Sheffield United vs Nottingham Forest

SHEFFIELD UNITED 

vs NOTTINGHAM 

FOREST 

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Sheffield United vs Nottingham Forest 

Saturday 4th May 2024 — 3pm 

Premier League — Bramall Lane 

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DIRECTORY 

CHAIRMAN 

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

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Jon Helliwell – jon.helliwell@sufc.co.uk 

CONTENTS... 

12 Jack Robinson reflects on his recent return to Anfield, his 

recovery from injury and a tough season for the Blades. 

42 Matt Bell looks back on a famous day at Darlington through 

his own unique Blades photo archive. 

56 In our Premier League Memorable Moments feature, we look 

back on a famous game against Nottingham Forest. 

64 Earlier this season Mike Firth looked into the story of WW2 

POW Karl Witt and his association with United. Here’s an 

update to what happened next… 

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of Sheffield United FC or the Editor 

SHEFFIELD UNITED vs NOTTINGHAM TINGHAM FOREST

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chris wilder 

MANAGER’S NOTES 

— THE DREADED R appeared alongside 

our name on the league table last 

weekend but it’s a number of other Rs 

that are now firmly in focus as we can look 

towards the next campaign. 

It can be taken as read that the coaching 

team will be sending the players out to 

go full tilt, but we have an eye on plans 

for next season already and we will 

reflect, review and regroup as we look 

to quickly get amongst the top sides in 

the Championship. And here’s another 

R to concentrate on, one I mentioned to 

the media last week, we may have had 

a poor season but this is a really good 

football club. 

That will be evident when an old 

adversary arrive at Bramall Lane today. 

This is no dead rubber, this place will 

not be flat, the players need to know 

how important this fixture is and to give 

supporters something to hang onto 

throughout the summer – there’s plenty 

to play for. Going forward we’ve got a plan 

and a vision, if we can execute that, we’ll 

be OK, but we need to make sure this 

season finishes strongly, and today is a big 

part of that. 

I make no excuses for mentioning the 

punters, but our fans are not foolish and 

witness everything. They have seen a lot 

of poor football this season but continue to 

pay their money and travel. At times they 

have walked out early and are entitled to, 

including games when I’ve been manager, 

and I have no issue with that because it 

hasn’t been good enough. It will be good 

enough next season; Blades fans won’t be 

walking out because we will get it right and 

get the club back to where it should be. 

After the final whistle at Old Trafford and 

St James’ Park were moving moments. 

Our supporters stayed and applauded the 

players to recognise the effort, despite the 

results. 

At Manchester United, the noise from 

the Blades in the corner was clear. On the 

field we were brave, showed personality 

and created some really good openings, 

we were better in certain situations and 

moments at both ends of the pitch. 

Then at Newcastle, it was a similar 

situation, at times we were very good and 

could have been three or four goals up, we 

were calm and composed and played very 

well in the first half. The Premier League is 

ruthless, though, if you don’t put teams like 

that to bed in the first half, then you open 

the door for them to put you to bed. Goals 

change games and attitudes. 

Ultimately, it has been a poor season, we 

have to accept that, and some will accept 

it more than others, but we will make 

changes and get it right over the summer, 

it is going to be busy. I repeat, this is a 

really good football club, as evidenced by 

another R word. Renew, which is what a 

lot of season ticket holders have done this 

month, I’m told, and I thank every single one 

of you for your support, it is appreciated. 

We need to put this current feeling 

at the back of our minds because it will 

galvanise us. 

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Chris 


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player talk ... 

Auston looking to the future 

— THERE’S NO HIDING 

it has been a difficult 

campaign for the Blades, 

but Auston Trusty is 

determined to use the 

experience to come back 

fighting in the future. 

The former Arsenal 

defender admits defeat has 

been tough to take at times 

this season, but a positive 

outlook on the future is 

providing the bedrock to his 

approach going forward, as 

he looks to use the current 

campaign as a learning 

experience to improve all 

aspects on and off the field. 

He explained: “Whatever 

the score is, losing in 

general, is definitely 

not easy (to take). It can 

ruin your whole week. 

Throughout your career you 

get better at dealing with 

situations – not getting too 

high when you win, and not 

getting too low when you 

lose – you have to get on 

with it. There’s soon another 

game to focus on. 

“I think you have to be 

positive, even the lows, you 

have to try and turn it into 

something positive because 

what happens can help you 

learn and be a better player 

and person in the future. 

“You are getting tested 

at the highest level. In this 

league, you cannot get 

away with anything and if 

you make an error, you can 

get exposed very quickly. 

That’s been the biggest 

lesson from the outside 

going into the Premier 

League, it is just relentless.” 

There is a feeling of what 

might have been for Auston, 

especially in recent weeks, 

with United being in good 

positions on a number of 

occasions to take priceless 

Premier League points. 

After going close against 

Manchester United, 

relegation was confirmed 

after a defeat at Newcastle, 

where despite the end 

Auston Trusty is looking to come back stronger 

scoreline, the Blades 

created plenty of chances. 

But whilst frustrated at 

missed opportunities, the 

USA international is still 

keen to finish with some 

victories in the remaining 

weeks of the campaign. 

He added: “It has been 

unfortunate and upsetting 

as a player when you are so 

close to getting points and 

so close to getting on the 

other side of things. Those 

have been opportunities 

missed but hopefully before 

the end of the season we 

can get some wins.” 


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Ben appreciative for support 

— HE HAS ONLY been a 

Blade since January, but 

the support he has been 

afforded from the United 

faithful has not been lost on 

Ben Brereton Diaz. 

After joining the Blades 

on loan from La Liga outfit 

Villarreal during the January 

transfer window, the ex- 

Blackburn ace quickly 

endeared himself to the 

fans with some impressive 

strikes. 

His latest goal arrived 

at Old Trafford as United 

put in a stoic display which 

ultimately ended in defeat. 

Despite the loss, the 

Blades supporters stayed 

behind the side, as they 

did last weekend as 

relegation was confirmed at 

Newcastle. 

Ben is thankful for the 

support, which he says 

has contributed to 

a loan stint which, 

despite results, has 

been beneficial and 

enjoyable. 

He stated: “I’ve only 

been here since 

Christmas, but 

there is 

some 

quality in this team. You can 

always tell something about 

the performance if the fans 

are happy, and I thought 

that they were brilliant all 

the way through the game 

at Old Trafford. Even when 

we were down, they stayed 

and cheered us on. As 

players, and as a staff, we 

appreciate that and, like 

I have said, since I have 

been here, the fans have 

always been brilliant. 

“I’ve loved every minute 

here. The coaching staff, 

the players – it has been 

really good for me. I’ve 

really enjoyed my time here; 

the fans have accepted 

me which has been nice 

as well.” 

In the game against 

Manchester United, 

Ben netted the 

Blades’ second 

and his fifth 

since 

joining the club, as Chris 

Widler’s side again 

gave a good account of 

themselves in a 4-2 loss. 

Whilst pleased with 

the goal, the Chilean 

international was again 

frustrated not to come away 

with anything. 

“I’VE LOVED EVERY MINUTE 

HERE. THE COACHING STAFF, 

THE PLAYERS – IT HAS BEEN 

REALLY GOOD FOR ME. I’VE 

REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME HERE; 

THE FANS HAVE ACCEPTED ME 

WHICH HAS BEEN NICE AS WELL” 

He added: “I was really 

happy to get another goal. 

It was a great team move. 

“We thought that we 

could cause a lot of 

problems, watching the 

game against Coventry 

and seeing the problems 

they caused, we thought 

we could do that as well, 

and I think we did. I don’t 

think personally it was a 

4-2 game to be 

honest, but 

that is what 

sometimes good 

teams can do to 

you, and at the end 

of the day, we came 

away with nothing.” 

← Ben celebrates his 

goal at Old Trafford 


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Manager’s faith vital, says Mason 

— LOANEE Mason Holgate 

thanked boss Chris Wilder 

and his staff for the faith 

they have shown in him 

during his stint at Bramall 

Lane. 

After joining from Everton, 

Mason endured a difficult 

start after seeing red in the 

home defeat to Brighton 

but has since come back 

into the side with some 

solid showings in difficult 

circumstances. 

“I’VE LOVED 

IT, THE LADS 

HAVE BEEN 

GREAT WITH 

ME, I KNEW A 

COUPLE OF 

THEM BEFORE 

I CAME, BUT 

AS SOON AS 

I’VE COME 

HERE, THEY 

HAVE MADE 

ME FEEL RIGHT 

AT HOME” 

After a frustrating period 

with his parent club, and 

a lack of opportunities 

on loan at Southampton 

during the first part of the 

campaign, Mason has 

enjoyed a run in United’s 

XI, and whilst results have 

been difficult to come 

by, he’s enjoyed the 

opportunity to play once 

more. 

He said: “To come here, it 

has been totally refreshing 

being back near home and 

seeing much more of my 

family but also just being 

able to play the games – 

I’ve absolutely loved it. 

“I think it is always difficult 

when you’ve not played for 

a year or so which I hadn’t 

at that point. The gaffer has 

had faith in me, the red card 

wasn’t ideal, but I came 

back, and the manager 

kept faith with me, and I’ve 

hopefully repaid that since 

I’ve been back. 

“I’ve loved it, the lads 

have been great 

with me, I knew a 

couple of them 

before I came, 

but as soon as 

I’ve come here, 

they have 

made me feel 

right at home 

and it has been 

easy to fit in here, 

so I’ve really 

enjoyed 

it.” 

After a tough start, Mason 

has also won over sections 

of the United fanbase, 

and the backing he has 

received has certainly made 

things easier for the former 

Barnsley ace. 

He said of the support: 

“Being from in and around 

the area makes it a little 

easier. They have been 

great, I just wished we 

could have repaid it with 

a few more results. There 

have been a few nearly 

moments which means we 

could have made more of a 

fight of it but it is all if buts 

and maybes. Like I said, 

it is putting points on the 

table and if you aren’t 

doing that then it 

makes it a difficult 

position.” 

Mason Holgate 

has enjoyed life 

at Bramall Lane

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Ben Brereton Diaz goes close from distance 

GTECH COMMUNITY STADIUM PREMIER LEAGUE ATTENDANCE: 17,115 

BRENTFORD 2-0 SHEFFIELD UNITED 

ARBLASTER 63 OG, ONYEKA 90 – 

Blades: Grbić, Trusty, Hamer, McBurnie, Brereton Diaz, Ahmedhodžić, Bogle (Archer 76), 

Osborn, Arblaster, Larouci (McAtee 57), Holgate (Slimane 90). 

Yasser Larouci takes the attack to Brentford 

Gustavo Hamer breaks from midfield 


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Oli McBurnie fires towards goal 

Anel Ahmedhodžić heads forward 

Oliver Arblaster threads a pass 


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the big interview... 

JACK 

ROBINSON 

— JACK ROBINSON, United’s most 

consistent performer throughout 

what has been a difficult campaign, 

stood up and was counted off 

the field like he has time and time 

again on it, in the aftermath of 

last Saturday’s relegation being 

confirmed at St James’ Park. 

Within minutes of returning to the 

dressing room in the north east, 

Jack, who had returned to action 

as a second-half substitute against 

Newcastle and wore the captain’s 

armband for the remainder of the 

game, approached United’s media 

team and insisted it was him rather 

than any of his teammates that 

fulfilled contractual post-match 

obligations. 

Typically, the 30-year-old 

answered honestly as reporters 

threw a flurry of questions at him, 

with his desire to be an integral 

part of Chris Wilder’s squad which 

gets the opportunity to right the 

wrongs of this term next season 

clear to see. 

Clearly smarting at the time, 

Jack faced the BBC Match of 

the Day cameras amongst other 

rights holders and echoed the 

sentiments of boss Wilder by 

insisting United will bounce back 

from the disappointments of this 

season, and reward the club’s loyal 

supporters with a concerted effort 

at returning at the first attempt 

during the 2024/25 campaign. 

And his on the field efforts this 

term haven’t gone unnoticed in 

other quarters either, with the 

former Liverpool and Nottingham 

Forest man, who last month 

returned to Anfield as United’s 

skipper, picked up the Blades 

Player of the Year gong at the 

Sheffield Star’s Football Awards 

dinner earlier this week. 


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UTB: When the full-time whistle 

was blown at St James’ Park, 

what was your initial reaction 

and does the game highlight the 

issues we’ve had for much of 

the season? 

JR: “That result, and the secondhalf 

performance, sums our whole 

season up in one game really and 

it hurts. At 1-1 we’re in the game 

and playing well, we’d had the 

better of the chances first-half 

and we’d just not taken them and 

been clinical enough and at this 

level if you don’t capitilise when 

you are on top you are going to 

get punished and unfortunately, 

we’ve just capitulated under a bit 

of pressure at the beginning of 

the second-half. Like it has too 

often, it has gone from two, to 

three, to four and five quickly and 

we find ourselves well beaten and 

out of the contest. We just haven’t 

been good enough and when the 

full-time whistle went it confirmed 

what we’ve feared for a while, and 

it is a horrible feeling.” 

UTB: The majority of the 

travelling supporters that had 

followed the team to Tyneside 

showed their support until the 

end and waited to applaud the 

players off following a postmatch 

chat by boss Chris Wilder 

on the pitch. What is your 

message to them? 

JR: “It is obviously disappointing 

for us, but personally I really feel 

for the fans because their support 

deserves more than this and 

they’ve been superb all season. 

They’ve had very little to shout 

about but even at the weekend 

when our fate was sealed, they’ve 

waited up there in the stands 

and given us an applause and 

they deserve so much more than 

we’ve given them this season. 

We as players need to look at 

ourselves and it is going to be a 

big summer for sure. Speaking to 

“THE FUTURE IS CERTAINLY 

BRIGHT WITH SOME OF 

THE YOUNGER PLAYERS 

COMING THROUGH THE 

RANKS. ‘BLASTER’ HAS BEEN 

EXCELLENT AND DESERVES ALL 

THE PLAUDITS HE’S GETTING 

AND YOUNG ‘BROOKSY’ 

HAS DONE WELL TOO” 

the manager, he knows what he 

wants and how he wants things to 

look next season and personally 

I think we’ll turn it round. We are 

going to have to use this season 

as motivation to lick our wounds 


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and come back raring to go next 

season. We knew we could put 

Newcastle under pressure, and 

we did first-half, but we’ve fallen 

at the same point all season, they 

started positively in the secondhalf 

and we just lost control and 

gone under when the heat was 

turned up on us. When you are 

conceding so many goals, 

especially away from 

home, there is no 

coming back.” 

UTB: This isn’t the 

time to look for 

excuses, but do 

you feel there have 

been mitigating 

circumstances 

that have 

hampered 

our chances 

this season? 

JR: “The injuries we’ve had 

this season haven’t helped, that 

is obvious. We’ve lost so many 

experienced players, and we are 

quite a young and inexperienced 

group really, not just in Premier 

League terms but even in senior 

appearances in general, but the 

future is certainly bright with some 

of the younger players coming 

through the ranks. ‘Blaster’ has 

been excellent and deserves 

all the plaudits he’s getting and 

young ‘Brooksy’ has done well 

too since the gaffer returned. 

We need those performances 

that they have produced when 

thrown into the team across 

the board, because we’ve been 

hit and miss all season and we 

simply can’t have players going 

missing in games at this level 

because, as we’ve seen too often, 

the scoreline can go against you 

quickly. But what has gone is in 

the past now and we will be better 

next season, much better and we 

have to be having a right go and 

bouncing straight back.” 

UTB: How frustrating are the 

concession of goals in quick 

succession, because for periods 

of a lot of games recently, 

including in away defeats at 

Liverpool, Manchester United 

and Newcastle, we’ve been 

competitive for long periods? 

JR: “You can see we are 

capable of producing moments 

and enjoying spells in games 

where we are good, look really 

competitive and at times even 

comfortable. But I think sometimes 

it is just a lack of experience and 

being able to draw on that mental 

strength to weather storms and 


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navigate through tricky spells. 

There are some games where we 

should have put the game to bed, 

like Fulham at home, and if we 

fail to do that then we should be 

seeing the game out better, so it 

is our fault and the goals against 

column is what has hurt us the 

most. Unfortunately, we’ve not 

been good enough individually 

or as a unit and it is something 

I’m sure the manager will address 

in the summer because last 

season’s promotion was built on 

solid foundations.” 

UTB: How important is it, 

especially for our loyal fans, that 

we end the season on a high if 

possible? Is there a sense of the 

players owing the supporters 

something to hold on to heading 

into the close season? 

JR: “We will analyse and reflect 

on everything that has happened, 

as we already have done at 

certain points, because it has 

gone badly wrong, and nobody 

can shy away from that fact. But 

we will be working harder than 

ever during the summer and 

throughout pre-season to make 

sure we bounce back and start 

well in the Championship, 

which as we already know is a 

completely different ball game 

compared to the Premier 

League. It will be tough; it is 

a long slog of a season with 

46 games to play but we must 

regroup now and in the 

earlier weeks of the summer 

because the best chance 

you have of coming 

straight back up is in that 

first season like Leicester 

City have done this time 

around. The supporters have 

done themselves and the club 

proud this season, unfortunately 

too many times we as players 

have fallen short, so we have to 

look in the mirror and be honest 

enough to know that this season 

hasn’t been acceptable. The fans 

are more important than anyone 

else, they were before us, and will 

support this club long after we all 

leave. They are the backbone of 

the club, and we now owe them to 

get Bramall Lane rocking again.” 

UTB: Earlier this week, you 

were presented with the club’s 

Player of the Year award at the 

Sheffield Star’s awards night, 

what did winning that accolade 

mean to you on a personal level? 

JR: “It is nice to win something 

for my efforts coming towards 

the end of a tough season. It is 

easy to say but at the start of 

the season, we never envisage 

being where we are today. It 

has been difficult, but the lads 

have given it everything, we’ve 

tried to be competitive and dig 

in and at times there have been 

moments of encouragement, but 

it is unfortunate that we have 

had our fate sealed with three 

games remaining. I’ve enjoyed 

the challenge of playing in the 

Premier League, it has taken me 

a long time to get back to playing 

consistently. I’ve enjoyed testing 

myself against some of the best 

players out there, and despite the 

disappointments, it is something 

I’ll look back on with some pride 

during the summer because 

I’ve had a decent season, but 

relegation isn’t nice, and we’ve not 

performed to our maximum.” 


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UTB: When you were first 

signed by Chris Wilder, you were 

competing with Jack O’Connell 

for a starting jersey, how has 

your United career evolved after 

his premature retirement? 

JR: “It wasn’t nice how it all 

ended for Jack, but it gave me an 

opportunity to try and get some 

games and stake my claim. That 

second season the last time we 

were in the Premier League also 

ended in relegation but the next 

18 months or so is a spell I look 

back on with a lot of happiness 

because I’ve worked so hard to 

get my rewards and I’ve managed 

to have another crack in the 

top-flight which is what everyone 

wants to do. I feel I can hold my 

head up high and say I’ve given 

it everything because I love this 

club so much. There have been 

ups and downs, love and hate at 

times, but it has been a challenge 

and really defining for me as a 

character and as a player.” 

UTB: This season you’ve 

become something of a fan 

favourite, with the obvious 

highlight coming when leading 

the team into battle as skipper 

at Anfield. That must have 

been an evening which you’ll 

never forget? 

