISHOP BURTON COLLEGE 

SAT 7 11AM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 14 12PM WIGAN ATHLETIC 

SAT 21 12PM BURNLEY 

CHRISTOPHER PARK 

TRAINING GROUND 

BARNFIELD 

TRAINING CENTRE 

SAT 28 11AM HULL CITY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 18 11AM CREWE ALEXANDRA RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 25 11AM BARNSLEY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 4 11AM COVENTRY CITY ALAN HIGGS CENTRE 

MAR 

SAT 11 11AM PETERBOROUGH UNITED RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 18 11.30AM IPSWICH TOWN 

IPSWICH TOWN 


SAT 25 11AM BRISTOL CITY ROBINS TRAINING CENTRE 

SAT 1 11AM CARDIFF CITY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

APR 

SAT 15 11AM SWANSEA CITY 

LANDORE 


SAT 22 11AM WATFORD RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 29 11AM QUEENS PARK RANGERS QPR TRAINING GROUND 

MAY 

SAT 6 7PM BIRMINGHAM CITY ST ANDREW’S STADIUM 

▲ Kurtis Havenhand on target in the win over Peterborough 

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United suffered late heartbreak 

after a 97th minute goal won the 

game for Birmingham City at St. 

Andrew’s. 

It was a match which was going so well 

for Neil Redfearn’s side, and despite losing 

Rhema Lord-Mears to injury, United took 

the lead just before the break when some 

brilliant work from Alethea Paul down the 

left saw her pick out Courtney Sweetman- 

Kirk who found the top corner to make 1-0. 

After the break United went close to 

adding more goals through Georgia 

Walters, whilst Bex Rayner and Sweetman- 

Kirk saw efforts deflected wide. 

With 20 minutes remaining, Birmingham 

levelled when a header from Louise Quinn 

looped over Bethan Davies to make it 1-1. 

Both sides pushed for a winner, but just 

when it looked as though it was going to 

end in stalemate Quinn found the corner 

with a powerful effort from range to win it 

for the hosts. 

TEAM (vs Birmingham): Davies, Newsham, Hartley, 

Riglar, Sweetman-Kirk, Cusack, Rayner, Paul, Walters 

(Enderby 71), Lord-Mears (Muir 38), Brown (E. Wilson 

86). Unused: N. Wilson, Wilcock, Haywood, Docherty, 

Francis-Jones, Miller. 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

JAN 

FEB 


SUN 21 v 0-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS – 

SAT 27 u 2-0 DURHAM SWEETMAN-KIRK (2) 

SUN 11 P-P SUNDERLAND 

SUN 18 u 8-0 COVENTRY UNITED 

EPPLETON COLLIERY 

WELFARE GROUND 

RIGLAR, LORD-MEARS, CUSACK (2), 

NEWSHAM, ENDERBY (2), RAYNER 

SUN 25 s 2-2 LEWES OG, NEWSHAM 

SUN 2 s 3-3* DURHAM (CC) WALTERS (2), RAYNER 

SUN 16 v 1-3 BRISTOL CITY ENDERBY 

SUN 23 v 0-1 SOUTHAMPTON – 

SUN 30 v 1-2 BIRMINGHAM CITY SWEETMAN-KIRK 

SUN 6 P-P CRYSTAL PALACE HAYES LANE 

SUN 20 2PM LONDON CITY LIONESSES BRAMALL LANE 

SAT 26 5PM EVERTON (CC) TBC 

SUN 4 2PM CHARLTON ATHLETIC THE OAKWOOD 

WED 7 7.30PM ASTON VILLA (CC) TBC 

SUN 18 12PM MANCHESTER UNITED LEIGH SPORTS VILLAGE 

SUN 15 2PM BIRMINGHAM CITY BRAMALL LANE 

SUN 22 2PM BLACKBURN ROVERS BRAMALL LANE 

SUN 5 12PM DURHAM MAIDEN CASTLE 

SUN 12 2PM CHARLTON ATHLETIC BRAMALL LANE 

SUN 5 2PM LONDON CITY LIONESSES PRINCES PARK 

MAR 

SUN 12 2PM CRYSTAL PALACE BRAMALL LANE 

SUN 26 12OM LEWES BRAMALL LANE 

SUN 2 3PM BRISTOL CITY 

ROBINS HIGH 

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APR 

SUN 16 2PM COVENTRY UNITED BUTTS PARK ARENA 

SUN 23 2PM SUNDERLAND BRAMALL LANE 

SUN 30 2PM SOUTHAMPTON TESTWOOD STADIUM 

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BLADES REMEMBER 

Tonight’s game against Rotherham United 

marks our closest home game to Remembrance 

Sunday, and as such the club have arranged an 

appropriate tribute to mark the occasion. 

We are delighted to welcome some Armed 

Forces personnel who will be laying wreaths on 

the pitch as a mark of respect before the game. 

United welcome Corporal Jason Ashton (RAF), 

Corporal Mike Hawksworth (Royal Air Force), 

Captain David Hawksworth (British Army), Petty 

Officer Mark Oxley of the Royal Navy and Major 

Garry Hemmingway, who will all play a major part 

in our commemorations. The Last Post will also be 

played by bugler Glyn Beyington. 

As always, we invite all supporters to join us to 

help pay our respects at tonight’s game. 

Happy Birthdays 

Happy Birthday 

to Joey Hill 

- 9 years old 

today! Lots of 

love from Mum, 

Dad and sister 

Amelia 

Happy 9th 

Birthday to our 

football crazy 

son Dexter 

Thompson. 

Love always 

Mum, Dad, 

Ellie and all the 

family xXx 

WELCOME HARRISON 

Harrison Walch was diagnosed with cancer in 

April 2019. 

He spent over 300 nights in Sheffield 

Children’s Hospital and endured seven rounds of 

chemotherapy and two bone marrow transplants. 

His teenage years have been very tough. 

However, on 9th September, Harrison turned 

18 and his family and friends are celebrating and 

wishing him a healthy and happy future. 

Today, he joins us with his family as a guest of 

our principal partner Randox Health, who have 

donated their corporate box as a special birthday 

treat. We hope that you enjoy your night with us 

Harrison. From family friends, Mum, Dad and Daisy. 

Happy 2nd Birthday to Scarlett 

Young. Lots of love Mummy, 

Daddy and all the family. 

Happy Birthday to the best dad 

and grandad. Lots of love Maria, 

Dan, Daniel and Ben 


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CHAMPIONS 

FOR MONTY 

John MacPhail, key member of the 1981- 

82 Fourth Division title-winning team, 

had a terrible fall last year, one that has 

left him in need of permanent care and 

resulted in his home needing adapting. 

Friends and family have been helping 

to raise funds to make this happen 

and Sheffield United would also like to 

play its part and help to get John back 

where he belongs. 

The club is delighted to announce that 

on 24th November, at the Platinum Suite 

at Bramall Lane, teammates from that 

memorable season, with some special 

guests, will join Club Heritage Manager 

John Garrett on stage for an evening with 

the “Champions for Monty”. Monty was the 

nickname given to John at a number of 

clubs he played for. 

Tony Kenworthy, Colin Morris, Keith 

Waugh and Steve Charles will be joined by 

Paul Stancliffe and Club Ambassador Tony 

Currie to take a look back at a campaign 

that set the club back on course after the 

disappointment of relegation and the part 

that John played in its success. 

The doors will open at 7pm when 

the signature pie and peas meal will be 

served (please specify of you require a 

vegetarian option on booking or gluten 

free) before our guests take the stage 

at 8pm. The cost per head, including 

the meal is just £30, and £20 of this 

will also go directly to the fund to get 

John back home. 

Tickets can be purchased for the SUFC 

Box Office from tickets.sufc.co.uk/en-GB/ 

categories/events 

There will be a raffle on the night as well 

as retro shirts from that season available. 

As this evening has a very clear 

purpose, no items will be allowed in the 

room in the usual way, should you wish to 

have something personalised there will 

a charge of an additional £10 payable on 

the night. This will allow three items to be 

brought and autographed, all funds raised 

will go to the John MacPhail fund. 


32 UTB 

MATCH ACTION 

2 - 2 

OSBORN 62, Mc BURNIE 71 

PUKKI 3, 16 

SATURDAY 22ND OCTOBER — SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP — VENUE: BRAMALL LANE 

BLADES: DAVIES, BALDOCK, FLECK (DOYLE 57), BASHAM, BREWSTER 

(McBURNIE 64), SHARP (KHADRA 80), EGAN, AHMEDHODZIC, NORWOOD, 

OSBORN, Mc ATEE (NDIAYE 45). UNUSED: AMISSAH, ROBINSON, BUYABU. 

Ben Osborn nets his first of the season 


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Tommy Doyle shoots from distance 

Ben enjoys netting in front of the Kop 

A sixth of the season for United’s number nine 

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John Garrett’s 

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... 

All that Glitters... 

I suppose that, down the years, all 

football clubs need people 

around them prepared to spend 

money to ensure the continued day-today 

running of a club. 

For a start, a football club isn’t cheap 

to run at the best of times, and as the 

demand for success increases, the amount 

they cost to finance gets more and more. 

Back in the day, those who sat in 

positions of power at places like Bramall 

Lane were quite often prominent local 

businessmen who, by the standards of 

the average supporter, had ‘done well for 

themselves’. 

The man credited for being essentially 

our founder, Charles Stokes, was 

Sheffield’s first proper dentist. Now, I am 

not saying that dentists are poor – in fact, 

I don’t know what they earn, and that’s the 

tooth (sorry!). 

One of the big figures in our early history 

was director of football Tom Bott, and he 

▲ Fatty’ Foulkes’ title winning medal – one of 

many priceless exhibits in the museum 


36 UTB 

earned his money as a local fishmonger, 

and that’s not a red herring. Taxi anyone? 

Other examples include the Cattells 

who had a thriving fruit and veg family 

business, George Lawrence - the man who 

put the roof on the Kop - owned Laurel 

Blades, the Laver family were legendary 

in timber and building supplies and in the 

modern era for instance, Bernard Proctor 

was the owner of Sheaf Motors and had 

a farm at Holmsfield. These were local 

people who had earned a few bob and 

decided they wanted to play a part in the 

club and its ambitions. 

I was lucky to work under the great 

Derek Dooley for many years and he along 

with Bernard always had a calming effect 

on proceedings that couldn’t be ignored 

and was of great value to the owners at 

all times. 

Many directors also saved the club on 

numerous occasions down the years. 

I have been on the staff when all were 

told that there wasn’t any money to pay 

the wages for that month and that we 

would see Mr. Laver one at a time to be 

paid by him and by cheque, and that’s 

▲ United’s Legends of the Lane museum has 

been a popular addition to Bramall Lane 

not that long ago in the grand scheme 

of things. I also know many others have 

stepped in on occasion to make sure that 

we stayed afloat and solvent. I wouldn’t 

embarrass any of them by naming names, 

but there are many who have played a 

part in making sure that Sheffield United 

is still here today, and they all deserve our 

thanks for that. 

Others play a part in different ways. 

Every season ticket holder that pays 

their money up front year in, year out, all 

corporate members that dine in the suites 

and elect to have that bit more comfort, 

the box holders, the sponsors - I could 

keep going on and on. 

Then there are those who play a part 

in preserving the club and its heritage in 

other ways and often without knowing. 

Our museum and its collection has been 

recognised as one of the very best in 

the game and, in the past, we have been 

fortunate when times have been good to 

be able to acquire pieces for the archive 

to ensure that future generations can 

understand what the legends of the Lane 

have truly done to make the club what it 

is today. 

Again, directors have also put their 

hands in their pockets and secured 

important artifacts when made available 

and put them on permanent loan with us 

but, in times of struggle, there was no way 

that the owners of the time would have 

been inclined to sanction buying medals, 

caps and shirts when staff hadn’t seen a 

pay rise in years and the club languished 

in League One. 

As curator of the collection, I didn’t want 

anything of value to Sheffield United to 

just go on the open market and be sold 

at auction. Once it has gone, it has gone 

as I know only too well at this club and 

from bitter experience, so I was fortunate 

to identify several Blades who were 

keen to save our past. One of them, Don 


UTB 37 

▲ Inside the museum back in 2006-07 

Dickinson, was the man who pretty much 

saved our past for the future. 

If you see a van around with the name 

Dendale on the side, then you have seen 

one of his vehicles. Civil engineer, builder 

and above all Blade. 40 odd years of graft 

meant that, for the right item, he was able 

to help the club keep it in sight and on 

display and make sure that it was there 

to be put on show. This isn’t bank rolling 

a League title or FA Cup, but to Sheffield 

United it’s every bit as important, trust 

me on that scale. To know where you 

are going, you just have to know where 

you have come from and how you did it. 

Names are just that - names. The further 

time goes, the more feint they get. It’s 

nearly 40 years since my dad died, and 

I can still see him, just, but unless I see 

a photograph of him or hold his referee 

whistle, he gets further away with each 

passing year. I make sure that when 

I want to remind myself or my sons about 

him, I have those things near to me just 

to illustrate what he was all about, and 

football memorabilia is just that. 

I know who ‘Fatty’ Foulkes was and 

what he did for us. I know what ‘Nudger’ 

Needham looked like, where Tommy 

Morren lived and how many appearances 

Joe Shaw made for us, but the further 

away it gets, the less it means to fans, and 

that’s why the preservation of such things 

is so vital. This comes at a cost, and you 

have to be in a position to be able to do 

something about it, which is where Don 

has come in. 

