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Sheffield United vs Southampton

Tuesday 30th September 2025 — 7.45pm

Sky Bet Championship — Bramall Lane



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CONTACT US

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DIRECTORY

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Steven Rosen (Co-Chairman)

Helmy Eltoukhy (Co-Chairman)

Joe Russo

Len Komoroski

Terry Ahern

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Stephen Bettis (Chief Executive Officer)

VICE PRESIDENTS

Martin Green, Darren Baker,

Mark Ross, Steve Naylor, Roger Barron

BLADES AMBASSADOR

Tony Currie

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

CONTENTS...

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Our Read All About It feature looks back on the opening of the

new South Stand.

How close was Chelsea’s Charlie Cooke to becoming a Blade?

We review the story in our Rumour Mill article.

New signing Danny Ings is the subject of our In Focus interview

as his former club Southampton arrive at Bramall Lane this

evening.

UTB

PROGRAMME TEAM

Editor: Matthew Young

Photography by:

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Produced by: Ignition Sports Media

Design: Alex Guildford

The views expressed by individual

contributors are not necessarily the views

of Sheffield United FC or the Editor

Printed by: S&G Group

EMERGENCY

PROCEDURE

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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.

SHEFFIELD UNITED vs SOUTHAMPTON UTB || 03

Chris Wilder

Bramall Lane under the lights is a special

place and our first midweek home game

of the campaign gives us a fantastic

chance to build on Saturday’s result.

It will, hopefully, also give us an

opportunity to show our recognition for the

magnificent support from the punters who

have gone above and beyond in backing

this club. It was humbling to see 30,000

here for the last home game and people

scrambling for tickets, especially in the

circumstances. It was gutting to not send

the fans home with a result but tough times

don’t last forever, there’s been positive

signs of late and we deservedly were able

to pick up our first points at the weekend.

Again, the supporters were brilliant,

never stopping throughout the game,

especially in the second half. We

appreciate it is our job to give them

something to shout about and we did that.

If I know anything about Blades fans,

they want their players to show courage

and be brave on the ball, but they also

want everyone to run around and wear the

shirt with pride and the players did that at

Oxford.

It was a great moment for the lads and

supporters at full-time. It has been a tough

period for everybody.

I’ve watched from afar and from close

by over the last couple of weeks and the

players want to leave everything out there,

which they did, and I thought the second

half performance at the weekend was more

like us. More composed, calmer and with

belief. I think you’ve got to accept that we

were on a losing streak so it wasn’t going

to be free flowing but there were some

really good performances out there in the

second half. We tweaked the shape, and

I must say that we defended tremendously,

particularly late on, but, importantly for me,

the players were committed, together and

found a way to win.

Appreciating that it wasn’t all plain

sailing, it was scrappy in the first half

but we calmed the lads down a little at

half-time and everyone believed in the

process about how to get a result, with and

without the ball, and there were plenty of

good qualities out there, which we have

reminded the players of in the limited time

we have had with them in preparation for

this game tonight.

We were in on Sunday and Monday,

recovering and preparing. From a mentality

point of view we weren’t in a great place,

that is understandable after the start to the

season, but there are positive signs.

It is about getting the balance right and

then making good decisions with and

without the ball at both ends of the pitch.

We have asked them to compete and the

stats, from the last two matches, say that

we are doing that, we are moving in the

right direction.

Mentally, physically and technically,

there’s enough in our changing room to

pick up results in this division, but we

have to consistently put it all together on a

Saturday afternoon and Tuesday evening

and that’s the plan.

UTB

Chris

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Chiedozie Ogbene

CHIEO EXCITED TO WORK

WITH HIS NEW BOSS

New signing Chiedozie Ogbene is

relishing working under United’s returning

boss Chris Widler, who handed him his

full Blades debut in the recent home clash

against Charlton Athletic.

After moving on loan from fellow

Championship side Ipswich Town on

Deadline Day, Chieo had to be patient

as he waited for his United bow after

being unable to play against parent club

Ipswich Town.

Following defeat at Portman Road,

United then turned again to Wilder

following the departure of Rubén

Sellés, with the current Blades boss

name-checking the Republic of

Ireland international during his media

press conference.

Now having had the chance to work

under Wilder and his staff for a period of

time, Chieo is excited for the future as he

looks to seal a regular place under his

latest manager.

He said: “Even though I haven’t

previously worked with the gaffer, I feel like

I know what he demands. He came in, he

didn’t put that immense pressure on us, he

knows what type of group we are, we put

that pressure on ourselves.

“He’s just trying to implement the

culture of the club back again. It was good

for me to experience him first hand, he’s

a manager who is very experienced at

this level, so he knows what he’s talking

about and he’s trying to get us to play

effective football which you want to play

in this division. Hopefully, things will start

clicking for us and we can get some points

on the board.”

Chieo experienced Bramall Lane as

a home player for the first time when

he made his debut against the Addicks

recently, and followed up with an assist in

the win at Oxford as United recorded a first

win of the season.

He added: “It is an honour to represent

this club and for the gaffer to put his trust in

me to make my debut so soon.

“I’ve come here to offer myself and to

help the team in any way possible. After

being out with injury for nine months, I feel

like myself again. When I have the ball, I’m

not careful of defenders, I just want to take

people on and create chances as much as

I can for the team.”

Chiedozie Ogbene is enthused

about his future as a Blade


Ben Mee

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PERFORMANCE WE CAN

BUILD ON – BEN

Experienced defender Ben

Mee has said Saturday’s

win at Oxford can be

something the Blades

can build on.

The former Burnley

and Brentford ace was

handed his full debut at

the Kassam Stadium, and

he helped guide Chris

Wilder’s side to a first three

points of the season after

Callum O’Hare’s second

half winner.

It’s been a tough start

to the campaign for the

Blades, but Ben has seen

some positive signs,

especially second half in

Oxfordshire, calling on

himself and his teammates

to try and build on what

was a big three points.

He said: “It was a little

scrappy at times and a little

rusty at times from myself,

but we dug in really well

and showed second half a

little bit more of what we

are about. I though Callum

(O’Hare) was excellent,

got his goal, Gus (Hamer)

and Djibril (Soumaré) got

on the ball really well for

us, we stayed in the game

first half and showed what

we are about second half.

It’s a performance we

can build on.

Ben Mee and Tyrese Campbell

celebrate after the win at Oxford

“We moved the ball

quicker second half, got

into the final third more and

got the boys on the ball

who can create. We created

chances, scored a goal

which helps, and it gave us

something to hang on to.

“It was a little ugly at

times, we didn’t start too

well, but second half we

showed what we were

about a bit more and

getting the win breeds

some confidence. The

boys can take a lot from the

performance second half.”

Ben immediately

endeared himself to the

Blades supporters who

chanted his name every

time he touched the ball,

whilst boss Wilder thrust

him to the front of the

group at full-time for some

extra acclaim, which the

unassuming defender

admitted was nice to feel.

He added: “It was nice.

Like I said, I was a bit rusty

at times, things will get

better for me, I’m sure, but

that was nice to get a good

reception from the fans.

I don’t like the attention

too much, I thought the

boys did fantastic, we all

deserved a good round of

applause, it’s something to

build on.”



Callum O'Hare

WIN A BIG LIFT FOR

EVERYONE – CALLUM

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Saturday’s win at Oxford

was huge for everyone at

the club, with goal hero

Callum O’Hare expressing

his delight for his

teammates and the Blades

supporters.

After a difficult start

to the season, Callum

admitted the period

has been tough for all

concerned, with the

success at the Kassam

Stadium providing a mix of

emotions which included

pure joy and a feeling

of relief.

Callum explained: “I think

relief was the main feeling.

We haven’t been good

enough this season, we

know that, and when you

are in a drought without

winning, then it’s really

tough. The gaffer said at

half-time that we are all

top players, otherwise we

wouldn’t be at this club, so

we went out there with a

bit of freedom second half

and once we got the goal, I

think we defended so well,

everyone can be proud of

that. Like I said, relief for us,

the fans and hopefully it is

something to build on.”

It was Callum’s first of

the season which proved

to be the difference with

Callum O’Hare celebrates

his winner against Oxford

the ex-Coventry ace

pleased with his reactions

as he collected Chiedozie

Ogbene’s cross before

firing low into the corner.

Callum said: “I was a bit

deeper than normal, and

obviously Chieo beat his

man, so I wanted to get into

the box. I thought that Ty

(Campbell) was going to

flick it, but he just missed it,

so I saw it last second and

reactions kicked in. When

I saw it go into the bottom

corner, like I said, it was

relief.

“When you are in bad

form, confidence isn’t as

high as it should be, and

we do things we shouldn’t

really be doing. Hopefully

we can build on that, we

have another game on

Tuesday, so we need to go

out there and find some

more positives.

“If everyone’s confidence

is high, football is a lot

easier. We need to build

on it in training, day-by-day

and try and take it into the

games and try and get

some wins.

“Football is about the

fans, and without them it

is nothing. So, to go over

there and celebrate with

them at the end is the best

thing.”


MIDDLESBROUGH

CONWAY 64

SHEFFIELD UNITED

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RIVERSIDE STADIUM | EFL CHAMPIONSHIP | ATTENDANCE: 26,610

Blades: Cooper, Tanganga, Godfrey (McCallum 77), Bindon, Hamer, O’Hare (Chong

77), Brooks (Ings 77), Burrows, Campbell (Cannon 69), Barry (Oné 58), Peck.

Unused: A. Davies, Soumaré, Zätterström, Seriki.

A United debut for Tahith Chong

Gustavo Hamer looks for an opening

Andre Brooks puts in the cross


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Louie Barry on the attack

Ben Godfrey with an acrobatic effort


OPPOSITION FOCUS

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INTRODUCTION...

Expectations are always high for teams

eager to bounce back to the Premier

League in double quick time and that is

one of the challenges Southampton are

trying to manage this season.

Manager Will Still has been charged with

the task of piecing the Saints’ revival back

together, with the young tactician attracting

plenty of interest over the summer.

Starting his first senior management role

in English football, he began with a thrilling

victory against Wrexham, which came

courtesy of two late goals at St Mary’s

Stadium.

They also recorded an emphatic away

win at Norwich with Still leading his side

at Bramall Lane tonight looking to record

a second Championship away win of this

season.

A big turnover of the playing staff during

the summer and the arrival of Still as

manager have contributed to a period of

transition, but the Saints have undoubted

quality as they look to march on with

purpose once again.


OPPOSITION FOCUS

Will Still

MANAGER

FOCUS

Will Still is living out the dream of many

young English tacticians after he earned

the chance to take over at Southampton

ahead of this Championship season.

Still decided to switch focus from playing

at the age of 17 and now, aged just 32, he

is operating in one of the most competitive

leagues in world football.

He worked in various roles with Belgian

and French clubs before earning his big

break at Reims in France and after some

success with Lens in the top flight of French

football last season, rumours started to link

him with moves to English clubs.

He outlined his story during an

appearance on Sky’s Monday Night Football

earlier this year, with his impressive tactical

acumen adding to his reputation.

“I started off as a video analyst and

gradually worked my way up through the

Belgian second division and then into the

first division,” he said. “I just tried to push

as many doors open as I could. I got lucky

at the right times and met the right people

along the way.

“I moved to France as an assistant

manager, and then things changed pretty

quickly. The manager I was working under

got fired, and the club asked me to take over

for five games before the World Cup. From

there, it all just started to snowball.

“My first real experience was as an

academy coach at Preston North End. I was

doing a university course in Preston, and

as part of that course, I worked with the

U12s at the club. I wasn’t a full-time coach.

I came in more as an outside assistant, but

we had the chance to observe the coaches,

watch the players, and get involved. From

that point, I just knew I wanted to work in

football, in whatever capacity that might be.

“I’ve always thought of it this way:

I hate watching boring games of football.

I don’t want to watch a match and think,

‘I don’t want to watch this’. I want to see

something engaging.”

Still’s success story was always likely

to face its biggest test after accepting the

challenge of trying to lead Southampton

back into the Premier League and the

opening few weeks of this season have

challenged the young tactician as he learns

his trade in the demanding environment of

the Championship.

“We are at a big club, there is competition

for places and a lot of quality here,” he

states. “We have to be demanding of

ourselves and need to use that to get better

individually and collectively. There has been

a big turnover of players and we can’t click

our fingers and everything will work. We all

have to put in a shift to pick up points.

“There are a lot of good players and

good teams in this league, so we have to

start turning our positive stats into goals

and wins.”


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5 PLAYERS

TO WATCH

#31 GAVIN BAZUNU GK

DOB: 20/02/02 LAST CLUB: MANCHESTER CITY

A senior Republic of Ireland ‘keeper who made his debut on the

international stage in March 2021. This Dubliner cut his football teeth

in his homeland with Shamrock Rovers and moved to Manchester

City in 2018. He had loan spells at Rochdale and Portsmouth before

joining Southampton in the summer of 2022.

#3 RYAN MANNING DF

DOB: 14/06/96 LAST CLUB: SWANSEA CITY

An international team-mate of Bazunu with the Republic of Ireland,

Manning made his senior international debut in 2018. This is his third

season at Southampton and he made 24 appearances in the Premier

League last term. He started this campaign in sparkling fashion with

a brilliant winning free-kick on the opening day against Wrexham.

#26 RYAN FRASER MD

DOB: 24/02/94 LAST CLUB: NEWCASTLE UNITED

This Scottish international kicked-off his career with Aberdeen

before moving south to join Bournemouth in 2013. This experienced

performer spent three seasons at Newcastle before joining

Southampton in the summer of 2024, after a successful loan spell

the previous season.

