Sheffield United vs Rotherham United
UTB | Official Matchday Programme of Sheffield United | Issue 10
Sheffield United vs Rotherham United | Sky Bet Championship
Tuesday 8th November, 2022 | KO 7.45pm | Bramall Lane
UTB | Official Matchday Programme of Sheffield United | Issue 10
Sheffield United vs Rotherham United | Sky Bet Championship
Tuesday 8th November, 2022 | KO 7.45pm | Bramall Lane
THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF SHEFFIELD UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB l e s t w e f o r g e t SHEFFIELD UNITED vs ROTHERHAM UNITED TUESDAY 8th NOVEMBER 2022 — 7.45PM BRAMALL LANE 2022-23 #10 — £3.50
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SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong><br />
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KEY FEATURES…<br />
10<br />
27<br />
43<br />
83<br />
We check in with Sander Berge as he explains<br />
he can’t wait to hear the Bramall Lane buzz again<br />
as he continues his recovery from injury.<br />
We welcome charity partners Weston Park who join<br />
us at Bramall Lane today for their Takeover Day.<br />
Les Payne looks back over the career of<br />
former boss Reg Freeman who played a major<br />
role here and at our visitors <strong>Rotherham</strong>.<br />
This week Ollie Norwood is next up to<br />
take part in the Favourites Q&A.<br />
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SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
UTB 05<br />
Paul Heckingbot tom<br />
MANAGER’S NOTES<br />
It has been pleasing to see<br />
everyone’s hard work being<br />
rewarded recently.<br />
Interestingly, or coincidentally, our return<br />
to winning form has been whilst the live<br />
TV cameras have been on us. Three wins<br />
in seven days has, I hope, highlighted that<br />
we are a team that has to be respected<br />
and are capable of winning matches in<br />
different ways. At West Brom we deserved<br />
it, at Bristol City we dug in and on Saturday<br />
we were impressive in ending Burnley’s<br />
unbeaten run – a fantastic team effort<br />
which, it seemed, lifted Blades fans who<br />
were inside Bramall Lane. The character<br />
of the team showed and everyone was<br />
understandably delighted at full-time.<br />
We played our way back into the game<br />
after a challenging start and the response<br />
following Burnley’s second goal set us<br />
up to get on top in the second half. We<br />
played how we wanted to, we worked<br />
on our approach at the end of last week<br />
and it would have been foolish not to take<br />
into account where we would have an<br />
advantage.<br />
There was lots to be pleased with,<br />
particularly in the second half, we were<br />
adamant we didn’t want Burnley to come<br />
and have it their way and make it a game<br />
they wanted, we wanted to make it about<br />
how we want to play. Even though a few<br />
things went against us, we went out and<br />
showed belief to keep executing what we<br />
wanted and did it extremely well.<br />
We didn’t rest and we were quickly<br />
back thinking about tonight’s game – the<br />
work that goes on away from the lights by<br />
everyone with a Blades badge on their<br />
chest is extensive and is aimed at getting<br />
the most out of what we’ve got. It’s a quick<br />
turn around and there’s many points to<br />
consider when we are talking about the<br />
availability of players and we, like every<br />
club, are careful with the information<br />
we give out. We don’t want to give the<br />
opposition an advantage by knowing who<br />
is or isn’t available and it isn’t a secret that<br />
we’ve had one or two issues with injuries.<br />
The on-going situation is something that is<br />
talked about frequently and it is frustration<br />
for all involved, but we will not use it as<br />
an excuse. Recently, we’ve had one eye<br />
on the World Cup break with the hope of<br />
giving the players that need it a rest or<br />
extra time to rehabilitate as we plan for a<br />
busy December and festive period.<br />
All of the above considered, we remain<br />
competitive and there can be no question,<br />
after the last couple of fixtures, that the<br />
Lane is the place for entertainment and<br />
despite not having the cameras to shine<br />
in front of tonight, hopefully we can<br />
continue impressing. This will be a good<br />
test because Matt Taylor and his team will<br />
make it difficult for us. Myself and Macca<br />
were at Turf Moor on Wednesday where<br />
we watched <strong>Rotherham</strong> leading against<br />
Burnley until they went down to 10 men<br />
and lost to a heart breaking 100th minute<br />
goal. This South Yorkshire derby tonight<br />
will be another big test for us. We have to<br />
be prepared, teams will want to beat us<br />
or stop us from playing our way, but our<br />
aim remains to be strong, dominate the<br />
ball where possible and entertain, that’s<br />
important with in excess of 27,000 home<br />
supporters here on a midweek evening.<br />
With it being our last home game for a<br />
month, let’s all enjoy it, we want and need<br />
to keep collecting points in this tough,<br />
tough division.<br />
Hecky<br />
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CIARAN WELCOMES COMPETITION<br />
After recently<br />
returning from the<br />
sidelines, Ciaran<br />
Clark is relishing the battle<br />
for a starting place as<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s left side starts to<br />
look strong again.<br />
After a tough run on<br />
the injury front, Ciaran’s<br />
return from the bench in<br />
the recent win at Bristol<br />
City has coincided with<br />
returns for fellow left siders<br />
Jack Robinson and Enda<br />
Stevens who played major<br />
roles in <strong>United</strong>’s impressive<br />
win over Burnley.<br />
The high standards are<br />
driving everyone forward<br />
as <strong>United</strong> look to push<br />
back up the table following<br />
a sticky patch, with the<br />
Newcastle loanee keen to<br />
play his part now he is fit<br />
and available once again.<br />
He told SUTV: “It has<br />
been good to be back on<br />
the training field and to<br />
get some minutes on the<br />
pitch as well has been a<br />
bonus. It’s great to be back<br />
in and pleased to be over<br />
the injury.<br />
“Everyone knew at the<br />
start of the season, there<br />
was always going to be<br />
competition for places.<br />
We’ve had a lot of injuries<br />
but hopefully now we are<br />
seeing a lot of the boys<br />
come back and we’ll see<br />
PLAYER FOCUS<br />
that competition and we’ll<br />
be in a strong position as<br />
a team.”<br />
Whilst the World Cup<br />
break will be seen as a<br />
blessing for some, it has<br />
come at a bad time for<br />
the Republic of Ireland<br />
international who is keen<br />
to get back to playing<br />
competitively again, in<br />
a side which showed its<br />
defensive mettle with clean<br />
sheets against West Brom<br />
and Bristol City recently.<br />
He added: “It’s arrived<br />
just as I’ve managed to<br />
get fit. But it is part of the<br />
game, we all knew that<br />
▲ Ciaran Clark returned from the sidelines for the win at Bristol City<br />
there was going to be a<br />
break at this point in the<br />
season, so I think it’s just<br />
a case of focusing on the<br />
games coming up and then<br />
individually we’ll look at<br />
it and see where we are<br />
at and see what fitness<br />
we’ll need.<br />
“It’s great to get clean<br />
sheets, it gives you that<br />
platform to then go on and<br />
win games and over the<br />
last few months the boys<br />
have been brilliant and<br />
that’s one thing we want<br />
to try and keep doing and<br />
build on the clean sheets<br />
we’re getting.”<br />
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ANEL DELIGHTED TO BE A BLADE<br />
Anel Ahmedhodžić<br />
says the freedom<br />
to play his game is<br />
ensuring he is loving life at<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> as he<br />
continues to develop in S2.<br />
Since joining the club in<br />
the summer from Malmo,<br />
the Bosnian international<br />
has impressed both<br />
in defence and with<br />
his contribution going<br />
forward, as he quickly<br />
settles into life at<br />
Bramall Lane.<br />
The 23-year-old netted<br />
his fourth of the season<br />
in the 5-2 victory over<br />
league leaders Burnley and<br />
pointed to the freedom to<br />
express himself at Bramall<br />
Lane as a huge factor<br />
behind his enjoyment of<br />
being a Blade.<br />
He remarked: “The<br />
freedom I get when we<br />
play, it is amazing. The<br />
only thing we have to do<br />
here is the basics, which<br />
is to work hard, win your<br />
duels and work as a<br />
team. After that, we are<br />
allowed to be creative and<br />
be yourself, I really like<br />
that here.<br />
“I’m happy. I was<br />
gutted when my goal was<br />
disallowed for offside<br />
against Blackpool. Now<br />
I am happy to be back on<br />
the scoresheet.”<br />
PLAYER FOCUS<br />
Anel is adamant his<br />
move to the Steel City is<br />
one of the ‘best decisions’<br />
he’s made in his short<br />
career and has highlighted<br />
the contribution of Paul<br />
Heckingbottom, the<br />
staff and senior players<br />
– most notably Chris<br />
Basham – in his continued<br />
improvement.<br />
He said: “Coming<br />
here is one of the best<br />
decisions I have ever<br />
made, I am thriving. It’s a<br />
good environment with<br />
professional people here<br />
and I am very thankful<br />
for getting the chance to<br />
prove myself.<br />
“I think he’s (Paul<br />
Heckingbottom) great. If<br />
I am not 100% in training or<br />
games, I hear it. I respond<br />
well to strong leadership<br />
and he’s showing that.<br />
Strong leadership is what<br />
a good Championship<br />
side needs. The way he<br />
has managed me, and the<br />
group has been amazing.<br />
I have no complaints.<br />
“Bash has been very<br />
helpful. He has got the<br />
position perfect, and he<br />
has helped me a lot. He’s<br />
a very good player and is<br />
a great person. He helped<br />
me integrate into the<br />
club; he’s been amazing.<br />
He’s always encouraging<br />
in games and training;<br />
I ask for advice and he’s<br />
helpful. He’s a very good<br />
person.”<br />
▲ Anel is happy to be a Blade<br />
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UTB 09<br />
BLADES SHOWING CHARACTER – GEORGE<br />
<strong>United</strong> wing-back<br />
George Baldock<br />
highlighted the<br />
team’s character to<br />
bounce back from a<br />
mini-slump to win the last<br />
three Championship<br />
fixtures.<br />
After a blistering<br />
start to the campaign, a<br />
sticky patch after the last<br />
international break saw<br />
the Blades drop off the<br />
pace slightly until wins<br />
over West Bromwich<br />
Albion, Bristol City and<br />
leaders Burnley dragged<br />
Paul Heckingbottom’s<br />
side back to the summit of<br />
the table.<br />
Greece international<br />
George hailed the<br />
determination of the team<br />
to bounce back from some<br />
recent disappointments<br />
as the Championship<br />
continues to be as<br />
unpredictable as always<br />
with the season closing in<br />
on the World Cup break.<br />
He said: “It’s not easy<br />
in this league, it is going<br />
to be a slog, and you are<br />
going to have patches<br />
which we have just had,<br />
but as long as we can<br />
stay consistent with our<br />
performances, then we’ll<br />
have a great chance.<br />
We’re doing okay at the<br />
minute, we haven’t got as<br />
PLAYER FOCUS<br />
many points as we would<br />
have wanted, that’s me<br />
being honest, but we have<br />
shown great character and<br />
bounced back from a bit of<br />
a difficult patch.<br />
“You don’t get promoted<br />
at this stage, obviously<br />
we want to be in there,<br />
and want to be there all<br />
season. Like I’ve said in<br />
interviews before, we want<br />
to be the hunted. We’ve<br />
shown we can hunt other<br />
teams down, but we want<br />
to be at the top of the<br />
table and that’s our aim.”<br />
George played a<br />
pivotal role in <strong>United</strong>’s<br />
impressive 5-2 win over<br />
Burnley at the weekend,<br />
where he expressed his<br />
greatest admiration for<br />
defender Jack Robinson<br />
who recovered from an<br />
