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DIRECTORY 

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

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SHEFFIELD UNITED vs 

WATFORD 

KEY FEATURES… 

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We catch up with ‘keeper Wes Foderingham to chat 

about a big end to the season for the Blades. 

Today marks our Level Playing Field game of action, 

find out what it’s all about here. 

Mitch Ward goes back 30 years to take on the Face to 

Face Revisited Q&A 

This week Chris Basham attempts our Favourites 

feature. 

SHEFFIELD UNITED vs WATFORD

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Paul Heckingbot tom 

MANAGER’S NOTES 

The challenge is on. We are into 

the final third of the season and 

the tough tests keep coming. 

There’s been a lot of talk this week 

after we suffered a second consecutive 

defeat but there’ll be no panic from inside 

Shirecliffe and this week, with no midweek 

fixture, we’ve had a great opportunity to 

focus on recovering, training hard and 

looking towards today’s game. 

This week it has been easy to forget 

our league position and points tally. 

I’m confident that 22 other teams in 

this division would swap with us and 

those clubs are very aware of what 

we’re capable of. 

It is important to focus and be driven, 

as a club, we cannot be side-tracked by 

anything else, we will continue to just 

concentrate on the next game and the 

next opportunity to win. We want to be 

better than the opposition in every area. 

We appreciate it did not go to plan against 

Middlesbrough or Millwall, but we have all 

learned from those experiences. 

In the Boro game, we weren’t at our best, 

but in terms of what we normally produce at 

the top end of the pitch regarding chances 

we were way above average for the 

season. For example, our average amount 

of shots in the opposition box is 10 with 

four on target. We had 14 with 10 on target. 

The opposition matched their average but 

arguably they were assisted with a tackle 

and a decision in the middle of the park 

when we were overloaded. Simply, we 

didn’t take our chances at one end and 

were punished at the other. 

And then in London last week, we were 

off the pace in the first half, they started 

better, and we looked like a team who had 

played less than three days earlier and had 

a big trip. We had to make changes second 

half and what hurts me most is that having 

wrestled the momentum away from Millwall 

and showed tremendous character, we 

switched off at key moments and conceded 

two very uncharacteristic goals which cost 

us the game. 

I have to acknowledge my sending off 

through these notes – I lost my temper and 

deservedly was shown a red card. 

I’ll take the punishment, but the reasons 

behind it are a separate issue, which 

will continue. That’s not an excuse for 

what I did, but I need to keep having 

conversations with match officials and the 

administrators. I feel my argument from this, 

and other incidents remain – it happened 

again at Millwall at the weekend. 

We have quality ball carriers who 

are getting targeted and punished for 

trying to continue their runs rather than 

hitting the deck. Opposition players, in 

general, go down with contact and our 

players get booked. 

My frustration is the direction the game 

is going, we’re allowing it to happen, we’re 

rewarding the dark arts of diving, timewasting, 

feigning injuries all the time, it 

seems. The conversations with the powers 

that be is that we are encouraged to stay 

on our feet and cut out the cynical aspects 

of the game but it continues to happen. As 

it stands, in our game of football, it is the 

behaviours that everyone agrees we don’t 

want to see that are being rewarded and 

surely that cannot be right. 

This is my platform to give my thoughts 

and my opinion is that for the good of the 

game in general, this has to be addressed. 

Hecky 


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JOHN CHASING MORE MILESTONES 

John Egan is 

focused and 

determined to 

write the next chapter to 

what he has described as 

a ‘fantastic journey’ at 

Bramall Lane, having made 

his 200th appearance for 

the Blades last month. 

The Republic of 

Ireland skipper has been 

a constant in United’s 

backline since his arrival 

from Brentford in the 

summer of 2018 and 

his double century and 

counting in red and white is 

something he is immensely 

honoured about. 

Speaking recently, the 

centre-half commented: “It 

is a proud achievement to 

wear the Sheffield United 

jersey, so to do it 200 

times is very special. It has 

been a fantastic journey 

so far and I have loved 

every minute, here’s to 

many more. 

“I’ve developed a lot 

on and off the pitch, I’ve 

improved as a player, really 

enjoyed my football and 

thankfully we’ve had a lot 

of good times too. It has 

been a special time to be 

at the club. 

“The hunger is there, 

the determination to be 

successful again is there 

and most importantly the 

PLAYER FOCUS 

group want to improve 

every single day. It is a 

great environment to work 

in, a great club to play for 

and the fans are special.” 

During his time as a 

Blade, United have won 

automatic promotion 

to the Premier League, 

enjoyed a ninth-place 

finish in the top-flight and 

following relegation came 

agoninsgly close to an 

instant return last term. 

But with United currently 

sitting second in the 

Championship standings, 

John is focused only on the 

future and not past glories, 

insisting concentrating 

on the next game is a 

mindset that has served 

▲ John Egan recently made his 200th appearance for United 

Paul Heckingbottom, his 

staff and players really well 

this term. 

John continued: “We’ve 

had a lot of success in 

previous seasons and 

before my arrival it was a 

club certainly on the up. If 

you look around the place 

it is a quality club on and 

off the pitch, it is a club 

moving forward for sure. 

“We have to keep 

looking ahead and 

preparing for the next 

game, the next opportunity 

for a victory and we have 

that next game mindset, we 

give everything for the next 

challenge in terms of our 

focus and preparation and 

that won’t change.” 


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OLLIE LOOKING TO ADD MORE GOALS 

Ollie Norwood is 

looking to add 

more goals to his 

game having come 

agonisingly close in the 

recent home success over 

Swansea City and has 

revealed he is relishing 

the opportunity to work 

closely alongside 

assistant boss 

Stuart McCall. 

The experienced 

midfielder, an ever present 

in the Championship 

for the Blades this term, 

has found the back of 

the net three times in all 

competitions, but still 

feels he can add more 

end product to his game 

and admits he is learning 

from one of the best in 

Paul Heckingbottom’s 

number two. 

Ollie also feels every 

single individual is likely to 

play some part between 

now and the end of the 

campaign, but insisted the 

players won’t lose their 

focus despite a couple of 

recent losses. 

He remarked: “Stu goes 

on at me every day saying 

I should score more goals 

and he’s right I should. It is 

something I’m working on 

with him and we practice 

free-kicks nearly every 

day, I fancied scoring 

PLAYER FOCUS 

▲ Ollie Norwood is working hard to add more goals to his game 

(against Swansea) but it 

didn’t dip enough, but 

thankfully Robbo did the 

rest and he could have 

had another from my cross 

in the second half, that is 

all work on the training 

ground, it is about delivery 

and timing. 

With Watford in S2 

today, Ollie has history 

against the Hornets, and 

will no doubt be hoping to 

replicate his contribution 

from Boxing Day in 2019, 

where he netted from the 

penalty spot in a Premier 

League 1-1 draw. 

With the Hornets also 

in the promotion mix, a 

tough game awaits, and 

with Spurs in the FA Cup 

on Wednesday night, Ollie 

believes the whole squad 

will be called upon to drive 

United forward during a 

busy run of games. 

He explained: “We’re 

going to need everyone 

for the last 14 games of the 

season, there is a lot of 

football to be played. We 

need everyone fighting 

fit and ready to make an 

impact when they are 

called upon and for them 

to make it difficult for 

the manager to pick his 

strongest team. 

“You can never look 

too far ahead, we’ve 

been in this position 

before and we won’t think 

we’ve achieved anything 

until it is confirmed. The 

dressing room is strong on 

personality, and nobody 

has ever once got carried 

away or lifted their feet 

from the floor.” 


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WE’LL STICK TO OUR BELIEFS – JAYDEN 

Jayden Bogle 

believes United 

must continue to 

play with a real attacking 

freedom in the coming 

weeks despite suffering a 

couple of setbacks this 

month. 

United have amassed 61 

points from 32 games this 

term and currently pose 

the third best attack and 

second-best defensive 

records in the division, with 

Jayden believing the only 

way to bounce back from 

recent disappointments 

is by continuing with a 

forward-thinking approach. 

He commented: “We 

have that freedom within 

the team to go and create 

chances and score goals 

and we’ve won a lot of 

games and had some good 

results, so the message is 

always to be brave, enjoy 

the challenge and attack 

the opposition. 

“It is important we 

continue to focus on us 

and what we are good at, 

we will always respect the 

opposition and we have to 

make sure we are better 

defensively than we have 

been of late because the 

emphasis is on us attacking 

and that positive approach 

has brought us plenty of 

reward. 

PLAYER FOCUS 

“We take each game 

as it comes, we’ll always 

respect the quality of the 

opposition, but we’ve had a 

good week of training and 

the mood and belief is still 

excellent.” 

Looking ahead to today’s 

encounter against Slaven 

Bilić’s Hornets, Jayden 

added: “The boys are all 

on the same page, we 

have got an opportunity 

and we have to enjoy this 

challenge and the position 

we are in; it is about us 

and what we do and that is 

always the message. 

“The vibe around the 

dressing room during the 

▲ Jayden Bogle wants to see United continue to play with freedom 

week is amazing, but when 

we are training there is 

a real focus throughout 

the group about what we 

are working on, the same 

applies before games too, 

we know we are here to be 

successful and we know 

there is an expectation 

on us to finish the job off, 

everyone at the club wants 

the same thing. 

“The prize on offer is 

massive, but we can’t look 

too far ahead, the focus 

has to be on the next 

game, and then the next 

after that – that will never 

change. There’s a lot of 

games still ahead.” 


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SITTING DOWN WITH 

W E S Wes Foderingham 

FODERINGHAM 

Wes Foderingham 

believes the experience 

within the dressing room 

could prove to be crucial to 

United’s hopes of securing 

automatic promotion this 

season. 

Speaking honestly and openly 

ahead of welcoming promotion 

chasing Watford to Bramall Lane 

at the weekend, the 32-year-old 

stopper has called for calm and 

perspective despite a couple 

of untimely defeats this month 

which has seen the advantage 

between themselves and 

Middlesbrough reduced. Wes 

though didn’t shy away from 

accepting the importance of 

returning to winning ways this 

afternoon, whilst acknowledging 

Slaven Bilic’s Hornets will prove 

another tough nut to crack. 

A blank midweek in the 

schedule has been used 

wisely revealed the Blades 

number one, with boss Paul 

Heckingbottom using the extra 

time on the training ground to 

iron out minor issues that have 

hampered performances in 

defeats to Middlesbrough and 

Millwall, but Wes feels returning 

to S2 today, followed by 

Wednesday’s Emirates FA Cup 

tie against Tottenham Hotspur, 

will hopefully provide some 

welcome home comforts. 

Finally, and unsurprisingly, 

Wes is delighted to have 

proved his worth between 

the sticks in South Yorkshire, 

establishing himself as the club’s 

first-choice goalkeeper under 

Heckingbottom, but he's also 

keen to praise and welcome 

the support he receives from 

those closest to him, namely 

coach Matt Duke and Wales 

international Adam Davies. 


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UTB: The manager spoke of 

his frustration following last 

week’s loss at Millwall, that 

must have been shared by 

the players, having restored 

parity twice? 

WF: “It was a tough game, we 

knew it’d be difficult, especially 

coming off the back of the loss 

to Middlesbrough. We needed to 

start the game well and stand up 

to their physicality and we didn’t 

do that. Millwall have a style, they 

execute it well and are extremely 

good at playing to their strengths 

and by conceding so early 

really put us on the back foot. 

It was hugely frustrating having 

equalised twice and when Macca 

scored, I thought we could go 

on and nick it. Defensively they 

were poor goals we conceded, 

particularly second half. We’ve 

been so good this season 

and limiting opportunities and 

defending our box, but we’ve 

perhaps come away from that 

recently which was evident in the 

goals we conceded. They are a 

good side who are up there in 

the table, but we won there in the 

cup and we knew the challenge 

we’d have to overcome, so it was 

a bitterly disappointing result.” 

UTB: Speaking of Millwall’s 

physicality, you experienced that 

first hand inside the opening 

minute but managed to play on? 

WF: “It was funny really, 

because we’d study how they 

start games. We knew from the 

kick-off they’d want to get it 

straight in the box, I knew their 

main threat in the box is winning 

the aerial battle, so I tried to 

come and be positive and got 

clattered for my troubles. It wasn’t 

an ideal start, but I managed to 

shake off the bang to the knee. 

At the time we were unsure if it 

was bang or if I’d twisted it but 

I wanted 10-15 minutes to shake it 

off which thankfully I managed to 

do as the half progressed.” 

“WE’VE BEEN REALLY SOLID 

AS A DEFENSIVE UNIT FOR THE 

MAJORITY OF THIS SEASON 

AND LAST TERM TOO AND 

THAT HAS SEEN US WIN A 

LOT OF GAMES AND KEEP A 

GOOD NUMBER OF CLEAN 

SHEETS IN THE PROCESS” 

UTB: 18 clean sheets last term, 

12 already this season, you must 

be pleased with those stats but 

keen to add to that tally knowing 

this will be instrumental in the 

team being successful? 

WF: “The clean sheets is 

something we take massive 

pride in, I certainly do and always 

have, that has made the Boro 

and Millwall games even more 

disappointing. We’ve been really 

solid as a defensive unit for the 

majority of this season and last 

term too and that has seen us 

win a lot of games and keep a 

good number of clean sheets in 

the process. Those numbers are 

a great return, but we’re going to 

need more in the coming weeks. 

We defend from the front, the 

players at the top end of the pitch 

start the press off for us and that 

makes the job easier for the boys 

at the back.” 


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UTB: Would it be a fair 

comment to say as a team we 

are stronger when the game is 

tighter, rather than more open as 

it perhaps has been in the last 

couple of matches? 

WF: “We are at our best and 

look at our best when we are 

defensively solid first and the 

quality shines through, that 

has made us a good side and 

recently the standards have 

perhaps slipped, and we’ve 

looked a bit more fragile. When 

a game becomes stretched 

we are usually good in those 

scenarios too, there have been 

instances when games have 

become stretched earlier in the 

season and defensively we’d 

got it right, so we’ve managed 

to see games out, but when we 

do get it wrong defensively we 

can look more exposed and 

unfortunately that has been the 

case of late and we’ve paid the 

ultimate price when the game 

has become basketball like. If 

we can get back to being solid 

at the back and control the 

game in and out of possession 

I’d always back us to score at the 

other end.” 

UTB: Is it important to stay 

calm and focused in the current 

situation, there has been a lot 

of noise from outside the club 

about automatic promotion, but 

there are still 14 games to be 

played? 

WF: “We are very much where 

we want to be, but the reality 

is two games ago we were in 

a much stronger position than 

we are now. You can’t be naive 

though and think the run-in is 

going to be plain sailing, there 

will always be twists and turns 

in this division. This is probably 

a period now where we really 

have to knuckle down and grind 

out some positive results and 

I’ve got no doubts we’re more 

than capable of doing that, we’ve 

already shown our resilience 

numerous times this season.” 

UTB: Has a blank midweek 

come at a good time this 

week, giving the manager and 

his staff the chances to work 

more with the players on the 

training ground? 

WF: “Coming off the back of 

two defeats in a week, it has 

been ideal for us. The chance 

to get on the training 

pitch more, work on a 

few things in greater 

depth and have a 

bit more rest has 

certainly been good 

for us and hopefully 

that’ll reflect in our 

performances 

moving 

forward. This 

league can be 

really frantic 

at times and 

momentum is 

always key at 

this stage of 

the campaign, 

so to take a 

step back, 

reassess 

and refocus 

will hopefully 

work to our 

advantage.” 