It was some journey, and I was fortunate 

to be able to curate it and also to liaise 

between our patron and those that came 

forward. Many a time, I felt just like Indiana 

Jones when the lid of the chest is opened, 

and the glittering treasures kept secret 

within shone for the outside world for 

the first time in years. I have found FA 

Cup winning medals along with England 

caps in shoe boxes, title winning medals 

in kitchen draws, ‘Fatty’ Foulkes shirts 

folded at the bottom of linen chests, and 

each time we were able to make sure that 

the collections stayed together and came 

back to the city. Truly priceless. 

The worry always was what would 

happen, if and when, Don decided it was 

time to pass the collection on to another 

custodian, and I suppose that’s always 


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the problem when something of such 

importance belongs, in essence, to a third 

party. All I ever hoped was that, if and 

when such a time came to pass, that we 

would be in a better place and able to at 

least attempt to keep some of it together 

in the collection. My heart sunk when, as 

myself and the missus were on the way 

up to Northumberland last year for our 

wedding anniversary, the dreaded call 

came that he felt it was time to let go. 

One of the best parts of the journey with 

Don is that he has become a much-valued 

friend, and that in itself, along with his 

desire for it to stay where it was, at least 

gave hope. I honestly thought that when 

I approached Stephen Bettis about the 

idea it would get laughed out of S2. Not 

this time. The board asked me to appraise 

the significance of Don’s hoard and also 

to justify item by item the importance 

of everything to Sheffield United, its 

supporters and, of course, football history 

on the whole. No easy task, even for a 

born salesman like me, or at least that’s 

what I thought. 

“AS WE LOOK TO MOVE THE MUSEUM 

INTO NEW PREMISES, THE LEGACY 

THAT HAS NOW BEEN PRESERVED BY 

PRINCE ABDULLAH AND THE BOARD, 

ENSURES THE STORY OF UNITED CAN 

BE TOLD TO ALL THOSE WHO WANT 

TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT BUILT THE 

BLADES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME” 

It was only when I got into talking about 

each piece, I realised what had been 

created and what it meant to us. Our 

lives before any of us were here let alone 

supporting the club, the foundations of all 

we are today, and that really is something 

very special. To the board it wasn’t about 

the money, it was about doing the right 

thing and preserving that culture and 

▲ Chris Morgan helps with the opening of the museum in 2006 

tradition. I was a tad emotional when the 

green light was given to get all parties 

around the table to agree how it could 

happen, and that was some day. 

Now I am delighted to tell all that its 

ours, and that’s something special. As 

we look to move the museum into new 

premises, the legacy that has now been 

preserved by Prince Abdullah and the 

board, ensures the story of United can be 

told to all those who want to learn about 

what built the Blades for generations 

to come. 

None of this would have been possible 

without Don Dickinson having the passion 

and love for the club and thankfully the 

wherewithal to be able to back what 

amounted to my advice and believe in 

me, and it means that as a result of that 

kindness and support, the owners have 

been able to make it their gift to the fans 

of Sheffield United by preserving our 

heritage. 

It’s something that, after all the years 

I have spent building the collection, I will 

never forget. 


40 UTB 

WHAT’S 

THE STORY? 

In every issue of UTB this season, our regular 

contributor DAVE BURKINSHAW features a 

Blades related photograph from his personal 

archive and reveals the story behind it… 

As the Blades entered the 

1967-68 season, it was a 

significant landmark in the club’s 

history with it being the 50th in the old 

First Division. 

Having finished 10th in the table the 

previous season, there was no reason to 

believe they could not at least emulate 

this. There had been no new close season 

signings with the club again proud of the 

fact that the majority of team had been 

produced via its own youth system. 

In the event, the team made a stuttering 

start to the season and had won only one 

of their first six games when Arsenal visited 

Bramall Lane on 9th September 1967. 

The featured photograph was taken 

during this game and shows Arsenal’s 

second goal scored by George Graham. 

The Gunners ran out 4-2 winners to extend 

the Blades’ difficult start to the season. 

This game had actually started well 

for United when star striker Mick Jones 

opened the scoring after 11 minutes. The 

Gunners equalised three minutes later 

through Colin Addison before the goal 

featured in this photograph was scored in 

the 23rd minute. 

Arsenal extended their lead in the 

second half through another Graham 

goal and although another of the Blades’ 

youth policy players, Alan Birchenall, 

pulled one back, the Gunners scored their 

fourth through Frank McLintock to secure 

the points. 

This photograph was taken at the 

Bramall Lane end of ground and clearly 

shown in the background is the old cricket 

pavilion. At the time Bramall Lane was 

still a three-sided ground and Yorkshire 

County Cricket Club still played here in 

the summer. 

The players featured in the photograph 

include United goalkeeper Alan 

Hodgkinson, watching helplessly as the 

ball enters the goal. Jumping but failing to 


UTB 41 

keep the ball out of his team’s net is fullback 

Bernard Shaw. Guarding the other 

post is Len Badger. Central defender Ken 

Mallender is stood behind Shaw watching 

as the ball enters the net. For Arsenal the 

actual goalscorer, Graham, is not in this 

image. He has placed a powerful header 

to perfection into United’s goal. The only 

Arsenal player featured in the image is 

Addison watching the action unfold. 

By the time the return fixture was played 

on 13th January 1968, the Blades were 

fully involved in the battle to stay up. 

There had been numerous changes to 

personnel as well in the weeks after the 

first game. The two United players who 

had scored in the home game, Jones and 

Birchenall, had scored what had turned 

out to be their final league goals for the 

club. Between September and November, 

Jones had been sold to Leeds United 

and Birchenall to Chelsea for £100K each 

much to the disappointment and anger of 

United fans. As one of their replacements, 

Arsenal’s Addison had been signed 

by the Blades in late November for a 

reported £40K. 

The return fixture at Highbury was 

featured on BBC’s Match of the Day and 

ended in a 1-1 draw. Ironically the scorer 

for the Blades was Addison whilst the 

Gunners’ Graham continued to torment 

United by scoring the equaliser. 

At the end of the season United were 

relegated on the final day of the campaign 

whilst Arsenal finished 10th. 


42 UTB 

TRAGIC END FOR THE MAN 

WHO MADE HISTORY HERE 

AND AT ROTHERHAM 

Former Star and Green Un sports writer LES PAYNE notes the admired manager who had a 

successful impact at both of today’s clubs but whose career was tragically cut short... 

Imagine the scenario if a spot of 

Blades-Millers history had been 

repeated today. Sheffield United 

proudly top of The Championship and 

newly-promoted Rotherham just behind 

them in second place. One difference for 

sure - the attendance wouldn’t have 

topped the 52,000 who packed into a 

three-sided Bramall Lane all those 

years ago. 

Significantly, it was a game which 

strengthened belief amongst the Sheffield 

United hierarchy over the identity of the 

man they might like to be their manager 

one day. 

At the season’s end, they did lure 

manager Reg Freeman away from Millmoor 

but his brief, successful time at Bramall 

Lane was tragically cut short which hit hard 

at both clubs. 

He did great things at Millmoor and then, 

in his first season in charge of the Blades, 

brought top flight football back to Bramall 

Lane only for his managerial career there 

to be sadly ended so quickly. 

Reg Freeman is the man regarded as 

‘moulding’ the modern Rotherham United 

in the years immediately after WW2, 

▲ Reg Freeman left Rotherham for United in 1952 


UTB 43 

turning a perennially struggling club into a 

successful one, leading them for the first 

time into football’s second tier (now The 

Championship where they were to remain 

for 18 years until the late 1960s). 

The hierarchy at Sheffield United did 

not let Freeman’s achievements, nor their 

knowledge of his management style, pass 

them by. They were not to regret bringing 

him a few miles up the road but it was to 

last only three years before his death. 

On his arrival at Bramall Lane, Freeman 

was at the forefront of a more modern way 

of managing when he took over here. 

He was put in sole charge of team affairs, 

ie picking the team, and was the first 

Blades manager to do so. Until his arrival 

in the Summer of 1952, those Directors 

on the club’s Football Committee had 

been the ones picking the team. Freeman 

changed that! 

Highly regarded as a player, Reg joined 

Rotherham from Middlesbrough with whom 

he had played in the old First Division, the 

top one. 

After four years, and close to the end 

of his career, he was appointed Playermanager 

although he never actually 

performed the ‘Player’ part once he 

took charge. 

Freeman’s impact on a struggling club 

was soon evident but it was in the years 

immediately after WW2, in the late 1940s 

and start of the 1950s that Freeman 

oversaw an exciting, attack-minded 

Rotherham side which was the first EFL 

side to score 100 goals after the War. 

They were in the third tier, then Division 

Three North, and for three successive 

seasons finished runners-up at a time 

when only the champions were promoted 

(and no Play-Offs!). 

Then, after a sixth place finish, they 

finally achieved their goal, becoming 

▲ Reg sadly passed away in 1955 aged 61 

champions in 1950-51 for the club’s first 

ever promotion. 

Their attacking style in the second tier 

earned considerably high praise far and 

wide, not least with a 5-3 win on their first 

ever League visit to Hillsborough. 

Three weeks later, in October 1951, they 

were paying a first ever League visit to 

Bramall Lane in a top v second clash which 

created huge interest, hence the 52,000- 

plus crowd, the biggest of the season 

and even bigger than the 51,000 for the 

Sheffield Derby a month earlier when 

United trounced Wednesday 7-3. 

This was much tighter, the Blades 

winning 1-0 but helped by Rotherham 

defender Norman Noble missing a penalty. 

Both clubs were to fall away, United 

finishing 11th and Rotherham ninth. 


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But the die had been cast and Freeman 

learned of United’s interest in a manner 

that seems quite remarkable today. 

Man in charge at the Lane, Teddy 

Davison, was Secretary-Manager, a role 

which combined both jobs. He decided to 

step aside from both roles in the Summer 

of 1952 but had informed Freeman that he 

was going to do this. 

“IRONICALLY, AND PERHAPS 

FITTINGLY, HIS FINAL ‘DOMESTIC’ 

GAME AS UNITED MANAGER HAD 

BEEN BACK AT HIS OLD HAUNT, 

MILLMOOR, AGAINST ROTHERHAM 

UNITED IN THE OLD COUNTY CUP” 

Davison was then able to report back 

to the Blades’ Directors that Freeman - 

Rotherham’s manager for 18 years - would 

be interested in the manager’s job. 

So it came to pass - with a five-year 

contract to boot! 

In that first season, 1952-53, Freeman 

led United to the Division Two title - the 

first and ONLY time they have been 

champions of the game’s second tier, all 

other promotions to the top flight being as 

runners-up. 

They stayed up, just, in that first season 

whereupon Freeman did something 

which seems quite remarkable and almost 

certainly wouldn’t be copied today! 

The Directors asked him to spend 

£30,000 on new players. Freeman said 

he knew the club could not afford it so he 

declined saying his own young players 

would pull things round. They did. United 

finished that 1954-55 top flight season 

in 13th. 

Interestingly, it was said Freeman’s 

manner enabled him to get more out of 

younger players than other managers. 

▲ Teddy Davison stepped aside to allow Freeman to join United 

At the end of that season, United 

embarked on a tour to (West) Germany 

but Freeman, already ill and having 

complained for a long time about what he 

thought was rheumatism in his shoulder, 

came home early. The hospital diagnosis 

was not good news. 

He died a few months later, in August 

1955, aged just 61. 

Ironically, and perhaps fittingly, his final 

‘domestic’ game as United manager had 

been back at his old haunt, Millmoor, 

against Rotherham United in the old 

County Cup. 


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Matchday Activities 

UNITED 

CASHBACK 

INITIATIVE 

Tonight, on our United 

Cashback Initiative, we 

would like to give a huge 

welcome to Sheffield All 

Stars, visiting Beautiful 

Downtown Bramall Lane. 

Sheffield All Stars is a 

grassroots football club, 

founded in 2019. During 

the years, they have grown 

and developed as a family. 

Initially starting with only 

four teams, they now have 

eight teams with dedicated 

players, coaches and 

volunteers. Affiliated to 

the Sheffield and District 

Junior Sunday league, they 

are a Charter Standard 

CONTACT... 

JON HELLIWELL, United’s fan engagement 

lead, keeps the supporters informed… 

club and England Football 

Accredited. 

They are based at 

Shortbrook Primary School 

in Westfield and their club 

ethos is to provide a safe 

and fun environment for all 

of their players and teams, 

in order to not only improve 

their football skills, but 

also form friendships, team 

building and acceptance 

of all. Their U9s are proud 

to represent the club at 

tonight’s game. 

As part of our United 

Cashback Initiative, 

Sheffield All Stars have 

raised funds for their club 

to spend on anything they 

wish, from new kits to an 

end of season presentation 

evening, the choice is 

theirs! 

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

up to date at the below links: 

TWITTER TWITTER: @SUFCServices FACEBOOK FACEBOOK: ‘Sheffield United Fan Services’ page 

On our dedicated Fan Experience page at: www.sufc.co.uk/fans/families-juniors 

On our dedicated Disabled Supporters page at: 

www.sufc.co.uk/fans/disabled-supporters-information 

Alternatively, you can contact our supporter liaison and disability access manager, Jon Helliwell, 

at jon.helliwell@sufc.co.uk 


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BLADES MASCOTS... 