#10 FINN AZAZ MD

DOB: 07/09/00 LAST CLUB: MIDDLESBROUGH

Azaz joined West Bromwich Albion when he was still at school, but

he did not appear for their first team before joining Aston Villa in

the summer of 2021. He confirmed he could shine at first team level

following a move to Middlesbrough, with this Republic of Ireland

international midfielder moving to Southampton in the summer.

#9 ADAM ARMSTRONG FW

DOB: 10/02/97 LAST CLUB: BLACKBURN ROVERS

Armstrong started his football journey at Newcastle and played 15

times in the Premier League for the North East club. He confirmed

his worth as a first team star with an impressive run of form with

Blackburn after moving to the Ewood Park club in 2018. He scored

his first goal this season in the 3-1 defeat at Hull earlier this month.

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OPPOSITION FOCUS

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A MOMENT

IN TIME...

Saturday 1st May 1976

FA Cup final × Wembley Stadium

A sixth-place finish in the old Second

Division was not the story that suggested

Southampton were on the brink of their

greatest moment in 1976, but that is

what transpired as Lawrie McMenemy’s

Saints beat Tommy Docherty’s

United at Wembley.

Bobby Stokes scored the iconic 83rdminute

goal that gave Southampton their

first and so far only FA Cup win, with

the heroes of that team celebrated as

all-time greats as we approach the 50th

anniversary of the great day next year.

The closest Southampton came to

matching this famous FA Cup triumph

came in 2003, when they were beaten in

the final by Arsenal.

RECORD

BREAKERS...

Most appearances:

Terry Paine – 815 (1956-74)

Most goals: Mick Channon – 228

(1966-77 & 1979-82)

Most goals in a single season:

Derek Reeves – 44 (1959/60)

Youngest player Theo Walcott:

Theo Walcott (16 years 143 days)

DID YOU KNOW?

Ŝ The club were initially called

Southampton St. Mary’s,

but dropped the second

half of that in 1894.

Ŝ Ted Bates holds the record

for taking charge of the most

games as Southampton

manager, as he led the team

850 times between September

1955 and November 1973.


Matt Le Tissier

CLUB

ICONS...

One-club men are a rarity in the modern

game and especially when they are as

gifted as Le Tissier.

This masterful performer had numerous

chances to make big-money moves away

from Southampton, but his loyalty to the

club ensured he remained on the south

coast and as a result, his legacy was

secured long before his career came to an

end in 2002.

A brilliant penalty taker and a majestic

free-kick converter, Le Tissier scored some

of the all-time great goals of the Premier

League era.

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LAST TIME WE MET...

Tuesday 21st September 2021

Carabao Cup × Bramall Lane

Stevens 8,

McBurne 66

Diallo 23,

Sallisu 53

Attendance: 8,934

*Southampton won 4-2 on penalties

This Carabao Cup fourth round clash at

Bramall Lane swung in a few different

directions until the visitors plotted a

route to victory via a penalty shoot-out.

Enda Stevens had fired the Blades into

an early lead before Ibrahima Diallo and

Mohammed Salisu had put the Saints

ahead, before an Oli McBurnie goal sent

the tie to spot kicks.


OPPOSITION FOCUS

Southampton

SHOOTING

STARS

Football historian Leigh Edwards profiles six

post-war Southampton goalscoring favourites...

GEORGE

O’BRIEN

Scottish inside-right

George O’Brien was

Southampton’s leading

marksman four times and

scored a record five goals

against Leeds United in

the 1960/61 League Cup

fourth round. Initially with

Blairhall Colliery, he moved

via Dunfermline to Leeds

United in March 1957. Ted

Bates paid £10,000 for him

in July 1959 and he starred

in Saints’ 1959/60 Third

Division title triumph and

1962/63 FA Cup run. Twice

ever-present, he netted

154 goals in 244 League

games before swapped

for Leyton Orient’s David

Webb in March 1966. Later

at Aldershot, he was a

publican and taxi driver

in Southampton and died

in March 2020.

MICK

CHANNON

England international

striker Mick Channon holds

Southampton’s all-time

goalscoring record. Signing

professional for Saints in

December 1965, he was

leading marksman in seven

consecutive seasons

and starred in their 1976

FA Cup final success. He

moved to Manchester

City in July 1977, rejoining

Saints in September 1979

and netting 185 goals in

510 League games overall

before following Kevin

Keegan to Newcastle

United in September 1982.

Moving via Bristol Rovers to

Norwich City in December

1982, he featured in their

1985 League Cup final

triumph. He became

a highly successful

racehorse trainer.

KEVIN

KEEGAN


striker Kevin Keegan was

Southampton’s leading

marksman and PFA Player

of the Year in 1981/82.

Initially with Scunthorpe

United, he joined Liverpool

in May 1971 and amassed a

vast collection of European

and domestic honours

before being sold to SV

Hamburg for £500,000 in

June 1977. He was twice

European Footballer of

the Year and joined Saints

in July 1980, scoring 37

times in 68 First Division

games prior to joining

Newcastle United in August

1982. Starring as they

regained top-flight status in

1983/84, he later managed

Newcastle, Fulham,

England, Manchester City

and Newcastle again.


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Mick Channon, James Beattie & Rickie Lambert

MATT

LE TISSIER


striker Matt Le Tissier was

Southampton’s top scorer

on nine occasions, netting

many spectacular matchwinning

efforts. Idolised

by Saints supporters, the

brilliant Channel Islander

made his League debut

two months before signing

professional in October

1986 and his prodigious

talents were highlighted by

a hat-trick against Leicester

in March 1987. He was PFA

Young Player of the Year

in 1990 and scored for

Saints in the 1992 ZDS Cup

final at Wembley. Netting

162 goals in 443 League

games, he retired shortly

before his testimonial in

May 2002. Now working in

the media and corporate

hospitality.

JAMES

BEATTIE

England international striker

James Beattie played for

Southampton in the 2003

FA Cup final. A former

Blackburn Rovers trainee,

he turned professional

in March 1995. He joined

Saints for £1,000,000 in

July 1998, shortly after

Kevin Davies moved in the

opposite direction, and

was leading marksman on

three occasions. Gaining

his first England cap against

Australia in February 2003,

he netted 68 goals in 204

Premier League games

before sold to Everton for

£6,000,000 in January

2005. He joined Sheffield

United for £4,000,000

in August 2007, then

Stoke City, Rangers,

Sheffield United again and

Accrington Stanley.

RICKIE

LAMBERT


striker Rickie Lambert was

Southampton’s top scorer

in five successive seasons.

He began with Blackpool

and had spells with

Macclesfield and Stockport

before moving to Rochdale

in February 2005. Leading

marksman in 2005/06,

he joined Bristol Rovers

in August 2006 and was

top scorer as they won

promotion in 2006/07.

Moving to Southampton in

August 2009, he starred

in their 2010 Johnstone’s

Paint Trophy final triumph

and two consecutive

promotion campaigns. He

netted 106 goals in 207

League games before

joining Liverpool for

£4,000,000 in June 2014,

then West Brom and Cardiff.


FAN EXPERIENCE

Matchday Activities

Jon Helliwell, United’s fan engagement

lead, keeps the supporters informed…

UNITED CASHBACK INITIATIVE

Tonight, on our United Cashback Initiative,

we would like to give a warm welcome to

Ridgeway Lionesses.

Ridgeway Lionesses were formed four

years ago when Paul Benison, the club

secretary, wanted to set up a team for his

daughter, Zara. What began with just one

side has steadily grown, and the club now

has four teams: U8s, U9s, U10s and U11s.

All of their teams compete in the Sheffield

& Hallamshire Girls League, playing their

home fixtures at Isobel Bowler in Westfield.

The facilities there provide a good base

for both training and games, helping the

players enjoy their football and develop

their skills together.

Last season was a memorable one,

reaching three cup finals. The current U9s

were successful in lifting a trophy, which was

a great achievement for such a young club.

Tonight, both their U11s and U10s are proudly

representing the club and continuing their

journey forward.

As part of our United Cashback Initiative,

Ridgeway Lionesses can be seen taking part

in tonight’s pre-match flag waving on the

pitch, and have raised money for their club

to spend on anything they wish.

We hope you all have a fantastic night 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


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BLADES MASCOTS...



A warm welcome to this evening's mascots...





ARTHUR

JACKSON

Age: 11

Favourite Players:

Japhet Tanganga &

Sydie Peck

AWAY MASCOT

MANNY POTHAS


Age: 10

Favourite Player:

Jack Stephens

BETSY

JACKSON

Age: 7

Favourite Players:

Tyrese Campbell &

Sydie Peck

HARRIS

McEWAN

Age: 10

Favourite Player:

Gustavo Hamer

LEYTON

CAMPBELL

Age: 10

PARKER

GOODSON

Age: 10

Favourite Player:

Gustavo Hamer

HOME DEBUT

SCHEME...

United would like to give a warm welcome

to tonight's home debutants who are all

visiting Bramall Lane for the very first time.

Tonight's first-time visitors are:

* TOPHER

* HUNTLEY

* CHARLIE

We hope you all enjoy your first day at

Beautiful Downtown Bramall Lane!

ROHAN

LODGE

Age: 12

Favourite Player:

Gustavo Hamer

HAPPY

BIRTHDAY

Happy 67th Birthday

to South Stand season

ticket holder David

Webb.


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Try your hand at our Junior Blades quizzes…

answers are at the bottom of page 23…

WHO AM I?

Who is this current Blade from

this blurred image?



NUMBERS GAME…

The answer to this sum represents a squad

number for a United player. Who is it?

SPOT

THE

BALL...

Can you guess

where the ball is

from this recent

action image

from the game

against Charlton

Athletic?

ANSWERS: Who am

I? Japhet Tanganga,

Numbers Game: 23. Tyrese

Campbell, Spt the Ball: C.


IPSWICH TOWN

PHILOGENE 20, 51, 68, HIRST 61, CLARKE 78

SHEFFIELD UNITED

–

PORTMAN ROAD | EFL CHAMPIONSHIP | ATTENDANCE: 28,012

Blades: Cooper, Tanganga, Godfrey (Seriki 83), Cannon (Campbell 62), O’Hare, Brooks

(Chong 62), Burrows, McGuinness, Barry (Hamer 62), Matos (Soumaré 62), Peck.

Unused: A. Davies, McCallum, Mee, Oné, Seriki.

Mark McGuinness makes his United debut

Sydie Peck skips past his man

Tom Cannon is denied


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Callum O’Hare looks to break forward

Harris Burrows looks to break between the defenders


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John Garrett's

Fables

Follore

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...

Be Wise and Advertise...

Many sports grounds have always,

in my memory, had some form of

advertising around them.

Some bright spark back in the day

realised that, if you wanted to tell people

what was going on at the Lyceum in the

coming weeks or tell you to buy Bovril

instead of Oxo, they had to pay for the

privilege.

Bovril have become a staple amongst

football fans over many years

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I remember when our kid bought

his first house at Intake, it had a huge

advertising hoarding on the side of it that

you could see from the top of Birley Moor

Road. It was the entire side of the end

terrace that became his home, but the

company who owned it way back then

used to cough up £500 a year for it, and

that was a fair amount of dosh in the early

1980s. It kept him in bubble perms and

flares for quite some time!

The mighty Blades had been dipping

their toe in advertising revenue for a long

time by then. When a programme was

first printed in the 1897/98 title winning

season, it included plenty of adverts in

the thing to bring in commercial revenue.

I also have a couple of examples of

advertising cards from the FA Cup

winning team of 1899 that were originally

made for shop windows, sponsored by

Coleman’s mustard, but, of course, as

time went on the portfolio broadened.

In the archive there are a few nice

examples of how things worked,


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Be Wise and Advertise...

especially back in the 1920s and ‘30s

when we reached out to businesses,

both local and national, to get their name

around Beautiful Downtown Bramall

Lane. This was the dawn of what is

described as being our first ‘proper’

manager, Teddy Davison.

Davison was the first to hold the title,

but he was secretary/manager, which

made him pretty much in control of

the whole kit and caboodle. He was

approaching businesses and, it seems

that, in the same manner today when

Paul, Liam and the commercial team

are working their way through the

sponsorship of stands, pitch side etc, so

was he, in addition to sorting out the first

team and pretty much all else.

Admittedly, they wouldn’t have the

modern tec of LED to worry about,

but it seems that two of the big hitters

that were being targeted were the

aforementioned Oxo and bitter beefy

rivals Bovril. The work in the archive

over the summer has turned up some

of the letters that were flying around

at the time from one to another. Both

wanted to spread the word of their meat

concentrated drinks to the good people

of the Steel City, and on 26th September

1933, the manager of their Deansgate

Manchester office contacted our assistant

secretary regarding pressing forward

with the idea by arranging for their

representative, a Mr. TA Everitt of 21

Coomb Road S10, to call to discuss the

matter further.

The day after, Oxo got in on the act by

informing the club that they would also

make arrangements for the local rep

to call to discuss, but pointed out that

they were interested more in the idea

of around the pitch with large enamel

signs measuring 10 x 3 ft. I wonder what

happened to those. They would fetch a

fortune now on Bargain Hunt!