JR: “When the manager told me 

I was going to be captaining the 

team I was delighted, and it was a 

massive achievement for me. It is 

something I wasn’t expecting, but 

I wear that armband with pride, 

and it is something I’ve wanted to 

do for this club because I’ve had 

a good four-and-a-half years here 

already and hopefully there are 

many more to come. The manager 


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is clear on what he wants to do 

in the summer, it is going to be 

a hard slog in pre-season, but 

the obvious aim is bouncing 

“I KNOW I’M CLOSING IN 

ON 100 LEAGUE STARTS 

WHICH WILL BE A NICE 

MILESTONE, BUT NEXT 

SEASON WE WILL HAVE ONE 

GOAL AND THAT WILL BE 

WINNING PROMOTION” 

straight back. I see my longterm 

future here; I’ve committed 

myself to the cause previously 

and I feel privileged to have a 

real connection with the fans 

now and that love they 

give me is something 

I really appreciate.” 

UTB: At the 

age of 30, do 

you feel added 

responsibility now 

as one of the more 

experienced players 

that will lead the club 

next season? 

JR: “The more 

pressure I can take 

off the likes 

of ‘Blaster’, 

Brooks and 

any other 

younger 

players 

that will be 

looking to 

establish 

themselves 

the better. 

I see that as 

part of my 

role now and 

I’ve matured an awful lot in my 

time here because that hasn’t 

always been my mindset. I’m 

a senior professional in this 

group, the current captain on the 

field and I’ll be one of the older 

lads still here if certain players 

move on in the summer. I’ll take 

everything on board and helping 

these lads is something I’ll relish, 

although the likes of ‘Blaster’ 

don’t need any help from me 

because he is excelling in every 

single department, even the 

captaincy! I’ll look to relieve as 

much pressure on everyone else 

next season to enable them to 

concentrate on their own games, 

we need individuals playing 

with confidence and expressing 

themselves. I’ve played more 

games for the Blades than any 

other club and having had it 

brought to my attention recently, 

I know I’m closing in on 100 

league starts which will be a nice 

milestone, but next season we 

will have one goal and that will be 

winning promotion.” 


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WE ARE BLADES WE ARE BLADES WE ARE BLADES WE ARE BLADES WE ARE BLADES WE ARE BLADES WE ARE BLADES WE ARE BLADES WE ARE BLADES WE 

— UNITED RECENTLY took the Steel City 

derby honours at Bramall Lane after a 2-0 

win over Sheffield Wednesday. 

In front of 1,500 fans, goals from Ryan 

Oné and Louie Marsh in either half secured 

maximum points as the Blades temporarily 

moved back to the top of the Professional 

Development League. 

Oné opened the scoring when he 

picked the ball up following Marsh’s deft 

flick, bursting past his man before finding 

the corner. 

The crucial second saw Owen Hampson 

and Jay Tinsdale involved, then Marsh 

skipped into the box and fired an 

unstoppable effort into the top corner. 

Prior to the Wednesday win, United had 

beaten Charlton 3-2 and Bournemouth 2-0 

in the Professional Development League. 

BLADES (vs BOURNEMOUTH): Faxon, Waldron, 

Tinsdale, Sasnauskas, Pitan, Tahir, Macedo (Easton 87), 

Hampson, Oné, Marsh (Aston 87), Blacker. Unused: 

Venners, Okyere, Kiwomya. 

BLADES (vs CHARLTON): Amissah, Waldron, Tinsdale, 

Easton, Pitan, Tahir, Aston, Hampson (Sasnauskas 

64), Oné (Kiwomya), Marsh, Blacker. Unused: Trialist, 

Okyere, Long. 

BLADES (vs SHEFF WED): Faxon, Sachdev, Tinsdale, 

Sasnauskas, Pitan (Waldron 90), Tahir, Hampson, Easton, 

Oné, Marsh, Blacker. Unused: Trialist, Okyere, Christie- 

Crainie, Aston. 

Louie Marsh celebrates 

United’s second in the 

win over Wednesday 

SHEFFIELD UNITED U21 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE 

DATE KO/F-A OPPOSITION SCORERS 

AUGUST 2023 

H IPSWICH TOWN 

MARSH (3), 

TUE 15 ▲ 6-0 

[CHESTERFIELD FC] 

HACKFORD (2), SMITH 

TUE 22 ▲ 4-0 

TUE 29 ▲ 4-2 

A BRISTOL CITY 

[ROBINS PERFORMANCE CENTRE] 

H SWANSEA CITY 

[SHEFFIELD UNITED ACADEMY] 

SEPTEMBER 2023 

H CARDIFF CITY 

TUE 12 ▲ 6-2 

[BRAMALL LANE] 

TUE 19 ▲ 6-0 

WED 27 ▶ 0-0 

H FLEETWOOD TOWN 


A BARNSLEY 

[OAKWELL TRAINING GROUND] 

OCTOBER 2023 

H HULL CITY 

MON 2 ▲ 3-0 


MON 9 ▶ 2-2 

FRI 13 ▶ 2-2 

TUE 31 ▲ 2-1 

NOVEMBER 2023 

H READING PLC 

[SMH GROUP STADIUM] 

A SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 

[HILLSBOROUGH STADIUM] 

A PETERBOROUGH UNITED 

[PETERBOROUGH TRAINING GROUND] 

SAT 4 ▼ 0-3 A BURNLEY 

[LANCASHIRE FA COUNTY GROUND] 

TUE 7 ▲ 5-1 

SAT 11 ▲ 3-2 

FRI 17 ▶ 4-4 

H WIGAN ATHLETIC 


A BLACKBURN ROVERS PLC 


H COVENTRY CITY 


A BIRMINGHAM CITY 

MON 27 ▼ 1-3 

[ARMCO ARENA] 

DECEMBER 2023 

H WEST BROMICH ALBION PLC 

MON 11 ▲ 5-2 


A HULL CITY 

TUE 19 ▶ 1-1 

[NORTH FERRIBY FC] 

JANUARY 2024 

MON 15 ▲ 5-2 

MON 22 ▲ 3-0 

WED 31 ▲ 2-1 

A CREWE ALEXANDRA 

[CREWE ACADEMY TRAINING GROUND] 

MARSH (3), BROOKS 

HACKFORD (2), 

MACEDO (2) 

OWN GOAL, SMITH, SLIMANE, 

HACKFORD, STANILAND, ASTON 

HACKFORD (2), SLIMANE, 

MACEDO (2), ONÉ 

– 

TRAORÉ (2), ONÉ 

BREWSTER, 

HACKFORD 

HAMPSON, BUYABU 

HAMPSON, PECK 

– 

OSULA (2), TRAORÉ, 

HAMPSON, ONÉ 

PECK, MACEDO, 

HAMPSON 

HACKFORD, PECK, 

GOMIS, BLACKER 

ONÉ 

HACKFORD (3), OG, 

HAMPSON 

BUYABU 

MACEDO, TINSDALE, 

BLACKER, GOMIS, FRANCIS 

A WIGAN ATHLETIC 

ONÉ, MACEDO, 

[CHRISTOPHER PARK TRAINING GROUND] BUYABU 

A READING PLC 

ONÉ, PITAN 

[ALDERSHOT TOWN FC] 

FEBRUARY 2024 

H BLACKBURN ROVERS PLC 

MON 5 ▼ 2-3 


TUE 13 ▼ 0-1 H BARNSLEY 


TUE 20 ▶ 0-0 

TUE 27 ▲ 5-0 

MARCH 2024 

TUE 5 ▲ 2-0 

TUE 19 ▲ 3-1 

A FLEETWOOD TOWN 

[POOLFOOT FARM] 

H SWANSEA CITY PLC 

[GLANFORD PARK] 

H BIRMINGHAM CITY 


H PETERBOROUGH UNITED 


TUE 26 ▼ 0-3 H MILLWALL 


APRIL 2024 

FRI 5 ▶ 2-2 H BURNLEY 


TUE 9 ▼ 2-3 

MON 15 ▲ 5-0 

H NOTTINGHAM FOREST PLC 


H WATFORD 


FRI 19 ▲ 2-0 A BOURNEMOUTH 

[VITALITY STADIUM] 

MON 22 ▲ 3-2 

THU 25 ▲ 2-0 

TUE 30 ▼ 1-3 

MAY 2024 

FRI 3 1PM 

MON 6 1PM 

FRI 10 7PM 

A CHARLTON ATHLETIC 

[THE VALLEY] 

H SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 


H QUEENS PARK RANGERS 


A COVENTRY CITY 

[ALAN HIGGS CENTRE] 

H CREWE ALEXANDRA 


A COLCHESTER UNITED 

[JOBSERVE STADIUM] 

MACEDO, HAMPSON 

– 

– 

HOLGATE, OSULA (2), 

TINSDALE, ARBLASTER, 

BLACKER, TINSDALE 

MARSH (2), MACEDO 

– 

ONÉ, MARSH 

OSULA (2) 

OSULA (3), PECK, 

MARSH 

ONÉ, MACEDO 

PITAN, EASTON, ONÉ 

ONÉ, MARSH 

ONÉ 


22 UTB 

WELCOME TO 

THE CLUB 

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UTB 23 


— IT HAS BEEN A MIXED BAG of results 

over recent weeks for United’s U18s with 

the standout performance coming against 

Peterborough. 

After being defeated 4-2 by 

Bournemouth, Matt Thorpe’s side bounced 

back with a convincing win on the road 

against Posh. 

United opened the scoring when Ethan 

Cummings picked out Lamine Sidibe who 

slotted in with a first-time finish. Cummings 

was provider again, teeing up Marshall 

Francis to make it 2-0. 

Five minutes into the second half it was 

three when Theo Howard nicked the ball 

off a defender before converting. 

Dylan Tawodzera got forward and saw 

a whipped cross catch the wind and go all 

the way to make it 4-0. 

United couldn’t back it up though and 

were then beaten 3-0 at Charlton. 

BLADES (vs BOURNEMOUTH): Hewitson, Colechin, 

Trialist (Haughton-Parris 67), Giggs, Hough, Okyere, 

Aston, Howard, Trialist, Francis (Kiwomya 67), Christie- 

Crainie (Cummings 46). Unused: Venners, Trialist. 

BLADES (vs PETERBOROUGH): Hewitson, Colechin, 

Tawodezera, Hough, Okyere, Howard, Aston, Sidibe 

(Makhalira 67), Francis (McLachlan 67), Cummings, 

Haughton-Parris (Parr-Pearson 60). Unused: Venners. 

BLADES (vs CHARLTON): 

Andrews, Colechin, Giggs, 

Hough, Okyere, Howard (Parr- 

Pearson 85), Aston, Sidibe, 

Francis, Cummings (Blaize 

46), Haughton-Parris (Long 64). 

Unused: Venners, Gordon. 

→ Ethan Cummings with 

two assists in the win 

over Peterborough 

SHEFFIELD UNITED U18 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE 


AUGUST 2023 

A WATFORD 

SAT 12 ▶ 2-2 

FRANCIS, 

[WATFORD TRAINING GROUND] 

BLACKER 

H BRISTOL CITY 

SAT 19 ▶ 0-0 


– 

SAT 26 ▼ 0-3 

A QUEENS PARK RANGERS 

[HESTON TRAINING GROUND] 


A MANSFIELD TOWN (PDLC) 

SAT 2 ▶ 1-1 

[RH ACADEMY] 

SAT 16 ▲ 2-1 

SAT 23 ▼ 0-1 

SAT 30 ▼ 2-3 

OCTOBER 2023 

SAT 7 ▶ 2-2 

SAT 28 ▶ 2-2 

A CARDIFF CITY 

[LECKWITH INTERNATIONAL STADIUM] 

H CREWE ALEXANDRA 



[WEST HALLS TRAINING GROUND] 

H PETERBOROUGH UNITED 


H COVENTRY CITY 


NOVEMBER 2023 

A HULL CITY 

SAT 4 ▼ 2-4 

[BISHOP BURTON COLLEGE] 

H BARNSLEY 

MON 13 ▲ 3-0 


SAT 18 ▶ 1-1 

TUE 21 ▲ 4-2 

SAT 25 ▲ 3-1 

DECEMBER 2023 

MON 18 ▲ 1-0 

JANUARY 2024 

SAT 6 ▲ 3-0 

WED 10 ▲ 1-0 

SAT 13 ▲ 4-0 

SAT 20 ▶ 1-1 

SAT 27 ▼ 0-2 

FEBRUARY 2024 

SAT 3 ▲ 5-0 

WED 7 ▶ 1-1 

SAT 10 ▲ 1-0 

SAT 17 ▶ 0-0 

SAT 24 ▶ 2-2 

MARCH 2024 

FRI 1 ▼ 0-3 

SAT 16 ▼ 3-4 

SAT 23 ▲ 4-0 

SAT 30 ▶ 2-2 

APRIL 2024 

A BURNLEY 

[BURNLEY TRAINING CENTRE] 

H HARROGATE TOWN (PDLC) 


H HULL CITY (PDLC) 


H CHELTENHAM TOWN FAYC3 

[GLANDFORD PARK] 

A COVENTRY CITY 

[ALAN HIGGS CENTRE] 

H WIMBLEDON FAYC4 


H FLEETWOOD TOWN 


A BARNSLEY 

[OAKWELL TRAINING GROUND] 



A CREWE ALEXANDRA 

[CREWE ALEXANDRA TRAINING GROUND] 

H LEEDS UNITED FAYC4 


A SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 

[SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY ACADEMY] 

H BURNLEY 


H HULL CITY 


H SWANSEA CITY PLC 


A WIGAN ATHLETIC 

[CHRISTOPHER PARK TRAINING GROUND] 

A COLCHESTER UNITED 

[FLORENCE PARK] 

A FLEETWOOD TOWN 

[POOLFOOT FARM] 

WED 3 ▼ 2-4 H BOURNEMOUTH 


SAT 6 ▲ 4-0 

SAT 13 ▼ 0-3 

TUE 16 ▲ 3-1 

SAT 20 ▲ 3-1 

SAT 27 ▼ 2-4 

MAY 2024 

TUE 7 7PM 

A PETERBOROUGH UNITED 

[PETERBOROUGH UNITED ACADEMY] 


[SPARROWS LANE TRAINING GROUND] 

H WIGAN ATHLETIC 


H SWANSEA CITY 


A IPSWICH TOWN 

[IPSWICH TOWN TRAINING CENTRE] 

H SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 


SAT 11 2PM H MILLWALL 


*LEEDS WON 5-4 ON PENALTIES 

– 

BLAIZE 

TAWODZERA, ONÉ 

– 

WALDRON, 

FRANCIS 

CLARKE, BLACKER 

HAUGHTON- 

PARRIS, ASTON 

CLARKE, ASTON 

ASTON (2), 

BLACKER 

FRANCIS 

FRANCIS (2), KIWOMYA, 

CICCARELLI 

FRANCIS, ASTON, 

BLAIZE 

BLACKER 

ONÉ (3) 

BLACKER 

BEATTIE (2), 

FRANCIS, BLAIZE 

OKYERE 

– 

ASTON, CUMMINGS, 

McLACHLAN, TAHIR, FRANCIS 

BLACKER 

BLACKER 

– 

KIWOMYA (2) 

– 

OG, CHRISTIE-CRAINIE, 

HAUGHTON-PARRIS 

CHRISTIE-CRAINIE, 

BLAIZE, KIWOMYA, SIDIBE 

FRANCIS, OKYERE 

TRIALIST, ASTON 

SIDIBE, FRANCIS, 

HOWARD, TAWODZERA 

– 

CUMMINGS, 

BLAIZE, COLECHIN 

SIDIBE, PRUNTY, 

OKYERE 

PRUNTY, ASTON 


24 UTB 


UTB 25 


— UNITED WOMEN’S U21s put in a superb 

performance in the Professional Game 

Academy Cup final to defeat Chelsea 2-0. 

After a cagey opening, the final 

at Northampton’s Sixfields Stadium 

eventually began to open up with United 

taking the lead before the break. 

A ball in behind freed Grace Foy who 

was brought down by goalkeeper Katie 

Cox, with the referee subsequently 

pointing to the spot. Eva Butler stepped 

up to send Cox the wrong way and give 

United the lead heading into half-time. 

With seven minutes remaining, United 

secured the crucial second goal. Tilly 

Bristow won the ball back in midfield and 

surged forward on her own before slotting 

home the winner. 

Chelsea threw everything at it in eight 

minutes of stoppage time but United dug 

in and saw the game out to win the PGA 

Cup for the first time. 

BLADES (vs CHELSEA): Davies, Butler, Connolly- 

Jackson, Wilcock (Firth 90), Page, Salisbury, Clarkson, 

Mackreth, Foy (Melrose 81), Bristow (Lobley 89), 

Edwards. Unused: Grimshaw, Hughes. 

Joy for United Women U21s who lift the PGA trophy 

SHEFFIELD UNITED WOMEN 

WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 


AUGUST 2023 

SUN 27 ▶ 1-1 



[THE VALLEY] 

H SUNDERLAND 

SUN 3 ▼ 0-1 


SUN 10 ▼ 1-2 

A BLACKBURN ROVERS 

[EWOOD PARK] 

SUN 17 ▲ 1-0 H LEWES 


OCTOBER 2023 

SUN 8 ▲ 3-1 

WED 11 ▼ 2-3 

SUN 15 ▼ 0-4 

H LONDON CITY LIONESSES 


H SUNDERLAND CC 

[ALFRETON FC] 



SUN 22 ▲ 3-1 A READING 

[SELECT CAR LEASING STADIUM] 

NOVEMBER 2023 

A SOUTHAMPTON 

SUN 5 ▼ 1-2 

[ST MARY’S STADIUM] 

WED 8 ▼ 0-5 

H ASTON VILLA CC 

[IMPACT ARENA, ALFRETON TOWN FC] 

SUN 12 ▼ 0-1 H DURHAM 


SUN 19 ▲ 3-1 A WATFORD 

[RUISLIP MANOR SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB] 

WED 23 ▼ 1-1* 

DECEMBER 2023 

SUN 10 ▲ 3-2 

SUN 17 ▶ 2-2 

JANUARY 2024 

SUN 14 ▼ 2-3 

A DURHAM CC 

[MAIDEN CASTLE SPORTS PARK] 

A RUGBY BOROUGH FAWC3 

[BUTTS PARK ARENA] 

H CHARLTON ATHLETIC 


A TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FAWC4 

[GAUGHAN GROUP STADIUM] 

SUN 21 ▼ 0-3 A SUNDERLAND 

[EPPLETON COLLIERY WELFARE GROUND] – 

WED 24 ▼ 0-3 

A BLACKBURN ROVERS CC 


SUN 28 ▼ 0-1 H SOUTHAMPTON 


FEBRUARY 2024 

SUN 4 ▲ 5-2 A DURHAM 

[MAIDEN CASTLE SPORTS PARK] 

MARCH 2024 

SUN 3 ▼ 1-2 A LEWES 

[THE DRIPPING PAN] 

SUN 10 ▼ 0-1 

A CRYSTAL PALACE 

[VBS COMMUNITY STADIUM] 

WED 13 ▲ 1-0 H WATFORD 


SUN 10 ▲ 2-0 

H CRYSTAL PALACE 


SUN 24 ▲ 5-0 H READING 


SUN 31 ▲ 2-1 

APRIL 2024 

SUN 21 ▼ 0-1 

SUN 28 ▼ 1-3 

A LONDON CITY LIONESSES 

[PRINCES PARK] 


[ST. ANDREW’S] 

H BLACKBURN ROVERS 


*DURHAM WON 8-7 ON PENALTIES 

RAYNER 

– 

GOODWIN 

GOODWIN 

GOODWIN (2), 

HODSON 

MAY, BOURNE 

– 

HODSON, GOODWIN, 

NEWSHAM 

HUTTON 

– 

– 

OG, GOODWIN (2) 

SIGSWORTH 

GOODWIN (3) 

HUTTON, HODSON 

HAYWOOD, 

SIGSWORTH 

– 

– 

BOURNE, SIGSWORTH, 

GOODWIN (3) 

GOODWIN 

– 

OG 

BROWN, HUTTON 

OG, BOURNE, 

GOODWIN (2), RAYNER 

BARKER, GOODWIN 

– 

GRAHAM 


26 UTB 

Pictured here, left-to-right, Shaun Alvey, Janet Ireland, Jess Sigsworth and Michael Bower 

GOODBYE BUT 

NOT FAREWELL... 

