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THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF<br />
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SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong><br />
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KEY FEATURES…<br />
10<br />
29<br />
60<br />
89<br />
Goalkeeper Adam Davies reflects on his recent<br />
spell in the side and also chats about the prospect<br />
of going to upcoming World Cup this month.<br />
We look back over another major milestone<br />
for Bramall Lane after the recent hosting<br />
of the Rugby League World Cup.<br />
This week former skipper Brian Gayle takes<br />
on the Face to Face Revisited Q&A.<br />
We look over a new book out in time for Christmas,<br />
written by former Blades boss Danny Wilson<br />
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Paul Heckingbot tom<br />
MANAGER’S NOTES<br />
After the rigours and everything<br />
associated with two victories in<br />
the last week, we now face three<br />
huge fixtures before we can take a<br />
breath for the World Cup break.<br />
Next weekend’s trip to south Wales will<br />
be tough and we’ve got a local derby in<br />
midweek but first of all our attentions has<br />
to be on <strong>Burnley</strong> – the start that they have<br />
made to the season makes it one of the<br />
stand out fixtures in the Championship<br />
today, hence the Sky cameras being<br />
with us.<br />
Since returning from Bristol in midweek,<br />
it has been a race against time to prepare<br />
for one of the biggest games of the<br />
season so far, it has not been easy as we<br />
look to rest, recuperate and patch up a<br />
squad that is literally limping to what will<br />
be a welcome break.<br />
The two recent victories have come<br />
at a cost with more injuries to contend<br />
with, but the drive and commitment of<br />
the players cannot be questioned with<br />
everyone playing their part. It’s no secret<br />
that one or two are carrying problems<br />
but everyone is up for the fight and that is<br />
great to see.<br />
Tuesday night’s victory felt good for a<br />
number of reasons. I honestly think we<br />
played better in the majority of the six<br />
game winless run than we did at Ashton<br />
Gate. I’ve never won like that at <strong>United</strong>,<br />
one that we perhaps didn’t deserve on<br />
the balance of play. Experience came to<br />
the fore in how we defended the box in<br />
the second half, and it was good to bring<br />
experience off the bench, but it shows<br />
how crazy football at this level is. Nigel<br />
Pearson will feel like I did after we got<br />
beat by QPR at home, having dominated.<br />
Margins are that fine, as I keep saying.<br />
As well as all the preparation and hard<br />
work that goes into all of the games, you<br />
need decisions to go your way in the<br />
big moments, nobody in this league will<br />
achieve anything without things going<br />
for them because if you don’t you will<br />
struggle to get results.<br />
On Tuesday, they walked through us<br />
at times in the first half and in the second<br />
they pounded balls into our box. We<br />
weren’t at our best, but we were tougher,<br />
resilient and made better decisions and<br />
that is what pleases me – it’s a different<br />
way to win a game. We scored a good<br />
goal, we had to adjust in the first half,<br />
I wanted Iliman to play higher to be more<br />
of a threat and fortunately he sniffed out<br />
a chance.<br />
It was different to West Brom when<br />
two fantastic goals changed the nature<br />
of the game and then we had to defend<br />
very well.<br />
In both games we’ve had to make<br />
changes, play players out of position and<br />
demand from them. It is clear that the<br />
personality and the drive of the lads has<br />
been excellent recently and we need<br />
the same as we navigate these next<br />
three games.<br />
Hecky<br />
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HARD WORK PAYING OFF FOR ILIMAN<br />
Iliman Ndiaye<br />
continues to be a<br />
shining light for<br />
<strong>United</strong> this season, with<br />
the striker explaining his<br />
continued development is<br />
down to plenty of hard<br />
work behind the scenes.<br />
The Senegal international<br />
enjoyed a breakthrough<br />
campaign last season<br />
and after building a solid<br />
foundation in the senior<br />
game, has pushed himself<br />
on again this term with<br />
eight goals already to<br />
his name.<br />
Iliman’s consistent allround<br />
displays have really<br />
caught the eye, and he<br />
PLAYER FOCUS<br />
admits he’s worked hard to<br />
improve all aspects of his<br />
game, starting by netting<br />
on a more regular basis.<br />
He told SUTV recently:<br />
“I’ve worked really hard on<br />
that (scoring) aspect. I’ve<br />
had more finishing sessions<br />
on the training ground. Jack<br />
Lester has always spoken<br />
to me about getting into<br />
the box and things like that,<br />
so hopefully I can score<br />
even more.<br />
“I think overall I’ve been<br />
more professional. Last<br />
year coming from the<br />
Academy into the first<br />
team, and seeing what the<br />
professionals are doing<br />
every day has helped.<br />
This year, I’ve made sure<br />
I’ve been working harder<br />
and using the option of<br />
having massages from the<br />
physio, things like that, and<br />
doing extra work. That’s<br />
helped a lot.”<br />
After making his<br />
international debut for<br />
Senegal back in June this<br />
year, the 22-year-old has<br />
a real opportunity to make<br />
the squad for the upcoming<br />
World Cup in Qatar.<br />
But the likeable striker<br />
admits his main focus<br />
is on <strong>United</strong>, with three<br />
games remaining until the<br />
season breaks off for the<br />
World Cup.<br />
He explained: “While<br />
I am playing club football,<br />
all my focus is on <strong>Sheffield</strong><br />
<strong>United</strong>. Games are coming<br />
quickly, and I have to be<br />
ready. If I play well and do<br />
my best then I think the rest<br />
will take care of itself. I just<br />
need to make sure I keep<br />
performing.<br />
“It’s self-belief, I’ve<br />
always believed in myself<br />
and now I’m at a great<br />
club in <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
and I’ll keep pushing<br />
myself to try and do better<br />
and obviously help the<br />
team win.”<br />
⊳ Iliman enjoys goal number<br />
eight at Bristol City<br />
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PARTNERSHIP PLEASES OLI<br />
The Oli McBurnie<br />
and Iliman Ndiaye<br />
partnership<br />
continues to flourish and<br />
with the evidence clear<br />
from the recent win at<br />
West Bromwich Albion.<br />
Both netted a seventh<br />
goal of the season and<br />
played a role in each<br />
other’s strike as <strong>United</strong><br />
downed the Baggies 2-0 at<br />
The Hawthorns.<br />
Oli continues to shine<br />
after breaking his run<br />
without a goal at Luton<br />
earlier in the season, with<br />
this latest strike his seventh<br />
in his last 12 outings.<br />
The former Swansea hitman<br />
also hailed the work of<br />
his strike partner Ndiaye,<br />
as the pair continue to<br />
prosper in attack together<br />
with 15 goals between<br />
them already this season.<br />
Oli said: “He’s a pleasure<br />
to play with. I think we<br />
played together for the first<br />
time in a game earlier in<br />
the season and after some<br />
of my friends asked me if<br />
we had played together<br />
much. We’d never to be<br />
honest, it is one of those<br />
things sometimes with<br />
players, you have an<br />
instant connection, and<br />
you know what each other<br />
are going to do. I always<br />
say, I just give him the ball<br />
PLAYER FOCUS<br />
and he always makes me<br />
look good! He’s a pleasure<br />
to play with, and you<br />
can see the ability, he’s<br />
unbelievable to play with.”<br />
Oli, who is booked in<br />
for surgery on a hernia<br />
during the World Cup<br />
break, admits he’s full of<br />
confidence at present as<br />
he continues to show the<br />
goalscoring form at this<br />
level which earned him<br />
the move to the Premier<br />
League when he joined the<br />
Blades back in 2019.<br />
He added: “It’s what<br />
I used to do before. A<br />
couple of years ago, this<br />
was normal for me. I know<br />
I’ve had a tough couple of<br />
seasons, but I’ve worked<br />
hard in the summer and<br />
made some changes<br />
and now it is good to see<br />
the results paying off<br />
on the pitch. I feel full of<br />
confidence and feel that<br />
the boys trust me and give<br />
me the ball, when I get<br />
chances, I need to keep<br />
taking them.<br />
“Things are going well<br />
for me. I need to get<br />
through this period and<br />
get this surgery out of the<br />
way and crack on. Fingers<br />
crossed I won’t miss any<br />
football, so it has come at a<br />
good time.”<br />
▲ Another goal for Oli in the<br />
recent win at West Brom<br />
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BLADES SHOWING HEART AND DESIRE<br />
Chris Basham<br />
epitomised<br />
everything about<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s determination to<br />
get three points on<br />
Tuesday night as Paul<br />
Heckingbottom’s side dug<br />
in to secure a 1-0 victory at<br />
Bristol City.<br />
The 34-year-old<br />
produced a dogged display<br />
before being withdrawn<br />
late on as <strong>United</strong> fought<br />
hard to preserve a second<br />
consecutive clean sheet<br />
to secure another three<br />
points on the road.<br />
The former Blackpool<br />
ace admitted it wasn’t<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s greatest display at<br />
Ashton Gate, but he hailed<br />
the Blades’ determination<br />
to get over the line<br />
despite not being at their<br />
fluent best.<br />
He said: “It is a tough<br />
place to come in bad<br />
conditions, but it is three<br />
points. We’ve played<br />
loads better than that, the<br />
manager won’t be happy<br />
at times when he analyses<br />
the game, but it’s three<br />
points and two wins on<br />
the bounce which is great<br />
for us. We showed some<br />
heart and desire to keep a<br />
clean sheet.<br />
“We had a lot of<br />
experience out there<br />
tonight and that’s probably<br />
PLAYER FOCUS<br />
pulled us through the<br />
game. We’ve played<br />
better. QPR at home, we<br />
played well and got beat<br />
and it was sickening in<br />
the dressing room. In our<br />
dressing room tonight,<br />
we’ve not played well,<br />
but everyone is jumping<br />
around, so we take<br />
the result and another<br />
clean sheet.”<br />
The Blades are having to<br />
navigate through a difficult<br />
period on the injury front,<br />
with Heckingbottom unable<br />
to call upon the services of<br />
Tommy Doyle (calf), whilst<br />
Chris himself admitted<br />
he was playing through<br />
a slight issue as <strong>United</strong><br />
had to stick together in<br />
adversity to secure another<br />
valuable three points.<br />
He admitted: “It’s<br />
difficult. When you are<br />
missing key players, the<br />
standards in training can<br />
dip sometimes. The lads<br />
are having to dig deep.<br />
“The lads are digging<br />
deep, we have heart and<br />
desire, and we want to do<br />
well for the club. We have<br />
dipped off a little recently,<br />
but we have found some<br />
form and aggression<br />
again – the characteristics<br />
you need to win away at<br />
Bristol City.”<br />
▲ Chris produced a dogged<br />
display at Ashton Gate<br />
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SITTING DOWN WITH<br />
A D A M Adam Davies<br />
DAVIES<br />
Having enjoyed his taste of first-team<br />
football with the Blades, goalkeeper Adam<br />
Davies is ready to fight for his place again,<br />
following the return from suspension of Wes<br />
Foderingham.<br />
The experienced Wales international, who is also<br />
looking forward to the World Cup which begins later<br />
this month, recently started three games, keeping<br />
a clean sheet in last week’s success against West<br />
Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns.<br />
Amongst the topics the 30-year-old openly<br />
discussed with UTB were the patience he has had<br />
to show as an understoody to Foderingham, the<br />
bond within a goalkeeper’s union and the ups and<br />
downs of being a goalkeeper, following his error<br />
and penalty save in the dramatic encounter against<br />
Norwich City at the Lane.<br />
Adam is happy with his role at S2, content to<br />
share his apartment with a former Blades striker<br />
now plying his trade in the National League, and<br />
excited about what the future could hold for both<br />
club and country.
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UTB: It is something of a<br />
cliché, but is patience literally<br />
a virtue for a goalkeeper,<br />
especially when you aren’t in the<br />
starting XI?<br />
AD: “Absolutely, that hits the<br />
nail on the head. As a goalkeeper<br />
not in the team, you’ve got to be<br />
patient and wait for your chance<br />
to impress. I really enjoyed<br />
my three games in the side,<br />
particularly the win and clean<br />
sheet at West Brom and I was<br />
delighted when the lads managed<br />
to back it up with another hardfought<br />
three points in midweek<br />
at Bristol City. At West Brom,<br />
we got ourselves in a fantastic<br />
position with two early goals and<br />
we were excellent defensively<br />
to see the game out without too<br />
many scares. On Tuesday, the<br />
conditions were awful, Bristol City<br />
were right up for it and we were<br />
poor first half, but we regrouped<br />
at the break, managed to get an<br />
early goal in the second half and<br />
again defended our box well.<br />
Patience and hardwork were key<br />
in me trying to make the most of<br />
the opportunity I had, now I have<br />
to remain strong and resilient<br />
mentality and be ready for the<br />
next time I’m called into action.”<br />
UTB: The goalkeeper’s union<br />
is something that is often<br />
spoken about in football, is<br />
that genuine and how does the<br />
dynamic work during the week?<br />
AD: “It certainly is a genuine<br />
bond. The goalkeepers and the<br />
coach are always close because<br />
you spend a lot of time together<br />
away from the main group. We<br />
have a healthy goalkeeping<br />
department as has been proved<br />
this season, with Wes, myself<br />
and young Jordan and the<br />
support we receive from Dukey is<br />
fantastic, it is enjoyable to be part<br />
of it. Wes has been unbelievable<br />
since I arrived at the club in<br />
January, he has been in amazing<br />
form and for me personally<br />
I’ve had to take something of a<br />
back seat and keep plugging<br />
away behind the scenes, doing<br />
everything professionally<br />
as I always have done away<br />
from the games to make sure<br />
I was ready when needed. It<br />
was mad how my opportunity<br />
came about, but I relished the<br />
challenge of playing the three<br />
games during Wes’s suspension<br />
and I respected the manager’s<br />
decision to put him back in the<br />
team on Tuesday night.”<br />
“I’VE HAD TO TAKE<br />
SOMETHING OF A BACK<br />
SEAT AND KEEP PLUGGING<br />
AWAY BEHIND THE SCENES,<br />
DOING EVERYTHING<br />
PROFESSIONALLY AS<br />
I ALWAYS HAVE DONE”<br />
UTB: You initially arrived on a<br />
short-term deal until the end of<br />
last season, was it always in your<br />
mind to earn a longer deal at<br />
Bramall Lane?<br />
AD: “Definitely. I loved my<br />
few months here last season,<br />
especially having played against<br />
<strong>United</strong> for Stoke under the<br />
previous manager earlier in the<br />
campaign. We achieved so much<br />
in the second half of last term and<br />
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arguably deserved promotion<br />
via the play-offs on another day.<br />
The togetherness and spirit<br />
within this group of players and<br />
staff is something else and it<br />
was something I wanted to be<br />
part of moving forward if given<br />
the opportunity, so it was a no<br />
brainer for me when I was offered<br />
another deal in the summer.<br />
I’d looked in on the team when<br />
I was at Stoke and I knew it was a<br />
decent group, but it is only when<br />
you are inside the club that you<br />
realise exactly what the manager<br />
is doing here. I aimed to push<br />
Wes last season and hopefully<br />
played a small role in the success<br />
we had, despite missing out on<br />
promotion and obviously I did<br />
enough to stick around for a lot<br />
longer.”<br />
UTB: How important is<br />
a positive mentality for a<br />
footballer?<br />
AD: “Football is a mad man’s<br />
sport in all honesty. Things<br />
happen in the game that just<br />
wouldn’t happen in any other<br />
sport or profession in my opinion<br />
because circumstances can<br />
change for the good or bad so<br />
quickly and you can go from<br />
being in or out favour in the blink<br />
of an eye at any club. My situation<br />
in the last few weeks is a perfect<br />
example because before the<br />
Blackpool game I’d have thought<br />
I’d have no chance of playing<br />
but you just can’t think like that<br />
as a footballer. I’ve been in the<br />
team and given my all when the<br />
manager needed to call on me<br />
and now my challenge is to push<br />
Wes again and fight for my place.”<br />
UTB: How different is it going<br />
from a back-up goalkeeper<br />
that is a regular on the bench<br />
to being thrust into the team in<br />
unexpected circumstances?<br />
AD: “I’d been first choice at<br />
Stoke for much of the first half<br />
of last season, but my last game<br />
for them was in early January, so<br />
it was over 10 months from that<br />
game against Preston to making<br />
my debut for <strong>United</strong> at Coventry.<br />
It was nice, it was great to be<br />
back on the pitch obviously and<br />
you feel like a footballer again<br />
in all honesty. The pre-match<br />
butterflies, you are preparing,<br />
warming up with that extra edge<br />
and there is a different feel, I’d<br />
be lying if I said there wasn’t,<br />
it felt totally different because<br />
you have to be in the right zone<br />
to perform to the best of your<br />
ability.”<br />
UTB: If the home game against<br />
Blackpool had everything, the<br />
last outing at Bramall Lane<br />
against Norwich City wasn’t far<br />
behind. How much resilience<br />
did you have to show after that<br />
early slip?<br />
AD: “That was the life<br />
of a goalkeeper in<br />
90 minutes! It was<br />
eventful to say the<br />
least and thankfully<br />
both individually<br />
and collectively it<br />
finished much better<br />
than it started.<br />
I held my hands<br />
up for my mistake<br />
early on, but it felt good<br />
to make a meaningful<br />
contribution with the<br />
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penalty save after the lads had<br />
got us back into the game at 2-2.<br />
We all showed resilience, but it<br />
wasn’t easy on my Bramall Lane<br />
bow, making such a mistake<br />
and costing us the opening<br />
goal in front of the Kop, but I’d<br />
like to think I bounced back<br />
well. We conceded a second<br />