A warm welcome to tonight’s mascots… 

DREW 

WINSLADE 

Age: 12 

Favourite Player: 

Billy Sharp 

HARVEY 

WELLS 

Age: 8 


Billy Sharp 

SONNY 

WINSLADE 

Age: 8 


Iliman Ndiaye 

CARTER 

BURLEY 

Age: 8 


Chris Burley 

RONNIE 

CHRISPIN 

Age: 8 


Billy Sharp 

EVAN 

HODGE 

Age: 13 


Billy Sharp 

AWAY MASCOT 

JACK 

WOOLLAS 

Age: 8 


Dan Barlaser 

CAPTAIN BLADE CLUB... 

Tonight, on our Captain Blade Club, 

we have: 

— Harrison 

— Diane 

We hope you have a fantastic night 

and enjoy the lead up to kick-off with 

Captain Blade himself! 

BLADES FAMILY 

GALLERY... 

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If you’ve been part of our United 

Cashback Initiative, Home Debut 

Scheme, Captain Blade Club, visited 

the Blades Family Hub or took part 

in our John Street Family Stand 

entertainment, see if you can spot 

yourself in our Blades Family Gallery 

each matchday on our Sheffield 

United Fan Services Facebook page, 

or by visiting www.sufc.co.uk/fans/ 

families-juniors 


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BLAST FROM THE PAST 

Each week PAUL HOLLAND looks back on a prominent game 

from the past between the Blades and our opponents… 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 1-0 ROTHERHAM UNITED 

SATURDAY 13th OCTOBER 1951 

An impressive 

53,537 attended 

this Second 

Division fixture which saw 

United escape with a 

1-0 victory. 

The Blades maintained a 

100% home record, having 

won seven matches, 

during which United 

claimed a 7-3 victory over 

Sheffield Wednesday 

and a 5-0 success 

over Swansea. 

Against Rotherham, the 

score was goalless at the 

break. The home faithful 

will have been relieved 

that they had not fallen 

behind when the Millers 

failed to convert a first-half 

spot-kick. Jack Grainger’s 

cross was met by the head 

of Peter Wragg, who would 

later become a Blades 

player, his goalbound 

effort was handled on 

the line by Harry Latham, 

resulting in a penalty. 

Norman Noble took the 

spot kick but hit the post, 

and as the ball rebounded 

to him, he smashed it over 

the bar. United, however, 

could have taken the lead 

as early as the first minute 

after Alf Ringstead’s free 

kick found Jimmy Hagan 

but Millers’ stopper 

Danny Bolton saved the 

low effort. 

The Blades too 

were unfortunate. The 

impressive Hagan had 

delivered a quality ball to 

Ringstead inside the box, 

his effort was good, but 

Grainger cleared, and in 

doing so, almost dragged 

the ball over the line. 

The winning goal arrived 

with 20 minutes remaining. 

United were awarded a 

free kick on the edge of 

Rotherham’s penalty area 

and after positioning his 

players, Hagan dinked a 

ball into the box which saw 

Harold Brook swing and 

fire past Bolton. 

The hosts were guilty 

of wasting golden 

opportunities to extend 

their lead as Brook flashed 

over the bar from Hagan’s 

hard work, and Ringstead 

missed two efforts in as 

many minutes. 


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1986 

Ian Porterfield’s mid-table 

side were looking to kickstart 

their season as they travelled to 

struggling Blackburn. Having lost a Full 

Members Cup tie at Ewood Park just 

four days before, United gained revenge 

when a Tony Daws double earned a 2-0 

win. It was Daws’ first league start of the 

season, but he would net just one more 

time before departing in 1987. 

ON THIS DAY 

UTB looks back into the archives to find out what 

happened on this day in United’s history… 

2003 United 

had made 

a strong start to the 

campaign, sitting 

third and one point 

off the automatic 

promotion places 

ahead of a home 

game with Burnley. 

The Blades edged 

a tight contest 

thanks to a Michael 

Tonge goal. The 

win put United 

second, but a poor 

run towards the 

end of the season 

saw the Blades 

finish outside the play-offs. 

NOVEMBER 

8 

Against the odds, United 

1992 were again trying to maintain 

top flight status on a limited budget as 

Wednesday visited for the first ever Steel 

City Premier League derby. The Sky 

Sports cameras arrived at Bramall Lane 

for the first time as Adrian Littlejohn 

gave United the lead before David Hirst 

equalised for the Owls as the points 

were shared. 

2008 

The Blades were sat in the 

Championship play-off zone 

ahead of this South Yorkshire derby 

against Barnsley at Oakwell. Danny 

Webber teed up James Beattie to open 

the scoring for United, but the game 

then turned sour when United’s Ugo 

Ehiogu and Barnsley’s Anderson De 

Silva were shown straight red cards for 

violent conduct. Beattie added a second 

from the spot before Kayode Odejayi 

headed in a consolation. 


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WHO WOULD BE 

A MANAGER? 

Our regular contributor DAVE BURKINSHAW casts a glance over former 

United players who have tried their hand at management... 

Andy Scott... 

Amongst United 

manager Dave 

Bassett’s many 

bargain buys was forward 

Andy Scott, signed from 

Sutton United in 

November 1992. 

He made a memorable 

full debut for the Blades 

scoring in the 4-2 home 

win against Chelsea on 8th 

May 1993. Andy went on 

to play for the Blades until 

November 1997 making 

75 league appearances, 

scoring seven goals. 

He also played for 

Chesterfield and Bury on 

loan before having spells 

with Brentford, Oxford 

United and Leyton Orient 

after leaving Bramall Lane. 

Whilst with Brentford 

▲ Andy managing Aldershot back in 2014 

he played a key role in 

helping them win the Third 

Division (now League Two) 

championship. He played in 

a number of other positions 

later in his career including 

on the wing, midfield and 

full back. 

After retiring from playing 

in 2005 he became coach 

of the Leyton Orient youth 

team. He then moved to 


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his former club Brentford 

as assistant manager to 

former England defender 

Terry Butcher. As the Bees 

struggled in League Two, 

Butcher was dismissed, and 

Andy was appointed as his 

replacement. 

He stabilised the club and 

with some successful loan 

signings, including future 

Blade Billy Clarke. The 

Bees won the League Two 

championship at the end 

of the 2008-09 season. It 

meant he had won league 

titles with Brentford as both 

a player and a manager. 

After a solid first season 

back in the third tier 

in 2009-10, Brentford 

struggled the following 

season but did enjoy a 

great run in the League 

Cup including knocking out 

Premier League Everton 

via a penalty shootout. 

Unfortunately for Andy 

league results continued 

to be disappointing 

and he was sacked in 

February 2011. 

He was soon returning 

to management when 

Rotherham United 

appointed him on a threeyear 

deal in April 2011. After 

a strong start to the 2011-12 

League Two season, when 

Andy won the Manager 

of the Month award for 

August, results dipped 

and with the Millers in a 

mid-table position he left in 

March 2012. 

▲ Andy enjoyed a successful stint as boss of Brentford 

Andy’s next managerial 

role came at struggling 

League Two club Aldershot 

Town in February 2013. 

The Shots were battling to 

stay in the EFL and despite 

Andy’s best efforts, the 

club was relegated to the 

Conference at the end of 

the season. The club also 

endured difficult financial 

circumstances and were 

placed into administration. 

Against such a tough 

background, Andy did 

well to keep the club in 

the Conference in 2013- 

14. However, Aldershot 

continued to struggle in the 

2014-15 season and Andy 

was relieved of his duties in 

January 2015. 

After what has to date 

turned out to be Andy’s 

last job as a manager, he 

has successfully worked 

in roles involving scouting 

and recruiting new players. 

He had a spell at old 

club Brentford as chief 

scout and then head of 

recruitment before taking 

on similar roles (although 

often with different job 

titles) at Watford and 

Swansea City. At Swansea 

he worked under their then 

first team manager Steve 

Cooper. Since Cooper 

was appointed manager 

at Nottingham Forest last 

season, Andy followed him 

to the City Ground where 

he was head of scouting 

until recently. 

As for a future return 

to management, Andy 

said in a recent press 

interview that it was 

unlikely he would return, 

stating: “I didn’t want to 

be a journeyman manager 

applying for every job. Now 

I’m forging a new career 

where I’m fortunate to be in 

the position I am.” 


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STAFF UNDERGOING FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE 

THE CLUB NEEDS YOUR BACKING! 

Well, Paul Heckingbottom and his 

backroom staff do as they are undergoing 

a 30-day challenge as part of the 

Prostate United team. 

The Prostate United Challenge, which 

runs through November, was started 

earlier this year due to the World Cup 

break, to allow the team to complete the 

challenge together with a fighting spirit. 

Additionally, staff from our Academy 

have signed up to do the challenge 

throughout November and continue to 

raise the awareness of Prostate Cancer 

and generate more valuable donations 

for Prostate Cancer UK, to support the 

fantastic work that they do. 

Participating in the challenge along 

with the boss is Nathan Winder, Lee 

McMahon, Paul Evans, Matt Duke, Jack 

Lester, Stuart McCall, Olly Cree, Hayden 

Whiting, Adam Geelan, Ryan Flannagan, 

Ignatious Szuba, Rob Rayner, Chris Senior, 

Tom Little, Subhashis Basu, Paul Mitchell, 

Archie Ogden, Harry Jell, Chris Howarth, 

Joe Sowden and Toby Welch who are 

tackling one run/bike each day (3/10k, 

5/10k, 10/25k) based on their physical 

capabilities. This allows more people 

to participate each day throughout the 

month. 

Fans can donate to support the Blades 

and more importantly Prostate United 

2002 which is run by Prostate Cancer UK 

For further details visit justgiving.com/ 

fundraising/prostateunited-2022-24261. 

IN MEMORY... 

In loving memory of 

Andrew Howell age 67. 

A true Blade xx 


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A WHOLE 

NEW 

BALL 

GAME 

The season rolled into December as United welcomed 

struggling Everton to Bramall Lane for this Premier 

League clash on Saturday 12th December 1992. 

The Blades were again looking over their shoulder after 

a disappointing 2-0 away defeat at Crystal Palace, only the 

London club’s second win of the campaign. 

United were now just one place and three points above 

the drop zone, but this 1-0 win over the Toffees moved 

Dave Bassett’s side above their opponents in the table. 

United’s winning goal on 34 minutes came from striker Adrian 

Littlejohn. 


This year marks the 30th 

anniversary of the inaugural 

Premier League season. 

To mark this milestone, 

UTB delves into our 

programme archive to 

reminisce about United’s 

part in this historic 

campaign, whilst also 

talking to those who were 

there at the start of what 

has since grown into the 

most talked about domestic 

competition on the planet. 

As well as looking back 

on United’s campaign, we 

tell the full story of the 1992- 

93 season and also test 

your knowledge about how 

much you remember three 

decades on. 

So, wind the clock back 

30 years to relive this 

special season throughout 

each edition of UTB.

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A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME 

INSIDE THE 

PROGRAMME… 

CORK’S FUTURE AMBITION… 

Striker Alan Cork was the main interview feature in the programme with the then 

33-year-old talking about his future ambitions to coach or manage. Cork, who would 

eventually become assistant manager to Micky Adams here many years later, chats 

about taking part in coaching qualifications, whilst also insisting he’ll keep playing… 

‘as long as I’ve got a bit of hair!’ 


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DAVE BASSETT… 

Dave Bassett moved quickly to address some of his post-match comments from the 

game against Palace. What he described as ‘off the cuff’ and ‘light-hearted’ remarks, 

words he didn’t really repeat in these notes, were apparently taken as ‘gospel’. The 

manager also spoke about the recent release of Brian Marwood, admitting the move 

hadn’t worked but the wide man was wished well as he departed Bramall Lane. 




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MATCH ACTION… 

There was an action spread included of United’s recent 2-1 defeat to league leaders 

Norwich City. 


NEW ROLE FOR PEMBO… 

The Lane News section focused on the recent return to Selhurst Park for former 

Palace duo John Pemberton and Glyn Hodges. The article goes on to talk about 

Pemberton filling in for Brian Gayle at centre-half, a new position for the full-back. 

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CHRISTMAS CRACKER… 

With the season moving into December, gift ideas for the festive season appeared in 

the programme. This included a new VHS featuring all the action from the first half of 

the campaign, priced at a princely sum of £12.99. 

BLADES TEAM… 

United’s team for this 1-0 win was as follows… 

Kelly, Gage, Pemberton, Beesley, Barnes, Ward, Gannon, Rogers, 

Hodges, Littlejohn, Deane. Subs: Cork, Hoyland, Veysey 




60 UTB 

THE SEASON SO FAR… 

IN PICTURES 

As the season edged towards the half-way mark, United had already 

played their part in some historic fixtures. 

The Blades, and Brian Deane, had the honour of scoring the Premier 

League’s first ever goal in the win against Manchester United, whilst 

Bramall Lane welcomed the Sky Sports cameras for the very first time for 

the Steel City derby against Wednesday. 

Here are some images from the time, some of which have remained in the 

Bramall Lane vault for 30 years… 


1) Sky brings intrigue… 

the Sky Sports cameras 

visit the Lane for the 

first time against 

Wednesday with the 

apprentices keen to 

see how its done. 

