Sheffield United vs Burnley
UTB | Official Matchday Programme of Sheffield United | Issue 09
Sheffield United vs Burnley | Sky Bet Championship
Saturday 5th November, 2021 | KO 12.30pm | Bramall Lane
UTB | Official Matchday Programme of Sheffield United | Issue 09
Sheffield United vs Burnley | Sky Bet Championship
Saturday 5th November, 2021 | KO 12.30pm | Bramall Lane
14 UTB arguably deserved promotion via the play-offs on another day. The togetherness and spirit within this group of players and staff is something else and it was something I wanted to be part of moving forward if given the opportunity, so it was a no brainer for me when I was offered another deal in the summer. I’d looked in on the team when I was at Stoke and I knew it was a decent group, but it is only when you are inside the club that you realise exactly what the manager is doing here. I aimed to push Wes last season and hopefully played a small role in the success we had, despite missing out on promotion and obviously I did enough to stick around for a lot longer.” UTB: How important is a positive mentality for a footballer? AD: “Football is a mad man’s sport in all honesty. Things happen in the game that just wouldn’t happen in any other sport or profession in my opinion because circumstances can change for the good or bad so quickly and you can go from being in or out favour in the blink of an eye at any club. My situation in the last few weeks is a perfect example because before the Blackpool game I’d have thought I’d have no chance of playing but you just can’t think like that as a footballer. I’ve been in the team and given my all when the manager needed to call on me and now my challenge is to push Wes again and fight for my place.” UTB: How different is it going from a back-up goalkeeper that is a regular on the bench to being thrust into the team in unexpected circumstances? AD: “I’d been first choice at Stoke for much of the first half of last season, but my last game for them was in early January, so it was over 10 months from that game against Preston to making my debut for United at Coventry. It was nice, it was great to be back on the pitch obviously and you feel like a footballer again in all honesty. The pre-match butterflies, you are preparing, warming up with that extra edge and there is a different feel, I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t, it felt totally different because you have to be in the right zone to perform to the best of your ability.” UTB: If the home game against Blackpool had everything, the last outing at Bramall Lane against Norwich City wasn’t far behind. How much resilience did you have to show after that early slip? AD: “That was the life of a goalkeeper in 90 minutes! It was eventful to say the least and thankfully both individually and collectively it finished much better than it started. I held my hands up for my mistake early on, but it felt good to make a meaningful contribution with the SHEFFIELD UNITED vs BURNLEY
UTB 15 penalty save after the lads had got us back into the game at 2-2. We all showed resilience, but it wasn’t easy on my Bramall Lane bow, making such a mistake and costing us the opening goal in front of the Kop, but I’d like to think I bounced back well. We conceded a second pretty quickly, but having made that save from Sargent I felt I gradually grew into the game. Mistakes happen, it happened to me, but thankfully as a team we still managed to get a result against the odds.” UTB: How did you reflect on the atmosphere on your home debut for the Blades and do you feel the Blades supporters have a big role to play, particular at Bramall Lane? AD: “The second half was incredible, the noise and atmosphere was one of the best I can remember and I relished playing in front of that crowd, despite the early setback. I remember United coming from behind to beat Stoke, kicking towards the Kop and they are quite literally the 12th man when right behind the team. With the squad and quality within it and these fans behind us we should have a terrific chance of achieving something this season if we continue to apply ourselves every game. The lads fed off the atmosphere, we had to show character in the Norwich game, but the noise from the stands was phenomenal and it does make such a difference when the game is being played on the edge.” SHEFFIELD UNITED vs BURNLEY
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- Page 3 and 4: UTB 03 CONTACT US Main Switchboard
- Page 5 and 6: UTB 05 Paul Heckingbot tom MANAGER
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- Page 24 and 25: 24 UTB IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO BUY
- Page 26: 26 UTB L I V E N O W >>>> NEXT-GEN
- Page 29 and 30: UTB 29 LANE HOSTS ANOTHER MILESTONE
- Page 31 and 32: UTB 31 Happy Birthdays 1⃞■ Happ
- Page 33 and 34: UTB 33 Iliman Ndiaye heads in Unite
- Page 35 and 36: UTB 35 John Garrett’s FABLES & FO
- Page 37 and 38: UTB 37 ▲ The much-missed Derek Ne
- Page 39 and 40: UTB 39 on behind the scenes. The re
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- Page 43 and 44: N ANZONE FAN ONE FANZONE FAN FANZON
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- Page 47 and 48: UTB 47 ▲ Oli McBurnie enjoys his
- Page 49 and 50: UTB 49 United and Bury both earned
- Page 51 and 52: UTB 51 ▲ In the dugout for Oxford
- Page 53 and 54: UTB 53 HOLIDAY SNAPS UTB are once a
- Page 55 and 56: UTB 55 SHEFFIELD UNITED vs BURNLEY
- Page 57 and 58: UTB 57 DAVE BASSETT… The manager
- Page 59 and 60: DUO UNDER THE KNIFE… More bad new
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- Page 63 and 64: PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE… Here’s ho
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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 />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> BURNLEY
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