pretty quickly, but having made<br />
that save from Sargent I felt<br />
I gradually grew into the game.<br />
Mistakes happen, it happened<br />
to me, but thankfully as a team<br />
we still managed to get a result<br />
against the odds.”<br />
UTB: How did you reflect on<br />
the atmosphere on your home<br />
debut for the Blades and do you<br />
feel the Blades supporters have<br />
a big role to play, particular at<br />
Bramall Lane?<br />
AD: “The second half was<br />
incredible, the noise and<br />
atmosphere was one of the best<br />
I can remember and I relished<br />
playing in front of that crowd,<br />
despite the early setback.<br />
I remember <strong>United</strong> coming from<br />
behind to beat Stoke, kicking<br />
towards the Kop and they are<br />
quite literally the 12th man when<br />
right behind the team. With<br />
the squad and quality within it<br />
and these fans behind us we<br />
should have a terrific chance of<br />
achieving something this season<br />
if we continue to apply ourselves<br />
every game. The lads fed off the<br />
atmosphere, we had to show<br />
character in the Norwich game,<br />
but the noise from the stands was<br />
phenomenal and it does make<br />
such a difference when the game<br />
is being played on the edge.”<br />
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UTB: You know the boss as<br />
well as anyone else in the squad,<br />
if not better having enjoyed<br />
success under him at Barnsley,<br />
what gives him that edge?<br />
AD: “There are simply no grey<br />
areas with the manager, you<br />
know your job in the team, you<br />
know exactly what is expected<br />
and demanded from your role.<br />
Hecky knows what he wants<br />
and isn’t afraid to let you know<br />
if you aren’t doing it right, but<br />
he’ll also put his arm around<br />
a player if he feels they need<br />
it. He has a brightness and<br />
enthusiasm every day, he has<br />
the willingness to go the extra<br />
mile and make sure everything<br />
is right for his players and<br />
obviously he is a fantastic<br />
coach and manager. Clarity is<br />
a big word, everyone off the<br />
field knows what he wants and<br />
expects too, no stone is left<br />
unturned and I came here to<br />
hopefully share some more<br />
success under him.”<br />
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UTB: You are no stranger to<br />
the region, but who is the former<br />
Blade who you are currently<br />
sharing an apartment with in<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong>?<br />
AD: “I commute when I can,<br />
but I’ve also got a place in the<br />
city for me to stay in a few nights<br />
a week. Caolan Lavery is a mate<br />
of mine and I’m still sharing<br />
with him now, just like we did<br />
when he was here and I was<br />
at Barnsley when we shared<br />
a house together. He recently<br />
signed for Scunthorpe so it suits<br />
us both and it is a friendship that<br />
goes back quite a while. I’ve<br />
known Caolan for a long time,<br />
he has played for Wednesday,<br />
<strong>United</strong>, Chesterfield and<br />
Rotherham in the area. When<br />
I was looking for something<br />
having resigned in the summer,<br />
he was a free agent but has<br />
since moved to Scunthorpe, so it<br />
is a perfect fit for us both.”<br />
UTB: Let’s switch focuses from<br />
club to country. How much are<br />
you looking forward to the World<br />
Cup in Qatar this winter?<br />
AD: “It is something I’m really<br />
excited about, and it will take<br />
priority once we get the next<br />
three games out of the way. It is<br />
being talked about in the media<br />
already and it will obviously be<br />
a massive occasion for Welsh<br />
football because it has been<br />
such a long time (1958) since we<br />
last reached the finals. It will be<br />
such a memorable experience<br />
to hopefully be part of the squad<br />
and the opportunity of some<br />
games that I’ve had recently<br />
came at a really good time. We<br />
have some good goalkeepers,<br />
Wardy (Danny Ward) is playing at<br />
Leicester and Wayne (Hennessy)<br />
has won over 100 caps, so<br />
the more of us that have been<br />
playing the better it is for Rob<br />
Page when it comes to having<br />
options at the tournament and<br />
we’ll all be ready. We’ll go there<br />
full of confidence and belief<br />
of progressing from the group<br />
stages, we’ve got two massive<br />
games against the USA and Iran,<br />
before we face England.”<br />
UTB: Finally, whilst on the<br />
subject of the World Cup and<br />
your likely inclusion in the Wales<br />
squad, it would be remiss not to<br />
mention the unfortunate injury<br />
picked up by Rhys Norrington-<br />
Davies that has robbed him of<br />
the chance to be involved. Have<br />
you spoken to him recently?<br />
AD: “When Rhys went down<br />
like he did I feared the worst<br />
for him because he isn’t one<br />
who stays down for nothing and<br />
when he couldn’t get back to<br />
his feet you knew it was very<br />
serious and it's awful to see.<br />
I felt for him at the time because<br />
he’ll have known as he left<br />
the field on a stretcher that his<br />
World Cup dream was over.<br />
I’ve spoken to him since and<br />
I’m honestly devastated for him<br />
personally because he has been<br />
so good this season, one of the<br />
most consistent performers and<br />
that won’t have gone unnoticed<br />
by Pagey. He’ll come back<br />
stronger, and a better person<br />
and I really hope for him that<br />
the next opportunity is only four<br />
years away.”<br />
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UTB 19<br />
25 YEARS OF UNITED’S DIGITAL ARCHIVE<br />
To commemorate 25 years since the creation of the club’s official digital<br />
photo archive, UTB delves into the folders to celebrate some of the lesser<br />
known and quirky images from our recent past.<br />
HONOUR A LEGEND…<br />
A brilliant image here from the late ‘90s of a gathering of <strong>United</strong> legends to<br />
pay tribute to the great Jimmy Hagan.<br />
The event, held at the Lane, saw former teammates and the then chairman<br />
of <strong>United</strong> Derek Dooley pose for a photograph whist glancing at some photos<br />
of Hagan in his prime. Hagan had passed away in February 1998, aged 80.<br />
As well as Dooley, those in this photo include: Colin Collindridge, Tommy<br />
Hoyland, Fred White, Fred Furniss, Joe Shaw and Cec Coldwell.<br />
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UTB 21<br />
UNDER-21s UPDATE<br />
<strong>United</strong> suffered a late scare but<br />
picked up another three points to<br />
extend the lead at the top of the<br />
Professional Development League.<br />
The Blades added some first team<br />
experience to the starting 11 with the likes<br />
of Reda Khadra and Jack Robinson both<br />
getting some welcome minutes in the<br />
tank. <strong>United</strong> started well with Louie Marsh<br />
going close inside the opening 10 minutes.<br />
It wasn’t long before <strong>United</strong> hit the front<br />
when a breakout from a <strong>Burnley</strong> corner<br />
resulted in Khadra feeding Oliver Arblaster<br />
who slotted in the opener.<br />
Marsh and Khadra both went close<br />
before <strong>United</strong> netted a second. Andre<br />
Brooks provided a low cross where Marsh<br />
freed himself to turn the ball into the net.<br />
Marsh continued his free scoring run this<br />
season by adding a second and <strong>United</strong>’s<br />
third when he converted Robinson’s<br />
low cross. <strong>Burnley</strong> made it a nervy finish<br />
through goals from Marcel Lewis and Dara<br />
Costelloe with Jordan Amissah making a<br />
brilliant late save to ensure <strong>United</strong> held out.<br />
TEAM (<strong>vs</strong> <strong>Burnley</strong>): Amissah, Sachdev, Buyabu,<br />
Potter, Gordon, Robinson (Gomis 83), Marsh,<br />
Arblaster, Khadra (T. Williams 65), Peck, Brooks<br />
(Maguire 78). Unused: Hiddleston, Barratt.<br />
AUG<br />
SEP<br />
OCT<br />
NOV<br />
DEC<br />
JAN<br />
DATE KO/F-A OPPOSITION VENUE/SCORER<br />
TUE 9 u 2-0 READING McBURNIE, OSULA<br />
MON 15 v 3-5 CHARLTON ATHLETIC SACHDEV, OSULA (2)<br />
TUE 23 v 0-3 CARDIFF CITY –<br />
TUE 30 u 2-0 QUEENS PARK RANGERS BROADBENT, MARSH<br />
TUE 6 u 2-0 WATFORD PECK, MARSH<br />
TUE 13 u 2-1 PETERBOROUGH UNITED BROADBENT, MARSH<br />
WED 21 u 2-0 WIGAN ATHLETIC WILLIAMS 2<br />
TUE 27 s 1-1 HULL CITY MARSH<br />
MON 3 u 3-0 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY MARSH (2), BROOKS<br />
TUE 11 u 3-0 COVENTRY CITY PECK, HAMPSON, WILLIAMS<br />
MON 24 u 3-2 BURNLEY ARBLASTER, MARSH (2)<br />
TUE 1 v 0-3 BARNSLEY –<br />
FRI 4 2PM BIRMINGHAM CITY ST ANDREW’S<br />
MON 14 7PM CRYSTAL PALACE (PLC) BRAMALL LANE<br />
MON 21 2PM BRISTOL CITY (PLC) BRAMALL LANE<br />
FRI 25 2PM CREWE ALEXANDRA<br />
LNER COMMUNITY<br />
STADIUM, YORK<br />
MON 28 3PM NEWCASTLE UNITED (PLC) BRAMALL LANE<br />
MON 5 7PM NEWCASTLE UNITED (PLC) WHITLEY PARK<br />
FRI 9 7PM CRYSTAL PALACE (PLC) COPERS COPE ROAD<br />
MON 19 1PM BRISTOL CITY (PLC)<br />
TUE 10 5PM WIGAN ATHLETIC<br />
ROBINS HIGH<br />
PERFORMANCE CENTRE<br />
LNER COMMUNITY<br />
STADIUM, YORK<br />
MON 16 7PM HULL CITY NORTH FERRIBY FC<br />
TUE 24 5PM COVENTRY CITY<br />
LNER COMMUNITY<br />
STADIUM, YORK<br />
TUE 31 2PM BIRMINGHAM CITY BRAMALL LANE<br />
MON 13 1PM CREWE ALEXANDRA ALEXANDRA PARK<br />
FEB<br />
MON 20 7PM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY BRAMALL LANE<br />
TUE 28 1.30PM PETERBOROUGH UNITED IDVERDE TRAINING GROUND<br />
MAR<br />
FRI 3 1PM BARNSLEY OAKWELL<br />
TUE 21 2PM BURNLEY BRAMALL LANE<br />
TUE 4 1PM BRISTOL CITY ASHTON GATE<br />
APR<br />
TUE 18 1PM MILLWALL<br />
LNER COMMUNITY<br />
STADIUM, YORK<br />
MON 24 2PM SWANSEA CITY LANDORE ACADEMY<br />
MAY<br />
TUE 2 2PM COLCHESTER UNITED BRAMALL LANE<br />
FRI 5 1PM IPSWICH TOWN PORTMAN ROAD<br />
▲ Oliver Arblaster on target in the win over <strong>Burnley</strong><br />
HOME GAMES IN BOLD – PLC - PREMIER LEAGUE CUP<br />
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UTB 23<br />
UNDER-18s UPDATE<br />
After three defeats on the spin in<br />
all competitions, <strong>United</strong> found<br />
their winning touch again in<br />
emphatic style after a 5-1 hammering of<br />
Birmingham City.<br />
The Blades opened the scoring early on<br />
when Charlie Staniland’s impressive half<br />
volley from the edge of the area gave Paul<br />
Quinn’s side the lead.<br />
Trevan Sanusi quickly levelled for Blues<br />
but that was as good as it got for the away<br />
side as <strong>United</strong> took full control.<br />
Kylan Midwood made it 2-1 after picking<br />
up Kurtis Havenhand’s through ball and<br />
10 minutes later it was 3-1 when Owen<br />
Hampson maintained his recent scoring<br />
streak to head home Jack Waldron’s cross.<br />
Birmingham then conceded a penalty<br />
and had a man sent off in the same<br />
incident allowing George Dickinson to<br />
convert. Dickinson then rounded off the<br />
scoring when he hammered in his second<br />
and <strong>United</strong>’s fifth following good work by<br />
Ben Drake.<br />
TEAM (<strong>vs</strong> Birmingham City): Yam, Waldron, Drake,<br />
Staniland (Cummings 63), Pitan, Okyere (Clarke 59),<br />
Midwood, Dickinson (Ly 71), Havenhand, Hampson,<br />
Haughton-Parris. Unused: Hewitson, Etherington.<br />
AUG<br />
SEP<br />
OCT<br />
NOV<br />
DEC<br />
JAN<br />
FEB<br />
DATE KO/F-A OPPOSITION VENUE/SCORER<br />
SAT 13 u 1-0 MILLWALL HAVENHAND<br />
SAT 20 v 0-3 CHARLTON ATHLETIC –<br />
SAT 27 u 2-0 READING BLACKER (2)<br />
SAT 3 u 2-1 LEEDS UNITED (PLC) DICKINSON, BLACKER<br />
SAT 17 s 0-0 COLCHESTER UNITED –<br />
SAT 24 u 1-0 CREWE ALEXANDRA PITAN<br />
SAT 1 v 1-3 WIGAN ATHLETIC DRAKE<br />
SAT 8 v 1-2 CRYSTAL PALACE (PLC) HAMPSON<br />
SAT 15 v 1-2 BARNSLEY WALDRON<br />
SAT 22 u 5-1 BIRMINGHAM CITY<br />
STANILAND, MIDWOOD,<br />
HAMPSON, DICKINSON (2)<br />
SAT 29 u 2-0 PETERBOROUGH UNITED HAMPSON, HAVENHAND<br />
SAT 5 11AM BRIGHTON (PLC) RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY<br />
FRI 18 3PM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY MIDDLEWOOD ROAD<br />
SAT 26 12PM BURNLEY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY<br />
SAT 3 11AM COVENTRY CITY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY<br />
SAT 10 11AM HULL CITY BISHOP BURTON COLLEGE<br />
SAT 7 11AM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY<br />
SAT 14 12PM WIGAN ATHLETIC<br />
SAT 21 12PM BURNLEY<br />
CHRISTOPHER PARK<br />
TRAINING GROUND<br />
BARNFIELD<br />
TRAINING CENTRE<br />
SAT 28 11AM HULL CITY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY<br />
SAT 18 11AM CREWE ALEXANDRA RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY<br />
SAT 25 11AM BARNSLEY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY<br />
SAT 4 11AM COVENTRY CITY ALAN HIGGS CENTRE<br />
MAR<br />
SAT 11 11AM PETERBOROUGH UNITED RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY<br />
SAT 18 11.30AM IPSWICH TOWN<br />
IPSWICH TOWN<br />
TRAINING GROUND<br />
SAT 25 11AM BRISTOL CITY ROBINS TRAINING CENTRE<br />
SAT 1 11AM CARDIFF CITY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY<br />
APR<br />
SAT 15 11AM SWANSEA CITY<br />
LANDORE<br />
TRAINING GROUND<br />
SAT 22 11AM WATFORD RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY<br />
SAT 29 11AM QUEENS PARK RANGERS QPR TRAINING GROUND<br />
▲ Charlie Staniland opened the scoring<br />
in the 5-1 win over Birmingham<br />
MAY<br />
SAT 6 7PM BIRMINGHAM CITY ST ANDREW’S STADIUM<br />
HOME GAMES IN BOLD – PLC - PREMIER LEAGUE CUP<br />
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<strong>United</strong> Women suffered a narrow<br />
home defeat against<br />
Southampton at Bramall Lane.<br />
A close game was decided inside the<br />
opening 10 minutes when Ella Pusey was<br />
played through before rounding <strong>United</strong><br />
stopper Bethan Davies to net what would<br />
be an early winning goal.<br />
<strong>United</strong> had opportunities throughout<br />
with Rhema Lord-Mears testing Kayla<br />
Rendell with an effort from range.<br />
Courtney Sweetman-Kirk sent an effort<br />
wide, whilst Bex Rayner also forced a save<br />
from Rendell with a long-range effort.<br />
In the second half, sub Rachel Brown<br />
was also denied by Rendell, whilst at the<br />
other end Davies was also tested.<br />
Late on <strong>United</strong>’s Chene Muir was<br />
denied what looked like a good shout for<br />
a penalty as Southampton held out for all<br />
three points.<br />
TEAM (<strong>vs</strong> Southampton): Davies, E. Wilson (Brown<br />
59), Newsham, Hartley, Riglar, Sweetman-Kirk<br />
(Walters 59), Cusack, Rayner, Paul, Lord-Mears<br />
(Wilcock 88), Enderby (Muir 68). Unused: N. Wilson,<br />
Haywood, Docherty, Francis-Jones, Miller.<br />
AUG<br />
SEP<br />
OCT<br />
NOV<br />
DEC<br />
JAN<br />
FEB<br />
DATE KO/F-A OPPOSITION VENUE/SCORER<br />
SUN 21 v 0-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS –<br />
SAT 27 u 2-0 DURHAM SWEETMAN-KIRK (2)<br />
SUN 11 P-P SUNDERLAND<br />
SUN 18 u 8-0 COVENTRY UNITED<br />
EPPLETON COLLIERY<br />
WELFARE GROUND<br />
RIGLAR, LORD-MEARS, CUSACK (2),<br />
NEWSHAM, ENDERBY (2), RAYNER<br />
SUN 25 s 2-2 LEWES OG, NEWSHAM<br />
SUN 2 s 3-3* DURHAM (CC) WALTERS (2), RAYNER<br />
SUN 16 v 1-3 BRISTOL CITY ENDERBY<br />
SUN 23 v 0-1 SOUTHAMPTON –<br />
SUN 30 v 1-2 BIRMINGHAM CITY SWEETMAN-KIRK<br />
SUN 6 2PM CRYSTAL PALACE HAYES LANE<br />
SUN 20 2PM LONDON CITY LIONESSES BRAMALL LANE<br />
SAT 26 5PM EVERTON (CC) TBC<br />
SUN 4 2PM CHARLTON ATHLETIC THE OAKWOOD<br />
WED 7 7.30PM ASTON VILLA (CC) TBC<br />
SUN 18 12PM MANCHESTER UNITED LEIGH SPORTS VILLAGE<br />
SUN 15 2PM BIRMINGHAM CITY BRAMALL LANE<br />
SUN 22 2PM BLACKBURN ROVERS BRAMALL LANE<br />
SUN 5 12PM DURHAM MAIDEN CASTLE<br />
SUN 12 2PM CHARLTON ATHLETIC BRAMALL LANE<br />
SUN 5 2PM LONDON CITY LIONESSES PRINCES PARK<br />
MAR<br />
SUN 12 2PM CRYSTAL PALACE BRAMALL LANE<br />
SUN 26 12OM LEWES BRAMALL LANE<br />
SUN 2 3PM BRISTOL CITY<br />
ROBINS HIGH<br />
PERFORMANCE CENTRE<br />
APR<br />
SUN 16 2PM COVENTRY UNITED BUTTS PARK ARENA<br />
SUN 23 2PM SUNDERLAND BRAMALL LANE<br />
SUN 30 2PM SOUTHAMPTON TESTWOOD STADIUM<br />
▲ Rhema Lord-Mears in action against Southampton<br />
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LANE HOSTS ANOTHER<br />
MILESTONE MOMENT<br />
England’s recent Rugby League World<br />
Cup showdown against Greece produced<br />
a record breaking game on another<br />
showpiece afternoon for Bramall Lane.<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s historic home saw England<br />
defeat Greece 94-4, their biggest victory<br />
in a World Cup match, as the Lane again<br />
showed its ability to successfully stage<br />
major sporting occasions.<br />
A crowd in excess of 18,000, a record<br />
attendance for a rugby league match in<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong>, saw England run in 17 tries, with<br />
Dom Young going over four times for<br />
Shaun Wane’s side.<br />
Dave McCarthy, <strong>United</strong>’s head of<br />
operations, said: “It was an amazing day<br />
from start to finish. The work to first of all<br />
secure Bramall Lane as a venue, started<br />
way back in January 2018, so to see it all<br />
to such a wonderful fruition in October<br />
2022 was both satisfying and amazing in<br />
equal measure.<br />
“A record attendance for a rugby league<br />
game in the steel city of <strong>Sheffield</strong> is all we<br />
could have asked for. Bramall Lane looked<br />
amazing, and it was great to have 18,000<br />
plus enjoying the city and contributing to<br />
the local economy.”<br />
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UTB 31<br />
Happy Birthdays<br />
1⃞■ Happy Birthday<br />
Susan Oxley. 100%<br />
Blade. Love from all<br />
your family x<br />
2⃞■ Happy Birthday to<br />
Henry Newlove who<br />
is 10 years old today!<br />
Favourite players are<br />
Billy Sharp and Iliman<br />
Ndiaye. Lots of love<br />
from Mum, Dad and<br />
your big sister Poppy.<br />
3⃞■ 95 years a loyal<br />
Blade! Happy Birthday<br />
Gordon Lawrence.<br />
From sneaking in via<br />
the Players’ Entrance<br />
in the 40s (sshhh, don’t<br />
tell anyone) to watching<br />
Jimmy Hagan and Jock<br />
Dodds... to the modernday<br />
comfort of the<br />
South Stand, cheering<br />
on Billy Sharp, Sander<br />
Berge and the lads.<br />
4⃞■ Happy 12th Birthday<br />
Samuel Bannerjee.<br />
Lots of love and best<br />
wishes from Oscar,<br />
Isaac, Lorraine, Uncle<br />
David and Daddy.<br />
5⃞■6⃞■ Happy Birthday<br />
to Betsy who was<br />
recently 5 and Arthur<br />
who will be 9 on<br />
November 12th. Love<br />
Mum and Dad.<br />
7⃞■ Happy 12th Birthday<br />
Scarlett Winstanley.<br />
Sander Berge’s No.1<br />
fan!! Have a fab<br />
day. Lots of Love<br />
from Mum, Dad and<br />
Lewis xxx<br />
8⃞■ Look who is<br />
80!! Tony Topliss<br />
- a lifelong Blade!<br />
Lots of love all the<br />
family xxx xxx<br />
CONGRATULATIONS<br />
9⃞■ Congratulations<br />
on your wedding<br />
Monique and Bradley<br />
Lennon. All the best<br />
from your friends<br />
and family.<br />
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS FROM TC<br />
Tony Currie, our very own Blades ambassador,<br />
has been giving out his own birthday wishes in the<br />
lounges at some of our recent home games. TC<br />
posed for snaps with fans Trevor Wombell, who<br />