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the club by contributing to the 

success we’ve had. The belief 

came from myself, you can’t 

expect anyone to believe in you 

if you don’t have that belief in 

your own ability, but you have to 

understand the game, football 

isn’t a straight road. After getting 

into the side, subsequently 

Hecky has shown great faith in 

me and hopefully I’ve managed 

to repay him.” 

UTB: Let’s talk about your time 

with the Blades, it is certainly 

fair to say patience has been 

the key to your prolonged run as 

United’s number one? 

WF: “The first season was 

tough, only playing one cup 

game early on and last season 

I wasn’t a regular in the 18 either 

under Slav, prior to Rammers 

leaving. It was a difficult period 

to remain focused and positive, 

but it is a challenge I’ve faced 

and overcome and thankfully I’ve 

grasped my chance. There was 

no doubt I would in my mind, and 

I’d like to think I’ve done myself 

justice and been an asset to 

UTB: The goalkeeper’s union 

is often talked about at every 

club, how do the dynamics work 

up at Shirecliffe? 

WF: “It is a little bit different 

I suppose, working away from 

the main group for a good spell 

of each session. You have a lot 

more direct communication with 

the coach you are working with, 

obviously those working with the 

manager are working in a bigger 

group, but being a goalkeeper 

can be a lonely old position 

sometimes! It helps you have all 

the other goalkeepers there with 

you to bounce ideas off, pick 

their brains perhaps and as a 

unit we pull each other through 

when necessary. We talk about 

the union and doing everything 

you can to push the one with the 

gloves, but ultimately everyone 

wants to play. There is also that 

understanding amongst us that 

when you aren’t in the team 

you still have a contribution to 

make. Davo is fantastic behind 

the scenes and when he gets an 

opportunity he performs really 

well, sometimes it can be difficult 

coming in the side, especially 

between the sticks.” 


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UTB: How crucial could the 

experience, particularly of 

the Championship, be as we 

approach the business end of 

the season? 

WF: “We’ve got so much 

experience within the group 

and that is certainly a strength, 

a lot of the lads have been in 

this exact situation before and 

then gone on a played in the 

Premier League, others have 

been involved in promotion races 

before and those experiences 

could prove to be invaluable 

between now and the end of the 

“WE ALWAYS LOOK 

FORWARD TO PLAYING 

AT BRAMALL LANE, THE 

ATMOSPHERE IS ALWAYS 

FANTASTIC, AND I KNOW 

THE SUPPORTERS WILL 

BE DESPERATE TO SEE US 

RETURN TO WINNING WAYS” 

season. This isn’t a time to panic 

or worry, it is a time to embrace 

the challenge, handle the 

pressure and expectation and 

ensure we get ourselves over 

the line. It is more about points 

than performances and we’ve 

proved already this season we 

can win games when we aren’t 

at our best. To the outside that 

might paper over the cracks, but 

it is the sign of a good team if 

you can dig and scrap for three 

points. We’ve had two poor 

results and the important thing 

now is making sure it doesn’t 

extend further. We’ve got a 

driven group, led by a driven 

manager and I’m sure if there is 

a group that can bounce back 

from a couple of setbacks it is 

this one.” 

UTB: Off the back of a good 

week’s training, how much are 

you and the lads looking forward 

to welcoming Watford to Bramall 

Lane today, followed by what 

promises to be a fascinating 

FA Cup clash on Wednesday 

evening? 

WF: “We always look forward 

to playing at Bramall Lane, the 

atmosphere is always fantastic, 

and I know the supporters will 

be desperate to see us return to 

winning ways at the weekend. 

It will be another tough game, 

they are all going to be, Watford 

will be difficult opposition to 

face, and they will be coming 

here full of confidence having 

beaten West Brom but that might 

be a good thing if they come 

and be open. They are chasing 

promotion and will be looking 

to build some momentum with 

players returning from injury, but 

we are under no illusions about 

how much we need the points 

and we will be going all out for 

the victory. The only focus is 

trying to beat Watford at the 

weekend, but the Tottenham 

game is another opportunity 

for those selected to get some 

minutes and do well against 

Premier League opposition. It is 

a distraction, but a chance if the 

manager decides to rotate for 

some lads perhaps, and hopefully 

if we are promoted then it will be 

the standard of opposition we 

are facing every week.” 


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25 YEARS OF UNITED’S 

DIGITAL ARCHIVE 

To commemorate 25 years since the 

creation of the club’s official digital 

photo archive, UTB delves into the 

folders to celebrate some of the lesser 

known and quirky images from our 

recent past. 

PROPER LEGENDS… 

Two Blades legends are reunited in this 

image from back in 2001. 

Tony Currie and Alan Woodward pose 

for this photograph at Bramall Lane on 

one of Alan’s visits from America. 

Has there ever been a better double 

act at S2? 


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UNDER-21s UPDATE 

United put in a dominant 

performance at Crewe Alexandra 

to continue their good form 

thanks to three quick second half goals 

from Theo Williams, Andre Brooks and 

Louie Marsh. 

Marsh headed home the first as the 

Blades started the second half on the front 

foot before turning provider for Williams 

four minutes later. 

The three points were secured moments 

later as Marsh notched his second assist, 

with Brooks the beneficiary, who rounded 

goalkeeper Booth before rolling the 

ball home. 

Another of United’s promising 

youngsters recently completed a loan 

move into the National League to further 

his development. 

Centre-half Finley Potter joined 

promotion chasing Barnet earlier this 

month and played 89 minutes on his debut 

at Torquay United last Saturday. 

Meanwhile, Frankie Maguire has 

extended his stay at Kettering FC until the 

end of the season having already become 

a fans favourite at Latimer Park. 

TEAM (vs Crewe): Dewhurst, 

Starbuck, Buyabu, Pitan, 

Barratt (L. Williams 46), 

Potter (Angell 82), Brooks, 

Dickinson, T. Williams 

(Ayari 72), Marsh, 

Smith. Unused: 

Faxon, Aston. 

⊲ Theo 

Williams 

on target 

as United 

beat Crewe 

AUG 

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DATE KO/F-A OPPOSITION VENUE/SCORER 

TUE 9 u 2-0 READING McBURNIE, OSULA 

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

TUE 23 v 0-3 CARDIFF CITY – 

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

TUE 6 u 2-0 WATFORD PECK, MARSH 

TUE 13 u 2-1 PETERBOROUGH UNITED BROADBENT, MARSH 

WED 21 u 2-0 WIGAN ATHLETIC WILLIAMS 2 

TUE 27 s 1-1 HULL CITY MARSH 

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

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

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

TUE 1 v 0-3 BARNSLEY – 

FRI 4 s 0-0 BIRMINGHAM CITY – 

MON 14 v 1-2 CRYSTAL PALACE (PLC) HAMPSON 

MON 21 u 2-1 BRISTOL CITY (PLC) MARSH, BARRATT 

FRI 25 u 3-0 CREWE ALEXANDRA MARSH (2), SACHDEV 

MON 28 u 2-1 NEWCASTLE UNITED (PLC) MAGUIRE, HAMPSON 

MON 5 u 1-0 NEWCASTLE UNITED (PLC) GAXHA 

MON 19 v 1-4 BRISTOL CITY (PLC) JEBBISON 

TUE 10 s 3-3 WIGAN ATHLETIC OSULA (2), BROOKS 

FRI 13 s 1-1 CRYSTAL PALACE (PLC) HACKFORD 

MON 16 s 1-1 HULL CITY OSULA 

TUE 24 u 2-0 COVENTRY CITY MARSH (2) 

TUE 31 u 2-1 BIRMINGHAM CITY MARSH, HAMPSON 

FRI 3 v 0-1 SOUTHAMPTON (PLC) – 

MON 13 u 3-0 CREWE ALEXANDRA 

MON 20 u 1-0 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY MARSH 

T. WILLIAMS, BROOKS, 

MARSH 

TUE 28 1.30PM PETERBOROUGH UNITED IDVERDE TRAINING GROUND 

FRI 3 1PM BARNSLEY 

LNER COMMUNITY 

STADIUM, YORK 

TUE 21 2PM BURNLEY BRAMALL LANE 

TUE 4 1PM BRISTOL CITY ASHTON GATE 

TUE 18 1PM MILLWALL 

LNER COMMUNITY 

STADIUM, YORK 

MON 24 2PM SWANSEA CITY LANDORE ACADEMY 

MAY 

TUE 2 2PM COLCHESTER UNITED BRAMALL LANE 

FRI 5 1PM IPSWICH TOWN PORTMAN ROAD 

HOME GAMES IN BOLD – PLC - PREMIER LEAGUE CUP 


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UTB 23 

UNDER-18s UPDATE 

United continued their good run 

of form in the league with a 

comprehensive win at Burnley. 

The Blades, looking to close the gap on 

leaders Barnsley, gave a debut to Jackson 

Blaize in midfield and the teenager was 

impressive throughout. 

Despite running out worthy winners in 

the end, it took some time for United to 

find their rhythm, taking the lead with a 

swift move that ended with Stafford Clarke 

finding the corner from distance after 

good hold up play from Kurtis Havenhand. 

The second goal didn’t arrive until after 

the interval when Johnny Oluleye burst 

onto a long ball forward from Seth Okyere 

before firing home. The Clarets were then 

reduced to 10 men following an off the ball 

incident, but managed to half the deficit 

five minutes later. 

The Blades kept their composure 

though, with Havenhand adding a third, 

before debutant Archie Christie-Crainie 

scored the fourth just moments after 

entering the field, tapping home from 

close-range. 

TEAM (vs Burnley): Faxon, 

Waldron, Haughton-Parris 

(Tahir 86), Okyere, Prunty, 

Drake, Aston, Clarke, 

Havenhand, Oluleye, 

Blaize (Christie-Crainie 

85) Unused: 

Yam, Ciccarelli, 

Kiwomya, Tahir. 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

JAN 

FEB 

MAR 


SAT 13 u 1-0 MILLWALL HAVENHAND 

SAT 20 v 0-3 CHARLTON ATHLETIC – 

SAT 27 u 2-0 READING BLACKER (2) 

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

SAT 17 s 0-0 COLCHESTER UNITED – 

SAT 24 u 1-0 CREWE ALEXANDRA PITAN 

SAT 1 v 1-3 WIGAN ATHLETIC DRAKE 

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

SAT 15 v 1-2 BARNSLEY WALDRON 

SAT 22 u 5-1 BIRMINGHAM CITY 

STANILAND, MIDWOOD, 

HAMPSON, DICKINSON (2) 

SAT 29 u 2-0 PETERBOROUGH UNITED HAMPSON, HAVENHAND 

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

SAT 26 u 1-0 BURNLEY HAVENHAND 

WED 21 v 1-3 WEST HAM UNITED (FAYC3) ASTON 

SAT 28 u 3-0 HULL CITY HAVENHAND (2), ASTON 

SAT 4 u 3-0 FULHAM (PLC) 

TUE 14 u 4-1 BURNLEY 

SAT 18 v 0-1 CREWE ALEXANDRA – 

PRUNTY, ASTON, 

HAVENHAND 

CLARKE, HAVENHAND, 

OLULEYE, CHRISTIE-CRANIE 

SAT 25 11AM BARNSLEY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 4 11AM COVENTRY CITY ALAN HIGGS CENTRE 

TUE 7 1PM HULL CITY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 11 11AM PETERBOROUGH UNITED RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

TUE 14 2PM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY MIDDLEWOOD ROAD 

SAT 18 11.30AM IPSWICH TOWN 

IPSWICH TOWN 

TRAINING GROUND 

SAT 25 11AM BRISTOL CITY ROBINS TRAINING CENTRE 

TUE 28 TBC WIGAN ATHLETIC 

CHRISTOPHER PARK 


SAT 1 11AM CARDIFF CITY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 8 11AM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

APR 

TUE 11 1PM COVENTRY CITY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 15 11AM SWANSEA CITY 

LANDORE 


SAT 22 11AM WATFORD RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

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SAT 29 11AM QUEENS PARK RANGERS QPR TRAINING GROUND 

SAT 6 7PM BIRMINGHAM CITY ST ANDREW’S STADIUM 

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United Women recently enjoyed a 

confidence boosting win after 

defeating Charlton 1-0 at Bramall 

Lane. 

United showed great character to come 

out on top in a keenly contested clash 

which was settled by a Georgia Walters 

strike just before the break. 

The Blades could have had the lead 

sooner with a Sophie Barker effort hitting 

the bar, whilst a Charlton handball on the 

line was missed by the officials. 

Five minutes after the missed offence, 

United struck the winning goal when 

Barker played in Walters who finished 

calmly into the bottom corner. 

Alethea Paul and Walters went close 

after the break, whilst United dealt 

with everything thrown at them as Fran 

Stenson recorded a clean sheet on her 

home debut. 

Meanwhile, new boss Jonathan Morgan 

will take charge of his first game tomorrow 

when United take on Crystal Palace. 

TEAM (vs Charlton): Stenson, Newsham, Barker, 

Hartley, Riglar, Sweetman-Kirk (Wilson 89), Cusack 

(Wilcock 77), Rayner, Paul, Walters (Lord-Mears 77), 

Haywood (Enderby 68). Unused: Davies, Muir, Francis- 

Jones, Brown, Graham. 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

JAN 

FEB 


SUN 21 v 0-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS – 

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

SUN 18 u 8-0 COVENTRY UNITED 

RIGLAR, LORD-MEARS, CUSACK (2), 

NEWSHAM, ENDERBY (2), RAYNER 

SUN 25 s 2-2 LEWES OG, NEWSHAM 

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

SUN 16 v 1-3 BRISTOL CITY ENDERBY 

SUN 23 v 0-1 SOUTHAMPTON – 

SUN 30 v 1-2 BIRMINGHAM CITY SWEETMAN-KIRK 

SUN 20 v 0-2 LONDON CITY LIONESSES – 

SAT 26 v 0-3 EVERTON (CC) – 

SUN 4 v 0-1 CHARLTON ATHLETIC – 

WED 7 v 1-2 ASTON VILLA (CC) ENDERBY 

SUN 18 v 0-4 MANCHESTER UNITED – 

SUN 8 u 3-0 NOTTINGHAM F. (FAC) 

SUN 15 v 0-1 BIRMINGHAM CITY – 

SUN 22 s 1-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS WILCOCK 

SUN 29 v 0-7 MANCHESTER CITY (FAC4) – 

SUN 5 v 0-1 DURHAM – 

SUN 12 u 1-0 CHARLTON ATHLETIC WALTERS 

SWEETMAN-KIRK, 

RAYNER, ENDERBY 

SUN 26 2PM CRYSTAL PALACE BROMLEY FC 

SUN 5 2PM LONDON CITY LIONESSES PRINCES PARK 

MAR 

SUN 12 2PM CRYSTAL PALACE BRAMALL LANE 

SUN 19 12PM SUNDERLAND 

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WELFARE GROUND 

SUN 26 12PM LEWES BRAMALL LANE 

SUN 2 3PM BRISTOL CITY 

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APR 

SUN 16 2PM COVENTRY UNITED BUTTS PARK ARENA 

SUN 23 2PM SUNDERLAND BRAMALL LANE 

SUN 30 2PM SOUTHAMPTON TESTWOOD STADIUM 

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Hello and welcome to Bramall 

Lane for today’s exciting game 

against promotion rivals Watford. 