It’s hard to imagine a time when the

only theatres in Sheffield City Centre

weren’t the Crucible and the Lyceum,

but before Hitler took an exception to

Sheffield’s industry around 1940 and

the developers of the ‘60s created

bland concrete boxes where once stood

beautiful architecture, we had a fair few

in the town. The Hippodrome and Empire

were huge, and as cinema began to really

find its feet there were names like The

Regent, Newsreel Theatre and The Albert

in Barker’s Pool. By 1933, the advent of

the talking picture was only a few short

years away, so things in that arena were

seriously getting big. That being the case,

Mr. Davison had targeted The Albert in

Barker’s Pool for a slice of their publicity

budget to give them a chance of putting

their name in front of a home crowd

every other week during the season.

Sadly their circuit manager, whatever

that was, by the name of E.B Dickinson

wrote to decline his cash, stating that the

advertising allocation for both was “fully

absorbed”. I think we can guess who Mr.

E.B Dickinson supported folks!

John Player turn down the chance

to advertise at Bramall Lane

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Letter from 1936 confirming the

end of roof sponsorship at the Lane

It seems a lifetime ago that tobacco

and sport went together. As a

reformed smoker myself, I couldn’t

wait for the Embassy World Snooker

Championships to come round. The

sight of one of their team clutching

complimentary cigarettes around town

for the duration was certainly appealing

to me at the time.

When people worked out the health

hazards of cigarettes, their time with all

forms of sport was always going to be

running out. Back in the ‘30s advertising

boom however, Imperial Tobacco

surprisingly swerved our advances

by simply stating that they were “not

in a position to take advantage of the

advertising site in question”. I mean,

what did they get offered? The inside

wall of the urinals behind the Kop? In

fact, we got the same response from

John Player and sons of Nottingham

as well. They went as far as to say that

“that type of advertising did not appeal

to them to any extent”. What, 45,000

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people watching a game and gasping

for another Woodbine? Mind you, as we

already said, even the Pope smoked

back then, so maybe they didn’t see the

need to go out to push their product?

All I can say, reading through them,

is thank goodness for the Sheffield

Daily Independent, who arranged to

call and see Mr. Davison the following

day, kindly bringing along a Mr. Bottom

with him for good measure to show their

interest. Thanks also go to the Sheffield

Corporation Electricity Department

on Commercial Street who liked the

opportunity (the building is still there

and bears the name of Sheffield United

Gas Light Company on Commercial

Street – a lovely old Victorian building

that was once an all you can eat

Chinese restaurant and has sadly stood

empty now for a good few years). They

saw the light (sorry) and committed to

a three-year deal for the princely sum

of £50 per annum, with it firstly being

painted on the John Street roof and

latterly running parallel with the pitch,

and they paid in cold hard cash because

we have the receipts still to prove it!

There were a few others. We were

approached in December 1932 by

the New Imperial Motor Company of

Spring Road, Hall Green Birmingham,

to advertise their motor bikes. Can’t

find whether it went ahead, but, if it did

it didn’t really help as they went bust

in 1939! The name, incidentally, was

revived in the late noughties, but they

haven’t written to us since!

This stuff just keeps giving every

time I go through it, and it’s incredible

to think that something that’s such a

huge part of the game was in full flow

over 100 years ago. So, apart from

the products, maybe things haven’t

changed down the years that much

after all?


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Through

the Lens

The club’s in-house digital archive has

grown with the addition of a number of

images recently discovered on file from

the late 1980s through to the mid-

1990s. Following on from last season,

our Through the Lens feature continues

in UTB during the current campaign as

we look back on some more memories

from back in the day...

Kop in full voice...

A great view of the Shoreham Street

Kop end here from the opposite side

of the ground during this top-flight

clash with Southampton in August

1991. There’s not a seat to be had on

the Kop, with a smattering of yellow

indicating how popular United’s away

shirts were at this time. Southampton

won this game 2-0, with just over

18,000 in attendance.


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Bramall Lane...

Your Take

As we pass 170 years of Bramall Lane, we

take a pictorial look back over our famous old

stadium through images supplied by you...

the fans. We asked you to email in images

which you have personally taken over the

years to be showcased this season right here

in UTB. There’s still time to get involved,

simply email your images, pre-2010, of the

Lane to matthew.young@sufc.co.uk and

look out for your entry in a programme over

the course of the campaign...

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This week, we showcase some images

from back in 2004...

We’re only going back just over 20

years with these images of Bramall Lane,

but the transformation is quite obvious.

Barry Johnson got in touch with UTB to

send some imagery from an open day he

attended back in 2004.

As you can see from the main image

here, the gap between the Bramall Lane

end and the South Stand was vast.

It wouldn’t be long before this was

taken care of with the construction of the

corner stand and hotel which now smartly

fill out this once vacant area.

Also, note the old wooden seating in

the South Stand and the Bramall Lane

upper, something which also became a

thing of the past a year later.


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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...

ead All About It

Tonight, it’s a new era for United as we go

back to August 1975 and the opening of

the new South Stand...

BACKGROUND...

After cricket at Bramall Lane was brought

to a conclusion in 1973, the club set out

plans to become a four-sided football

stadium with the new structure to be built

on the old cricket pitch. The new South

Stand was ready to open for the home

fixture against Derby County on August

16th 1975 but at a cost. The £1m spent

on the structure took Bramall Lane’s

capacity to 49,000, with 16,000 seats. The

two-year wait was now over, and despite

some tricky obstacles, the Lane was

now a stadium which mirrored its peers

across the game.

THE STORY...

United drew the first game of the season

1-1 against Derby, but the match became

secondary to the new structure which

can be seen in this aerial photograph

published in The Star newspaper. Tickets


sold well for the new stand and, according

to this report, a crowd of over 31,000

reflected favourably to the new-look

ground. In this photo, you can still see

the old cricket pavilion behind the south

stand, a sight which would remain for a

few more years yet. In the story reviewing

the official opening, it was said chants

which before would filter out of the open

side would now echo around you, whilst

the impressive view also got a thumbs up.

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED?

Away from football, the main sports

story of the day featured the Ashes

clash at Headingley with England setting

Australia 445 to win the third Test. David

Steele was England’s hero as he made

a sparkling 92 as the hosts looked set

level the series going into the final Test

at The Oval. Meanwhile, United’s hosting

of Arsenal in midweek would see the

Blades showcase their Euro-standard new

floodlights for the first time, but talisman

Tony Currie was set to miss the occasion

through suspension.

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The

Loan

Story

In every edition of UTB this

season, Dave Burkinshaw will

cover United’s history in the loan

market, starting in the 1970s and

running to the present day...

Part Four – 1990 to 1991...


Carl Bradshaw’s arrival was

made permanent in October 1989

Dave Bassett’s Blades were back

in the Second Division for the

1989/90 season and surprised

many of the game’s experts by once

again challenging for promotion.

As in the previous season, Bassett

was continually reviewing how he could

strengthen his team. He once again used

the loan market to sign winger/forward

Carl Bradshaw from Manchester City

in September 1989. Sheffield-born Carl

(and Unitedite) fitted into his squad’s

style and ethos and in October he joined

the Blades on a permanent deal.

The same month as Bradshaw’s initial

loan deal, utility player Wilf Rostron, who

was effective either at left wing-back or

in midfield, joined on loan from Sheffield

Wednesday.

He would join the Blades on a

free transfer at the end of November

1989. Both players played key roles

in helping the Blades secure backto-back

promotions at the end of the

1989/90 season.

Bassett also used the loan market to

allow players to regain match fitness

after injuries. Defender Cliff Powell joined

Cardiff City on loan in November 1989

where he sadly suffered a broken leg in

his only appearance for the Bluebirds.

This injury came on top of previous

injuries which eventually meant he was

forced to retire in 1991, aged 23. This

was Powell’s second loan out having

had a brief spell at Doncaster Rovers in

March 1989.

The 1990/91 season saw the Blades

back in the top flight for the first time

since the 1975/76 season. United once

again defied the odds by avoiding

relegation thanks to an amazing recovery

in the second half of the season. One of

the players who was a catalyst for this

fightback was Glyn Hodges, who was

signed initially on a loan deal in January

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1991 from Crystal Palace. His midfield

prompting, plus the ability to score vital

goals, meant that the Blades found the

money to make the move permanent with

fans helping raise some of the finance.

As he had done previously, Bassett

liked to sign players he had worked with

at his former clubs. Forward Andy Sayer

was another such player who joined on

loan from Wimbledon. Sayer made only

three substitute appearances during his

loan spell.

The same season also saw a number

of players who had helped the club win

promotions previously, now surplus to

requirements. The loan system was used

to help such player gain much-needed

first-team action. Players loaned out for

this purpose were former captain Paul

Stancliffe to ex-club Rotherham United in

September 1990, midfielder Mark Todd

to Wolves in March 1991, defender Darren

Carr to Crewe in September 1990, striker

Peter Duffield to Rotherham United in

March 1991 and winger Paul Wood to

Bournemouth January 1991.

Glyn Hodges was a successful loan

which was made a full transfer in 1991

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Paul Wood left for Bournemouth,

initially on loan, in 1991


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The Final

Curtain

Alan Kelly

Alan Kelly started his playing

career as a full-back before

playing in goal where he, of

course, made his reputation as a

top-class performer.

His father, Alan Snr, was a goalkeeping

legend at Preston North End, and it was

no surprise when Alan also joined the

Lilywhites as an apprentice in September

1985. He made his Football League

debut for North End in March 1986.

Alan was signed for United by Dave

Bassett in July 1992 for a fee reportedly

in the range of £150 to 200K and during

the rest of his time at Bramall Lane, his

battle with Simon Tracey for the number

one spot saw both command spells

as first choice. Alan’s Football League

debut for United came at Spurs on 2nd

September 1992 when he replaced

outfield player Glyn Hodges who was

sacrificed after Tracey had been sent off.

Alan was a great professional and

gave great service to United. He was

popular with fans who regarded him as

a reliable and commanding presence

in goal. He played 216 league games

for United and left some wonderful

memories. Included amongst two of his

finest performances were outstanding

FA Cup displays. The first came on 3rd

April 1993 at Wembley in the Steel City


In every edition of UTB this

season, Dave Burkinshaw looks

back over the final competitive

game played for United by a

player who made over 100 league

appearances for the club...

In the dressing room after his penalty save helped

United defeat Blackburn in the FA Cup back in 1993

semi-final. Alan produced a string of fine

saves to keep United in the game only

for Bassett’s side to be beaten 2-1 in

extra-time by close rivals Wednesday.

The second of these fine FA Cup

memories came on 17th March 1998

in the quarter-final replay at home to

Coventry City. The game ended 1-1 after

extra-time and went to penalties. Alan

made three fine saves in the shootout to

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Alan Kelly in action at Portman Road on

what would be his final United appearance

ensure the Blades won 3-1 on penalties

and earned themselves another semifinal

appearance.

Alan missed a final Wembley showing

with the Blades at the end of the 1996/97

season with injury ruling him out of the

1-0 play-off final defeat to Crystal Palace.

He had bravely carried on playing with

an injury during the tense semi-final win

against Ipswich Town.

He also won international honours

whilst with the Blades winning 22 of his

34 Republic of Ireland caps in S2.

Alan’s last competitive appearance for

United was not a memorable one. It was

the final game of the 1998/99 season

which took place on 9th May 1999. The

game also proved to be manager Steve

Bruce’s last game in charge. United were

thumped 4-1 by Ipswich Town including

being 3-0 down at half-time.

Although there had been rumours

linking Alan with a move away from

Bramall Lane during the summer of

1999, he took part in pre-season training

and was in the team for a friendly at

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home to Chelsea on 23rd July 1999.

He had not asked for a transfer, but

financial pressures meant he was sold

to Blackburn Rovers in July 1999 with an

agreed percentage of the reported fee

of £700K going to Preston.

Alan retired from playing in 2004 due

to a finger injury and has subsequently

enjoyed a role as a goalkeeping coach.

Alan Kelly's

The Final Curtain

Sunday 9th May 1999

First Division × Portman Road

Attendance: 21,689


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THE BLADES

ARE GOING UP..!

20th ANNIVERSARY

This season marks two decades since Sheffield United

ended a 12-year exile from the Premier League. After

several near misses since relegation from the elite in

1994, the 2005/06 campaign was finally the season

which saw the Blades return to English football’s

top table. Throughout this season, UTB will tell

the story of how Chris Morgan and co. helped guide

United back to the big time, celebrating 20 years

since the achievement by looking back through the

club’s internal and some external archives...

The Opening Shot...

Another statement signing for the Blades as

David Unsworth dropped out of the Premier

League on a permanent basis for the first

time in his career.

The 31-year-old signed a three-year deal after

the Blades agreed a deal with Portsmouth.

On arrival, he told BBC Radio Sheffield: “I’m

dropping out of the Premiership but just for a

season. This club can get promotion with the

squad that is here, I am certain of that. I have

been impressed with what I have seen.”


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THE BLADES

ARE GOING UP..!

Steve Kabba nets in defeat at QPR

Blades joy

at Burnley

Whilst still exceptionally early days,

United gave notice of their intentions with

a notable win at Burnley.

Neil Shipperley bagged his first for the

Blades, giving United a fifth minute lead

which was added to before half-time by a

Morgan goal.

Future Blade Ade Akinbiyi pulled one

back, but this was two wins in two for

United who had enjoyed the perfect start

to the campaign.


International

striker eyed

With Andy Gray joining Sunderland,

United found themselves linked with

nearly every available striker in the

Championship. Whilst some links came

and went, there appeared to be some

substance behind a story appearing in

the Sheffield Star surrounding a possible

move for Birmingham’s Republic of

Ireland international Clinton Morrison.

On the possibility of a move for

Morrison, Neil Warnock commented:

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“Clinton’s people rang me up. But it goes

without saying that I’d want to speak to

anyone I was interested in bringing here

to see how they felt about it.”