was 80, and also Kez Lax who was celebrating his<br />
50th birthday.<br />
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MATCH ACTION<br />
3 - 3<br />
M c ATEE 8, NDIAYE 23, NORWOOD 90<br />
YATES 30, 42, DOUGALL 51<br />
SATURDAY 15TH OCTOBER — SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP — VENUE: BRAMALL LANE<br />
BLADES: FODERINGHAM, BALDOCK (KHADRA 84), BASHAM, SHARP (BREWSTER 64),<br />
EGAN, NORWOOD, DOYLE, OSBORN (AHMEDHODŽIĆ 64), Mc ATEE (McBURNIE 64),<br />
NDIAYE, NORRINGTON-DAVIES. UNUSED: DAVIES, ROBINSON, ARBLASTER.<br />
Celebrations for the Manchester City loanee<br />
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UTB 33<br />
Iliman Ndiaye heads in <strong>United</strong>’s second<br />
James McAtee nets his first senior goal<br />
Iliman celebrates his sixth of the campaign<br />
Rhian Brewster fights his way clear<br />
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John Garrett’s<br />
FABLES & FOLKLORE<br />
Blades historian JOHN GARRETT’S long-running inimitable<br />
account of following the Blades always provides a talking point<br />
as UTB again extends a platform for his popular article...<br />
In Stiches...<br />
I must admit that I never get over<br />
excited at the launch of a<br />
new shirt.<br />
Not that I don’t like to see a nice, sharp<br />
new offering adorning the backs of our<br />
players on the first day of the season,<br />
far from it. I am also acutely aware of the<br />
financial aspect of a new offering for the<br />
club – it’s huge and I also love to see kids<br />
in the streets around the City playing in<br />
them. It’s noted that, certainly in the last<br />
20 years or so, you seem to see far more<br />
of the red and white variety than the other<br />
colours from across the city, but then<br />
I suppose that is the product of a couple<br />
of spells in the Premier League, quite a<br />
few Wembley visits and generally having<br />
the upper hand on our neighbours in<br />
terms of success (apart from a lifetime in<br />
League One of course).<br />
We also had a spell back in the<br />
Warnock era when we ran a schools<br />
project called ‘For Schools’ which looked<br />
▲ Curtis Woodhouse in the infamous<br />
gold shirt in a game at Forest<br />
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at health, wellbeing, every child matters<br />
and a host of other relevant topics tied<br />
in with a visit to the ground and also the<br />
chance to meet and interview a player<br />
from the first team. We also organised<br />
travel to and from school and every child<br />
who attended got a home shirt and also<br />
a ticket with a parent or guardian. The<br />
owners and directors bankrolled it and it<br />
cost a fortune as I am sure you can well<br />
imagine. The upswing was seeing our<br />
colours all over the place and loads of<br />
▲ The 2015-16 home shirt worn here by Billy Sharp split opinion<br />
emails from supporters of the other side<br />
whose kids had taken part, had a great<br />
time and were now resplendent in the<br />
red, white and black. It’s hard to gauge<br />
now looking back how many new fans<br />
it won us, but I would like to think that it<br />
has also played a part in the continuously<br />
incredible level of support that we enjoy<br />
form the stands though thick and thin.<br />
There have also been other times when<br />
we have unwittingly got our shirts out on<br />
the streets in pretty huge numbers.<br />
If you remember the old cricket sheds<br />
that once stood at the top of the Cherry<br />
Street car park, you may recall that<br />
they were, for many years, used as a<br />
sports hall and for 5-a-side. They were<br />
a remnant of the Bramall Lane of old<br />
and once housed the nets where many<br />
Yorkshire greats plied their trade when<br />
we were still a cricket venue of some<br />
repute. They also had a spell as water<br />
tanks during the war, so we got more than<br />
our money’s worth out of them. Inevitably,<br />
there came a time when the powers that<br />
be said they couldn’t be used anymore.<br />
The roof had just about caved in at that<br />
point in fairness, but it was another piece<br />
of the old ground that was going, and that<br />
in itself was a bit sad. For years, the late<br />
and much missed Derek Newbould ruled<br />
the bookings there with a rod of iron. Del<br />
did most things around Bramall Lane, or<br />
so it seemed. He finished off helping Carl<br />
Hopwood as kit man and was as much a<br />
feature behind the scenes at <strong>United</strong> as<br />
the pitch itself!<br />
When we couldn’t hire it out anymore,<br />
for its twilight years we started to store<br />
stuff in there – paperwork, that kind of<br />
thing. Now, you may recall the gold Midas<br />
kit from way back - it would be fair to<br />
say that it was a tad controversial and<br />
featured in several ‘worst ever’ polls back<br />
then, and that was before we had even<br />
released it!<br />
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▲ The much-missed Derek Newbould took<br />
bookings for the old gym at Bramall Lane<br />
Former director and voice of reason,<br />
Bernard Proctor, had identified from<br />
board meetings that we had, shall we<br />
say, something of a surplus of these in<br />
stock to say the least. He came up with<br />
the idea, and I swear that this is true,<br />
of sending me up on the South Stand<br />
concourse to, and I quote: “Sell them out<br />
of large suitcases like that Del Boy on<br />
Only Fools and Horses.”<br />
I fell about laughing until the penny<br />
dropped that Mr. Proctor was deadly<br />
serious. He did, indeed, view me as<br />
having the public persona of a fly pitch<br />
trader with bants to match and thought it<br />
would be a lighthearted way of knocking<br />
some surplus out cheap to get some<br />
dough back in the coffers.<br />
Now <strong>Sheffield</strong> being <strong>Sheffield</strong>, we all<br />
know that had this been allowed to pass,<br />
I would still be being reminded about it<br />
now on a fairly regular basis and in no<br />
uncertain terms, so there was no way<br />
it could happen. It wasn’t until Derek<br />
Dooley pointed out to his old friend that<br />
there was a high chance that JG would<br />
get lynched by the poor sods who had<br />
paid full whack for the version in gold and<br />
purple only a short time before.<br />
Anyway, it was decided that they<br />
should be stored in the sports hall until<br />
such a time that it was viewed they were<br />
safe to be seen in public again. After<br />
a few weeks, everywhere you went in<br />
S2 you saw adults and children alike<br />
adorned in the creative Patrick garment,<br />
and no-one could work out why until<br />
one day one someone from accounts<br />
went up to the hall to try and track down<br />
some paperwork only to find most of the<br />
kids from the local area in there helping<br />
themselves to the kit. They were even<br />
apparently delivering to size order like<br />
an early version of Amazon. They were<br />
gaining access via a whopping great<br />
hole that had appeared in the roof and<br />
by lowering themselves into the building<br />
itself. You had to give them credit; it<br />
was an ingenious system. They were<br />
apparently going in when they had orders<br />
come day or night! The same shirts have<br />
now, incidentally, gained a cult following<br />
and fetch a fair few quid when they come<br />
up for sale.<br />
The lead up to kits coming out always<br />
fascinates, along with the debate and<br />
opinions that you get all over social<br />
media. People get to know what you do<br />
for a living and, of course, where you<br />
work. The knowledge that you work for<br />
a club means that, from that moment<br />
on, there is seldom anything like a quiet<br />
drink or afternoon out with the missus.<br />
Because you work for the club you are<br />
generally deemed to do anything and<br />
everything and also know all that goes<br />
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on behind the scenes. The reality is<br />
that most times, the staff are the last to<br />
know, and I suppose it’s because it is<br />
far too easy in casual conversation to<br />
compromise things. My ex-missus once<br />
said that she didn’t like going out for a<br />
beer where we lived because everyone<br />
knew who I was and what I did and, if<br />
they nailed me in a pub, that was it for<br />
the rest of the day and she may as well<br />
have not been around.<br />
“TALKING OF CONTROVERSIAL,<br />
I WOULD HAVE PERSONALLY<br />
HAD THE KIT WITH BLUE SHORTS<br />
AND SOCKS, WHICH IS WHAT WE<br />
PLAYED IN RIGHT UP TO JUST<br />
BEFORE WWI, BUT I THINK THAT<br />
MAY HAVE BEEN A STEP TOO FAR!”<br />
The classic question is always, “Have<br />
you seen the new kit? What’s it like?”<br />
After a number of years, I would beckon<br />
and, in a hushed voice say, “Do you really<br />
want to know?”<br />
After letting the inquisitor nod and show<br />
the same level of interest the answer<br />
was always “It’s red, white and black!”<br />
– I mean, we are never going play in<br />
anything else as a home kit, are we?<br />
In that way you haven’t lied, have<br />
you? The reaction you get, however, is<br />
sometimes unprintable!<br />
I do get the interest - all want their<br />
club to look the best it possibly can<br />
when they hit the grass on the first day<br />
of the season, but it will always polarise<br />
opinion. I remember the Adidas debut in<br />
the shape of the 125 kit that was actually<br />
technically a year late, but that wasn’t<br />
by choice of the staff. I had been a big<br />
supporter of the idea of playing in a shirt<br />
and badge as near to the first one as was<br />
reasonably possible without just turning<br />
out in a plain white offering as the first<br />
▲ This season’s home shirt with the traditional popular features<br />
<strong>United</strong> players would have done back<br />
in 1889.<br />
All was geared to go, but the CEO at<br />
the time didn’t act and the deadline was<br />
missed. An irate chair was adamant that<br />
it was going to happen, so we got it a bit<br />
late. Talking of controversial, I would have<br />
personally had the kit with blue shorts<br />
and socks, which is what we played in<br />
right up to just before WWI, but I think that<br />
may have been a step too far!<br />
Anyway, I hope that the current kit is<br />
going down well. I must admit that, for<br />
someone who isn’t overly excited on the<br />
appearance of a new look, I quite like it<br />
and it stands out nicely.<br />
Wonder what next season’s will<br />
be like?<br />
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WHAT’S THE<br />
STORY?<br />
In every issue of UTB this season, our regular<br />
contributor DAVE BURKINSHAW features a<br />
Blades related photograph from his personal<br />
archive and reveals the story behind it…<br />
As the 1970s drew to a close,<br />
the Blades were struggling in<br />
the old Second Division (now<br />
Championship).<br />
A decade which had begun so<br />
brightly for the club after its promotion<br />
to the top flight in 1971 now threatened<br />
to end with the club dropping into<br />
the third tier for the first time in their<br />
history.<br />
Today’s featured photograph was<br />
taken during the Blades’ away game at<br />
Southampton on 25th February 1978.<br />
The venue for the game was the Saints’<br />
old compact Dell ground which they<br />
used between 1898 and 2001.<br />
Southampton were fighting for<br />
promotion to the top flight whilst the<br />
Blades were trying to arrest an alarming<br />
slide in form which had seen them lose<br />
three and draw one of their previous<br />
four league games. Two of these losses<br />
had been by 5-1 at home to Bolton<br />
Wanderers and away at Sunderland.<br />
<strong>United</strong> had appointed Luton Town<br />
manager, Harry Haslam, as boss in<br />
January and the long trip down to<br />
the south coast was only his second<br />
league game in charge. He had brought<br />
Uruguayan born Danny Bergara with<br />
him from Kenilworth Road as assistant<br />
manager.<br />
Southampton, under the management<br />
of Lawrie McMenemy, had a potent<br />
strike force in the ex-Bournemouth and<br />
Norwich City pair Ted MacDougall and<br />
Phil Boyer.<br />
Both can be seen in this photograph<br />
either side of <strong>United</strong> defender Colin<br />
Franks, who has his eyes focused on the<br />
ball. MacDougall with the darker hair is to<br />
Franks’ right and Boyer to his left.<br />
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The other <strong>United</strong> players visible are as<br />
follows:<br />
1) Just behind Franks is teenage<br />
midfielder Gary Hamson<br />
2) Partially hidden by Boyer is<br />
defender Andy Keeley<br />
MacDougall had opened the scoring for<br />
the Saints in the 31st minute but it was<br />
Franks who had levelled the scoreline just<br />
before half time. Just when it looked like<br />
the Blades might gain a morale boosting<br />
point, Boyer broke <strong>United</strong> hearts with an<br />
87th minute winner.<br />
The 2-1 win for the Saints was another<br />
step on the road to their eventual<br />
automatic promotion at the season’s end.<br />
The Blades managed to gain enough<br />
points between their trip to The Dell and<br />
the end of the season to avoid relegation.<br />
However, <strong>United</strong> could not repeat the trick<br />
at the end of the next season, 1978-79,<br />
and were relegated to the third tier.<br />
Franks left the Blades in February 1979<br />
to join Toronto Blizzard, who played in<br />
the North American Soccer League. His<br />
sale along with that of a number of other<br />
players who played at Southampton was<br />
part of Haslam’s massive turnover to try<br />
and stop the club’s slide.<br />
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Can you name this current<br />
hidden Blade?<br />
FANZONE<br />
Junior Blades<br />
EMOJI ID…<br />
Can you identify the name of these two<br />
players from the above emojis?<br />
FACE MASH…<br />
Can you identify the three players<br />
from this mixed up image?<br />
ANSWERS: Guess the Blade – Tommy Doyle, Face Mash – Top – Daniel Jebbison, Middle – Rhian Brewster,<br />
Bottom – Jayden Bogle. Emjoi ID – George Baldock and Jack Robinson.<br />
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Matchday Activities<br />
UNITED<br />
CASHBACK<br />
INITIATIVE<br />
Today on our <strong>United</strong><br />
Cashback Initiative, we<br />
would like to give a warm<br />
welcome to Charnock<br />
Ridgeway FC.<br />
The club were formed<br />
in 1984, offering football<br />
across the S12 area.<br />
Their female section was<br />
established in 2016 and<br />
now offers over 200 girls<br />
CONTACT...<br />
JON HELLIWELL, <strong>United</strong>’s fan engagement<br />
lead, keeps the supporters informed…<br />
and women the chance<br />
to play football on a<br />
weekly basis. Their rapidly<br />
expanding club now has<br />
female teams playing from<br />
U8s to open age.<br />
Based at Springs<br />
Academy, Charnock<br />
Ridgeway Women & Girls<br />
FC strongly believe that<br />
football is a game to be<br />
enjoyed by everyone and<br />
the legacy created through<br />
the women’s Euros has put<br />
the female game firmly on<br />
the football map. Alongside<br />
their grassroots teams,<br />
they also run a range<br />
of weekly recreational<br />
sessions, open to all:<br />
— Wildcats Development<br />
Sessions (girls 4yrs+)<br />
— Disability Wildcats<br />
Sessions (girls 5-11yrs)<br />
— Soccersize fitness classes<br />
— England Football Squad<br />
(girls 12-14yrs)<br />
— Mixed Just Play Sessions (16yrs+)<br />
— Over 30s Women’s<br />
Just Play sessions<br />
Find out more about their<br />
sessions by visiting; www.<br />
charnockridgewaygirls.<br />
co.uk or search for them at<br />
find.englandfootball.com<br />
As part of our <strong>United</strong><br />
Cashback Initiative,<br />
Charnock Ridgeway can be<br />
seen taking part in today’s<br />
pre-match flag waving<br />
as the players come out<br />
onto the pitch, and have<br />
managed to raise funds<br />
for their club to spend on<br />
anything they wish, from<br />
new kit to new sports<br />
equipment. We hope you<br />
all have a fantastic day<br />
at Beautiful Downtown<br />
Bramall Lane.<br />
For further information regarding any of our matchday and non-matchday initiatives, you can keep<br />
up to date at the below links:<br />
TWITTER TWITTER: @SUFCServices FACEBOOK FACEBOOK: ‘<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> Fan Services’ page<br />
On our dedicated Fan Experience page at: www.sufc.co.uk/fans/families-juniors<br />
On our dedicated Disabled Supporters page at:<br />
www.sufc.co.uk/fans/disabled-supporters-information<br />
Alternatively, you can contact our supporter liaison and disability access manager, Jon Helliwell,<br />
at jon.helliwell@sufc.co.uk<br />
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BLADES MASCOTS...<br />
Welcome to this afternoon’s mascots…<br />
TOBY<br />
SALT<br />
Age: 12<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Iliman Ndiaye<br />
DYLAN<br />
WILKINSON<br />
Age: 7<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Iliman Ndiaye<br />
BETHAN<br />
MITCHELL<br />
Age: 11<br />
Favourite Players:<br />
Wes Foderingham and<br />
Iliman Ndiaye<br />
KEIRON<br />
TIMM<br />
Age: 11<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Wes Foderingham<br />
THEO<br />
OGUNBONA<br />
Age: 7<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Iliman Ndiaye<br />
JUDD<br />
EXTON<br />
Age: 9<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Billy Sharp<br />
AWAY MASCOT<br />
CHAYSE<br />
SCHOFIELD<br />
Age: 7<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Josh Brownhill<br />
CAPTAIN BLADE CLUB...<br />
Today, on our ever-popular Captain<br />
Blade Club, we have:<br />
— Edan<br />
BLADES FAMILY<br />
GALLERY...<br />
— Charlie<br />
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We hope you both have a fantastic<br />
day and enjoy the lead up to kick-off<br />
with Captain Blade himself!<br />
If you’ve been part of our <strong>United</strong><br />
Cashback Initiative, Home Debut<br />
Scheme, Captain Blade Club, visited<br />
the Blades Family Hub or took part<br />
in our John Street Family Stand<br />
entertainment, see if you can spot<br />
yourself in our Blades Family Gallery<br />
each matchday on our <strong>Sheffield</strong><br />
<strong>United</strong> Fan Services Facebook page,<br />
or by visiting www.sufc.co.uk/fans/<br />
families-juniors<br />
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T he Story So Far...<br />
Catching up and recording events from Bramall Lane…<br />
— TUESDAY 11th OCTOBER<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s U21s defeat Coventry City<br />
3-0 with goals from Sydie Peck, Owen<br />
Hampson and Theo Williams.<br />
— SATURDAY 15th OCTOBER<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s U18s are beaten 2-1 in the<br />
South Yorkshire derby against Barnsley.<br />
Jack Waldron equalised for <strong>United</strong>, who<br />
had Sam Aston sent off, with the Reds<br />
winning the contest late on.<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED 3<br />
McATEE 8, NDIAYE 23, NORWOOD 90<br />
BLACKPOOL 3<br />
YATES 30, 42, DOUGALL 51<br />
RED CARD: FODERINGHAM 90; EKPITETA 78, THOMPSON 81, LAVERY 90<br />