2) We’re winning 

away…Brian Deane 

celebrates as United 

defeat Chelsea for a 

first away win of the 

campaign. 

3) Anyone for a Steel 

City derby? The Kop 

is electric prior to 

United’s home draw 

with Wednesday.

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4) A Manchester United fan 

expresses his disappointment at 

Peter Schmeichel as the Blades 

defeat the Red Devils on the 

opening day. 

5) One old stager helps out 

another as United’s Alan Cork 

tends to an injured Ray Wilkins in 

the game at QPR. 

6) Not sure you can tackle like 

this anymore, Carl Bradshaw? The 

versatile ace gets stuck in against 

Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park. 

7) Incoming! Villa’s Nigel Spink 

doesn’t hold back as Adrian 

Littlejohn feels the full force of 

this challenge in the home game 

with Villa. 




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WHAT HAPPENED 

ELSEWHERE 

THE STATE OF PLAY… 

Norwich still had a healthy eightpoint 

lead but below them just 

two points separated second 

placed Blackburn and seventh 

placed Arsenal in the table. It 

was starting to look equally 

congested at the bottom too, 

with Forest four points adrift 

at the foot of the division but 

just four points separated 21st 

placed Palace with Everton in 

17th. The previous week, Eric 

Cantona made his Manchester 

United debut as a sub as they 

beat Manchester City 2-1 for a 

third win on the spin. Elsewhere, 

in the same week Everton’s 

Peter Beardsley became only the 

second player to score for both 

clubs in a Merseyside derby as 

Everton defeated Liverpool 2-1. 

THE GAMES… 

After clawing their way as 

high as second at one stage, 

Arsenal continued to endure 

an alarming dip in form and 

also lost the north London 

derby bragging rights after Paul 

Allen’s goal gave Spurs a 1-0 

win over their bitter rivals. At 


1992-93 

During this particular week back in 1992-93, 

how did the rest of the Premier League get on? 

We look back on what happened elsewhere… 

— SATURDAY 12th DECEMBER 1992 — 

▲ Action from 

Tottenham’s north 

London derby win 

over Arsenal 

the bottom, there was a big win 

for Wimbledon who hammered 

fellow strugglers Oldham 5-2, 

whilst Crystal Palace gave their 

season a real boost with Eddie 

McGoldrick netting twice as the 

Eagles beat QPR 3-1. Elsewhere, 

Leeds beat Wednesday in the 

Yorkshire derby 3-1, with ex- 

Owls Lee Chapman and Imre 

Varadi on the scoresheet.

PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE… 

Here’s how things stood… 

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POS TEAM PLD W D L GF GA GD PTS 

1 NORWICH CITY 19 12 3 4 34 32 2 39 

2 ASTON VILLA 19 9 7 3 30 20 10 34 

3 MANCHESTER UNITED 19 9 6 4 21 13 8 33 

4 CHELSEA 19 9 5 5 26 20 6 32 

5 BLACKBURN ROVERS 19 8 7 4 29 17 12 31 

6 IPSWICH TOWN 19 6 11 2 27 22 5 29 

7 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 19 8 5 6 26 22 4 29 

8 ARSENAL 19 9 2 8 22 20 2 29 

9 LIVERPOOL 19 8 4 7 33 27 6 28 

10 COVENTRY CITY 19 6 8 5 25 26 -1 26 

11 MANCHESTER CITY 19 7 4 8 26 22 4 25 

12 MIDDLESBROUGH 19 6 7 6 30 29 1 25 

13 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 19 6 7 6 19 24 -5 25 

14 LEEDS UNITED 19 6 6 7 32 33 -1 24 

15 SOUTHAMPTON 19 5 8 6 19 21 -2 23 

16 SHEFFIELD UNITED 19 5 6 8 18 25 -7 21 

17 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 19 4 8 7 21 25 -4 20 

18 EVERTON 19 5 4 10 15 23 -8 19 

19 WIMBLEDON 19 4 6 9 25 30 -5 18 

20 OLDHAM ATHLETIC 19 4 6 9 31 38 -7 18 

21 CRYSTAL PALACE 19 3 9 7 25 33 -8 18 

22 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 19 3 5 11 18 30 -12 14 

HEADLINE ACT… 

This was a potential season 

defining fixture as Manchester 

United’s win over Norwich 

brought the Canaries back 

within reach. Had Norwich won 

this game, it would have given 

them a 12-point advantage, as it 

was Mark Hughes’ 59th minute 

goal earned a 1-0 win for Alex 

Ferguson’s side and moved 

them third and within six points 

of the summit. 

ANY OTHER BUSINESS? 

At the back end of November, 

UEFA confirms that England will 

host Euro 96. 

⊳ Mark Hughes scored a vital winner for 

Manchester United against Norwich City 




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TEST YOUR MEMORY… 

TAKE 5... 

Each week, we put your memory to the test as we celebrate the 

30th anniversary of the Premier League with a special quiz... 

1. Earlier we mentioned 

Peter Beardsley 

became the second 

player to score 

for both clubs in a 

Merseyside derby. 

Who was the first? 

2. Ipswich Town signed 

striker Bontcho 

Guentchev from 

Sporting Lisbon for 

£250,000, he was 

an international for 

which country? 

3. United defeated 

Everton in a crucial 

game at the 

bottom, who was 

the manager of the 

Merseyside club at 

this time? 

4. Southampton played 

their home matches 

at which ground 

during the 1992-93 

season? 

5. Which club were 

sponsored by 

McEwan’s Lager? 

ANSWERS: 1. David Johnson, 

2. Bulgaria, 3. Howard 

Kendall, 4. The Dell, 5. 

Blackburn Rovers, 6. Mark 

Wright, 7. Iain Dowie. 


1992-93 

PICTURE ROUND... 

Can you guess the names of these players 

who graced the inaugural season of the 

Premier League… 

6. Who is this Liverpool defender challenging 

Arsenal’s Ian Wright? 

7. Who is this striker who was leading the line for 

Southampton?

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UTB 67 

RAINBOW 

BLADES 

This week Rainbow Blades member Jack 

pens the notes… 

BE YOUR OWN ‘GAME 

OF TWO HALVES’ 

As a young lad, I always struggled to 

make both halves of me play together – 

my feminine side and my masculine side. 

I wanted to paint my nails, play with dolls, do 

ballet and dance but I also wanted to play in 

the mud, dig up worms and have a kickabout 

with the lads. 

When you’re young and throughout your 

life, embracing all aspects of you as a person 

can be hard, especially when there’s so 

much pressure on how to act or behave – 

regardless of who you are or how you identify. 

Much like our beloved football, we’re all 

a ‘game of two halves’, and as they say, ‘the 

game’s not played on paper’, so why try to be 

a pre-determined paper-thin stereotype? 

The older I got, the more I realised we have 

to embrace every aspect of who we are, just 

as we do with every aspect of footy. Take the 

beauty with the ugliness, the wins with the 

losses – paint your nails red and black, pull 

on your Blades shirt, get the lads and lasses 

together, chant and cheer until your throat’s 

sore and never lose your voice! 

Jack De Graaf (he/him), 

Bond Bryan (Rainbow Blades sponsor) 

If you would like to find out more and join Rainbow 

Blades, please follow the links below... 

FACEBOOK FACEBOOK: /BladesRainbow 

TWITTER TWITTER: @rainbow_blades 

INSTAGRA INSTAGRAM: @rainbowblades 

Membership sign up: bit.ly/joinrainbowblades 

Website: rainbowblades.com 

AN UPDATE FROM OUR 

SENIOR BLADES 

2022/2023 

SENIOR BLADES 

SPONSORED PLAYER 

Some of our members were 

aware that the original player 

Senior Blades had sponsored for 

this season was promising young 

player, Will Osula. As you will 

know, Will is currently on loan at 

Derby County where 

he is progressing well 

in his development. 

We therefore 

consulted with 

commercial at Sheffield 

United and are now 

sponsoring the away 

kit of our number 9 – 

Oli McBurnie, and as 

with all our sponsored 

kits these last few 

years, we will be 

having a charity raffle 

for this kit in 2023. 

We have been receiving 

enquiries asking how to join 

Senior Blades. Below are the 

options available and we look 

forward to welcoming you as 

a member. 

Membership forms are 

available here in the Box Office. 

Contact our secretary on 

0114 2366466 

Email: info@seniorblades.com 

Website: www.seniorblades.co.uk 


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

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COLLEGE OPEN EVENING 

Sheffield United 

Community College are 

pleased to announce their 

upcoming Open Evening 

at Bramall Lane. 

Staff from the college will 

be on hand to talk about all 

their post-16 opportunities 

on Tuesday 22nd 

November, 6.30pm-8pm in 

the Platinum Suite (Cherry 

Street, S2 4SU). 

The college offers 

a post-16 sport study 

programme for school 

leavers that would like to 

play football alongside 

studying, with pathways 

tailored for both elite and 

recreational players. If 

playing football isn’t for 

you, the college offers 

a “your course, your 

choice” approach featuring 

enrichment pathways in 

Esports and fitness. 

If you’re interested 

in attending the Open 

Evening, please register 

your details at bit.ly/ 

SUCFOpenEvening. 

We also have taster 

sessions for next year’s 

programmes on Tuesday 

13th, Wednesday 14th 

and Thursday 15th 

December all 6.30pm- 

8pm at our college sites 

– Handsworth JSC (S9 

4PA) and Leisure United 

Westfield (S20 8FA). A 

taster session for our 

Esports course will be held 

on Wed 14th December, 

6.30pm-8pm at Bramall 

Lane (S2 4SU). For more 

information about these 

taster sessions please 

contact Joe Lancashire 

at joe.lancashire@sufccommunity.co.uk 

or 07496 

931539. 


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FOOTBALL 

CAMPS 

RECAP 

We had a great turn out for our 

football camps at Handsworth, 

Graves, Westfield and Wisewood 

this past October half-term. 

We were also thrilled to have 

so many Blades players make 

appearances too! 

Places on our Christmas 

camps go on sale soon, check 

out officialsoccerschools.co.uk/ 

sheffieldunited/ as we get closer to 

the Christmas holidays! 

FANS FC ANNUAL PARTY 

Our annual Fans FC party is nearly here! 

Join us in the Platinum Suite (Cherry 

Street, S2 4SU) from 6pm on Friday 11th 

November to celebrate our Fans Fighting 

Cancer programme. 

Beth Wragg, our health and wellbeing 

officer, said: “Everyone is welcome 

whether you are participating in the 

programme or not. The aim is to all get 

together and have a good evening out! 

The party is free to attend, and pie and 

peas will be provided alongside local 

singer Kaz Wilson performing Motown, 

Soul and Disco classics! If you would 

like to attend, please email me at beth. 

wragg@sufc-community.co.uk or call/text 

07949 375726.” 

Fans FC is a free programme run in 

conjunction with Sheffield Hospitals 

Charity and NHS Charities Together 

that consists of 18 weekly sessions. Our 

variety of sessions focus on physical and 

mental wellbeing for people diagnosed 

with cancer and/or other long-term 

illnesses and people affected by cancer 

(family and friends). These physical and 

social activity sessions take place both 

virtually and face-to-face to ensure 

everyone can get the help they need. 

To learn more about Fans FC and 

to view our full activities and session 

timetable, head to sufc-community.com. 


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FOUNDED: 1925 

NICKNAME: THE MILLERS 

GROUND: NEW YORK STADIUM 

CAPACITY: 12,021 

CHAIRMAN: TONY STEWART 

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Rotherham are aiming to end the 

first half of this Championship 

season on a high, with away 

games against Sheffield United and Luton 

on their agenda before the break for the 

World Cup this weekend. 

It has been a challenging opening to the 

campaign for the Millers, with manager Paul 

Warne leaving his post in mid-September 

and replaced by Matt Taylor. 

Finding your feet in a new league is 

always a big challenge for newly promoted 

clubs, but Rotherham have shown signs that 

they are bedding down some foundations 

in the Championship after their elevation 

from League One last season. 

A recent success at Stoke showed 

Rotherham’s ability to win on the road, 

whilst they also looked set to upset leaders 

Burnley at Turf Moor before the hosts 

struck with two stoppage time goals. 

With two away games to come in the next 

few days, there is a real opportunity for 

Rotherham to end this phase of the season 

on a high. 

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STAR MAN 

Rotherham attacking star 

Chiedozie Ogbene has made 

a big mark for himself since 

he committed his international future 

to the Republic of Ireland last year. 

Born in Nigeria and raised in 

Ireland, Ogbene has scored three 

goals for Ireland in the last year and 

he is relishing the experience of 

international football after accepting 

an offer of a call-up from Ireland boss 

Stephen Kenny. 

“I grew up in Cork, so I see myself 

as an Irishman but obviously I am 

Nigerian by birth,” states Ogbene, 

who scored in the tight 3-2 

defeat against promotion 

chasing Burnley 

last week. 

“I’m sure there are 

many players who grew 

up in Ireland and were 

born somewhere 

else and are 

obviously having 

trouble with their 

decision. I want to 

create a pathway 

for them to show 

that if you live 

there you get these 

opportunities. 

“Republic of 

Ireland is a big 

nation with so 


Chiedozie OGBENE 

11 PREVIOUS 

DATE OF BIRTH: 01/05/97 

POSITION: FORWARD 

CLUB: BRENTFORD 

many talented players and to be 

considered and to be called, honestly, 

I am honoured to be here. 