error to net in the Blades’<br />
emphatic win.<br />
He added: “I thought<br />
we applied ourselves<br />
well and we really<br />
showed what we are<br />
about. I think it has been<br />
coming, winning a game<br />
at Bramall Lane, getting<br />
the crowd on their feet<br />
and scoring lots of goals.<br />
Absolutely delighted for<br />
the goalscorers, especially<br />
Robbo, he was obviously<br />
disappointed with the<br />
error but that happens.<br />
He’s been brilliant aside<br />
from that one error and<br />
fully deserved his goal.”<br />
▲ Another impressive showing from<br />
George in the win over Burnley<br />
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SITTING DOWN WITH<br />
SANDER Sander Berge<br />
BERGE<br />
The timing of the forthcoming World Cup<br />
has divided the opinion of many and has<br />
raised a few eyebrows, but one of <strong>United</strong>’s<br />
most influential performers, who is currently<br />
absent through injury, is delighted it is just<br />
around the corner.<br />
Speaking exclusively to UTB, Sander Berge<br />
revealed the showpiece event in Qatar can’t come<br />
soon enough for him personally because it will<br />
mean second tier football is suspended for close<br />
to four weeks meaning he isn’t missing any crucial<br />
Championship action.<br />
And the good news doesn’t end there for one of<br />
the most popular figures in Paul Heckingbottom’s<br />
squad, with the imposing Norwegian international<br />
in confident mood that he’ll return to action sooner<br />
rather than later following an issue picked up in the<br />
fixture against QPR last month.<br />
Sander is likely to be at the Lane this evening<br />
for what promises to be an intriguing South<br />
Yorkshire derby and understandably the midfielder<br />
acknowledged he’d rather be in the Blades<br />
engine room against the Millers, rather than sitting<br />
in the stand.<br />
His presence may have been missed on the<br />
pitch, having not featured since early October, but<br />
his contribution to the cause hasn’t diminished as<br />
he looks to keep the spirits high amongst those<br />
in the treatment room, namely young duo Rhys<br />
Norrington-Davies and Rhian Brewster.<br />
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UTB: Firstly, how is your<br />
rehabilitation going and is there<br />
already an air of excitement<br />
about when you might be able to<br />
return to competitive action?<br />
SB: “I’m getting better and<br />
better now thankfully, and my<br />
sole focus is on returning to<br />
action as soon as possible. It is<br />
always a blow and there is never<br />
a good time to be out injured but<br />
I’m getting stronger now and in<br />
some ways the World Cup break<br />
that is coming up is at an ideal<br />
time for me because it means I’m<br />
not missing so many games and<br />
I’m hoping to be back to help the<br />
lads as soon as possible. It was<br />
frustrating and disappointing to<br />
have picked up the injury, but<br />
I always try and remain positive<br />
about the situation and come into<br />
work every day with the goal of<br />
returning to help the team. I can<br />
focus only on <strong>United</strong> with Norway<br />
not in the World Cup so that has<br />
helped in a sense.”<br />
“WE’VE STOOD TOGETHER<br />
AS A GROUP, LIKE WE DID<br />
TOWARDS THE END OF THE<br />
LAST SEASON AND WE’RE<br />
OVERCOMING THE ISSUES TO<br />
STILL ENJOY A PROMISING<br />
START TO THE SEASON”<br />
UTB: Paul Heckingbottom<br />
spoke about his feelings of the<br />
challenge that caused you to<br />
pick up the injury at the time, did<br />
that add to your frustration?<br />
SB: “It is an unfortunate part of<br />
the game. The injury came in a<br />
challenge when we were chasing<br />
the game against QPR and not<br />
only did we not get the penalty,<br />
but we lost the game, and I left<br />
the field with the injury too. We<br />
probably should have had a<br />
penalty and a point, but football,<br />
particularly in this division is<br />
decided on fine margins and<br />
unfortunately, I was off balance<br />
and the contact from the<br />
challenge led to the problem.”<br />
UTB: How much of a united<br />
effort has it been this season<br />
so far this campaign, given the<br />
number of players who have<br />
been sidelined at different times?<br />
SB: “It is not nice to see other<br />
lads picking up injuries and we’ve<br />
had a tough season and some<br />
bad luck on that front so far. It<br />
doesn’t make it easier having<br />
your team-mates around you<br />
because like me they’d rather be<br />
fit and in contention for selection,<br />
giving the manager more options<br />
to choose from. I’ve hated seeing<br />
lads go down in recent games,<br />
but whoever it is they will rehab<br />
properly here and get the full<br />
support of Hecky and his staff,<br />
there is always a good vibe in the<br />
dressing room even when some<br />
lads have suffered bad injuries.<br />
We’ve stood together as a group,<br />
like we did towards the end of the<br />
last season and we’re overcoming<br />
the issues to still enjoy a<br />
promising start to the season<br />
so everyone, the coaching staff,<br />
medical and players are united<br />
and making the best of what we<br />
have had to deal with. The club is<br />
in a good place under Hecky and<br />
everyone on and off the pitch has<br />
played a part and done their job.”<br />
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UTB: Do you feel the break will<br />
benefit the team in the long-term<br />
and how important is it to ensure<br />
a positive end to the current run<br />
of fixtures this week?<br />
SB: “The break will do<br />
everyone at the club good for<br />
sure. We know how strong we<br />
are, so if we can keep adding<br />
the points as the players return<br />
to the squad then it will put us<br />
into a very good position for<br />
when the action resumes in<br />
December. We know we can<br />
beat anyone in this division, but<br />
we also respect that anyone<br />
can beat anyone else and we’ve<br />
shown great consistency for long<br />
periods since Hecky took charge<br />
last season. We’ve obviously hit<br />
some bumps recently but we’ve<br />
bounced back and having shown<br />
the potential last season we’ve<br />
really kicked on this time, and if<br />
we keep pushing and believing<br />
then hopefully we’ll get even<br />
better in the second part of the<br />
season.”<br />
UTB: Has the aforementioned<br />
injury enabled you to have any<br />
free time to try a new hobby<br />
perhaps, or is it about trying to<br />
reset the body both mentally<br />
and physically?<br />
SB: “When I return to the pitch,<br />
I aim to return even stronger<br />
physically and I’ll be hungry to<br />
start contributing quickly and<br />
trying to help the team win<br />
promotion this season, that is<br />
the aim of the group and we<br />
all know where we want to get<br />
to. I will comeback recharged<br />
and refreshed, I’m only 24 and<br />
this setback is part of being<br />
a professional athlete but<br />
injuries can give you a different<br />
perspective on things because<br />
you have time to reflect. I look<br />
a lot into the game of football,<br />
it is my life and passion, it is my<br />
career and I love it the most. I’m<br />
not a person who gets stressed<br />
in these situations, I’m just trying<br />
to relax away from the club whilst<br />
with family and friends. The<br />
key for me is to remain positive<br />
because it will only aid my<br />
rehab.”<br />
UTB: Are you a good or bad<br />
watcher of games?<br />
SB: “It depends really, but<br />
nothing can ever beat playing.<br />
I enjoy coming down to Bramall<br />
Lane and watching the boys, the<br />
Norwich game was a fantastic<br />
atmosphere and you see so<br />
much more of the game when<br />
you are at the stadium. All the<br />
injured lads come to the home<br />
matches so you sit and watch<br />
it with them around you<br />
and obviously that makes<br />
everyone feel part of the<br />
group because you are so<br />
close to the action sat<br />
behind the dugouts,<br />
but you just want to<br />
be out there playing.<br />
I personally watch<br />
the games much<br />
calmer at home<br />
on the television,<br />
I certainly enjoyed<br />
the recent<br />
televised away<br />
wins at West<br />
Brom and<br />
Bristol City,<br />
although the<br />
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conditions at Ashton Gate looked<br />
really tough. I know I’m injured<br />
and can’t fight with the boys, but<br />
it is what it is and I’m counting<br />
down the games and the days<br />
until I’m back out there having<br />
memorable moments with my<br />
team-mates. Hopefully we’ve<br />
regained some momentum now<br />
and I honestly believe we are<br />
going to get stronger like we did<br />
last year as the season enters the<br />
new year.”<br />
UTB: In recent games, both<br />
Rhys Norrington-Davies and<br />
Rhian Brewster have been dealt<br />
significant injury blows, have<br />
you managed to offer them any<br />
advice?<br />
SB: “Yes, firstly I’m gutted for<br />
the young lads, but I’ve managed<br />
to speak to both Rhys and Rhian.<br />
It is a big blow personally for<br />
Rhys to miss the World Cup<br />
with Wales, he has been in and<br />
around their squad for a while<br />
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now and has been one of our<br />
most consistent performers<br />
this season having built on<br />
an encouraging first season<br />
around the first-team last year.<br />
For Rhian it is the second injury<br />
he has suffered in 2022 and it<br />
will be tough to accept now but<br />
they both must remain positive<br />
and upbeat because everyone<br />
around them, from family and<br />
friends to the lads and the staff<br />
at the club, are right behind<br />
them because we’re all in this<br />
together.”<br />
UTB: Back to you, just how<br />
excited are you right now about<br />
the prospect of pulling on that<br />
number 8 shirt again in the<br />
coming weeks?<br />
SB: “It is all I’m thinking about<br />
every day, how quickly can<br />
I realistically get back out there<br />
and into the action. I just want<br />
to be out there playing a big<br />
part again and I do whatever<br />
I can every day to push myself<br />
forward and meet the goals in my<br />
rehab. I want to make a positive<br />
impact from the first moment<br />
I return because when you are<br />
on the sidelines and not able<br />
to entertain the supporters it<br />
makes you realise how lucky you<br />
are to be a footballer and how<br />
much happiness you can bring<br />
those who follow the club you<br />
are representing. I’ll never take<br />
anything for granted in my life<br />
because you know it can be<br />
taken away and from me.<br />
I play every game like it<br />
is a big game because<br />
when you aren’t playing<br />
it is tough.”<br />
UTB: Finally, a word for the<br />
fans who have always had your<br />
back as a Blade. Have you<br />
received plenty of well wishes in<br />
recent weeks?<br />
SB: “The fans have always<br />
been right behind me and are<br />
very much behind the manager<br />
and the rest of the players<br />
which is so important if you are<br />
going to be successful together.<br />
I still remember my debut at<br />
Crystal Palace like it was only<br />
yesterday and the reception<br />
I received at the end of that<br />
victory. The support here has<br />
always been there through<br />
thick and thin as they say and<br />
it has been simply amazing so<br />
I know in my own mind the fans<br />
will always be here for me and<br />
this team, but right now it is<br />
about the team needing their<br />
back heading into the break.<br />
I want to give something back in<br />
performances when I’m fit again<br />
and that is my aim every day,<br />
to get that bit closer. I come<br />
off social media when I’m out<br />
through injury because there is<br />
a lot of good and bad on there<br />
as we know, and I just want<br />
to stay focused and positive<br />
because I’ll be back very soon.”<br />
“THE FANS HAVE ALWAYS<br />
BEEN RIGHT BEHIND ME<br />
AND ARE VERY MUCH<br />
BEHIND THE MANAGER AND<br />
THE REST OF THE PLAYERS<br />
WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT<br />
IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE<br />
SUCCESSFUL TOGETHER”<br />