Blades: Foderingham, Baldock (Khadra 84), Basham,<br />
Sharp (Brewster 64), Egan, Norwood, Doyle, Osborn<br />
(Ahmedhodžić 64), McAtee (McBurnie 64), Ndiaye,<br />
Norrington-Davies. Unused: Davies, Robinson,<br />
Arblaster.<br />
Blackpool: Maxwell, Connolly, Yates, Dougall,<br />
Madine (Hamilton 85), Lavery (Williams 82), Ekpiteta,<br />
Thompson, Patino, Thorniley, Bridcutt (Wright 75).<br />
Unused: Carey, Corbeanu, Poveda, Grimshaw.<br />
<strong>United</strong> and Blackpool shared the spoils<br />
after a six-goal thriller at Bramall Lane.<br />
<strong>United</strong> raced into a two-goal advantage<br />
through James McAtee’s first senior<br />
strike and an Iliman Ndiaye header.<br />
The Blades were pegged back though<br />
before half time thanks to a Jerry Yates<br />
brace, before Kenny Dougall put the<br />
Tangerines in front just after the break.<br />
Late on, Blackpool were reduced to nine<br />
men, and Anel Ahmedhodžić had a goal<br />
disallowed whilst Rhian Brewster missed<br />
a penalty. Just when it looked like time<br />
was running out, Ollie Norwood netted<br />
in the 98th minute to earn <strong>United</strong> a point.<br />
The drama continued after the whistle<br />
with both Wes Foderingham and Shayne<br />
Lavery sent off.<br />
Referee: D. Webb — Attendance: 28,458<br />
▲ Mia Enderby scores against Bristol City<br />
— SUNDAY 16th OCTOBER<br />
▲ Iliman Ndiaye celebrates <strong>United</strong>’s second against Blackpool<br />
<strong>United</strong> Women are defeated 3-1 by<br />
leaders Bristol City at Bramall Lane. Mia<br />
Enderby scored <strong>United</strong>’s consolation,<br />
her third of the season.<br />
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▲ Oli McBurnie enjoys his goal against Norwich<br />
— WEDNESDAY 19th OCTOBER<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
COVENTRY CITY 1<br />
WAGHORN PEN 87<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED 0<br />
–<br />
Coventry City: Wilson, Panzo, Rose, McFadzean,<br />
Allen (Palmer 65), Sheaf, Gyokeres, Dabo (Hamer 56),<br />
Godden (Waghorn 65, Tavares 90), Bidwell, Eccles.<br />
Unused: Moore, Doyle, Kane.<br />
Blades: Davies, Baldock, Basham (Sharp 88),<br />
McBurnie, Egan, Ahmedhodžić, Norwood, Doyle<br />
(Fleck 79), Osborn, Ndiaye, Norrington-Davies<br />
(McAtee 11). Unused: Amissah, Brewster, Khadra,<br />
Robinson.<br />
Referee: K. Stroud — Attendance: 17,913<br />
A tight game at the CBS Arena was won<br />
by the hosts three minutes from time<br />
after Martyn Waghorn netted a first of<br />
the season from the penalty spot. <strong>United</strong><br />
had come closest to scoring prior to this<br />
with Ollie Norwood hitting the bar with a<br />
free kick, whilst Oli McBurnie crashed an<br />
effort off the post on a frustrating night<br />
for the Blades.<br />
— SATURDAY 22nd OCTOBER<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s U18s defeated Birmingham City<br />
5-1 with goals from Charlie Staniland,<br />
Kylan Midwood, Owen Hampson and<br />
George Dickinson (2).<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED 2<br />
OSBORN 62, McBURNIE 71<br />
NORWICH CITY 2<br />
PUKKI 3, 16<br />
Blades: Davies, Baldock, Fleck (Doyle 57), Basham,<br />
Brewster (McBurnie 64), Sharp (Khadra 80), Egan,<br />
Ahmedhodzic, Norwood, Osborn, McAtee (Ndiaye<br />
45). Unused: Amissah, Robinson, Buyabu.<br />
Norwich City: Gunn, Aarons, Hanley, Gibson, Hayden<br />
(Hernandez 75), Cantwell, Ramsey (Gibbs 75), Pukki,<br />
Sargent, Nunez (Sinani 90), Giannoulis (Springett 71).<br />
Unused: Krul, Hugill, Tomkinson.<br />
Referee: J. Smith — Attendance: 30,035<br />
The points are shared in another home<br />
thriller as <strong>United</strong> come from two down to<br />
draw 2-2 with Norwich. Teemu Pukki put<br />
the Canaries 2-0 up at half time before<br />
goals from Ben Osborn and Oli McBurnie<br />
levelled. There was late drama as Pukki<br />
then had a spot kick saved by Adam<br />
Davies with two minutes remaining as the<br />
points were shared.<br />
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BLAST FROM THE PAST<br />
Each week PAUL HOLLAND looks back on a prominent game<br />
from the past between the Blades and our opponents…<br />
BURNLEY 1-2 SHEFFIELD UNITED<br />
SATURDAY 12th APRIL 2008<br />
<strong>United</strong> had started to make a late<br />
surge for a top six finish and<br />
recently recorded a dramatic 2-2<br />
draw in the Steel City derby against<br />
Wednesday in the previous match.<br />
In this contest, the Blades scored a goal<br />
in each half to set themselves on their<br />
way for maximum points, whilst the hosts<br />
netted in the final 10 minutes to set up a<br />
nervy finish.<br />
<strong>United</strong> enjoyed the early possession<br />
in what was overall a scrappy encounter.<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> ‘keeper Brian Jensen was kept<br />
busy and after nine minutes he kept out a<br />
James Beattie header, whilst at the other<br />
end Chris McCann’s 25-yard effort worked<br />
Paddy Kenny in the Blades’ goal.<br />
Kevin Blackwell’s side took the lead on<br />
33 minutes through a ferocious Beattie<br />
free-kick with the striker netting from<br />
fully 35-yards. The hosts responded<br />
immediately, and Kyle Lafferty thought<br />
he had equalised, but Kenny somehow<br />
stuck his foot out on the line to prevent a<br />
certain goal.<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> enjoyed much of the second<br />
half and created several opportunities at<br />
goal. On 50 minutes Robbie Blake struck<br />
from inside the box but Kenny was well<br />
placed to save.<br />
The Blades doubled their advantage<br />
eight minutes after the break when David<br />
Cotterill got the better of Stephen Jordan<br />
and his cross into the back post and was<br />
coolly headed home by Billy Sharp.<br />
On 75 minutes Lafferty’s left-footed<br />
effort flew over from distance as the hosts<br />
made a vain attempt to claw their way<br />
back into the game. With nine minutes<br />
remaining they netted to set up a tense<br />
finish as Joey Gudjonsson found veteran<br />
Andy Cole who slotted home past Kenny<br />
on the angle.<br />
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<strong>United</strong> and Bury both earned<br />
1949 a point in a eight goal thriller<br />
at Bramall Lane. The draw extended<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s unbeaten run to six games<br />
thanks to goals from Harold Brook, Joe<br />
Shaw (2) and Fred Furniss.<br />
Just out of the Premier<br />
1994 League, Dave Bassett’s <strong>United</strong><br />
languished in 18th after 15 games, but<br />
this win over Bristol City sparked a major<br />
upturn in fortunes. Charlie Hartfield<br />
gave <strong>United</strong> the lead before Kevin Gage<br />
crashed in an unstoppable effort from 35<br />
yards to make it 2-0. Carl Veart added a<br />
third in the second half as <strong>United</strong> began<br />
a run of four wins from five to take them<br />
within one point of the play-offs.<br />
ON THIS DAY<br />
UTB looks back into the archives to find out what<br />
happened on this day in <strong>United</strong>’s history…<br />
2005<br />
<strong>United</strong> maintained<br />
a three-point lead<br />
over Reading at<br />
the summit of the<br />
Championship<br />
after a hard-fought<br />
win over Crystal<br />
Palace at Selhurst<br />
Park. Steve Kabba<br />
provided an assist<br />
for Phil Jagielka<br />
to give <strong>United</strong><br />
the lead before<br />
Michael Hughes<br />
equalised. Paul Ifill made it 2-1 before<br />
ex-Eagle Neil Shipperley headed in for<br />
3-1. Dougie Freedman made it 2-3, and<br />
<strong>United</strong> were indebted to a goal-line<br />
clearance in the final minute to hang on<br />
to all three points.<br />
1962<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
5<br />
<strong>United</strong> made a mid-season<br />
trip to Tynecastle for a benefit<br />
match for Hearts striker Willie Bauld. A<br />
former team-mate of <strong>United</strong>’s boss John<br />
Harris, the Blades made the long journey<br />
despite having a Division One fixture at<br />
Arsenal five days later. The match ended<br />
2-2 and <strong>United</strong>’s scorers were Dennis<br />
Shiels and Keith Kettleborough.<br />
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WHO WOULD BE<br />
A MANAGER?<br />
Our regular contributor DAVE BURKINSHAW casts a glance over former<br />
<strong>United</strong> players who have tried their hand at management...<br />
Gerry Summers...<br />
Gerry Summers<br />
was a wing half<br />
who gave great<br />
service to the Blades. He<br />
was signed from West<br />
Bromwich Albion in May<br />
1957 by then manager, Joe<br />
Mercer. He stayed with the<br />
Blades until April 1964 and<br />
during his stay he helped<br />
win promotion to the top<br />
flight at the end of the<br />
1960-61 season. In the<br />
same season as promotion<br />
was achieved the team<br />
also reached the FA Cup<br />
semi-finals.<br />
Gerry was a two footed<br />
constructive midfield<br />
player perfectly suited to<br />
link defence and attack.<br />
His form was sufficiently<br />
impressive for him to be<br />
selected for the 1961 FA<br />
tour to the Far East, New<br />
Zealand and the USA. By<br />
the time he had departed<br />
the Lane to join Hull City<br />
in April 1964, he had made<br />
260 league appearances<br />
and scored four goals.<br />
Having a long-term<br />
interest in coaching, he<br />
qualified as an FA coach<br />
and following his move<br />
to Walsall, initially as a<br />
player in October 1965, he<br />
was appointed first team<br />
coach in February 1967.<br />
This appointment saw him<br />
retire from playing. He soon<br />
moved to Wolves, also as<br />
first team coach to work<br />
with his ex-West Bromwich<br />
Albion colleague, Ronnie<br />
Allen, who was manager.<br />
Whilst at Molineux he<br />
experienced his first taste<br />
of management, taking over<br />
▲ Gerry was linked with the <strong>United</strong> job<br />
in 1981 but it went to Ian Porterfield<br />
temporarily when Allen was<br />
sacked in November 1968.<br />
Gerry’s first full-time<br />
managerial role was with<br />
Second Division (now<br />
Championship) Oxford<br />
<strong>United</strong>. He started the job<br />
in July 1969, and he guided<br />
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▲ In the dugout for Oxford (second left) in 1973<br />
Oxford to consecutive<br />
mid-table finishes between<br />
1969-70 and 1974-75.<br />
However, his team’s poor<br />
start to the 1975-76 season,<br />
when they lost six of their<br />
first nine league games,<br />
saw him dismissed in<br />
September 1975.<br />
Gerry soon found himself<br />
back in management with<br />
Third Division (now League<br />
One) Gillingham. He was<br />
appointed in October<br />
1975, and he almost<br />
succeeded in guiding the<br />
Gills to promotion twice, in<br />
1977-78 and 1978-79. His<br />
final season at Priestfield,<br />
1980-81, was a struggle. He<br />
managed to guide his team<br />
to safety with a late eight<br />
game unbeaten run. The<br />
Gills finished 15th two points<br />
above the Blades who were<br />
relegated to the fourth tier.<br />
Although Gerry had done<br />
well to rescue Gillingham’s<br />
season, the club sought a<br />
new direction, and he was<br />
sacked in May 1981. There<br />
were rumours of him being<br />
considered for the Blades<br />
job as they contemplated<br />
life in the Fourth Division<br />
for the first time. However,<br />
<strong>United</strong> went on to appoint<br />
Ian Porterfield.<br />
After doing some<br />
scouting work for<br />
Southampton, Gerry again<br />
linked up with Ronnie Allen,<br />
this time at their old club<br />
West Bromwich Albion in<br />
October 1981. Gerry was<br />
chief coach and assistant<br />
manager whilst Allen was<br />
manager.<br />
Another assistant<br />
manager’s role followed<br />
at Leicester City between<br />
1982 and 1986 before his<br />
managerial career ended<br />
with a spell as Derby<br />
County youth development<br />
coach from 1986 into the<br />
1990s.<br />
Gerry enjoyed a solid<br />
managerial career but had<br />
not won any promotions<br />
or cups. His knowledge<br />
and skill as a coach was<br />
recognised by a number<br />
of clubs and he did also<br />
enjoy a spell as an FA staff<br />
coach.<br />
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HOLIDAY SNAPS<br />
UTB are once again calling on Blades fans to show your colours<br />
around the world for our ever-popular feature…<br />
▼<br />
This image has been sent in<br />
by Lee Boyes. Lee is enjoying<br />
a recent break in Hurghada,<br />
Egypt where his Blades related<br />
headwear enjoyed an outing!<br />
Would you like to see your snap in<br />
an edition of UTB? Send your photo,<br />
complete with a brief description<br />
to matthew.young@sufc.co.uk<br />
▲<br />
These two images this week have<br />
been sent in by supporter Trevor<br />
Bishop. Enjoying a cruise through<br />
Norway, Trevor, of course, didn’t<br />
leave without his Blades shirt<br />
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A WHOLE<br />
NEW<br />
BALL<br />
GAME<br />
After two games on the road, <strong>United</strong> were back on<br />
home soil for this Premier League encounter against<br />
Coventry City on Saturday 28th November 1992.<br />
The Blades lost 3-0 at Anfield to go out of the League<br />
Cup before a narrow 2-1 league defeat against Norwich.<br />
Sat 16th coming into this game, the Blades held a threepoint<br />
cushion ahead of the bottom three against a Coventry<br />
side dropping towards mid-table after an impressive start.<br />
This match ended 1-1 with Coventry taking the lead before<br />
an Andy Pearce own goal ensured the points were shared. <strong>United</strong><br />
had to work hard with Carl Bradshaw sent off after 61 minutes.<br />
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This year marks the 30th<br />
anniversary of the inaugural<br />
Premier League season.<br />
To mark this milestone,<br />
UTB delves into our<br />
programme archive to<br />
reminisce about <strong>United</strong>’s<br />
part in this historic<br />
campaign, whilst also<br />
talking to those who were<br />
there at the start of what<br />
has since grown into the<br />
most talked about domestic<br />
competition on the planet.<br />
As well as looking back<br />
on <strong>United</strong>’s campaign, we<br />
tell the full story of the 1992-<br />
93 season and also test<br />
your knowledge about how<br />
much you remember three<br />
decades on.<br />
So, wind the clock back<br />
30 years to relive this<br />
special season throughout<br />
each edition of UTB.
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INSIDE THE<br />
PROGRAMME…<br />
TOP OF THE POPS…<br />
A full-page advert was taken out by<br />
Virgin Megastores promoting the latest<br />
music at the time with artists featured<br />
including Madonna, Simple Minds and<br />
Michael Bolton.<br />
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KAMMY INCOMING…<br />
More on <strong>United</strong>’s new arrivals inside<br />
the programme, with Chris Kamara<br />
leaving David Pleat’s Luton to sign. On<br />
his arrival, Chris said: “I told Mr Pleat<br />
I wanted to go to a club that I saw doing<br />
things in the future, and I’d long fancied<br />
playing for <strong>United</strong> under Dave Bassett.”
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DAVE BASSETT…<br />
The manager spoke about the recent departures from his squad with Mike Lake joining<br />
Wrexham on loan and Ashley Fickling singing on loan for Billy McEwan’s Darlington.<br />
There was also some incomings with Dave Bassett explaining he wanted experience<br />
in midfield as Chris Kamara arrived on loan from Luton, whilst youngster Andy Scott<br />
joined from non-league Sutton. Bassett explained he wasn’t expecting Scott to play<br />
straight away, he was an investment for the future.<br />
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DICK WRAGG…<br />
There was a full page, written by Star reporter Tony Pritchett, on the passing of former<br />
chairman and president of the Blades, Dick Wragg.<br />
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DUO UNDER THE KNIFE…<br />
More bad news for injured ‘keeper Simon<br />
Tracey who was forced to have an operation<br />
on his troublesome shoulder, whilst Brian<br />
Gayle would also be out with a knee injury.<br />
CAPTAIN’S NOTES…<br />
Skipper Brian Gayle lifts the lid on his recent<br />
knee injury which required a minor operation.<br />
He talked at length about watching the game<br />
against Norwich which he missed through the<br />
problem.<br />
BLADES TEAM…<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s team for this game was as follows…<br />
Kelly, Bradshaw, Pemberton, Beesley, Cowan, Ward, Gannon,<br />
Rogers, Hodges, Cork, Deane. Subs: Littlejohn, Kamara, Wainwright<br />
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FACE TO FACE…<br />
BRIAN GAYLE<br />
UTB poses the same questions from 1992-93 to<br />
the same players to see if they remember what<br />
they said 30 years ago, and to see what their<br />
2022-23 answers are…<br />
— Which team did<br />
you support as a boy<br />
and who was your<br />
favourite player?<br />
— I reckon I’d have<br />
said Man City. In terms<br />
of a player, Dave<br />
Watson or Franny Lee?<br />
I mentioned West Ham,<br />
did I? Well, I was from<br />
London, but I loved<br />
Francis Lee and that’s<br />
why I followed City.<br />
— What is the best<br />
match you have<br />
played in?<br />
— Well, this is pre-1993<br />
isn’t it? So, it has to be<br />
the Steel City derby<br />
at Hillsborough or a<br />
Manchester derby<br />
when I was at City? I<br />
won’t argue with the<br />
Wednesday game. Now<br />
I’d say the Wembley FA<br />
Cup semi-final, even<br />
though we lost, it was<br />
some occasion.<br />
— What is your<br />
favourite record<br />
and music?<br />
— Maybe I said<br />
something by Bob<br />
Marley? I got the<br />
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reggae bit then...I<br />
forgot about the Luther<br />
Vandross record; I<br />
still have that on vinyl!<br />
Difficult to say what<br />
I’d go for now, there’s<br />
a number of them...<br />
UB40 Red Red White,<br />
something like that.<br />
— What are your<br />
hobbies outside of<br />
football?<br />
— Gardening or DIY?<br />
Yeah, I’d still say that<br />
now. My son Josh then<br />
would have been about<br />
1 think. I still enjoy<br />
spending time with<br />
the family.<br />
— If you weren’t<br />
a footballer what<br />
would you be?<br />
— I would have said<br />
something to do with<br />
the building trade?<br />
Yeah, I was, and still<br />
am, very hands on.<br />
It was always my<br />
calling before being a<br />
footballer.<br />
— Which current player<br />
do you most admire?<br />
— So, thinking back<br />
Revisited<br />
to 1992...did I say<br />
someone like Bryan<br />
Robson? Des Walker,<br />
was it? He was a top<br />
player so that’s a<br />
good shout.<br />
— What car do<br />
you drive?<br />
— Back in 1992, I’d say<br />
it was a BMW? I think<br />
in that same winter we<br />
had bad snow, and it<br />
was terrible in those<br />
conditions. I got rid of it<br />
and bought a 4x4, but<br />
we didn’t have snow for<br />
about five years after!