“I feel like I am doing very well. 

Stephen (Kenny) made contact with 

me a few times. We had to do some 

documents and, personally, I was 

quite shocked when he called to say 

he was looking to take me on board. 

International football is something 

I have dreamed about so to be with 

Ireland is truly a blessing.” 

Ogbene has also 

made some big 

contributions 

for Rotherham 

since joining 

the club from 

Brentford in the 

summer of 2019, 

scoring three goals 

in the promotion 

success last season 

and also firing in a fine 

goal at Wembley as 

the Millers won the EFL 

Trophy against Sutton United 

last April.

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Richard WOOD 

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THE CAPTAIN... 

Date of Birth: 05/07/85 

Previous club: Charlton 

Wood joined the Millers in 

2014 and has been a fine 

leader on and off the pitch. 

This defender started at 

Sheffield Wednesday and 

had spells at Coventry and 

Charlton before finding 

a home at Rotherham, 

where he is closing in on 

250 appearances. Wood 

has already scored four 

Championship goals this 

season. 

Ben WILES 

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YOUNG GUN... 


Previous club: – 

LAST TIME WE MET... 

Conor WASHINGTON 

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Rotherham’s youth team 

set-up has produced some 

fine players in recent 

years and Wiles is one of 

the best. He has been a 

first team regular since 

the 2019-20 campaign 

and played a full role in 

the promotion success 

last season, scoring eight 

valuable goals as the 

Millers returned to the 

Championship. 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 2-0 ROTHERHAM UNITED 

Saturday 9th March 2019 

Sheffield United continued their push for promotion 

with a seventh successive home win as they 

beat 10-man Rotherham United at Bramall Lane. 

Defender Jack O’Connell gave the Blades the 

perfect start by turning in Oliver Norwood’s clever 

corner, before Rotherham’s Will Vaulks was sent 

off. Mark Duffy’s second half goal sealed the win. 

ONE TO WATCH... 


Previous club: Charlton 

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Experience and goals will 

be vital for Rotherham as 

they look to find their feet 

in the Championship and 

former Blade Washington 

brings both. He scored his 

first goal of the season in 

the win against Reading 

in August, with this former 

Peterborough and QPR 

striker also on target 

against Huddersfield and 

Coventry last month. 


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NUMBERS COUNT... 

8 

91 

— 

130 

— 

621 

— 

— The minute when 

Rotherham’s Jamie Green 

netted against Barnet in 2008. 

It proved to be the club’s last 

competitive goal at their old 

Millmoor ground. 

The record number of points 

collected by a Rotherham 

side, as they won promotion 

in Division Two in the 2000-01 

season. 

Gladstone Guest holds the 

record for most goals scored by 

a Rotherham player in a Millers 

career that ran for a decade 

from 1946. 

Danny Williams set an 

appearance record for 

Rotherham in a career that 

started in 1943 and concluded 

in 1965. 


Ronnie Moore 

ROTHERHAM LEGEND... 

Both as a player and a manager, 

Ronnie Moore gave everything to the 

Rotherham United cause. 

His playing career included 125 

appearances between 1980 and 1983, 

but it was as a manager that Moore 

made a lasting mark. 

The Liverpudlian took charge of 398 

games in his first spell in charge, guiding 

the club from the lower reaches of the 

fourth tier of the English game and into 

the Championship in a glorious run of 

success. 

Moore returned for a second spell as 

Millers boss in 2009 and while that was 

not as successful, he will forever be a 

legend in the eyes of Rotherham fans.

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Matt Taylor 

FROM THE TOUCHLINE 

It was all change at 

into that already. We want them to 

Rotherham United last month keep on buying into it and keep 

as Matt Taylor was introduced bringing their energy and support, 

as the club’s new manager. 

week-in-week-out.” 

After making his mark as coach with Following a 16-year playing career, 

Exeter City, this former centre-back which included spells with Exeter, 

was lured to Rotherham to continue Charlton and Cheltenham Town, 

his coaching journey and he is Taylor first went into management with 

relishing the challenge of getting the Exeter in 2018, replacing long-serving 

Millers firing in the Championship. boss, Paul Tisdale. 

“There’s a group of players who A little over a month into his spell 

I could see something within, in as Rotherham boss, Taylor admits the 

relation to how they’ve performed hectic nature of the Championship 

so far this season and what their has made it tough to implement his 

success has been built on in the past,” philosophy at the club. 

states Taylor. 

“We have only been able to 

“All of the elements of that are influence a certain amount because 

exactly the same with what I have of the game schedule,” he added. “If 

done previously in my career, be it as you have time to work on the training 

a manager, coach or a player. 

ground, you can get your messages 

“Anyone who has seen me speak across, but it has been a case of game 

previously hopefully agrees that I’m an and recover every week. 

open and honest person. 

“It’s part and parcel of the league, 

“I’ll always say it how I see it and we can’t complain about it and we 

how it is. I won’t talk falsely about have to look forward to it. Physically 

anything that has happened. It is we have to keep them fresh. We may 

all about being honest with each have a slightly different look about us 

other. The players have to be honest away from home, as we may sacrifice 

with each other and we do as staff. certain areas of the pitch to help 

Hopefully the fans buy into that. the team. 

“We said that we won’t be changing “We have points to play for before 

too much too soon because we don’t the World Cup break, so we have 

need to. This club and this group to focus on these remaining games 

of players are moving in the right before we have a few weeks to 

direction and the fans have bought recover.” 

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Rotherham United's 

NON-LEAGUE NUGGETS 

Football historian LEIGH EDWARDS profiles six notable Rotherham players signed from non-League clubs... 

JACK GRAINGER 

England B international 

winger Jack Grainger 

was leading marksman 

as Rotherham United 

narrowly missed 

promotion to the top-flight 

on goal average in 1954- 

55. From a football family, 

his brother Colin played 

for England and the 

Blades, he impressed with 

Frickley Colliery before 

moving to Rotherham 

in November 1945 and 

starred in their 1950-51 

Third Division (North) title 

triumph. Scoring twice 

as they beat holders 

Newcastle in the 1952-53 

FA Cup fourth round, he 

netted 112 goals in 352 

League outings prior to 

joining Lincoln City in 

June 1957. He later played 

for Burton Albion and 

Denaby United, residing 

in Havercroft until his 

death in January 1983. 


ROY LAMBERT 

Hard-tackling right-half 

Roy Lambert appeared 

for Rotherham United in 

the 1961 League Cup final. 

A former miner at Barley 

Hall Colliery, he played 

for Thorncliffe Welfare 

prior to joining Rotherham 

in July 1954. He made 

his League debut in their 

3-1 defeat at Nottingham 

Forest in January 1957 

and was ever-present in 

1959-60, helping to beat 

Arsenal in the FA Cup 

third round. Ever-present 

again in 1962-63, he 

netted six goals in 307 

League games, moving 

to Barnsley in November 

1965. He coached back 

at Rotherham, then was 

youth coach and chief 

scout at Huddersfield. 

Later a machinist for 

Gerrard Industries at 

Kilnhurst, he died in 

February 2022. 

GERRY FORREST 

Right-back Gerry Forrest 

featured prominently 

in Rotherham's 1980- 

81 Third Division title 

triumph. He impressed 

with South Bank before 

moving to Millmoor in 

February 1977 and starred 

in the defeat of Arsenal 

in the 1978-79 League 

Cup second round. Also 

helping the Millers to 

reach the League Cup 

fifth round in 1983-84, he 

joined Southampton for 

£100,000 in December 

1985 and was a League 

Cup semi-finalist in 

1986-87. He re-joined 

Rotherham in August 

1990 and netted eight 

goals in 391 League 

games overall prior to 

joining Gateshead in 

August 1991. Settling in 

Stockton, he has since 

run his own kitchen fitting 

business.

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Jack Grainger & 

Roy Lambert 

MICK GOODING 

Midfielder Mick Gooding 

was ever-present for 

Rotherham United in 

1986-87. Starting with 

Bishop Auckland, he 

joined Rotherham in July 

1979, starring in their 

1980-81 Third Division 

title triumph. He joined 

Chesterfield in December 

1982 but returned to 

Rotherham nine months 

later and netted 42 goals 

in 258 League games 

overall before joining 

Peterborough United in 

August 1987. Moving to 

Wolves in September 

1988, he helped win 

the Third Division title 

and joined Reading in 

December 1989. Starring 

as they won the Second 

Division title in 1993-94, 

he became joint playermanager, 

then had a spell 

at Southend and was 

Walsall’s youth coach. 

ALLY PICKERING 

Right-back Ally Pickering 

helped Rotherham United 

win promotion in 1991- 

92. Initially with Buxton, 

he joined Rotherham 

for a then club record 

£16,500 in February 1990. 

He scored twice in 88 

League games while at 

Millmoor before moving to 

Coventry City for £80,000 

in October 1993 and 

appeared regularly in the 

Premier League. Sold to 

Stoke City for £280,000 

in August 1996, he was 

ever-present in 1997-98 

and joined Burnley in 

December 1998. He then 

played for Altrincham, 

Cambridge United, 

Chester City, Hyde 

United, Gainsborough 

Trinity and Mossley. Later 

managing Mossley, he 

then had spells in charge 

of Woodley Sports and 

New Mills. 

DARREN GARNER 

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Midfielder Darren 

Garner featured in 

Rotherham United’s 

1996 Auto Windscreens 

Shield final triumph. 

Starting with hometown 

Plymouth Argyle, he 

joined Dorchester Town 

in August 1994 and 

moved to Rotherham for 

£30,000 in June 1995. 

He helped them qualify 

for the Third Division 

play-offs in 1998-99, then 

win promotion in two 

consecutive seasons. 

Scoring 23 goals in 264 

League games for the 

Millers, he joined Torquay 

United initially on loan in 

March 2005. He later had 

spells at Newport County, 

Launceston, Truro City, 

Bodmin Town and 

returned to Launceston 

as player-manager, since 

working for a recruitment 

agency back in Plymouth. 


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THE LOWDOWN... 

...on Rotherham United 

Each week UTB takes an alternative look over our opponents... 

INAUGURAL CUP FINALISTS 

Rotherham were denied a place in 

the top-flight by goal average in 1955, 

having beaten Liverpool 6-1 in what was 

a memorable campaign. The Millers also 

competed in the inaugural League Cup 

final in 1961, losing 3-2 on aggregate to 

Aston Villa, despite winning the first leg at 

Millmoor. 

UPS AND DOWNS 

Rotherham have yo-yoed between 

the second and third tier since being 

relegated in 2016-17. Since then, the 

Millers have bounced back to the 

Championship at the first attempt on three 

consecutive occasions, including last term 

when they finished runners-up to Wigan 

Athletic in addition to lifting the Papa 

John’s Trophy at Wembley. 

YOU ARE THE REF! 

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Former Premier League referee Howard 

Webb is an avid follower of the Millers and 

is a regular at the New York Stadium. Wellknown 

actor Dean Andrews is also a fan 

of Matt Taylor’s side, along with the club’s 

honorary vice president Paul Chuckle and 

his late brother Barry. 

WARNOCK’S GREAT ESCAPE 

Former Blades boss Neil Warnock kept 

Rotherham up against the odds in 2016. 

Appointed as Neil Redfern’s successor 

with just 16 games to go and with the 

Millers in the relegation zone, the 

veteran boss masterminded an 11-game 

unbeaten run, including a 1-0 win at 

Hillsborough to steer the club to safety. 


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TICKETS & 

TRAVEL 

OPENING HOURS 

Monday-Friday: 9am–5pm 

Saturday (Non-Matchday): 9am–12noon 

Saturday (Matchday): 9am–half time 

Matchday (Evening): 9am–kick off 

CONTACT DETAILS 

Tel: 0114 253 7200 (option 1) 

Visit: tickets.sufc.co.uk Email: boxoffice@sufc.co.uk 

*A £1 booking fee applies to all telephone and online orders 

AWAY BLADE 

Coach Travel – Under-16s Policy 

Sheffield United continue to ensure that the club 

complies with safeguarding procedures and to 

make sure that all young supporters travelling 

on the official Away Blade transport are properly 

supervised. Therefore, juniors, aged U16, will not 

be allowed to travel on the Away Blade coaches 

without a responsible adult, aged 25 or above. 

A maximum of two juniors U16 may travel with a 

responsible adult. For more information contact 

0114 253 7200. 

2022-23 MATCHDAY PRICES 

STAND TYPE CAT. A* CAT. A CAT. B 

KOP STAND 

CHERRY STREET 

SOUTH STAND 

& JOHN STREET 

FAMILY ENCLOSURE 

& FAMILY CORNER 

BRAMALL LANE 

UPPER CORNER & 

BRAMALL LANE 

UPPER TIER 

ADULT £35 £31 £26 

OVER 60 / DISABLED £29 £24 £20 

YA U22 / STUDENT £24 £20 £17 

UNDER 18 £17 £14 £12 

JUNIOR BLADES £15 £12 £10 

ADULT £40 £35 £31 

OVER 60 / DISABLED £32 £27 £23 

YA U22 / STUDENT £26 £21 £20 

UNDER 18 £21 £17 £14 


ADULT £37 £33 £29 

OVER 60 / DISABLED £31 £26 £21 

YA U22 / STUDENT £25 £21 £18 

UNDER 18 £20 £16 £13 


AWAY 

vs CARDIFF CITY 

Saturday 12th November 

Sky Bet Championship 

Kick Off 3pm 

This match is ALL TICKET for 

Blades supporters. We have 

been allocated 2801 tickets. 