— FOUNDER MEMBERS of SUDS 

(Sheffield United Disabled Supporters) 

Janet Ireland and her husband Cameron 

have, after 26 years, decided to stand down 

from their roles. 

Janet has been the leading light fighting 

for disability rights at the Lane and helping 

supporters with disabilities enjoy the Blades 

both home and away, but now is the time to 

spend more time with family. 

SUDS has been Janet’s baby and has 

raised thousands of pounds which has 

been donated to various charities in and 

around Sheffield, as well as running 26 

annual anniversary meals at the club. 

Janet, with support from Cameron and 

the committee, were the leading lights 

in getting a disability lounge at the Lane 

named The Chris Morgan Disability 

Lounge. 

Lots of former players have supported 

SUDS over the years but no more than 

Tony Currie, the SUDS patron, whose own 

words are every club needs a Janet. 

Cameron and Janet are both guests of 

Tony today in the TC suite after the SUDS 

Committee thought it was the right way to 

celebrate their combined achievements. 

Thank you Janet and Cameron for all 

your hard work. 

SUDS have made Janet and Cameron both 

honorary life president and vice president 

in recognition of 26 years’ service. 


UTB 27 

BLADES 

SUPPORT FOR 

SHEFFIELD 

HOSPITALS 

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… 

— THOSE WORDS mean something to 

most of us. We remember the Star Wars 

films. We remember where we watched 

our first one and who we were with. We 

remember the excitement. Most of all we 

simply remember. 

What if you can’t remember? 

There are approximately 7,000 people 

in Sheffield living with dementia. 

By 2025, it’s estimated that over one 

million people in the UK will have a 

diagnosis – and almost all of us will know 

someone living with the condition. 

At any one time, 1 in 4 patients across 

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals has 

dementia. 

Sheffield Hospitals Charity fund 

support for patients and carers living 

with dementia. We fund a team who 

provide resources, enhanced training and 

practical support so that people get the 

right care for them. 

Donate today and help us tackle 

dementia. 

May the Fourth be with you. 

Scan the QR to donate 

or text SHC followed 

by the amount you 

want to give to 70450 

(e.g. text SHC5 to 

donate £5) 

WE’RE WITH 

YOU PAUL! 

— EVERYONE in the media team 

at SUFC would like to wish long 

standing volunteer Paul Casbolt 

the best of luck during his cancer 

treatment. Paul has been a familiar 

face across the club on matchdays 

for over 20 years, known to many 

Blades staff and members of the 

visiting Press. Best of luck Paul, 

we’re all thinking of you during this 

difficult time. 

WELCOME TO THE 

WORLD LUCA 

— HERE WE HAVE 

a new edition to 

the United family. 

Welcome to the 

world Luca James, 

born 4th March 

2024. Born to 

proud parents 

Tori and Matt and 

brother to Sofia. 

We look forward 

to welcoming 

Luca to Bramall 

Lane one day in 

the future! 


28 UTB 

FANZONE 

junior blades 

Try your hand at our Junior Blades quizzes – answers at the bottom…! 

NUMBERS GAME… 

By completing this sum, the answer will 

reveal a number which corresponds to 

one of United’s current players. But who 

does this squad number belong to? 

WHO AM I?… 

In this jumbled square there lies a 

current Blades player. Who is he? 

ANAGRAM… 

Can you re-assemble the letters in the 

words below to reveal the name of a 

current Sheffield United player? 

bodley 

jenga 

WHOSE HOME?… 

Can you work out which Premier League 

stadium has been zoomed in on above? 


UTB 29 

SPOT THE BALL… 

Can you guess where the ball is from this recent action 

image from the game against Manchester United? 

FOOTBALL JOURNEY… 

Can you name this player – a current or former United star – 

by following his career history from the clubs below? 

COVE RANGERS PETERBOROUGH PRESTON DERBY UNITED

30 UTB 

FANZONE 

matchday activities 

Jon Helliwell, United’s fan engagement lead, keeps the supporters informed… 

UNITED CASHBACK INITIATIVE... 

— Today, on our United Cashback 

Initiative, we would like to give 

a warm welcome to Aston 

Swallownest. 

Aston Swallownest U9s, 

are led by manager Chris 

Firth, and coached by Danny 

McFarland, Remi Ogunbona and 

Will Hodgkinson. They train at 

Dinnington Town 4G Phoenix 

Sports and Leisure Centre on 

a Thursday night. Their weekly 

coaching instils discipline and 

teamwork, fostering young talent 

and nurturing their love for the 

game, and with dedication and 

guidance, these young budding 

athletes are poised to soar to 

greater heights in their football 

journey. 

As part of our United Cashback 

Initiative, Ashton Swallownest 

can be seen taking part in today’s 

pre-match flag waving on the 

pitch and have also raised funds 

for their club to spend on anything 

they wish. 

We hope you all have a fantastic 

day at Beautiful Downtown 

Bramall Lane. 

CONTACT... 

For further information regarding 

any of our matchday and nonmatchday 

initiatives, you can keep 

up to date at the following links: 

SQUARE-X @SUFCServices 

‘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 


UTB 31 

BLADES MASCOTS... 

A warm welcome to this afternoon’s mascots… 

ROMAN 

HANNABY 

Age: 8 

Favourite Player: 

James McAtee 

CODY 

THOMPSON 

Age: 10 


Cameron Archer 

ISABELLE 

GRAYSON 

Age: 9 


Anel Ahmedhodzic 

HARRIS 

McEWAN 

Age: 8 

Favourite Players: 

Oli McBurnie & James McAtee 

TAYLOR 

STEVENSON 

Age: 13 

Favourite Players: 

Jack Robinson & James McAtee 

BOBBIE 

BETTS 

Age: 10 


Anel Ahmedhodzic 

HOME DEBUT 

SCHEME... 

United would like to give a warm welcome to 

today’s home debutant who is visiting Bramall 

Lane for the very first 

time. Today’s first-time 

visitor is: 

NEVE 

We hope you enjoy 

your first day at 

Beautiful Downtown 

Bramall Lane! 

HAPPY 

BIRTHDAYS 

Happy 9th Birthday 

Buster Birchy. Lots 

of love from Dad and 

family. Buster plays for 

Rawmarsh St Joseph’s 

and his favourite 

player is Oli McBurnie! 

Happy 10th Birthday 

Oliver. Lots of love 

from Mum, Dad and 

Chester. Up the Blades! 


32 UTB 

Ben Brereton Diaz is denied 

James McAtee looks to evade the Burnley challenges 

Jayden Bogle takes the attack to Burnley 


UTB 33 

Oli McBurnie goes for goal 

BRAMALL LANE PREMIER LEAGUE ATTENDANCE: 28,964 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 1-4 BURNLEY 

HAMER 52 BRUUN LARSEN 38, ASSIGNON 40, 

FOSTER 58, GUDMUNDSSON 71 

Blades: Grbić, Trusty, Hamer (Norwood 78), McBurnie (Brooks 78), Brereton Diaz, 

Ahmedhodžić, Bogle, Souza (Archer 68), Osborn, Arblaster, McAtee. 

Vini Souza on the charge 

Cameron Archer on the attack 


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UNITED IN HISTORY UNITED IN HISTORY UNITED IN HISTORY UNITED IN HISTORY UNITED IN HISTORY UNITED IN HISTORY UNITED IN HISTORY UNITED IN HISTORY 


John Garrett’s 

FABLES 

FOLKLORE 

THE LAST OF A FAMOUS TEAM... 

Blades 

historian John 

Garrett’s 

inimitable 

account of 

following the 

Blades always 

provides a 

talking point 

as UTB again 

extends a 

platform for 

his popular 

article... 

— TRYING TO TRACK me down 

in the week now is not as easy 

as it used to be. I spend the lion’s 

share of my time as a valuer for 

Graham Budd Auctions, so I don’t 

always get messages straight 

away with not being around the 

Lane as much. 

So, it was a sad call for me to 

make recently when I saw several 

missed attempts at tracking me 

down by Pam Moran, daughter of 

Blades legend Joe Shaw, made 

even worse by finding out that 

Joe Shaw’s widow Hettie 

sadly passed away recently 

her mum and, of course, Joe’s 

widow Hettie, had sadly passed 

away aged 96. 

If I was fortunate when I first 

started at Sheffield United to get 

to know a lot of the lads who were 

still around who played in the 40s 

and 50s, and some that had been 

around before, then I was just as 

lucky to have got to know their 

wives, and what a tale they could 

always tell. 

The youngest of the wives from 

the ‘50s was the wonderful Beryl 

Shaw, wife of Graham and usually 

‘Bez’ to me as I could get away 

with it. She came into the world 

of being a football wife when she 

was just 17, and would always tell 

me how scared she felt at first in 

the company of such illustrious 

names as Hagan, Brook and 

Ringsted. The fact that they were 

a tight unit and families regularly 

socialised with each other made 

the transition pretty easy, and 

friendships were made that 

endured a lifetime. 

It seems incredible now, 

but all this United royalty was 

SHEFFIELD UNITED vs NOTTINGHAM FOREST

36 UTB 

never allowed into what was the 

Players’ Lounge after a game. 

When I say lounge, in reality it was 

the snooker room, a post training 

hang out for many a legend with 

the tables covered and piled high 

with tea, coffee, bottles of beer, 

sarnies and cakes! 

Beryl said it would have been 

hysterical had it not been so 

Victorian. Whatever the weather they 

all had to huddle in the doorway of 

the ice cream factory on John Street 

waiting for the men to appear. 

All of them were brilliant company 

and the much-missed Derek Dooley 

made sure that the club stayed in 

touch even after their husbands 

had passed to a higher league. He 

understood the role they had all 

played better than most, thanks to 

the support Sylvia had given him 

during the tragedy that cost him his 

leg and playing career. 

By default, they all got nicknamed 

‘The Golden Girls’, and the title wasn’t 

meant with anything other than 

fondness. Most of the time, all were 

a bit bemused that they were still 

sought after, even after their hubbies 

were long gone, but in the grand 

scheme of things, they all played a 

huge part at such a different time 

for the game. 

Although the lads would have 

earned more for playing the game 

then than most who watched them, 

it was still a fraction of what can be 

earned today. You also had some 

incredible tales of how the club dealt 

with them, and one story in particular 

always sticks in my mind. 

Harold Brook was a Blade through 

and through. Sheffield-born in 1921, 

he joined the club, firstly as an 

amateur way back in 1939. He was 

an all-rounder, playing both football 

and cricket for Sheffield Boys, but 

his early years in the game were 

robbed by service in the war. He 

also turned out for both QPR and 

Manchester United over the period 

whilst he served in the RAF, but he 

eventually returned to the Lane and 

became a key part of the side that 

lifted what I regard as our ‘missing 

honour’ – namely the Wartime North 

Championship in 1945, going on to 

proudly skipper the Blades winning 

the Division Two title in 1952/53. 

‘Brooky’ was a good player and 

servant, making 286 appearances, 

netting 111 goals. He also had a 

business head on his shoulders, 

as he and the great Jimmy Hagan 

owned a sports shop. Jimmy’s wife 

Iris and Mrs. B would always be in 

charge of the shop when the boys 

were playing but would try and 

close on a Saturday a little bit early 

so they could rush down Hill Street 

and get in through one of the gates. 

Imagine that, the wife of the skipper 

and arguably one of its greatest ever 

↑ Harold Brook 

went on to 

play until he 

was nearly 37 

after leaving 

the Lane 


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↓ Alan 

Hodgkinson 

hailed the 

defence which 

played in 

front of him 

players squeezing and huddling 

in to get a glimpse of their other 

halves playing! 

Back then, even when your 

contract was up, the club owned your 

soul. If they decided that they weren’t 

giving you another year, they still had 

you as you couldn’t go anywhere 

else without their blessing, and 

sometimes a fee! 

Despite scoring on what would 

prove to be his final appearance, the 

Blades doctor reported to the board 

that, due to a bad knee injury ‘Brooky’ 

had sustained a while earlier, his 

career as a player was over, therefore 

a contract was out of the question. 

On the morning Mrs. B gave birth 

to twins, the gift in the post Harold 

received after his years of service 

was a curt letter informing him that 

his services would no longer be 

required, and that the family had two 

weeks to vacate their club house. 

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Brook! 

‘Brooky’ just accepted his fate, as it 

was the way of many players back 

then. Leeds United spotted what was 

going on, had medical investigations 

on the suspect knee, found no real 

issues and he went on to score a 

further 47 goals for the Peacocks in 

103 games over a four-year period, 

bringing his career to a close aged 

almost 37. Not a bad bit of business 

by then Elland Road manager 

Raich Carter. 

It’s six years since myself and 

Mrs. Garrett were invited to a get 

together at the Green Dragon up in 

Dronfield to celebrate Hettie Shaw’s 

90th birthday. 

I was fortunate to get to know Joe 

pretty well back in the day at United, 

even though I never saw him kick 

a ball for the Blades. My dad was a 

pretty good judge of a player, and he 

described Joe as “majestic”, which 

is pretty much what everyone who 

played with him said. The greatest 

defender of his generation not 

to get the full England cap he so 

richly deserved. 

I once asked Alan Hodgkinson 

what made that great United defence 

so special. 

He said: “Well, you had Cec 

Coldwell, and what he lacked in 

finesse he more than made up for 

in passion, commitment and agility. 

Then, you had Graham Shaw who 

was pure silk wrapped in a cast iron 

glove with energy and pace to burn. 

Gerry Summers was stylish and 

cultured, never wasting a ball. Brian 

Richardson was as hard as nails, as 

fierce an enforcer at the back as 

you could get in the game, and then 

there was Joe. You know, I played all 

of those games behind him, rarely 

saw him have to run and never found 

him out of position. His awareness 

of space and timing was incredible. 

He just knew when and where to be 

at the right time and never hoofed 

a ball. Every pass was in point and 

measured. Class.” 

Coming from ‘Hodgy’, who was 

there and talked from experience, 

I doubt you could get a better 

endorsement. The money back 

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↑ Derek 

Dooley always 

looked out for 

the widows 

of some of 

United’s 

former greats 

source of income 

to keep the family 

going, and they had, 

if memory serves 

me, both a fruit and 

veg shop and at 

one point a wool 

and haberdashery 

as businesses on 

top of the usual 

demands of being a professional 

footballer. 

What sticks out in my mind about 

that wonderful Sunday afternoon to 

celebrate 90 years was the people 

who were there. It would be the last 

time that I would be able to sit and 

listen to Hettie, Beryl Shaw, Irene 

Brook and Jean Ringstead as sadly 

they have all, bar Jean, joined their 

husbands in a higher league since 

that day passed. 

The loss of Gerry Summers a few 

weeks ago also meant that there was 

nothing left of the side that gained 

promotion back to the top flight 

of the English game and pushed 

Leicester City to three FA Cup 

semi-finals. 

If you called in to see Joe for a 

brew and a chat, and I did many 

times, it was never just Joe, Hettie 

was always there at his side, keeping 

you filled up with tea, sarnies and 

tales of times gone by. As said, I was 

in awe of Joe for what he was, and 

I never, ever, lost sight of just how 

lucky I was to have the honour of 

being welcomed into his home to talk 

about the beautiful game. Looking 

back, I was just as lucky to have had 

Hettie and the rest of the ‘Golden 

Girls’ to give me the other side of the 

coin for good measure. 

It was wonderful that later players 

and their wives were also on hand 

that afternoon to wish her the very 

best. Another part of the roles that 

Beryl, Hettie and co did was to take 

the younger lads under their wings, 

helping them to blossom and be a 

real part of the family we know as 

Sheffield United. 

Finally, I heard that Pat Spencer 

passed away the other week. Now, 

many of you will never have heard 

that name or know who she was, but 

others will tell you that she was the 

mum of David Spencer, known to 

many as ‘Shred’. Pat was a lovely and 

very patient woman to say the least. 

When we first started running our 

own coach back in the day, ‘Shred’ 

would always be there to give you 

advice and, when you needed to 

track him down late to try and get a 

seat on one of his legendary ‘tours’ 

for an away game at his home, it was 

invariably Pat who answered the 

door and generally directed you from 

Stanhope Road to the Royal Oak! 

I remember how taken aback 

she was after his passing by the 

outpouring of sadness and respect 

that came the way of the family, 

especially as the cortege stopped at 

Bramall Lane on his final journey. To 

Pat, Davie was her son, to Blades he 

personified just what being a fan was 

all about, and that transcended the 

football generations. A complete one 

off in so many ways. Bless you Pat. 

Maybe there is another breed 

I haven’t given thought to before? 

The long-suffering parents, wives 

and siblings of Blades fans and 

the part they play in the grand 

scheme of things. 

Rest in peace Hettie. I hope that 

you are stood in the doorway of 

that ice cream factory wherever it is 

waiting with the other girls for the lads 

to come and get you. You really all 

were a completely different breed. 


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THROUGH 

THE LENS... 


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The club’s in-house digital 

archive has grown over the 

summer with the addition 

of a number of images 

recently discovered on 

file from the late 1980s 

through to the mid-1990s. 

Our Through the Lens 

feature picks out some of 

the best images from back 

in the day as we look back 

on some iconic Sheffield 

United moments... 

LIFTING 

THE ROOF… 

— IT’S ALMOST 33 years 

to the day of United’s final 

home game of the 1990/91 

season and it is an historic 

one for the Shoreham 

Street Kop. 

United defeated Norwich 

City 2-1 thanks to a brace 

from Tony Agana but with 

the redevelopment of the 

stand imminent, home fans 

bask in the sunshine whilst 

standing with an open end 

after the removal of the 

roof pending the addition 

of seats for the following 

season. 


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MY IMAGE 

ARCHIVE... 

Former Flashing Blade editor Matthew Bell allows UTB to take a look at 

his personal collection of photos from decades following the Blades… 

Darlington vs Sheffield United 

DIVISION FOUR, MAY 15th 1982 

— DARLINGTON away, 

the last game of United’s 

only season in the Fourth 

Division. We were already 

promoted but needed 

a point to take the title. 