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WHAT HAPPENED<br />
ELSEWHERE<br />
THE STATE OF PLAY…<br />
Norwich continued to set the<br />
pace holding a four-point lead<br />
over Arsenal prior to this current<br />
round of fixtures. Incredibly, the<br />
likes of Liverpool and Leeds<br />
were languishing in mid-table<br />
whilst Manchester <strong>United</strong><br />
were nine points off the pace<br />
in eighth. In what would turn<br />
into the biggest transfer of the<br />
season, Frenchman Eric Cantona<br />
left reigning champions Leeds to<br />
join Manchester <strong>United</strong> in a deal<br />
worth just £1.2m. Elsewhere,<br />
there was further transfer<br />
activity with England midfielder<br />
Neil Webb re-joining Nottingham<br />
Forest in a £800,000 deal from<br />
Manchester <strong>United</strong>.<br />
THE GAMES…<br />
With Manchester <strong>United</strong><br />
threatening to fall off the pace<br />
entirely, they had just ended a<br />
seven-match run without a win<br />
coming into this round of games.<br />
They then travelled to Highbury<br />
to face an Arsenal side looking<br />
most likely to chase down<br />
Norwich, but the Gunners were<br />
dealt a blow as Mark Hughes’<br />
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1992-93<br />
During this particular week back in 1992-93,<br />
how did the rest of the Premier League get on?<br />
We look back on what happened elsewhere…<br />
— SATURDAY 28th NOVEMBER 1992 —<br />
▲ Eric Cantona signs<br />
for Manchester <strong>United</strong><br />
goal won the game for the<br />
Red Devils. Blackburn stayed<br />
in the hunt with a 1-0 win over<br />
fellow high-flyers QPR thanks<br />
to an Alan Shearer strike. At the<br />
bottom it was starting to look<br />
ominous for Nottingham Forest<br />
and Crystal Palace who both<br />
lost, with the latter thumped 5-0<br />
by Liverpool.<br />
HEADLINE ACT…<br />
Norwich pulled five points clear<br />
at the top after ending Aston<br />
Villa’s 12-match unbeaten run<br />
in what was a five-goal thriller
PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE…<br />
Here’s how things stood…<br />
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POS TEAM PLD W D L GF GA GD PTS<br />
1 NORWICH CITY 17 11 3 3 32 30 2 36<br />
2 BLACKBURN ROVERS 17 8 7 2 26 12 14 31<br />
3 ARSENAL 17 9 2 6 22 17 5 29<br />
4 ASTON VILLA 17 7 7 3 26 18 8 28<br />
5 CHELSEA 17 8 4 5 24 19 5 28<br />
6 MANCHESTER UNITED 17 7 6 4 18 12 6 27<br />
7 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 17 7 5 5 22 17 5 26<br />
8 MANCHESTER CITY 17 7 4 6 24 17 7 25<br />
9 LIVERPOOL 17 7 4 6 30 24 6 25<br />
10 IPSWICH TOWN 17 5 10 2 22 19 3 25<br />
11 COVENTRY CITY 17 6 6 5 21 22 -1 24<br />
12 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 17 5 7 5 17 22 -5 22<br />
13 LEEDS UNITED 17 5 6 6 28 28 0 21<br />
14 MIDDLESBROUGH 17 5 6 6 27 27 0 21<br />
15 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 17 4 8 5 19 20 -1 20<br />
16 SOUTHAMPTON 17 4 7 6 15 19 -4 19<br />
17 OLDHAM ATHLETIC 17 4 6 7 27 30 -3 18<br />
18 SHEFFIELD UNITED 17 4 6 7 17 23 -6 18<br />
19 EVERTON 17 4 4 9 13 21 -8 16<br />
20 WIMBLEDON 17 3 6 8 19 26 -7 15<br />
21 CRYSTAL PALACE 17 1 9 7 20 32 -12 12<br />
22 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 11<br />
at Villa Park. The Canaries<br />
were sitting pretty with a twogoal<br />
cushion thanks to goals<br />
from David Phillips and Darren<br />
Beckford but two quickfire<br />
strikes just before and after the<br />
interval from Ray Houghton and<br />
Garry Parker pulled Villa level.<br />
Three minutes later Daryl Sutch<br />
gave Norwich the lead again,<br />
and the visitors held out to pull<br />
eight points clear of Villa.<br />
ANY OTHER BUSINESS?<br />
Just prior to this round of<br />
fixtures, there was a Premier<br />
League debut for future England<br />
ace Nicky Butt who came off the<br />
bench for Manchester <strong>United</strong> in<br />
a 3-0 win over Oldham.<br />
⊲ David Phillips netted for Norwich<br />
in a 3-2 win over Aston Villa<br />
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TEST YOUR MEMORY…<br />
TAKE 5...<br />
Each week, we put your memory to the test as we celebrate the<br />
30th anniversary of the Premier League with a special quiz...<br />
1. Eric Cantona’s move to<br />
Manchester <strong>United</strong> from Leeds<br />
<strong>United</strong> would eventually prove<br />
pivotal, but which French team<br />
did he leave to move to English<br />
shores in 1991?<br />
2. With David James and Bruce<br />
Grobbelaar unavailable,<br />
Liverpool turned to this future<br />
Newcastle <strong>United</strong> ‘keeper<br />
for their 5-0 win over Crystal<br />
Palace. Who is he?<br />
3. Nottingham Forest remained<br />
rooted to the foot of the<br />
table after a 2-1 defeat to<br />
Southampton in this round<br />
of fixtures. Who was their<br />
goalscorer, who was an England<br />
international, who would go<br />
on to play for Liverpool and<br />
Manchester City later in his<br />
career?<br />
4. Who was Coventry’s goalscorer<br />
against <strong>United</strong> in this 1-1 draw?<br />
He had arrived at Highfield<br />
Road in 1992 from second tier<br />
Newcastle <strong>United</strong>…<br />
5. Which Premier League club back<br />
in 1992-93 was sponsored by<br />
Tulip Computers?<br />
ANSWERS: 1. Nimes, 2. Mike Hooper, 3.<br />
Nigel Clough, 4. Micky Quinn, 5. Crystal<br />
Palace, 6. Bobby Mimms, 7. John Jensen.<br />
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PICTURE ROUND...<br />
Can you guess the names of these<br />
players who graced the inaugural<br />
season of the Premier League…<br />
6. Who is this then Blackburn<br />
Rovers custodian?<br />
7. Can you identify this Arsenal<br />
midfielder?
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HOLE NEW BALL GAME A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME A WHOLE NEW BALL GA
66 UTB<br />
Your winning<br />
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RAINBOW<br />
BLADES<br />
Over the past few<br />
years, you may<br />
have seen<br />
different LGBTQ+<br />
flags be<br />
introduced, this<br />
has been to show<br />
the progress of inclusion. We all know the<br />
original pride flag, but recently the progress<br />
pride flag has become popular. The progress<br />
pride flag is the one we and <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
use wherever possible.<br />
The Pride flag was created by American<br />
artist and gay rights activist Gilbert Baker, and<br />
first displayed in 1978 to be a symbol for the<br />
LGBT community.<br />
40 years later the progress pride flag was<br />
launched. It included black, brown, pink,<br />
pale blue and white stripes, to represent<br />
marginalised people of colour in the LGBTQ+<br />
community, as well as the trans community.<br />
“The arrow points to the right to show<br />
forward movement, while being along the<br />
left edge shows that progress still needs<br />
to be made,” explained progress pride flag<br />
artist, Daniel Quasar.<br />
The progress pride flag is a recognised<br />
symbol of hope and inclusion for the LGBTQ+<br />
community. A symbol we and <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
will continue to use to help make Bramall<br />
Lane a welcoming place for all Blades.<br />
If you would like to find out more and join Rainbow<br />
Blades, please follow the links below...<br />
FACEBOOK FACEBOOK: /BladesRainbow<br />
TWITTER TWITTER: @rainbow_blades<br />
INSTAGRA INSTAGRAM: @rainbowblades<br />
Membership sign up: bit.ly/joinrainbowblades<br />
Website: rainbowblades.com<br />
AN UPDATE FROM OUR<br />
SENIOR BLADES<br />
CHRISTMAS LUNCH TICKETS<br />
A last reminder for members<br />
and guests to purchase their<br />
tickets for our Christmas lunch.<br />
This can be done at our lunch on<br />
Thursday 10th November or by<br />
emailing info@seniorblades.com<br />
or phoning 07505 559678.<br />
We are also hoping to have<br />
the tickets on sale for our Annual<br />
Charity Raffle. The charity<br />
this year is <strong>Sheffield</strong> Autistic<br />
Society, and the prize is the full<br />
match worn kit of our 2021-<br />
22 sponsored player Oliver<br />
Norwood.<br />
The draw will be made on<br />
14th February 2023, so plenty<br />
of time for everyone to get their<br />
tickets. This is NOT restricted to<br />
members only.<br />
A mention for the Manor<br />
Operatic Society Christmas<br />
Pantomime which this year<br />
is Cinderella. It will be at the<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> City Hall from Tuesday<br />
27th December 2022 to Sunday<br />
8th January. Tickets can only be<br />
obtained through the Box Office<br />
07533 021407 or the website<br />
www.ticketsource.co.uk/manoroperatic-society<br />
www.seniorblades.co.uk<br />
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<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> Community Foundation is a charity working in the areas of education and training, health and<br />
wellbeing and participation and inclusion. For more community news, follow us on social media @CommunitySUFC,<br />
visit www.sufc-community.com, email enquiries@sufc-community.co.uk or call 0114 253 7200 (OPTION 6)...<br />
MUMS & TODDLERS GROUP BRING WOMEN TOGETHER<br />
Our Mums and Toddlers<br />
Groups provide the<br />
perfect combination of<br />
support for both.<br />
The mums get the<br />
opportunity to socialise<br />
and even exercise, whilst<br />
the toddlers get to play in a<br />
fun and safe environment.<br />
We’ve found the sessions<br />
have provided a boost for<br />
many participants’ mental<br />
health as a lot of them had<br />
their children during the<br />
lockdowns.<br />
Scan the QR code to<br />
watch a video to see the<br />
kind of impact this group<br />
has had.<br />
For more information,<br />
contact shannon.wells@<br />
sufc-community.co.uk.<br />
The groups meet as<br />
follows:<br />
Mondays<br />
10am-11am at Leisure<br />
<strong>United</strong> Thorncliffe (St<br />
Georges Park, Pack Horse<br />
Lane, <strong>Sheffield</strong>, S35 3HY)<br />
Thursdays<br />
10am-12pm at Westfield<br />
Community Centre<br />
(32 Westfield Centre,<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong>, S20 8ND)<br />
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THERAPY CLUB<br />
We’re pleased to announce a<br />
new mental health initiative in<br />
Therapy Club.<br />
In partnership with Take Control<br />
Therapy, we provide sessions with a<br />
highly trained and qualified therapist<br />
with over 15 years’ experience<br />
and training in psychology. Take<br />
Control Therapy have developed<br />
personalised therapy solutions with<br />
great success for anxiety, stress,<br />
depression, addictions, PTSD, eating<br />
disorders and more.<br />
Therapy Club runs every<br />
Thursday, 6pm-8pm at the Blades<br />
Family Hub (Red Door) on John<br />
Street. For more information visit<br />
takecontroltherapies.co.uk.<br />
Sign up anonymously at bit.ly/<br />
sucftherapyclub or contact health@<br />
sufc-community.co.uk for further<br />
information.<br />
PREMIER<br />
LEAGUE KICKS<br />
OPPORTUNITIES<br />
Using the reach and appeal of the<br />
Premier League, our Premier League<br />
Kicks sessions engage children and<br />
young people of all backgrounds and<br />
abilities in football, sport and personal<br />
development.<br />
PL Kicks is for children and young<br />
people aged 8-18 years and is inclusive<br />
and accessible to all. We also seek to<br />
provide specific inclusive opportunities<br />
for key priority groups including girls,<br />
LGBT+ and children and young people<br />
with disabilities.<br />
We deliver weekly sports sessions<br />
across the city, including football and<br />
basketball, to provide opportunities for<br />
young people. Our full PL Kicks timetable<br />
is below.<br />
For more information, contact rob.<br />
jenkinson@sufc-community.co.uk<br />
SAT<br />
FRI THU TUE MON<br />
SESSION TIME LOCATION<br />
WESTFIELD GIRLS<br />
WESTFIELD SCHOOL<br />
FIR VALE SCHOOL<br />
HEMSWORTH PLAYING FIELDS<br />
(13-17 YEAR-OLDS)<br />
THE U-MIX CENTRE<br />
THE U-MIX CENTRE<br />
LEISURE UNITED<br />
WESTFIELD GIRLS<br />
BASKETBALL<br />
(11-18 YEAR-OLDS)<br />
SHEFFIELD SPRINGS ACADEMY<br />
PAN DISABILITY FOOTBALL<br />
HIGH STORRS SCHOOL<br />
5PM-7PM<br />
6PM-8PM<br />
4PM-6PM<br />
6PM-7.30PM<br />
7PM-9PM<br />
6PM-8PM<br />
4PM-6PM<br />
5PM-6.30PM<br />
7PM-9PM<br />
10AM-12PM<br />
12PM-2PM<br />
COM.UNITY COMMUNITY CENTRE (32 WESTFIELD<br />
CENTRE, WESTFIELD, SHEFFIELD, S20 8ND)<br />
WESTFIELD SCHOOL (ECKINGTON ROAD,<br />
BEIGHTON, SHEFFIELD, S20 1HQ)<br />
FIR VALE SCHOOL (OWLER LANE,<br />
SHEFFIELD, S4 8GB)<br />
HEMSWORTH PLAYING FIELDS (BLACKSTOCK<br />
ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S14 1BA)<br />
THE U-MIX CENTRE (ASLINE ROAD,<br />
LOWFIELD, SHEFFIELD, S2 4UJ)<br />
THE U-MIX CENTRE (ASLINE ROAD,<br />
LOWFIELD, SHEFFIELD, S2 4UJ)<br />
LEISURE UNITED WESTFIELD (ISOBEL<br />
BOWLER SPORTS GROUND, MOSS WAY,<br />
WESTFIELD, SHEFFIELD, S20 8FA)<br />
ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL<br />
(GRANVILLE ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S2 2RJ)<br />
SHEFFIELD SPRINGS ACADEMY (HURLFIELD<br />
ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S12 2SF)<br />
GOALS SHEFFIELD (95 NORFOLK PARK<br />
ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S2 2RU)<br />
HIGH STORRS SCHOOL (HIGH STORRS<br />
ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S11 7LH)<br />
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Y BURNLEY BURN<br />
URNLEY BURNLEY B<br />
EY BURNLEY BURN<br />
BURNLEY BURNLEY<br />
LEY BURNLEY BURN<br />
BURNLEY BURNLE<br />
NLEY BURNLEY BUR<br />
Y BURNLEY BURNL<br />
RNLEY BURNLEY BU<br />
BURNLEY BURN<br />
NLEY B<br />
— OPPOSITION FOCUS<br />
FOUNDED: 1882<br />
NICKNAME: THE CLARETS<br />
GROUND: TURF MOOR<br />
CAPACITY: 21,944<br />
CHAIRMAN: ALAN PACE<br />
LAST FINISH: 18/20 PREMIER LEAGUE ↓<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> BURNLEY
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BURNLEY BURNLEY<br />
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NLEY BURNLEY BU<br />
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RNLEY BURNLEY B<br />
LEY BURNLEY BURN<br />
URNLEY BURNLEY<br />
Y BURNLEY BUR<br />
RNLEY<br />
The target was clear for Vincent<br />
Kompany when he took over as<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> manager last summer and<br />
the first phase of his project has served up<br />
plenty of promise.<br />
Kompany won four Premier League<br />
titles during his time as an inspiring leader<br />
at Manchester City, with his iconic goal<br />
against Leicester in May 2019 swinging the<br />
title race in his side’s direction as Liverpool<br />
were pipped to the big prize in the final<br />
month of the season,<br />
Yet Kompany admitted that legacy<br />
counted for nothing when he returned to<br />
English football to take over at Turf Moor,<br />
with expectations high as he looked to<br />
guide the Clarets back into the Premier<br />
League after last season’s relegation.<br />
Ahead of their 20th Championship game<br />
of the season today, <strong>Burnley</strong> are still in a<br />
strong position in the Championship with<br />
the World Cup break looming large and are<br />
going in search of a fifth away win in the<br />
league at Bramall Lane today.<br />
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Y BURNLEY BURN<br />
URNLEY BURNLEY B<br />
EY BURNLEY BURN<br />
BURNLEY BURNLEY<br />
LEY BURNLEY BURN<br />
BURNLEY BURNLE<br />
NLEY BURNLEY BUR<br />
Y BURNLEY BURNL<br />
RNLEY BURNLEY BU<br />
BURNLEY BURN<br />
NLEY B<br />
— OPPOSITION FOCUS<br />
STAR MAN<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> manager Vincent<br />
Kompany has suggested he<br />
needs to be cautious as he<br />
manages the workload of his leading<br />
scorer Jay Rodriguez this season.<br />
The former Southampton and<br />
West Bromwich Albion striker is in his<br />
second spell at <strong>Burnley</strong> after making<br />
a return to the club in the summer of<br />
2019, with his sparkling scoring form<br />
this season confirming he still<br />
has plenty to offer at the<br />
age of 33.<br />
Major injuries<br />
have been a part of<br />
Rodriguez’s story over the<br />
course of his goal-laden<br />
career and Kompany is<br />
keen to ensure he gets<br />
the best out of<br />
the striker this<br />
season.<br />
“Jay Rod<br />
is a special<br />
player,” said<br />
Kompany. “If<br />
it wasn’t for<br />
his injuries,<br />
there is no<br />
doubt he<br />
would have<br />
played for a<br />
top four or<br />
top six club<br />
in England.<br />
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Jay RODRIGUEZ<br />
9 PREVIOUS<br />
DATE OF BIRTH: 29/01/89<br />
POSITION: STRIKER<br />
CLUB: WEST BROM<br />
That quality never goes, and he is fit<br />
so I think he is happy as well.<br />
“He’s got this real goal threat, but<br />
also quality on the ball, and he seems<br />
like he’s really enjoying his game.<br />
“At times, it’s like having a<br />
22-year-old player. You watch<br />
him drinking in everything<br />
you say, so it’s easy for me to<br />
coach him.<br />
“The biggest thing now is for<br />
everybody to understand we’ll<br />
need to manage him, and<br />
if we keep him fit, he’s<br />
only going to get<br />
better.”<br />
Rodriguez<br />
earned a solitary<br />
senior cap for<br />
England in<br />
February 2011,<br />
but his injury<br />
problems<br />
affected his<br />
hopes of an<br />
extended<br />
international<br />
career.