TICKET PRICES: 

Adults: ......................................£23 

Seniors (60+): ......................... £18 

Young Adult (16-21): .............£12 

Under 16: ................................ £10 

Q DISABLED TICKET INFORMATION 

12 pairs of wheelchair/ 

personal assistant tickets 

are available at £19 adults, 

£15 seniors, £12 young adults 

and £9 under 16s with the 

personal assistant FOC. 

Ambulant tickets are available 

from the main allocation at 

the age appropriate price with 

the personal assistant FOC 

(subject to qualification). 12 

disabled parking spaces are 

available directly from Cardiff 

on a first come first served 

basis by contacting ben. 

jones@cardiffcityfc.co.uk 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION 

Blocks 121 and 122 have safe 

standing areas within them 

(rail seats), these are clearly 

marked on the plan and also 


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on your ticket – standing will 

not be permitted in other 

areas. These blocks also 

have a small amount of nonstanding 

tickets. Under 14s 

will not be permitted entry into 

the stadium without an adult 

aged 18+. 

AWAY BLADES COACH TRAVEL 

Price: £40 

Departing Bramall Lane at 

8:00am, prompt. 

HOME 

vs HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 

Saturday 10th December 

Sky Bet Championship 

Kick Off 3pm 

This match is a Category A 

fixture. Tickets now on general 

sale. Supporters will be 

allocated 100 loyalty points. 

Tickets now on general sale. 

TICKETS ARE PRICED FROM: 

Adults: ...................................... £31 

Seniors: ....................................£24 

Young Adults / Students: ...£20 

Juniors: .....................................£14 

Junior Blade Members: .......£12 

Information correct at the time 

of going to print. Please check 

www.sufc.co.uk for up-to-date 

information. 

TC VISITS MILLERS 

MEMORY CLUB 

You will have seen TC’s recent visit to Rotherham’s 

Millers Memory Club in a recent edition of UTB, 

and he was present again recently as he looks to 

put together a version right here at Bramall Lane. 

Founded by former Millers defender and 

assistant manager John Breckin, the club aims to 

support those suffering with or directly affected by 

memory-related illnesses by providing a safe and 

friendly environment for all who attend. 

After seeing his former England colleague Dave 

Watson at New York Stadium recently, TC was back 

for a chat with Breckin as he looks to implement a 

Blades version in the coming months. 

TC said: “I had a really good chat with Breck, 

and I’ve been impressed with what he’s created at 

Rotherham. I’ll look forward to catching up with him 

if I see him at today’s game. 

“I’ve made some steps here regarding hosting 

something similar, and I’ve already had some 

interest. If there are any former players keen to 

attend or who want to help in any way, please get 

in touch.” 

▲ TC chatting to John Breckin at the Millers Memory Club 


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THE EX-FILES 

David McGoldrick 

EACH WEEK UTB CATCHES UP WITH THE PROGRESS OF SOME OF THE NAMES WHO ONCE 

GRACED BRAMALL LANE, BUT ARE NOW CONTINUING THEIR CAREER ELSEWHERE… 

David McGoldrick is off the mark 

for his new club Derby County 

after scoring a dramatic stoppage 

time winner recently against 

Peterborough United. 

Trailing 1-0 and down to 10 men, 

things looked bleak for the Rams 

until an equaliser from Jason 

Knight on 88 minutes was followed 

up by McGoldrick’s winner from 

12 yards. 

After missing the first four games 

of the campaign through injury, 

McGoldrick is now finding his 

feet at Pride Park after his highly 

successful stint at Bramall Lane 

came to an end at the conclusion 

of last season. 

“As a striker you enjoy your 

goals, and especially when 

they come as a winner as well,” 

McGoldrick said of his first strike. 

“We hadn’t scored for a few 

games, so to get two right at the 

end was nice. It was a pleasing day 

all around and it’s always special 

to turn it around late on. 

“We are all together as one in 

the dressing room and it helps with 

the team bonding too, celebrating 

together at the end, especially 

as quite a few of us have come 

through the door this summer. 

The changing room was very 

happy after.” 

Grateful to be back fit again after 

recovering from the injury which 

curtailed his final season in S2, the 

ex-Forest front man is now focused 

on a strong run in the side. 

He added: “I feel I am getting 

fitter. I came here after a four or 

five-month spell out, following an 

operation. I’ve been building my 

fitness up and I had a setback by 

doing too much too soon, but now 

I am building things up slowly.” 

▲ Didzy celebrates his first for Derby 

against Peterborough 


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FAVOURITES 

with Ollie Norwood 

IN EVERY EDITION OF UTB THIS SEASON, 

WE TALK TO A CURRENT MEMBER OF 

UNITED’S FIRST TEAM SQUAD TO FIND OUT 

SOME OF THEIR FAVOURITE THINGS... 

FAVOURITE... 

BOX SET/TV SERIES... Probably The Office, with Ricky Gervais. 

FILM... I’ll say Mrs. Doubtfire. I love watching that 

one with the family. Some of the young 

lads here won’t even know what that is! 

PHONE APP... I could do without a phone 

to be honest, but I’ll say Whatsapp. 

It’s what I use the most. 

HOLIDAY DESTINATION... I’ve been lucky to have 

been to some nice places. I like to go 

different places and see different things. 

I enjoyed Dubai and also Portugal. 

OTHER SPORT TO PLAY... I’ll say golf or 

cricket. I love playing both. 

OTHER SPORT TO WATCH... I enjoy watching 

boxing. Not that I’d ever get in the ring! 

SPORTSMAN... Like I said I enjoy my 

boxing, so I’ll go for Tyson Fury. He’s 

had some journey back to the top. 

COMEDIAN... I’ll say Ricky Gervais. 

CURRENT TEAMMATE... None of them! 

GROUND TO PLAY AT... Other than Bramall Lane? Okay, 

I’ll go for Windsor Park. I had some great 

times playing there for Northern Ireland. 

It was, and still is, a special atmosphere. 

MEAL... You can’t beat fish and chips. 

Easy choice if you are from up north! 

CHOCOLATE BAR... Standard Dairy Milk. 

KARAOKE SONG… I haven’t done karaoke for years! 

I remember when I signed here my initiation 

song was Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams. 


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UNITED IN 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 evening and welcome back 

to Bramall Lane for tonight’s 

re-arranged fixture against 

Rotherham United. 

As always, we are delighted to introduce 

our sponsors who join us for this local 

derby against the Millers. 

Our first main match sponsor is 

Rotherham Glass and Glazing Ltd, a 

business with over 30 years’ experience 

and as a member of the Federation of 

Small Businesses, they know what it takes 

to go that extra mile for our customers. 

If you are looking to personalise your 

home with decorative windows, then 

contact them to discuss your designs. 

For a free quotation on any glazing 

services, call 01709 525555 or visit www. 

rotherhamglass.co.uk 

We have a second main match sponsor 

today, Pyramid Carpets.They are a 

family run business with over 70 years of 

experience delivering the highest quality 

selection of carpets, rugs and flooring to 

both commercial and domestic customers 

throughout Yorkshire. For more details 

visit www.pyramidcarpets.co.uk 

Tonight’s programme sponsor is 

Eagle Platforms. From their head office 

in Sheffield and regional hubs across 

the UK, they can supply all your access 

needs, 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week with an exclusive range of machines 

from the world’s leading manufacturers. 

In addition to this, their award-winning 

service and training teams can ensure 

the complete support for all aspects of 

your MEWP requirements. Visit www. 

eagleplatforms.com 

Finally, our match ball sponsor is 

National Timber Group. They are the 

largest independent timber distribution 

and processing group in the UK. 

The group was created through the 

acquisitions of market-leading brands 

Thornbridge, NYTimber, Rembrand 

Timber and Arnold Laver. The group 

serves a diverse customer base including 

joiners, housebuilders, and contractors, 

and is a favoured supplier of large-scale 

infrastructure projects. For further details, 

visit www.nationaltimbergroup.com 

We hope that you all enjoy your evening 

with us. UTB! 

Paul Reeves 

Head of Commercial 

▲ Thanks to our sponsors for the recent game against Norwich City 


86 UTB 

MATCH ACTION 

0 - 2 

– 

NDIAYE 11, Mc BURNIE 23 

SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER — SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP — VENUE: THE HAWTHORNS 

BLADES:DAVIES, BALDOCK (ROBINSON 76), FLECK (BREWSTER 65, SHARP 76), 

BASHAM (STEVENS 85), Mc BURNIE, EGAN, AHMEDHODŽIĆ, NORWOOD, 

DOYLE, OSBORN, NDIAYE. UNUSED: AMISSAH, KHADRA, MCATEE. 

Iliman Ndiaye makes it 1-0 Blades 


UTB 87 

Oli McBurnie makes it 2-0 

Oli celebrates his seventh of the season 

Iliman ‘s goal joy 

Chris Basham makes a telling clearance 


88 UTB 

ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE PITCH WITHOUT 

PERMISSION AND THOSE CARRYING OR USING 

SMOKE BOMBS OR PYROS WILL NOW RECEIVE 

AN AUTOMATIC CLUB BAN. 

‘LOVE FOOTBALL. PROTECT THE GAME’ 

A message about anti-social and criminal behaviour 

To mark the new season, we want to 

make you aware of new measures 

being taken across all of football 

to ensure everyone can have a safe 

and enjoyable experience. We are 

supporting strong action from the 

FA, Premier League and EFL to tackle 

anti-social and criminal behaviours 

that put all of us at risk. 

This reflects the seriousness of 

the risks to fans and staff – pyros 

can burn at 2000 degrees Celsius 

and cause lifechanging injuries, 

while entering the pitch endangers 

players, managers and match 

officials. 

We know those who commit these 

illegal acts do not represent the 

majority of supporters. 

#LoveFootball #ProtectTheGame 


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T he Story So Far... 

Catching up and recording events from Bramall Lane… 

— SUNDAY 23rd OCTOBER 

United Women are 

narrowly beaten 1-0 at 

home to Southampton 

at Bramall Lane in the 

Women’s Championship. 

— MONDAY 24th OCTOBER 

United’s U21s maintained 

their lead at the top 

of the Professional 

Development League 

after a 3-2 win over 

Burnley. Goals from 

Oliver Arblaster and 

Louie Marsh (2) cement 

another three points. 

— SATURDAY 29th OCTOBER 

Norwood, Doyle, Osborn, Ndiaye. 

Unused: Amissah, Khadra, 

McAtee. 

Referee: D. Whitestone 

Attendance: 22,270 

United end a six game 

winless run after an 

impressive 2-0 away 

win at West Brom. Iliman 

Ndiaye gave United the 

lead before Oli McBurnie 

made it 2-0 with a tidy 

finish into the corner after 

a fine run from Ndiaye. 

The Blades looked solid 

throughout, earning a 

first clean sheet since the 

middle of September in 

the process. 

— SUNDAY 30th OCTOBER 

United Women are 

beaten 2-1 by Birmingham 

City with Courtney 

Sweetman-Kirk on target 

for the Blades. 

— TUESDAY 1st NOVEMBER 

United’s U21s are 

defeated 3-0 by an 

experienced Barnsley 

side in the Professional 

Development League. 

United’s U18s defeat 

Peterborough 2-0 thanks 

to goals from Owen 

Hampson and Kurtis 

Havenhand. 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

WEST BROMWICH 

ALBION 0 

– 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 2 

NDIAYE 11, McBURNIE 23 

West Brom: Palmer, Furlong, 

Townsend (Reach 76), O’Shea, 

Livermore (Molumby 58), Phillips, 

Diangana, Pieters, Wallace (Swift 

58), Grant, Gardner-Hickman 

(Thomas-Asante 85). Unused: 

Button, Kelly, Yokuslu. 

Blades: Davies, Baldock 

(Robinson 76), Fleck (Brewster 65, 

Sharp 76), Basham (Stevens 85), 

McBurnie, Egan, Ahmedhodžić, 

▲ Iliman Ndiaye and Oli McBurnie congratulate each other in the win at West Brom 


HERE’S 

A ST AT 

I BET 

YOU 

DIDN’T 

KN 

W

OVER HALF A MILLION 

SKY BET CUSTOMERS USE DEPOSIT LIMITS 

TO MANAGE THEIR BETTING BUDGET. 

THAT’S ENOUGH TO FILL: 

6 WEMBLEYS. 

201 ALLY PALLYS. 

OR 8 CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP DAYS. 

(THAT’S A LOT OF TWEED) 

ALL GOOD BOOKMAKERS 

HAVE DEPOSIT LIMITS. 

SO WHOEVER YOU BET WITH, 

SET AN APPROPRIATE ONE FOR YOU 

AND THEN ENJOY THE SPORT. 

DEPOSIT LIMITS 

THAT’S BETTING BETTER.