United fans filled many 

away grounds that season 

but this was going to 

be something different. 

Matches were not all-ticket 

back then even when a big 

crowd was expected, so 

nobody really knew how 

many Blades fans would 

travel to Feethams. It turned 

out to be more than 10,000. 

The official attendance was 

11,130, but I’m sure it was 

many more. 

We realised what kind of 

day it was going be when 

we passed a coachload 

of referees on the A1. On 

arriving in Darlington we 

went in a pub in the Market 

Place. It was a hot day so 

we stood outside, where we 

were joined by three gorillas 

who ripped off their heads 

to reveal dripping-wet 

human forms beneath. 

Suddenly about 20 

Darlington fans ran up the 

street punching and kicking 

out at any Blades they 

encountered. We cowards 

stood well back but Carl, 

who was a bit daft, chased 

after one and kicked him 

up the backside. But the 

police were on the scene 

and Carl was nabbed, losing 

his glasses in the process. 

Our pleading that he was 


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retaliating after being 

attacked cut no ice, but at 

least they let us retrieve his 

glasses from a shoe shop 

doorway before carting 

him off. 

So Carl missed all the 

fun... the pink panther, a 6’4” 

baby in a pram, Batman and 

Robin, chickens, Charlie 

Chaplin, doctors, nurses, 

a fake referee shaking 

hands with Bob Hatton 

(see the first picture), bogus 

policemen going mental 

when we scored, vicars, 

French maids, nuns, fairies, 

Blades fans spilling over on 

to the pitch surrounds, the 

linesman running the line 

five yards onto the pitch, the 

ball never going out of play 

as the Blades fans kicked it 

back in, Cooperman joining 

manager Ian Porterfield in 

the dug-out. The real referee 

sensibly got all the players 

(apart from the two poor 

goalkeepers) near the tunnel 

before blowing the final 

whistle, but it did no good 

as the pitch was covered 

by Blades before any of the 

players could get off. 

United midfielder John 

Matthews was a bit cleverer: 

he jumped onto the rapidly 

emptying terrace and ran 

round the back of the 

stand to get to the dressing 

room that way. Meanwhile, 

many United players were 

stripped of their kit as 

they struggled through 

the crowds. Colin Morris, 

wearing only a jock-strap, 

was last to make it, fully 

15 minutes after the final 

whistle. If you look closely 

you can just make him out in 

the second picture. 

When everything calmed 

down, we had to get Carl 

from the police station. The 

sergeant on duty said he 

wouldn’t be released for a 

few hours, so Ray piped up: 

“If you don’t let him go soon, 

you’d better be prepared 

to call an ambulance. I’m a 

diabetic and I haven’t got 

any insulin with me. If I don’t 

get home in a couple of 

hours I’ll fall into a coma and 

it’ll be your responsibility.” 

Whether this was true or 

just a marvellous ruse we 

didn’t know, but it worked, 

and within 10 minutes Carl 

was back with us. He had to 

return to Darlington a few 

days later, and was given 

a £50 fine for a breach of 

the peace. 

For the record, Bob 

Hatton and Keith Edwards 

scored the goals as we won 

2-0 to finish as Division Four 

champions, 96 points and 

94 goals, of which Edwards 

got 35. 


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REMEMBERING 

CRICKET AT 

THE LANE... 


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It is now 50 years since Yorkshire CCC played their last ever competitive 

game here at Bramall Lane. To mark this half-century milestone, UTB looks 

back on our stadium’s cricketing past throughout this season by charting the 

history, looking back on some special imagery from our archive and hearing the 

memories of those who played and watched cricket right here at the Lane... 

— A FANTASTIC IMAGE of the final competitive act of cricket involving Yorkshire 

here at Bramall Lane. This is an image of the Roses clash between Yorkshire and 

Lancashire taken on 7th August 1973 showing a general view of the match, with 

the pavilion sitting proudly on the Cherry Street side of the ground. This match 

between the two old rivals would ultimately end in a draw. 


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TURF WARS 1... 

The final county cricket 

match was played at 

Bramall Lane in the 

summer of 1973. It was 

memorable for many, not 

least John Lister who 

literally took home the 

cricket square. Journalist 

Deborah Wain recounted 

the story for Sheffield 

nostalgia magazine 

My Kind of Town and 

her feature is kindly 

reproduced here... 

— NEWSPAPER headlines 

declared it was over and 

out for county cricket 

at Bramall Lane when 

Yorkshire and Lancashire 

drew in the final ever 

first-class match, played 

on the 4th, 5th and 7th 

August, 1973. 

At the close of the final 

innings, cricket fans poured 

on to the pitch to hack 

out bits of turf to keep as 

a memento of the historic 

occasion. 

In fact, such was the 

damage, it prompted 

United’s disgruntled 

secretary, Keith Walker, to 

tell a Sheffield Star reporter 

that the ground resembled 

a “battlefield”. 

One supporter must have 

been the envy of many on 

the day, as he had won a 

competition organised by 

The Star to take home the 

wicket turf – 44 square 

yards in total! 

In addition, John Lister, 

bagged 365 pints of Stones’ 

finest bitter, donated by 

Bass Charrington, and a 

Toby jug. 

John, who was a 29-yearold 

maintenance fitter at 

the time, explained: “The 

competition was about 

Roses matches that had 

been played at the Lane. 

You had to judge which 

↑ The Toby jug was one part of a great prize 

were the best matches. 

I sent in numerous entries, 

one of which I studied the 

reports of the matches and 

the others I drew lots, as 

I thought it was a bit of a 

lottery. The winning entry 

turned out to be the one 

I had studied the reports for. 

“I was due to get married 

that month and we were 

living in a first-floor flat 

on Carterknowle Road so 

I could not make use of the 

turf. So it was divided, with 

half going to my brother in 

Leeds and half to a good 

friend in Worksop. When it 

was laid it looked just like 


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↑ Images from the final game 

a bowling green and in 

pristine condition which you 

would expect having been 

nurtured and maintained by 

a ground staff team. 

“Sadly, my brother and my 

friend did not have green 

fingers and in a matter 

of weeks this prized turf 

quickly became a run of the 

mill lawn.” 

It would be poetic to 

report that the grass was 

at least still growing to this 

day, but sadly that isn’t the 

case – either in Yorkshire or 

Nottinghamshire. 

“My friend moved house 

in 1976 and my brother 

in 1986. In the ensuing 

years it has got lost in time 

where the turf came from 

to such an extent that 

both properties now don’t 

have any grassed area and 

both have instead stone 

chippings,” explained John. 

A ‘slice’ of turf John had 

in a special container also 

died. As for the beer, that 

disappeared very quickly 

indeed! 

The Toby jug was part 

of John’s prize as the 

presentation was at the 

Crosspool Tavern on the 

day it reopened after 

refurbishment as a Toby 

Inn. The prize was handed 

over to John by the late 

Yorkshire and England star 

Herbert Sutcliffe. 

John added that it was 

a sad day for him when 

cricket finished at the Lane. 

He said: “I have so many 

fond memories from the day 

my father took me to my 

first game as a nine-year-old 

to see this team from the 

other side of the world who 

wore these funny green 

baggy caps. Of course they 

were Lindsay Hassett’s 

touring Australians. 

“I was at the Lane 15 

years later when Yorkshire, 

skippered by another alltime 

great, Fred Trueman, 

beat Bill Lawry’s Aussies by 

an innings. I have wonderful 

memories not only of 

cricket but also the Blades 

during the 50s and most of 

the 60s.” 

Third prize-winner in 

The Star competition was 

then 40-year-old Terry 

Payne, of Churchdale Road, 

Frecheville. He won eight 

square yards of turf and 90 

pints. He told reporters at 

the time that he didn’t have 

far to go to enjoy his beer. 

The Birley Hotel is “just 

round the corner – and the 

eight square yards of turf 

I’ve won will replace a bad 

piece on my lawn, and my 

six-year-old son, Steven, will 

enjoy playing on it.” 

Terry described how he 

once played at the Lane 

for the Norton & District 

League against the Selby 

League. 

“We lost, but it was a 

tremendous experience 

playing on the grounds”, 

he said. 


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MEMORABLE 

PROGRAMME 

COVERS 

Dave Burkinshaw tells 

the story of some famous 

programme covers from 

down the years… 

— FOLLOWING the Blades’ 

relegation from the Premier 

League at the end of the 

1993/94 season, it had 

taken the club 12 years to 

regain the same status. 

Under the management 

of Neil Warnock, United 

had memorably clinched 

promotion to the Premier 

League at the end of the 

2005/06 season. As for 

many newly-promoted 

clubs, the Blades had found 

the transition to the topflight 

demanding and as 

2006 came to a close, the 

final opponents of the year 

were Arsenal. 

Prior to their visit to 

Bramall Lane on 30th 

December 2006, the 

Gunners stood in third place 

in the league table but were 

already 14 points behind 

leaders Manchester United. 

The Blades were in 17th 

position, two points clear of 

the relegation places. 

Given the status of the 

opponents, and the fact 

it was close to the end 

of a memorable year for 

the Blades, the club had 

a produced a 100-page 

special edition. Featured 

on the front cover was 

Phil Jagielka and Arsenal’s 

impressive young Spanish 

star, Cesc Fabregas. 

A crowd of 32,086 

attended the muchanticipated 

game which 

kicked off at 5.15pm to allow 

for live Sky TV coverage. 

The game saw Arsenal 

start strongly and create a 

number of chances before 

United started to get more 

into the game. Midfielder 

Alan Quinn missed a great 

chance before, in the 40th 

minute, he passed the ball 

forward for powerful young 

French striker Christian 

Nade. Nade got the better 

of Arsenal defender Kolo 

Toure before side-footing 

past the goalkeeper Jens 

Lehmann. It was just the 

boost United needed. 

In the second-half United 

had to survive over half an 

vs Arsenal 

SATURDAY 30th DECEMBER 2006 

hour plus five minutes of 

stoppage time without their 

number one goalkeeper, 

Paddy Kenny. Kenny 

seemed to injure his thigh 

muscle taking a goal-kick 

and with no substitute 

goalkeeper on the bench, 

Phil Jagielka donned the 

keeper’s gloves and shirt. 

He performed expertly 

as the stand-in and whilst 

critics will say that Arsenal 

failed to seriously test him, 

he did pull off a tremendous 

late save to deny Gunners 

striker Robin Van Persie. 

Fabregas was used as 

a second-half sub, with his 

main contribution receiving 

a yellow card for a tackle 

on Quinn meaning he was 

suspended for Arsenal’s 

upcoming FA Cup tie with 

Liverpool. He also missed a 

late chance for the visitors. 

United had ended 2006 

with a 1-0 victory that had 

shocked many pundits and 

was a credit to the team’s 

character and organisation. 

United moved to 15th in 

the League table and the 

Gunners dropped to fifth. 


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BLADES TALES 

FROM AROUND 

THE UK... 

In every edition of UTB this season, Dave Burkinshaw looks 

at the stories around the Blades and the home nations… 

United and the National League’s 

former English Football League clubs 

— THE NATIONAL LEAGUE 

was formed in 1979 in 

England from the leading 

teams in the Northern 

Premier and Southern 

Leagues. From the 1986/87 

season their league 

winners were automatically 

promoted to the EFL and 

the EFL’s bottom club was 

relegated. Since 2003 a 

second promotion place 

Celebrations for Alan Cork 

as United take on Oldham 

at Boundary Park in 1994 

was introduced via the 

National League’s playoff 

system meaning the 

bottom two clubs in the 

EFL were relegated to the 

National League. 

Focusing on former 

EFL clubs currently in the 

National League system, 

this article recalls some 

memorable moments 

when the Blades played 

those clubs in EFL games 

and in one case the 

Premier League. 

This season’s National 

League champions, 

Chesterfield, last played 

United in the EFL in the 

2016/17 season at Bramall 

Lane. The Blades won 3-2 

to reach 100 points for the 

season on the way to the 

League One title. United 

fans may also recall striker 

Ched Evans notching a 

second half hat-trick at the 

Lane to seal a 4-1 win in the 

2011/12 season. 

Oldham Athletic and 

United were both founder 

members of the Premier 

League and met four 

times at this level during 

the 1992/93 and 1993/94 

seasons. The last time 

the two met was in a vital 

relegation clash at Oldham’s 

Boundary Park. Alan Cork 

gave the Blades the lead 

in the 9th minute before 

Darren Beckford equalised 

15 minutes later. Late drama 

followed when United 

‘keeper Simon Tracey was 

sent off to be replaced by 

Alan Kelly. The game ended 

in a 1-1 draw and both clubs 

ended up relegated in 

May 1994. The teams have 

subsequently met in the 

second and third tiers, the 

last time being another 1-1 

draw in the 2016/17 season. 


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Kieron Freeman wheels away after scoring in 

United’s win against Chesterfield back in 2017 

Oldham’s near 

neighbours Rochdale have 

met the Blades in League 

One and Two/ Division Four. 

The games have often seen 

a number of goals. The 

Blades won 5-2 in the April 

2012 fixture with the scorers 

being Ched Evans (2), Kevin 

McDonald, Lee Williamson 

and Michael Doyle. The last 

meeting was a 3-3 draw 

at Spotland in March 2017 

with United losing a 3-1 

lead after goals from Mark 

Duffy, Daniel Lafferty and 

Billy Sharp. 

Hartlepool United’s last 

league visit to Bramall 

Lane saw them win 3-2 

in December 2012. On a 

difficult pitch Hartlepool’s 

veteran striker Steve 

Howard scored twice to 

give the struggling visitors 

an unlikely win. 

The Blades and York City 

have only met in the league 

in the Fourth Division during 

the 1981/82 season. Mike 

Trusson’s late goal gave 

the Blades a thrilling 4-3 

win at York’s old Bootham 

Crescent ground. During 

that same season United 

met fellow Yorkshire 

club Halifax Town for the 

first time and recorded 

an impressive 5-1 win at 

The Shay. 

Aldershot Town and 

Southend United both 

threatened to derail 

United’s promotion efforts 

in the 1988/89 Third Division 

season even though both 

teams were eventually 

relegated. Southend 

actually completed the 

league double over the 

Blades winning 2-1 on both 

occasions whilst the Shots 

won 1-0 at home but lost 1-0 

at Bramall Lane when Brian 

Deane scored for United. 

United fans may also 

recall that Southend 

stunned Bramall Lane 

winning 3-0 in Chris Wilder’s 

third league game in charge 

in August 2016. The Blades 

gained their revenge with 

a 4-2 win at Roots Hall in 

January 2017. 

The National League 

North and South see 

Scunthorpe United, Chester, 

Hereford United, Darlington, 

Torquay United and Yeovil 

Town currently feature, all 

of whom have played a part 

in United’s post-war league 

history. 

Scunthorpe were regular 

recent opponents in the 

Championship and League 

One. They were close 

promotion rivals in the 

2016/17 season with both 

games ending in draws. 

Older Blades may recall 

Chester being defeated 6-1 

at the Lane with hat-tricks 

from Brian Deane and Tony 

Agana. Hereford United 

were opponents in both the 

second and fourth tiers with 

their four clashes to date all 

ending in draws. 

Darlington will also 

be recalled fondly when 

United clinched the Fourth 

Division title at the end of 

the 1981/82 season with a 

2-0 win at the Feethams 

ground. Torquay were also 

opponents in the 1981/82 

season. Yeovil Town 

eliminated United from the 

League One play-offs in 

the 2012/13 season winning 

2-1 on aggregate over two 

games. United had won 

1-0 at home courtesy of a 

Callum McFadzean goal. 


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READ ALL 

ABOUT IT... 

Every week 

in UTB we 

look back 

over a day 

in Sheffield 

United 

history as told 

through what 

we read in 

the Sheffield 

Star and 

Green ‘Un... 

↓ Tony Agana 

and Brian Deane 

With thanks to The Star and 

Sheffield Archives, we show 

the copy of the actual paper 

from a particular day in United 

history. Today we look back 

on a very famous front-page 

lead in the Green ‘Un from 

Saturday 5th May 1990… 

BACKGROUND 

— GOING INTO the final game 

of the 1989/90 season, United 

and Wednesday needed a 

result for very different reasons. 

Second Division United, level on 

points with leaders Leeds, held 

a two-point cushion over third 

place Newcastle. In Division One, 

Wednesday sat one place above 

the relegation zone trap door with 

a three-point advantage and a 

marginally better goal difference 

than third bottom Luton Town. 

THE STORY 

— ON THIS NOW famous day at 

Filbert Street, United had to come 

from behind to hammer Leicester 

City 5-2 to take second spot, with 

Leeds beating Bournemouth to win 

the title. Closest rivals Newcastle 

lost heavily at Middlesbrough 

who stayed up on the final day. 

The Blades would replace Steel 

City rivals Wednesday in the top 

flight with Ron Atkinson’s side 

losing 3-0 at home to Nottingham 

Forest, whilst Luton stayed up 

after a 3-2 success at Derby. The 

set of results saw this now famous 

headline adorn the front of the 

Green ‘Un after a day of drama. 

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED? 

— THE GREEN ‘UN reported that 

the scoreboard at Hillsborough 

had actually wrongly stated Derby 

making it 3-3 against Luton – a 

result which would have kept 

Wednesday up. This mistake 

perhaps typified a bad day for the 

blue half of the city. It was also a 

bad day for Chesterfield in their 

crucial Division Four showdown 

against Grimsby Town. The match 

had to be held up for 13 minutes 

at Saltergate following a crowd 

incident where some supporters 

were taken to hospital. 


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UNITED’S 

most 

memorable 

PREMIER 

LEAGUE 

MOMENTS 

Nottingham Forest 0 

Sheffield United 2 

SATURDAY 1st MAY 1993 

CITY GROUND 

ATT: 26,725 

Following United’s most recent 

promotion back to the Premier 

League, UTB looks back on 

some memorable moments since 

our first two seasons between 

1992 and 1994, our return in 

2006/07 and our two-year stint 

between 2019 and 2021... 

— THIS WEEK we go back to 

a game between United and 

today’s visitors Nottingham 

Forest where the Blades took a 

giant step towards survival, and a 

legend bowed out of the game as 

Forest were relegated from the 



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— THIS GAME will be forever 

remembered by the footballing 

world as the end for Brian Clough. 

But anyone from a Sheffield 

United persuasion will recall 

just how crucial this win was 

for the Blades, in what was 

an intense fight to stay in the 


United’s achievements in 

securing the win against the 

backdrop of emotion surrounding 

Clough’s final home game have 

been largely forgotten over time. 

This story, especially over the past 

12 months, has been retold after 

hitting the 30th anniversary of the 

occasion, but few will remember 

just how perilous United’s 

situation would have been had 

Dave Bassett’s side lost. 

Going into the game, United 

held a slender one place and 

three-point advantage over the 

relegation places. Forest, second 

bottom, were just three points 

behind, but had played a game 

more. Forest had to win otherwise 

they were down, United had to 

win to avoid getting sucked right 

into the scrap. With just three 

games to go for Bassett’s side, 

it wasn’t the do or die situation 

Forest faced, but it wasn’t far off. 