Reports also surfaced that United’s

assistant manager Stuart McCall had

watched Portsmouth striker Svetoslav

Todorov regarding a possible switch from

Fratton Park.

With transfer deadline day looming

large, it would be a busy end to the month

for the Blades.

100% record gone

After two wins from two, United tasted

defeat for the first time after losing 2-1

against Queens Park Rangers.

Marc Bircham and Stefan Moore put

the hosts 2-0 up, with Steve Kabba

getting a late consolation for the Blades.

There was an issue at full-time with

skipper Morgan and QPR’s Kevin Gallen

getting involved in an altercation.

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Sunderland’s Chris Brown was heavily

linked with a move to Bramall Lane

Warnock said: “It was a drab game,

there was more action in the tunnel. But

I didn’t see any of it. Chris Morgan wanted

the match ball, and I wouldn’t let him

have it.”

Brown to Blades?

Following defeat to QPR, the club

pressed ahead with a mission to add

some more firepower. Another striker in

the frame to be a replacement for Andy

Gray was Sunderland’s Chris Brown.

Following the Black Cats’ promotion to

the Premier League, Brown found himself

down the pecking order at the Stadium

of Light, and in terms of a like for like

replacement, he was the closest thing to

Gray who was available.

His name appeared in the media and

Warnock, known for accruing strikers,

commented that the 20-year-old was on

his radar. He said: “He’s someone I’ve

had a word about, but nothing is definite.”


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THE BLADES

ARE GOING UP..!

Sharp gone...

for now

One player who wouldn’t be forcing

himself into United’s plans was youngster

Billy Sharp.

After he recently turned down a move

to Scunthorpe, Sharp had a re-think

and moved to Glanford Park for an

initial £50,000 fee, rising to a possible

£100,000. Of course, it wouldn’t be the

end of his United story!

Bramall

Lane upgrade

In the Preston edition of the matchday

programme, an update was provided on

the progress to upgrade Bramall Lane.

Director Mark Fenoughty revealed

planning applications had been

submitted to develop a corner stand and

hotel. The new stand would increase the

capacity by 2,200 with designs to be

revealed shortly.

Neil Shipperley equalises at home to Preston


Back to

winning ways

United returned to winning ways in the

most dramatic fashion at Bramall Lane.

The Blades trailed Preston after Paul

McKenna gave the Lilywhites the lead,

before hitting back on half-time to level

through Neil Shipperley.

With the game set to end all square,

Danny Webber pounced deep into

stoppage time to win it and send United

top of the Championship.

Warnock said: “There are a lot of new

faces here and we are still bedding in,

getting to know one another. But the

good thing is that we are winning games

without firing on all cylinders and that’s

got to give us confidence.”

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Cover Check

The front cover of the Preston match

programme shows Phil Jagielka, Steve

Kabba and Paul Ifill in celebratory pose.

Cresswell move

alive and then dead

Speculation that Richard Cresswell could

still join the Blades would not go away.

Preston had previously turned down a

bid from United, but rumours in the media

suggested the Lilywhites were now

softening to the idea.

There was a problem for United

though, with Leeds United also

expressing an interest in the former

Wednesday striker.

Warnock said: “I think Richard is

going. That seems certain but their

(Preston’s) people seem to think he is not

coming here.”

Elsewhere, Coventry were showing

interest in United’s Paul Shaw, with The

Star reporting Stern John could come to

Bramall Lane as part of the deal.

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Danny Webber bags an injury

time winner against Preston

England

international joins

With all the speculation focused on the

striker department, United stunned

everyone by confirming an addition to

the defence.

England international David Unsworth

joined United from Portsmouth, with the

Blades only paying a fee if the club were

to be promoted.

Unsworth, 31, added more experience

to United’s back four, and softened the

blow of losing out on Richard Cresswell.

Warnock even doorstepped Cresswell

in a bid to persuade him to come

to Bramall Lane, but he eventually

signed for Leeds.

United did pip Leeds to Unsworth’s

signature though, with the defender

confirming he had offers from 10 clubs.

He said: “There were about 10

teams interested in me, but as soon

as I spoke to the manager here I just

got a gut feeling that this was the right

place for me.


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Transfer rumour and speculation have always produced a key topic of conversation for

football supporters. In this feature we look back on some of those which have involved

United down the years, and how close some of these ‘proposed’ deals came to fruition...

The umour Mill

In this edition, we’re taking you back to the

late 1960s where there was unrest as United

sold off some of their crown jewels...

THE PLAYER...

Scot Charlie Cooke began his

professional career in his native Scotland

with Aberdeen back in the early 1960s.

He was an instant success at Pittodrie,

playing over 30 league games in his first

season, despite still being 18. In his fourand-a-half-year

stint with the Dons, he

played over 160 games before switching

to Dundee in December 1964. In April

1966, he took the plunge and moved

south to try his hand in England when

Chelsea paid a club record £72,000 for

the winger as boss Tommy Docherty

looked to shape what was becoming an

impressive group of players. He netted

on his league debut against West Ham,

catching the eye with how he beat Bobby

Moore before scoring the winner. He

played in Chelsea’s 1967 FA Cup Final

defeat to Tottenham and looked firmly

established in the Chelsea side, but

the possibility of a move started to rear

its head a few months into the 1967/68

season.

THE RUMOUR…

United finished the 1966/67 First Division


Charlie Cooke

Cooke pictured in 1966

season in 10th position with a squad

which had a talented group of young

players who would only get better.

The likes of Mick Jones, Len Badger,

Alan Birchenall and Alan Woodward

were now established first team figures

but there was trouble ahead with

Jones controversially sold to Leeds in

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In his second spell at Chelsea in March 1975

September 1967. There was more bad

news to follow for United supporters who

were still reeling at the loss of Jones, with

Birchenall requesting to leave, followed

by some serious interest from Chelsea in

the November of 1967. As part of the deal

for Birchenall to move to Stamford Bridge,

a deal was struck which would see Cooke

move in the other direction. This was

now past rumour stage as it looked as

though United would land the popular

wide player.

WHAT HAPPENED…

Birchenall did indeed move to Chelsea for

a £100,000 fee but Cooke did not move

in the other direction to further anger

United’s supporters. United boss John

Harris had gone public to the media to

say that Cooke was a player which he

would have liked, but reportedly Cooke

turned down the terms on offer from

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Cooke pictured here in September 1967

shortly before he nearly became a Blade

the Blades, and Birchenall’s transfer

went ahead regardless. There was also

a rumour that Newcastle had shown an

interest in Cooke, but he had opted to

remain at Chelsea. Cooke was a major

player as Chelsea finished sixth that

season, whilst United were relegated

to the second tier, ironically with fate

sealed following a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea.

Cooke was part of Chelsea’s FA Cup

winning side in 1970 and Cup Winners’

Cup winning team of 1971. After losing the

League Cup final of 1972, he was sold to

Crystal Palace but returned to Chelsea

a year later. They suffered relegation

in 1975 and Cooke’s career in England

petered out, despite winning promotion

back to the top-flight in 1977. He ended

his playing career in the USA, where

he also enjoyed some brief flirtation in

management. During his playing career

he also represented Scotland 16 times.


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(Tuesday 16th December 2014 × League Cup × Bramall Lane)

We’ve Got History

In each edition of UTB this season we look back on a significant game

from recent history between United and our opponents. Tonight, we

recall a famous League Cup giant killing act at Bramall Lane...

Marc McNulty was

the hero as the

League One

Blades stunned

a star-studied Saints outfit,

that included Sadio Mane

and was managed by Ronald

Koeman at Bramall Lane.

With Christmas a little over

a week away on a soggy

S2 night, McNulty reacted

quickest after Fraser Forster

spilled a powerfully struck

free kick from Bob Harris in

front of the Kop.

It was a deserved fifth

round success en route to the

last four of the competition

for the Blades where Nigel

Clough’s side were only

denied by the individual

brilliance of then Spurs

midfielder Christian Eriksen

over two legs.

Tempers flared in the

aftermath of McNulty’s

decisive strike, with Chris

Morgan sent to the stands

following a touchline

altercation with Koeman, who

then refused to shake boss

Clough’s hand at full-time.


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Blades in the

Background

George Waller

Born in the Pitsmoor area

of the Steel City on 3rd

December 1864, George Waller

represented Pitsmoor and

Pyebank in the local leagues as a player

before signing for our city rivals, The

Wednesday, in 1885.

His last game for Wednesday came

in the FA Cup final at Kennington

Oval in 1890, where they lost 6-1 to

Blackburn Rovers.

It was intended that he would move

across the city but a deal to United fell

through and he joined Middlesbrough

instead. Two years later he finally made

the move to Sheffield United, though

first-team appearances were minimal. A

defender by trade, he played 10 times for

United, whilst featuring regularly for the

reserve team, Sheffield Strollers.

Waller was seen as an

innovator at Bramall Lane

This season Paul

Holland profiles a

member of United’s

backroom team from

down the years

telling the stories

of some of the club’s

unsung heroes...

In March 1894, when United were

short of players against Newton Heath

(later Manchester United), he filled in as

goalkeeper in a 2-0 win. He impressed

so much that he kept goal for the next

two matches despite regular ‘keepers

being available.

That summer he became trainer at

Bramall Lane, a role similar to today’s

physiotherapist. His insight and appetite

for learning made him an ideal candidate

in an era when team selection was

handled by committee and captain

rather than manager.

He remained trainer through United’s

golden generation: First Division

champions in 1898, FA Cup winners

in 1899 and 1902, runners-up in 1901,

and still at the club for later victories in

1915 and 1925.

George wasn’t just a trainer but

an innovator, pioneering the use of

a deeper inside-forward to link play

— a system United employed well

into the 1930s.

A fine cricketer, he played for Sheffield

United Cricket Club and appeared

three times for Yorkshire between

1893 and 1894.

After 36 years at Bramall Lane, he

retired in 1930 to run his sports shop

nearby. He died in Ecclesfield on 11th

December 1937.


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Terrace

Cult

Heroes

Former Flashing Blade editor Matthew Bell

looks back on some of the names loved on

the terraces by Blades supporters...

Bobby Davison

No.4 – BOBBEE, BOBBEE, BOBBEE

Easter Monday, 1990. United are

at Elland Road to play promotion

rivals Leeds United. Dave Bassett

was known as a shrewd tactician

but on this occasion he was outdone

by Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson.

One of United’s most fruitful tactics was

goalkeeper Simon Tracey bringing the

ball out of his area and kicking towards

the corners for Brian Deane, Tony Agana

or Billy Whitehurst. Wilkinson knew that

if he stopped this, Leeds would have a

better chance of winning.

Stop it he did, and Bobby Davison

was the man to do it. Whenever Tracey

got the ball, Davison stood in front

of him. If Tracey tried to move to kick

the ball away, Davison shadowed him

and, if necessary, obstructed him.

This frustrated Tracey so much that he

dragged Davison down by the neck


and gave away a penalty. United were

stuffed 4-0 and although we followed

Leeds into Division One, our introduction

to Bobby Davison left us loathing him

with a passion.

By 1992, the sale of Tony Agana left

United without a regular partner for

Deane. Bassett tried Clive

Mendonca, Ian Bryson,

Adrian Littlejohn,

Carl Bradshaw and

Brian Marwood with

varying success, so

he was looking for a

new centre forward for

the derby match at

Hillsborough.

He found

not one,

but two,

bringing

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in Davison on loan from Leeds and

his old pal Alan Cork from Wimbledon

on a free transfer. Davison started

against Wednesday.

United couldn’t have wished for a

better start as Dane Whitehouse scored

after just four minutes. Then, in the 29th

minute, Davison struck. Simon Tracey

bowled the ball out to Carl Bradshaw.

“Down the right, a canter for Bradshaw”,

said YTV commentator John Helm.

As Bradshaw approached the halfway

line he saw Paul Rogers and Davison

approaching the penalty area. “Rogers

making progress, Davison calling for

it in the middle.” Bradshaw crossed.

“Davison’s coming for it,” said Helm,

and as Davison got a touch the ball

rebounded off Chris Woods and back

into his path. “Oh and he must score!

Bobby Davison!! Two nil United!”

Phil King got one back for Wednesday

and the game was in the balance.

Then after 68 minutes John Gannon,

on the right, hit a diagonal left-footed

cross towards the penalty spot where

Davison was lurking. John Helm once

more: “Gannon. He’ll float it in with the

left foot … it’s not a bad ball! It’s 3-1!!

Bobby Davison has glanced a second for

himself and a third for United!”

After the game, in the steam of the

dressing room, Davison was a picture

The scoreboard says it all on a famous

night for Dave Bassett’s team

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Davison celebrates as his brace

downs Wednesday at Hillsborough

of modesty; “I quite enjoyed it… a good

night. It was just nice to start the game.

If you score it’s a bonus.” When Helm

asked him how difficult it was coming

into a new team in such a big game,

Davison replied, “It was easy. It was a

good night for strikers, wasn’t it? Just get

the ball in the box and get on the end of

things.” He finished with a shrug of the

shoulders, as if it was all in a day’s work,

which I suppose it was.

Davison was on the bench for next

game but this helped endear him even

more to Blades fans. As he warmed up

a new chant went up: “Bobbee, Bobbee,

Bobbee Davison!”, which he greeted

with a little wave.

He wasn’t at United long, we used to

hate him, he didn’t make hundreds of

appearances or rack up dozens of goals,

but he did score twice, on his debut,

against Wednesday, at Hillsborough,

and we won 3-1, and we did the double

over them. For this, Bobby Davison, you

are a hero.