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LEY BURNLEY BUR<br />
BURNLEY BURNLEY<br />
LEY BURNLEY BUR<br />
Y BURNLEY BURNLE<br />
NLEY BURNLEY BU<br />
EY BURNLEY BURNL<br />
RNLEY BURNLEY B<br />
LEY BURNLEY BURN<br />
URNLEY BURNLEY<br />
Y BURNLEY BUR<br />
RNLEY<br />
Jack CORK<br />
5<br />
THE CAPTAIN...<br />
Date of Birth: 25/06/89<br />
Previous club: Swansea<br />
The experienced<br />
midfielder is a vital cog in<br />
the <strong>Burnley</strong> line-up, with<br />
this one-time Chelsea<br />
graduate adding a touch of<br />
class to the Clarets' team.<br />
This is his second spell at<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong>, with his first spell<br />
starting in 2010 and his<br />
second in 2017 after he<br />
has spells at Southampton<br />
and Swansea.<br />
Anass ZAROURY<br />
26<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED 1-0 BURNLEY<br />
Sunday 23rd May 2021<br />
YOUNG GUN...<br />
Date of Birth: 07/11/00<br />
Previous club: Charleroi<br />
LAST TIME WE MET...<br />
Nathan TELLA<br />
24<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> made some<br />
shrewd moves last summer<br />
and this 21-year-old will<br />
be keen to give himself<br />
an extra present today<br />
ahead of his 22nd birthday<br />
on Monday. Zaroury<br />
scored the late winner<br />
that secured all three<br />
points against Reading last<br />
weekend, with that strike<br />
his fifth goal since his<br />
arrival at the club.<br />
David McGoldrick was the <strong>Burnley</strong><br />
match-winner as he scored a goal that<br />
ensured <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong>’s two-year stay<br />
in the Premier League ended on a high.<br />
McGoldrick curled a shot past Will Norris<br />
from 25 yards to delight the Blades fans<br />
present at Bramall Lane for the first time since March 2020.<br />
ONE TO WATCH...<br />
Date of Birth: 05/07/99<br />
Parent club: Southampton<br />
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This attacking star has<br />
made a big impression<br />
at <strong>Burnley</strong> after making a<br />
season-long loan move<br />
from Southampton. He<br />
has added goals and<br />
quality to the Clarets' side,<br />
with Vincent Kompany<br />
impressed by what he has<br />
brought to his team. “He<br />
was a player I liked and<br />
followed for a long time,”<br />
said Kompany.<br />
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— OPPOSITION FOCUS<br />
Y BURNLEY BURN<br />
URNLEY BURNLEY B<br />
EY BURNLEY BURN<br />
BURNLEY BURNLEY<br />
LEY BURNLEY BURN<br />
BURNLEY BURNLE<br />
NLEY BURNLEY BUR<br />
Y BURNLEY BURNL<br />
RNLEY BURNLEY BU<br />
BURNLEY BURN<br />
NLEY B<br />
NUMBERS COUNT...<br />
26<br />
89<br />
102<br />
—<br />
— The most wins<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> have<br />
recorded in a<br />
single season,<br />
with this total<br />
reached in<br />
the 2013-14<br />
and 2015-16<br />
Championship<br />
promotionwinning<br />
campaigns.<br />
— <strong>Burnley</strong><br />
manager Vincent<br />
Kompany played<br />
89 times for<br />
Belgium at<br />
international<br />
level.<br />
The highest<br />
total of goals<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> have<br />
recorded in a<br />
single season,<br />
but it was not<br />
enough to win<br />
569<br />
—<br />
Ben Mee<br />
the old First<br />
Division title as<br />
Tottenham were<br />
crowned as<br />
champions.<br />
Jerry Dawson<br />
holds the<br />
record for the<br />
most <strong>Burnley</strong><br />
appearances,<br />
playing 569<br />
games for the<br />
Clarets between<br />
1907 and 1929.<br />
BURNLEY LEGEND...<br />
1960<br />
—<br />
A year<br />
etched into the<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> record<br />
books as this<br />
was the last<br />
time they were<br />
crowned as<br />
champions of<br />
England.<br />
While some of the greatest players to pull on a<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> shirt made their mark during the era when<br />
the club were at the top of the game and winning<br />
major trophies in the 1950s and 60s, Mee is a Clarets<br />
great from the modern era. He played a key role in the<br />
club’s Premier League story, making 376 appearances<br />
and taking centre stage in two promotion successes<br />
prior to his move to Brentford last summer.
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BURNLEY BURNLEY<br />
LEY BURNLEY BUR<br />
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RNLEY BURNLEY B<br />
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URNLEY BURNLEY<br />
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Vincent Kompany<br />
FROM THE TOUCHLINE<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> manager Vincent “I was very clear about making<br />
Kompany has been<br />
sure we are in and amongst the top<br />
downplaying expectations six by the time that the World Cup is<br />
since his appointment as the club’s on. I didn’t know if we would be two<br />
manager last summer, but the Clarets or three points inside the top six or<br />
fans are starting to dream about a two or three points outside the top<br />
return to the Premier League.<br />
six. The main thing for me is to be in<br />
The former Manchester City captain and amongst it.<br />
took on his first coaching role in<br />
“I feel the team still has lots of<br />
English football when he accepted improvement ahead, but I think we<br />
the chance to take over at Turf Moor are where we are now, and we just<br />
and he has been keen to insist his try to win the next game and we’ll<br />
side’s fast start to the season is only a see where we are then.”<br />
stepping stone to their ultimate target Kompany has been impressed by<br />
of promotion.<br />
the backing his side has received<br />
“Managing expectations is always from their home fans this season,<br />
about going back to, kind of what we with Turf Moor buzzing as they are<br />
anticipated at the beginning of the seeing the team return to winning<br />
season,” states the former Belgium ways following on from the club's<br />
international defender, who had relegation from the Premier League<br />
a spell as Anderlecht head coach last season.<br />
before taking on the challenge as “We just love playing at home,” he<br />
Clarets boss.<br />
added after last weekend’s 2-1 win<br />
“It can’t just change because you’ve against Reading.<br />
had a good run of games, you always “It’s special for us all, there is just a<br />
have hope to win every game that’s great feeling when we are at home.<br />
ahead of you but at the start of the If we could play every game there,<br />
season we were just looking to avoid then we would because it’s a special<br />
the worst-case scenario.<br />
atmosphere.”<br />
“We were looking to avoid<br />
The mid-season World Cup break<br />
Sunderland and to rebuild in time and will add an unexpected ingredient<br />
be consistent amongst the top six into this Championship season, but<br />
teams, so the goal hasn’t changed. Kompany and his <strong>Burnley</strong> players<br />
“There is an ambition within the club look set to be in a strong position<br />
to win every game and that makes it heading into the second half of<br />
quite easy.<br />
this season.<br />
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76 UTB<br />
— OPPOSITION FOCUS<br />
Y BURNLEY BURN<br />
URNLEY BURNLEY B<br />
EY BURNLEY BURN<br />
BURNLEY BURNLEY<br />
LEY BURNLEY BURN<br />
BURNLEY BURNLE<br />
NLEY BURNLEY BUR<br />
Y BURNLEY BURNL<br />
RNLEY BURNLEY BU<br />
BURNLEY BURN<br />
NLEY B<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong>'s<br />
NON-LEAGUE NUGGETS<br />
Football historian LEIGH EDWARDS profiles six notable <strong>Burnley</strong> players signed from non-League clubs...<br />
BRIAN PILKINGTON<br />
England international<br />
winger Brian Pilkington<br />
missed just one match<br />
during <strong>Burnley</strong>’s 1959-60<br />
League Championship<br />
success. Initially with<br />
hometown Leyland<br />
Motors, he moved to<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> in April 1951<br />
and was ever-present in<br />
1957-58, netting 67 goals<br />
in 300 League games<br />
prior to joining Bolton<br />
Wanderers for £25,000<br />
in March 1961. He joined<br />
Bury in February 1964<br />
and moved to Barrow in<br />
February 1965, helping<br />
them to win promotion<br />
in 1966-67. Later with<br />
Chorley, he returned<br />
to Leyland Motors and<br />
became their manager.<br />
He went into the housing<br />
industry and ran an estate<br />
agent business in his<br />
native Leyland. He died in<br />
February 2020.<br />
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JOHN CONNELLY<br />
England international<br />
winger John Connelly was<br />
top scorer in <strong>Burnley</strong>’s<br />
1959-60 League<br />
Championship triumph.<br />
Starting with hometown<br />
St Helens, he joined<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> in November<br />
1956 and also starred<br />
as they were FA Cup<br />
and League Cup semifinalists<br />
in 1960-61, then<br />
FA Cup finalists in 1962.<br />
He netted 86 goals in<br />
215 League games prior<br />
to joining Manchester<br />
<strong>United</strong> for £60,000 in<br />
April 1964. Ever-present<br />
in their 1964-65 League<br />
Championship success,<br />
he moved to Blackburn<br />
Rovers in September<br />
1966 and was leading<br />
marksman in 1966-67,<br />
then played for Bury. He<br />
later ran a fish and chip<br />
in Brierfield and died in<br />
October 2012.<br />
RAY POINTER<br />
England international<br />
centre-forward Ray<br />
Pointer was ever-present<br />
in <strong>Burnley</strong>’s 1959-60<br />
League Championship<br />
success. Previously with<br />
Cramlington Welfare and<br />
Dudley Welfare, he joined<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> in August 1957<br />
and was twice leading<br />
scorer, starring as the<br />
Clarets were FA Cup<br />
and League Cup semifinalists<br />
in 1960-61. He<br />
was an FA Cup finalist<br />
in 1962 and netted 118<br />
goals in 223 League<br />
games before joining<br />
Bury in August 1965,<br />
then moved via Coventry<br />
City to Portsmouth in<br />
January 1967. Later youth<br />
team coach at Blackpool,<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> and Bury, he ran a<br />
sandwich bar, then a subdepot<br />
for home shopping<br />
giant Grattan. He died in<br />
January 2016.
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GORDON HARRIS<br />
England international<br />
wing-half Gordon Harris<br />
was an influential figure<br />
as <strong>Burnley</strong> were FA Cup<br />
finalists and League<br />
Championship runnersup<br />
in 1961-62. He was<br />
a miner and played for<br />
Firbeck Colliery prior<br />
to joining <strong>Burnley</strong> in<br />
January 1958. Scoring<br />
on his League debut at<br />
home to Leeds <strong>United</strong><br />
a year later, he featured<br />
in the Clarets’ 1959-60<br />
League Championship<br />
campaign and had a spell<br />
as captain. He netted<br />
69 goals in 258 League<br />
games before sold to<br />
Sunderland for £70,000<br />
in January 1968. Later<br />
playing for South Shields,<br />
he settled back in his<br />
native Nottinghamshire<br />
and was a driver in the<br />
coal industry. He died in<br />
Langold in February 2014.<br />
PETER MELLOR<br />
Ex-England Youth<br />
goalkeeper Peter<br />
Mellor was ever-present<br />
in the top-flight for<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> in 1969-70. A<br />
former Manchester City<br />
apprentice, he moved via<br />
Witton Albion to <strong>Burnley</strong><br />
in April 1969 and helped<br />
take Manchester <strong>United</strong><br />
to a League Cup fourth<br />
round replay in 1969-70.<br />
He made 69 League<br />
appearances while at<br />
Turf Moor prior to joining<br />
Fulham in February 1972.<br />
An FA Cup finalist in 1975,<br />
he spent a season with<br />
Hereford <strong>United</strong> before<br />
moving to Portsmouth in<br />
July 1978. He was everpresent<br />
in 1978-79, then<br />
starred in their 1979-80<br />
promotion success and<br />
emigrated to the <strong>United</strong><br />
States in January 1982,<br />
becoming a businessman<br />
in Miami.<br />
WAYNE BIGGINS<br />
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Striker Wayne Biggins<br />
was ever-present top<br />
scorer for <strong>Burnley</strong> in<br />
1984-85. He had spells<br />
at Lincoln City, King’s<br />
Lynn and Matlock<br />
before joining <strong>Burnley</strong> in<br />
February 1984. Scoring<br />
30 goals in 78 League<br />
games, he moved to<br />
Norwich City in October<br />
1985 and helped win the<br />
Second Division title. He<br />
was a promotion winner<br />
again with Manchester<br />
City in 1988-89 and<br />
joined Stoke in August<br />
1989. Leading marksman<br />
in three successive<br />
seasons, he starred as<br />
they reached the Third<br />
Division play-offs and won<br />
the Autoglass Trophy in<br />
1992. He joined Barnsley<br />
in October 1992 and later<br />
played for Celtic, Stoke<br />
again, Oxford <strong>United</strong> and<br />
Wigan Athletic.<br />
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THE LOWDOWN...<br />
...on <strong>Burnley</strong><br />
Each week UTB takes an alternative look over our opponents...<br />
FOUNDING MEMBERS<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> were founded in<br />
May of 1888 by members<br />
of a local rugby team called<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> Rovers. They were<br />
one of the first teams to<br />
become professional and<br />
also one of the 12 founding<br />
members of the Football<br />
League.<br />
HOME SWEET HOME<br />
Turf Moor has been<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong>’s home since 1883<br />
and is one of the longestserving<br />
football stadiums in<br />
the EFL. In 1883, a cricket<br />
club invited <strong>Burnley</strong> FC<br />
to move from Calder Vale<br />
to the pitch adjacent to<br />
their cricket ground where<br />
fans would congregate<br />
around the pitch or stand<br />
upon a nearby hill to see<br />
the game.<br />
JIMMY JIMMY<br />
Lancashire and England<br />
fast bowler Jimmy<br />
Anderson is an avid<br />
follower of the Clarets,<br />
with England’s all-time<br />
leading wicket taker<br />
affectionally known as the<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> Express. A couple<br />
of famous faces from the<br />
cobbles of Coronation<br />
Street are also regarded<br />
as <strong>Burnley</strong> followers, the<br />
late Johnny Briggs who<br />
played Mike Baldwin and<br />
Sam Aston, who played<br />
Chesney Brown.<br />
RECORD BREAKING BOB<br />
PRIDE OF LANCASHIRE<br />
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The Clarets have won the<br />
Lancashire Senior Cup<br />
on 10 occasions and have<br />
also been champions of<br />
England twice, winning<br />
the 1914 FA Cup final too.<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> are also one of<br />
only five sides to win all<br />
four divisions of English<br />
football.<br />
When England international forward Bob Kelly made<br />
the move from <strong>Burnley</strong> to Sunderland in 1921, he broke<br />
the world transfer record with a fee of around £6,500.<br />
Kelly scored eight times from 14 appearances for the<br />
Three Lions.<br />
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AWAY BLADE<br />
Coach Travel – Under-16s Policy<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> continue to ensure that the club<br />
complies with safeguarding procedures and to<br />
make sure that all young supporters travelling<br />
on the official Away Blade transport are properly<br />
supervised. Therefore, juniors, aged U16, will not<br />
be allowed to travel on the Away Blade coaches<br />
without a responsible adult, aged 25 or above.<br />
A maximum of two juniors U16 may travel with a<br />
responsible adult. For more information contact<br />
0114 253 7200.<br />
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STAND TYPE CAT. A* CAT. A CAT. B<br />
KOP STAND<br />
CHERRY STREET<br />
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& JOHN STREET<br />
FAMILY ENCLOSURE<br />
& FAMILY CORNER<br />
BRAMALL LANE<br />
UPPER CORNER &<br />
BRAMALL LANE<br />
UPPER TIER<br />
ADULT £35 £31 £26<br />
OVER 60 / DISABLED £29 £24 £20<br />
YA U22 / STUDENT £24 £20 £17<br />
UNDER 18 £17 £14 £12<br />
JUNIOR BLADES £15 £12 £10<br />
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UNDER 18 £21 £17 £14<br />
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<strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED<br />
Tuesday 8th November<br />
Sky Bet Championship<br />
Bramall Lane<br />
Kick Off 7.45pm<br />
This match is a Category A<br />
fixture. Tickets now on general<br />