It was announced on April 25th 

that 58-year-old Clough was to 

retire at the end of the season, 

bringing the curtain down on an 

18-year reign which had seen 

Forest lift the European Cup 

twice, win the First Division and 

claim the League Cup on four 

separate occasions. The story, as 

far as anyone outside of Bramall 

Lane was concerned, was about 

Forest and Clough. 

Clearly suffering from ill-health 

at this stage of his career, Clough 

emerged surrounded by a 

gaggle of photographers and TV 

cameras, as Bassett and United 

slipped quietly into position 

readying themselves for a hugely 

important relegation showdown. 

The City Ground was packed, 

with most neutrals looking for one 

last act of managerial magical 

from Clough. It wasn’t to be. 

United, backed by a strong 

army of supporters, provided a 

professional display to ignore the 

external noise and take a huge 

TEAMS: 

Nottingham Forest: 

Marriott, Laws, 

Chettle, Tiler, 

Williams, Black, 

Gemmill, Keane, 

Woan, Clough, 

Rosario. 

Blades: 

Kelly, Ward, 

Pemberton, Gayle, 

Beesley (Littlejohn 

89), Bradshaw, 

Hartfield, Rogers, 

Whitehouse, 

Deane, Hodges. 

← Glyn Hodges 

celebrates in front 

of the Blades end

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↑ Brian Clough 

acknowledges the 

Blades fans who 

sang his name 

↑ Hodges with a classy 

finish for the opener 

step towards survival with this 2-0 

win. A fine goal from Glyn Hodges 

where he sold Brian Laws with a 

wonderful first touch before curling 

a left-footed effort beyond Andy 

Marriott opened the scoring in 

front of the travelling Blades fans. 

A more straightforward second 

saw Charlie Hartfield’s secondhalf 

corner powered in by the 

head of Brian Gayle. United had 

the points, and a strong end to 

the season saw Bassett’s side 

gradually pull away from the 

drop zone. 

There was even time for 

United’s away following to 

serenade the departing Clough, 

which he acknowledged, a 

mark of respect which was 

recalled several years later in his 

autobiography. 

In the immediate aftermath of 

the defeat, which sealed Forest’s 

relegation, Clough remarked: “I’m 

sorry to have lost today obviously 

but I am happy. I’m a happy man. 

Happiness comes from within. I’m 

a good socialist, I’m a good dad, 

I’m a good granddad; I’m happy.” 

United quietly departed the 

fanfare, and proceeded to win at 

Everton to seal survival. Another 

battle won against the odds for 

Bassett and another season in the 

Premier League secured. 


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US vs THEM 

Sheffield United 3-0 Nottingham Forest 

SATURDAY 3rd MARCH 1928 

Each week 

Paul Holland 

looks back on 

a prominent 

game from 

the past 

between the 

Blades and our 

opponents… 

↓ Billy Gillespie 

starred as United 

defeated Nottingham 

Forest back in 1928 

— THERE WON’T BE MANY 

supporters from either contingent 

that will recall this FA Cup sixth 

round tie which took place over 

96 years ago. 

United were aiming for the 

same heroics which saw them 

lift the FA Cup (for the last 

time), three years previously. 

After seeing off (Sheffield) 

‘Wednesday’ in the previous 

round – after a 4-1 replay at the 

Lane – only Nottingham Forest 

stood between them and a place 

in the semi-final for the (then) 

eighth time. 

A crowd of 52,610 was the 

highest of the four FA Cup ties 

as United overturned Forest 3-0. 

Billy Gillespie was the star of 

the show but defenders Tommy 

Sampy and Vince Matthews, who 

kept the Reds at bay, deserved 

equal credit. 

The real hero for the Forest side 

was ‘keeper, Alf Dixon, who, had it 

not been for his heroics, the score 

could easily have been trebled. 

However, he was at fault for 

United’s first goal of the game on 

21 minutes after Albert Partridge’s 

corner kick curled into the net 

after he was deceived by the flight 

of the ball as it slipped through 

his hands. Days after the game 

it was unveiled that (at some 

point), during the match, he broke 

his fingers! 

Harry Johnson doubled the 

Blades’ lead two minutes before 

the break before Gillespie rubbed 

salt into the wounds with his firsttime 

effort on 82 minutes to wrap 

up the contest for United and 

send them into the semi-final. 

In the semi-finals, after two 

draws (2-2 and 0-0), United were 

eventually defeated in a second 

replay to Huddersfield Town at 

Maine Road. 


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tony currie 

TC TALKS... 

↓ TC and 

Chris Kamara 

— WELCOME BACK to the Lane 

for our penultimate home fixture 

against Nottingham Forest. 

During my time as a player 

at United, we didn’t play Forest 

much. The Brian Clough era 

started just after I departed the 

Lane, so there was only one 

season back in 1971/72 where 

we came up against each other. 

We did the double over Forest 

that season, and I scored in both 

games. When we won 3-2 at the 

City Ground it was part of that 

unbelievable start when we won 

eight out of 10 games, and we 

topped the table for a while. It 

was a great time to represent the 

Blades. We finished the campaign 

in mid-table, whilst Forest went 

down but it didn’t take long for 

them to recover, and we all know 

what happened under ‘Cloughie’ 

towards the end of the decade! 

It was a pleasure at the start 

of this week to honour my great 

friend and colleague who played 

alongside me in the above games. 

I attended the Sheffield Star 

awards on Monday night, and 

I was thrilled when asked to induct 

Ted Hemsley into the Star Hall 

of Fame, something which I am 

honoured to also be part of. Len 

Badger has also been previously 

inducted and now Ted has joined 

us so the ‘Three Amigos’ are 

all now represented which is 

really nice. 

Over recent weeks I have made 

visits to see Blades fans in and 

around the community. I was 

informed recently the sad news 

that Blades fan Bobby had passed 

away. I visited him and his family 

in the hospital and I said I would 

give him a mention in my notes. 

Bobby was season ticket for 20 

years and his favourite player was 


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Billy Sharp. He was Manchesterborn 

but became a Blade after 

marrying Anne, and loved coming 

to Bramall Lane to support the 

team. Rest in peace Bobby. 

Today, I’d like to welcome 

former Blades and Forest 

defender Carl Tiler, who is always 

a great guest and loves coming 

back. I’d also like to welcome 

Janet Ireland who founded 

the Sheffield United Disabled 

Supporters group. She’s recently 

stepped back so on behalf of 

the club, I’d like to thank her for 

all her hard work over the years, 

and hope she enjoys a special 

afternoon in the lounge today. 

Last time out, Chris Kamara was 

my guest, and he was brilliant, so 

I’d just like to thank ‘Kammy’ for 

accepting our invitation. 

Before I sign off, a quick 

mention for the Memory Club 

which was well attended with 

nearly 100 guests again. It’s going 

from strength-to-strength, and it is 

fantastic to see so many people 

come through the door and tell 

me how much it is helping them in 

difficult circumstances. Long may 

that continue. 

Finally, although it was sad to 

see our relegation confirmed last 

week I, like many, am optimistic 

for the future. It will be a busy 

summer for Chris, but I am 100% 

confident that he’ll build a side 

which will be capable of putting 

things right again. 

Enjoy the game and, as always, 

proud to be one of you! 

UTB. 

↑ TC and host Paul 

Walker chat with Ted 

Hemsley after his 

induction into the 

Star Hall of Fame 

↑ TC visited fan 

Bobby before his sad 

passing recently 


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THE An Update STORY 

OF KARL WITT... 

Regular readers of this matchday programme may recall Mike Firth’s article about 

German World War II Prisoner of War, Karl Witt, who was allowed to train with the 

Blades here at Bramall Lane while being held captive at Sheffield’s Lodge Moor 

camp. Now Mike, editor at Heron Publications, has 

more to report about Karl’s remarkable sporting life.… 

— I WAS BEGINNING to 

think I had drawn a blank 

in trying to discover what 

happened to Karl Witt on his 

return to Germany following 

his wartime detention here 

in Sheffield. 

I knew he had struck up 

a strong friendship with 

United goalkeeper Fred 

White and that he went 

on to play for Stuttgarter 

Kickers and then Bayern 

Munich, but apart from 

stark details about the 

number of appearances Karl 

made, there was no other 

information to be found. 

Appeals to Stuttgart, 

Bayern and the German 

equivalent of the 

Professional Footballers’ 

Association also produced 

nothing. 

Then, from back in 

Germany, I received an 

email from Niko Heindl, 

editor of FC Bayern’s 

monthly magazine. He had 

heard about my search for 

information about Karl and 

also became intrigued to 

learn about him, telling me 

that although the time when 

he played for Bayern in the 

1950s is not much in focus 

these days, my article in 

United’s programme had 

piqued his interest. 

Editor-turned-detective 

Niko became curiouser, 

quizzing former players 

who might have known 

Karl, but again information 

was in short supply. He also 

failed to uncover anything 

when he asked the Munich 

cemetery administration 

whether the footballer – 

born on Armistice Day, 11th 

November, 1923 – was 

buried in the city. 

However, Niko’s 

determination paid 

dividends when he 

searched through business 

records and discovered Karl 

worked as a representative 

↑ Karl in the stripes of Stuttgarter 

Kickers FC after the war 

for Shell oil products in 

Munich and in 1975, he 

became a partner in a 

company that mainly 

produced concrete chimney 

stones. 

Visiting the site of the 

concrete business, Niko 

was initially dismayed to 

see it no longer existed 

and the land had been built 

upon, but visiting nearby 

properties he discovered a 


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woman who remembered 

Karl had a daughter, Karin, 

who was also involved in a 

local business. 

Finally, he tracked down 

Karin and visited her at 

home in Waakirchen, south 

of Munich. Not only was she 

able to provide information 

about her father’s links with 

United, she also showed 

Niko a scrapbook Karl had 

kept of his career. 

Niko was told that at 

the age of 17, budding 

young footballer Karl, like 

many other young men, 

volunteered to serve with 

Nazi Germany’s Wehrmacht 

forces. In 1944, as part 

of a paratroop group, he 

was captured by the Allied 

forces in Holland and was 

↑ A page from Karl Witt’s scrapbook, 

showing ex-United boss Doug 

Livingstone and a caricature of 

his good friend, Fred White 

↑ Karl, kneeling, left on the front row, pictured with Bayern colleagues in 1950/51 

transported to England, 

eventually being held 

captive at Lodge Moor 

PoW Camp. 

Once, when Karl was 

allowed to visit the city 

centre, he watched a United 

training session. Afterwards, 

he wrote a letter to the club 

and was allowed to attend 

evening training twice 

a week. 

In his scrapbook, Karl 

kept a photograph of the 

then Blades manager, Doug 

Livingstone, with a handwritten 

note (in German): “My 

English coach at Sheffield 

United, Mr Livingstone. He 

had a great influence on 

me being able to train with 

a professional team as a 

Prisoner of War. From this 

time, a great friendship 

developed between the 

goalkeeper of this team, 

Fred White, and us.” 

The scrapbook also 

contains a newspaper 

caricature of Fred who, 

apparently, was very keen 

that United should sign the 

young German. 

However, Karl returned to 

Germany, choosing to play 

for Stuttgart, but in 1950, 

the Kickers were relegated 

and Karl moved to Bayern 

Munich. He made a total of 

56 appearances, scoring 

seven goals, for Bayern’s 

first team in three years. 

After football, Karl began 

playing tennis. He proved to 

be quite talented and in the 

1970s, he and his colleagues 

became German senior 

champions four times. 

Karin, now 68, confirmed 

that Karl remained a firm 

friend of Fred White until the 

goalkeeper’s death in 2007. 

She later visited Sheffield 

when Fred’s widow, 

Margaret – who lived to be 

104 – showed her where 

Fred’s ashes had been 

buried beneath one of the 

goalmouths at Bramall Lane. 

Karl died on September 

3rd, 1999, and is buried at 

Waakirchen. 


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holiday snaps 

UTB are once again calling on Blades fans to show your colours 

around the world for our ever-popular feature… 

▲ 

Matt and Michelle 

Newsome have sent 

in these images of 

daughters Kailey and 

Evie representing 

the Blades on a 

recent holiday to 

Antalya in Turkey. 

▲ 

Next, we have an 

image of young Blade 

Parker Whitehead 

who stands wearing 

his Blades shirt with 

pride outside the 

Santiago Bernabéu 

Stadium – the home 

of Real Madrid. 

Would you like to see your snap in an edition of UTB? Send your photo, 

complete with a brief description, to matthew.young@sufc.co.uk 


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BLADES IN THE COMMUNITY 

Sheffield United Community Foundation is a charity working in the areas of Accessibility & 

Inclusion, Community Engagement, Education & Skills, Employability & Training, Health & 

Wellbeing and Sport & Physical Activity... 

For more community news, follow us on social media @CommunitySUFC, visit www.sufccommunity.com, 

email enquiries@sufc-community.co.uk or call 0114 253 7200 (OPTION 6 

FROM SHEFFIELD TO 

THE USA: EMMI COOK 

— SHEFFIELD UNITED 

Community College (SUCC) 

serves as a springboard 

for various progression 

pathways upon completion 

of its college programme. 

Whilst many students 

traditionally pursue higher 

education at universities, 

others leverage it as a 

platform to showcase their 

football talent. In the case 

of Emmi, she managed to 

excel in both. 

Emmi, who completed her 

BTEC Level 3 in Sport with 

Triple Distinction* in 2023, 

achieved her career dream 

when she was offered the 

opportunity to study and 

compete at Copiah Lincoln 

Community College in 

Mississippi. Alongside her 

football endeavours, Emmi 

is studying Kinesiology 

(Health, Physical Education, 

and Recreation), aligning 

with her academic interests 

and building upon the 

knowledge acquired 

at SUCC. 

After catching up with 

Emmi, she spoke proudly of 

her time and achievements 

at SUCC. She said: “College 

helped me to gain my 

scholarship to America by 

supporting me through 

my football journey and 

helping me to maintain 

my fitness and prepare to 

go abroad. As well as the 

academic skills, the tutors 

taught me ways to adapt to 

university life and helped 

me learn the foundations, 

so I had prior knowledge in 

some subjects that I’m now 

studying.” 

Transitioning to life in 

America has presented its 

challenges, but Emmi is 

embracing the opportunity 

wholeheartedly, adding: “I 

love being in America; it’s 

a whole new experience 

and lifestyle. I currently live 

in Mississippi, it’s nice and 

warm most of the time and 

I’ve had great experiences 

that I’ll remember for a 

long time.” 

As her pathway continues 

to unfold, SUCC wish her 

all the best with her future 

endeavours, both on and 

off the pitch. 


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PREMIER LEAGUE 

SUPPORT GIRLS 

WITH NEW KITS! 

— GIRLS FROM several 

Sheffield schools have 

received brand-new 

Premier League football 

kits as part of the League’s 

ongoing support for 

women’s and girls’ football. 

Nether Green, Porter 

Croft and Astrea Academy 

all applied to receive the kit, 

which included 13 outfield 

sets and one goalkeeper 

set plus optional Nike 

2.0 hijabs, thanks to 

their involvement in the 

Premier League Primary 

Stars programme with the 

Foundation. 

Delivered in partnership 

with Nike, the Premier 

League Kit Scheme has 

seen more than 58,000 

girls in more than 4,000 

primary schools across 

England and Wales 

receive the free football 

kit, featuring the Premier 

League and No Room For 

Racism emblems. 

Richard Masters, Premier 

League Chief Executive, 

said: “Football is a game 

that everyone can enjoy, 

and it has the ability to 

empower and inspire 

young people in the 

classroom, the playground 

and on the pitch. I hope 

the girls enjoy their new 

Premier League kit and 

that they continue to reap 

the many benefits that 

football can bring, both on 

and off the pitch.” 

Scan the QR code 

to find out more! 


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— IT HAS BEEN a challenging season for 

Nottingham Forest on and off the pitch, with 

a mid-season change of manager just one of 

the hurdles on their journey as they battle to 

retain their position in the Premier League. 

Now Nuno Espirito Santo and his Forest 

players arrive at Bramall Lane today 

knowing Premier League survival is still 

on the cards, despite a four-point penalty 

incurred after they were found to have 

breached the Premier League’s profit and 

sustainability rules. 

With just three games left to play, the 

focus for Forest will not be on what has 

happened over the course of this season as 

their attention will be trained on their final 

league matches against United, next week’s 

home game against Chelsea and what could 

be a crucial final game away at relegation 

rivals Burnley. 


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nuno espirito santo... 

— NUNO ESPIRITO 

SANTO has been fighting 

a few fires since he took 

over as Nottingham Forest 

manager in late December, 

but he is relishing the 

challenge heading into the 

final three matches of the 

season. 

Points deductions, 

injury problems and VAR 

decisions have been 

topical in recent weeks, but 

despite all this Forest are 

still eyeing up a chance to 

achieve their primary goal 

as Premier League survival 

is in their sights. 

A Forest side that has 

won seven matches in 

the Premier League this 

season appreciates that 

a couple of wins may be 

needed and Santo is ready 

to lead their charge. 

“We are in a fight. It’s 

going to be a tough one, 

but we’ll give it our all,” said 

the 50-year-old tactician. 

“I think we have to realise 

that we are in the process 

of building at a moment 

when there is a lot of noise 

around the club that does 

not benefit us at all. 

“This club wants to grow. 

We want to continue to 

keep moving forward and 

we are ambitious. We want 

to play good football and 

win matches. Then we will 

get what we want.” 

Santo’s return to the 

Premier League last 

December came after he 

made a positive impact 

during his time in charge at 

Wolves. 

He guided the Molineux 

club to the Championship 

title in the 2017/18 season 

and then established the 

club in the Premier League 

before he was offered 

the chance to take over 

at Tottenham in the 

summer of 2021. 

Santo’s time as Spurs 

boss was brief, but Santo 

jumped at the chance 

to make a return 

to the Premier 

League when the 

offer from Forest 

came his way. 

He has faced 

some difficult 

times in his first 

season 

at the 

City Ground, yet Santo took 

encouragement from his 

side’s performance in last 

Sunday’s 2-0 defeat against 

Champions Manchester 

City and now he is looking 

forward to this game at 

Bramall Lane. 

“We played a good 

game,” he said. “We were 

organised and compact 

and some things we could 

have done better on. It is 

not easy to make chances 

against City, but we did well 

in periods of the game. 

“The boys worked very 

hard against a good team 

and we need the fans to 

stay behind us for the 

remaining games. We 

have the responsibility 

to do much better 

because the talent is 

there, and we know 

what we can do. 

“We have been 

playing good. 

The attitude is 

right, the way the 

players work is 

encouraging, and 

we have to look 

forward to the next 

challenge.” 

K 


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NES TO WATCH ONES TO WATCH ONES TO WATCH ONES TO WATCH ONES TO WATCH ONES TO WATCH ONES 

POS MD NO. #22 

POS MD NO. #10 

POS FW NO. #27 

RYAN 

YATES 

MORGAN 

GIBBS-WHITE 

DIVOCK 

ORIGI 

CAPTAIN 

— A GRADUATE of 

the Nottingham Forest 

academy set-up, Yates 

initially joined the club 

when he was just eight 

and has enjoyed an 

impressive career that 

reached a high when he 

was appointed as club 

captain. A fine leader 

on and off the pitch, the 

26-year-old has been a 

regular in their first team 

set up since the 2018/19 

season. 