Over the last 12 months we 

have been busy developing our 

official website sheffieldunited 

supportersclub.co.uk and actively 

working with the local community. 

We recently sponsored Jacob 

Garner of Sheffield Mushin Ryu 

Kick Boxing Club representing 

Great Britain in the World 

Championships spreading the 

name of Sheffield United far and 

wide. Any Blades fans looking 

to get involved can do so on 

production of this programme or 

SUSC membership card, to receive 

two free classes. Contact them 

via website mushintatakai.com or 

Facebook SMRkickboxing. 

We have also been actively 

collecting goods at our various 

drop off points for local charity The 

Archer Project. The charity also 

benefited from a donation of the 

proceeds of the New Year’s Eve 

ticket sales from our partners The 

Sidney & Matilda on Sydney Street. 

Enjoy the game your support is 

needed now more than ever. 

Alan Wright 

Official Supporters Club 

BLADES 

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United have been nominated for 

the ‘Best on Social’ award at the 

prestigious Sports Industry Awards 

2023. 

The club is up against the likes of 

England Football, Commonwealth 

Games and Rugby League World Cup 

at the awards ceremony that will take 

place in London. 

The 2023 edition of the FEVO Sport 

Industry Awards will take place on 

Thursday 27th April at Evolution London. 

THE NEXT 

GENERATION… 

Attending his first 

ever match against 

Watford this afternoon 

is Oliver Bennett. 

At eight weeks, 

he’s part of our future 

generation of Blades 

and he’ll be following 

in the footsteps of 

Dad who is a season 

ticket holder at the 

Lane. 

Hopefully this is 

the first of many visits 

Oliver! 


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Today’s game against Watford has been designated to Level Playing Field, who 

explain the importance of the work undertaken by the charity… 

We’d like to introduce ourselves. We are 

Level Playing Field, the leading charity 

in England and Wales campaigning 

and advocating on behalf of disabled 

sports fans. 

Today, Sheffield United is using this 

match day to participate in our new 

national campaign, ‘Unite For Access’. A 

celebration of disabled fans, accessibility, 

and inclusion at sports venues. 

Did you know that an estimated 22% of 

the UK population are disabled? 

That means it’s very likely that you know 

someone who is disabled, or you might be 

reading this as someone who is disabled 

yourself. 

Quick question – how did you get to 

the game today? If you came by train, did 

you know that 40% of railway stations 

don’t have step-free access? Meaning that 

if you’re a wheelchair user or ambulant 

disabled, even getting to a match can 

be a considerable barrier to attending 

this game. 

Talking of barriers, Level Playing Field 

conducted a survey last year which 

found that nearly 29% of disabled fans 

considered the ‘attitudes of others’ to be a 

barrier when attending live sports. 

We appreciate that talking about 

disability can be daunting sometimes, 

it’s a complex subject matter. That’s why 

we invite all supporters, disabled and 

non-disabled, to engage with your club, 

Disabled Supporters Association (DSA) if 

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your club. Good disability access benefits 

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EMIRATES FA CUP 

MATCH ACTION 

3 - 1 

AHMEDHODZIC 50, SHARP 90, BERGE 90) 

MULLIN 59 

TUESDAY 7TH FEBRUARY — FA CUP FOURTH ROUND REPLAY — VENUE: BRAMALL LANE 

BLADES: DAVIES, BASHAM, BERGE, SHARP, EGAN, AHMEDHODŽIĆ (LOWE 78), 

COULIBALY (NORWOOD 68), ROBINSON, OSBORN, Mc ATEE (BROOKS 90), 

NDIAYE. UNUSED: FODERINGHAM, CLARK, ARBLASTER, MARSH, STARBUCK. 

Billy Sharp restores United’s lead 


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Anel Ahmedhodžić gives United the lead 

Celebrations as Anel nets his fifth of the season 

Sander Berge with United’s third 

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John Garrett’s 

FABLES & FOLKLORE 

Blades historian JOHN GARRETT’S long-running inimitable 

account of following the Blades always provides a talking point 

as UTB again extends a platform for his popular article... 

A night out in Wigan... 

What could be more tempting a 

few days before Christmas than a 

night out in Wigan? 

Not that there is anything particularly 

wrong with Wigan, and let me make that 

clear, but the Lancashire town and I have 

met before - on many occasions. 

In a previous life, I worked in finance 

as a fully qualified advisor for a major 

bank. Yes, I know it’s hard to believe 

when I can barely switch a laptop on 

without calling IT, but in those far off days 

when you could still use a calculator 

AND be allowed to count on your toes 

as well, I was the merchant banker of 

Handsworth. 

They had this strange idea that, if they 

sent you to Wigan on courses, you would 

be so bored you would put extra effort to 

pass your exams, so they didn’t have to 

send you back again. Originally, they had 

them in Manchester. I am told there are still 

several missing from those days last seen 

▲ Goal joy for John Egan as United beat Wigan in December 

wearing flared Levis, hoodies and telling 

people that all was ‘banging’. 

They even decided to put candidates 

up in a hotel on the outskirts in an area 

called Standish, and this ploy very nearly 

worked. However, had they done their 

homework they would have found out that 

every Thursday it was a huge night for the 


36 UTB 

▲ The sweets won in the DW suite 

local student population in the disco (yes, 

it had a disco underneath) and wait for this, 

it was a quid a bottle. Please bear in mind 

the tests for the qualification were the 

following day, and you have an idea of the 

carnage that generally ensued. 

I attended several of these courses at 

the venue and was astounded that they 

hadn’t cottoned on to what was going on. 

It was like something from the last days 

of Rome. Respectable middle-aged men, 

many of them looking like exactly what 

you would imagine a financial advisor 

back then to look like, dancing with their 

ties around their heads to 808 State. It is 

possibly not what the invigilators may have 

had in mind to see as they handed the test 

papers out the following morning at 9am 

prompt. 

The first one I attended saw Clive from 

Wetwang appear out front from a taxi with 

minutes to spare still in his evening attire 

and looking very much the worse for wear. 

He said that he had decided when they 

threw him out of the club to go in search 

of Wigan Pier and managed to ‘get lost’. It 

would never have happened in Wetwang! 

It would be fair to say that most of Wigan 

went there to get trashed on a Thursday 

night! All that time trying to find something 

to do there and not get sucked into the 

Thursday club made me decide that when 

I had finished, save for going to the match, 

I would probably give it a miss in future. 

And so it came to pass, our head of 

commercial invited me to travel with the 

rest of the team to enjoy a bit of reciprocal 

corporate entertainment with them and 

see just what Wigan do on a match day. 

In other words, join the prawn sandwich 

brigade and sit in the warm whilst all 

fellow Blades, including my son and his 

stepmother, froze to death in the arctic 

tundra known otherwise as the DW. 

My colleague and longtime commercial 

exec kindly offered to drive. Good lad. 

Several problems with this though. Firstly, 

Liam has a laid back and chilled out 

persona where anything is concerned 

that just makes me want to strangle him, 

“RESPECTABLE MIDDLE-AGED 

MEN, MANY OF THEM LOOKING 

LIKE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD 

IMAGINE A FINANCIAL ADVISOR 

BACK THEN TO LOOK LIKE, 

DANCING WITH THEIR TIES AROUND 

THEIR HEADS TO 808 STATE” 

as much as I love him dearly, his clock 

and any semblance of urgency that may 

be required at any point is just not there. 

I admit that it’s a generation thing. If I had 

a night on the tiles and ventured home, for 

instance, my mother would gently rouse 

me from my blissful rest at around 7am by 

hoovering the bedroom, explaining that it 

“wasn’t my fault that I had come home at 

6.55am” and that “if I could afford to spend 

that much money, I could give her more 

board”. It taught me many things, including 

don’t bother going home, but also that 


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being on time for anything was important. 

For instance, had I waited until she had got 

the bus at 8am to go to work, I would not 

have seen her and would not have had the 

residual grief that said meetings tended 

to throw up. As a result, I have always 

been early, can’t abide lateness and would 

sooner set off half hour in advance as 

opposed to run a risk of being late. The 

younger end just doesn’t grasp it at all. 

As a result, if Liam is ever driving or 

you have any arrangement with him, just 

arrive later than he says, because it will 

never happen at the time appointed. He 

got engaged at Christmas and I bet the 

ring still hasn’t arrived. On this day, he 

shocked me by ringing to say we were 

setting off half an hour earlier than had 

been arranged. Incredible till it turned out 

that he needed to drive all the way home 

to pick up the coat he had forgotten in 

the morning. Lending him one wouldn’t 

do because he had left his wallet and all 

the tickets for the game in the said coat. 

I despaired. 

Now, the time we set off was just 

heading to rush hour and, after fighting 

our way across town, half an hour later we 

had the sodding coat. We had pleasantly 

discussed this minor diversion and also 

which would be the quickest way to 

Wigan. Sadly, we then headed in the 

opposite direction, over that trouble free 

route known as the Snake Pass, much 

to my chagrin on the matter. Apparently 

then, when most of the roads to the Snake 

were shut, that was somehow my fault, 

especially as I had stopped us going over 

Chapel-en-le-Frith. Nothing to do with 

fetching the coat though, obviously. 

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In the end, we did make Wigan with 

oodles of time to spare. The suite was 

lovely, and the staff there are sound. Mal 

Brannigan, our former CEO is there and 

came to find us and make a fuss. Each 

table had the usual - programmes, a gift 

bag and the obligatory match day quiz. 

Now, I always have a go on this, and the 

joy that can be gained from it is limitless. 

Imagine, a guest on the table from a rival 

club having the chance to take part, win 

and humiliate those around? I’ve done 

it before and some by winning theirs at 

Hillsborough before a derby by the way. 

Only got two wrong out of a possible 30. 

Nearest to me got 20! As I was invited up 

to receive a magnum of champagne, I was 

given the chance to say a few words. Oh, 

I did. I took great pleasure in informing 

every one of them that they had just lost in 

their own suite by a fully-fledged, lifelong 

Blade. How they all laughed! My host, a 

former United director pointed out that 

I may have needed an escort out of the 

stadium had I carried on. They couldn’t hit 

the back of the net that night let alone me! 

Anyhow, back to the tale. As a table, 

we did the same again and only got two 

wrong. Quality, so a table of Blades knew 

more about Wigan and its players than a 

room full of Latics fans! The prize was a 

huge jar of blue and white Wigan sweets. 

Sadly, none of them were gobstoppers, so 

it was fair game to wind a few of them up. 

It was amazing how badly some of them 

took it. Some really sour comments about 

cheating and using Google. Honestly, 

I have never been that desperate to win or 

own anything in those colours in my life, 

but along with the win the sours in there 

tasted so much sweeter as we waved 

a cheery goodbye to all at the end and 

headed back to the car for a victorious 

journey home! As we left, I saw our former 

manager Adrian Heath. Bizarrely he 

recognised me which is truly incredible 

being as he didn’t have the longest of 

spells here. Nice lad though. That as may 

be, he didn’t get one of my victorious 

winning sweets. No chance. 

The journey back was made longer by 

the slip road to the M6 being closed for 

work. I mean, why would you ever take 

into account thousands of footy fans 

fighting their way back from a Monday 

night kick off Christmas week? That would 

be plain silly, wouldn’t it? Couldn’t blame 

Liam for that one, so I just blamed him for 

everything else! 

Free sweets from Wigan and three 

points. It was a Happy Christmas from 

Lancashire indeed! 

▲ John spotted former Blades boss Adrian Heath 


40 UTB 

WHAT’S THE 

STORY? 

In every issue of UTB this season, our regular contributor 

DAVE BURKINSHAW features a Blades related photograph 

from his personal archive and reveals the story behind it… 

United began the 

1965-66 season in 

the old First 

Division with a young 

squad and one that 

included winger Gil Reece, 

their first new signing 

since the 1960-61 season. 

This was also the first 

season that teams could 

use a substitute for injured 

players. In the course of 

the season midfielder Tony 

Wagstaff made United 

history by becoming the 

club’s first substitute to 

appear in a league game. 

As in the previous three 

seasons, the Blades 

started the season well and 

by early October were top 

of the table. 

There were a number 

of impressive results in 

the team’s strong start 

to the season including 

a 1-0 win at Liverpool, a 

2-2 draw at Leeds United 

and 1-0 home win against 

local rivals Sheffield 

Wednesday. However, 

three consecutive defeats 

between 23rd October 

and 6th November halted 

the team’s progress. The 

last of those three defeats 

had seen United feature 

away at Arsenal on BBC 

TV’s Match of the Day 

programme. It wasn’t a 

memorable appearance as 

the Blades lost 6-2! 

The week after that 

humbling defeat to the 

Gunners, Saturday 13th 

November 1965, United 

faced Everton at home. 

Today’s action photograph 

was taken during that 

game. It shows United’s 

local born defender Reg 

Matthewson challenging 

Everton goalkeeper Andy 

Rankin for the ball. 

In close attendance 

trying to protect his 

‘keeper is Everton’s Brian 

Harris. Reg had a solid 

career with the Blades 

making 149 league 

appearances before later 

playing for Fulham and 

Chester. 

In the background to the 

action stands the old John 

Street Stand and terrace. 

On the opposite side of 

the ground to the John 

Street Stand, Bramall Lane 

was still a three-sided 

structure as Yorkshire 

County Cricket club used 

the stadium in the summer. 


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Considering the attractive 

opposition, and United’s 

still promising position in 

the league table, the game 

only attracted a crowd of 

16,579. United struggled 

to attract the type of gates 

they hoped for with 14 out 

of their 20 home games 

attracting crowds of less 

than 20,000. 

The Blades won this 

game 2-0 with striker Mick 

Jones notching one in 

each half to end United’s 

poor run of results. 

However, the win did not 

spark another unbeaten 

run as they only won one 

of their next eight games 

and ultimately ended the 

season in a disappointing 

ninth place after such a 

promising start. 

United did, however, 

have the satisfaction of 

completing the league 

double over Everton 

winning 3-1 at Goodison 

Park on 9th April with 

Jones again scoring a 

double. He finished as 

United’s leading scorer 

with 21 league goals. 

Everton did have the 

satisfaction of winning the 

FA Cup beating Sheffield 

Wednesday 3-2 in the 

final. 


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lead, keeps the supporters informed… 

BLADES FAMILY HUB 

Don’t forget to join us in our Blades Family 

Hub, open to supporters prior to kick-off 

for every home game this season! 

Our Blades Family Hub, located on 

John Street has a full range of facilities 

available, including disabled access 

and toilets. Refreshments will also be 

available to purchase thanks to our 

friends at Singhs. Our Blades Family Hub 

is complete with a variety of games and 

activities for the whole family to enjoy, 

from table tennis to pool and FIFA 23 to 

arts and crafts. 

Our Blades Family Hub is open for two 

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Age: 6 

Favourite Player: 

Billy Sharp 

ZAC 

HARRISON 

Age: 11 


Wes Foderingham & 

Anel Ahmedhodzic 

SAM 

ASHURST 

Age: 8 


Billy Sharp 

CILLIAN 

STEVENS 

Age: 9 


Enda Stevens 

HOME DEBUT 

SCHEME... 

Sheffield United would like to give 

a warm welcome to today’s home 

debutants who are all visiting Bramall 

Lane for the very first time. They are: 

— Sam 

— Peter 

CONTACT... 

— Daisy 

— Annabelle 

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We hope you all enjoy your first day at 

Beautiful Downtown Bramall Lane. 