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Danny Ings is optimistic United’s Sky Bet Championship

campaign will soon ignite with the experienced striker

hoping to have overcome a minor injury setback in time

to feature against his boyhood club tonight...

The Winchester-born marksman has

scored goals throughout his career

and joined the Blades in August

with the aim of hitting the ground

running, but individually, like it has

collectively, things haven’t come to

fruition as Danny would have hoped.

But having missed the last

three matches, since debuting at

Middlesbrough at the end of last

month, Danny has been working

around the clock in the hope of

making Chris Wilder’s matchday 20

this evening, and speaking exclusively

to UTB, he is focused on shifting

the momentum swing as quickly as

possible.

Danny commented: “Obviously

it has been largely frustrating since

I signed, we’ve not got the results

I hoped we would, and I had a small

injury setback. I’ve made sure I’m right

now though and I’m looking forward

to playing in front of our supporters at

Bramall Lane.

“From watching training from

a distance over the last couple of

weeks, to then joining back in ahead

of Tuesday night, I’ve seen how hard

the lads are working and football is

based on momentum a lot of the time,

good and bad momentum.

“The Charlton game for example

was an even game, it was spoilt by

the conditions, and it could have

gone either way in all honesty, but

when you are down, the moments

go against you. It is down to the lads

to turn things around as soon as

possible.”

Looking ahead to his possible

involvement this evening, and

therefore making his debut as a Blade

at Bramall Lane, having experienced

it as part of the opposition previously,

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helping contribute to the Blades

climbing the Championship ladder

and, in the process, opening the

seasonal account on home soil.

Danny, who is settled and content

residing in Yorkshire, having moved

across the country throughout

his career, continued: “I played at

Bramall Lane a couple of times for

Southampton, the second was in

Covid times, which was strange for

everyone, but from afar I know how

the fans are here. This club has had

ups and downs in recent times, but

it is a club with a fantastic history

and I’m just desperate to play some

football in front of them.

“I’ve moved around a lot in my

career, but like any new player moving

clubs, you just want to find your feet

around the training ground, integrate

the best you can and win a place in

the team. I’m delighted to be closing

in on a return and ready for the

challenge on the pitch.

“I’ve scored goals to help all the

clubs I’ve been at and that’s the

simple aim really. In recent weeks it

has been difficult, but it isn’t about any

one individual it is about the collective

and that is the team.

“We need to start building some

good momentum and a positive result

could swing it our way because things

can change so quickly in football. We

are on a bad run at present where

nothing has fallen for us, on a good

run you can win games when you’ve

not played well, that is why it is so

entertaining, especially in this league.

“I have lived up north for a good

seven years of my career, being at

Burnley and Liverpool, it gets harder

with the little one these days, but I’m

settled relatively local, it doesn’t affect

me, it is just harder for the family.

"There is a good group of lads

here and you spend that much

time together that you become

together almost instantly "

“There is also a social element at

any club when a lot of new players join

as you are often in the same part of

the city in hotels and going for dinner.

Recently it was myself and Mark

(McGuinness), then us and Ben (Mee)

joined us, I know him very well from

our days at Burnley. There is a good

group of lads here and you spend that

much time together that you become

together almost instantly.”

His ratio as a permanent Saint

across just over two years between

July 2019 and August 2021 was better

than a goal every two league starts,

scoring 34 times in 58 starts, and

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heart, even though they rejected him

as a teenager.

Despite confessing to his Saints

allegiances, there is nothing the

marksman wants more on Tuesday

than a first United home win of the

campaign, with Danny unsure of the

reception he’ll receive from the visiting

supporters, some of whom are likely

to be amongst his closest friends.

He concluded: “Being born in

Winchester, Southampton was my

boyhood club, although I was upset

with them when I was young and

didn’t get in their academy, that was

difficult to understand at the time.

“But for me to experience

three fantastic seasons there was

incredible, especially with all my

friends and family being Saints fans.

It was amazing, and I loved every

minute of my time there and it is a

club I have the utmost respect for, and

it will always be close to my heart.

“But I’m a United player now and

on Tuesday night it will be fantastic if

we can beat them because I’m here to

win games of football. For those two

hours on Tuesday night, I want to be

on the pitch and hopefully scoring a

goal. It is always weird playing against

them, but it will be game on.

“I still speak to plenty of Saints

fans now and my time there was

memorable and absolutely some

of my happiest times in the game,

growing some great friendships and a

relationship with the fans. Who knows

whether they will clap me or boo,

I won’t let it affect me.”


Danny Ings

Former England international Danny Ings has been there and done it at

the highest level, including a prolific spell with tonight’s visitors.Here we

get to know more about the striker as he takes UTB through his A-Z...

ASK…

A

If you could

pose a

question to a

team-mate, what

would it be?

It would be to

Harrison (Burrows),

how does he

trim his chin?!

BAN…

B Which

other sport

would you like

to eliminate?

Hockey.

CURRENT…

C

Can you

recommend

a series or film

for Blades fans

to watch?

Game of Thrones.

DEBUT…

D

What do you

recall about

your professional

debut?

Playing for

Bournemouth and

coming on for Jason

Tindall, the now

Newcastle assistant

manager, who

I’m told was here

briefly as a coach.

EVENT…

E

What was

the last

major festival/gig/

sporting occasion

you attended?

I don’t get out

much these days,

I’m boring!

FRIENDS…

F

Who’s your

best mate

in football?

The worst question

to any footballer…I

have too many

to name.

GAFFER…

G

Who would

most

likely become a

manager from the

current squad?

I have to say

Ben Mee, he is

a smart guy.

HOME…

H

Tell us

something

interesting about

your hometown?

I was born in

Winchester. It’s

amazing for fishing!

INFLUENCE…

I

Who do you

credit as being

a major inspiration

in your career?

I have to say it

was my dad.

JOB…

J

What would

you be doing

if you weren’t

a professional

footballer?

I think probably

a bricklayer

like my dad.

KNOWLEDGE…

K

What were

you like at

school and did

you achieve what

you wanted?

(Laughs)… My

attendance was

tops, but I didn’t

achieve what

I should have really.


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L

Do you have

superstitions?

No, superstitions

are not for me.

MYSTERY…

M

Tell us

something

we might not

know about you?

Sorry I can’t think

of anything.

NOSTALGIC…

N

What was

the first kit

you owned?

It would have

been a Saints

kit; I couldn’t

pinpoint which.

OPPONENT…

O

Who’s the

toughest

player you’ve

played against?

My Premier League

debut against John

Terry was brutal

and playing with

and training against

Virgil van Dijk –

what a player!

PARADISE…

P

What’s your

favourite

holiday

destination?

Majorca.

QUIZ…

Q

Name three

team-mates

to make up a

quiz team?

Ben Mee definitely,

Shacks and myself.

RELAX…

R

Favourite day

off activity?

I enjoy a round

of golf.

SOUVENIR…

S

What’s your

most valuable

piece of football

memorabilia?

My Europa

Conference League

winning medal

with West Ham.

TASTE…

T

Name your

favourite

food?

I do enjoy a

roast dinner.

UNPOPULAR…

U What’s

your major

pet-hate?

I’m too chilled to

worry about much.

VITAL…

V

What is

one thing

you couldn’t

live without?

My family.





WHO…

W

Player you’d

most like to

play alongside,

past or present?

Ronaldinho was

some player, I’ll

go with him.

X-FACTOR…

X

What’s your

karaoke

song of choice?

Anything from

Morgan Wallen,

he’s my new

favourite.

YOU…

Y What’s

your most

selfish attribute?

My routine, my

head goes if

it is broken.

ZONE…

Z What

gets you

focused during

the last half hour

before a game?

Everyone will say

the same, I like to

listen to music.


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SUPPORTERS CLUB

Good evening and respect to the supporters

of our visitors Southampton for making

the long journey here with the prospect of

not getting home until the early hours of

tomorrow morning – that’s dedication as a

supporter.

Talking of dedication, it was a pleasure

to see the number of our supporters who

attended the last home game to welcome back

the return of the legend that is Chris Wilder

and his team as we prepare to go on another

memorable journey together.

Now that the summer is over and the student

population is back in residence, we can report

that our next home game against Watford will

see the return of our normal matchday social

activity at the Sidney and Matilda. Thank you

for your patience over the last few games when

we have had to share the space with other

events taking place.

Enjoy the game.

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IN

MEMORY...

1⃞ John Hill –

1961-2025

A lifelong Blade,

John passed away

on 5 September

2025, aged 64.

He leaves behind

his son, Chris; his

partner, Paula;

brothers and wider

family and friends.

"Dad, there’s a big

hole in all of our lives

– I promise we will

never forget you; our

memories together

will be forever

cherished. Until we

meet again – Up the

Blades! We Love you

always. Xx”

2⃞ Brandon 2001-25

“BLADES

TILL WE DIE”

Rest in peace

Brandon till we meet

again. Love you

forever bro. Kye

3⃞ Jon Andrews –

1963-2025

Thank you, Dad, for

making us Blades.

So many happy

memories of taking

us home and away to

watch United. Thank

you for constantly

making us laugh and

the love we felt from

you will last forever.

We love you, and we

miss you so much.

Joe, Ellie, Nick,

James & Ollie.


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United’s U21s continued their impressive

unbeaten start to the season in all

competitions after a 3-1 success against

Huddersfield Town recently.

After getting the Premier League Cup

campaign off to a winning start against Derby

thanks to goals from Max Asante-Boakye and

Zach Giggs, the Blades then downed Millwall

2-0 in the league with goals from Louie Marsh

and Dovydas Sasnauskas.

United then fielded a strong side for the

hosting of Huddersfield with the likes of Femi

Seriki, Tyler Bindon, Nils Zätterström and

Ryan Oné all featuring.

But it was Marsh who maintained his

impressive form, netting twice with Bindon

heading in a third as United came back from a

goal down to win against the Terriers.

The win keeps the Blades top of the

Professional Development Leaue.

LINE-UPS:

Blades (vs Derby): Hewitson,

Polendakov (Reid 70), Jones

(Okyere 70), Curtis, Sasnauskas,

Asante-Boakye, Giggs, Aston,

Atherton (Christie-Crainie 90), Marsh

(Blaize 90), Francis. Unused: Grainger.

Blades (vs Millwall):

Hewitson, Curtis, Jones,

Giggs, Sasnauskas

(Okyere 78), Mee

(Asante-Boakye 63),

Polendakov (Atherton

66), Aston, Oné,

Marsh, Ukaki (Francis

63). Unused:

Grainger.

Blades (vs

Huddersfield):

Faxon (Hewitson

12), Seriki, Jones,

Sasnauskas,

Bindon,

Zätterström,

Ukaki (Atherton

39), Davies (Giggs

46), Oné, Marsh,

Aston. Unused:

Polendakov,

Francis.

SHEFFIELD UNITED U21

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

DATE KO/F-A OPPOSITION SCORERS

TUE12 ⊲ 1-1 A CARDIFF CITY

BEATTIE

LECKWITH STADIUM

SUN24 ▲ 3-1 A BRENTFORD

BEATTIE (2),

WHEATSHEAF PARK

FRANCIS

FRI29 ▲ 3-1 H CHARLTON ATHLETIC

BEATTIE, OG,

BRAMALL LANE

ASANTE-BOAKYE

FRI5 ▲ 5-0 A WATFORD

BEATTIE (3), JONES,

VICARAGE ROAD

FRANCIS

FRI12 ▲ 2-1 H DERBY COUNTY PLC

ASANTE-BOAKYE,

LNER COMMUNITY STADIUM

GIGGS

TUE16 ▲ 2-0 H MILLWALL

MARSH,


SASNAUSKAS

MON22 ▲ 3-1 H HUDDERSFIELD TOWN

MARSH (2), BINDON

SHEFFIELD UNITED ACADEMY

MON29 19:00 A SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

HILLSBOROUGH

MON6 13:00 A CREWE ALEXANDRA

MORNFLAKE STADIUM

TUE14 17:00 H BARNSLEY


TUE21 13:00 A PETERBOROUGH UNITED

PETERBOROUGH UNITED TRAINING

FRI24 14:00 H FLEETWOOD TOWN


TUE28 19:00 A STOKE CITY PLC

BET365 STADIUM

TUE4 13:00 A WIGAN ATHLETIC

CHRISTOPHER PARK

MON10 14:00 H COVENTRY CITY

BRAMALL LANE

TUE18 17:00 H HULL CITY


FRI21 19:00 H BRISTOL CITY PLC


FRI28 19:00 A DERBY COUNTY PLC

MATLOCK TOWN FC

MON15 19:00 H STOKE CITY PLC


MON22 19:00 A BRISTOL CITY PLC

ROBINS HIGH PERFORMANCE CENTRE

TUE13 13:00 A HUDDERSFIELD TOWN

CANALSIDE TRAINING CENTRE

TUE20 19:00 H CREWE ALEXANDRA


TUE27 13:00 A BARNSLEY

OAKWELL TRAINING GROUND

TUE3 13:00 A FLEETWOOD TOWN

POOLFOOT FARM

TUE10 14:00 H PETERBOROUGH UNITED


TUE17 17:00 H WIGAN ATHLETIC


TUE24 13:00 A COVENTRY CITY

ALAN HIGGS CENTRE

TUE3 19:00 H SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

BRAMALL LANE

TUE10 13:00 A HULL CITY

MKM STADIUM

TUE17 19:00 A QUEENS PARK RANGERS

POWERDAY STADIUM

MON23 14:00 H BOURNEMOUTH

BRAMALL LANE

TUE31 19:00 H COLCHESTER UNITED

JOBSERVE STADIUM

TUE14 19:00 H BRISTOL CITY

BRAMALL LANE

TUE21 14:30 H SWANSEA CITY


Louie Marsh has netted

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United’s U18s recently picked up a good

win over Millwall but were pegged back in a

clash against Watford as Jim O’Brien’s side

had some mixed results in the Professional

Development League.