sale. Supporters purchasing<br />
tickets will be allocated 100<br />
loyalty points.<br />
TICKETS ARE PRICED FROM:<br />
Adults: ...................................... £31<br />
Seniors: ....................................£24<br />
Young Adults / Students: ...£20<br />
Juniors: .....................................£14<br />
Junior Blade Members: .......£12<br />
AWAY<br />
<strong>vs</strong> CARDIFF CITY<br />
Saturday 12th November<br />
Sky Bet Championship<br />
Cardiff City Stadium<br />
Kick Off 3pm<br />
This match is ALL TICKET for<br />
Blades supporters. We have<br />
been allocated 2801 tickets.<br />
TICKET PRICES:<br />
Adults: ......................................£23<br />
Seniors (60+): ......................... £18<br />
Young Adult (16-21): .............£12<br />
Under 16: ................................ £10<br />
Q DISABLED TICKET INFORMATION<br />
12 pairs of wheelchair/<br />
personal assistant tickets<br />
are available at £19 adults,<br />
£15 seniors, £12 young adults<br />
and £9 under 16s with the<br />
personal assistant FOC.<br />
Ambulant tickets are available<br />
from the main allocation at<br />
the age appropriate price<br />
with the personal assistant<br />
FOC (subject to qualification).<br />
12 disabled parking spaces<br />
are available directly from<br />
Cardiff on a first come first<br />
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served basis by contacting<br />
ben.jones@cardiffcityfc.co.uk<br />
IMPORTANT INFORMATION<br />
Blocks 121 and 122 have safe<br />
standing areas within them<br />
(rail seats), these are clearly<br />
marked on the plan and also<br />
on your ticket – standing will<br />
not be permitted in other<br />
areas. These blocks also<br />
have a small amount of nonstanding<br />
tickets.<br />
Under 14s will not be<br />
permitted entry into the<br />
stadium without an adult<br />
aged 18+.<br />
AWAY BLADES COACH TRAVEL<br />
Price: £40<br />
Departing Bramall Lane at<br />
8:00am, prompt.<br />
HOME<br />
<strong>vs</strong> HUDDERSFIELD TOWN<br />
Saturday 10th December<br />
Sky Bet Championship<br />
Bramall Lane<br />
Kick Off 3pm<br />
This match is a Category A<br />
fixture. Tickets now on general<br />
sale. Supporters will be<br />
allocated 100 loyalty points.<br />
TICKETS ARE PRICED FROM:<br />
Adults: ...................................... £31<br />
Seniors: ....................................£24<br />
Young Adults / Students: ...£20<br />
Juniors: .....................................£14<br />
Junior Blade Members: .......£12<br />
Tickets are on sale on from<br />
9am Monday 7th November to<br />
members only. One ticket per<br />
customer number. Tickets go<br />
on general sale on Thursday<br />
10th November.<br />
Information correct at the time<br />
of going to print. Please check<br />
www.sufc.co.uk for up-to-date<br />
information.<br />
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THE EX-FILES<br />
David McGoldrick<br />
EACH WEEK UTB CATCHES UP WITH THE PROGRESS OF SOME OF THE NAMES WHO ONCE<br />
GRACED BRAMALL LANE, BUT ARE NOW CONTINUING THEIR CAREER ELSEWHERE…<br />
David McGoldrick is off the mark<br />
for his new club Derby County<br />
after scoring a dramatic stoppage<br />
time winner recently against<br />
Peterborough <strong>United</strong>.<br />
Trailing 1-0 and down to 10 men,<br />
things looked bleak for the Rams<br />
until an equaliser from Jason<br />
Knight on 88 minutes was followed<br />
up by McGoldrick’s winner from<br />
12 yards.<br />
After missing the first four games<br />
of the campaign through injury,<br />
McGoldrick is now finding his<br />
feet at Pride Park after his highly<br />
successful stint at Bramall Lane<br />
came to an end at the conclusion<br />
of last season.<br />
“As a striker you enjoy your<br />
goals, and especially when<br />
they come as a winner as well,”<br />
McGoldrick said of his first strike.<br />
“We hadn’t scored for a few<br />
games, so to get two right at the<br />
end was nice. It was a pleasing day<br />
all around and it’s always special<br />
to turn it around late on.<br />
“We are all together as one in<br />
the dressing room and it helps with<br />
the team bonding too, celebrating<br />
together at the end, especially<br />
as quite a few of us have come<br />
through the door this summer.<br />
The changing room was very<br />
happy after.”<br />
Grateful to be back fit again after<br />
recovering from the injury which<br />
curtailed his final season in S2, the<br />
ex-Forest front man is now focused<br />
on a strong run in the side.<br />
He added: “I feel I am getting<br />
fitter. I came here after a four or<br />
five-month spell out, following an<br />
operation. I’ve been building my<br />
fitness up and I had a setback by<br />
doing too much too soon, but now<br />
I am building things up slowly.”<br />
▲ Didzy celebrates his first for Derby<br />
against Peterborough<br />
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PLAY YOUR<br />
PART IN<br />
HISTORY<br />
We’re looking to break<br />
another record at Bramall<br />
Lane, and you can help by<br />
getting behind <strong>Sheffield</strong><br />
<strong>United</strong> Women this<br />
November.<br />
For the upcoming game<br />
against London City<br />
Lionesses on Sunday 20th<br />
November (1pm), <strong>United</strong><br />
are setting the challenge<br />
of breaking our own<br />
attendance record for a<br />
Women’s Championship<br />
fixture at Bramall Lane.<br />
Last season we saw an<br />
unbelievable response for<br />
our home game against<br />
Liverpool when 4,100 fans<br />
attended our historic home,<br />
and now we’re looking to<br />
go one better.<br />
This season <strong>Sheffield</strong><br />
<strong>United</strong> Women are playing<br />
all home fixtures in S2, with<br />
four successive crowds in<br />
excess of 1,000 already,<br />
as interest in the women’s<br />
game continues to grow<br />
following the successful<br />
European Championships.<br />
<strong>United</strong> Women boss Neil<br />
Redfearn said: “Playing at<br />
Bramall Lane this season<br />
has been special for<br />
everyone associated with<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> Women,<br />
and now we have an<br />
opportunity to once again<br />
create some history.<br />
“The response to our<br />
fixture against Liverpool<br />
last season was incredible,<br />
and with the backing we<br />
have had already this<br />
season, we firmly believe<br />
achieving another record<br />
crowd is very possible.<br />
“The girls have been<br />
giving their all in a really<br />
tough and competitive<br />
Championship division<br />
this season, and having a<br />
strong home crowd behind<br />
them at a top facility has<br />
been a real boost.<br />
“To have a bumper<br />
crowd here at Bramall Lane<br />
would be huge, the extra<br />
support really does make a<br />
difference.”<br />
The club are providing<br />
tickets to local schools and<br />
sports clubs to encourage<br />
youngsters to get involved,<br />
with a number of matchday<br />
activities also being<br />
planned in order to make it<br />
a day to remember.<br />
Zoe Johnson, <strong>United</strong><br />
Women’s general manager,<br />
added: “It has been a<br />
phenomenal year for<br />
women’s football as we<br />
continue to build on the<br />
fantastic achievement of<br />
the Lionesses this summer.<br />
“Following the staging<br />
of games at Bramall<br />
Lane, including England’s<br />
victorious semi-final,<br />
we’ve seen a real upturn in<br />
interest in <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
Women, with significantly<br />
increased attendances<br />
here at Bramall Lane.<br />
“With this in mind, we’ve<br />
set a target of surpassing<br />
our record attendance<br />
against London City.<br />
“We aim to attract more<br />
supporters to our women’s<br />
team, and with the men’s<br />
side taking a break for<br />
the World Cup, we urge<br />
those who have yet to see<br />
our women’s team play to<br />
come down and see what<br />
we’re all about.”<br />
For ticket information,<br />
visit tickets.sufc.co.uk.<br />
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KIT SPONSORS<br />
Do you want to sponsor a player’s kit? Contact us at 0114 253 7200 (option 2) or email commercial@sufc.co.uk.<br />
A player kit sponsorship package is priced at £700 plus VAT per player and includes the following:<br />
Match worn kit of your chosen player — Video message from your chosen player<br />
Christmas card from your chosen player — Invitation to annual sponsor training event<br />
Advertising on club website — Stadium big screen and within the matchday programme<br />
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UNITED IN BUSINESS<br />
Head of Commercial PAUL REEVES provides UTB with the latest<br />
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Good afternoon and welcome back to<br />
Bramall Lane for today’s fixture against<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong>.<br />
As always, it is a pleasure to introduce the<br />
sponsors that join us to watch the Blades take<br />
on the Clarets. Our first main match sponsor is<br />
Presto International UK, a regular sponsor over<br />
the past few seasons at Bramall Lane, they have<br />
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Our second main match sponsor is The Health<br />
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Today’s programme sponsor is KR Fleet<br />
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Finally, our match ball sponsors this afternoon<br />
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club. They are the Official UK Mechanical and<br />
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86 UTB<br />
MATCH ACTION<br />
1 - 0<br />
WAGHORN 87<br />
–<br />
WEDNESDAY 19TH OCTOBER — SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP — VENUE: CBS ARENA<br />
BLADES:DAVIES, BALDOCK, BASHAM (SHARP 88), Mc BURNIE, EGAN,<br />
AHMEDHODŽIĆ, NORWOOD, DOYLE (FLECK 79), OSBORN, NDIAYE, NORRINGTON-<br />
DAVIES (Mc ATEE 11). UNUSED: AMISSAH, BREWSTER, KHADRA, ROBINSON.<br />
Coventry ‘keeper Ben Wilson tips over<br />
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UTB 87<br />
Anel Ahmedhodzic heads towards goal<br />
Oli McBurnie takes aim<br />
John Egan wins his header<br />
John Fleck returns from injury<br />
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88 UTB<br />
ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE PITCH WITHOUT<br />
PERMISSION AND THOSE CARRYING OR USING<br />
SMOKE BOMBS OR PYROS WILL NOW RECEIVE<br />
AN AUTOMATIC CLUB BAN.<br />
‘LOVE FOOTBALL. PROTECT THE GAME’<br />
A message about anti-social and criminal behaviour<br />
To mark the new season, we want to<br />
make you aware of new measures<br />
being taken across all of football<br />
to ensure everyone can have a safe<br />
and enjoyable experience. We are<br />
supporting strong action from the<br />
FA, Premier League and EFL to tackle<br />
anti-social and criminal behaviours<br />
that put all of us at risk.<br />
This reflects the seriousness of<br />
the risks to fans and staff – pyros<br />
can burn at 2000 degrees Celsius<br />
and cause lifechanging injuries,<br />
while entering the pitch endangers<br />
players, managers and match<br />
officials.<br />
We know those who commit these<br />
illegal acts do not represent the<br />
majority of supporters.<br />
#LoveFootball #ProtectTheGame<br />
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UTB 89<br />
I GET<br />
KNOCKED<br />
DOWN<br />
The 27th May 2011, one of the most<br />
controversial days in the history of<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong>.<br />
As hundreds of Blades supporters<br />
gathered to air their dissatisfaction at the<br />
appointment of former Owl Danny Wilson,<br />
little did they know he would become<br />
one of a rare breed who would eventually<br />
earn the full respect from both sides of the<br />
Steel City.<br />
Despite his Hillsborough connections,<br />
Danny would endear himself to the fans of<br />
S2 during his two years at the helm, with<br />
supporters now able to read all about his<br />
remarkable turnaround in fortunes in this<br />
revealing autobiography.<br />
Out in time for Christmas, I Get<br />
Knocked Down lifts the lid over Danny’s<br />
appointment and his time in the Bramall<br />
Lane hot seat during a dramatic 2011-<br />
12 season which saw <strong>United</strong> push for<br />
promotion from League One, and his<br />
controversial departure despite the<br />
Blades being well placed for another<br />
promotion tilt.<br />
The book details the career of one<br />
of the most respected men in English<br />
football, which started as a player with<br />
Wigan in the mid-70s. Working his way<br />
through the divisions, Danny also played<br />
for Bury, Chesterfield, Nottingham Forest,<br />
Scunthorpe, Brighton, Luton, Wednesday<br />
and Barnsley. He won two League Cups in<br />
his career whilst being capped 24 times by<br />
Northern Ireland.<br />
His 25-year managerial career started<br />
at Barnsley who he guided to the Premier<br />
League for the first time in their history.<br />
Managing over 1,000 games, he also took<br />
in spells at Wednesday, Bristol City, MK<br />
Dons, Hartlepool <strong>United</strong>, Swindon Town,<br />
<strong>United</strong> and Chesterfield.<br />
Danny speaks candidly about his time<br />
in management, including working with<br />
Paolo Di Canio, being attacked in the<br />
media by four MPs, managing MK Dons<br />
during their inaugural season, helping<br />
to turn a young Harry Maguire from a<br />
midfielder to a defender and how he<br />
managed the situation of being the<br />
first boss to manage both teams in the<br />
Steel City.<br />
I Get Knocked Down is a truly<br />
fascinating insight into the life of a true<br />
football man and will be available in the<br />
Blades Superstore soon.<br />
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HERE’S<br />
A ST AT<br />
I BET<br />
YOU<br />
DIDN’T<br />
KN<br />
W
OVER HALF A MILLION<br />
SKY BET CUSTOMERS USE DEPOSIT LIMITS<br />
TO MANAGE THEIR BETTING BUDGET.<br />
THAT’S ENOUGH TO FILL:<br />
6 WEMBLEYS.<br />
201 ALLY PALLYS.<br />
OR 8 CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP DAYS.<br />
(THAT’S A LOT OF TWEED)<br />
ALL GOOD BOOKMAKERS<br />
HAVE DEPOSIT LIMITS.<br />
SO WHOEVER YOU BET WITH,<br />
SET AN APPROPRIATE ONE FOR YOU<br />
AND THEN ENJOY THE SPORT.<br />
DEPOSIT LIMITS<br />
THAT’S BETTING BETTER.
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FACTS&FIGURES 2022-23<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED 2022-23 ROLLCALL<br />
2022-23<br />
LEAGUE<br />
2022-23<br />
CUP<br />
UNITED<br />
CAREER<br />
2022-23<br />
RECORD<br />
Player DOB POB App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls Assists ■ ■<br />
1 ADAM DAVIES 17.07.92 RINTEIN, GER 3 - - - - - 3 - - - - -<br />
2 GEORGE BALDOCK 09.03.93 BUCKINGHAM 17 - - - - - 175 8 5 1 3 -<br />
3 ENDA STEVENS 09.07.90 DUBLIN 1 2 - - - - 187 5 9 - - -<br />
4 JOHN FLECK 24.08.91 GLASGOW 7 2 - 1 - - 236 19 15 2 2 -<br />
5 JACK O’CONNELL 29.03.94 LIVERPOOL - - - - - - 172 5 9 - - -<br />
6 CHRIS BASHAM 30.05.88 PETERBOROUGH 11 3 - - - - 343 21 14 - - -<br />
7 RHIAN BREWSTER 01.04.00 CHADWELL HEATH 5 11 1 1 - - 31 32 5 1 1 -<br />
8 SANDER BERGE 14.02.98 ASKER 12 - 3 - 1 - 64 15 11 3 1 -<br />
9 OLI McBURNIE 04.06.96 LEEDS 10 5 7 - - - 59 51 15 - 5 -<br />
10 BILLY SHARP 05.02.86 SHEFFIELD 4 8 - - 1 - 259 86 126 2 3 -<br />
11 REDA KHADRA 04.07.01 BERLIN 4 7 1 1 - - 5 7 1 - - -<br />
12 JOHN EGAN 22.10.92 CORK 18 - - 1 - - 184 1 5 2 3 -<br />
13 MAX LOWE 11.05.97 SOUTH NORMANTON 6 1 1 1 - - 16 3 1 2 1 -<br />
15 ANEL AHMEDHODŽIĆ 26.03.99 MALMO, SWE 11 2 3 1 - - 12 2 3 1 5 -<br />
16 OLLIE NORWOOD 12.04.91 BURNLEY 18 - 2 1 - - 178 12 9 4 4 -<br />
17 ISMAILA COULIBALY 25.12.00 MALI - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />
18 WES FODERINGHAM 14.01.91 HAMMERSMITH 15 - - 1 - - 53 - - 1 - 1<br />
19 JACK ROBINSON 01.09.93 WARRINGTON 1 1 - - - - 49 6 3 - - -<br />
20 JAYDEN BOGLE 27.07.00 READING 1 1 - - - - 38 7 6 - 1 -<br />
22 TOMMY DOYLE 17.10.01 MANCHESTER 9 4 - - 1 - 9 5 - 1 1 -<br />
23 BEN OSBORN 05.08.94 DERBY 5 3 1 - 1 - 60 33 5 - - -<br />
26 CIARAN CLARK 26.09.89 HARROW 2 1 - - 1 - 2 2 - - 3 -<br />
28 JAMES McATEE 18.10.02 SALFORD 5 8 1 1 - - 6 8 1 2 4 -<br />
29 ILIMAN NDIAYE 06.03.00 ROUEN, FRA 16 2 8 - - - 42 12 15 3 3 -<br />
30 OLIVER ARBLASTER 08.01.04 SHEFFIELD - 2 - 1 - - 1 2 - - - -<br />
32 WILL OSULA 04.08.03 COPENHAGEN - - - - - - - 5 - - - -<br />
33 RHYS NORRINGTON-DAVIES 22.04.99 RIYADH, SAU 15 - - - - - 38 3 - - 3 -<br />
34 KYRON GORDON 24.05.02 SHEFFIELD 1 - - 1 - - 9 1 - - - -<br />
36 DANIEL JEBBISON 13.08.03 OAKVILLE, CAN 1 2 - - - - 6 12 1 - - -<br />
37 JORDAN AMISSAH 02.08.01 HERNE - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - -<br />
39 SAI SACHDEV 09.03.05 LEICESTER - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - -<br />