For further information regarding any of our 

matchday and non-matchday initiatives, you 

can keep up to date at the below links: 

TWITTER TWITTER: @SUFCServices 

FACEBOOK FACEBOOK: ‘Sheffield United Fan Services’ 

Dedicated fan experience page at: 

www.sufc.co.uk-fans-families-juniors 

Dedicated Disabled Supporters page at: 

www.sufc.co.uk-fans-disabled-supportersinformation 

Alternatively, you can contact our fan 

engagement lead and disability liaison officer, 

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


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T he Story So Far... 

Catching up and recording events from Bramall Lane… 

— SATURDAY 11th FEBRUARY 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 3 

BERGE 21, ROBINSON 45, McBURNIE 89 

SWANSEA CITY 0 

– 

Blades: Foderingham, Berge (Coulibaly 90), Sharp 

(McBurnie 71), Egan, Lowe (Fleck 90), Ahmedhodzic, 

Norwood, Robinson, Bogle (Basham 90), McAtee, 

Ndiaye. Unused: Davies, Clark. 

Swansea: Fisher, Manning, Fulton (Allen 88), 

Cabango, Grimes, Ntcham (Cundle 64), Piroe, Cullen 

(Whittaker 55), Wood, Naughton, Cooper. Unused: 

Webb, Darling, Walsh, Sorinola. 

Referee: M. Donohue — Attendance: 27,800 

United record an impressive home win 

in the Championship after a 3-0 success 

against Swansea City. The Blades took 

control after Sander Berge’s precise 

finish made it 1-0, with Jack Robinson 

finishing well after Ollie Norwood’s free 

kick had cannoned off the bar to make 

it 2-0. Late on Oli McBurnie tapped in a 

third to add further gloss to a good home 

display. 

— SUNDAY 12th FEBRUARY 

United Women recorded a confidence 

boosting victory when a Georgia 

Walters strike was enough to earn a 1-0 

win over Charlton. 

— MONDAY 13th FEBRUARY 

United’s U21s continued their fine run 

of form after a comprehensive 3-0 win 

over Crewe Alexandra. Goals from Theo 

Williams, Andre Brooks and Louie Marsh 

back up a dominant display. 

▲ United defeated Swansea at Bramall Lane 


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Middlesbrough: Steffan, Giles, Fry, McGree (Mowatt 

90), Archer (Crooks 82), Smith, Howson, Forss 

(Ramsey 82), Lenihan, Akpom, Hackney. Unused: 

Roberts, Barlaser, McNair, Bola. 

Referee: A. Marriner — Attendance: 29,084 

Despite a promising start, United’s 13 

match unbeaten run in all competitions 

comes to an end after a 3-1 defeat 

against Middlesbrough at Bramall Lane. 

United took an early lead when Oli 

McBurnie headed in his 12th goal in all 

competitions, but Boro levelled before 

the break through Chuba Akpom. United 

missed good chances in the contest and 

were punished in the second half when a 

Cameron Archer brace bagged the three 

points for Michael Carrick’s side. 

— THURSDAY 16th FEBRUARY 

▲ Jonathan Morgan is United Women’s new boss 

— TUESDAY 14th FEBRUARY 

United Women confirm the appointment 

of Jonathan Morgan as the club’s new 

head coach. The former Leicester boss 

joins United from National League side 

Burnley. 

United’s U18s produce a strong display 

to defeat Burnley 4-1 in the Professional 

Development League. Goals from 

Stafford Clarke, Johnny Oluleye, Kurtis 

Havenhand and Archie Christie-Crainie 

secure a comfortable three points. 

Following United Women’s appointment 

of Jonathan Morgan, it is confirmed 

Luke Turner remains with the women’s 

first team as assistant head coach, 

whilst Tom Fitton, who recently returned 

to United to assist Turner, also stays as a 

first team coach. 

▼ Goal joy for United Women as they beat Charlton 

— WEDNESDAY 15th FEBRUARY 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 1 

McBURNIE 5 

MIDDLESBROUGH 3 

AKPOM 25, ARCHER 48, 74 

Blades: Foderingham, Berge, McBurnie, Egan, Lowe, 

Ahmedhodžić (Jebbison 67), Norwood (Osborn 77), 

Robinson, Bogle, McAtee, Ndiaye. Unused: Davies, 

Fleck, Basham, Coulibaly, Clark.

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BLAST FROM THE PAST 

Each week PAUL HOLLAND looks back on a prominent game 

from the past between the Blades and our opponents… 

WATFORD 0-1 SHEFFIELD UNITED 

TUESDAY 28th NOVEMBER 2006 

A fortnight after claiming a first 

away victory of the season, the 

Blades were victorious on the 

road again, this time at Vicarage Road. 

Another single strike was enough to 

secure victory for Neil Warnock’s side, 

after former Hornet Danny Webber netted 

a controversial goal, heading home from 

close-range in what appeared to be in an 

offside position. 

The former Manchester United and 

Watford striker’s goal came on 88 minutes 

after he headed in following a goalmouth 

scramble. Watford then suffered further 

misery when they were reduced to 10 men 

after Chris Powell received his second 

booking of the match. 

Naturally, Warnock was delighted with 

the result and his team’s performance, 

stating: “It’s absolutely fantastic to come 

away with three points. It was hard work, 

but I thought we were magnificent.” 

United could have won by a handsome 

margin with second half strikes 

from Christian Nade and Rob Hulse 

both striking the woodwork before 

Webber’s winner. 

The hosts had chances of their own as 

Tommy Smith’s effort flew narrowly wide 

early on. Future Blade Darius Henderson’s 

volley also drew a save from Paddy Kenny. 

Chances also fell to United with Nade 

handed a one-on-one opportunity, but 

Watford stopper Richard Lee was able to 

avert the danger. The Frenchman then 

saw his header from a cross hit the upright 

before he fired Keith Gillespie’s cross 

over the bar. 

Hulse’s effort then smashed against the 

crossbar as chances continued to flow. 

Late on, the hosts were denied a 

penalty claim shortly after Powell’s 

dismissal when referee Martin Atkinson 

waved away appeals after Rob Kozluk 

allegedly handballed in the area. 


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1989 

Promotion 

chasing United 

moved into 

fourth in 

Division Three, 

and held 

games in hand 

on the sides 

above, after a 

4-1 win over 

Blackpool at 

Bramall Lane. 

This was a significant game for John 

Gannon who made his debut from the 

bench and scored his first United goal. 

United’s other scorers included Martin 

Pike, Mark Todd and Peter Duffield. 

Two sides who were in the 

1995 Premier League the previous 

season, with United sitting inside the 

play-off places seeking an instant return 

ahead of a trip to Boundary Park to face 

Oldham. United were behind after five 

minutes, with Paul Rogers levelling a 

minute later. Nathan Blake made it 2-1 

United but Oldham hit back with two 

goals to lead. Late on Jostein Flo netted 

an equaliser for United, the second time 

he’d scored against the Latics during the 

1994-95 season. 

ON THIS DAY 

UTB looks back into the archives to find out what 

happened on this day in United’s history… 

FEBRUARY 

25 

Another promotion chasing 

1984 campaign, and another 

significant win for United in this Division 

Three encounter with Brentford. United 

remained sixth after a Colin Morris 

penalty, a Keith Edwards goal and a rare 

strike for defender Bob Atkins, recently 

back in the side, as United won 3-1. 

United continued to climb away 

2014 from the League One drop 

zone under Nigel Clough, recording a 

sixth straight win at Colchester United. 

Following a recent brace against 

Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup, Chris 

Porter was on target again as his 87th 

minute penalty earned United a 1-0 win 

as United jumped over Colchester and 

into 12th position. 


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WHO WOULD BE 

A MANAGER? 

Our regular contributor DAVE BURKINSHAW casts a glance over former 

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

Robert Page... 

Robert Page was a central 

defender who made his English 

League debut with Watford in 

October 1993. He went on to captain the 

Hornets to two promotions to the 

Premier League in 1997 and 1999. He 

also won Watford’s Player of the Year 

award in their 1999-2000 Premier 

League campaign. 

He left Watford in August 2001 to join 

the Blades, initially on loan, but then on 

a full transfer a month later. He settled at 

Bramall Lane cementing a regular place 

in the side. His ability to read a game well 

and make few mistakes made him popular 

with United’s fans winning the 2001-02 

Player of the Year award. 

He played an important role in the 

‘Triple Assault’ season of 2002-03, 

skippering the team to two semifinal 

appearances in the cups and a 

disappointing loss in the play-off final. In 

all he made 107 league appearances for 

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United, scoring one goal before joining 

Cardiff City in July 2004. 

He soon moved to Coventry City for 

more regular first team football and later 

had spells with Huddersfield Town and 

Chesterfield. Following his release by the 

Spireites in March 2011 his professional 

career was over after making 475 

appearances in total for all his clubs. 

In addition to his clubs, Robert also won 

international honours with Wales at U18, 

U21 and B levels as well as winning 41 

full caps. 

After his playing career was over, he 

moved into coaching joining Port Vale in 

July 2011 as a youth coach before being 

promoted to first team coach a year later. 

In 2014 he was promoted to assistantmanager. 

He then took over as caretaker 

manager a couple of months later when 

Micky Adams resigned and after a good 

run of results, he was appointed Vale’s 

manager at the end of October 2014. He 

remained in this role until the end of the 

2015-16 season where his side played a 

possession based game and succeeded 

in retaining their League One position. 

In May 2016 he accepted the manager’s 

job at Northampton Town after Chris 

Wilder had left the club to join the Blades. 

However, after a poor run of results and 

elimination from the FA Cup by nonleague 

Stourbridge, he was sacked in 

January 2017. 

He soon had a new job as youth coach 

at Nottingham Forest as well as being 

appointed manager of the Wales U21 

team and later assistant coach to Ryan 

Giggs, the Welsh national team manager. 

Robert became caretaker manager in 

November 2020 following the Welsh FA’s 

decision to grant Giggs extended leave 

to deal with a legal case. In this new role 

Robert led Wales in the delayed 2020 

UEFA Euro Finals (actually played in the 

▲ Rob in charge of Port Vale back in 2015 

summer of 2021). They qualified from 

their group but were eliminated in the 

round of 16. 

He then had the proud achievement 

of leading Wales as they qualified for the 

2022 World Cup Finals in Qatar following 

their play-off win against Ukraine last 

June. Robert was also confirmed as 

Wales’ permanent manager later that 

month and signed a new four-year deal in 

September 2022. This was the first time 

Wales had qualified for the World Cup 

Finals since 1958. Although disappointed 

to be knocked out at the Group Stage, 

Robert can be proud of his international 

record to date and look forward to an 

optimistic future. 


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HOLIDAY SNAPS 

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

around the world for our ever-popular feature… 

▼ 

Here we have a couple of snaps 

sent in by Scott Irwin wearing his 

Blades shirt back in November from 

his recent holiday in Thailand 

▲ 

Image here emailed in by Neal 

Shackleton of Amber and Elijah with 

mum Claire showing their affection 

for United at Lands End in Cornwall 

Would you like to see your snap in 

an edition of UTB? Send your photo, 

complete with a brief description 

to matthew.young@sufc.co.uk 


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A WHOLE 

NEW 

BALL 

GAME 

In this edition, United are on midweek Premier 

League duty once again as the Blades welcome 

title challengers Norwich City to Bramall Lane for 

this game on Wednesday 10th March 1993. 

The weekend before United had played out a 0-0 

draw against Blackburn in the FA Cup quarter-final, with 

the replay at Bramall Lane set for the following week. 

Following the 6-0 pummelling of Spurs, United had 

climbed out of the relegation zone, holding a slender 

one-point advantage over the bottom three. Norwich’s title bid 

had faltered in recent weeks, and coming into this game they 

were seven points behind leaders Manchester United. 

A close game was won by Norwich, thanks to a 55th minute Ruel Fox goal. 


This year marks the 30th 

anniversary of the inaugural 

Premier League season. 

To mark this milestone, 

UTB delves into our 

programme archive to 

reminisce about United’s 

part in this historic 

campaign, whilst also 

talking to those who were 

there at the start of what 

has since grown into the 

most talked about domestic 

competition on the planet. 

As well as looking back 

on United’s campaign, we 

tell the full story of the 1992- 

93 season and also test 

your knowledge about how 

much you remember three 

decades on. 

So, wind the clock back 

30 years to relive this 

special season throughout 

each edition of UTB.

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A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME 

INSIDE THE 

PROGRAMME… 

MATCH ACTION… 

The programme featured a double page action spread from United’s recent 6-0 

demolition of Spurs. 


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DAVE BASSETT… 

Again, Dave Bassett was quick to make the point that the Premier League remained 

the main priority after United earned an FA Cup quarter-final replay at Blackburn. 

The manager also commented on losing star man Brian Deane through suspension, 

with Bassett explaining his disappointment with the treatment his striker receives 

from opponents. Bassett also thanked the departing Mike Lake who reconsidered an 

offer from Wrexham following a loan spell earlier in the season. 




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SCOTTISH TERRIER… 

The main player feature focused on Tom Cowan who talked about competing 

with David Barnes for the left-back slot, as well as chatting about his 

adjustment to English football following his arrival from Rangers. 


BIG SCREEN 

SUCCESS… 

United thanked 

those responsible for 

screening the FA Cup 

tie against Blackburn to 

those who couldn’t make 

it to Ewood Park. 7,500 

supporters watched 

at Bramall Lane as the 

Blades earned a replay. 

LANE NEWS… 

Dane Whitehouse was 

the subject of the Lane 

News section after 

starting at left-back 

in the FA Cup tie at 

Blackburn following the 

unavailability of David 

Barnes and Tom Cowan. 

His performance was 

especially noted due to 

only having 120 minutes 

of reserve football under 

his belt following a 

return from injury. 

BLADES TEAM… 

United’s team that day was as follows… 

Kelly, Gage, Pemberton, Beesley, Barnes, Carr, Hoyland, 

Hartfield, Hodges, Bryson, Deane. Subs: Cork, Rogers, Kite. 

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FACE TO FACE… 

MITCH WARD 

UTB poses the same questions 

from 1992-93 to the same players 

to see if they remember what they 

said 30 years ago, and to see what 

their 2022-23 answers are… 

— Who was your favourite player? 

— Not Sheff Utd related? Glenn 

Hoddle? I got one right, maybe my 

memory isn’t as bad as I thought! 

— What are your hobbies 

outside football? 

— No question, I’d have said golf? 

Yes, something else? Fishing? No, 

I don’t know then. I wouldn’t have got 

the other two! 

— Who has been the biggest 

influence on your career? 

— Dad and Keith Mincher? Two out 

of three, I should have remembered 

saying my mum, that’s poor! 

— Which current player do you 

most admire? 

— I reckon back then I’d have said 

Peter Beagrie? Yes, struggling with 

the other. Maybe Gordon Cowans? 

I said Ray Wilkins? Well, fair enough, 

he was a top player. 

— What has been the lowest point 

of your career? 

— A nearby Carl Bradshaw 

comments: “Meeting Carl 

Bradshaw!” Mitch: “No, that’s what 

ruined my career!” 

— Have you any soccer 

superstitions? 

— No. I did? I can’t remember any? 

Okay, I did that with the socks, 


Revisited 

was it a superstition? That’s just 

sensible, isn’t it? 

— What car do you drive? 