ONE TO WATCH 

— A FAMILIAR FACE 

in these parts after 

spending the 2021//22 

season on loan at 

Bramall Lane, the 

attacking midfielder 

has scored some 

important goals for 

Forest this season. The 

24-year-old moved to 

the City Ground from 

midlands rivals Wolves 

following the Reds’ 

promotion to the topflight 

in 2022. 

WILDCARD 

— THE BELGIAN 

STRIKER, on a seasonlong 

loan from AC 

Milan, has a history 

of delivering crucial 

contributions at key 

moments. The 29-yearold 

was a Champions 

League winner whilst 

with Liverpool in 2019, 

scoring in the final 

against Tottenham 

Hotspur in Madrid. 

EY MAN KEY MAN KEY MAN KEY MAN KEY MAN KEY MAN KEY MAN KEY MAN KEY MAN KEY MAN KEY MAN 

CHRIS WOOD 

— GOALS WILL BE CRUCIAL to Forest’s hopes of survival over their 

final three matches and Wood is a striker who can deliver them. 

The former West Bromwich Albion, Leicester, Leeds, Burnley and 

Newcastle forward has taken his goal tally into double figures for 

Forest this season, with his run of scoring in four successive Premier 

League matches during March and April highlighting his quality. 


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nottingham forest... 

3 

Third is 

Forest’s 

highest finish 

in their Premier 

League history, 

with the club, 

under Frank 

Clark, finishing 

behind 

Blackburn and 

Manchester 

United in 

1994/95. 

217 

Grenville 

Morris holds 

the record for 

the most goals 

scored in a 

Forest shirt 

in a career 

that spanned 

between 1898 

and 1913. 

101 

The record 

number of 

goals Forest 

scored in 

a single 

campaign, with 

their century 

coming up in 

the 1950/51 

Division Three 

season. 

42 

The longest 

unbeaten run 

in Forest’s 

history, with 

Brian Clough’s 

side setting the 

mark in the old 

First Division 

between 

November 

26th 1977 and 

November 

25th 1978. 

994 

The number 

of games the 

legendary 

Brian Clough 

took charge of 

as Nottingham 

Forest 

manager. 

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Stuart Pearce 

— BRIAN CLOUGH’S NAME will always be in lights at the City 

Ground as the main stand is named after the club’s greatest 

manager, yet younger fans will always remember the contribution 

of captain fantastic Stuart Pearce. The England full-back played 522 

games for Forest in a career that spanned over 12 seasons from 1985 

to 1997, with the 88 goals Pearce scored for the club evidence of his 

attacking threat as he burst down the flank. His powerful shots made 

him a huge threat from free-kicks and he was also Forest’s longtime 

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REATEST DAY GREATEST DAY GREATEST DAY GREATEST DAY GREATEST DAY GREATEST DAY GREATEST DAY 

1979 European Cup Final 

— BRIAN CLOUGH had already produced a few miracles at Nottingham Forest as he 

guided the club to the First Division title in the 1977/78 season, but he took that success 

to the next level as his team won the European Cup final against Malmo on a never-tobe-forgotten 

night in Munich. Trevor Francis, Britain’s first £1million footballer, scored the 

iconic goal that gave Forest their ultimate moment of glory and they backed it up by 

retaining the trophy a year later. 

OW ENDIT 

ALL STARTED HOW IT ALL STARTED HOW IT ALL STARTED HOW IT ALL STARTED HOW IT ALL STARTED H 

— IN 1865, a group of Nottingham-based 

shinny – a sport similar to hockey – players 

met at the Clinton Arms on Shakespeare 

Street, where JS Scrimshaw’s proposition 

to start a football club was passed and 

Nottingham Forest Football Club was born. 

At the same meeting, it was agreed the 

team would purchase a dozen tasselled 

caps in the colour of ‘Garibaldi Red’ – 

named after the leader of the Italian 

‘Redshirts’ freedom fighters, who were 

popular in England at the time. The club’s 

official colours were established. 

Their first official football match took 

place on 22 March 1866 against Notts 

County, who were formed in 1862. 

The Football League was formed in 

1888 but Forest’s application to join was 

rejected and instead, they played in the 

Football Alliance, winning the competition 

in 1892 to eventually secure a place 

in the League. 

Forest won the FA Cup for the first time 

in 1898 in what proved to be momentous 

for the club, as it also marked the move to 

the City Ground, their home ever since. 


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nottingham forest... 

john 

robertson 

S 

— SCOTLAND 

international winger 

John Robertson netted 

Nottingham Forest’s 

winner in the 1980 

European Cup final. 

Signing professional at 

the City Ground in May 

1970, he was an influential 

figure as Forest regained 

top-flight status in 1976-77 

and ever-present as they 

were League Cup finalists 

in three successive 

seasons. Also helping 

Brian Clough’s side to win 

the League Championship 

in 1977-78 and European 

Cup in 1979, he returned 

from a spell at Derby 

County to score 61 goals 

in 398 League games 

overall for Forest. He then 

assisted Martin O’Neill 

at Wycombe Wanderers, 

Norwich City, Leicester 

City, Celtic and Aston Villa. 

ian 

bowyer 

S 

— MIDFIELDER Ian 

Bowyer had two spells at 

Nottingham Forest. Initially 

with Manchester City, 

he featured in their 1970 

League Cup final success 

and joined Orient in June 

1971. He moved to Forest 

in October 1973, helping 

win promotion in 1976-77, 

the League Championship 

and League Cup in 1977- 

78 and European Cup 

twice. Following Frank 

Clark to Sunderland in 

January 1981, he re-joined 

Forest in January 1982 

and was ever-present as 

they finished third in the 

top-flight in 1983-84. He 

netted 68 goals in 445 

League games overall 

before joining Hereford 

in July 1987, becoming 

player-boss, later 

coaching back at Forest. 

steve 

hodgeS 

— ENGLAND international 

midfielder Steve Hodge 

helped Nottingham Forest 

to win the League Cup in 

two consecutive seasons. 

Signing professional for 

Forest in October 1980, 

he moved to Aston Villa 

in August 1985, then 

Tottenham Hotspur in 

December 1986. He was 

an FA Cup finalist in 1987 

and re-joined Forest 

in August 1988. Also 

featuring in their 1989 

Simod Cup success, he 

was an FA Cup finalist 

again in 1991, netting 

50 goals in 205 League 

games overall before 

sold to Leeds United 

for £900,000 in July 

1991. He helped win the 

League Championship 

in 1991-92, then played 

for QPR, Watford and 

Leyton Orient. 


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Ian Bowyer 

& Neil Webb 

Football historian Leigh Edwards profiles 

six players who had more than one spell 

with today’s visitors Nottingham Forest... 

nigel 

clough 

S 


striker Nigel Clough 

topped Nottingham 

Forest’s goalscoring 

charts on six occasions. 

A son of Brian Clough, 

he turned professional 

under his father at the 

City Ground in September 

1984. He helped Forest 

twice win the League 

Cup, then was an FA 

Cup finalist in 1991 and 

League Cup finalist in 

1992. Scoring 101 goals 

in 311 League games, he 

was sold to Liverpool 

for £2,275,000 in June 

1993, then moved to 

Manchester City in 

January 1996 and briefly 

re-joined Forest on loan. 

He joined Burton Albion in 

October 1998, becoming 

player-boss, since 

managing Derby, Sheffield 

United, Burton again and 

Mansfield. 

neil 

webbS 


midfielder Neil Webb 

scored in Forest’s 

1989 League Cup final 

triumph. The son of 

former Reading favourite 

Dougie Webb, he began 

with Royals and joined 

Portsmouth for £83,000 in 

July 1982. He helped them 

win the Third Division 

title in 1982-83, moving 

to Forest for £250,000 

in June 1985. Featuring 

in their 1989 Simod Cup 

final success, he was 

sold to Manchester 

United for £1,500,000 

in July 1989 and was an 

FA Cup winner in 1990. 

He re-joined Forest for 

£800,000 in November 

1992, netting 50 goals in 

176 League games overall, 

then reunited with Brian 

Laws at Grimsby Town in 

August 1996. 

andy 

reidS 

— REPUBLIC OF 

IRELAND international 

midfielder Andy Reid was 

twice Nottingham Forest’s 

‘Player of the Year’. 

Signing professional at 

the City Ground in August 

1999, he helped Forest 

reach the First Division 

play-offs in 2002-03 and 

was ever-present top 

scorer in 2003-04. He 

joined Tottenham Hotspur 

in a joint £8,000,000 deal 

with Michael Dawson 

in January 2005 and 

moved via Charlton 

Athletic to Sunderland 

for £5,000,000 in 

January 2008. Briefly 

with Blackpool, he rejoined 

Forest as Steve 

McClaren’s first signing 

in July 2011 and netted 

37 goals in 263 League 

games overall. He has 

since held coaching posts 

at Forest. 


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In Memory 

1⃞ 

3⃞ 

2⃞ 4⃞ 5⃞ 6⃞ 

 

Alan Edward Hull sadly 

passed away Monday 15th 

April 2024. Blade for life. 

01/04/47 – 15/04/24. Fly 

High. Miss and Love you x 

 

Hubert Payne. 9th April 

1935 – 18th April 2024. 

Beloved Husband, Father, 

Grandad and Lifelong 

Blade. 

 

RIP Grandpa, we know 

you’ll be watching cheering 

them on, you’ll be missed... 

especially in your seat! 

Love from Dot, Chris, Ben, 

Tom and the rest of your 

family x 

 

In loving memory of Joanne 

Lee who sadly passed away 

at the age of 64. Joanne 

was a huge Blades fan and 

a regular visitor to home 

games at Bramall Lane, 

attending with her son Ricky 

Mullen and friend Steve 

Barker. Her favourite player 

was Oli McBurnie. Rest in 

peace Joanne, from all your 

family and friends. 

 

In memory of Alan Digby. A 

Sheffield United supporter 

all of his life, he has 

watched the Blades since 

1952, when he was nine 

and he used to go to the 

matches on his own! He 

would walk down to the 

Lane from his grandma’s 

home on Cemetery Road, 

through the gennel with 

games at that time only 

costing a ‘bob’- a shilling! 

Alan got a season ticket 

as soon as he could, 

and has been every year 

since, starting to take his 

son with him in 1977. Due 

to his recent ill health his 

attendance has not been 

as regular, but he’s always 

continued to follow the 

results. Alan will be dearly 

missed by all of his family. 

Once a Blade, always a 

Blade. 25/5/43 – 6/4/24 RIP. 

 

Sancho Bolsover. 

Forever a Blade. 


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SEASON TICKETS 2024/25 

COMING SOON

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AWAY 

vs Everton 

Premier League 

Saturday 11th May 

Goodison Park 

Kick Off 3pm 

This match is ALL TICKET for 

Blades supporters. We have 

been allocated 2,807 tickets. 

Tickets for this game have now 

sold out. 

AWAY BLADE 

COACH TRAVEL 

Price: £25 – Departing Bramall 

Lane at 9.30am, prompt. 

HOME 

vs Tottenham Hotspur 

Premier League 

Sunday 19th May 

Bramall Lane 

Kick-off 4pm 

This match is a Category A* 

fixture. Tickets are now on 

general sale. Supporters 

purchasing tickets will be 

allocated 50 loyalty points. 

Tickets are priced from: 

Adults: .......................................... £41 

Seniors: ....................................... £34 

Young Adults / Students: ...... £28 

Junior: .......................................... £20 

Junior Blade Members: ......... £18 

SUPPORTERS 

CLUB 

— TODAY we welcome 

Nottingham Forest and 

their supporters club 

members to Bramall 

Lane. 

Congratulations to our 

recent members draw 

winners for March and 

April, and l am sure that 

Ian Davitt and William 

Oxley will enjoy spending 

their £20 gift vouchers in 

the Blades Superstore. 

Also, congratulations 

go to United’s U21 

women’s team beating 

Chelsea 2-0 to win the 

PGA Cup. 

As always, your 

support is needed and 

appreciated as we play 

our penultimate match 

at the Lane. Enjoy the 

game. 

Information correct at the time of going to print 

Alan Wright 


82 UTB 


UTB 83 

AN UPDATE FROM OUR… 

SENIOR 

BLADES 

CHARITY RAFFLE 

PRESENTATION 

— A BIG THANK YOU from the 

chairwoman and committee 

of Senior Blades to everyone, 

members and non-members, who 

have supported our charity raffle, 

which this year will go to the iconic 

and well-loved Sheffield charity, St 

Luke’s Hospice. 

We raised £360, and we will 

hopefully, be presenting a cheque 

of that value to a representative 

from St Luke’s at our lunch on 14th 

May. As you may recall, we lost 

our dear secretary, Sheila Herring, 

earlier this year and she received 

excellent care in the hospice, so 

it was an easy choice to make on 

who should be this year’s chosen 

charity. 

There is still time to book your 

lunch for the 14th May, which can 

be done up to Tuesday 7th May by 

emailing info@seniorblades.com 

or by telephoning 07505 559 678 

or 01538 424190. 

www.seniorblades.co.uk 

RAINBOW BLADES 

FANS SUMMIT 

— ON TUESDAY 14th May, 6pm-9pm in the 

International Bar at Bramall Lane we’ll be holding 

the first ever Rainbow Blades Fans Summit. 

It’s vitally important that at the end of a season 

members can vote on the direction we are taking, 

that we review the 

year and share our 

financial accounts. 

Members can 

ask questions 

important to 

them about EDI & 

LGBTQ+ inclusion 

to a panel and 

hear the stories 

from those close to 

Sheffield United & 

Rainbow Blades. 

The evening will include our AGM (Annual 

General Meeting), which will cover our financial 

accounts, our future direction, any motions and 

votes. A Fans Forum with SUFC & Rainbow 

Blades Committee where members can ask 

questions around EDI in areas such as campaigns, 

retail, media, reporting, etc. and closing with 

‘In conversation with Tony Currie and Sophie 

Barker’ where club historian, John Garrett will 

lead a conversation and take questions from the 

audience. 

Please scan the 

QR code to find out 

more and register. 

SQUARE-F facebook.com/BladesRainbow 

SQUARE-X @rainbow_blades 

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Membership sign up: 

bit.ly/joinrainbowblades 

Website: 

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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… 

↓ Thanks to our sponsors from 

the game against Chelsea 

— GOOD AFTERNOON and welcome back to Bramall Lane 

for today’s fixture with Nottingham Forest. As always, we 

are delighted to introduce our sponsors. 

Our first main match sponsor is Bruce & Butler. They 

are a leading firm of data protection and cyber security 

specialists based in Sheffield. Operating in both the UK 

and internationally, Bruce & Butler support clients in 

meeting their critical legal obligations in relation to data 

protection and privacy and support and minimise exposure 

to information risk through the deployment of appropriate 

monitoring, controls and remediation measures. For details, 

visit: bruceandbutler.com. 

Our second main match sponsor is McDonald’s 

Restaurants; a multinational fast-food chain, founded 

in 1940, in San Bernardino, California. What began as a 

small drive-in restaurant, has grown into an American 

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Behind the Golden Arches is a global community of crew, 

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to reduce the impact of e-waste to our environment and 

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We hope you all enjoy your day with us. UTB! 

Paul Reeves 

Head of Commercial

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Jayden Bogle opens the scoring 

Another goal for Ben Brereton Diaz 

Cameron Archer fires towards goal 


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Gustavo Hamer fires in an effort 

OLD TRAFFORD PREMIER LEAGUE ATTENDANCE: 73,549 

MANCHESTER UNITED 4-2 SHEFFIELD UNITED 

MAGUIRE 42, BRUNO FERNANDES 61 PEN, 81 

HØJLUND 85 

BOGLE 35, BRERETON DIAZ 50 

Blades: Foderingham, Trusty, Hamer, Archer (McAtee 62, Osula 87), Brereton Diaz, 

Ahmedhodžić, Bogle (Norwood 78), Osborn, Arblaster, Holgate, Brooks (Souza 45). 

A third for the season for United’s wing-back 

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UTB 89 

THE STORY 

SO FAR... 

FRIDAY 12th APRIL 

Youngsters Luke Faxon 

and Jay Tinsdale sign 

new four-and-a-half year 

and three-and-a-half year 

deals respectively with the 

Blades. 

SATURDAY 13th MARCH 

United’s U18s are beaten 

3-0 by Charlton. 


BRENTFORD 2 

Arblaster 63 og, Onyeka 90+3 

BLADES 0 

– 

Brentford: Flekken, Maupay 

(Lewis-Potter 79), Jensen (Onyeka 

90), Wissa (Pinnock 90), Reguilion, 

Zanka, Mbeumo (Schade 90), 

Collins, Damsgaard (Yarmoliuk 79), 

Janelt, Roerslev. Unused: Strakosha, 

Ghoddos, Toney, Baptiste. 

Blades: Grbić, Trusty, Hamer, 

McBurnie, Brereton Diaz, 

Ahmedhodžić, Bogle (Archer 76), 

Osborn, Arblaster, Larouci (McAtee 

57), Holgate (Slimane 90). Unused: 

Foderingham, Norwood, Souza, 

Curtis, Osula, Brooks. 

Attendance: 17,115 

Referee: S. Barrott 

In a game where there 

was little between the 

sides, United slip to a 2-0 

defeat against Brentford. 

An unfortunate deflection 

off Oliver Arblaster gave 

Brentford the lead, and 

into stoppage time sub- 

Frank Onyeka sealed the 

game with a second for 

the hosts. 

MONDAY 15th APRIL 

United’s U21s defeated 

Watford 5-0 at Bramall 

Lane with goals from Will 

Osula (3), Sydie Peck and 

Louie Marsh. 

TUESDAY 16th APRIL 

United’s U18s defeated 

Wigan 3-1 with goals from 

Ethan Cummings, Jackson 

Blaize and Sam Colechin. 

FRIDAY 19th APRIL 

Another three points for 

the U21s after goals from 

Ryan Oné and Fernando 

Macedo earn a 2-0 win 

over Bournemouth. 

SATURDAY 20th APRIL 

Will Osula nets 

his first as the 

U21s demolish 

Watford 

Lamine Sidibe, Jayden 

Prunty and Seth Okyere 

all net as the U18s beat 

Swansea 3-1. 


BLADES 1 

Hamer 52 

BURNLEY 4 

Bruun Larsen 38, Assignon 40, 

Foster 58, Gudmundsson 71 

Blades: Grbić, Trusty, Hamer 

(Norwood 78), McBurnie (Brooks 

78), Brereton Diaz, Ahmedhodžić, 

Bogle, Souza (Archer 68), Osborn, 

Arblaster, McAtee. Unused: 

Foderingham, Slimane, Larouci, 

Curtis, Holgate, Osula. 

Burnley: Muric, O’Shea, Taylor, Berge, 

Foster (Fofana 84), Assignon, Vitinho 

(Gudmundsson 70), Cullen, Estève, 

Bruun Larsen (Brownhill 59), Odobert 

(Amdouni 84). Unused: Trafford, 

Rodriguez, Benson, Ekdal, Trésor. 