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FACTS&FIGURES 2022-23 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 2022-23 ROLLCALL 

2022-23 

LEAGUE 

2022-23 

CUP 

UNITED 

CAREER 

2022-23 

RECORD 

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

1 ADAM DAVIES 17.07.92 RINTEIN, GER 3 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 

2 GEORGE BALDOCK 09.03.93 BUCKINGHAM 18 - - - - - 176 8 5 2 3 - 

3 ENDA STEVENS 09.07.90 DUBLIN 2 2 - - - - 188 5 9 1 1 - 

4 JOHN FLECK 24.08.91 GLASGOW 8 2 - 1 - - 237 19 15 2 2 - 

5 JACK O’CONNELL 29.03.94 LIVERPOOL - - - - - - 172 5 9 - - - 

6 CHRIS BASHAM 30.05.88 PETERBOROUGH 11 4 - - - - 343 22 14 - - - 

7 RHIAN BREWSTER 01.04.00 CHADWELL HEATH 5 11 1 1 - - 31 32 5 1 1 - 

8 SANDER BERGE 14.02.98 ASKER 12 - 3 - 1 - 64 15 11 3 1 - 

9 OLI McBURNIE 04.06.96 LEEDS 11 5 9 - - - 61 51 17 1 6 - 

10 BILLY SHARP 05.02.86 SHEFFIELD 4 9 - - 1 - 259 87 126 2 3 - 

11 REDA KHADRA 04.07.01 BERLIN 4 7 1 1 - - 5 7 1 - - - 

12 JOHN EGAN 22.10.92 CORK 19 - - 1 - - 185 1 5 2 3 - 

13 MAX LOWE 11.05.97 SOUTH NORMANTON 6 1 1 1 - - 16 3 1 2 1 - 

15 ANEL AHMEDHODŽIĆ 26.03.99 MALMO, SWE 12 2 4 1 - - 13 2 4 2 5 - 

16 OLLIE NORWOOD 12.04.91 BURNLEY 19 - 2 1 - - 179 12 9 4 4 - 

17 ISMAILA COULIBALY 25.12.00 MALI - - - - - - - - - - - - 

18 WES FODERINGHAM 14.01.91 HAMMERSMITH 16 - - 1 - - 54 - - 1 1 1 

19 JACK ROBINSON 01.09.93 WARRINGTON 2 1 1 - - - 50 6 4 - - - 

20 JAYDEN BOGLE 27.07.00 READING 1 1 - - - - 38 7 6 - 1 - 

22 TOMMY DOYLE 17.10.01 MANCHESTER 9 4 - - 1 - 9 5 - 1 1 - 

23 BEN OSBORN 05.08.94 DERBY 6 3 1 - 1 - 61 33 5 1 - - 

26 CIARAN CLARK 26.09.89 HARROW 2 1 - - 1 - 2 2 - - 3 - 

28 JAMES McATEE 18.10.02 SALFORD 5 8 1 1 - - 6 8 1 2 4 - 

29 ILIMAN NDIAYE 06.03.00 ROUEN, FRA 17 2 9 - - - 43 12 16 3 3 - 

30 OLIVER ARBLASTER 08.01.04 SHEFFIELD - 3 - 1 - - 1 3 - - - - 

32 WILL OSULA 04.08.03 COPENHAGEN - - - - - - - 5 - - - - 

33 RHYS NORRINGTON-DAVIES 22.04.99 RIYADH, SAU 15 - - - - - 38 3 - - 3 - 

34 KYRON GORDON 24.05.02 SHEFFIELD 1 - - 1 - - 9 1 - - - - 

35 ANDRE BROOKS 20.08.03 SHEFFIELD - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - 

36 DANIEL JEBBISON 13.08.03 OAKVILLE, CAN 1 2 - - - - 6 12 1 - - - 

37 JORDAN AMISSAH 02.08.01 HERNE - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - 

39 SAI SACHDEV 09.03.05 LEICESTER - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - 

OWN GOALS: 1 

SHEFFIELD UNITED ON THE ROAD 2022-23 

BIRMINGHAM CITY 2,714 - - 

BLACKBURN ROVERS 1,536 - - 

BLACKPOOL 1,499 - - 

BRISTOL CITY - 781 356 

BURNLEY 2,683 - - 

CARDIFF CITY - - - 

COVENTRY CITY - 1,857 168 

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN - - - 

HULL CITY - 2,288 132 

LUTON TOWN - 1,032 258 

NORWICH CITY 2,643 - - 

MIDDLESBROUGH - 2,183 202 

MILLWALL 1,270 - - 

PRESTON NORTH END - 4,428 150 

QUEENS PARK RANGERS 668 - - 

READING 566 - - 

ROTHERHAM UNITED - - - 

STOKE CITY - 2,553 144 

SUNDERLAND 2,572 - - 

SWANSEA CITY - 560 462 

WATFORD - 1,908 292 

WEST BROMWICH ALBION - 1,936 180 

WIGAN ATHLETIC - - - 

CARABAO CUP 

WEST BROMWICH ALBION - 739 174 

● AWAY FANS AT THE LANE ● BLADES AWAY FANS 

● ROUND TRIP (MILES) 

GOAL TIMES 

F A 

0-15 5 4 

16-30 6 3 

31-45 3 3 

46-60 5 4 

61-75 11 1 

76-90 4 3 

EXTRA-TIME - - 

GOALS THE BREAKDOWN 

SHOTS 27 

HEADERS 6 

PENALTIES - 

OWN GOALS 1 

OTHERS - 

LEAGUE RECORD 

HOME AWAY TOTAL 

P 2477 2478 4955 

W 1318 677 1995 

D 617 609 1226 

L 542 1192 1734 

F 4537 2988 7525 

A 2708 4293 7001 

STAT SNIPPET... 

Andre Brooks made his 

professional debut from 

the bench for the Blades in 

the 5-2 win over Burnley. 


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CHAMPIONSHIP TOP 5s 2022-23 

GOALS 

ILIMAN NDIAYE 

Sheffield United 9 

OLI McBURNIE 


JERRY YATES 

Blackpool 9 

JAY RODRIGUEZ 

Burnley 9 

BEN BRERETON DIAZ 

Blackburn Rovers 9 

ASSISTS 

DAN BARLASER 

Rotherham United 6 

SORBA THOMAS 

Huddersfield Town 6 

ILIAS CHAIR 

Queens Park Rangers 6 

JACK CLARKE 

Sunderland 6 

STEFAN JOHANSEN 

Queens Park Rangers 6 

CLEAN SHEETS 

FREDDIE WOODMAN 

Preston North End 11 

BEN WILSON 

Coventry City 8 

ETHAN HORVATH 

Luton Town 8 

THOMAS KAMINSKI 

Blackburn Rovers 7 

WES FODERINGHAM 


GOALS SCORED FROM BENCH 

MANUEL BENSON 

Burnley 3 

OLIVIER NTCHAM 

Swansea City 3 

ANTOINE SEMENYO 

Bristol City 3 

GEORGIE KELLY 

Rotherham United 3 

ILIMAN NDIAYE 


GOALS SCORED 

BURNLEY 

37 

SHEFFIELD 

UNITED 34 

NORWICH 

CITY 28 

BRISTOL 

CITY 27 

WATFORD 

26 

POINTS WON AFTER FALLING BEHIND 

SWANSEA 

CITY 12 

BURNLEY 

11 

WATFORD 

8 

MILLWALL 

8 

SUNDERLAND 

8 


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FACTS&FIGURES 

HOME 

AWAY 

P TEAM P W D L F A W D L F A GD PTS 

1 BURNLEY 20 6 4 0 20 10 4 4 2 17 13 +14 38 

2 BLACKBURN ROVERS 20 8 0 2 17 7 4 0 6 7 12 +5 36 

3 SHEFFIELD UNITED 19 5 3 1 22 10 5 2 3 12 8 +16 35 

4 NORWICH CITY 20 5 3 2 17 10 4 2 4 11 11 +7 32 

5 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 19 5 2 2 14 8 4 2 4 11 12 +5 31 

6 PRESTON NORTH END 20 3 4 3 5 7 5 3 2 11 9 0 31 

7 WATFORD 19 5 1 3 15 10 3 4 3 11 12 +4 29 

8 LUTON TOWN 19 2 6 2 13 11 5 2 2 9 8 +3 29 

9 SWANSEA CITY 19 5 2 3 15 13 3 3 3 10 13 -1 29 

10 MILLWALL 19 7 1 2 16 7 1 3 5 6 13 +2 28 

11 BIRMINGHAM CITY 19 3 4 2 10 6 4 2 4 10 10 +4 27 

12 READING 19 6 1 3 15 11 2 1 6 6 16 -6 26 

13 SUNDERLAND 19 2 4 3 10 10 4 2 4 14 12 +2 24 

14 CARDIFF CITY 19 4 2 3 7 6 3 1 6 8 15 -6 24 

15 COVENTRY CITY 17 3 1 3 6 6 3 4 3 11 12 -1 23 

16 BRISTOL CITY 20 4 2 4 13 10 2 3 5 14 19 -2 23 

17 ROTHERHAM UNITED 19 4 3 3 17 12 1 4 4 6 13 -2 22 

18 BLACKPOOL 19 3 1 5 12 13 3 3 4 11 15 -5 22 

19 STOKE CITY 19 2 2 5 9 14 4 2 4 11 11 -5 22 

20 MIDDLESBROUGH 19 3 5 2 11 10 2 1 6 13 15 -1 21 

21 HULL CITY 19 4 0 6 10 18 2 3 4 11 17 -14 21 

22 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 19 2 4 4 12 14 2 4 3 10 10 -2 20 

23 WIGAN ATHLETIC 19 1 3 6 6 17 4 2 3 13 11 -9 20 

24 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 18 4 1 5 10 10 0 2 6 7 15 -8 15 

FA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2022-23 

P TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 

1 BRISTOL CITY 7 6 1 0 13 2 11 19 

2 LONDON CITY LIONESSES 8 5 2 1 17 6 11 17 

3 SOUTHAMPTON 8 5 2 1 11 6 5 17 

4 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 8 4 1 3 16 13 3 13 

5 CRYSTAL PALACE 7 4 0 3 9 8 1 12 

6 BLACKBURN ROVERS 8 3 2 3 9 12 -3 11 

7 BIRMINGHAM CITY 7 3 1 3 11 10 1 10 

8 LEWES 7 2 4 1 8 7 1 10 

9 SHEFFIELD UNITED 7 2 1 4 14 9 5 7 

10 DURHAM WOMEN 7 2 1 4 7 11 -4 7 

11 SUNDERLAND 8 1 1 6 5 13 -8 4 

12 COVENTRY UNITED 8 0 0 8 4 27 -23 0 

LEAGUE 

TABLES 

2022-23 

U21 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH 2022-23* 



2 WIGAN ATHLETIC 13 5 2 6 21 19 2 17 

3 BURNLEY 12 5 2 5 20 25 -5 17 

4 HULL CITY 12 5 1 6 30 23 7 16 

5 BIRMINGHAM CITY 12 4 4 4 21 19 2 16 

6 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 13 3 4 6 22 28 -6 13 

7 COVENTRY CITY 11 3 2 6 17 21 -4 11 

8 CREWE ALEXANDRA 9 2 4 3 11 14 -3 10 

9 BARNSLEY 10 2 3 5 13 17 -4 9 

10 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 13 3 0 10 12 33 -21 9 

U18 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH 2022-23* 


1 BARNSLEY 8 5 1 2 20 12 8 16 


3 BURNLEY 9 4 3 2 18 16 2 15 

4 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 9 4 0 5 16 23 -7 12 

5 WIGAN ATHLETIC 9 3 1 5 14 14 0 10 

6 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 8 2 3 3 8 8 0 9 

7 CREWE ALEXANDRA 8 2 2 4 10 13 -3 8 

8 COVENTRY CITY 7 2 1 4 11 13 -2 7 

9 BIRMINGHAM CITY 8 2 1 5 16 20 -4 7 

10 HULL CITY 8 1 1 6 10 28 -18 4 

*PLEASE NOTE, GAMES AGAINST TEAMS FROM THE SOUTH LEAGUE CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS NORTH TABLE 

UPDATED AS OF 06/11/22 


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SEASON STATS 

2022-23 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

JAN 

FEB 

MAR 

APR 

M 

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

MON 1 20:00 WATFORD 0-1 19,536 (1,908) 23 FOD’HAM BALDOCK CLARK EGAN N’-DAVIES STEVENS BERGE 

SAT 6 15:00 MILLWALL 2-0 27,738 (1,270) 7 FOD’HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN CLARK N’-DAVIES BERGE 1 

THU 11 20:00 WEST BROM CC1 0-1 6,747 (739) – FOD’HAM GORDON AHMED’ZIC EGAN LOWE NORWOOD ARBLASTER 

SUN 14 14:00 MIDDLESBROUGH 2-2 26,056 (2,183) 9 FOD’HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN N’-DAVIES LOWE BERGE 1 

WED 17 20:00 SUNDERLAND 2-1 28,597 (2,572) 4 FOD’HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC 1 EGAN N’-DAVIES LOWE 1 BERGE 

SAT 20 15:00 BLACKBURN ROVERS 3-0 27,859 (1,536) 1 FOD’HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN N’-DAVIES LOWE BERGE 

FRI 26 20:00 LUTON TOWN 1-1 9,882 (1,032) 2 FOD’HAM BALDOCK BASHAM EGAN N’-DAVIES LOWE BERGE 

TUE 30 19:45 READING 4-0 27,810 (566) 1 FOD'HAM BALDOCK AHMED'ZIC 2 EGAN N'-DAVIES LOWE BERGE 

SUN 4 15:00 HULL CITY 2-0 20,426 (2,288) 1 FOD'HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN N'-DAVIES LOWE BERGE 1 