— Back then, was it a Ford? No… 

Astra? Why did I say 5 Speed! Think 

that was my first car, £600 I paid. 

I was only on £2 a week back then! 

— What are your most 

endearing qualities? 

— I can’t remember. I said generous? 

Well, that’s still true, so I won’t argue! 

Carl Bradshaw: “You have never 

been generous then or now!” 

— Who is your room-mate 

on away trips? 

— Bradshaw and Whitehouse. I used 

to rotate. Dane was sound, Bradshaw 

was shocking!

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WHAT HAPPENED 

ELSEWHERE 

THE STATE OF PLAY… 

Going into this round of fixtures, 

United’s opponents Norwich had 

a seven-point deficit to leaders 

Manchester United who were 

just a point clear of Aston Villa. 

All three had now played the 

same number of games. At the 

bottom, Oldham had a six-point 

gap to make up to the safety 

line, sitting bottom of the pile. 


1992-93 

During this particular week back in 1992-93, 

how did the rest of the Premier League get on? 

We look back on what happened elsewhere… 

— WEDNESDAY 10th MARCH 1993 — 

▼ Ron Atkinson’s Aston 

Villa continued to keep 

the pace at the top 

With so many clubs clustered 

together, the relegation fight 

looked intriguing with the mighty 

Liverpool placed 16th just three 

points ahead of Middlesbrough 

occupying the final relegation 

place. 

THE GAMES… 

Middlesbrough’s tenure in the 

Premier League was starting 

to look fragile after yet another 

defeat. Goals from John Scales 

and Dean Holdsworth helped 

Wimbledon move further clear of 

the drop zone and plunged Boro 

further into the mire. Liverpool 

gave themselves some much 

needed breathing space when 

Ian Rush netted in 1-0 win over 

high-flying QPR. Elsewhere, 

Aston Villa were held to a 

goalless draw by Spurs, whilst 

Sheffield Wednesday stayed 

fourth after a 1-0 win at Ipswich 

thanks to a David Hirst strike. 

HEADLINE ACT… 

The race for survival and the run 

for the title took an incredible 

twist at Boundary Park. Oldham 

in 22nd position defeated leaders

PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE… 

Here’s how things stood… 

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POS TEAM PLD W D L GF GA GD PTS 

1 MANCHESTER UNITED 32 17 9 6 49 25 24 60 

2 ASTON VILLA 32 17 9 6 48 31 17 60 

3 NORWICH CITY 32 16 8 8 45 46 -1 56 

4 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 31 13 10 8 41 34 7 49 

5 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 32 13 8 11 44 38 6 47 

6 BLACKBURN ROVERS 31 12 10 9 43 32 11 46 

7 MANCHESTER CITY 31 13 7 11 44 34 10 46 

8 COVENTRY CITY 33 12 10 11 45 42 3 46 

9 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 32 12 9 11 39 47 -8 45 

10 IPSWICH TOWN 32 10 14 8 37 35 2 44 

11 SOUTHAMPTON 33 11 10 12 40 40 0 43 

12 CHELSEA 32 11 10 11 35 39 -4 43 

13 ARSENAL 30 11 7 12 27 27 0 40 

14 LIVERPOOL 31 10 9 12 41 42 -1 39 

15 WIMBLEDON 32 10 9 13 38 39 -1 39 

16 LEEDS UNITED 31 10 9 12 41 45 -4 39 

17 EVERTON 33 11 6 16 37 44 -7 39 

18 CRYSTAL PALACE 31 8 11 12 37 47 -10 35 

19 SHEFFIELD UNITED 32 9 7 16 37 42 -5 34 

20 MIDDLESBROUGH 32 8 9 15 38 54 -16 33 

21 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 30 8 8 14 30 39 -9 32 

22 OLDHAM ATHLETIC 31 8 7 16 41 55 -14 31 

Manchester United 1-0 thanks 

to a Neil Adams goal which not 

only brought the Latics within 

touching distance of their 

relegation rivals, but also gave 

Norwich an opportunity to re-join 

the title race after their win at 

Bramall Lane. Aston Villa missed 

out after drawing with Spurs. 

ANY OTHER BUSINESS? 

The season had been one 

of severe decline so far for 

Liverpool and talismanic striker 

Ian Rush. He had to wait until 

March 6th for his first goal of the 

year in defeat to Manchester 

United, but this sparked an 

upturn in fortunes with his 

winner at QPR prompting a 

strong run to the end of the 

campaign, eventually ending 

with 14 Premier League goals. 

▲ Action from Wimbledon’s victory over Middlesbrough 




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TEST YOUR MEMORY… 

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

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

TAKE 5... 

1. Who was the Aston Villa 

goalkeeper who was 

slowly deposing long 

time number one Nigel 

Spink between the sticks 

at Villa Park? 

2. Who was the man in 

charge of Manchester 

City during the 1992-93 

season, who was still 

combining his managerial 

duties with a playing role 

at Maine Road? 

3. Who was the Spanish 

midfielder turning out 

for Tottenham Hotspur 

in his final year for Spurs 

who would go on to have 

a major impact against 

their bitter rivals Arsenal 

in the years to follow… 

4. Who was the England 

defender who was still 

holding firm at the heart 

of Everton’s defence in 

1992-93, who would go 

on to lift the FA Cup for 

the Toffees in 1995? 

5. Which club were 

sponsored by Sanderson 

for the 1992-93 season? 

ANSWERS: 1. Mark Bosnich, 2. Peter Reid, 

3. Nayim, 4. Dave Watson, 5. Sheffield 

Wednesday, 6. Martin Keown, 7. Tony Daley. 


1992-93 

PICTURE ROUND... 

Can you guess the names of these players 

who graced the inaugural season of the 

Premier League… 

6. This Arsenal defender would prove to be 

a rock for the Gunners for many years 

after returning in 1992-93. Who is he? 

7. Can you name this Aston Villa winger who 

would later enjoy a coaching role here at 

Bramall Lane after he retired?

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UTB 67 

Progress continues for LGBTQ+ 

professional footballers as Czech 

Republic international midfielder, 

Jakub Jankto, becomes the latest male 

professional player to come out as 

gay. This makes him the first current 

international in men’s football to do this. 

Jakub says he “no longer wants to 

hide” he goes onto say “Like everybody 

else, I have my strengths, I have my 

weaknesses, I have a family, I have my 

friends. I have a job that I have been doing 

as best as I can for years with seriousness, 

with professionalism and passion.” He 

added: “Like everybody else, I also want 

to live my life in freedom without fears, 

without prejudice, without violence but 

with love. I am homosexual, and I no 

longer want to hide myself.” 

Jakub, Inspirující 

Last year, Blackpool’s Jake Daniels 

became the first professional player in the 

UK men’s game for more than 30 years to 

come out while still playing. 

With several male professional players 

now having come out over the past two 

years, we are hoping LGBTQ+ inclusion 

in the game is entering a new era of 

understanding. 

If you would like to find out more and join Rainbow 

Blades, please follow the links below... 

FACEBOOK FACEBOOK: /BladesRainbow 

TWITTER TWITTER: @rainbow_blades 

INSTAGRA INSTAGRAM: @rainbowblades 

Membership sign up: bit.ly-joinrainbowblades 

Website: rainbowblades.com 

AN UPDATE FROM OUR 

SENIOR 

BLADES 

At our lunch on 14th February the winning tickets for 

the charity raffle were drawn by Blades favourite and 

legendary full back, Ted Hemsley. 

The first prize, the kit of our 2021-22 sponsored player, 

Oliver Norwood, was won by John Cullen. 

The following were the winners of the other prizes 

which included, match day tickets, whisky, wine and 

chocolates. 

2nd prize: Sandra Robson 

3rd prize: Dave Ambler 

4th prize: Andy Harper 

www.seniorblades.co.uk 

5th prize: 

6th prize: 

7th prize: 

Jan Francis 

Rachel Rose 

John Bramhall 


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

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

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

ESPORTS ARENA UNVEILED AT THE LANE 

Sheffield United 

Community College have 

recently completed the 

build of a brand new 

Esports Arena at Bramall 

Lane, the first of its kind at 

the home of a professional 

football club. 

The Blades Esports 

Arena will allow the 

Community College to 

deliver BTEC Esports 

programmes to the highest 

standard and recruitment 

for September 2023 is 

currently underway. 

Along with in-house 

education programmes, the 

facility will also host British 

Esports Championships 

fixtures as well as digital 

and employability skills 

sessions for schools across 

the city. 

If you are in Year 11 or 

aged 16-18 and interested 

in a career in IT, business, 

marketing, game design, 

Esports etc, please register 

your interest by scanning 

the QR code and filling out 

the form. Our next taster 

session is Wednesday 12th 

April and there are limited 

spaces remaining. 

Scan 

Here... 


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LGBT+ FRIENDLY 

SESSIONS BOOST 

PARTICIPANTS 

CONFIDENCE 

As part of the Foundation’s commitment 

to help Sheffield become a more healthy, 

empowered and inclusive community, 

we’ve been able to expand our delivery 

in recent years to run LGBT+ inclusive 

sessions at Ponds Forge. 

Ellie Wilson, our empower LGBT+ 

lead, said: “Within the project we aim to 

empower young people in the LGBTQ+ 

community and provide them with sessions 

to boost their confidence. It provides 

the participants with a safe space to do 

activities, meet people, make new friends 

and it really helps their mental health. It 

produces an environment where they 

can be comfortable and be themselves 

because if they were to participate in 

another session outside of here, they may 

not feel they could do that. It provides 

opportunities which is really important.” 

Ellie explains how the sessions have 

helped Rowan, a participant turned coach: 

“It’s been great to see how Rowan has 

gone from participating to volunteering to 

now delivering the trampolining sessions 

at Ponds Forge. They’ve built their 

confidence, made new friends, brought 

people in from the LGBT+ community and 

the sessions are going from strength to 

strength under them.” 

If you would like to get involved in our 

free empower LGBT+ programme, head 

to sufc-community.com for more details or 

email Ellie.Wilson@sufc-community.co.uk. 

FOOTBALL 

CAMPS 

We had a great turn out for our football camps at 

Handsworth, Graves, Westfield and Wisewood 

this half-term. We hope to see you all again 

during the Easter break! 


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— OPPOSITION FOCUS 

FOUNDED: 1881 

NICKNAME: THE HORNETS 

GROUND: VICARAGE ROAD 

CAPACITY: 22,200 

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Watford’s ambitions were 

clear at the start of this 

Championship season, and 

they are still in sight for Hornets 

boss Slaven Bilic and his players as 

they arrive at Bramall Lane today. 

After losing their Premier League 

status last season, a return to the 

top flight is the target for Watford in 

the final third of the campaign, and 

they’ll be eager to secure a sixth 

Championship away win against 

the Blades to confirm they can 

overcome their promotion rivals. 

Their recent display against 

leaders Burnley underlined they 

have the capability to run any side 

in this competitive division close, 

as the Hornets look to convert a 

recent run of draws into wins. 

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STAR MAN 

Every promotion-winning 

side needs a match-winner 

who is capable of turning a 

game with a moment of magic and 

Watford will look to Joao Pedro to 

give them the boost they need in the 

final weeks of the season. 

This talented forward has scored 

some valuable goals during his time 

in a Watford shirt after he first came 

to prominence against Manchester 

United in the Premier League last 

season. 

Pedro has built on his breakthrough 

as a first team star at Watford with a 

solid campaign in front of goal in the 

Championship, with his strike against 

Burnley earlier this month securing a 

point against the title leaders. 

Even though he is only 21, Bilic has 

given Pedro the captain’s armband to 

lead his team and he is convinced he 

has the maturity to fill the role. 

“When he’s on the pitch it’s 

totally different and he has a big 

impact on all the other players 

around him,” says Bilic 

of Pedro. 

“I watched Joao a 

lot since he came 

to England, and he 

always looked like a 

talented player. 

“Since I came to this 

club, I can see he is a top 


Joao PEDRO 

10 PREVIOUS 

DATE OF BIRTH: 26/09/01 

POSITION: FORWARD 

CLUB: FLUMINENSE. 

player. He is very mature for his age. 

He doesn’t talk, he doesn’t walk 

like a 21-year-old. He is a leader on 

the pitch. 

“We have little talks, and he knows 

what he needs to do to go to the 

next level.”

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Tom CLEVERLEY 

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THE CAPTAIN... 

Date of Birth: 12/08/89 

Previous club: Everton 

Watford have been hit by 

injury setbacks this season 

and Cleverley’s absence 

has been among the more 

significant. This former 

Manchester United star 

won the Premier League 

title during his time at Old 

Trafford, and he will be 

hoping to remain injury 

free in the final chapters of 

this Championship story. 

Yaser ASPRILLA 

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YOUNG GUN... 


Previous club: Envigado 

LAST TIME WE MET... 

WATFORD 1-0 SHEFFIELD UNITED 

Monday 1st August 2022 

Ismaila SARR 

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This teenager has caught 

the eye for Watford this 

season after emerging 

as a key figure since 

manager Slaven Bilic took 

over as Hornets boss. 

A full international with 

Colombia, he has emerged 

as a key figure for Watford 

as they have looked to plug 

gaps in their squad due 

to injuries to some senior 

performers. 

An opening day defeat for the Blades at 

Vicarage Road came after Joao Pedro scored 

a 56th-minute winner for Watford. Pedro gave 

goalkeeper Wes Foderingham no chance from 

six yards when Ismaila Sarr squared the ball 

to him after a swift counter-attack following a 

Blades corner at the opposite end. 

ONE TO WATCH... 


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Watford’s record signing 

has the ability to turn 

matches with dynamic 

attacking play and they will 

be looking to the Senegal 

international to shine 

today. A threat breaking 

from wide, Sarr is a maker 

and taker of goals and 

confirmed his quality with 

some top performances 

in the Premier League 

last season. 


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NUMBERS COUNT... 

8 

12 

92 

— 

186 

— 

503 

— 

— Watford are the eighth club 

Slaven Bilic has managed 

during his coaching career. 

— Watford will be seeking their 

first win at Bramall Lane in a 

little over 12 years today, with 

their last victory here coming in 

December 2010 courtesy of a 

Marvin Sordell winner. 

The most goals scored by 

a Watford team in a single 

season, as the 1959-60 season 

served up a goal fest for the 

buzzing Hornets. 

The record number of goals 

scored by Luther Blissett 

during his fine career in 

Hornets colours between 1976 

and 1992. 

Blissett also holds the record 

for the most appearances in 

Watford colours, playing 503 

matches. 


Graham Taylor 

WATFORD LEGEND... 

Taylor will forever be remembered as one of 

the all-time greats in Watford’s history, with 

this manager guiding the Hornets into the top 

flight of English football, a second place finish 

in the old First Division and an appearance in 

the 1984 FA Cup Final. After a spell at Aston 

Villa and a turbulent stint as England manager, 

Taylor returned to the club for a second spell as 

manager and he won promotion to the Premier 

League via the play-offs in the 1998-99 season.