OWN GOALS: 1<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED ON THE ROAD 2022-23<br />
BIRMINGHAM CITY 2,714 - -<br />
BLACKBURN ROVERS 1,536 - -<br />
BLACKPOOL 1,499 - -<br />
BRISTOL CITY - 781 356<br />
BURNLEY - - -<br />
CARDIFF CITY - - -<br />
COVENTRY CITY - 1,857 168<br />
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN - - -<br />
HULL CITY - 2,288 132<br />
LUTON TOWN - 1,032 258<br />
NORWICH CITY 2,643 - -<br />
MIDDLESBROUGH - 2,183 202<br />
MILLWALL 1,270 - -<br />
PRESTON NORTH END - 4,428 150<br />
QUEENS PARK RANGERS 668 - -<br />
READING 566 - -<br />
ROTHERHAM UNITED - - -<br />
STOKE CITY - 2,553 144<br />
SUNDERLAND 2,572 - -<br />
SWANSEA CITY - 560 462<br />
WATFORD - 1,908 292<br />
WEST BROMWICH ALBION - 1,936 180<br />
WIGAN ATHLETIC - - -<br />
CARABAO CUP<br />
WEST BROMWICH ALBION - 739 174<br />
● AWAY FANS AT THE LANE ● BLADES AWAY FANS<br />
● ROUND TRIP (MILES)<br />
GOAL TIMES<br />
F A<br />
0-15 5 4<br />
16-30 5 2<br />
31-45 3 2<br />
46-60 4 4<br />
61-75 8 1<br />
76-90 4 3<br />
EXTRA-TIME - -<br />
GOALS THE BREAKDOWN<br />
SHOTS 23<br />
HEADERS 5<br />
PENALTIES -<br />
OWN GOALS 1<br />
OTHERS -<br />
LEAGUE RECORD<br />
HOME AWAY TOTAL<br />
P 2476 2478 4954<br />
W 1317 677 1994<br />
D 617 609 1226<br />
L 542 1192 1734<br />
F 4532 2988 7520<br />
A 2706 4293 6999<br />
STAT SNIPPET...<br />
Iliman Ndiaye’s goal<br />
against Bristol City was<br />
his eighth of the season,<br />
taking him past last<br />
season’s overall tally.<br />
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UTB 93<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP TOP 5s 2022-23<br />
GOALS<br />
JERRY YATES<br />
Blackpool 9<br />
JAY RODRIGUEZ<br />
<strong>Burnley</strong> 9<br />
ILIMAN NDIAYE<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> 8<br />
BEN BRERETON DIAZ<br />
Blackburn Rovers 8<br />
JOSH SARGENT<br />
Norwich City 8<br />
ASSISTS<br />
DAN BARLASER<br />
Rotherham <strong>United</strong> 6<br />
SORBA THOMAS<br />
Huddersfield Town 6<br />
ILIAS CHAIR<br />
Queens Park Rangers 6<br />
JACK CLARKE<br />
Sunderland 6<br />
STEFAN JOHANSEN<br />
Queens Park Rangers 6<br />
CLEAN SHEETS<br />
FREDDIE WOODMAN<br />
Preston North End 11<br />
WES FODERINGHAM<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> 7<br />
BEN WILSON<br />
Coventry City 7<br />
ETHAN HORVATH<br />
Luton Town 7<br />
JOHN RUDDY<br />
Birmingham City 7<br />
YELLOW CARDS<br />
JORDAN STOREY<br />
Preston North End 7<br />
ISAIAH JONES<br />
Middlesbrough 7<br />
ALEX SCOTT<br />
Bristol City 7<br />
REGAN SLATER<br />
Hull City 6<br />
BEN SHEAF<br />
Coventry City 5<br />
GOALS SCORED<br />
BURNLEY<br />
35<br />
SHEFFIELD<br />
UNITED 29<br />
BRISTOL<br />
CITY 26<br />
WATFORD<br />
26<br />
NORWICH<br />
CITY 26<br />
AVERAGE ATTENDANCES<br />
SUNDERLAND<br />
37,905<br />
SHEFFIELD<br />
UNITED 28,331<br />
NORWICH<br />
CITY 26,993<br />
MIDDLESBROUGH<br />
24,669<br />
WEST BROMWICH<br />
ALBION 21,961<br />
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UTB 95<br />
FACTS&FIGURES<br />
HOME<br />
AWAY<br />
P TEAM P W D L F A W D L F A GD PTS<br />
1 BURNLEY 19 6 4 0 20 10 4 4 1 15 8 +17 38<br />
2 BLACKBURN ROVERS 19 7 0 2 16 7 4 0 6 7 12 +4 33<br />
3 SHEFFIELD UNITED 18 4 3 1 17 8 5 2 3 12 8 +13 32<br />
4 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 18 5 2 1 14 7 4 2 4 11 12 +6 31<br />
5 NORWICH CITY 19 5 3 2 17 10 3 2 4 9 10 +6 29<br />
6 WATFORD 18 5 1 2 15 9 3 4 3 11 12 +5 29<br />
7 SWANSEA CITY 18 5 1 3 13 11 3 3 3 10 13 -1 28<br />
8 PRESTON NORTH END 19 3 4 3 5 7 4 3 2 9 8 -1 28<br />
9 MILLWALL 18 7 0 2 16 7 1 3 5 6 13 +2 27<br />
10 LUTON TOWN 18 2 6 2 13 11 4 2 2 8 8 +2 26<br />
11 READING 18 6 1 2 14 9 2 1 6 6 16 -5 26<br />
12 SUNDERLAND 18 2 4 2 10 9 4 2 4 14 12 +3 24<br />
13 BIRMINGHAM CITY 18 3 4 2 10 6 3 2 4 8 9 +3 24<br />
14 ROTHERHAM UNITED 18 4 3 2 16 10 1 4 4 6 13 -1 22<br />
15 BRISTOL CITY 19 4 2 4 13 10 2 2 5 13 18 -2 22<br />
16 BLACKPOOL 18 3 1 4 12 12 3 3 4 11 15 -4 22<br />
17 STOKE CITY 18 2 2 4 8 12 4 2 4 11 11 -4 22<br />
18 CARDIFF CITY 18 4 2 3 7 6 2 1 6 7 15 -7 21<br />
19 MIDDLESBROUGH 18 3 4 2 10 9 2 1 6 13 15 -1 20<br />
20 COVENTRY CITY 16 3 1 3 6 6 2 4 3 10 12 -2 20<br />
21 HULL CITY 18 4 0 6 10 18 2 2 4 11 17 -14 20<br />
22 WIGAN ATHLETIC 18 1 3 6 6 17 4 1 3 11 9 -9 19<br />
23 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 18 2 4 4 12 14 1 4 3 9 10 -3 17<br />
24 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 17 4 1 5 10 10 0 2 5 7 14 -7 15<br />
FA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2022-23<br />
P TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS<br />
1 BRISTOL CITY WOMEN 7 6 1 0 13 2 11 19<br />
2 LONDON CITY LIONESSES 7 4 2 1 14 4 10 14<br />
3 SOUTHAMPTON 7 4 2 1 8 6 2 14<br />
4 CRYSTAL PALACE 7 4 0 3 9 8 1 12<br />
5 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 7 3 1 3 14 12 2 10<br />
6 BIRMINGHAM CITY 6 3 1 2 9 7 2 10<br />
7 LEWES 7 2 4 1 8 7 1 10<br />
8 BLACKBURN ROVERS 7 2 2 3 8 12 -4 8<br />
9 SHEFFIELD UNITED 7 2 1 4 14 9 5 7<br />
10 DURHAM 6 2 1 3 6 9 -3 7<br />
11 SUNDERLAND LADIES 7 1 1 5 5 12 -7 4<br />
12 COVENTRY UNITED 7 0 0 7 4 24 -20 0<br />
LEAGUE<br />
TABLES<br />
2022-23<br />
U21 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH 2022-23*<br />
P TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS<br />
1 SHEFFIELD UNITED 12 8 1 3 23 15 8 25<br />
2 WIGAN ATHLETIC 13 5 2 6 21 19 2 17<br />
3 BURNLEY 12 5 2 5 20 25 -5 17<br />
4 HULL CITY 12 5 1 6 30 23 7 16<br />
5 BIRMINGHAM CITY 11 4 3 4 21 19 2 15<br />
6 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 13 3 4 6 22 28 -6 13<br />
7 COVENTRY CITY 11 3 2 6 17 21 -4 11<br />
8 CREWE ALEXANDRA 9 2 4 3 11 14 -3 10<br />
9 BARNSLEY 10 2 3 5 13 17 -4 9<br />
10 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 13 3 0 10 12 33 -21 9<br />
U18 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH 2022-23*<br />
P TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS<br />
1 BARNSLEY 8 5 1 2 20 12 8 16<br />
2 SHEFFIELD UNITED 9 5 1 3 13 9 4 16<br />
3 BURNLEY 9 4 3 2 18 16 2 15<br />
4 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 9 4 0 5 16 23 -7 12<br />
5 WIGAN ATHLETIC 9 3 1 5 14 14 0 10<br />
6 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 8 2 3 3 8 8 0 9<br />
7 CREWE ALEXANDRA 8 2 2 4 10 13 -3 8<br />
8 COVENTRY CITY 7 2 1 4 11 13 -2 7<br />
9 BIRMINGHAM CITY 8 2 1 5 16 20 -4 7<br />
10 HULL CITY 8 1 1 6 10 28 -18 4<br />
*PLEASE NOTE, GAMES AGAINST TEAMS FROM THE SOUTH LEAGUE CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS NORTH TABLE<br />
UPDATED AS OF 02/11/22<br />
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SEASON STATS<br />
2022-23<br />
M<br />
APR<br />
MAR<br />
FEB<br />
JAN<br />
DEC<br />
NOV<br />
OCT<br />
SEP<br />
AUG<br />
DATE KO OPPOSITION F-A ATT POS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
MON 1 20:00 WATFORD 0-1 19,536 (1,908) 23 FOD’HAM BALDOCK CLARK EGAN N’-DAVIES STEVENS BERGE<br />
SAT 6 15:00 MILLWALL 2-0 27,738 (1,270) 7 FOD’HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN CLARK N’-DAVIES BERGE 1<br />
THU 11 20:00 WEST BROM CC1 0-1 6,747 (739) – FOD’HAM GORDON AHMED’ZIC EGAN LOWE NORWOOD ARBLASTER<br />
SUN 14 14:00 MIDDLESBROUGH 2-2 26,056 (2,183) 9 FOD’HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN N’-DAVIES LOWE BERGE 1<br />
WED 17 20:00 SUNDERLAND 2-1 28,597 (2,572) 4 FOD’HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC 1 EGAN N’-DAVIES LOWE 1 BERGE<br />
SAT 20 15:00 BLACKBURN ROVERS 3-0 27,859 (1,536) 1 FOD’HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN N’-DAVIES LOWE BERGE<br />
FRI 26 20:00 LUTON TOWN 1-1 9,882 (1,032) 2 FOD’HAM BALDOCK BASHAM EGAN N’-DAVIES LOWE BERGE<br />
TUE 30 19:45 READING 4-0 27,810 (566) 1 FOD'HAM BALDOCK AHMED'ZIC 2 EGAN N'-DAVIES LOWE BERGE<br />
SUN 4 15:00 HULL CITY 2-0 20,426 (2,288) 1 FOD'HAM BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN N'-DAVIES LOWE BERGE 1<br />
TUE 13 19:45 SWANSEA CITY 1-0 15,458 (560) 1 FOD'HAM BALDOCK BASHAM EGAN AHMED’ZIC N'-DAVIES BERGE<br />
SAT 17 15:00 PRESTON NORTH END 2-0 18,412 (4,428) 1 FOD'HAM BALDOCK AHMED'ZIC EGAN BASHAM N'-DAVIES BERGE<br />
SAT 1 15:00 BIRMINGHAM CITY 1-1 29,927 (2,714) 1 FOD'HAM BALDOCK BASHAM EGAN N'-DAVIES KHADRA BERGE<br />
TUE 4 19:45 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 0-1 26,666 (668) 1 FOD'HAM BALDOCK BASHAM EGAN N'-DAVIES BOGLE BERGE<br />
SAT 8 15:00 STOKE CITY 1-3 22,008 (2,553) 1 FOD'HAM GORDON BASHAM EGAN N’-DAVIES DOYLE NORWOOD<br />
SAT 15 15:00 BLACKPOOL 3-3 28,455 (1,499) 2 FOD'HAM BALDOCK BASHAM EGAN N'-DAVIES OSBORN DOYLE<br />
WED 19 19:45 COVENTRY CITY 0-1 17,913 (1,857) 4 DAVIES BALDOCK AHMED'ZIC EGAN BASHAM N'-DAVIES OSBORN<br />
SAT 22 15:00 NORWICH CITY 2-2 30,035 (2,643) 5 DAVIES BALDOCK AHMED'ZIC EGAN BASHAM OSBORN 1 FLECK<br />
SAT 29 12:30 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2-0 22,270 (1,936) 4 DAVIES BALDOCK AHMED’ZIC EGAN BASHAM OSBORN FLECK<br />
TUE 1 20:00 BRISTOL CITY 1-0 17,437 (781) 3 FOD'HAM BALDOCK BASHAM EGAN ROBINSON OSBORN FLECK<br />
SAT 5 12:30 BURNLEY<br />
TUE 8 19:45 ROTHERHAM UNITED<br />
SAT 12 15:00 CARDIFF CITY<br />
SAT 10 15:00 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN<br />
MON 19 20:00 WIGAN ATHLETIC<br />
MON 26 15:00 COVENTRY CITY<br />
THU 29 20:15 BLACKPOOL<br />
MON 2 20:00 QUEENS PARK RANGERS<br />
SAT 14 15:00 STOKE CITY<br />
FRI 20 19:45 HULL CITY<br />
SAT 28 15:00 READING<br />
SAT 4 15:00 ROTHERHAM UNITED<br />
SAT 11 15:00 SWANSEA CITY<br />
WED 15 19:45 MIDDLESBROUGH<br />
SAT 18 15:00 MILLWALL<br />
SAT 25 15:00 WATFORD<br />
SAT 4 15:00 BLACKBURN ROVERS<br />
SAT 11 15:00 LUTON TOWN<br />
WED 15 19:45 SUNDERLAND<br />
SAT 18 15:00 WEST BROMWICH ALBION<br />
SAT 1 15:00 NORWICH CITY<br />
FRI 7 15:00 WIGAN ATHLETIC<br />
MON 10 15:00 BURNLEY<br />
SAT 15 15:00 CARDIFF CITY<br />
TUE 18 19:45 BRISTOL CITY<br />
SAT 22 15:00 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN<br />
SAT 29 15:00 PRESTON NORTH END<br />
SAT 6 15:00 BIRMINGHAM CITY<br />
ANOTHER WIN ON THE ROAD… Iliman Ndiaye celebrates<br />
his eighth of the season as <strong>United</strong> record back-to-back away wins<br />
after a 1-0 success against Bristol City on Tuesday night.<br />
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UTB 97<br />
HOME GAMES IN BOLD<br />
1 NUMBER SIGNIFIES GOALS SCORED<br />
OG = INDICATES AN OWN GOAL – P = PENALTY<br />
BOOKED – SENT-OFF<br />
(9) = SUBSTITUTE USED (NUMBER DENOTES PLAYER REPLACED)<br />
8 9 10 11 SUBSTITUTES REFEREE<br />
NORWOOD FLECK JEBBISON NDIAYE LOWE (6), BREWSTER (10), KHADRA (3), OSBORN (8), SHARP (11), GORDON, AMISSAH J. SMITH<br />
NORWOOD FLECK BREWSTER NIDAYE 1 SHARP (10), JEBBISON (11), OSBORN (9), LOWE, KHADRA, McATEE, AMISSAH D. COOTE<br />
FLECK McATEE KHADRA BREWSTER OSBORN (8), CLARK (3), DOYLE (9), SHARP (10), BERGE (12), BALDOCK, N’-DAVIES, JEBBISON, AMISSAH D. WEBB<br />
NORWOOD FLECK SHARP NDIAYE BREWSTER (10), McBURNIE (11), GORDON, DOYLE, KHADRA, McATEE, AMISSAH OG A. MARRINER<br />
NORWOOD McATEE BREWSTER NDIAYE FLECK (9), KHADRA (10), McBURNIE (11), DOYLE, BASHAM, JEBBISON, AMISSAH J. LININGTON<br />
NORWOOD 1 FLECK KHADRA McBURNIE NDIAYE (10) 2 , BASHAM (2), BREWSTER (11), DOYLE (7), McATEE, JEBBISON, AMISSAH L. DOUGHTY<br />
NORWOOD McATEE McBURNIE 1 NDIAYE DOYLE (9), AMISSAH (1), AHMEDHODZIC (5), BREWSTER (11), ARBLASTER, OSULA, JEBBISON D. WEBB<br />
NORWOOD DOYLE McBURNIE 1 NDIAYE 1 KHADRA (11), BREWSTER (10), BASHAM (2), McATEE (9), ARBLASTER, JEBBISON, AMISSAH G. WARD<br />
NORWOOD DOYLE McBURNIE 1 NDIAYE BASHAM (6), BREWSTER (10) , McATEE (7), ARBLASTER (9), KHADRA, GORDON, AMISSAH M. DONOHUE<br />
NORWOOD DOYLE McBURNIE NDIAYE McATEE (9), BREWSTER (10), KHADRA (11) 1, JEBBISON, BROOKS, GORDON, AMISSAH D. BOND<br />
NORWOOD NDIAYE 1 McBURNIE 1 BREWSTER DOYLE (11), SHARP (10), McATEE (9), KHADRA, BROOKS, GORDON, AMISSAH J. SIMPSON<br />
NORWOOD DOYLE McBURNIE 1 NDIAYE BOGLE (6), BREWSTER (9), SHARP (10), McATEE (11), ARBLASTER, GORDON, DAVIES D. BOND<br />
NORWOOD DOYLE McBURNIE NDIAYE KHADRA (2), BREWSTER (9), SHARP (10), McATEE (6), ARBLASTER, GORDON, DAVIES J. LININGTON<br />
McATEE NDIAYE KHADRA BREWSTER 1 SHARP (10), ARBLASTER (8), SACHDEV (2), JEBBISON (11), OSBORN (6), BROOKS, DAVIES P. BANKES<br />
NORWOOD 1 McATEE 1 SHARP NDIAYE 1 BREWSTER (10), McBURNIE (6), AHMEDHODZIC (9), KHADRA (2), ARBLASTER, ROBINSON, DAVIES D. WEBB<br />
NORWOOD DOYLE McBURNIE NIDAYE McATEE (6) Y, FLECK (9), SHARP (5), KHADRA, BREWSTER, ROBINSON, AMISSAH K. STROUD<br />
NORWOOD McATEE SHARP BREWSTER NDIAYE (9), DOYLE (7), McBURNIE (11) 1, KHADRA (10), BUYABU, ROBINSON, AMISSAH J. SMITH<br />
NORWOOD DOYLE McBURNIE 1 NDIAYE 1 BREWSTER (7), SHARP (12), ROBINSON (2), STEVENS (5), KHADRA, McATEE, AMISSAH D. WHITESTONE<br />
NORWOOD NDIAYE 1 SHARP KHADRA McATEE (11), McBURNIE (10), STEVENS (7), CLARK (3), SACHDEV, BROOKS, DAVIES S. MARTIN<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> BURNLEY
98 UTB<br />
BLADES STATISTICIAN ANDREW KIRKHAM DELVES INTO THE<br />
ARCHIVES TO ENLIGHTEN UNITEDITES WITH TOPICAL FIGURES…<br />
ABOUT TIME IT HAPPENED AGAIN...<br />
What has happened 62 (or 61) times<br />
in the Football League but not since<br />
November 1987, never in the Premier<br />
League, not at Bramall Lane since<br />
January 1929 and not involving the<br />
Blades since November 1933?<br />
The answer: a side scoring 10 or more<br />
goals in a league game.<br />
Below are some facts and figures about<br />
those 61/62 scores.<br />
UNITED’S DOUBLE FIGURE<br />
SCORELINES<br />
Port Vale 0-10 <strong>United</strong> 10/12/1892 Div 2<br />
<strong>United</strong> 11-2 Cardiff City 01/01/1926 Div 1<br />
<strong>United</strong> 10-0 <strong>Burnley</strong> 19/01/1929 Div 1<br />
Middlesbrough 10-3 <strong>United</strong> 18/11/1933 Div 1<br />
Our 10-0 win at Port Vale remains the<br />
only time an away side has scored double<br />
figures in a league game<br />
THE MOST RECENT<br />
Man. City 10-7 Huddersfield T. 07/11/1987 Div 2<br />
Gillingham 10-0 Chesterfield 05/09/1987 Div 3<br />
Doncaster 10-0 Darlington 25/01/1964 Div 4<br />
Fulham 10-1 Ipswich Town 26/12/1963 Div 1<br />
The 23 year plus gap between Doncaster<br />
and Gillingham scoring 10 was the longest<br />
to that time. We have now waited 35 years<br />
since Manchester City’s 10 goals.<br />
Oldham had beaten Tranmere 4-1 at home<br />
on the previous day (games were played<br />
on Christmas Day back then).<br />
14 IN A GAME<br />
Aston Villa 12-2 Accrington 12/03/1892 Div 1<br />
Man. City 11-3 Lincoln City 23/03/1895 Div 2<br />
Tottenham H. 10-4 Everton 11/10/1958 Div 1<br />
DOES IT COUNT?<br />
On 2 Sep 1939, in Division 3 (South),<br />
Bournemouth beat Northampton Town 10-<br />
0. The following day the war was declared<br />
and the Football League was abandoned.<br />
The three games that most clubs had<br />
played are not included in their league<br />
records.<br />
When the Football League restarted in<br />
1946-47 the same fixture list as in 1939-<br />
40 was used and Bournemouth did beat<br />
Northampton again but only 2-1.<br />
▼ Harry Johnson scored four as <strong>United</strong> beat <strong>Burnley</strong> 10-0 in 1929<br />
THE MOST GOALS IN A GAME<br />
The biggest ever goals total is 17 in a<br />
Division 3 (North) game:<br />
Tranmere R. 13-4 Oldham A. 26/12/1935<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> BURNLEY
SHEFFIELD UNITED<br />
1 O Adam DAVIES<br />
2 O George BALDOCK<br />
3 O Enda STEVENS<br />
4 O John FLECK<br />
5 O Jack O’CONNELL<br />
6 O Chris BASHAM<br />
7 O Rhian BREWSTER<br />
8 O Sander BERGE<br />
9 O Oli McBURNIE<br />
10 O Billy SHARP<br />
11 O Reda KHADRA<br />
12 O John EGAN<br />
13 O Max LOWE<br />
15 O Anel AHMEDHODŽIĆ<br />
16 O Ollie NORWOOD<br />
17 O Ismaila COULIBALY<br />
18 O Wes FODERINGHAM<br />
19 O Jack ROBINSON<br />
20 O Jayden BOGLE<br />
22 O Tommy DOYLE<br />
23 O Ben OSBORN<br />
26 O Ciaran CLARK<br />
28 O James McATEE<br />
29 O Iliman NDIAYE<br />
30 O Oliver ARBLASTER<br />
33 O Rhys NORRINGTON-DAVIES<br />
34 O Kyron GORDON<br />
36 O Daniel JEBBISON<br />
37 O Jordan AMISSAH<br />
39 O Sai SACHDEV<br />
BURNLEY<br />
2 O Matthew LOWTON<br />
3 O Charlie TAYLOR<br />
4 O Jack CORK<br />
5 O Taylor HARWOOD-BELLIS<br />
6 O CJ EGAN-RILEY<br />
7 O Jóhann Berg GUÐMUNDSSON<br />
8 O Josh BROWNHILL<br />
9 O Jay RODRIGUEZ<br />
10 O Ashley BARNES<br />
11 O Scott TWINE<br />
14 O Connor ROBERTS<br />
15 O Bailey PEACOCK-FARRELL<br />
17 O Manuel BENSON<br />
18 O Ashley WESTWOOD<br />
19 O Anass ZAROURY<br />
20 O Denis FRANCHI<br />
21 O Luke McNALLY<br />
22 O VITINHO<br />
23 O Nathan TELLA<br />
24 O Josh CULLEN<br />
25 O Will NORRIS<br />
26 O Samuel BASTIEN<br />
27 O Darko CHURLINOV<br />
28 O Kevin LONG<br />
29 O Ian MAATSEN<br />
30 O Halil DERVIŞOĞLU<br />
36 O Jordan BEYER<br />
44 O Dara COSTELLOE<br />
49 O Arijanet MURIC<br />
REFEREE<br />
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MARK STEVENS<br />
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