In the clash in South London against

the Lions, the game was level at half-time

before the Blades took full control with a fine

second half.

Less than five minutes after the break,

United opened the scoring when Jaydon

Makhalira’s dangerous low ball was tapped

in at the back post by Cole Hay for his first

Blades goal.

Sub Charlie Bulmer added a second with a

first time shot, and a third followed when Siem

Eyob-Abraha sprinted clear to round off a fine

performance.

The Blades then went into the clash against

Watford and moved into a 2-0 lead with Eyob-

Abraha netting twice before the break.

But the Hornets rallied after the interval

with three goals in 20 minutes to seal

maximum points.

LINE-UPS:

Blades (vs Millwall): Betts,

Colechin, Barrett-Underwood,

Parr-Pearson (Roberts 67), Hough,

Adams, Hay (Bulmer 60), Makhalira,

Coubrough (McLachlan 60), Eyob-

Abraha, Morrison (Poppleton

78). Unused: Venners.

Blades (vs Watford):

Betts (Venners 13),

Colechin, Barrett-

Underwood, Hough,

Parr-Pearson, Reid,

Hay (McLachlan

65), Makhalira,

Bulmer (Coubrough

65), Eyob-Abraha,

Morrison (Dearden

75). Unused: Adams.

SHEFFIELD UNITED U18

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

M


SAT9 ▼ 0-3 A BRISTOL CITY

ROBINS HIGH PERFORMANCE CENTRE

SAT16 ▲ 3-1 H COLCHESTER UNITED


SAT23 ▼ 2-5 A BOURNEMOUTH

BOURNEMOUTH PERFORMANCE CENTRE

TUE26 ⊲ 3-3 A CHELSEA PLC

COBHAM TRAINING GROUND

SAT30 ⊲ 3-3 H QUEENS PARK RANGERS


SAT13 ▲ 3-0 A MILLWALL

CALMONT ROAD

SAT20 ▼ 2-3 H WATFORD


SAT27 ▲ 2-0 H FLEETWOOD TOWN


SAT4 11:00 H CRYSTAL PALACE PLC


SAT18 11:00 A COVENTRY CITY

ALAN HIGGS CENTRE

SAT25 12:00 H WIGAN ATHLETIC


SAT1 11:00 A BARNSLEY

OAKWELL TRAINING GROUND

SAT8 14:00 A SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

MIDDLEWOOD ROAD

SAT22 11:00 A MANCHESTER CITY PLC

ETIHAD CAMPUS

SAT29 11:00 H HULL CITY


SAT6 11:00 H PETERBOROUGH UNITED


SAT13 12:00 A CREWE ALEXANDRA

CREWE ACADEMY TRAINING GROUND

SAT10 11:00 H HUDDERSFIELD TOWN


SAT17 12:00 A FLEETWOOD TOWN

POOLFOOT FARM

SAT24 12:00 A WIGAN ATHLETIC

CHRISTOPHER PARK

SAT31 11:00 H BARNSLEY


SAT7 11:00 A HULL CITY

BISHOP BURTON COLLEGE

SAT14 11:00 H SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY


SAT21 11:00 A PETERBOROUGH UNITED

PETERBOROUGH UNITED TRAINING GROUND

SAT28 12:00 H CREWE ALEXANDRA


SAT7 11:00 H COVENTRY CITY


SAT14 11:00 A HUDDERSFIELD TOWN

CANALSIDE TRAINING CENTRE

SAT21 11:00 A CHARLTON ATHLETIC

SPARROWS LANE

SAT11 11:00 H BRENTFORD


SAT18 11:00 A SWANSEA CITY

SWANSEA CITY ACADEMY

SAT2 11:00 H CARDIFF CITY


COLECHIN, POPPLETON,

EYOB-ABRAHA

POPPLETON,

EYOB-ABRAHA

COUBROUGH,

EYOB-ABRAHA (2)

EYOB-ABRAHA (2),

BULMER

HAY, BULMER,

EYOB-ABRAHA

EYOB-ABRAHA (2)

HAY, BULMER

Siem Eyob-Abraha’s impressive

scoring streak continues with goals

against Millwall and Watford

PDLC: PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

LEAGUE CUP

FAYC: FA YOUTH CUP

SHEFFIELD UNITED vs CHARLTON ATHLETIC UTB || 65


WOMEN UPDATE

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campaign with a solid 1-1 draw at Durham,

with the Blades collecting the bonus point

after winning the penalty shootout.

Going into the game off the back of a

narrow 1-0 defeat to Portsmouth at Fratton

Park, the Blades rotated the team for the trip

to Maiden Castle.

There was a start for Molly Graham who

made a first appearance in 12 months

following a long road back from injury, whilst

new emergency loan signing Katie Keane

made her debut in goal.

Joy Ralph netted her first for the Blades

after the ball dropped to her from a corner,

but this was cancelled out when the same

player was unfortunate to glance a corner into

her own net.

The match went to penalties with Keane the

hero in the shootout, saving twice, as United

nicked the bonus point.

SHEFFIELD UNITED WOMEN

WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE 2

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

M



FRI5 ▼ 0-4 H SUNDERLAND

–

BRAMALL LANE

SUN14 ⊲ 1-1 A NEWCASTLE UNITED

DEVLIN

GATESHEAD INTERNATIONAL STADIUM

SUN21 ▼ 0-1 A PORTSMOUTH

–

FRATTON PARK

WED24 ⊲ 1-1 A DURHAM LC

RALPH

MAIDEN CASTLE

SAT27 ▼ 1-2 H BIRMINGHAM CITY

RALPH

BRAMALL LANE

SUN5 13:00 H IPSWICH TOWN

BRAMALL LANE

SUN12 14:00 A CHARLTON ATHLETIC

THE VALLEY

SUN19 14:00 A SUNDERLAND LC

EPPLETON COLLIERY

SUN2 13:00 H DURHAM

BRAMALL LANE

SUN9 14:00 A CRYSTAL PALACE

VBS COMMUNITY STADIUM

SUN16 13:00 H NOTTINGHAM FOREST

BRAMALL LANE

SAT22 18:30 H LIVERPOOL LC

TBC

SUN7 14:00 A BRISTOL CITY

ASHTON GATE

SUN21 13:00 H SOUTHAMPTON

BRAMALL LANE

SUN11 13:00 H CRYSTAL PALACE

BRAMALL LANE

SUN25 14:00 A NOTTINGHAM FOREST

CITY GROUND

SUN1 13:00 H CHARLTON ATHLETIC

BRAMALL LANE

FRI6 19:00 A SUNDERLAND

STADIUM OF LIGHT

SUN15 14:00 A IPSWICH TOWN

JOBSERVE COMMUNITY STADIUM

SAT14 18:00 H NEWCASTLE UNITED

BRAMALL LANE

SUN22 14:00 A BIRMINGHAM CITY

ST ANDREW’S

SAT28 12:30 H PORTSMOUTH

BRAMALL LANE

SAT4 12:30 A SOUTHAMPTON

SILVERLAKE STADIUM

SUN26 12:00 A DURHAM

MAIDEN CASTLE

SUN3 14:00 H BRISTOL CITY

BRAMALL LANE

LINE-UPS:

Blades (vs Portsmouth): Parker-Smith (Pendlebury 73), Cowan (Butler

90), Lafayette, Kinzett (Bristow 81), Taylor, Andrews, Devlin, O’Rourke,

George (Ralph 90), Rouse, Reavill (Thomas 64). Unused: Aherne, Foy.

Blades (vs Durham): Keane, Cowan, Lafayette (O’Rourke 46), Kinzett

(Day 83), Graham (Thompson 67), Ralph, Aherne, Bristow, Thomas

(Foy 67), Butler, Reavill (Phillips 83). Unused: Pendlebury, Rouse.

Joy Ralph celebrates

her first for the club

LC: WOMEN’S

LEAGUE CUP

WFAC: WOMEN'S FA CUP

SHEFFIELD UNITED vs CHARLTON ATHLETIC UTB || 67

Sheffield United Community Foundation is the club’s official charity,

tackling inequalities and providing opportunities across the city...

For more community news, follow us on social media @CommunitySUFC, visit

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BUILDING MENTAL

FITNESS TOGETHER

Talk Club is a mental health charity

dedicated to enhancing men’s

mental fitness through structured

talking groups.

These groups encourage participants to

assess their wellbeing by asking, “How are

you? Out of 10?” and then sharing the reasons

behind their rating. This practice helps build

self-awareness, resilience and community

support. On average, attending a Talk Club

session has been shown to improve mental

fitness by over 15%.

Here at Sheffield United Community

Foundation, we offer weekly sessions aimed

at providing a safe and confidential space for

men aged 18 and over to share their feelings

and connect with others. These gatherings

are run by trained coaches and take place

every Wednesday, 6pm-8pm at the Blades

Family Hub on John Street.

Participating in Talk Club offers

several benefits, including:

Enhanced Mental Fitness: Regular

engagement helps men better understand

and articulate their emotions, contributing to

improved mental wellbeing.

Community Support: The group setting gives

a sense of belonging and mutual support

among participants.

Skill Development: Activities during

sessions promote social interaction and

recreational skills.

By joining Talk Club, men in Sheffield can

proactively manage their mental health in a

supportive community environment.

To get involved, simply turn up on the night.

For more information, please contact health@

sufc-community.co.uk.


FOOT Y PHONICS

At Sheffield United Community

Foundation, we’re proud to report

about the positive impact our Footy

Phonics sessions have had on local

school children.

Footy Phonics is an active literacy

intervention from Premier League

Primary Stars and is designed for children

aged 3-7. The programme helps children

develop essential phonics skills by

combining physical activity with phonics

learning, supporting their reading and

understanding of unfamiliar words.

Since introducing Footy Phonics to a

girls-exclusive group at Carfield Primary,

the children have shown improvements

in confidence with reading and are more

eager to attempt new words. Teachers

have reported that pupils who were

previously reluctant are now more

engaged, particularly during the active

learning parts of the sessions.

“All the girls who have been involved

in the footy phonics sessions have

made really good progress,” said Rachel

Vickers, teacher at Carfield Primary.

“They’ve absolutely loved it and there’s

been a huge improvement in their

confidence in reading and their ability to

read a variety of text. Many of them have

moved up in their reading and writing

groups which is really positive for them,

and for us as teachers too.”

Miss Vickers added: “I think it’s made

them feel like a part of a group, and for

some of them it’s had a massive impact

on their teamwork and their athleticism

as some of the girls don’t always get the

opportunity to take part in after-school

clubs. It’s been nice to see them getting

involved in football in and out of these

sessions too. They’ve absolutely loved it,

and it’s been such a positive impact for

the school.”

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AWAY

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Saturday 4th October

MKM Stadium

KO: 12.30pm

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HOME

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Bramall Lane

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Tickets are priced from:

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EFL Championship

Tuesday 21st October

Ewood Park

KO: 7:45pm

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been initially allocated 3,280

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Tony Currie

TC Tals...

OLD FACES...

I’ll begin today by saying

what a pleasure it was to

have Bob Hatton back as

my guest for the last home

game against Charlton. He

was great company, and it’s

wonderful to see him doing

so well. He joined me for a

meal alongside his old strike

partner Keith Edwards, so it

was brilliant to hear all the

old stories. There was also

a reunion with some of the

old boys from the 1981/82

season, so it was nice for

Bob to catch up and for me

to see some familiar names

again. I also saw Sean Bean

at the game, it’s been a while

since I’d seen him, so that

was also nice to have a chat,

and mention When Saturday

Comes and the recent 30-

year anniversary. You will

remember I starred alongside

him in that film, but I spurned

the Hollywood career to stay

loyal to the Blades!

SOUTHAMPTON...

It’s been a few years since

we played Southampton, but

whenever they are in town

it brings back memories of

some great teams from my

playing days in the ‘70s and

‘80s. During my time with

England, I played alongside

many with Southampton

connections. I remember

playing with the likes of Mick

Channon, Martin Chivers,

Kevin Keegan, Peter Shilton,

Alan Ball, Mick Mills, Peter

Osgood and Dave Watson –

they all played for the Saints

at one time or another. Some

real legends there, and in

the case of Dave Watson,

I still see him regularly at

the various Memory Club

meetings we attend together.

THE DELL...

When I think of Southampton,

I also think of The Dell. We

never seemed to get a good

result there when I was a

player. It was such a unique

place, so enclosed, it was like

the stands were hanging over

you! I do remember a couple

of United home games when

we had a good result against

them, one of which I scored

in, and my old mate Alan

Woodward bagged a hat-trick

as we won 4-2 in December

1973. Great days!

All the best to Chris

and the lads tonight, and

as always, proud to be

one of you!

UTB!

TC with, left-to-right, Keith Edwards,

Ted Hemsley and Bob Hatton




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RAINBOW

BLADES

Growing up, Saturdays at Bramall

Lane were the highlight of my

week. I would catch the 81 bus

down Ecclesall Road with my dad,

and drink pre-match pints of Cider

(him) and Coke (me) at the now

demolished Devonshire Arms.

We’d take our seats at the

back of the Arnold Laver Stand

and cheer on the Blades. I went

to Uni in 2013 where I was involved in the

LGBTQ+ society, and other than an ill-fated trip to

Wembley in 2014, I didn’t really follow football.