Attendance: 28,964 

Referee: A. Madley 

Despite creating plenty 

of chances and good 

moments, United fall to a 

4-1 home defeat against 

Burnley. A quickfire double 

before the break from 

Jacob Bruun Larsen and 

Lorenz Assignon make 

it 2-0 to Burnley before 

Gustavo Hamer pulls one 

back. With the Blades 

seeking a comeback, 

further goals from Lyle 

Foster and Johann Berg 

Gudmundsson quickly 

extinguished any hope. 

SUNDAY 21st APRIL 

United Women lose 1-0 

to Birmingham City in the 

Women’s Championship. 


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MY MATCHDAY 

...Andrew Whitham 

Mike Firth, editor at Heron Publications, is introducing us to some Bramall Lane 

characters, sharing their experiences and matchday routines. This time around it’s 

Andrew Whitham, a follower of the Blades for more than 50 years... 

— AS WITH MANY football 

supporters in Sheffield, 

being a red or blue is a 

family affair and the decision 

isn’t always your own to 

make. In my case, I had two 

elder brothers, John and 

David, who’d followed the 

Blades, home and away, 

during the 1950s-60s and 

I grew up listening to their 

stories of John Harris and 

the great promotion winning 

side of 1971. 

At that time, David worked 

for Arnold Laver and 

rented a house the Laver 

company owned at the 

corner of Cherry Street and 

Shoreham Street. Before 

the South Stand was built, 

the attic window of the 

house overlooked part of 

the ground. 

Being brought up on the 

Gleadless Valley Estate, 

my first experience of 

matchdays at BDTBL was 

being put on the No 51 bus 

by my dad, the bus driver 

being asked to give me a 

shout when we got to the 

end of Charlotte Road, to 

be met by my brother and 

walking up Shoreham Street 

to his house. Our pre-match 

routine was playing that 

afternoon’s game in the 

yard (weather permitting) at 

the back of the house or on 

the table football game. 

As kick-off approached, 

we’d pop across to the 

turnstiles on Shoreham 

Street and make our way to 

the front of the Kop. 

A few years later, 

unfortunately David moved 

away from Sheffield and 

John gladly took over the 

mantle. We’d often stand on 

the John Street terrace next 

to the old tunnel. 

Relegation to Division 

Four didn’t deter me and 

I sold my push-bike to raise 

enough money to purchase 

my first season ticket in the 

John Street Stand. That 

Division Four Championship 

winning season remains 

one of my most memorable. 

In 1993, my boss at the 

time said a friend of his 

was the matchday turnstile 

manager at United and 

was recruiting new turnstile 

operators and I was at 

the matches, anyway, 

would I be interested? My 

first game as a turnstile 

operator at the Lane was 

Aston Villa. 

In 2007, modern 

technology caught up with 

us and United installed 

the current ticket scanning 

system, fully automated, 

allowing supporters to scan 

their own tickets. I went 

back to being a season 

ticket holder and eventually 

found my current home in 

the Tony Currie Stand. 


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The house at the corner of Cherry Street – 

about as close to BDTBL as anyone could live! 

Keith’s Travel Team at Wembley, 

with Andrew on the right 

Mick Rooker got me 

involved with stewarding 

coaches for the official 

Blades Travel Club and 

I’m still involved as part of 

“Keith’s Team” (Keith, Jamie, 

Steve, Claire, Emma, Rachel, 

Bev and Brian) looking after 

coaches at away matches. 

For the last two seasons 

I have worked as a steward, 

immediately next to the 

home dugout. My matchday 

starts around 11.45am when, 

on arrival at the ground, 

I collect my uniform. 

The first job is setting 

up the chairs and stools, 

then following a prematch 

briefing, we go to 

our positions ready for 

the ground opening to 

the public at 1.30pm. We 

always have mascots and 

parents around the home 

dugout area, so I generally 

introduce myself, give them 

a “meet and greet” and 

inform them of what will 

happen up to kick-off. 

My Saturday afternoons 

are now spent, not looking 

at the pitch, but at the 

crowd. Once the ground 

has emptied, we carry 

out a sweep of the stand, 

looking for damaged seats, 

lost property, etc. Stand 

supervisors then give a 

de-brief of the afternoon’s 

events, and we generally 

get away from the ground 

around 5.30pm. 

My favourite player 

currently is James McAtee. 

I hope he doesn’t mind me 

mentioning this, but at the 

end of the last home game 

of last season, promotion 

to the Premier League 

had been secured and the 

celebrations and medal 

presentations were in 

full swing. As the players 

came back out for a lap of 

honour, James took time 

out to see a young lad who 

had often appeared at 

the front after games and 

gave him a pair of matchworn 

boots. 

Now my stepson Neil 

and his two boys, Charlie 

and Evan, are Blades too, 

all season tickets holders in 

the Tony Currie Stand. 

Thank you to David 

and John (rest in peace, 

John, I know you’re still 

watching from heaven) 

for introducing me to the 

Sheffield United way of life. 

I wouldn’t have it any other 

way. Once a Blade, always 

a Blade! 


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SHEFFIELD UNITED 

CLUB STATS 

A round up of the clubs stats from the 2023/24 season… 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 2023/24 ROLLCALL 2023/24 

LEAGUE 

SHEFFIELD UNITED ON THE ROAD 2023/24 

2023/24 

CUP 

UNITED 

CAREER 

2023/24 

RECORD 

PLAYER DOB POB APP SUB GLS APP SUB GLS APP SUB GLS ASSISTS ■ ■ 

1 ADAM DAVIES 17.07.92 RINTEIN, GER - - - 1 - - 10 1 - - - - 

2 GEORGE BALDOCK 09.03.93 BUCKINGHAM 11 2 - - - - 205 14 6 2 3 - 

3 MAX LOWE 11.05.97 SOUTH NORMANTON 3 5 - - - - 39 12 1 1 1 - 

5 AUSTON TRUSTY 12.08.98 MEDIA 25 4 - 2 - - 27 4 - - 4 - 

6 CHRIS BASHAM 30.05.88 PETERBOROUGH 3 5 - 1 - - 358 36 14 - 1 - 

7 RHIAN BREWSTER 01.04.00 CHADWELL HEATH 3 8 - - 1 - 34 41 5 - - 1 

8 GUSTAVO HAMER 24.06.97 ITAKI, BRA 31 2 4 2 - 1 33 2 5 7 10 - 

9 OLI McBURNIE 04.06.96 LEEDS 15 6 6 1 1 - 92 67 29 3 3 2 

10 CAMERON ARCHER 09.12.01 WALSALL 18 8 4 3 - - 21 8 4 2 1 - 

11 BEN BRERETON DIAZ 18.04.99 STOKE-ON-TRENT 11 - 5 1 1 - 12 1 5 1 3 - 

12 JOHN EGAN 22.10.92 CORK 6 - - 1 - - 222 2 8 - 2 - 

13 IVO GRBIĆ 18.01.96 SPLIT 9 - - 1 - - 10 - - - 1 - 

15 ANEL AHMEDHODŽIĆ 26.03.99 MALMO, SWE 27 2 2 1 - - 66 4 9 - 9 - 

16 OLLIE NORWOOD 12.04.91 BURNLEY 16 11 1 3 - - 221 31 11 - 8 - 

17 ISMAILA COULIBALY 25.12.00 MALI - - - 1 - - 3 4 - - 1 - 

18 WES FODERINGHAM 14.01.91 HAMMERSMITH 26 1 - 1 - - 108 1 - - 2 - 

19 JACK ROBINSON 01.09.93 WARRINGTON 28 3 1 1 - - 107 10 7 1 7 - 

20 JAYDEN BOGLE 27.07.00 READING 29 2 3 2 - - 86 14 12 3 9 - 

21 VINÍCIUS SOUZA 17.06.99 RIO DE JANEIRO 28 5 1 - 2 - 28 7 1 1 2 - 

22 TOM DAVIES 30.06.98 LIVERPOOL 2 7 - - - - 2 7 - - 2 - 

23 BEN OSBORN 05.08.94 DERBY 12 10 - 1 1 - 81 51 5 2 3 - 

24 OLIVER ARBLASTER 08.01.04 SHEFFIELD 8 1 - - - - 10 4 - - 1 - 

25 ANIS SLIMANE 16.03.01 COPENHAGEN, DEN 4 10 - - - - 4 10 - - 2 - 

26 RYAN ONÉ 26.06.06 COATBRIDGE - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - 

27 YASSER LAROUCI 01.01.01 OUED, ALG 5 5 - 1 1 - 6 6 - 1 1 - 

28 JAMES McATEE 18.10.02 SALFORD 20 9 3 1 1 2 48 26 14 3 3 1 

30 MASON HOLGATE 22.10.96 DONCASTER 9 - - - - - 9 - - - 3 1 

32 WILL OSULA 04.08.03 COPENHAGEN 9 12 - 2 1 3 11 20 3 1 4 - 

33 RHYS NORRINGTON-DAVIES 22.04.99 RIYADH, SAU 2 3 - 2 - - 42 6 - - 1 - 

34 LOUIE MARSH 16.10.03 SHEFFIELD - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - 

35 ANDRE BROOKS 20.08.03 SHEFFIELD 10 7 - 2 1 - 13 11 - - 1 - 

36 DANIEL JEBBISON 13.08.03 OAKVILLE, CAN - - - - - - 13 21 3 - - - 

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

38 FEMI SERIKI 28.04.03 MANCHESTER - - - 1 1 - 2 2 - - - - 

39 ANTWOINE HACKFORD 20.03.04 SHEFFIELD - 2 - - - - - 3 - - - - 

40 JILI BUYABU 09.08.03 EDMONTON - - - - 1 - - 2 - - - - 

42 SYDIE PECK 13.09.04 ENFIELD - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - 

ALSO PLAYED: OWN GOALS: 4 

– BÉNIE TRAORÉ 30.11.02 OURAGAHIO 3 5 - - 1 - 3 6 - - - - 

– JOHN FLECK 24.08.91 GLASGOW 1 3 - - - - 245 33 16 - 1 - 

– LUKE THOMAS 10.06.01 SYSTON 11 1 - 1 - - 12 1 - - 3 - 

ARSENAL 2,837 2,951 314 

ASTON VILLA 2,861 2,655 166 

BOURNEMOUTH 1,780 1,199 464 

BRENTFORD 2,307 1,701 362 

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 2,851 2,148 446 

BURNLEY 2,290 2,255 134 

CHELSEA 2,861 3,014 344 

CRYSTAL PALACE 2,750 1,408 360 

F A 

0-15 3 12 

16-30 3 18 

31-45 11 10 

46-60 5 15 

61-75 10 19 

76-90 8 28 

EVERTON 2,819 - - 

FULHAM 2,215 2,701 326 

LIVERPOOL 2,861 2,569 160 

LUTON TOWN 2,362 1,350 254 

MANCHESTER CITY 2,855 3,065 82 

MANCHESTER UNITED 2,861 3,070 94 

NEWCASTLE UNITED 2,861 3,165 272 

NOTTINGHAM FOREST - 2,925 94 

HOME AWAY TOTAL 

P 2508 2509 5017 

W 1331 685 2016 

D 621 614 1235 

L 556 1210 1766 

F 4580 3018 7598 

A 2768 4351 7119 

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - 3,038 320 

WEST HAM UNITED 2,835 3,001 352 

WOLVES 2,848 2,254 164 

LINCOLN CITY CC 2,861 - - 

GILLINGHAM FAC - 1,266 400 

BRIGHTON FAC 2,829 - - 

● AWAY FANS AT THE LANE 

● BLADES AWAY FANS ● ROUND TRIP (MILES) 

GOAL TIMES LEAGUE RECORD GOAL BREAKDOWN 

stats 

SHOTS 29 

HEADERS 3 

PENALTIES 4 

OWN GOALS 4 

OTHERS - 

snippet 

Gustavo Hamer claimed 

another assist 

recently at 

Newcastle. 


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IN STATS 

A round up of the Premier League’s top fives… 

GOALS 

ERLING HAALAND 

MANCHESTER CITY 21 

COLE PALMER 

CHELSEA 20 

ALEXANDER ISAK 

NEWCASTLE UNITED 19 

OLLIE WATKINS 

ASTON VILLA 19 

DOMINIC SOLANKE 

BOURNEMOUTH 18 

ASSISTS 

OLLIE WATKINS 


PASCAL GROSS 

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 10 

KIERAN TRIPPIER 


LEON BAILEY 

ASTON VILLA 9 

ANTHONY GORDON 


SHOTS 

DARWIN NÚÑEZ 

LIVERPOOL 105 

ERLING HAALAND 


OLLIE WATKINS 


DOMINIC SOLANKE 

BOURNEMOUTH 102 

MOHAMED SALAH 

LIVERPOOL 100 

CLEAN SHEETS 

DAVID RAYA 

ARESNAL 14 

JORDAN PICKFORD 

EVERTON 12 

BERND LENO 

FULHAM 9 

EDERSON 


EMILIANO MARTINEZ 

ASTON VILLA 8 

CLEARANCES 

JOACHIM ANDERSEN 

CRYSTAL PALACE 187 

JAMES TARKOWSKI 

EVERTON 170 

MAX KILMAN 

WOLVES 168 

MURILLO 

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 161 

ETHAN PINNOCK 

BRENTFORD 152 

HIT WOODWORK BY CLUB 

LIVERPOOL 

24 

EVERTON 

17 

FULHAM 

17 

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 

17 

CHELSEA 

14 


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PREMIER LEAGUE 2023/24 

**Nottingham Forest have been deducted four points 

*Everton have been deducted six points 

HOME 

AWAY 

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

1 ARSENAL 35 13 2 2 43 15 12 3 3 42 13 +57 80 

2 MANCHESTER CITY 34 12 5 0 43 14 12 2 3 39 18 +50 79 

3 LIVERPOOL 35 13 3 1 43 15 9 6 3 34 21 +41 75 

4 ASTON VILLA 35 12 3 3 45 25 8 4 5 28 27 +21 67 

5 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 33 12 0 5 36 24 6 6 4 31 28 +15 60 

6 MANCHESTER UNITED 34 9 3 5 28 25 7 3 7 24 26 +1 54 

7 NEWCASTLE UNITED 34 12 3 3 48 21 4 2 10 26 34 +19 53 

8 WEST HAM UNITED 35 6 8 4 28 27 7 2 8 28 38 -9 49 

9 CHELSEA 33 8 4 4 35 25 5 5 7 28 34 +4 48 

10 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 35 7 6 5 26 26 6 3 8 26 34 -8 48 

11 WOLVES 35 8 3 7 25 27 5 4 8 23 28 -7 46 

12 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 34 7 6 3 28 23 4 5 9 24 34 -5 44 

13 FULHAM 35 9 2 7 31 20 3 5 9 20 35 -4 43 

14 CRYSTAL PALACE 35 6 4 7 28 26 4 6 8 17 31 -12 40 

15 EVERTON 35 7 4 7 21 18 5 4 8 16 30 -11 36* 

16 BRENTFORD 35 5 6 6 27 30 4 2 12 25 30 -8 35 

17 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 35 5 5 8 25 27 2 4 11 17 35 -20 26** 

18 LUTON TOWN 35 4 3 10 25 32 2 4 12 23 45 -29 25 

19 BURNLEY 35 2 4 11 17 37 3 5 10 21 33 -32 24 

20 SHEFFIELD UNITED 35 2 4 11 18 51 1 3 14 16 46 -63 16 

FA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2023/24 

P TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 

1 CRYSTAL PALACE 22 14 4 4 55 20 35 46 

2 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 22 13 6 3 32 17 15 45 

3 SUNDERLAND 22 12 5 5 31 18 13 41 

4 SOUTHAMPTON 22 13 0 9 39 25 14 39 

5 BIRMINGHAM CITY 22 11 3 8 33 19 14 36 

6 BLACKBURN ROVERS 22 11 3 8 25 28 -3 36 

7 SHEFFIELD UNITED 22 9 2 11 32 31 1 29 

8 LONDON CITY LIONESSES 22 7 4 11 26 36 -10 25 

9 DURHAM 22 6 5 11 24 44 -20 23 

10 READING 22 5 7 10 20 40 -20 22 

11 LEWES 22 4 4 14 22 39 -17 16 

12 WATFORD 22 4 3 15 22 44 -22 15 

LEAGUE TABLES 

2023/24 

TABLES CORRECT AS 

OF 5PM 02/05/24 

U21 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH 2023/24* 




3 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 29 15 6 8 56 33 23 51 

4 BARNSLEY 27 14 3 10 59 44 15 45 

5 HULL CITY 28 13 3 12 55 58 -3 42 

6 FLEETWOOD TOWN 28 13 3 12 47 50 -3 42 

7 BURNLEY 27 12 5 10 49 50 -1 41 

8 WIGAN ATHLETIC 28 7 5 16 43 59 -16 26 

9 COVENTRY CITY 27 6 5 16 37 62 -25 23 

10 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 28 6 5 17 44 71 -27 23 

11 CREWE ALEXANDRA 26 4 4 18 34 72 -38 16 

U18 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH 2023/24* 



2 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 28 15 4 9 51 34 17 49 

3 BARNSLEY 27 15 3 9 63 43 20 48 

4 BURNLEY 28 11 10 7 53 35 18 43 


6 CREWE ALEXANDRA 28 11 3 14 65 70 -5 36 

7 HULL CITY 27 10 5 12 45 64 -19 35 

8 FLEETWOOD TOWN 28 11 2 15 39 59 -20 35 

9 COVENTRY CITY 28 9 5 14 51 68 -17 32 

10 WIGAN ATHLETIC 28 7 4 17 48 64 -16 25 

11 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 28 5 2 21 40 84 -44 17 

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


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sheffield united 

SEASON RECORD 2023/24 

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

AUGUST 2023 

SAT 12 15:00 CRYSTAL PALACE 0-1 31,194 17 FOD’HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN ROBINSON LOWE BASHAM 

FRI 18 19:45 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1-2 29,342 16 FOD’HAM OSBORN AHMED’ZIC EGAN ROBINSON LOWE SOUZA 

SUN 27 14:00 MANCHESTER CITY 1-2 31,336 17 FOD’HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN ROBINSON OSBORN SOUZA 

WED 30 19:45 LINCOLN CITY CC1 0-0* 11,040 – DAVIES BOGLE BASHAM EGAN TRUSTY LAROUCI COULIBALY 


SAT 2 12:30 EVERTON 2-2 31,124 17 FOD’HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN ROBINSON LAROUCI SOUZA 

SAT 16 15:00 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1-2 61,706 17 FOD’HAM BOGLE BASHAM AHMED’ZIC ROBINSON THOMAS SOUZA 

SUN 24 16:30 NEWCASTLE UNITED 0-8 30,568 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE AHMED’ZIC EGAN ROBINSON THOMAS SOUZA 

SAT 30 15:00 WEST HAM UNITED 0-2 62,459 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE AHMED’ZIC EGAN ROBINSON THOMAS SOUZA 

OCTOBER 2023 

SAT 7 15:00 FULHAM 1-3 24,361 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE BASHAM AHMED’ZIC TRUSTY THOMAS SOUZA 

SAT 21 20:00 MANCHESTER UNITED 1-2 31,543 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE TRUSTY ROBINSON THOMAS McATEE SOUZA 

SAT 28 15:00 ARSENAL 0-5 60,153 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE TRUSTY ROBINSON THOMAS McATEE SOUZA 

NOVEMBER 2023 

SAT 4 15:00 WOLVES 2-1 29,454 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE BALDOCK TRUSTY ROBINSON THOMAS SOUZA 