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25 YEARS OF UNITED’S<br />
DIGITAL ARCHIVE<br />
To commemorate 25 years since the<br />
creation of the club’s official digital<br />
photo archive, UTB delves into the<br />
folders to celebrate some of the lesser<br />
known and quirky images from our<br />
recent past.<br />
SEASIDE SOCIAL…<br />
Another from the Neil Warnock era here<br />
as the Blades boss takes his <strong>United</strong> side<br />
on a bonding trip to Scarborough.<br />
This image was taken during the<br />
2004-05 season, and you can see a<br />
cameraman in the background as filming<br />
continued on the now famous Warnock<br />
documentary.<br />
Here Michael Tonge prepares for his<br />
attempt at skimming stones as the full<br />
squad enjoy a day out on Scarborough’s<br />
south bay beach.<br />
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UNDER-21s UPDATE<br />
<strong>United</strong> slipped to a first defeat<br />
since the opening month of the<br />
season following a 3-0 loss in the<br />
South Yorkshire derby against Barnsley.<br />
The Reds fielded a strong side with first<br />
teamer Jasper Moon opening the scoring<br />
after six minutes when his powerful effort<br />
beat Dylan Wharton.<br />
Experienced Barnsley stopper Jack<br />
Walton was called into action to deny Jili<br />
Buyabu on two occasions, with one effort<br />
tipped onto the post.<br />
Louie Marsh also struck a post for<br />
<strong>United</strong> as Micky Collins’s side tried to find<br />
a way back into the contest.<br />
Just before half time Will Hondermarck<br />
headed in a second for Barnsley but<br />
<strong>United</strong> kept at it when Marsh saw another<br />
effort held by Walton.<br />
With 15 minutes remaining Fabio Jalo<br />
slotted in a third before Moon was sent off<br />
late on for a second bookable offence.<br />
TEAM (<strong>vs</strong> Barnsley): Wharton, Barratt (L. Williams<br />
65), Buyabu (Gomis 77), Potter, Gordon, Freckleton,<br />
Hampson, Maguire, Gaxha (Aston 65), Marsh,<br />
Staniland. Unused: Hiddleston, Pitan.<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 s 0-0 BIRMINGHAM CITY –<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 />
▲ Jili Buyabu went close for <strong>United</strong> in defeat to Barnsley<br />
HOME GAMES IN BOLD – PLC - PREMIER LEAGUE CUP<br />
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UNDER-18s UPDATE<br />
<strong>United</strong> moved level on points with<br />
leaders Barnsley after an<br />
impressive 2-0 win away at<br />
Peterborough <strong>United</strong>.<br />
<strong>United</strong> made a good start and Ben<br />
Drake and Kurtis Havenhand had both<br />
gone close before the Blades were<br />
awarded a penalty. Mekhi Haughton-<br />
Parris was tripped inside the box and that<br />
allowed Owen Hampson to step up and<br />
send the goalkeeper the wrong way from<br />
the penalty spot.<br />
Just before the break it was 2-0 when<br />
good work from Charlie Staniland saw him<br />
play in Havenhand who fired beyond the<br />
‘keeper from just inside the area.<br />
Havenhand came close to a second<br />
when he struck the post just a minute later.<br />
After the game, boss Paul Quinn said:<br />
“It was a very good performance. We<br />
got ourselves in front and then I thought<br />
second half was what you need away from<br />
home. Didn’t take any risks, didn’t give<br />
them any opportunities, their only chance<br />
came at the end in stoppage time.”<br />
TEAM (<strong>vs</strong> Peterborough): Yam, Clarke (Blacker 57),<br />
Drake, Staniland, Pitan, Waldron, Cummings (Oluleye<br />
68), Ly, Havenhand, Hampson, Haughton-Parris.<br />
Unused: Hewitson, Trialist, Ciccarelli.<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 u 2-0 BRIGHTON (PLC) HAVENHAND, HAMPSON<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 />
MAY<br />
SAT 6 7PM BIRMINGHAM CITY ST ANDREW’S STADIUM<br />
▲ Kurtis Havenhand on target in the win over Peterborough<br />
HOME GAMES IN BOLD – PLC - PREMIER LEAGUE CUP<br />
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<strong>United</strong> suffered late heartbreak<br />
after a 97th minute goal won the<br />
game for Birmingham City at St.<br />
Andrew’s.<br />
It was a match which was going so well<br />
for Neil Redfearn’s side, and despite losing<br />
Rhema Lord-Mears to injury, <strong>United</strong> took<br />
the lead just before the break when some<br />
brilliant work from Alethea Paul down the<br />
left saw her pick out Courtney Sweetman-<br />
Kirk who found the top corner to make 1-0.<br />
After the break <strong>United</strong> went close to<br />
adding more goals through Georgia<br />
Walters, whilst Bex Rayner and Sweetman-<br />
Kirk saw efforts deflected wide.<br />
With 20 minutes remaining, Birmingham<br />
levelled when a header from Louise Quinn<br />
looped over Bethan Davies to make it 1-1.<br />
Both sides pushed for a winner, but just<br />
when it looked as though it was going to<br />
end in stalemate Quinn found the corner<br />
with a powerful effort from range to win it<br />
for the hosts.<br />
TEAM (<strong>vs</strong> Birmingham): Davies, Newsham, Hartley,<br />
Riglar, Sweetman-Kirk, Cusack, Rayner, Paul, Walters<br />
(Enderby 71), Lord-Mears (Muir 38), Brown (E. Wilson<br />
86). Unused: N. Wilson, Wilcock, Haywood, Docherty,<br />
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 P-P 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 />
▲ Courtney Sweetman-Kirk scores in the<br />
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HOME GAMES IN BOLD CC CONTINENTAL CUP<br />
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BLADES REMEMBER<br />
Tonight’s game against <strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
marks our closest home game to Remembrance<br />
Sunday, and as such the club have arranged an<br />
appropriate tribute to mark the occasion.<br />
We are delighted to welcome some Armed<br />
Forces personnel who will be laying wreaths on<br />
the pitch as a mark of respect before the game.<br />
<strong>United</strong> welcome Corporal Jason Ashton (RAF),<br />
Corporal Mike Hawksworth (Royal Air Force),<br />
Captain David Hawksworth (British Army), Petty<br />
Officer Mark Oxley of the Royal Navy and Major<br />
Garry Hemmingway, who will all play a major part<br />
in our commemorations. The Last Post will also be<br />
played by bugler Glyn Beyington.<br />
As always, we invite all supporters to join us to<br />
help pay our respects at tonight’s game.<br />
Happy Birthdays<br />
Happy Birthday<br />
to Joey Hill<br />
- 9 years old<br />
today! Lots of<br />
love from Mum,<br />
Dad and sister<br />
Amelia<br />
Happy 9th<br />
Birthday to our<br />
football crazy<br />
son Dexter<br />
Thompson.<br />
Love always<br />
Mum, Dad,<br />
Ellie and all the<br />
family xXx<br />
WELCOME HARRISON<br />
Harrison Walch was diagnosed with cancer in<br />
April 2019.<br />
He spent over 300 nights in <strong>Sheffield</strong><br />
Children’s Hospital and endured seven rounds of<br />
chemotherapy and two bone marrow transplants.<br />
His teenage years have been very tough.<br />
However, on 9th September, Harrison turned<br />
18 and his family and friends are celebrating and<br />
wishing him a healthy and happy future.<br />
Today, he joins us with his family as a guest of<br />
our principal partner Randox Health, who have<br />
donated their corporate box as a special birthday<br />
treat. We hope that you enjoy your night with us<br />
Harrison. From family friends, Mum, Dad and Daisy.<br />
Happy 2nd Birthday to Scarlett<br />
Young. Lots of love Mummy,<br />
Daddy and all the family.<br />
Happy Birthday to the best dad<br />
and grandad. Lots of love Maria,<br />
Dan, Daniel and Ben<br />
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UTB 31<br />
CHAMPIONS<br />
FOR MONTY<br />
John MacPhail, key member of the 1981-<br />
82 Fourth Division title-winning team,<br />
had a terrible fall last year, one that has<br />
left him in need of permanent care and<br />
resulted in his home needing adapting.<br />
Friends and family have been helping<br />
to raise funds to make this happen<br />
and <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> would also like to<br />
play its part and help to get John back<br />
where he belongs.<br />
The club is delighted to announce that<br />
on 24th November, at the Platinum Suite<br />
at Bramall Lane, teammates from that<br />
memorable season, with some special<br />
guests, will join Club Heritage Manager<br />
John Garrett on stage for an evening with<br />
the “Champions for Monty”. Monty was the<br />
nickname given to John at a number of<br />
clubs he played for.<br />
Tony Kenworthy, Colin Morris, Keith<br />
Waugh and Steve Charles will be joined by<br />
Paul Stancliffe and Club Ambassador Tony<br />
Currie to take a look back at a campaign<br />
that set the club back on course after the<br />
disappointment of relegation and the part<br />
that John played in its success.<br />
The doors will open at 7pm when<br />
the signature pie and peas meal will be<br />
served (please specify of you require a<br />
vegetarian option on booking or gluten<br />
free) before our guests take the stage<br />
at 8pm. The cost per head, including<br />
the meal is just £30, and £20 of this<br />
will also go directly to the fund to get<br />
John back home.<br />
Tickets can be purchased for the SUFC<br />
Box Office from tickets.sufc.co.uk/en-GB/<br />
categories/events<br />
There will be a raffle on the night as well<br />
as retro shirts from that season available.<br />
As this evening has a very clear<br />
purpose, no items will be allowed in the<br />
room in the usual way, should you wish to<br />
have something personalised there will<br />
a charge of an additional £10 payable on<br />
the night. This will allow three items to be<br />
brought and autographed, all funds raised<br />
will go to the John MacPhail fund.<br />
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MATCH ACTION<br />
2 - 2<br />
OSBORN 62, Mc BURNIE 71<br />
PUKKI 3, 16<br />
SATURDAY 22ND OCTOBER — SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP — VENUE: BRAMALL LANE<br />
BLADES: DAVIES, BALDOCK, FLECK (DOYLE 57), BASHAM, BREWSTER<br />
(McBURNIE 64), SHARP (KHADRA 80), EGAN, AHMEDHODZIC, NORWOOD,<br />
OSBORN, Mc ATEE (NDIAYE 45). UNUSED: AMISSAH, ROBINSON, BUYABU.<br />
Ben Osborn nets his first of the season<br />
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Tommy Doyle shoots from distance<br />
Ben enjoys netting in front of the Kop<br />
A sixth of the season for <strong>United</strong>’s number nine<br />
Adam Davies saves Teemu Pukki’s penalty<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 />
All that Glitters...<br />
I suppose that, down the years, all<br />
football clubs need people<br />
around them prepared to spend<br />
money to ensure the continued day-today<br />
running of a club.<br />
For a start, a football club isn’t cheap<br />
to run at the best of times, and as the<br />
demand for success increases, the amount<br />
they cost to finance gets more and more.<br />
Back in the day, those who sat in<br />
positions of power at places like Bramall<br />
Lane were quite often prominent local<br />
businessmen who, by the standards of<br />
the average supporter, had ‘done well for<br />
themselves’.<br />
The man credited for being essentially<br />
our founder, Charles Stokes, was<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong>’s first proper dentist. Now, I am<br />
not saying that dentists are poor – in fact,<br />
I don’t know what they earn, and that’s the<br />
tooth (sorry!).<br />
One of the big figures in our early history<br />
was director of football Tom Bott, and he<br />
▲ Fatty’ Foulkes’ title winning medal – one of<br />
many priceless exhibits in the museum<br />
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earned his money as a local fishmonger,<br />
and that’s not a red herring. Taxi anyone?<br />
Other examples include the Cattells<br />
who had a thriving fruit and veg family<br />
business, George Lawrence - the man who<br />
put the roof on the Kop - owned Laurel<br />
Blades, the Laver family were legendary<br />
in timber and building supplies and in the<br />
modern era for instance, Bernard Proctor<br />
was the owner of Sheaf Motors and had<br />
a farm at Holmsfield. These were local<br />
people who had earned a few bob and<br />
decided they wanted to play a part in the<br />