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Slaven Bilic 

MANAGER SAYS 

Watford manager Slaven Bilic Bilic speaks from experience when 

is convinced his team are he reflects on his dramatic promotion 

moving in the right direction success with West Bromwich Albion 

as they look to push for promotion in in the 2019-20 season, as his side 

the final third of this 

sealed a return to the Premier League 

Championship season. 

on the final day of the season after 

With the top half of the table so some unexpected twists and turns. 

congested, everything is possible for Completing a Championship 

the Hornets as they arrive at Bramall double over the Blades today would 

Lane today and former Croatia be a stepping stone towards that 

international defender Bilic is content target and Bilic is hoping his side’s 

with the platform his side have given unfortunate run with injuries will end 

themselves. 

as he prepares for the crucial phase 

“It’s very tight in and around the of the promotion charge. 

top six,” says the 54-year-old, who “You always want your best players 

is coaching his third club in England on the pitch, at all times,” he added. 

after spells in charge at West Ham “You want them to finish the game, 

and West Bromwich Albion. 

but you also want them there to help 

“We can talk about our lack of you get off to a good start. You want 

defeats, but the draws we’ve been stability and to make progress, and to 

getting aren’t enough if you want to do that you need those players. 

do what we want to do. 

“We didn’t have a lot of our most 

“You can talk about luck, or making creative players for a while, and a lot 

better decisions or having a cutting of the buck fell on Ismaila Sarr, but 

edge, but at the moment I would say we’re getting to a stage now where 

our problem is that we are needing a we can make a sub because we want 

lot of opportunities to score a goal. to, not because we have to. 

“Every season in the Championship “It’s been a tough period, but I think 

we see things happening that are we’ve done okay. We could have got 

unexpected. This division is very more points in certain games, but 

unpredictable, and teams can have the guys have done well. Since we 

big runs of wins followed by some came in players have had to play out 

defeats, so everything is still possible of position, but they’ve shown good 

for us. We have to hit form quickly, attitude and quality, and that’s what 

and we know that.” 

we still need from them.” 

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Watford's 

NON-LEAGUE NUGGETS 

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

BARRY ENDEAN 

Swashbuckling striker 

Barry Endean was 

leading marksman in 

Watford’s 1968-69 Third 

Division title triumph. 

Previously with Pelton 

Fell, he joined Watford in 

August 1968 and became 

a cult figure at Vicarage 

Road, heading the goal 

that beat Liverpool in 

the 1969-70 FA Cup 

sixth round. He netted 

28 times in 77 League 

outings before moving 

to Charlton in February 

1971. Reuniting with Ken 

Furphy at Blackburn 

in October 1971, he 

featured in their 1974- 

75 Third Division title 

campaign, then played for 

Huddersfield, Hartlepool 

and Workington. He 

later managed Chesterle-Street, 

working as 

a builder back in his 

native town. 


JOHN BARNES 

England international 

winger John Barnes 

gained the first 31 of his 

79 caps while at Vicarage 

Road. Moving to Watford 

from Sudbury Court in 

July 1981, he starred 

as they won promotion 

in 1981-82, then were 

League Championship 

runners-up in 1982-83 and 

FA Cup finalists in 1984. 

He scored a famous solo 

goal for England against 

Brazil in June 1984 and 

netted 65 times in 233 

League games for the 

Hornets prior to joining 

Liverpool in June 1987. 

Amassing a vast collection 

of honours at Anfield, 

he joined Newcastle 

United in August 1997, 

then played for Charlton 

Athletic before managing 

Celtic and Tranmere 

Rovers, becoming a 

football pundit. 

RICHARD JOBSON 

England B international 

defender Richard Jobson 

helped Watford finish 

League Championship 

runners-up in 1982-83. 

Previously at Burton 

Albion, he joined Watford 

in November 1982 and 

netted four goals in 28 

League games before 

moving to Hull City in 

February 1985. Voted 

‘Player of the Year’ 

in 1986-87, he joined 

Oldham Athletic in August 

1990, starring as they 

won the Second Division 

title in 1990-91 and were 

FA Cup semi-finalists in 

1993-94. He moved to 

Leeds United for £1million 

in October 1995, then 

reunited with Joe Royle 

at Manchester City and 

later played for Tranmere 

Rovers and Rochdale, 

becoming a PFA 

executive.

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Barry Endean & 

John Barnes 

TONY AGANA 

Former England Semi- 

Pro striker Tony Agana 

played for Watford in the 

top-flight. He impressed 

with Welling United 

and Weymouth before 

joining Watford in August 

1987. Scoring once in 

15 League games, he 

followed Dave Bassett 

to Sheffield United in an 

exchange deal involving 

Martin Kuhl and Peter 

Hetherston in February 

1988. Featuring in backto-back 

promotions, 

he joined Notts County 

in November 1991 and 

played in three Wembley 

finals, scoring in their 

1995 Anglo-Italian Cup 

final triumph. He moved 

to Hereford United in 

March 1997 and later 

had spells playing 

for Cliftonville, Leek 

Town, Guiseley and 

Alfreton Town. 

ANDY HESSENTHALER 

Former England Semi- 

Pro midfielder Andy 

Hessenthaler missed just 

one match for Watford 

in 1992-93. Initially with 

Dartford, he moved to 

Redbridge Forest in July 

1990 and joined Watford 

in September 1991. He 

netted 12 goals in 195 

League games before 

moving to Gillingham in 

August 1996 and featured 

as they twice reached the 

Second Division play-off 

final, including their 2000 

Wembley triumph. Playerboss 

from June 2000 

until November 2004, 

guiding them to the FA 

Cup fifth round in 2001- 

02, he then managed 

Dover to promotion in 

two consecutive seasons. 

He has since managed 

Gillingham again, Leyton 

Orient, Eastleigh and 

Dover again. 

KEVIN PHILLIPS 

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Striker Kevin Phillips was 

capped eight times by 

England after leaving 

Watford. Previously with 

Baldock Town, he joined 

Watford in December 

1994 and netted 24 goals 

in 59 League games. He 

moved to Sunderland 

for £325,000 in July 

1997 and was top scorer 

in six times, starring as 

they were First Division 

play-off finalists in 1997- 

98 and won the First 

Division title in 1998-99. 

Sold to Southampton for 

£3.25million in August 

2003, he joined Aston 

Villa in July 2005, then 

was a promotion winner 

with West Brom in 2007- 

08 and Birmingham in 

2008-09. Following a 

spell at Blackpool, he 

helped both Crystal 

Palace and Leicester to 

clinch promotion. 


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THE LOWDOWN... 

...on Watford 

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

THE EARLY YEARS… 

The origins of the club 

can be traced back to 

1881 when Watford Rovers 

were formed by Henry 

Grover. Rovers originally 

composed entirely of 

amateur players. The 

team first competed in 

the FA Cup in the 1886- 

87 season, and in 1889, 

Watford won the County 

Cup for the first time. 

LEGENDARY LUTHER… 

Striker Luther Blissett 

holds the record for 

Watford appearances, 

having played 503 

matches in all competitions 

between 1976 and 1992, 

and his 415 league 

appearance during the 

same period is also a 

club record. 

SIR ELTON AND FRIENDS… 

When you think of wellknown 

Watford fans, it 

is likely that your mind is 

to immediately go to Sir 

Elton John. The world 

renowned and multiaward-winning 

singer is, of 

course, a previous owner 

and chairman of the club, 

having overseen their rise 

through the leagues in 

the ‘70s and ‘80s. Former 

Heavyweight boxing world 

champion Anthony Joshua 

and Spice Girl Geri Horner 

also consider themselves 

as Hornet fans. 

SWAPPING WATFORD 

FOR THE BLADES... 

United’s greatest ever 

player Tony Currie made 

the switch up the M1 to 

play top-flight football 

and went on to make 

TERRIFIC TAYLOR… 

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over 300 appearances 

for United. The late Keith 

Eddy is another who had 

a stellar career for both 

clubs, whilst current Wales 

boss Rob Page skippered 

United having also 

captained the Hornets. 

Graham Taylor’s first tenure saw Watford rise from the 

fourth tier to the first. The Hornets finished second in 

the First Division in 1982-83, competed in the UEFA Cup 

in 1983-84 and reached the 1984 FA Cup Final. A decline 

followed, but Taylor returned to Vicarage Road in the late 

‘90s and led the club to successive promotions, the second 

of which saw them play in the Premier League. 


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Coach Travel – Under-16s Policy 

Sheffield United continue to ensure that the club 

complies with safeguarding procedures and to 

make sure that all young supporters travelling 

on the official Away Blade transport are properly 

supervised. Therefore, juniors, aged U16, will not be 

allowed to travel on the Away Blade coaches without 

a responsible adult, aged 25 or above. A maximum 

of two juniors U16 may travel with a responsible 

adult. For more information contact 0114 253 7200. 

vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 

Wednesday 1st March 

FA Cup fifth round 

Kick off 7.55pm 

Tickets are currently on 

general sale. Supporters 

purchasing tickets will be 

allocated 50 loyalty points. 

PRICES: 

Adults: ......................................£30 

Concessions 

(60+, disabled): ......................£25 

NUS, 18-21: ............................£20 

Junior U18: ............................. £15 

Due to the FA Cup rulings of 

15% of allocated seats to the 

visiting supporters and the FA 

partners allocation of tickets 

in the main stands, we are 

unable to reserve seats for 

season ticket holders. 

Please also note: Point 2. J of our 

Season Ticket 2022-23 Terms & 

Conditions. 

The purchase of your season 

ticket is for home league games 

only and does not include cup or 

play-off games. Sheffield United 

is under no obligation to reserve 

season ticket holders seats for 

these games. 

2022-23 MATCHDAY PRICES 

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

ADULT £35 £31 £26 

OVER 60 - DISABLED £29 £24 £20 

KOP STAND* YA U22 - STUDENT £24 £20 £17 

UNDER 18 £17 £14 £12 

JUNIOR BLADES £15 £12 £10 

CHERRY STREET 

SOUTH STAND 

& JOHN STREET 

FAMILY ENCLOSURE 

& FAMILY CORNER 

BRAMALL LANE 

UPPER CORNER & 

BRAMALL LANE 

UPPER TIER 

ADULT £40 £35 £31 

OVER 60 - DISABLED £32 £27 £23 

YA U22 - STUDENT £26 £21 £20 

UNDER 18 £21 £17 £14 


ADULT £37 £33 £29 

OVER 60 - DISABLED £31 £26 £21 

YA U22 - STUDENT £25 £21 £18 

UNDER 18 £20 £16 £13 


*Please note, until further notice, there are no 

matchday tickets being sold for the Kop stand 

AWAY 

vs BLACKBURN ROVERS 

Saturday 4th March 

Sky Bet Championship 

Kick Off 12.30pm 

This match is ALL TICKET for 

Blades supporters. Tickets are 

currently on general sale. We 

have been initially allocated 

4,073 tickets. A further 

allocation may be available if 

necessary. 50 loyalty points 

will be awarded to supporters 

purchasing tickets. 


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TICKETS ARE PRICED FROM: 

Adults: ......................................£25 

Senior (65+): ...........................£20 

YA (18-23): .............................. £15 

Junior (12-17): ........................ £10 

Junior (U12): ..............................£7 

Q DISABLED TICKET INFORMATION 

10 wheelchair and PA tickets 

are available at the ageappropriate 

price with a FOC 

PA, a further allocation of 

wheelchair bays is available if 

necessary. Ambulant tickets 


price from the 

main allocation, a personal 

assistant can be provided free 

of charge subject to eligibility. 

AWAY BLADES COACH TRAVEL 

Price: £25 

Departing Bramall Lane at 

9am prompt. 

AWAY 

vs READING 

Tuesday 7th March 


Kick off 8pm 

This match is ALL TICKET for 

Blades supporters. We have 

been initially allocated 1,598 

tickets, a further allocation 

may be available if necessary. 

150 loyalty points will be 

awarded to supporters 

purchasing tickets. 

STH & MEMBERS PRICES: 

Adults: ......................................£22 

Senior (65+): ........................... £15 

YA (18-24): ................................£12 

Junior (12-17): ...........................£8 

Junior (U12): ..............................£6 

GENERAL SALE PRICES: 

Adults: ......................................£27 

Senior (65+): ........................... £18 

YA (18-24): ............................... £15 

Junior (12-17): .........................£11 

Junior (U12): ..............................£9 

Family Area (41 tickets). These 

tickets are not available online. 

Adults will not be admitted 

without children in this area. 

STH & MEMBERS PRICES: 

Adults: ...................................... £18 

Senior (65+): ........................... £15 

YA (18-24): ................................£12 

Junior (12-17): ...........................£5 

Junior (U12): ..............................£2 

GENERAL SALE PRICES: 

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

Senior (65+): ........................... £18 

YA (18-24): ............................... £15 

Junior (12-17): ...........................£8 

Junior (U12): ..............................£5 

Q DISABLED TICKET INFORMATION 

Nine wheelchair and PA 

tickets are available at the 

age-appropriate price with a 

FOC PA. 52 ambulant tickets 

have been allocated in Block 

R30/R31 on rows J and K, 

these are the rows nearest to 

the concourse. The two rows 

directly in front are netted 

to help offer supporters an 

unobstructed view, supporters 

in this area must always 

remain seated. These seats 


price with a PA 

FOC subject to eligibility. 

Ω PARKING INFORMATION 

Supporters are advised to 

book parking (including 

accessible) in advance at 

ticketing.readingfc.co.uk or by 

calling 0118 9681313. 

Tickets are on sale on the 

following dates and times 

to members only (including 

season ticket holders), one 

ticket per supporter: 

Monday 27th February 

9am – 40,000+ loyalty points 

Monday 27th February 

2pm – 30,000+ loyalty points 

Tuesday 28th February 


Tuesday 28th February 

2pm – 10,000+ loyalty points 




2pm – Super Draw Lotto 

participants and members 

with 2,500+ loyalty points. 

Should any tickets remain, 

they will go on general sale at 

2pm on Thursday 2nd March. 

AWAY BLADES COACH TRAVEL 

Price: £40 

Departing Bramall Lane at 

1.30pm prompt. 

HOME 

vs LUTON TOWN 

Saturday 11th March 


Kick off 3pm 

This match is a Category B 

fixture. Tickets now on general 

sale. Supporters purchasing 

tickets will be allocated 150 

loyalty points. 

TICKETS ARE PRICED FROM: 

Adults: ......................................£29 

Seniors: .................................... £21 

Young Adults/Students: ..... £18 

Juniors: .....................................£13 

Junior Blade Members: .......£11 

Information correct at the time 

of going to print. Please check 

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

information. 


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THE EX-FILES 

David McGoldrick 

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

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

David McGoldrick is off the mark 

for his new club Derby County 

after scoring a dramatic stoppage 

time winner recently against 

Peterborough United. 

Trailing 1-0 and down to 10 men, 

things looked bleak for the Rams 

until an equaliser from Jason 

Knight on 88 minutes was followed 

up by McGoldrick’s winner from 

12 yards. 

After missing the first four games 

of the campaign through injury, 

McGoldrick is now finding his 

feet at Pride Park after his highly 

successful stint at Bramall Lane 

came to an end at the conclusion 

of last season. 

“As a striker you enjoy your 

goals, and especially when 

they come as a winner as well,” 

McGoldrick said of his first strike. 

“We hadn’t scored for a few 

games, so to get two right at the 

end was nice. It was a pleasing day 

all around and it’s always special 

to turn it around late on. 

“We are all together as one in 

the dressing room and it helps with 

the team bonding too, celebrating 

together at the end, especially 

as quite a few of us have come 

through the door this summer. 

The changing room was very 

happy after.” 

Grateful to be back fit again after 

recovering from the injury which 

curtailed his final season in S2, the 

ex-Forest front man is now focused 

on a strong run in the side. 