I returned to Sheffield in 2016, just as Chris

Wilder took over as manager for the first time.

I followed our highs and lows from League One

up to the Premier League and fell back in love

with Sheffield United.

Learning of Rainbow Blades in 2021, I joined

immediately. Whether or not you are part of the

LGBTQ+ community, there is space for you in

Rainbow Blades. We have pre-match socials

before every home game, regular non-matchday

socials and an active WhatsApp group.

Having a strong LGBTQ+ supporters group

brings me such pride as a queer woman, and I’m

excited to get more involved as a

committee member this year.

Faye Gregory

Rainbow Blades committee member

Website & membership sign up:

rainbowblades.com

Follow ‘Rainbow Blades’

across social media


AN UPDATE FROM OUR…

SENIOR

BLADES

CHRISTMAS

LUNCH

Although it’s still September

(just), Senior Blades like to be

on the ball! At our next lunch on

14th October, we will start selling

our Christmas Lunch tickets for

Thursday 11th December. These

will be £27 each.

www.seniorblades.co.uk


Sheffield United

THE STORY SO FAR...

Journalling the goings on from around the club...

MONDAY 1st SEPTEMBER

A busy deadline day sparks

several arrivals. Alex Matos

is the first through the door

after an undisclosed fee

is agreed with Chelsea.

The midfielder signs a

three-year contract with

the club. Matos is quickly

followed by Republic

of Ireland international

Chiedozie Ogbene, who

signs on loan for the rest

of the season from fellow

Championship side Ipswich

Town. Later in the day,

United also clinch the

signing of another Republic

of Ireland international Mark

McGuinness, who joins for

Ben Mee was one of several new

faces to arrive on deadline day

an undisclosed fee from

Luton Town. McGuinness

pens a four-year deal.

Finally, experienced

defender Ben Mee signs a

one-year deal after a period

training with the club.

There’s just one outgoing

player on deadline day,

with Jack Robinson joining

Birmingham City on a

permanent deal right at the

end of the day.

FRIDAY 5th SEPTEMBER

A Jevan Beattie hat-trick

helps United’s U21s to a

5-0 win over Watford in the

Professional Development

League. Frankie Jones and

Marshall Francis are also

on target.

United Women begin the

WSL 2 season with a 4-0

home defeat to Sunderland.

FRIDAY 12th SEPTEMBER

United’s U21s beat Derby

County 2-1 in the Premier

League Cup with goals from

Max Asante-Boakye and

Zach Giggs.

CHAMPIONSHIP

IPSWICH TOWN 5

Philogene 20, 51, 68,

Hirst 61, Clarke 78

SHEFFIELD UNITED 0

–

Ipswich: Palmer, Furlong, O’Shea,

Greaves, Davis, Matuswia, Cajuste

(Szmodics 62), McAteer (Walle

Egeli 71), Akpom (Nunez 62),

Philogene (Clarke 71), Hirst (Azon

71). Unused: Walton, Johnson,

Kipre, Taylor.

Blades: Cooper, Tanganga,

Godfrey (Seriki 83), Cannon

(Campbell 62), O’Hare, Brooks

(Chong 62), Burrows, McGuinness,

Barry (Hamer 62), Matos (Soumaré

62), Peck. Unused: A. Davies,

McCallum, Mee, Oné, Seriki.

Referee: F. Hallam

Attendance: 28,012

It’s a difficult night for

United after a 5-0 defeat

against Ipswich Town at

Portman Road. Jaden

Philogene’s hat-trick with

additional goals from

George Hirst and Jack

Clarke ensure United are

well-beaten, despite the

Blades making a positive

start to the game.

SATURDAY 13th SEPTEMBER

United’s U18s beat Millwall

3-0 in the Professional

Development League

after goals from Cole Hay,

Charlie Bulmer and Siem

Eyob-Abraha.

SUNDAY 14th SEPTEMBER

United Women register

a first point of the Super

League 2 season with

Charlie Devlin netting

in a 1-1 draw against

Newcastle United.



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Chris Wilder returned to

the Bramall Lane hot seat

United confirm that Rubén

Sellés has been relieved of

his duties as manager.

MONDAY 15th SEPTEMBER

Chris Wilder returns

for a third spell as boss

after United confirm his

appointment as manager

on a deal until the summer

of 2027.











CHAMPIONSHIP

SHEFFIELD UNITED 0

–

CHARLTON ATHLETIC 1

Olaofe 90

Blades: Cooper,

Tanganga, Godfrey

(Seriki 66), Hamer, O’Hare

(Chong 73), Burrows, Ogbene

(Barry 66), Campbell (Cannon

73), McGuinness, Matos (Soumare

89), Peck. Unused: A. Davies,

McCallum, Mee, One.

Charlton: Kaminski, Jones, Coventry,

Campbell (Olaofe 79), Docherty,

Carey (Knibbs 79), Edwards,

Bell, Kelman (Leaburn 61), Bree,

Burke. Unused: Maynard-Brewer,

Gillesphey, Anderson, Rankin-

Costello, Apter, Fullah.

Referee: B. Toner

Attendance: 30,165

Chris Wilder’s homecoming

sparked a crowd of over

30,000 at Bramall Lane

but United were denied

a point after a late Isaac

Olaofe goal earned victory

for Charlton Athletic. In wet

conditions, a tight game

was settled at the death as

United’s search for a first

point continued.

SUNDAY 21st SEPTEMBER

United Women lose 1-0

against Portsmouth

in the Women’s Super

League 2.

TUESDAY 16th SEPTEMBER

Goals from Louie Marsh and

Dovydas Sasnauskas earn

United’s U21s a 2-0 win over

Millwall in the Professional

Development League.

SATURDAY 20th SEPTEMBER

The U18s lost 3-2 against

Watford in the Professional

Development League after

going 2-0 up through goals

from Siem Eyob-Abraha.

Gustavo Hamer on the

attack against Charlton


Sheffield United

CLUB STATS 2025/26

SHEFFIELD UNITED ROLLCALL 2025/26 2024/25

LEAGUE

2024/25

CUP

UNITED

CAREER

2024/25

RECORD

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

1 MICHAEL COOPER 08.10.99 HOLSWORTHY 7 - - - - - 53 - - - - -

2 JAPHET TANGANGA 31.03.99 HACKNEY 4 - - - - - 4 - - - 1 -

3 SAM McCALLUM 02.09.00 CANTERBURY - 3 - 1 - - 12 28 2 - - -

4 OLIVER ARBLASTER 08.01.04 SHEFFIELD - - - - - - 24 5 2 - - -

5 BEN GODFREY L 15.01.98 YORK 4 - - - - - 4 - - - - -

6 TYLER BINDON L 20.11.05 AUCKLAND 4 - - - 1 - 4 1 - - - -

7 TOM CANNON 28.12.02 AINTREE 2 5 - 1 - - 11 14 1 - - -

8 GUSTAVO HAMER 24.06.97 ITAJAÍ, BRA 6 1 - - 1 1 81 11 16 - 5 -

9 DANNY INGS 23.07.92 WINCHESTER - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - - -

10 CALLUM O’HARE 01.05.98 SOLIHULL 7 - 1 1 - - 46 9 5 1 - -

11 ANDRE BROOKS 20.08.03 SHEFFIELD 3 2 - - 1 - 30 31 4 - 1 -

14 HARRISON BURROWS 12.01.02 MURROW 7 - - - - - 50 5 6 - 1 -

15 BEN MEE 21.09.89 MANCHESTER 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - -

16 JAMIE SHACKLETON 08.10.99 HEMSWORTH - - - - - - 2 10 - - - -

17 ADAM DAVIES 17.07.92 RINTEIN, GER - - - 1 - - 16 1 - - - -

18 DJIBRIL SOUMARÉ L 07.01.03 DAKAR 2 2 - 1 - - 2 3 - - 1 -

19 CHIEDOZIE OGBENE L 01.05.97 LAGOS, NIG 2 - - - - - 2 - - 1 - -

20 EHIJE UKAKI 02.10.04 UBIAJA - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - -

21 NILS ZÄTTERSTRÖM 29.03.05 MALMO - - - - - - - - - - - -

22 TOM DAVIES 30.06.98 LIVERPOOL - - - - - - 8 17 1 - - -

23 TYRESE CAMPBELL 28.12.99 CHEADLE HULME 6 1 1 - 1 - 28 17 12 - 2 -

24 TAHITH CHONG 04.12.99 WILLEMSTAD - 3 - - - - - 3 - - - -

25 MARK McGUINNESS 05.01.01 SLOUGH 3 - - - - - 3 - - - 1 -

26 RYAN ONÉ 26.06.06 COATBRIDGE - 4 - 1 - - 4 16 1 - - -

27 LOUIE BARRY L 21.06.03 SUTTON COLDFIELD 5 1 - - - - 5 1 - - 1 -

28 ALEX MATOS 03.10.04 BEDFORD 2 1 - - - - 2 1 - - - -

29 SAM CURTIS 01.12.05 NAVAN - - - 1 - - 1 1 - - - -

33 RHYS NORRINGTON-DAVIES 22.04.99 RIYADH, SAU 1 - - - - - 47 19 - - - -

34 LOUIE MARSH 16.10.03 SHEFFIELD - - - 1 - - 4 1 1 - - -

37 DOVYDAS SASNAUSKAS 16.02.07 LONDON - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - -

38 FEMI SERIKI 28.04.03 MANCHESTER 2 4 - - - - 13 24 - - - -

42 SYDIE PECK 13.09.04 ENFIELD 7 - - - 1 - 44 12 - 1 2 -

ALSO PLAYED: OWN GOALS: -

– JACK ROBINSON 01.09.93 WARRINGTON 2 1 - 1 - - 147 15 7 - 2 -

SHEFFIELD UNITED ON THE ROAD 2025/26

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

BIRMINGHAM CITY - - -

BLACKBURN ROVERS - - -

BRISTOL CITY 1,438 - -

CHARLTON ATHLETIC 1,954 - -

COVENTRY CITY - - -

DERBY COUNTY - - -

HULL CITY - - -

IPSWICH TOWN - 1,234 360

LEICESTER CITY - - -

MIDDLESBROUGH - 1,920 212

MILLWALL 1,583 - -

NORWICH CITY - - -

OXFORD UNITED 1,497 - 278

PORTSMOUTH - - -

PRESTON NORTH END - - -

QPR - - -

SHEFFIELD WED. - - -

SOUTHAMPTON - - -

STOKE CITY - - -

SWANSEA CITY - 1,388 438

WATFORD - - -

WEST BROM - - -

WREXHAM - - -

BIRMINGHAM CITY CC - 1,066 170

GOAL TIMES

F A

0-15 1 2

16-30 - 2

31-45 - 1

46-60 - 3

61-75 2 4

76-90 - 3

LEAGUE RECORD

HOME AWAY TOTAL

P 2,536 2,537 5,073

W 1,346 699 2,045

D 625 618 1,243

L 565 1,220 1,785

F 4,615 3,049 7,664

A 2,797 4,378 7,175

GOAL BREAKDOWN

GOALS

SHOTS 3

HEADERS -

PENALTIES -

OWN GOALS -

OTHERS -

Stats Snippet...

Callum O’Hare celebrates his

first of the season at Oxford...


LEAGUE TABLES

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SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE 2025/26 Tables correct as of 5pm 28/09/25

HOME

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

1 MIDDLESBROUGH 7 3 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 8 4 +7 17

2 COVENTRY CITY 7 2 2 0 11 2 1 2 0 7 5 +11 13

3 STOKE CITY 7 2 1 1 5 3 2 0 1 5 2 +5 13

4 BRISTOL CITY 7 1 1 1 5 5 2 2 0 8 2 +6 12

5 LEICESTER CITY 7 2 1 0 4 1 1 2 1 5 5 +3 12

6 PRESTON NORTH END 7 2 2 0 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 +2 12

7 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 7 2 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 2 3 +2 11

8 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 7 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 11

9 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 7 2 1 0 5 2 1 1 2 6 11 -2 11

10 MILLWALL 7 1 0 2 1 5 2 2 0 5 3 -2 11

11 BIRMINGHAM CITY 7 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 3 2 7 -3 10

12 IPSWICH TOWN 6 2 2 0 10 4 0 1 1 1 2 +5 9

13 SWANSEA CITY 7 1 3 0 5 4 1 0 2 2 2 +1 9

14 NORWICH CITY 7 0 0 3 4 7 2 2 0 6 3 0 8

15 WREXHAM 7 0 2 2 6 9 2 0 1 6 4 -1 8

16 WATFORD 7 2 1 1 6 5 0 1 2 1 3 -1 8

17 PORTSMOUTH 7 1 0 2 2 4 1 2 1 3 3 -2 8

18 HULL CITY 7 2 0 1 6 6 0 2 2 5 8 -3 8

19 SOUTHAMPTON 7 1 2 1 4 4 0 2 1 4 6 -2 7

20 BLACKBURN ROVERS 6 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 2 4 4 -3 6

21 DERBY COUNTY 7 0 1 2 4 7 1 2 1 5 6 -4 6

22 OXFORD UNITED 7 0 2 2 4 6 1 0 2 5 5 -2 5

23 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 7 0 1 3 1 9 1 1 1 5 4 -7 5