club and its ambitions.<br />
I was lucky to work under the great<br />
Derek Dooley for many years and he along<br />
with Bernard always had a calming effect<br />
on proceedings that couldn’t be ignored<br />
and was of great value to the owners at<br />
all times.<br />
Many directors also saved the club on<br />
numerous occasions down the years.<br />
I have been on the staff when all were<br />
told that there wasn’t any money to pay<br />
the wages for that month and that we<br />
would see Mr. Laver one at a time to be<br />
paid by him and by cheque, and that’s<br />
▲ <strong>United</strong>’s Legends of the Lane museum has<br />
been a popular addition to Bramall Lane<br />
not that long ago in the grand scheme<br />
of things. I also know many others have<br />
stepped in on occasion to make sure that<br />
we stayed afloat and solvent. I wouldn’t<br />
embarrass any of them by naming names,<br />
but there are many who have played a<br />
part in making sure that <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
is still here today, and they all deserve our<br />
thanks for that.<br />
Others play a part in different ways.<br />
Every season ticket holder that pays<br />
their money up front year in, year out, all<br />
corporate members that dine in the suites<br />
and elect to have that bit more comfort,<br />
the box holders, the sponsors - I could<br />
keep going on and on.<br />
Then there are those who play a part<br />
in preserving the club and its heritage in<br />
other ways and often without knowing.<br />
Our museum and its collection has been<br />
recognised as one of the very best in<br />
the game and, in the past, we have been<br />
fortunate when times have been good to<br />
be able to acquire pieces for the archive<br />
to ensure that future generations can<br />
understand what the legends of the Lane<br />
have truly done to make the club what it<br />
is today.<br />
Again, directors have also put their<br />
hands in their pockets and secured<br />
important artifacts when made available<br />
and put them on permanent loan with us<br />
but, in times of struggle, there was no way<br />
that the owners of the time would have<br />
been inclined to sanction buying medals,<br />
caps and shirts when staff hadn’t seen a<br />
pay rise in years and the club languished<br />
in League One.<br />
As curator of the collection, I didn’t want<br />
anything of value to <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> to<br />
just go on the open market and be sold<br />
at auction. Once it has gone, it has gone<br />
as I know only too well at this club and<br />
from bitter experience, so I was fortunate<br />
to identify several Blades who were<br />
keen to save our past. One of them, Don<br />
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▲ Inside the museum back in 2006-07<br />
Dickinson, was the man who pretty much<br />
saved our past for the future.<br />
If you see a van around with the name<br />
Dendale on the side, then you have seen<br />
one of his vehicles. Civil engineer, builder<br />
and above all Blade. 40 odd years of graft<br />
meant that, for the right item, he was able<br />
to help the club keep it in sight and on<br />
display and make sure that it was there<br />
to be put on show. This isn’t bank rolling<br />
a League title or FA Cup, but to <strong>Sheffield</strong><br />
<strong>United</strong> it’s every bit as important, trust<br />
me on that scale. To know where you<br />
are going, you just have to know where<br />
you have come from and how you did it.<br />
Names are just that - names. The further<br />
time goes, the more feint they get. It’s<br />
nearly 40 years since my dad died, and<br />
I can still see him, just, but unless I see<br />
a photograph of him or hold his referee<br />
whistle, he gets further away with each<br />
passing year. I make sure that when<br />
I want to remind myself or my sons about<br />
him, I have those things near to me just<br />
to illustrate what he was all about, and<br />
football memorabilia is just that.<br />
I know who ‘Fatty’ Foulkes was and<br />
what he did for us. I know what ‘Nudger’<br />
Needham looked like, where Tommy<br />
Morren lived and how many appearances<br />
Joe Shaw made for us, but the further<br />
away it gets, the less it means to fans, and<br />
that’s why the preservation of such things<br />
is so vital. This comes at a cost, and you<br />
have to be in a position to be able to do<br />
something about it, which is where Don<br />
has come in.<br />
It was some journey, and I was fortunate<br />
to be able to curate it and also to liaise<br />
between our patron and those that came<br />
forward. Many a time, I felt just like Indiana<br />
Jones when the lid of the chest is opened,<br />
and the glittering treasures kept secret<br />
within shone for the outside world for<br />
the first time in years. I have found FA<br />
Cup winning medals along with England<br />
caps in shoe boxes, title winning medals<br />
in kitchen draws, ‘Fatty’ Foulkes shirts<br />
folded at the bottom of linen chests, and<br />
each time we were able to make sure that<br />
the collections stayed together and came<br />
back to the city. Truly priceless.<br />
The worry always was what would<br />
happen, if and when, Don decided it was<br />
time to pass the collection on to another<br />
custodian, and I suppose that’s always<br />
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the problem when something of such<br />
importance belongs, in essence, to a third<br />
party. All I ever hoped was that, if and<br />
when such a time came to pass, that we<br />
would be in a better place and able to at<br />
least attempt to keep some of it together<br />
in the collection. My heart sunk when, as<br />
myself and the missus were on the way<br />
up to Northumberland last year for our<br />
wedding anniversary, the dreaded call<br />
came that he felt it was time to let go.<br />
One of the best parts of the journey with<br />
Don is that he has become a much-valued<br />
friend, and that in itself, along with his<br />
desire for it to stay where it was, at least<br />
gave hope. I honestly thought that when<br />
I approached Stephen Bettis about the<br />
idea it would get laughed out of S2. Not<br />
this time. The board asked me to appraise<br />
the significance of Don’s hoard and also<br />
to justify item by item the importance<br />
of everything to <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong>, its<br />
supporters and, of course, football history<br />
on the whole. No easy task, even for a<br />
born salesman like me, or at least that’s<br />
what I thought.<br />
“AS WE LOOK TO MOVE THE MUSEUM<br />
INTO NEW PREMISES, THE LEGACY<br />
THAT HAS NOW BEEN PRESERVED BY<br />
PRINCE ABDULLAH AND THE BOARD,<br />
ENSURES THE STORY OF UNITED CAN<br />
BE TOLD TO ALL THOSE WHO WANT<br />
TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT BUILT THE<br />
BLADES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME”<br />
It was only when I got into talking about<br />
each piece, I realised what had been<br />
created and what it meant to us. Our<br />
lives before any of us were here let alone<br />
supporting the club, the foundations of all<br />
we are today, and that really is something<br />
very special. To the board it wasn’t about<br />
the money, it was about doing the right<br />
thing and preserving that culture and<br />
▲ Chris Morgan helps with the opening of the museum in 2006<br />
tradition. I was a tad emotional when the<br />
green light was given to get all parties<br />
around the table to agree how it could<br />
happen, and that was some day.<br />
Now I am delighted to tell all that its<br />
ours, and that’s something special. As<br />
we look to move the museum into new<br />
premises, the legacy that has now been<br />
preserved by Prince Abdullah and the<br />
board, ensures the story of <strong>United</strong> can be<br />
told to all those who want to learn about<br />
what built the Blades for generations<br />
to come.<br />
None of this would have been possible<br />
without Don Dickinson having the passion<br />
and love for the club and thankfully the<br />
wherewithal to be able to back what<br />
amounted to my advice and believe in<br />
me, and it means that as a result of that<br />
kindness and support, the owners have<br />
been able to make it their gift to the fans<br />
of <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> by preserving our<br />
heritage.<br />
It’s something that, after all the years<br />
I have spent building the collection, I will<br />
never forget.<br />
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WHAT’S<br />
THE 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 Blades entered the<br />
1967-68 season, it was a<br />
significant landmark in the club’s<br />
history with it being the 50th in the old<br />
First Division.<br />
Having finished 10th in the table the<br />
previous season, there was no reason to<br />
believe they could not at least emulate<br />
this. There had been no new close season<br />
signings with the club again proud of the<br />
fact that the majority of team had been<br />
produced via its own youth system.<br />
In the event, the team made a stuttering<br />
start to the season and had won only one<br />
of their first six games when Arsenal visited<br />
Bramall Lane on 9th September 1967.<br />
The featured photograph was taken<br />
during this game and shows Arsenal’s<br />
second goal scored by George Graham.<br />
The Gunners ran out 4-2 winners to extend<br />
the Blades’ difficult start to the season.<br />
This game had actually started well<br />
for <strong>United</strong> when star striker Mick Jones<br />
opened the scoring after 11 minutes. The<br />
Gunners equalised three minutes later<br />
through Colin Addison before the goal<br />
featured in this photograph was scored in<br />
the 23rd minute.<br />
Arsenal extended their lead in the<br />
second half through another Graham<br />
goal and although another of the Blades’<br />
youth policy players, Alan Birchenall,<br />
pulled one back, the Gunners scored their<br />
fourth through Frank McLintock to secure<br />
the points.<br />
This photograph was taken at the<br />
Bramall Lane end of ground and clearly<br />
shown in the background is the old cricket<br />
pavilion. At the time Bramall Lane was<br />
still a three-sided ground and Yorkshire<br />
County Cricket Club still played here in<br />
the summer.<br />
The players featured in the photograph<br />
include <strong>United</strong> goalkeeper Alan<br />
Hodgkinson, watching helplessly as the<br />
ball enters the goal. Jumping but failing to<br />
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keep the ball out of his team’s net is fullback<br />
Bernard Shaw. Guarding the other<br />
post is Len Badger. Central defender Ken<br />
Mallender is stood behind Shaw watching<br />
as the ball enters the net. For Arsenal the<br />
actual goalscorer, Graham, is not in this<br />
image. He has placed a powerful header<br />
to perfection into <strong>United</strong>’s goal. The only<br />
Arsenal player featured in the image is<br />
Addison watching the action unfold.<br />
By the time the return fixture was played<br />
on 13th January 1968, the Blades were<br />
fully involved in the battle to stay up.<br />
There had been numerous changes to<br />
personnel as well in the weeks after the<br />
first game. The two <strong>United</strong> players who<br />
had scored in the home game, Jones and<br />
Birchenall, had scored what had turned<br />
out to be their final league goals for the<br />
club. Between September and November,<br />
Jones had been sold to Leeds <strong>United</strong><br />
and Birchenall to Chelsea for £100K each<br />
much to the disappointment and anger of<br />
<strong>United</strong> fans. As one of their replacements,<br />
Arsenal’s Addison had been signed<br />
by the Blades in late November for a<br />
reported £40K.<br />
The return fixture at Highbury was<br />
featured on BBC’s Match of the Day and<br />
ended in a 1-1 draw. Ironically the scorer<br />
for the Blades was Addison whilst the<br />
Gunners’ Graham continued to torment<br />
<strong>United</strong> by scoring the equaliser.<br />
At the end of the season <strong>United</strong> were<br />
relegated on the final day of the campaign<br />
whilst Arsenal finished 10th.<br />