He added: “I feel I am getting 

fitter. I came here after a four or 

five-month spell out, following an 

operation. I’ve been building my 

fitness up and I had a setback by 

doing too much too soon, but now 

I am building things up slowly.” 

▲ Didzy celebrates his first for Derby 

against Peterborough 


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FAVOURITES 

with Chris Basham... 

IN EVERY EDITION OF UTB THIS SEASON, 

WE TALK TO A CURRENT MEMBER OF 

UNITED’S FIRST TEAM SQUAD TO FIND OUT 

SOME OF THEIR FAVOURITE THINGS... 

FAVOURITE... 

BAND OR ARTIST... I’ll probably have to say Coldplay. I listen to 

them quite a bit to chill out and I’ve seen them live as well 

and they were great. 

BOX SET/TV SERIES... Yellowstone. I’ve really got into that recently. 

FILM... Probably the second Top Gun. It’s a good adrenalin booster. 

PHONE APP... Whatsapp. 

COMPUTER GAME... Call of Duty. I’m on the modern 

warfare quite a lot. 

HOLIDAY DESTINATION... Hong Kong because we get to see 

my wife’s family. We all like going there. 

OTHER SPORT TO PLAY... Golf. We have a simulator at 

the training ground and I’m always on that. 

OTHER SPORT TO WATCH... Either cricket or golf. 

COMEDIAN... I’ll go with Peter Kay. I liked 

him when I was younger and he’s back 

now, so I’ll try and catch him. 

SPORTSMAN... At the minute, you’d have 

to say Erling Haaland at Manchester 

City. He’s lit the Premier League up. 

CURRENT TEAMMATE... I’ll say Oli McBurnie 

because he’s scoring goals! 

GROUND TO PLAY AT... Tottenham Hotspur 

Stadium. It’s a great venue. 

MEAL... Spaghetti Bolognese. It’s 

my pre-match meal and has 

become a bit of a ritual. 

CHOCOLATE BAR... Dairy Milk, maybe a 

Fruit and Nut as well to mix it up! 

KARAOKE SONG… Sweet Caroline, 

everyone loves it, don’t they?

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UNITED IN BUSINESS 

Head of Commercial PAUL REEVES provides UTB with the latest 

corporate news. To discuss how you could benefit from our opportunities 

to develop your business, contact Paul on 07983 425066… 

Welcome back to Bramall Lane 

for today’s fixture against 

Watford. We are delighted to 

introduce our sponsors who join us for 

the game against the Hornets and hope 

that it is a visit for them to remember. 

Our first main match sponsor is 

CS2 Transport. They are a family run 

business with depots in Chesterfield and 

Nottingham. Their services include chilled/ 

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to most UK addresses (both business 

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YEC Group is a leading property group 

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We operate in a huge range of sectors 

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▲ Thanks to our sponsors for the recent home game against Wrexham 


86 UTB 

MATCH ACTION 

3 - 0 

BERGE 21, ROBINSON 45, Mc BURNIE 89 

– 

SATURDAY 11TH FEBRUARY — SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP — VENUE: BRAMALL LANE 

BLADES: FODERINGHAM, BERGE (COULIBALY 90), SHARP (Mc BURNIE 71), 

EGAN, LOWE (FLECK 90), AHMEDHODZIC, NORWOOD, ROBINSON, BOGLE 

(BASHAM 90), Mc ATEE, NDIAYE. UNUSED: DAVIES, CLARK. 

Jack Robinson fires in United’s second 


UTB 87 

Jayden Bogle puts in the hard yards to help create United’s third 

Max Lowe clears his lines 

Oli McBurnie adds gloss to a fine performance 

Sander Berge celebrates a fine opening goal 


88 UTB 

ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE PITCH WITHOUT 

PERMISSION AND THOSE CARRYING OR USING 

SMOKE BOMBS OR PYROS WILL NOW RECEIVE 

AN AUTOMATIC CLUB BAN. 

‘LOVE FOOTBALL. PROTECT THE GAME’ 

A message about anti-social and criminal behaviour 

To mark the new season, we want to 

make you aware of new measures 

being taken across all of football 

to ensure everyone can have a safe 

and enjoyable experience. We are 

supporting strong action from the 

FA, Premier League and EFL to tackle 

anti-social and criminal behaviours 

that put all of us at risk. 

This reflects the seriousness of 

the risks to fans and staff – pyros 

can burn at 2000 degrees Celsius 

and cause lifechanging injuries, 

while entering the pitch endangers 

players, managers and match 

officials. 

We know those who commit these 

illegal acts do not represent the 

majority of supporters. 

#LoveFootball #ProtectTheGame 


UTB 89 

WATFORD VISIT BRINGS BACK 

MEMORIES FOR TC 

There’s always something 

a little extra in the game 

for Blades legend Tony 

Currie when Watford arrive 

at Bramall Lane. 

The Blades ambassador 

began his professional 

career with the Hornets 

before United came calling 

in 1968 and the rest, as 

they say, is history. 

But TC is forever grateful 

for the opportunity granted 

to him by Watford, who 

helped kickstart a career 

which saw Currie play in 

the First Division, in a FA 

Cup final and 17 times for 

England. 

TC told UTB: “I really 

loved my time at Watford. 

They gave me my chance 

at 16 after QPR had 

released me and I’ll be 

forever grateful. 

“I remember signing 

professional on my 17th 

birthday for Ken Furphy, 

and I had a great start. 

People might remember 

that I actually started as a 

striker, and I recall getting 

nine in my first six games 

with Watford – but all at 

home! I do remember 

hitting the post at Barrow 

but for some reason it 

didn’t happen in front of 

goal on my travels! 

“I think I only played 17 

games at Watford which 

included this game against 

Hereford (pictured) in the 

FA Cup. We won 3-0, and I 

remember playing against 

John Charles. Funnily 

enough, in the next round 

Watford drew United but 

I wasn’t allowed to play 

because I was close to 

coming to Bramall Lane at 

that time. 

“Great times though, it’s 

always nice to look back on 

my spell with Watford.” 


HERE’S 

A ST AT 

I BET 

YOU 

DIDN’T 

KN 

W

OVER HALF A MILLION 

SKY BET CUSTOMERS USE DEPOSIT LIMITS 

TO MANAGE THEIR BETTING BUDGET. 

THAT’S ENOUGH TO FILL: 

6 WEMBLEYS. 

201 ALLY PALLYS. 

OR 8 CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP DAYS. 

(THAT’S A LOT OF TWEED) 

ALL GOOD BOOKMAKERS 

HAVE DEPOSIT LIMITS. 

SO WHOEVER YOU BET WITH, 

SET AN APPROPRIATE ONE FOR YOU 

AND THEN ENJOY THE SPORT. 

DEPOSIT LIMITS 

THAT’S BETTING BETTER.

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FACTS&FIGURES 2022-23 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 2022-23 ROLLCALL 

2022-23 

LEAGUE 

2022-23 

CUP 

UNITED 

CAREER 

2022-23 

RECORD 

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

1 ADAM DAVIES 17.07.92 RINTEIN, GER 3 - - 3 - - 6 - - - - - 

2 GEORGE BALDOCK 09.03.93 BUCKINGHAM 24 1 1 - 1 - 182 10 6 2 4 - 

3 ENDA STEVENS 09.07.90 DUBLIN 8 2 - 1 - - 195 5 9 2 2 - 

4 JOHN FLECK 24.08.91 GLASGOW 9 3 - 1 - - 238 20 15 2 2 - 

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

6 CHRIS BASHAM 30.05.88 PETERBOROUGH 13 8 - 3 - - 348 26 14 - - - 

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

8 SANDER BERGE 14.02.98 ASKER 22 1 5 1 2 1 75 17 14 3 3 - 

9 OLI McBURNIE 04.06.96 LEEDS 15 9 11 1 - 1 65 55 20 1 9 - 

10 BILLY SHARP 05.02.86 SHEFFIELD 12 12 2 1 3 1 268 92 129 2 5 - 

12 JOHN EGAN 22.10.92 CORK 31 - 2 4 - 1 200 1 8 2 7 1 

13 MAX LOWE 11.05.97 SOUTH NORMANTON 13 2 1 1 2 - 23 6 1 4 1 - 

15 ANEL AHMEDHODŽIĆ 26.03.99 MALMO, SWE 23 2 4 3 - 1 26 2 5 2 9 - 

16 OLLIE NORWOOD 12.04.91 BURNLEY 32 - 2 3 1 1 194 13 10 7 6 - 

17 ISMAILA COULIBALY 25.12.00 MALI - 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - - 1 - 

18 WES FODERINGHAM 14.01.91 HAMMERSMITH 29 - - 1 - - 67 - - 1 1 1 

19 JACK ROBINSON 01.09.93 WARRINGTON 11 2 2 2 - - 61 7 5 1 3 - 

20 JAYDEN BOGLE 27.07.00 READING 8 2 2 2 - 1 47 8 9 1 7 - 

22 TOMMY DOYLE 17.10.01 MANCHESTER 12 8 2 2 1 - 14 9 2 4 2 - 

23 BEN OSBORN 05.08.94 DERBY 10 8 1 2 1 - 67 38 5 3 - - 

26 CIARAN CLARK 26.09.89 HARROW 7 2 1 - 1 - 7 3 1 - 4 - 

28 JAMES McATEE 18.10.02 SALFORD 12 13 4 4 - - 16 13 4 6 5 - 

29 ILIMAN NDIAYE 06.03.00 ROUEN, FRA 29 3 10 2 1 - 57 14 17 10 3 - 

30 OLIVER ARBLASTER 08.01.04 SHEFFIELD 1 3 - 1 - - 2 3 - - - - 

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

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

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

35 ANDRE BROOKS 20.08.03 SHEFFIELD - 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - - - 

36 DANIEL JEBBISON 13.08.03 OAKVILLE, CAN 3 7 1 2 - 1 10 17 3 - 1 1 

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

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

OWN GOALS: 1 

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

SHEFFIELD UNITED ON THE ROAD 2022-23 

BIRMINGHAM CITY 2,714 - - 

BLACKBURN ROVERS 1,536 - - 

BLACKPOOL 1,499 3,474 182 

BRISTOL CITY - 781 356 

BURNLEY 2,683 - - 

CARDIFF CITY - 1,769 388 

COVENTRY CITY 2,232 1,857 168 

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1,430 - - 

HULL CITY 2,661 2,288 132 

LUTON TOWN - 1,032 258 

NORWICH CITY 2,643 - - 

MIDDLESBROUGH 2,701 2,183 202 

MILLWALL 1,270 1,940 368 

PRESTON NORTH END - 4,428 150 

QUEENS PARK RANGERS 668 1,148 336 

READING 566 - - 

ROTHERHAM UNITED 2,687 2,225 20 

STOKE CITY 2,555 2,553 144 

SUNDERLAND 2,572 - - 

SWANSEA CITY 675 560 462 

WATFORD - 1,908 292 

WEST BROMWICH ALBION - 1,936 180 

WIGAN ATHLETIC - 2,225 128 

CARABAO CUP 

WEST BROMWICH ALBION - 739 174 

FA CUP 

MILLWALL - 930 382 

WREXHAM 4,764 1,163 176 

● AWAY FANS AT THE LANE ● BLADES AWAY FANS 

● ROUND TRIP (MILES) 

GOAL TIMES 

F A 

0-15 11 6 

16-30 9 4 

31-45 8 5 

46-60 9 8 

61-75 13 7 

76-90 12 5 

EXTRA-TIME - - 

GOALS THE BREAKDOWN 

SHOTS 51 

HEADERS 10 

PENALTIES - 

OWN GOALS 1 

OTHERS - 

LEAGUE RECORD 

HOME AWAY TOTAL 

P 2484 2484 4968 

W 1323 680 2003 

D 617 611 1228 

L 544 1193 1737 

F 4549 2996 7545 

A 2714 4299 7013 

STAT SNIPPET... 

Oli McBurnie continues his fine 

form in front of goal celebrating 

his header against Middlesbrough, 

which takes him to 12 in all competitions. 


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CHAMPIONSHIP TOP 5s 2022-23 

GOALS 

CHUBA AKPOM 

Middlesbrough 19 

VIKTOR GYÖKERES 

Coventry City 14 

OSCAR ESTUPIÑÁN 

Hull City 12 

NATHAN TELLA 

Burnley 12 

CARLTON MORRIS 

Luton Town 12 

ASSISTS 

DAN BARLASER 


ILIMAN NDIAYE 

Sheffield United 7 

RYAN GILES 


TEEMU PUKKI 

Norwich City 7 

ILIAS CHAIR 

Queens Park Rangers 7 

CHANCES CREATED 

ILIAS CHAIR 

Queens Park Rangers 85 

ILIMAN NDIAYE 


RYAN MANNING 

Swansea City 67 

JOHN SWIFT 

West Bromwich Albion 67 

RYAN GILES 


% OF GOALS INVOLVED IN 

VIKTOR GYÖKERES 

Coventry City 51.4 

CARLTON MORRIS 

Luton Town 43.6 

WILL KEANE 

Wigan Athletic 41.3 

BEN BRERETON DIAZ 

Blackburn Rovers 41.2 

JERRY YATES 

Blackpool 40.6 

CLEAN SHEETS 

BEN WILSON 

Coventry City 15 

FREDDIE WOODMAN 

Preston North End 13 

WES FODERINGHAM 


ETHAN HORVATH 

Luton Town 12 

DANIEL BACHMANN 

Watford 12 

YELLOW CARDS 

MAMADOU LOUM 

Reading 11 

JACK CORK 

Burnley 10 

ANDY YIADOM 

Reading 10 

JONNY HOWSON 


KENNY DOUGALL 

Blackpool 9 


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FACTS&FIGURES 

HOME 

AWAY 

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

1 BURNLEY 33 12 5 0 36 13 9 5 2 28 15 +36 73 

2 SHEFFIELD UNITED 32 10 3 3 34 16 8 4 4 20 14 +24 61 

3 MIDDLESBROUGH 33 9 5 2 26 13 8 1 8 30 25 +18 57 

4 BLACKBURN ROVERS 33 11 1 4 22 13 5 3 9 13 24 -2 52 

5 MILLWALL 32 9 5 2 25 12 5 3 8 15 21 +7 50 

6 LUTON TOWN 32 5 7 4 20 17 8 4 4 19 15 +7 50 

7 WATFORD 33 8 4 4 24 16 5 7 5 17 21 +4 50 

8 SUNDERLAND 33 6 5 5 21 17 7 5 5 27 19 +12 49 

9 NORWICH CITY 33 7 4 6 25 21 7 3 6 21 16 +9 49 

10 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 32 7 5 4 22 15 5 4 7 20 21 +6 45 

11 COVENTRY CITY 32 8 5 4 21 15 4 4 7 14 18 +2 45 

12 SWANSEA CITY 33 7 2 7 26 24 4 7 6 20 26 -4 42 

13 HULL CITY 33 6 4 7 18 23 5 5 6 20 24 -9 42 

14 PRESTON NORTH END 32 3 5 8 10 21 8 4 4 18 16 -9 42 

15 BRISTOL CITY 32 6 5 6 21 18 4 6 5 21 23 +1 41 

16 READING 32 9 3 3 24 17 3 2 12 11 30 -12 41 

17 STOKE CITY 33 5 4 7 20 18 6 3 8 19 22 -1 40 

18 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 33 5 4 7 18 23 5 5 7 16 23 -12 39 