TUE 13 19:45 SWANSEA CITY 1-0 15,458 (560) 1 FOD'HAM BALDOCK BASHAM EGAN AHMED’ZIC N'-DAVIES BERGE 

SAT 17 15:00 PRESTON NORTH END 2-0 18,412 (4,428) 1 FOD'HAM BALDOCK AHMED'ZIC EGAN BASHAM N'-DAVIES BERGE 

SAT 1 15:00 BIRMINGHAM CITY 1-1 29,927 (2,714) 1 FOD'HAM BALDOCK BASHAM EGAN N'-DAVIES KHADRA BERGE 

TUE 4 19:45 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 0-1 26,666 (668) 1 FOD'HAM BALDOCK BASHAM EGAN N'-DAVIES BOGLE BERGE 

SAT 8 15:00 STOKE CITY 1-3 22,008 (2,553) 1 FOD'HAM GORDON BASHAM EGAN N’-DAVIES DOYLE NORWOOD 

SAT 15 15:00 BLACKPOOL 3-3 28,455 (1,499) 2 FOD'HAM BALDOCK BASHAM EGAN N'-DAVIES OSBORN DOYLE 

WED 19 19:45 COVENTRY CITY 0-1 17,913 (1,857) 4 DAVIES BALDOCK AHMED'ZIC EGAN BASHAM N'-DAVIES OSBORN 

SAT 22 15:00 NORWICH CITY 2-2 30,035 (2,643) 5 DAVIES BALDOCK AHMED'ZIC EGAN BASHAM OSBORN 1 FLECK 

SAT 29 12:30 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2-0 22,270 (1,936) 4 DAVIES BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN BASHAM OSBORN FLECK 

TUE 1 20:00 BRISTOL CITY 1-0 17,437 (781) 3 FOD'HAM BALDOCK BASHAM EGAN ROBINSON OSBORN FLECK 

SAT 5 12:30 BURNLEY 5-2 28,924 (2,683) 3 FOD'HAM BALDOCK AHMED'ZIC 1 EGAN ROBINSON 1 STEVENS FLECK 

TUE 8 19:45 ROTHERHAM UNITED 

SAT 12 15:00 CARDIFF CITY 

SAT 10 15:00 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 

MON 19 20:00 WIGAN ATHLETIC 

MON 26 15:00 COVENTRY CITY 

THU 29 20:15 BLACKPOOL 

MON 2 20:00 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 

SAT 14 15:00 STOKE CITY 

FRI 20 19:45 HULL CITY 

SAT 28 15:00 READING 

SAT 4 15:00 ROTHERHAM UNITED 

SAT 11 15:00 SWANSEA CITY 

WED 15 19:45 MIDDLESBROUGH 

SAT 18 15:00 MILLWALL 

SAT 25 15:00 WATFORD 

SAT 4 15:00 BLACKBURN ROVERS 

SAT 11 15:00 LUTON TOWN 

WED 15 19:45 SUNDERLAND 

SAT 18 15:00 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 

SAT 1 15:00 NORWICH CITY 

FRI 7 

15:00 WIGAN ATHLETIC 

MON 10 15:00 BURNLEY 

SAT 15 15:00 CARDIFF CITY 

TUE 18 19:45 BRISTOL CITY 

SAT 22 15:00 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 

SAT 29 15:00 PRESTON NORTH END 

SAT 6 15:00 BIRMINGHAM CITY 

REMEMBRANCE DAY EDUCATION 

FOR UNITED’S U12s… 

As valued members of the education 

programme, Sheffield United have 

been invited to the U12 Christmas Truce 

Tournament taking place on November 13th. 

The competition, taking place at Cosford 

Royal Air Force base, will see the club take 

part in an education project alongside 

28 other clubs from the Premier League 

and Category One academies, with an 

opportunity to progress to the Premier 

League Truce Tournament in Belgium. 

The U12s, with support from educational and 

football staff, are putting together a project that 

will support Remembrance Day in promoting 

the Flanders Fields poem, their poppy design, 

social activities, which will be communicated 

across the whole club, and most importantly 

what this project means to them. Some fantastic 

work has been done by the U12 group and we 

wish them the best of luck in the competition. 


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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) 

8 9 10 11 SUBSTITUTES REFEREE 

NORWOOD FLECK JEBBISON NDIAYE LOWE (6), BREWSTER (10), KHADRA (3), OSBORN (8), SHARP (11), GORDON, AMISSAH J. SMITH 

NORWOOD FLECK BREWSTER NIDAYE 1 SHARP (10), JEBBISON (11), OSBORN (9), LOWE, KHADRA, McATEE, AMISSAH D. COOTE 

FLECK McATEE KHADRA BREWSTER OSBORN (8), CLARK (3), DOYLE (9), SHARP (10), BERGE (12), BALDOCK, N’-DAVIES, JEBBISON, AMISSAH D. WEBB 

NORWOOD FLECK SHARP NDIAYE BREWSTER (10), McBURNIE (11), GORDON, DOYLE, KHADRA, McATEE, AMISSAH OG A. MARRINER 

NORWOOD McATEE BREWSTER NDIAYE FLECK (9), KHADRA (10), McBURNIE (11), DOYLE, BASHAM, JEBBISON, AMISSAH J. LININGTON 

NORWOOD 1 FLECK KHADRA McBURNIE NDIAYE (10) 2 , BASHAM (2), BREWSTER (11), DOYLE (7), McATEE, JEBBISON, AMISSAH L. DOUGHTY 

NORWOOD McATEE McBURNIE 1 NDIAYE DOYLE (9), AMISSAH (1), AHMEDHODZIC (5), BREWSTER (11), ARBLASTER, OSULA, JEBBISON D. WEBB 

NORWOOD DOYLE McBURNIE 1 NDIAYE 1 KHADRA (11), BREWSTER (10), BASHAM (2), McATEE (9), ARBLASTER, JEBBISON, AMISSAH G. WARD 

NORWOOD DOYLE McBURNIE 1 NDIAYE BASHAM (6), BREWSTER (10) , McATEE (7), ARBLASTER (9), KHADRA, GORDON, AMISSAH M. DONOHUE 

NORWOOD DOYLE McBURNIE NDIAYE McATEE (9), BREWSTER (10), KHADRA (11) 1, JEBBISON, BROOKS, GORDON, AMISSAH D. BOND 

NORWOOD NDIAYE 1 McBURNIE 1 BREWSTER DOYLE (11), SHARP (10), McATEE (9), KHADRA, BROOKS, GORDON, AMISSAH J. SIMPSON 

NORWOOD DOYLE McBURNIE 1 NDIAYE BOGLE (6), BREWSTER (9), SHARP (10), McATEE (11), ARBLASTER, GORDON, DAVIES D. BOND 

NORWOOD DOYLE McBURNIE NDIAYE KHADRA (2), BREWSTER (9), SHARP (10), McATEE (6), ARBLASTER, GORDON, DAVIES J. LININGTON 

McATEE NDIAYE KHADRA BREWSTER 1 SHARP (10), ARBLASTER (8), SACHDEV (2), JEBBISON (11), OSBORN (6), BROOKS, DAVIES P. BANKES 

NORWOOD 1 McATEE 1 SHARP NDIAYE 1 BREWSTER (10), McBURNIE (6), AHMEDHODZIC (9), KHADRA (2), ARBLASTER, ROBINSON, DAVIES D. WEBB 

NORWOOD DOYLE McBURNIE NIDAYE McATEE (6) Y, FLECK (9), SHARP (5), KHADRA, BREWSTER, ROBINSON, AMISSAH K. STROUD 

NORWOOD McATEE SHARP BREWSTER NDIAYE (9), DOYLE (7), McBURNIE (11) 1, KHADRA (10), BUYABU, ROBINSON, AMISSAH J. SMITH 

NORWOOD DOYLE McBURNIE 1 NDIAYE 1 BREWSTER (7), SHARP (12), ROBINSON (2), STEVENS (5), KHADRA, McATEE, AMISSAH D. WHITESTONE 

NORWOOD NDIAYE 1 SHARP KHADRA McATEE (11), McBURNIE (10), STEVENS (7), CLARK (3), SACHDEV, BROOKS, DAVIES S. MARTIN 

NORWOOD OSBORN McBURNIE 2 NDIAYE 1 BASHAM (6), SHARP (10), ARBLASTER (7), BROOKS (2), CLARK, KHADRA, DAVIES D. BOND 


98 UTB 

BLADES STATISTICIAN ANDREW KIRKHAM DELVES INTO THE 

ARCHIVES TO ENLIGHTEN UNITEDITES WITH TOPICAL FIGURES… 

MORE ABOUT UNITED’S INTERNATIONALS... 

Firstly, another thank you to Phil 

Whitaker for pointing out some errors 

and omissions in my recent item about 

United’s internationals. After some 

corrections both ways our figures now 

agree. 

10 TO 19 CAPS 

I omitted Sander Berge with 12 and Petr 

Katchouro with 10. 

TOTALS 

We have 100 players with international 

caps, the 100th being Iliman Ndiaye when 

he played for Senegal against Benin on 

4th June 2022. Those 100 players have 

gained a total of 638 caps. 

GOALS 

37 of our internationals have scored a 

total of 106 international goals. Those with 

three or more goals are: 

Goals Games 

Peter Ndlovu 20 25 Zimbabwe 

Billy Gillespie 13 25 Ireland 

Alf Ringstead 7 20 Republic of Ireland 

Luton Shelton 7 9 Jamaica 

Jimmy Dunne 6 8 Ireland* 

Jostein Flo 5 23 Norway 

Paul Ifill 5 5 Barbados 

Ernest Needham 3 16 England 

David Carney 3 13 Australia 

Colin Grainger 3 6 England 

John Egan 3 26 Republic of Ireland 

Some of Jimmy Dunne’s appearances were for the 

Republic of Ireland and his earlier ones could be 

classed as for Northern Ireland. 

THE COUNTRIES 

Our 100 internationals represented the 

following countries, with the number of 

players who did so, the total caps and the 

totals goals scored: 

Players Caps Goals 

England 34 101 18 

Cameroon 1 142 2 

Wales 21 116 8 

Canada 1 4 0 

Republic of Ireland 9 119 14 

China 1 5 0 

Scotland 7 40 0 

Cote d’Ivoire 1 1 0 

Northern Ireland 7 74 19 

Egypt 1 3 1 

Australia 3 25 6 

Estonia 1 3 0 

Norway 3 50 5 

Haiti 1 2 0 

Malta 2 16 0 

Jamaica 1 9 7 

Greece 2 8 0 

Senegal 1 2 0 

Barbados 1 5 5 

Turkey 1 1 0 

Belarus 1 10 1 

Zimbabwe 1 25 20 

Belize 1 5 0 

The ‘players’ totals 

include Jimmy Dunne 

for both Northern 

Ireland and the Republic 

of Ireland and Bob 

Evans for both England 

and Wales. 

⊲ Some of Jimmy Dunne’s 

earlier appearances 

could be classed as 

for Northern Ireland 


SHEFFIELD UNITED 

1 O Adam DAVIES 

2 O George BALDOCK 

3 O Enda STEVENS 

4 O John FLECK 

5 O Jack O’CONNELL 

6 O Chris BASHAM 

7 O Rhian BREWSTER 

8 O Sander BERGE 

9 O Oli McBURNIE 

10 O Billy SHARP 

11 O Reda KHADRA 

12 O John EGAN 

13 O Max LOWE 

15 O Anel AHMEDHODŽIĆ 

16 O Ollie NORWOOD 

17 O Ismaila COULIBALY 

18 O Wes FODERINGHAM 

19 O Jack ROBINSON 

20 O Jayden BOGLE 

22 O Tommy DOYLE 

23 O Ben OSBORN 

26 O Ciaran CLARK 

28 O James McATEE 

29 O Iliman NDIAYE 

30 O Oliver ARBLASTER 

33 O Rhys NORRINGTON-DAVIES 

34 O Kyron GORDON 

36 O Daniel JEBBISON 

37 O Jordan AMISSAH 

39 O Sai SACHDEV 


1 O Viktor JOHANSSON 

2 O Wes HARDING 

3 O Cohen BRAMALL 

4 O Daniel BARLASER 

5 O Jamie McCART 

6 O Richard WOOD 

7 O Scott HIGH 

8 O Ben WILES 

9 O Tom EAVES 

10 O Brooke NORTON-CUFFY 

11 O Chiedozie OGBENE 

12 O Georgie KELLY 

14 O Conor WASHINGTON 

15 O Tolaji BOLA 

16 O Jamie LINDSAY 

17 O Shane FERGUSON 

18 O Oliver RATHBONE 

20 O Grant HALL 

21 O Lee PELTIER 

22 O Hakeem ODOFFIN 

24 O Cameron HUMPHREYS 

25 O Jake HULL 

26 O Robbie HEMFREY 

30 O Peter KIOSO 

31 O Josh VICKERS 

REFEREE 

KEITH STROUD 

ASSISTANT REFEREE 1 

IAN COOPER 

ASSISTANT REFEREE 2 

GEORGE BYRNE 

FOURTH OFFICIAL 

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and listen carefully to the announcement. Comply 

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

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until stewards assist you. Remain calm and do not 

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