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TRAGIC END FOR THE MAN<br />
WHO MADE HISTORY HERE<br />
AND AT ROTHERHAM<br />
Former Star and Green Un sports writer LES PAYNE notes the admired manager who had a<br />
successful impact at both of today’s clubs but whose career was tragically cut short...<br />
Imagine the scenario if a spot of<br />
Blades-Millers history had been<br />
repeated today. <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
proudly top of The Championship and<br />
newly-promoted <strong>Rotherham</strong> just behind<br />
them in second place. One difference for<br />
sure - the attendance wouldn’t have<br />
topped the 52,000 who packed into a<br />
three-sided Bramall Lane all those<br />
years ago.<br />
Significantly, it was a game which<br />
strengthened belief amongst the <strong>Sheffield</strong><br />
<strong>United</strong> hierarchy over the identity of the<br />
man they might like to be their manager<br />
one day.<br />
At the season’s end, they did lure<br />
manager Reg Freeman away from Millmoor<br />
but his brief, successful time at Bramall<br />
Lane was tragically cut short which hit hard<br />
at both clubs.<br />
He did great things at Millmoor and then,<br />
in his first season in charge of the Blades,<br />
brought top flight football back to Bramall<br />
Lane only for his managerial career there<br />
to be sadly ended so quickly.<br />
Reg Freeman is the man regarded as<br />
‘moulding’ the modern <strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
in the years immediately after WW2,<br />
▲ Reg Freeman left <strong>Rotherham</strong> for <strong>United</strong> in 1952<br />
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turning a perennially struggling club into a<br />
successful one, leading them for the first<br />
time into football’s second tier (now The<br />
Championship where they were to remain<br />
for 18 years until the late 1960s).<br />
The hierarchy at <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> did<br />
not let Freeman’s achievements, nor their<br />
knowledge of his management style, pass<br />
them by. They were not to regret bringing<br />
him a few miles up the road but it was to<br />
last only three years before his death.<br />
On his arrival at Bramall Lane, Freeman<br />
was at the forefront of a more modern way<br />
of managing when he took over here.<br />
He was put in sole charge of team affairs,<br />
ie picking the team, and was the first<br />
Blades manager to do so. Until his arrival<br />
in the Summer of 1952, those Directors<br />
on the club’s Football Committee had<br />
been the ones picking the team. Freeman<br />
changed that!<br />
Highly regarded as a player, Reg joined<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> from Middlesbrough with whom<br />
he had played in the old First Division, the<br />
top one.<br />
After four years, and close to the end<br />
of his career, he was appointed Playermanager<br />
although he never actually<br />
performed the ‘Player’ part once he<br />
took charge.<br />
Freeman’s impact on a struggling club<br />
was soon evident but it was in the years<br />
immediately after WW2, in the late 1940s<br />
and start of the 1950s that Freeman<br />
oversaw an exciting, attack-minded<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> side which was the first EFL<br />
side to score 100 goals after the War.<br />
They were in the third tier, then Division<br />
Three North, and for three successive<br />
seasons finished runners-up at a time<br />
when only the champions were promoted<br />
(and no Play-Offs!).<br />
Then, after a sixth place finish, they<br />
finally achieved their goal, becoming<br />
▲ Reg sadly passed away in 1955 aged 61<br />
champions in 1950-51 for the club’s first<br />
ever promotion.<br />
Their attacking style in the second tier<br />
earned considerably high praise far and<br />
wide, not least with a 5-3 win on their first<br />
ever League visit to Hillsborough.<br />
Three weeks later, in October 1951, they<br />
were paying a first ever League visit to<br />
Bramall Lane in a top v second clash which<br />
created huge interest, hence the 52,000-<br />
plus crowd, the biggest of the season<br />
and even bigger than the 51,000 for the<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> Derby a month earlier when<br />
<strong>United</strong> trounced Wednesday 7-3.<br />
This was much tighter, the Blades<br />
winning 1-0 but helped by <strong>Rotherham</strong><br />
defender Norman Noble missing a penalty.<br />
Both clubs were to fall away, <strong>United</strong><br />
finishing 11th and <strong>Rotherham</strong> ninth.<br />
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But the die had been cast and Freeman<br />
learned of <strong>United</strong>’s interest in a manner<br />
that seems quite remarkable today.<br />
Man in charge at the Lane, Teddy<br />
Davison, was Secretary-Manager, a role<br />
which combined both jobs. He decided to<br />
step aside from both roles in the Summer<br />
of 1952 but had informed Freeman that he<br />
was going to do this.<br />
“IRONICALLY, AND PERHAPS<br />
FITTINGLY, HIS FINAL ‘DOMESTIC’<br />
GAME AS UNITED MANAGER HAD<br />
BEEN BACK AT HIS OLD HAUNT,<br />
MILLMOOR, AGAINST ROTHERHAM<br />
UNITED IN THE OLD COUNTY CUP”<br />
Davison was then able to report back<br />
to the Blades’ Directors that Freeman -<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong>’s manager for 18 years - would<br />
be interested in the manager’s job.<br />
So it came to pass - with a five-year<br />
contract to boot!<br />
In that first season, 1952-53, Freeman<br />
led <strong>United</strong> to the Division Two title - the<br />
first and ONLY time they have been<br />
champions of the game’s second tier, all<br />
other promotions to the top flight being as<br />
runners-up.<br />
They stayed up, just, in that first season<br />
whereupon Freeman did something<br />
which seems quite remarkable and almost<br />
certainly wouldn’t be copied today!<br />
The Directors asked him to spend<br />
£30,000 on new players. Freeman said<br />
he knew the club could not afford it so he<br />
declined saying his own young players<br />
would pull things round. They did. <strong>United</strong><br />
finished that 1954-55 top flight season<br />
in 13th.<br />
Interestingly, it was said Freeman’s<br />
manner enabled him to get more out of<br />
younger players than other managers.<br />
▲ Teddy Davison stepped aside to allow Freeman to join <strong>United</strong><br />
At the end of that season, <strong>United</strong><br />
embarked on a tour to (West) Germany<br />
but Freeman, already ill and having<br />
complained for a long time about what he<br />
thought was rheumatism in his shoulder,<br />
came home early. The hospital diagnosis<br />
was not good news.<br />
He died a few months later, in August<br />
1955, aged just 61.<br />
Ironically, and perhaps fittingly, his final<br />
‘domestic’ game as <strong>United</strong> manager had<br />
been back at his old haunt, Millmoor,<br />
against <strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong> in the old<br />
County Cup.<br />
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Matchday Activities<br />
UNITED<br />
CASHBACK<br />
INITIATIVE<br />
Tonight, on our <strong>United</strong><br />
Cashback Initiative, we<br />
would like to give a huge<br />
welcome to <strong>Sheffield</strong> All<br />
Stars, visiting Beautiful<br />
Downtown Bramall Lane.<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> All Stars is a<br />
grassroots football club,<br />
founded in 2019. During<br />
the years, they have grown<br />
and developed as a family.<br />
Initially starting with only<br />
four teams, they now have<br />
eight teams with dedicated<br />
players, coaches and<br />
volunteers. Affiliated to<br />
the <strong>Sheffield</strong> and District<br />
Junior Sunday league, they<br />
are a Charter Standard<br />
CONTACT...<br />
JON HELLIWELL, <strong>United</strong>’s fan engagement<br />
lead, keeps the supporters informed…<br />
club and England Football<br />
Accredited.<br />
They are based at<br />
Shortbrook Primary School<br />
in Westfield and their club<br />
ethos is to provide a safe<br />
and fun environment for all<br />
of their players and teams,<br />
in order to not only improve<br />
their football skills, but<br />
also form friendships, team<br />
building and acceptance<br />
of all. Their U9s are proud<br />
to represent the club at<br />
tonight’s game.<br />
As part of our <strong>United</strong><br />
Cashback Initiative,<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> All Stars have<br />
raised funds for their club<br />
to spend on anything they<br />
wish, from new kits to an<br />
end of season presentation<br />
evening, the choice is<br />
theirs!<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 />
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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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ONE FANZONE FAN<br />
FANZONE FANZONE<br />
ZONE FANZONE FAN<br />
E FANZONE FANZON<br />
NZONE FANZONE FA<br />
NE FANZONE FANZO<br />
ANZONE FANZONE<br />
ONE FANZONE FANZ<br />
FANZONE FANZONE<br />
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BLADES MASCOTS...<br />
A warm welcome to tonight’s mascots…<br />
DREW<br />
WINSLADE<br />
Age: 12<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Billy Sharp<br />
HARVEY<br />
WELLS<br />
Age: 8<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Billy Sharp<br />
SONNY<br />
WINSLADE<br />
Age: 8<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Iliman Ndiaye<br />
CARTER<br />
BURLEY<br />
Age: 8<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Chris Burley<br />
RONNIE<br />
CHRISPIN<br />
Age: 8<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Billy Sharp<br />
EVAN<br />
HODGE<br />
Age: 13<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Billy Sharp<br />
AWAY MASCOT<br />
JACK<br />
WOOLLAS<br />
Age: 8<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Dan Barlaser<br />
CAPTAIN BLADE CLUB...<br />
Tonight, on our Captain Blade Club,<br />
we have:<br />
— Harrison<br />
— Diane<br />
We hope you have a fantastic night<br />
and enjoy the lead up to kick-off with<br />
Captain Blade himself!<br />
BLADES FAMILY<br />
GALLERY...<br />
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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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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 />
SHEFFIELD UNITED 1-0 ROTHERHAM UNITED<br />
SATURDAY 13th OCTOBER 1951<br />
An impressive<br />
53,537 attended<br />
this Second<br />
Division fixture which saw<br />
<strong>United</strong> escape with a<br />
1-0 victory.<br />
The Blades maintained a<br />
100% home record, having<br />
won seven matches,<br />
during which <strong>United</strong><br />
claimed a 7-3 victory over<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> Wednesday<br />
and a 5-0 success<br />
over Swansea.<br />
Against <strong>Rotherham</strong>, the<br />
score was goalless at the<br />
break. The home faithful<br />
will have been relieved<br />
that they had not fallen<br />
behind when the Millers<br />
failed to convert a first-half<br />
spot-kick. Jack Grainger’s<br />
cross was met by the head<br />
of Peter Wragg, who would<br />
later become a Blades<br />
player, his goalbound<br />
effort was handled on<br />
the line by Harry Latham,<br />
resulting in a penalty.<br />
Norman Noble took the<br />
spot kick but hit the post,<br />
and as the ball rebounded<br />
to him, he smashed it over<br />
the bar. <strong>United</strong>, however,<br />
could have taken the lead<br />
as early as the first minute<br />
after Alf Ringstead’s free<br />
kick found Jimmy Hagan<br />
but Millers’ stopper<br />
Danny Bolton saved the<br />
low effort.<br />
The Blades too<br />
were unfortunate. The<br />
impressive Hagan had<br />
delivered a quality ball to<br />
Ringstead inside the box,<br />
his effort was good, but<br />
Grainger cleared, and in<br />
doing so, almost dragged<br />
the ball over the line.<br />
The winning goal arrived<br />
with 20 minutes remaining.<br />
<strong>United</strong> were awarded a<br />
free kick on the edge of<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong>’s penalty area<br />
and after positioning his<br />
players, Hagan dinked a<br />
ball into the box which saw<br />