19 BIRMINGHAM CITY 33 5 5 7 20 20 5 3 8 18 25 -7 38 

20 ROTHERHAM UNITED 33 6 5 5 26 20 2 7 8 10 25 -9 36 

21 CARDIFF CITY 33 5 5 7 13 16 4 3 9 12 20 -11 35 

22 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 32 6 3 7 16 16 2 4 10 14 27 -13 31 

23 BLACKPOOL 33 4 5 7 17 21 3 5 9 15 27 -16 31 

24 WIGAN ATHLETIC 32 3 4 10 12 30 4 6 5 17 20 -21 31 

FA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2022-23 

P TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 

1 LONDON CITY LIONESSES 14 9 3 2 30 11 19 30 

2 BRISTOL CITY 13 9 3 1 22 7 15 30 

3 SOUTHAMPTON 14 7 5 2 16 9 7 26 

4 BIRMINGHAM CITY 13 7 1 5 20 14 6 22 

5 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 12 7 1 4 20 15 5 22 

6 CRYSTAL PALACE 13 6 0 7 14 20 -6 18 

7 LEWES 12 4 4 4 10 14 -4 16 

8 DURHAM 13 4 3 6 16 17 -1 15 

9 BLACKBURN ROVERS 13 3 5 5 12 19 -7 14 

10 SUNDERLAND 14 4 1 9 17 21 -4 13 

11 SHEFFIELD UNITED 13 3 2 8 16 15 1 11 

12 COVENTRY UNITED 14 2 0 12 13 44 -31 6 

LEAGUE 

TABLES 

2022-23 

U21 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH 2022-23* 



2 WIGAN ATHLETIC 20 9 3 8 36 29 7 30 

3 HULL CITY 19 8 3 8 41 32 9 27 

4 BURNLEY 18 7 3 8 31 37 -6 24 

5 CREWE ALEXANDRA 17 6 4 7 25 31 -6 22 

6 BIRMINGHAM CITY 19 5 6 8 27 37 -10 21 

7 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 16 5 5 6 32 30 2 20 

8 BARNSLEY 18 5 4 9 25 31 -6 19 

9 COVENTRY CITY 18 5 3 10 23 30 -7 18 

10 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 20 5 1 14 18 43 -25 16 

U18 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH 2022-23* 


1 BARNSLEY 16 12 2 2 46 20 26 38 


3 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 17 8 1 8 31 36 -5 25 

4 COVENTRY CITY 16 6 4 6 26 24 2 22 

5 BURNLEY 17 6 3 8 27 32 -5 21 

6 CREWE ALEXANDRA 15 4 4 7 21 24 -3 16 

7 BIRMINGHAM CITY 13 4 2 7 24 30 -6 14 

8 WIGAN ATHLETIC 16 4 2 10 19 30 -11 14 

9 HULL CITY 16 4 2 10 23 45 -22 14 

10 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 14 3 4 7 12 21 -9 13 

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

UPDATED AS OF 22/02/23 


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SEASON STATS 

2022-23 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

JAN 

FEB 

M 

APR 

MAR 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TUE 8 19:45 ROTHERHAM UNITED 0-1 30,700 (2,687) 3 FOD'HAM BALDOCK AHMED'ZIC EGAN ROBINSON STEVENS FLECK 

SAT 12 15:00 CARDIFF CITY 1-0 18,700 (1,769) 2 FOD'HAM BALDOCK 1 BASHAM EGAN ROBINSON STEVENS ARBLASTER 

SAT 10 15:00 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1-0 27,794 (1,430) 2 FOD'HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN CLARK STEVENS McATEE 

MON 19 20:00 WIGAN ATHLETIC 2-1 11,556 (2,225) 2 FOD'HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN 1 CLARK STEVENS McATEE 

MON 26 15:00 COVENTRY CITY 3-1 29,651 (2,232) 2 FOD'HAM BALDOCK AHMED'ZIC EGAN CLARK 1 LOWE McATEE 1 

THU 29 20:15 BLACKPOOL 2-1 13,295 (3,474) 2 FOD'HAM BOGLE AHMED'ZIC CLARK ROBINSON STEVENS McATEE 1 

MON 2 20:00 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 1-1 14,751 (1,148) 2 FOD’HAM BALDOCK AHMED'ZIC EGAN 1 CLARK STEVENS DOYLE 

SAT 7 15:00 MILLWALL FAC3 2-0 7,268 (930) – DAVIES BOGLE 1 BASHAM EGAN ROBINSON STEVENS DOYLE 

SAT 14 15:00 STOKE CITY 3-1 29,644 (2,555) 2 FOD'HAM BOGLE 2 AHMED'ZIC EGAN ROBINSON LOWE McATEE 

FRI 20 19:45 HULL CITY 1-0 29,271 (2,661) 2 FOD'HAM BOGLE AHMED’ZIC EGAN ROBINSON LOWE DOYLE 

SUN 29 16:30 WREXHAM FAC4 3-3 9,909 (1,163) – DAVIES BOGLE AHMED’ZIC EGAN 1 BASHAM OSBORN DOYLE 

SAT 4 12:30 ROTHERHAM UNITED 0-0 11,485 (2,225) 2 FOD'HAM BOGLE AHMED’ZIC EGAN ROBINSON LOWE OSBORN 

TUE 7 19:45 WREXHAM FAC4R 3-1 20,310 (4,764) – DAVIES BASHAM AHMED'ZIC 1 EGAN ROBINSON OSBORN McATEE 

SAT 11 15:00 SWANSEA CITY 3-0 27,800 (675) 2 FOD'HAM BOGLE AHMED'ZIC EGAN ROBINSON 1 LOWE McATEE 

WED 15 20:00 MIDDLESBROUGH 1-3 29,084 (2,701) 2 FOD'HAM BOGLE AHMED’ZIC EGAN ROBINSON LOWE McATEE 

SAT 18 12:30 MILLWALL 2-3 15,571 (1,940) 2 FOD'HAM BOGLE BASHAM EGAN ROBINSON LOWE DOYLE 1 

SAT 25 15:00 WATFORD 

WED 1 19:55 TOTTENHAM H. FAC5 

SAT 4 12:30 BLACKBURN ROVERS 

TUE 7 20:00 READING 

SAT 11 15:00 LUTON TOWN 

WED 15 20:00 SUNDERLAND 

SAT 18 15:00 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 

SAT 1 15:00 NORWICH CITY 

FRI 7 15:00 WIGAN ATHLETIC 

MON 10 15:00 BURNLEY 

SAT 15 15:00 CARDIFF CITY 

TUE 18 19:45 BRISTOL CITY 

SAT 22 15:00 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 

SAT 29 15:00 PRESTON NORTH END 

MON 8 15:00 BIRMINGHAM CITY 


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HOME GAMES IN BOLD 

1 NUMBER SIGNIFIES GOALS SCORED 

OG = INDICATES AN OWN GOAL – P = PENALTY 

BOOKED – SENT-OFF 

(9) = SUBSTITUTE USED (NUMBER DENOTES PLAYER REPLACED) 

8 9 10 11 SUBSTITUTES REFEREE 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NORWOOD OSBORN McBURNIE NDIAYE McATEE (7), BASHAM (3), SHARP (6) , KHADRA (12), CLARK, ARBLASTER, DAVIES K. STROUD 

NORWOOD OSBORN SHARP NDIAYE CLARK (5), McATEE (7), KHADRA (11), BROOKS, SACHDEV, AMISSAH, DAVIES M. DONOHUE 

NORWOOD OSBORN SHARP 1 NDIAYE BERGE (7), McBURNIE (11), KHADRA (10), BASHAM, LOWE, BOGLE, DAVIES D. BOND 

NORWOOD BERGE SHARP 1 NDIAYE DOYLE (7), McBURNIE (10), KHADRA (11), BASHAM, LOWE, BOGLE, DAVIES D. WHITESTONE 

NORWOOD BERGE SHARP NDIAYE JEBBISON (10), DOYLE (7) 1, BASHAM (11), STEVENS , KHADRA, BOGLE, DAVIES M. DONOHUE 

NORWOOD BERGE 1 SHARP NDIAYE BALDOCK (2), DOYLE (7), LOWE (6), JEBBISON (11), BASHAM, BROOKS, DAVIES P. BANKES 

NORWOOD BERGE SHARP NDIAYE ROBINSON (5), McATEE (7), JEBBISON (2) , BOGLE (3), BASHAM, BROOKS, DAVIES J. SMITH 

NORWOOD McATEE JEBBISON 1 NDIAYE BERGE (11), SHARP (10), BALDOCK (6), COULIBALY (7), BROOKS (9), BUYABU, MARSH, AHMED'ZIC, FOD'HAM J. BROOKS 

NORWOOD BERGE SHARP NDIAYE 1 DOYLE (7), JEBBISON (11), OSBORN (10), BASHAM, COULIBALY, BROOKS, DAVIES M. SALISBURY 

NORWOOD BERGE JEBBISON 1 NDIAYE OSBORN (7), SHARP (10), BASHAM (9), McBURNIE (11) , COULIBALY, McATEE, DAVIES D. BOND 

NORWOOD 1 McATEE JEBBISON McBURNIE 1 LOWE (9), NDIAYE (6), SHARP (11), COULIBALY (3), ROBINSON, SACHDEV, MARSH, FODERINGHAM D. WHITESTONE 

NORWOOD BERGE McBURNIE NDIAYE SHARP (10), McATEE (7), BASHAM, CLARK, COULIBALY, MARSH, DAVIES G. SCOTT 

COULIBALY BERGE 1 SHARP 1 NDIAYE NORWOOD (8), LOWE (3), BROOKS (7), CLARK, ARBLASTER, MARSH, STARBUCK, FODERINGHAM L. DOUGHTY 

NORWOOD BERGE 1 SHARP NDIAYE OSBORN (7), McBURNIE (10) 1, FLECK (6), BASHAM (2), COULIBALY (9), CLARK, DAVIES M. DONOHUE 

NORWOOD BERGE McBURNIE 1 NDIAYE JEBBISON (3), OSBORN (8), BASHAM, CLARK, FLECK, COULIBAY, DAVIES A. MARRINER 

NORWOOD BERGE McBURNIE JEBBISON OSBORN (7), NDIAYE (11), McATEE (3) 1, CLARK, AHMEDHODZIC, FLECK, DAVIES S. MARTIN 

KOP IN ALL ITS GLORY… 

A great shot of the Shoreham 

end at Bramall Lane taken 

from the away section prior 

to the recent home game 

with Middlesbrough. 


98 UTB 

BLADES STATISTICIAN ANDREW KIRKHAM DELVES INTO THE 

ARCHIVES TO ENLIGHTEN UNITEDITES WITH TOPICAL FIGURES… 

CHRIS BASHAM’S 500... 

As was annonunced before our FA Cup replay with Wrexham, that game was Chris 

Basham’s 500th career appearance – 437 starts and 63 as substitute. A summary of 

those appearances (sub appearances in brackets) is: 

LEAGUE FA CUP EFL CUP PO EFL TROPHY 

APP GL APP GL APP GL APP GL APP GL 

Rochdale 2007-08 5(8) - - - - - - - - - 

Bolton Wanderers 2008-10 6(13) 1 0(1) - 1 - - - - - 

Blackpool 2010-14 70(15) 5 6 - 3 - - - - - 

UNITED 2014- 308(18) 11 22(3) 2 8(4) - 4 1 5 - 

Total 389(54) 17 28(4) 2 12(4) - 4 1 5 - 

BOLTON WANDERERS 

Chris began his career at Newcastle United but signed as a professional with Bolton 

Wanderers. In 2006-07 he went on loan to National League side Stafford Rangers 

making four appearances, including his first in the FA Cup, scoring one goal. The 

following season he went on loan to League Two Rochdale, making his league debut, as 

a substitute, on 12th February 2008 at home to Hereford United. He returned to Premier 

League Bolton and scored his first goal on 11th April 2009 in their 3-4 defeat at Chelsea. 

BLACKPOOL 

In August 2010, Chris joined Premier League Blackpool. After one 

season the Seasiders were relegated to the Championship where 

Chris became a regular in the side. 

UNITED 

When his Blackpool contract expired he joined United in the 

summer of 2014. He was immediately a regular in the Blades 

side, having then made appearances in all four divisions. He 

started every game in our first Premier League season. Chris 

has made 326 league apperances (after Wrexham) for the 

Blades, including 308 starts. Only 22 others have achieved 

300 or more league appearances for the Blades. His 326 puts 

him ahead of Harry Johnson and Tony Currie (both 313) and 

Billy Sharp (320 after Wrexham) but 23 behind the next most 

recent Blade to top 300. Who? (see below for the answer) 

Answer: Nick Montgomery 278(71) 

⊲ 500 up for Chris Basham 


SHEFFIELD UNITED 

1 O Adam DAVIES 

2 O George BALDOCK 

3 O Enda STEVENS 

4 O John FLECK 

5 O Jack O’CONNELL 

6 O Chris BASHAM 

7 O Rhian BREWSTER 

8 O Sander BERGE 

9 O Oli McBURNIE 

10 O Billy SHARP 

12 O John EGAN 

13 O Max LOWE 

15 O Anel AHMEDHODŽIĆ 

16 O Ollie NORWOOD 

17 O Ismaila COULIBALY 

18 O Wes FODERINGHAM 

19 O Jack ROBINSON 

20 O Jayden BOGLE 

22 O Tommy DOYLE 

23 O Ben OSBORN 

26 O Ciaran CLARK 

28 O James McATEE 

29 O Iliman NDIAYE 

30 O Oliver ARBLASTER 

32 O Will OSULA 

33 O Rhys NORRINGTON-DAVIES 

34 O Kyron GORDON 

35 O Andre BROOKS 

36 O Daniel JEBBISON 

39 O Sai SACHDEV 

WATFORD 

1 O Daniel BACHMANN 

2 O Jeremy NGAKIA 

3 O Mario GASPAR 

4 O Hamza CHOUDHURY 

6 O Imran LOUZA 

7 O Keinan DAVIS 

8 O Tom CLEVERLEY 

10 O João PEDRO 

11 O Ismaël KONÉ 

12 O Ken SEMA 

13 O João FERREIRA 

14 O Hassane KAMARA 

15 O Craig CATHCART 

16 O Dan GOSLING 

18 O Yaser ASPRILLA 

21 O Henrique ARAÚJO 

22 O Ryan PORTEOUS 

23 O Ismaïla SARR 

24 O Tom DELE-BASHIRU 

25 O Leandro BACUNA 

26 O Ben HAMER 

27 O Christian KABASELE 

28 O Samuel KALU 

30 O Kortney HAUSE 

31 O Francisco SIERRALTA 

34 O Britt ASSOMBALONGA 

35 O Maduka OKOYE 

37 O Matheus MARTINS 

39 O Edo KAYEMBE 

42 O James MORRIS 

44 O Wesley HOEDT 

REFEREE 

KEITH STROUD 

ASSISTANT REFEREE 1 

SAM LEWIS 

ASSISTANT REFEREE 2 

MARK STEVENS 

FOURTH OFFICIAL 

ROSS JOYCE 

MAIN MATCH SPONSOR: CS2 — YEC ASSET MANAGEMENT — CMS LAW 

PROGRAMME SPONSOR: PYRAMID CARPETS 

EMERGENCY PROCEDURE: 

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

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

the announcement. Comply immediately if it affects your area. 

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

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

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

remain where you are until stewards assist you. Remain calm 

and do not move unless the announcement affects your area.

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