SUN 12 14:00 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 1-1 31,367 19 FOD’HAM BOGLE BALDOCK TRUSTY ROBINSON THOMAS SOUZA 

SAT 25 15:00 BOURNEMOUTH 1-3 30,208 18 FOD’HAM BOGLE BALDOCK TRUSTY ROBINSON THOMAS SOUZA 

DECEMBER 2023 

SAT 2 15:00 BURNLEY 0-5 21,488 20 FOD’HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC TRUSTY ROBINSON THOMAS FLECK 

WED 6 19:30 LIVERPOOL 0-2 31,406 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE AHMED’ZIC ROBINSON TRUSTY McATEE SOUZA 

SAT 9 15:00 BRENTFORD 1-0 28,509 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE AHMED’ZIC ROBINSON TRUSTY McATEE 1 SOUZA 

SAT 16 15:00 CHELSEA 0-2 39,599 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE AHMED’ZIC TRUSTY LOWE McATEE SOUZA 

FRI 22 20:00 ASTON VILLA 1-1 41,651 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE BALDOCK TRUSTY ROBINSON LAROUCI SOUZA 

TUE 26 15:00 LUTON TOWN 2-3 31,041 20 FOD’HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC 1 ROBINSON TRUSTY McATEE SOUZA 

SAT 30 15:00 MANCHESTER CITY 0-2 53,488 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE BALDOCK ROBINSON TRUSTY THOMAS SOUZA 

JANUARY 2024 

SAT 6 15:00 GILLINGHAM FAC3 4-0 8,801 20 FOD’HAM SERIKI ROBINSON N’-DAVIES THOMAS McATEE 2 HAMER 

SUN 21 14:00 WEST HAM UNITED 2-2 29,164 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE AHMED’ZIC ROBINSON TRUSTY McATEE SOUZA 

SAT 27 15:00 BRIGHTON & HOVE A. FAC4 2-5 18,391 – GRBIĆ BOGLE AHMED’ZIC TRUSTY N’-DAVIES HAMER 1 OSBORN 

TUE 30 20:00 CRYSTAL PALACE 2-3 23,644 20 GRBIĆ BOGLE AHMED’ZIC ROBINSON TRUSTY McATEE 1 SOUZA 

FEBRUARY 2024 

SAT 3 17:30 ASTON VILLA 0-5 28,978 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE HOLGATE AHMED’ZIC TRUSTY N’-DAVIES SOUZA 

SAT 10 15:00 LUTON TOWN 3-1 11,138 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE HOLGATE AHMED’ZIC ROBINSON N’-DAVIES SOUZA 1 

SUN 18 14:00 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 0-5 29,522 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE HOLGATE AHMED’ZIC ROBINSON LAROUCI SOUZA 

SUN 25 13:30 WOLVES 0-1 30,789 20 GRBIĆ BOGLE AHMED’ZIC TRUSTY ROBINSON LAROUCI SOUZA 

MARCH 2024 

MON 4 20:00 ARSENAL 0-6 29,980 20 GRBIĆ BOGLE AHMED’ZIC ROBINSON TRUSTY T. DAVIES SOUZA 

SAT 9 15:00 BOURNEMOUTH 2-2 11,074 20 GRBIĆ BOGLE BALDOCK TRUSTY ROBINSON 1 OSBORN T. DAVIES 

SAT 30 15:00 FULHAM 3-3 30,010 20 GRBIĆ BOGLE HOLGATE AHMED’ZIC ROBINSON OSBORN SOUZA 

APRIL 2024 

THU 4 19:30 LIVERPOOL 1-3 60,055 20 GRBIĆ BOGLE HOLGATE AHMED’ZIC ROBINSON TRUSTY SOUZA 

SUN 7 17:30 CHELSEA 2-2 28,638 20 GRBIĆ BOGLE 1 HOLGATE AHMED’ZIC ROBINSON TRUSTY OSBORN 

SAT 13 15:00 BRENTFORD 0-2 17,115 20 GRBIĆ BOGLE HOLGATE AHMED’ZIC TRUSTY LAROUCI OSBORN 

SAT 20 15:00 BURNLEY 1-4 28,964 20 GRBIĆ BOGLE AHMED’ZIC TRUSTY OSBORN McATEE SOUZA 

WED 24 20:00 MANCHESTER UNITED 2-4 73,549 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE 1 HOLGATE AHMED’ZIC TRUSTY OSBORN BROOKS 

SAT 27 15:00 NEWCASTLE UNITED 1-5 52,196 20 FOD’HAM BOGLE HOLGATE AHMED’ZIC 1 TRUSTY OSBORN BROOKS 

MAY 2024 

SAT 4 

15:00 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 

SAT 11 15:00 EVERTON 

SUN 19 16:00 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 


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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) *LINCOLN WON 3-2 ON PENALTIES 

8 9 10 11 SUBSTITUTES REFEREE 

NORWOOD OSBORN OSULA TRAORE SOUZA (7), LAROUCI (6), SLIMANE (5), HACKFORD (11), BROOKS (9), TRUSTY, SERIKI, MARSH, A. DAVIES J. BROOKS 

NORWOOD HAMER 1 OSULA TRAORE LAROUCI (6), BASHAM (7), BROOKS (10), HACKFORD (11), T. DAVIES, TRUSTY, SERIKI, MARSH, A. DAVIES P. BANKES 

NORWOOD HAMER OSULA TRAORE LAROUCI (6), BOGLE (2) 1, McBURNIE (10), BASHAM (8), BROOKS, TRUSTY, COULIBALY, MARSH, A. DAVIES J. GILLETT 

NORWOOD BROOKS McBURNIE ARCHER TRAORE (10), MARSH (9), SERIKI (2), OSULA (11), BUYABU (6), AHMEDHODZIC, SLIMANE, FODERINGHAM P. TIERNEY 

NORWOOD HAMER McBURNIE ARCHER 1 THOMAS (6), BASHAM (4), TRAORE (11), BOGLE, OSULA, TRUSTY, SLIMANE, A. DAVIES OG A. MADLEY 

HAMER 1 McATEE McBURNIE ARCHER NORWOOD (9), T. DAVIES (8), TRUSTY (2), TRAORE, LAROUCI, SERIKI, SLIMANE, A. DAVIES P. BANKES 

NORWOOD HAMER McATEE ARCHER TRAORE (2), T. DAVIES (8), SLIMANE (9), BASHAM (10), LAROUCI, TRUSTY, SERIKI, BROOKS, A. DAVIES S. ATTWELL 

HAMER McATEE McBURNIE ARCHER BASHAM (4), T. DAVIES (9), TRUSTY (2), SLIMANE (8), BREWSTER (11), LAROUCI, NORWOOD, TRAORE, A. DAVIES G. SCOTT 

NORWOOD HAMER McBURNIE ARCHER ROBINSON (3), McATEE (9), LAROUCI (6), BREWSTER (11), FLECK, TRAORE, SLIMANE, SERIKI, A. DAVIES OG S. BARROTT 

NORWOOD HAMER McBURNIE 1 ARCHER BREWSTER (10), OSBORN (6), TRAORE (9), FLECK, SLIMANE, ONE, BUYABU, SERIKI, AMISSAH M. OLIVER 

NORWOOD SLIMANE HAMER BREWSTER ARCHER (11), OSBORN (9) , FLECK (6), BALDOCK (2), ONE (10), TRAORE, LAROUCI, BROOKS, A. DAVIES T. ROBINSON 

NORWOOD 1 HAMER BREWSTER ARCHER 1 McATEE (10), OSBORN (9), FLECK, TRAORE, LAROUCI, SLIMANE, OSULA, BROOKS, AMISSAH R. JONES 

NORWOOD HAMER McATEE ARCHER OSBORN (7), SLIMANE (10), OSULA (2), TRAORE, LAROUCI, LOWE, FLECK, BROOKS, AMISSAH OG J. BROOKS 

NORWOOD HAMER McATEE ARCHER McBURNIE (7) 1, AHMED’ZIC (2), OSBORN (6), OSULA (10), FLECK (9), LOWE, TRAORE, SLIMANE, A. DAVIES A. MADLEY 

NORWOOD HAMER McBURNIE ARCHER BOGLE (2), OSULA (7), McATEE (6), TRAORE (11), LAROUCI, LOWE, SOUZA, SLIMANE, A. DAVIES C. KAVANAGH 

HAMER BROOKS OSULA ARCHER TRAORE (10), FLECK (9), NORWOOD (7) , LOWE (5), LAROUCI, THOMAS, SERIKI, SLIMANE, A. DAVIES S. HOOPER 

HAMER BROOKS OSULA ARCHER SLIMANE (10), LOWE (9), PECK (6), TRAORE, LAROUCI, THOMAS, SERIKI, ONE, A. DAVIES S. ATTWELL 

HAMER BROOKS McBURNIE ARCHER OSULA (9), NORWOOD (10), SLIMANE (8), BALDOCK, LAROUCI, THOMAS, OSBORN, TRAORE, A. DAVIES A. MADLEY 

NORWOOD BROOKS SLIMANE ARCHER 1 LOWE (6), HAMER (9), McATEE (10), MCBURNIE (11), FLECK, THOMAS, OSBORN, TRAORE, A. DAVIES A. TAYLOR 

BROOKS HAMER McBURNIE 1 ARCHER LOWE (8), SLIMANE (9), BREWSTER (4), OSULA (11), NORWOOD (7), OSBORN, N’-DAVIES, SERIKI, A. DAVIES S. ALLISON 

NORWOOD BROOKS SLIMANE OSULA ARCHER (11), BREWSTER (10), OSBORN (9), N’-DAVIES (6), LAROUCI, TRAORE, McBURNIE, SERIKI, A. DAVIES D. COOTE 

NORWOOD BROOKS ARCHER OSULA 2 B’TON DIAZ (10), BREWSTER (11), SOUZA (9), OSBORN (4), McBURNIE, COULIBALY, BUYABU, EASTON, A. DAVIES D. BOND 

HAMER BROOKS B'TON DIAZ OSULA McBURNIE (11) 1, ARCHER (10), BREWSTER (9), N;-DAVIES (5), NORWOOD (7), OSBORN, SERIKI, BUYABU, AMISSAH M. SALISBURY 

1 

NORWOOD B’TON DIAZ ARCHER OSULA LAROUCI (5), McATEE (9), McBURNIE (11), BROOKS (7), SOUZA (6), ROBINSON, SLIMANE, SERIKI, AMISSAH S. GILL 

1 

HAMER SLIMANE B’TON DIAZ McBURNIE N’-DAVIES (9), BROOKS (10), FOD’HAM (1), OSULA (11), LAROUCI (4), ARCHER (8), NORWOOD, OSBORN, SERIKI T. HARRINGTON 

1 

BROOKS McATEE B’TON DIAZ OSULA HAMER (11), OSBORN (8), ROBINSON (6), ARCHER (10), T. DAVIES (9), NORWOOD, LAROUCI, ONE, AMISSAH P. TIERNEY 

OSBORN HAMER McATEE 1 ARCHER 1 LOWE (6), T. DAVIES (9), BREWSTER (11), NORWOOD (10), LAROUCI, TRUSTY, BROOKS, OSULA, AMISSAH C. KAVANAGH 

OSBORN HAMER McATEE OSULA TRUSTY (11), BROOKS (6), T. DAVIES (9) , NORWOOD (8), BREWSTER (10), McBURNIE, ARBLASTER, BLACKER, GRBIĆ S.ATTWELL 

NORWOOD HAMER McATEE BREWSTER OSBORN (6), T. DAVIES (8), McBURNIE (7), OSULA (11), BROOKS, CURTIS, ARBLASTER, SASNAUSKAS, FOD’HAM D. BOND 

NORWOOD HAMER McATEE McBURNIE OSBORN (8), OSULA (11), BROOKS (6), BALDOCK (10), ARBLASTER (3), B’TON DIAZ, LAROUCI, PECK, FOD’HAM S. BARROTT 

ARBLASTER HAMER 1 B’TON DIAZ McBURNIE SOUZA (7), AHMED’ZIC (2), McATEE (11), NORWOOD (8), OSULA (10), CURTIS, LAROUCI, BROOKS, FOD’HAM A. TAYLOR 

ARBLASTER HAMER B’TON DIAZ 2 McBURNIE 1 TRUSTY (7), NORWOOD (8), McATEE (11), SLIMANE, OSULA, CURTIS, LAROUCI, BROOKS, FODERINGHAM T. ROBINSON 

ARBLASTER HAMER McATEE B’TON DIAZ OSBORN (9), McBURNIE (10), OSULA (11), BROOKS (6), SLIMANE (3), CURTIS, LAROUCI, NORWOOD, FOD’HAM OG S. ATTWELL 

ARBLASTER HAMER B’TON DIAZ McBURNIE 1 McATEE (3), ARCHER (6), SOUZA (5), NORWOOD, SLIMANE, BROOKS, LAROUCI, OSULA, FODERINGHAM R. JONES 

ARBLASTER HAMER B’TON DIAZ McBURNIE McATEE (6), ARCHER (2), SLIMANE (3), NORWOOD, SOUZA, CURTIS, BROOKS, OSULA, FODERINGHAM S. BARROTT 

ARBLASTER HAMER 1 B’TON DIAZ McBURNIE ARCHER (7), NORWOOD (9), BROOKS (11), HOLGATE, SLIMANE, CURTIS, LAROUCI, OSULA, FODERINGHAM A. MADLEY 

ARBLASTER HAMER B’TON DIAZ ARCHER SOUZA (7), NORWOOD (2), McATEE (11), OSULA (14), SLIMANE, CURTIS, LAROUCI, HAMPSON, GRBIĆ M. SALISBURY 

1 

ARBLASTER HAMER B’TON DIAZ ARCHER ROBINSON (3), OSULA (11), SOUZA (7), SLIMANE (9), NORWOOD, CURTIS, LAROUCI, MARSH, GRBIĆ T. HARRINGTON 


98 UTB 

STATS ALL FOLKS! 

Blades statistician Andrew Kirkham delves into the 

archives to enlighten Unitedites with topical figures… 

HELP & CORRECTIONS 

CHRIS WILDER’S LEAGUE 

RECORD 

— IN THE FEBRUARY Aston Villa 

programme, I listed the records of United’s 

top six managers in terms of league games 

in charge. The figures I gave for Chris had 

some errors (as Phil Whitaker pointed 

out) so here is Chris’s record as United’s 

manager in all competitive games including 

the game at Newcastle: 

P W D L F A 

League 225 96 49 80 310 285 

FA Cup 15 10 0 5 29 17 

EFL Cup 7 2 2 3 9 12 

EFL Trophy 3 1 1 1 5 4 

Total 250 109 52 89 353 318 

THREE LEAGUE GROUNDS 

One of our much-travelled supporters 

pointed out that as well as Brighton, Bristol 

Rovers, Coventry and Wimbledon we 

have also played league games against 

Bradford City on three grounds. Following 

the fire at Valley Parade, City played 

‘home’ games at Odsal Stadium and Elland 

Road (the one I missed) and United played 

at both these venues. 

HELP 

I am collating the line-ups etc for our U18s. 

For many years there have been U18 

game reports in the programmes, but the 

occasional game is missing. The website 

Youth Hawk goes back only to 2014-15 with 

some gaps. Can you help with: 

2016-17 HTs: 

A vs Sheffield Wednesday 

14 Mar 

A vs Queens Park Rangers 18 Mar 

H vs Watford 

1 Apr 

A vs Charlton Athletic 

8 Apr 

2015-16 HTs: 

A vs Brentford 

15 Aug 

A vs Bolton Wanderers 

17 Oct 

H vs Hull City 

16 Apr 

2014-15 line up and HT: 

A vs Birmingham City 

12 Apr 

2013-14 everything (but score): 

A vs Bristol City 

12 Oct 

A vs Derby County 

19 Oct 

HT: H vs Queens Park Rangers 16 Nov 

2012-13 everything (but score): 

A vs Nottingham Forest 

29 Sep 

A vs Leicester City 

27 Apr 

H vs Barnsley 

29 Apr 

everything: A vs Crewe Alexandra 1 May 

HT: A vs Leeds United 6 Apr ? 

Any help is much appreciated at 

blades195451@yahoo.com 

← United played Bradford City at Odsal Stadium

1 Adam DAVIES GK 

2 George BALDOCK 

3 Max LOWE 

5 Auston TRUSTY 

6 Chris BASHAM 

7 Rhian BREWSTER 

8 Gustavo HAMER 

9 Oli McBURNIE 

10 Cameron ARCHER 

11 Ben BRERETON DIAZ 

12 John EGAN 

13 Ivo GRBIĆ GK 

15 Anel AHMEDHODŽIĆ 

16 Ollie NORWOOD 

18 Wes FODERINGHAM GK 

19 Jack ROBINSON 

20 Jayden BOGLE 

21 Vinícius SOUZA 

22 Tom DAVIES 

23 Ben OSBORN 

24 Oliver ARBLASTER 

25 Anis SLIMANE 

26 Ryan ONÉ 

27 Yasser LAROUCI 

28 James McATEE 

30 Mason HOLGATE 

32 Will OSULA 

33 Rhys NORRINGTON-DAVIES 

35 Andre BROOKS 

36 Daniel JEBBISON 

37 Jordan AMISSAH GK 

42 Sydie PECK 

1 Matt TURNER GK 

3 Nuno TAVARES 

6 Ibrahim SANGARÉ 

7 Neco WILLIAMS 

8 Cheikhou KOUYATÉ 

9 Taiwo AWONIYI 

10 Morgan GIBBS-WHITE 

11 Chris WOOD 

13 Wayne HENNESSEY GK 

14 Callum HUDSON-ODOI 

15 Harry TOFFOLO 

16 Nicolás DOMÍNGUEZ 

18 FELIPE 

19 Moussa NIAKHATÉ 

20 Gio REYNA 

21 Anthony ELANGA 

22 Ryan YATES 

23 Odysseas VLACHODIMOS GK 

26 Matz SELS GK 

27 Divock ORIGI 

28 DANILO 

29 Gonzalo MONTIEL 

30 Willy BOLY 

32 Andrew OMOBAMIDELE 

37 Rodrigo RIBEIRO 

40 MURILLO 

43 Ola AINA 

48 Ateef KONATÉ 

MATCH SPONSORS: 

Main Match Sponsors: McDonald’s Restaurants – Bruce & Butler Programme Sponsor: Star Micronics Match Ball Sponsor: S2S Group 

 

REFEREE 

Chris Kavanagh 

ASSISTANT 

Simon Bennett 

ASSISTANT 

Dan Robathan 

FOURTH OFFICIAL 

Sam Allison 

VAR 

Michael Salisbury 

ASSISTANT VAR 

Harry Lennard 

EMERGENCY PROCEDURE: 

In the event of any emergency you will hear a safety message 

over the PA system. Remain where you are and listen carefully 

to the announcement. Comply immediately if it affects your area. 

Stewards, Police Officers and Officials will direct you to safe areas, 

which may be through Exit Doors/Gates to the street or on to the 

playing area. If you are disabled or feel unsafe in a large crowd, 

remain where you are until stewards assist you. Remain calm 

and do not move unless the announcement affects your area.

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