Harold Brook swing and<br />
fire past Bolton.<br />
The hosts were guilty<br />
of wasting golden<br />
opportunities to extend<br />
their lead as Brook flashed<br />
over the bar from Hagan’s<br />
hard work, and Ringstead<br />
missed two efforts in as<br />
many minutes.<br />
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1986<br />
Ian Porterfield’s mid-table<br />
side were looking to kickstart<br />
their season as they travelled to<br />
struggling Blackburn. Having lost a Full<br />
Members Cup tie at Ewood Park just<br />
four days before, <strong>United</strong> gained revenge<br />
when a Tony Daws double earned a 2-0<br />
win. It was Daws’ first league start of the<br />
season, but he would net just one more<br />
time before departing in 1987.<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 />
2003 <strong>United</strong><br />
had made<br />
a strong start to the<br />
campaign, sitting<br />
third and one point<br />
off the automatic<br />
promotion places<br />
ahead of a home<br />
game with Burnley.<br />
The Blades edged<br />
a tight contest<br />
thanks to a Michael<br />
Tonge goal. The<br />
win put <strong>United</strong><br />
second, but a poor<br />
run towards the<br />
end of the season<br />
saw the Blades<br />
finish outside the play-offs.<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
8<br />
Against the odds, <strong>United</strong><br />
1992 were again trying to maintain<br />
top flight status on a limited budget as<br />
Wednesday visited for the first ever Steel<br />
City Premier League derby. The Sky<br />
Sports cameras arrived at Bramall Lane<br />
for the first time as Adrian Littlejohn<br />
gave <strong>United</strong> the lead before David Hirst<br />
equalised for the Owls as the points<br />
were shared.<br />
2008<br />
The Blades were sat in the<br />
Championship play-off zone<br />
ahead of this South Yorkshire derby<br />
against Barnsley at Oakwell. Danny<br />
Webber teed up James Beattie to open<br />
the scoring for <strong>United</strong>, but the game<br />
then turned sour when <strong>United</strong>’s Ugo<br />
Ehiogu and Barnsley’s Anderson De<br />
Silva were shown straight red cards for<br />
violent conduct. Beattie added a second<br />
from the spot before Kayode Odejayi<br />
headed in a consolation.<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 />
Andy Scott...<br />
Amongst <strong>United</strong><br />
manager Dave<br />
Bassett’s many<br />
bargain buys was forward<br />
Andy Scott, signed from<br />
Sutton <strong>United</strong> in<br />
November 1992.<br />
He made a memorable<br />
full debut for the Blades<br />
scoring in the 4-2 home<br />
win against Chelsea on 8th<br />
May 1993. Andy went on<br />
to play for the Blades until<br />
November 1997 making<br />
75 league appearances,<br />
scoring seven goals.<br />
He also played for<br />
Chesterfield and Bury on<br />
loan before having spells<br />
with Brentford, Oxford<br />
<strong>United</strong> and Leyton Orient<br />
after leaving Bramall Lane.<br />
Whilst with Brentford<br />
▲ Andy managing Aldershot back in 2014<br />
he played a key role in<br />
helping them win the Third<br />
Division (now League Two)<br />
championship. He played in<br />
a number of other positions<br />
later in his career including<br />
on the wing, midfield and<br />
full back.<br />
After retiring from playing<br />
in 2005 he became coach<br />
of the Leyton Orient youth<br />
team. He then moved to<br />
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his former club Brentford<br />
as assistant manager to<br />
former England defender<br />
Terry Butcher. As the Bees<br />
struggled in League Two,<br />
Butcher was dismissed, and<br />
Andy was appointed as his<br />
replacement.<br />
He stabilised the club and<br />
with some successful loan<br />
signings, including future<br />
Blade Billy Clarke. The<br />
Bees won the League Two<br />
championship at the end<br />
of the 2008-09 season. It<br />
meant he had won league<br />
titles with Brentford as both<br />
a player and a manager.<br />
After a solid first season<br />
back in the third tier<br />
in 2009-10, Brentford<br />
struggled the following<br />
season but did enjoy a<br />
great run in the League<br />
Cup including knocking out<br />
Premier League Everton<br />
via a penalty shootout.<br />
Unfortunately for Andy<br />
league results continued<br />
to be disappointing<br />
and he was sacked in<br />
February 2011.<br />
He was soon returning<br />
to management when<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
appointed him on a threeyear<br />
deal in April 2011. After<br />
a strong start to the 2011-12<br />
League Two season, when<br />
Andy won the Manager<br />
of the Month award for<br />
August, results dipped<br />
and with the Millers in a<br />
mid-table position he left in<br />
March 2012.<br />
▲ Andy enjoyed a successful stint as boss of Brentford<br />
Andy’s next managerial<br />
role came at struggling<br />
League Two club Aldershot<br />
Town in February 2013.<br />
The Shots were battling to<br />
stay in the EFL and despite<br />
Andy’s best efforts, the<br />
club was relegated to the<br />
Conference at the end of<br />
the season. The club also<br />
endured difficult financial<br />
circumstances and were<br />
placed into administration.<br />
Against such a tough<br />
background, Andy did<br />
well to keep the club in<br />
the Conference in 2013-<br />
14. However, Aldershot<br />
continued to struggle in the<br />
2014-15 season and Andy<br />
was relieved of his duties in<br />
January 2015.<br />
After what has to date<br />
turned out to be Andy’s<br />
last job as a manager, he<br />
has successfully worked<br />
in roles involving scouting<br />
and recruiting new players.<br />
He had a spell at old<br />
club Brentford as chief<br />
scout and then head of<br />
recruitment before taking<br />
on similar roles (although<br />
often with different job<br />
titles) at Watford and<br />
Swansea City. At Swansea<br />
he worked under their then<br />
first team manager Steve<br />
Cooper. Since Cooper<br />
was appointed manager<br />
at Nottingham Forest last<br />
season, Andy followed him<br />
to the City Ground where<br />
he was head of scouting<br />
until recently.<br />
As for a future return<br />
to management, Andy<br />
said in a recent press<br />
interview that it was<br />
unlikely he would return,<br />
stating: “I didn’t want to<br />
be a journeyman manager<br />
applying for every job. Now<br />
I’m forging a new career<br />
where I’m fortunate to be in<br />
the position I am.”<br />
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AVAILABLE AT<br />
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STAFF UNDERGOING FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE<br />
THE CLUB NEEDS YOUR BACKING!<br />
Well, Paul Heckingbottom and his<br />
backroom staff do as they are undergoing<br />
a 30-day challenge as part of the<br />
Prostate <strong>United</strong> team.<br />
The Prostate <strong>United</strong> Challenge, which<br />
runs through November, was started<br />
earlier this year due to the World Cup<br />
break, to allow the team to complete the<br />
challenge together with a fighting spirit.<br />
Additionally, staff from our Academy<br />
have signed up to do the challenge<br />
throughout November and continue to<br />
raise the awareness of Prostate Cancer<br />
and generate more valuable donations<br />
for Prostate Cancer UK, to support the<br />
fantastic work that they do.<br />
Participating in the challenge along<br />
with the boss is Nathan Winder, Lee<br />
McMahon, Paul Evans, Matt Duke, Jack<br />
Lester, Stuart McCall, Olly Cree, Hayden<br />
Whiting, Adam Geelan, Ryan Flannagan,<br />
Ignatious Szuba, Rob Rayner, Chris Senior,<br />
Tom Little, Subhashis Basu, Paul Mitchell,<br />
Archie Ogden, Harry Jell, Chris Howarth,<br />
Joe Sowden and Toby Welch who are<br />
tackling one run/bike each day (3/10k,<br />
5/10k, 10/25k) based on their physical<br />
capabilities. This allows more people<br />
to participate each day throughout the<br />
month.<br />
Fans can donate to support the Blades<br />
and more importantly Prostate <strong>United</strong><br />
2002 which is run by Prostate Cancer UK<br />
For further details visit justgiving.com/<br />
fundraising/prostateunited-2022-24261.<br />
IN MEMORY...<br />
In loving memory of<br />
Andrew Howell age 67.<br />
A true Blade xx<br />
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A WHOLE<br />
NEW<br />
BALL<br />
GAME<br />
The season rolled into December as <strong>United</strong> welcomed<br />
struggling Everton to Bramall Lane for this Premier<br />
League clash on Saturday 12th December 1992.<br />
The Blades were again looking over their shoulder after<br />
a disappointing 2-0 away defeat at Crystal Palace, only the<br />
London club’s second win of the campaign.<br />
<strong>United</strong> were now just one place and three points above<br />
the drop zone, but this 1-0 win over the Toffees moved<br />
Dave Bassett’s side above their opponents in the table.<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s winning goal on 34 minutes came from striker Adrian<br />
Littlejohn.<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 />
CORK’S FUTURE AMBITION…<br />
Striker Alan Cork was the main interview feature in the programme with the then<br />
33-year-old talking about his future ambitions to coach or manage. Cork, who would<br />
eventually become assistant manager to Micky Adams here many years later, chats<br />
about taking part in coaching qualifications, whilst also insisting he’ll keep playing…<br />
‘as long as I’ve got a bit of hair!’<br />
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DAVE BASSETT…<br />
Dave Bassett moved quickly to address some of his post-match comments from the<br />
game against Palace. What he described as ‘off the cuff’ and ‘light-hearted’ remarks,<br />
words he didn’t really repeat in these notes, were apparently taken as ‘gospel’. The<br />
manager also spoke about the recent release of Brian Marwood, admitting the move<br />
hadn’t worked but the wide man was wished well as he departed Bramall Lane.<br />
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MATCH ACTION…<br />
There was an action spread included of <strong>United</strong>’s recent 2-1 defeat to league leaders<br />
Norwich City.<br />
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NEW ROLE FOR PEMBO…<br />
The Lane News section focused on the recent return to Selhurst Park for former<br />
Palace duo John Pemberton and Glyn Hodges. The article goes on to talk about<br />
Pemberton filling in for Brian Gayle at centre-half, a new position for the full-back.<br />
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CHRISTMAS CRACKER…<br />
With the season moving into December, gift ideas for the festive season appeared in<br />
the programme. This included a new VHS featuring all the action from the first half of<br />
the campaign, priced at a princely sum of £12.99.<br />
BLADES TEAM…<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s team for this 1-0 win was as follows…<br />
Kelly, Gage, Pemberton, Beesley, Barnes, Ward, Gannon, Rogers,<br />
Hodges, Littlejohn, Deane. Subs: Cork, Hoyland, Veysey<br />
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THE SEASON SO FAR…<br />
IN PICTURES<br />
As the season edged towards the half-way mark, <strong>United</strong> had already<br />
played their part in some historic fixtures.<br />
The Blades, and Brian Deane, had the honour of scoring the Premier<br />
League’s first ever goal in the win against Manchester <strong>United</strong>, whilst<br />
Bramall Lane welcomed the Sky Sports cameras for the very first time for<br />
the Steel City derby against Wednesday.<br />
Here are some images from the time, some of which have remained in the<br />
Bramall Lane vault for 30 years…<br />
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1) Sky brings intrigue…<br />
the Sky Sports cameras<br />
visit the Lane for the<br />
first time against<br />
Wednesday with the<br />
apprentices keen to<br />
see how its done.<br />
2) We’re winning<br />
away…Brian Deane<br />
celebrates as <strong>United</strong><br />
defeat Chelsea for a<br />
first away win of the<br />
campaign.<br />
3) Anyone for a Steel<br />
City derby? The Kop<br />
is electric prior to<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s home draw<br />
with Wednesday.