24 SHEFFIELD UNITED 7 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 3 1 7 -11 3

AWAY

FA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE TABLE 2025/26

P TEAM P W D L GF GA GD PTS

1 BIRMINGHAM CITY 4 3 1 0 12 5 7 10

2 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 4 3 1 0 4 1 3 10

3 SUNDERLAND 4 2 2 0 8 3 5 8

4 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 6

5 BRISTOL CITY 4 2 0 2 5 7 -2 6

6 SOUTHAMPTON 4 1 2 1 9 6 3 5

7 CRYSTAL PALACE 4 1 2 1 7 7 0 5

8 DURHAM 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4

9 NEWCASTLE UNITED 4 1 1 2 5 7 -2 4

10 IPSWICH TOWN 4 1 1 2 3 7 -4 4

11 PORTSMOUTH 4 1 0 3 3 7 -4 3

12 SHEFFIELD UNITED 4 0 1 3 2 8 -6 1

U18 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH TABLE

2025/26*


1 BARNSLEY 7 5 0 2 15 10 5 15

2 WIGAN ATHLETIC 7 4 2 1 11 7 4 14

3 SHEFFIELD UNITED 7 3 1 3 15 15 0 10

4 HULL CITY 7 3 0 4 16 16 0 9

5 FLEETWOOD TOWN 7 3 0 4 11 15 -4 9

6 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 6 2 2 2 11 13 -2 8

7 CREWE ALEXANDRA 6 2 1 3 9 12 -3 7

8 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 7 2 1 4 15 20 -5 7

9 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 6 0 1 5 7 21 -14 1

10 COVENTRY CITY 7 0 0 7 8 23 -15 0

U21 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE TABLE 2025/26


1 SHEFFIELD UNITED 6 5 1 0 17 4 13 16

2 BRENTFORD 6 4 1 1 14 7 7 13

3 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 6 4 1 1 12 8 4 13

4 BOURNEMOUTH 6 4 0 2 14 6 8 12

5 COVENTRY CITY 6 4 0 2 15 9 6 12

6 SWANSEA CITY 6 4 0 2 17 12 5 12

7 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 6 3 2 1 16 9 7 11

8 CARDIFF CITY 6 3 2 1 13 6 7 11

9 COLCHESTER UNITED 8 3 1 4 13 16 -3 10

10 WATFORD 7 2 3 2 12 15 -3 9

11 FLEETWOOD TOWN 6 1 4 1 8 7 1 7

12 HULL CITY 6 1 4 1 8 9 -1 7

13 BARNSLEY 6 1 3 2 11 11 0 6

14 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 5 1 3 1 11 11 0 6

15 MILLWALL 6 2 0 4 8 10 -2 6

16 WIGAN ATHLETIC 6 2 0 4 9 17 -8 6

17 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 6 1 2 3 9 15 -6 5

18 BRISTOL CITY 6 1 1 4 6 14 -8 4

19 CREWE ALEXANDRA 7 1 1 5 10 21 -11 4

20 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 7 0 1 6 4 20 -16 1

*Please note, games against teams from the south

league contribute towards north table


Sheffield United

SEASON STATS 2025/26

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

M

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

SAT9 17:30 BRISTOL CITY 1-4 28,033 24

COOPER SERIKI BINDON NOR'-DAVIES

WED13 20:00 BIRMINGHAM CITY CC1 1-2 16,357 –

A. DAVIES CURTIS SASNAUSKAS ROBINSON

SAT16 15:00 SWANSEA CITY 0-1 15,816 24

COOPER SERIKI BINDON ROBINSON

SAT23 15:00 MILLWALL 0-1 26,835 24

COOPER GODFREY BINDON ROBINSON

SAT30 12:30 MIDDLESBROUGH 0-1 26,610 24

COOPER GODFREY BINDON TANGANGA

FRI12 20:00 IPSWICH TOWN 0-5 28,012 24

COOPER GODFREY McGUINNESS TANGANGA

SAT20 15:00 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 0-1 30,165 24

COOPER GODFREY McGUINNESS TANGANGA

SAT27 15:00 OXFORD UNITED 1-0 11,352 24

COOPER OGBENE McGUINNESS MEE

TUE30 19:45 SOUTHAMPTON

SAT4 12:30 HULL CITY

SAT18 15:00 WATFORD

TUE21 19:45 BLACKBURN ROVERS

FRI24 20:00 PRESTON NORTH END

SAT1 15:00 DERBY COUNTY

TUE4 20:00 COVENTRY CITY

SAT8 15:00 QUEENS PARK RANGERS

SUN23 12:00 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

WED26 19:45 PORTSMOUTH

SAT29 12:30 LEICESTER CITY

SAT6 15:00 STOKE CITY

TUE9 19:45 NORWICH CITY

FRI12 20:00 WEST BROMWICH ALBION

SAT20 15:00 BIRMINGHAM CITY

FRI26 17:30 WREXHAM

MON29 19:45 STOKE CITY

THU1 17:30 LEICESTER CITY

SUN4 12:00 OXFORD UNITED

SAT17 15:00 CHARLTON ATHLETIC

WED21 19:45 SOUTHAMPTON

SAT24 15:00 IPSWICH TOWN

SAT31 15:00 MILLWALL

SAT7 15:00 MIDDLESBROUGH

SAT14 15:00 PORTSMOUTH

SAT21 15:00 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

WED25 19:45 COVENTRY CITY

SAT28 15:00 QUEENS PARK RANGERS

SAT7 15:00 WEST BROMWICH ALBION

TUE10 19:45 NORWICH CITY

SAT14 15:00 BIRMINGHAM CITY

SAT21 15:00 WREXHAM

FRI3 15:00 SWANSEA CITY

MON6 15:00 BRISTOL CITY

SAT11 15:00 HULL CITY

SAT18 15:00 WATFORD

WED22 19:45 BLACKBURN ROVERS

SAT25 15:00 PRESTON NORTH END

SAT2 12:30 DERBY COUNTY

STARS OF THE PAST...

Some of our heroes of the 1980s

returned to Bramall Lane recently for

a gathering at our home game against

Charlton Athletic.

Here, from left-to-right, we have Mike

Trusson, Bob Hatton, Mick Henderson,

John Matthews, Steve Charles, Colin

Morris, Tony Kenworthy, Keith Edwards

and Keith Waugh.

Thanks to Chris Brook for the image

and great to see you all again guys!


HOME GAMES IN BOLD 1 NUMBER SIGNIFIES GOALS SCORED OG INDICATES AN OWN GOAL

BOOKED SENT-OFF (9) SUBSTITUTE USED (NUMBER DENOTES PLAYER REPLACED)

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5 6 7 8 9 10 11 REFEREE

BURROWS PECK HAMER O'HARE BROOKS BARRY CAMPBELL 1 J. SMITH

SUBS: ROBINSON (4), ONE (10), CANNON (9), McCALLUM (2), SASNAUSKAS, SOUMARE, UKAKI, MARSH, A. DAVIES

McCALLUM SOUMARE MARSH O'HARE UKAKI ONE CANNON G. WARD

SUBS: PECK (8), BINDON (4), HAMER (6) 1, CAMPBELL (10), BROOKS (9), SERIKI, NORRINGTON-DAVIES, BARRY, COOPER

BURROWS PECK SOUMARE O'HARE HAMER BARRY CAMPBELL T. KIRK

SUBS: CANNON (11), ONE (10), BROOKS (7), McCALLUM, NORRINGTON-DAVIES, CURTIS, UKAKI, HAMPSON, A. DAVIES

BURROWS PECK HAMER O'HARE CANNON BARRY CAMPBELL J. BUSBY

SUBS: BROOKS (9), SERIKI (3), ONE (10), McCALLUM, NORRINGTON-DAVIES, SOUMARE, UKAKI, MARSH, A. DAVIES

BURROWS PECK HAMER O'HARE BROOKS BARRY CAMPBELL L. SMITH

SUBS: ONE (10), CANNON (11), INGS (9), CHONG (8), McCALLUM (2), SERIKI, ZATTERSTROM, SOUMARE, A. DAVIES

BURROWS PECK MATOS O'HARE BROOKS BARRY CANNON F. HALLAM

SUBS: CAMPBELL (11), HAMER (10), SOUMARE (7), CHONG (9), SERIKI (2), McCALLUM, MEE, ONE, A. DAVIES

BURROWS PECK MATOS O'HARE HAMER OGBENE CAMPBELL B. TONER



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SUBS: SERIKI (2), BARRY (10), CANNON (11), CHONG (8), SOUMARE (7), McCALLUM, MEE, ONE, A. DAVIES

TANGANGA BURROWS PECK O'HARE SOUMARE HAMER CAMPBELL B. SPEEDIE

SUBS: MATOS (9), McCALLUM (6), CANNON (11), SERIKI (10), BINDON, ZATTERSTROM, BARRY, ONE, A. DAVIES

BACKROOM TEAM

STRENGTHENED...

Chris Wilder has strengthened his

backroom team with the appointment

of Guilherme Ramos as United’s new

first team coach.

Following his recent appointment, the

Blades boss confirmed he would again

be joined by long-time staff members

Alan Knill and Matt Prestridge.

Wilder also explained further

appointments would follow, with

the respected Ramos adding a new

dimension to the coaching team.

On the appointment, Wilder said: “As

I said to the media when I returned, I was

keen to use the opportunity to try and

freshen up the coaching side. Guilherme

is someone I’ve been aware of for a

while now, and he adds something a

little different which will complement the

talents of Alan, Matt and Micky Collins.”


Andrew Kirkham's

Stats All Fols!

Blades statistician Andrew Kirkham delves into the

archives to enlighten Unitedites with topical figures…

Played Twice, Managed Thrice...

With Chris Wilder’s return as manager, this article is

about those who have had two separate spells as a player

and three separate spells as manager at the same league

club, not including spells as caretaker managers nor as a

player/manager.

It is quite likely I have missed some and, if so, please let

me know on blades195451@yahoo.com. I am grateful to

Dave Burkinshaw for some of the names mentioned.

Howard Kendall one of three

to achieve two spells as player

and three as manager at

one club (Colorsport/Shutterstock)

PLAYER TWICE, MANAGER TWICE

First, below are those with two spells as player and two as manager with their dates from

starting as a player to finishing as manager. The first column is their total league games played

for the club, the second their total games in charge as manager.

CLUB YEARS PLAYER MANAGER

Dave Bowen Northampton Town 1947-1972 34 554

Gerry Francis Queens Park Rangers 1968-2001 307(5) 274

Mick Harford Luton Town 1984-2019 164(4) 100

Neil Harris Millwall 1998-2024 274(100) 280

Eddie Howe Bournemouth 1994-2020 246(24) 458

Micky Mellon Tranmere Rovers 1997-2023 147(27) 203

Ronnie Moore Tranmere Rovers 1971-2014 323(1) 260

TWICE AND THRICE

Chris has now joined the smaller group with two spells as a player and three as manager.

I have found only two others to achieve this. A summary of the three is below with the club

involved, the dates, their league record in their two spells as a player and the total games

managed in each of their three spells as manager.

HOWARD KENDALL

(EVERTON 1967-1998)

Played Goals Managed

Spell 1 227(2) 21 338

Spell 2 4 0 162

Spell 3 N/A N/A 42

*Ongoing

STUART McCALL

(BRADFORD CITY 1982-2020)


Spell 1 235(3) 37 133

Spell 2 154(3) 8 96

Spell 3 N/A N/A 29

CHRIS WILDER

(SHEFFIELD UNITED 1986 -)


Spell 1 89(4) 1 227

Spell 2 11(1) 0 78

Spell 3 N/A N/A 2*


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GK

MICHAEL COOPER 1

JAPHET TANGANGA 2

SAM McCALLUM 3

OLIVER ARBLASTER 4

BEN GODFREY 5

TYLER BINDON 6

TOM CANNON 7

GUSTAVO HAMER 8

DANNY INGS 9

CALLUM O’HARE 10

ANDRE BROOKS 11

HARRISON BURROWS 14

BEN MEE 15

JAMIE SHACKLETON 16

GK

ADAM DAVIES 17

DJIBRIL SOUMARÉ 18

CHIEDOZIE OGBENE 19

EHIJE UKAKI 20

NILS ZÄTTERSTRÖM 21

TOM DAVIES 22

TYRESE CAMPBELL 23

TAHITH CHONG 24

MARK McGUINNESS 25

RYAN ONÉ 26

LOUIE BARRY 27

ALEX MATOS 28

GK

LUKE FAXON 31

MIHAIL POLENDAKOV 32

FEMI SERIKI 38

CHRISTIAN NWACHUKWU 40

SYDIE PECK 42

SOUTHAMPTON

1 ALEX McCARTHY GK

2 MADS ROERSLEV

3 RYAN MANNING

4 FLYNN DOWNES

5 JACK STEPHENS

6 TAYLOR HARWOOD-BELLIS

7 JOE ARIBO

9 ADAM ARMSTRONG

10 FINN AZAZ

11 ROSS STEWART

12 RONNIE EDWARDS

13 LÉO SCIENZA

15 NATHAN WOOD

17 JOSHUA QUARSHIE

18 TOM FELLOWS

19 CAMERON ARCHER

20 CASPAR JANDER

23 SAMUEL EDOZIE

24 SHEA CHARLES

25 GEORGE LONG GK

26 RYAN FRASER

27 KURYU MATSUKI

31 GAVIN BAZUNU GK

34 WELINGTON

38 ELIAS JELERT

42 DAMION DOWNS

46 JAY ROBINSON

47 MOSES SESAY

58 DYLAN MOODY GK

REFEREE: ADAM HERCZEG ASSISTANT REFEREES: CALLUM GOUGH & MARK STEVENS FOURTH OFFICIAL: THOMAS KIRK

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