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4) A Manchester <strong>United</strong> fan<br />
expresses his disappointment at<br />
Peter Schmeichel as the Blades<br />
defeat the Red Devils on the<br />
opening day.<br />
5) One old stager helps out<br />
another as <strong>United</strong>’s Alan Cork<br />
tends to an injured Ray Wilkins in<br />
the game at QPR.<br />
6) Not sure you can tackle like<br />
this anymore, Carl Bradshaw? The<br />
versatile ace gets stuck in against<br />
Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park.<br />
7) Incoming! Villa’s Nigel Spink<br />
doesn’t hold back as Adrian<br />
Littlejohn feels the full force of<br />
this challenge in the home game<br />
with Villa.<br />
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WHAT HAPPENED<br />
ELSEWHERE<br />
THE STATE OF PLAY…<br />
Norwich still had a healthy eightpoint<br />
lead but below them just<br />
two points separated second<br />
placed Blackburn and seventh<br />
placed Arsenal in the table. It<br />
was starting to look equally<br />
congested at the bottom too,<br />
with Forest four points adrift<br />
at the foot of the division but<br />
just four points separated 21st<br />
placed Palace with Everton in<br />
17th. The previous week, Eric<br />
Cantona made his Manchester<br />
<strong>United</strong> debut as a sub as they<br />
beat Manchester City 2-1 for a<br />
third win on the spin. Elsewhere,<br />
in the same week Everton’s<br />
Peter Beardsley became only the<br />
second player to score for both<br />
clubs in a Merseyside derby as<br />
Everton defeated Liverpool 2-1.<br />
THE GAMES…<br />
After clawing their way as<br />
high as second at one stage,<br />
Arsenal continued to endure<br />
an alarming dip in form and<br />
also lost the north London<br />
derby bragging rights after Paul<br />
Allen’s goal gave Spurs a 1-0<br />
win over their bitter rivals. At<br />
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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 12th DECEMBER 1992 —<br />
▲ Action from<br />
Tottenham’s north<br />
London derby win<br />
over Arsenal<br />
the bottom, there was a big win<br />
for Wimbledon who hammered<br />
fellow strugglers Oldham 5-2,<br />
whilst Crystal Palace gave their<br />
season a real boost with Eddie<br />
McGoldrick netting twice as the<br />
Eagles beat QPR 3-1. Elsewhere,<br />
Leeds beat Wednesday in the<br />
Yorkshire derby 3-1, with ex-<br />
Owls Lee Chapman and Imre<br />
Varadi on the scoresheet.
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 19 12 3 4 34 32 2 39<br />
2 ASTON VILLA 19 9 7 3 30 20 10 34<br />
3 MANCHESTER UNITED 19 9 6 4 21 13 8 33<br />
4 CHELSEA 19 9 5 5 26 20 6 32<br />
5 BLACKBURN ROVERS 19 8 7 4 29 17 12 31<br />
6 IPSWICH TOWN 19 6 11 2 27 22 5 29<br />
7 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 19 8 5 6 26 22 4 29<br />
8 ARSENAL 19 9 2 8 22 20 2 29<br />
9 LIVERPOOL 19 8 4 7 33 27 6 28<br />
10 COVENTRY CITY 19 6 8 5 25 26 -1 26<br />
11 MANCHESTER CITY 19 7 4 8 26 22 4 25<br />
12 MIDDLESBROUGH 19 6 7 6 30 29 1 25<br />
13 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 19 6 7 6 19 24 -5 25<br />
14 LEEDS UNITED 19 6 6 7 32 33 -1 24<br />
15 SOUTHAMPTON 19 5 8 6 19 21 -2 23<br />
16 SHEFFIELD UNITED 19 5 6 8 18 25 -7 21<br />
17 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 19 4 8 7 21 25 -4 20<br />
18 EVERTON 19 5 4 10 15 23 -8 19<br />
19 WIMBLEDON 19 4 6 9 25 30 -5 18<br />
20 OLDHAM ATHLETIC 19 4 6 9 31 38 -7 18<br />
21 CRYSTAL PALACE 19 3 9 7 25 33 -8 18<br />
22 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 19 3 5 11 18 30 -12 14<br />
HEADLINE ACT…<br />
This was a potential season<br />
defining fixture as Manchester<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s win over Norwich<br />
brought the Canaries back<br />
within reach. Had Norwich won<br />
this game, it would have given<br />
them a 12-point advantage, as it<br />
was Mark Hughes’ 59th minute<br />
goal earned a 1-0 win for Alex<br />
Ferguson’s side and moved<br />
them third and within six points<br />
of the summit.<br />
ANY OTHER BUSINESS?<br />
At the back end of November,<br />
UEFA confirms that England will<br />
host Euro 96.<br />
⊳ Mark Hughes scored a vital winner for<br />
Manchester <strong>United</strong> against Norwich City<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED<br />
HOLE NEW BALL GAME A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME A WHOLE NEW BALL GA
HOLE NEW BALL GAME A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME A WHOLE NEW BALL GA<br />
64 UTB<br />
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. Earlier we mentioned<br />
Peter Beardsley<br />
became the second<br />
player to score<br />
for both clubs in a<br />
Merseyside derby.<br />
Who was the first?<br />
2. Ipswich Town signed<br />
striker Bontcho<br />
Guentchev from<br />
Sporting Lisbon for<br />
£250,000, he was<br />
an international for<br />
which country?<br />
3. <strong>United</strong> defeated<br />
Everton in a crucial<br />
game at the<br />
bottom, who was<br />
the manager of the<br />
Merseyside club at<br />
this time?<br />
4. Southampton played<br />
their home matches<br />
at which ground<br />
during the 1992-93<br />
season?<br />
5. Which club were<br />
sponsored by<br />
McEwan’s Lager?<br />
ANSWERS: 1. David Johnson,<br />
2. Bulgaria, 3. Howard<br />
Kendall, 4. The Dell, 5.<br />
Blackburn Rovers, 6. Mark<br />
Wright, 7. Iain Dowie.<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED<br />
1992-93<br />
PICTURE ROUND...<br />
Can you guess the names of these players<br />
who graced the inaugural season of the<br />
Premier League…<br />
6. Who is this Liverpool defender challenging<br />
Arsenal’s Ian Wright?<br />
7. Who is this striker who was leading the line for<br />
Southampton?
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SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED<br />
HOLE NEW BALL GAME A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME A WHOLE NEW BALL GA
66 UTB<br />
Your winning<br />
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firm!<br />
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Personal Injury Data Breach Timeshare Mis-selling<br />
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SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED<br />
Plevin PPI Mortgage Mis-Selling And much more…
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RAINBOW<br />
BLADES<br />
This week Rainbow Blades member Jack<br />
pens the notes…<br />
BE YOUR OWN ‘GAME<br />
OF TWO HALVES’<br />
As a young lad, I always struggled to<br />
make both halves of me play together –<br />
my feminine side and my masculine side.<br />
I wanted to paint my nails, play with dolls, do<br />
ballet and dance but I also wanted to play in<br />
the mud, dig up worms and have a kickabout<br />
with the lads.<br />
When you’re young and throughout your<br />
life, embracing all aspects of you as a person<br />
can be hard, especially when there’s so<br />
much pressure on how to act or behave –<br />
regardless of who you are or how you identify.<br />
Much like our beloved football, we’re all<br />
a ‘game of two halves’, and as they say, ‘the<br />
game’s not played on paper’, so why try to be<br />
a pre-determined paper-thin stereotype?<br />
The older I got, the more I realised we have<br />
to embrace every aspect of who we are, just<br />
as we do with every aspect of footy. Take the<br />
beauty with the ugliness, the wins with the<br />
losses – paint your nails red and black, pull<br />
on your Blades shirt, get the lads and lasses<br />
together, chant and cheer until your throat’s<br />
sore and never lose your voice!<br />
Jack De Graaf (he/him),<br />
Bond Bryan (Rainbow Blades sponsor)<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 />
2022/2023<br />
SENIOR BLADES<br />
SPONSORED PLAYER<br />
Some of our members were<br />
aware that the original player<br />
Senior Blades had sponsored for<br />
this season was promising young<br />
player, Will Osula. As you will<br />
know, Will is currently on loan at<br />
Derby County where<br />
he is progressing well<br />
in his development.<br />
We therefore<br />
consulted with<br />
commercial at <strong>Sheffield</strong><br />
<strong>United</strong> and are now<br />
sponsoring the away<br />
kit of our number 9 –<br />
Oli McBurnie, and as<br />
with all our sponsored<br />
kits these last few<br />
years, we will be<br />
having a charity raffle<br />
for this kit in 2023.<br />
We have been receiving<br />
enquiries asking how to join<br />
Senior Blades. Below are the<br />
options available and we look<br />
forward to welcoming you as<br />
a member.<br />
Membership forms are<br />
available here in the Box Office.<br />
Contact our secretary on<br />
0114 2366466<br />
Email: info@seniorblades.com<br />
Website: www.seniorblades.co.uk<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
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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 />
COLLEGE OPEN EVENING<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
Community College are<br />
pleased to announce their<br />
upcoming Open Evening<br />
at Bramall Lane.<br />
Staff from the college will<br />
be on hand to talk about all<br />
their post-16 opportunities<br />
on Tuesday 22nd<br />
November, 6.30pm-8pm in<br />
the Platinum Suite (Cherry<br />
Street, S2 4SU).<br />
The college offers<br />
a post-16 sport study<br />
programme for school<br />
leavers that would like to<br />
play football alongside<br />
studying, with pathways<br />
tailored for both elite and<br />
recreational players. If<br />
playing football isn’t for<br />
you, the college offers<br />
a “your course, your<br />
choice” approach featuring<br />
enrichment pathways in<br />
Esports and fitness.<br />
If you’re interested<br />
in attending the Open<br />
Evening, please register<br />
your details at bit.ly/<br />
SUCFOpenEvening.<br />
We also have taster<br />
sessions for next year’s<br />
programmes on Tuesday<br />
13th, Wednesday 14th<br />
and Thursday 15th<br />
December all 6.30pm-<br />
8pm at our college sites<br />
– Handsworth JSC (S9<br />
4PA) and Leisure <strong>United</strong><br />
Westfield (S20 8FA). A<br />
taster session for our<br />
Esports course will be held<br />
on Wed 14th December,<br />
6.30pm-8pm at Bramall<br />
Lane (S2 4SU). For more<br />
information about these<br />
taster sessions please<br />
contact Joe Lancashire<br />
at joe.lancashire@sufccommunity.co.uk<br />
or 07496<br />
931539.<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
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FOOTBALL<br />
CAMPS<br />
RECAP<br />
We had a great turn out for our<br />
football camps at Handsworth,<br />
Graves, Westfield and Wisewood<br />
this past October half-term.<br />
We were also thrilled to have<br />
so many Blades players make<br />
appearances too!<br />
Places on our Christmas<br />
camps go on sale soon, check<br />
out officialsoccerschools.co.uk/<br />
sheffieldunited/ as we get closer to<br />
the Christmas holidays!<br />
FANS FC ANNUAL PARTY<br />
Our annual Fans FC party is nearly here!<br />
Join us in the Platinum Suite (Cherry<br />
Street, S2 4SU) from 6pm on Friday 11th<br />
November to celebrate our Fans Fighting<br />
Cancer programme.<br />
Beth Wragg, our health and wellbeing<br />
officer, said: “Everyone is welcome<br />
whether you are participating in the<br />
programme or not. The aim is to all get<br />
together and have a good evening out!<br />
The party is free to attend, and pie and<br />
peas will be provided alongside local<br />
singer Kaz Wilson performing Motown,<br />
Soul and Disco classics! If you would<br />
like to attend, please email me at beth.<br />
wragg@sufc-community.co.uk or call/text<br />
07949 375726.”<br />
Fans FC is a free programme run in<br />
conjunction with <strong>Sheffield</strong> Hospitals<br />
Charity and NHS Charities Together<br />
that consists of 18 weekly sessions. Our<br />
variety of sessions focus on physical and<br />
mental wellbeing for people diagnosed<br />
with cancer and/or other long-term<br />
illnesses and people affected by cancer<br />
(family and friends). These physical and<br />
social activity sessions take place both<br />
virtually and face-to-face to ensure<br />
everyone can get the help they need.<br />
To learn more about Fans FC and<br />
to view our full activities and session<br />
timetable, head to sufc-community.com.<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
70 UTB<br />
ITED ROTHE<br />
ROTHERHAM UNITE<br />
ERHAM UNITED ROT<br />
UNITED ROTHERHAM<br />
D ROTHERHAM UNI<br />
HERHAM UNITED R<br />
M UNITED ROTHERH<br />
TED ROTHERHAM U<br />
OTHERHAM UNITED<br />
AM UNITED ROTHER<br />
OTHERHAM<br />
TE<br />
— OPPOSITION FOCUS<br />
FOUNDED: 1925<br />
NICKNAME: THE MILLERS<br />
GROUND: NEW YORK STADIUM<br />
CAPACITY: 12,021<br />
CHAIRMAN: TONY STEWART<br />
LAST FINISH: 2/24 SKY BET LEAGUE ONE ↑<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
D<br />
HERHAM UN<br />
UNITED ROTHERHA<br />
TED ROTHERHAM UN<br />
OTHERHAM UNITED<br />
AM UNITED ROTHER<br />
NITED ROTHERHAM<br />
ROTHERHAM UNITE<br />
HAM UNITED ROTHE<br />
UNITED ROTHERHA<br />
D ROTHERHAM UNIT<br />
UNITED ROT<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> are aiming to end the<br />
first half of this Championship<br />
season on a high, with away<br />
games against <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> and Luton<br />
on their agenda before the break for the<br />
World Cup this weekend.<br />
It has been a challenging opening to the<br />
campaign for the Millers, with manager Paul<br />
Warne leaving his post in mid-September<br />
and replaced by Matt Taylor.<br />
Finding your feet in a new league is<br />
always a big challenge for newly promoted<br />
clubs, but <strong>Rotherham</strong> have shown signs that<br />
they are bedding down some foundations<br />
in the Championship after their elevation<br />
from League One last season.<br />
A recent success at Stoke showed<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong>’s ability to win on the road,<br />
whilst they also looked set to upset leaders<br />
Burnley at Turf Moor before the hosts<br />
struck with two stoppage time goals.<br />
With two away games to come in the next<br />
few days, there is a real opportunity for<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> to end this phase of the season<br />
on a high.<br />
UTB 71<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
72 UTB<br />
ITED ROTHE<br />
ROTHERHAM UNITE<br />
ERHAM UNITED ROT<br />
UNITED ROTHERHAM<br />
D ROTHERHAM UNI<br />
HERHAM UNITED R<br />
M UNITED ROTHERH<br />
TED ROTHERHAM U<br />
OTHERHAM UNITED<br />
AM UNITED ROTHER<br />
OTHERHAM<br />
TE<br />
— OPPOSITION FOCUS<br />
STAR MAN<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> attacking star<br />
Chiedozie Ogbene has made<br />
a big mark for himself since<br />
he committed his international future<br />
to the Republic of Ireland last year.<br />
Born in Nigeria and raised in<br />
Ireland, Ogbene has scored three<br />
goals for Ireland in the last year and<br />
he is relishing the experience of<br />
international football after accepting<br />
an offer of a call-up from Ireland boss<br />
Stephen Kenny.<br />
“I grew up in Cork, so I see myself<br />
as an Irishman but obviously I am<br />
Nigerian by birth,” states Ogbene,<br />
who scored in the tight 3-2<br />
defeat against promotion<br />
chasing Burnley<br />
last week.<br />
“I’m sure there are<br />
many players who grew<br />
up in Ireland and were<br />
born somewhere<br />
else and are<br />
obviously having<br />
trouble with their<br />
decision. I want to<br />
create a pathway<br />
for them to show<br />
that if you live<br />
there you get these<br />
opportunities.<br />
“Republic of<br />
Ireland is a big<br />
nation with so<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED<br />
Chiedozie OGBENE<br />
11 PREVIOUS<br />
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/05/97<br />
POSITION: FORWARD<br />
CLUB: BRENTFORD<br />
many talented players and to be<br />
considered and to be called, honestly,<br />
I am honoured to be here.<br />
“I feel like I am doing very well.<br />
Stephen (Kenny) made contact with<br />
me a few times. We had to do some<br />
documents and, personally, I was<br />
quite shocked when he called to say<br />
he was looking to take me on board.<br />
International football is something<br />
I have dreamed about so to be with<br />
Ireland is truly a blessing.”<br />
Ogbene has also<br />
made some big<br />
contributions<br />
for <strong>Rotherham</strong><br />
since joining<br />
the club from<br />
Brentford in the<br />
summer of 2019,<br />
scoring three goals<br />
in the promotion<br />
success last season<br />
and also firing in a fine<br />
goal at Wembley as<br />
the Millers won the EFL<br />
Trophy against Sutton <strong>United</strong><br />
last April.
D<br />
HERHAM UN<br />
UNITED ROTHERHA<br />
TED ROTHERHAM UN<br />
OTHERHAM UNITED<br />
AM UNITED ROTHER<br />
NITED ROTHERHAM<br />
ROTHERHAM UNITE<br />
HAM UNITED ROTHE<br />
UNITED ROTHERHA<br />
D ROTHERHAM UNIT<br />
UNITED ROT<br />
Richard WOOD<br />
6<br />
THE CAPTAIN...<br />
Date of Birth: 05/07/85<br />
Previous club: Charlton<br />
Wood joined the Millers in<br />
2014 and has been a fine<br />
leader on and off the pitch.<br />
This defender started at<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> Wednesday and<br />
had spells at Coventry and<br />
Charlton before finding<br />
a home at <strong>Rotherham</strong>,<br />
where he is closing in on<br />
250 appearances. Wood<br />
has already scored four<br />
Championship goals this<br />
season.<br />
Ben WILES<br />
8<br />
YOUNG GUN...<br />
Date of Birth: 17/04/99<br />
Previous club: –<br />
LAST TIME WE MET...<br />
Conor WASHINGTON<br />
14<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong>’s youth team<br />
set-up has produced some<br />
fine players in recent<br />
years and Wiles is one of<br />
the best. He has been a<br />
first team regular since<br />
the 2019-20 campaign<br />
and played a full role in<br />
the promotion success<br />
last season, scoring eight<br />
valuable goals as the<br />
Millers returned to the<br />
Championship.<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED 2-0 ROTHERHAM UNITED<br />
Saturday 9th March 2019<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> continued their push for promotion<br />
with a seventh successive home win as they<br />
beat 10-man <strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong> at Bramall Lane.<br />
Defender Jack O’Connell gave the Blades the<br />
perfect start by turning in Oliver Norwood’s clever<br />
corner, before <strong>Rotherham</strong>’s Will Vaulks was sent<br />
off. Mark Duffy’s second half goal sealed the win.<br />
ONE TO WATCH...<br />
Date of Birth: 18/05/92<br />
Previous club: Charlton<br />
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Experience and goals will<br />
be vital for <strong>Rotherham</strong> as<br />
they look to find their feet<br />
in the Championship and<br />
former Blade Washington<br />
brings both. He scored his<br />
first goal of the season in<br />
the win against Reading<br />
in August, with this former<br />
Peterborough and QPR<br />
striker also on target<br />
against Huddersfield and<br />
Coventry last month.<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
74 UTB<br />
ITED ROTHE<br />
ROTHERHAM UNITE<br />
ERHAM UNITED ROT<br />
UNITED ROTHERHAM<br />
D ROTHERHAM UNI<br />
HERHAM UNITED R<br />
M UNITED ROTHERH<br />
TED ROTHERHAM U<br />
OTHERHAM UNITED<br />
AM UNITED ROTHER<br />
OTHERHAM<br />
TE<br />
— OPPOSITION FOCUS<br />
NUMBERS COUNT...<br />
8<br />
91<br />
—<br />
130<br />
—<br />
621<br />
—<br />
— The minute when<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong>’s Jamie Green<br />
netted against Barnet in 2008.<br />
It proved to be the club’s last<br />
competitive goal at their old<br />
Millmoor ground.<br />
The record number of points<br />
collected by a <strong>Rotherham</strong><br />
side, as they won promotion<br />
in Division Two in the 2000-01<br />
season.<br />
Gladstone Guest holds the<br />
record for most goals scored by<br />
a <strong>Rotherham</strong> player in a Millers<br />
career that ran for a decade<br />
from 1946.<br />
Danny Williams set an<br />
appearance record for<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> in a career that<br />
started in 1943 and concluded<br />
in 1965.<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED<br />
Ronnie Moore<br />
ROTHERHAM LEGEND...<br />
Both as a player and a manager,<br />
Ronnie Moore gave everything to the<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong> cause.<br />
His playing career included 125<br />
appearances between 1980 and 1983,<br />
but it was as a manager that Moore<br />
made a lasting mark.<br />
The Liverpudlian took charge of 398<br />
games in his first spell in charge, guiding<br />
the club from the lower reaches of the<br />
fourth tier of the English game and into<br />
the Championship in a glorious run of<br />
success.<br />
Moore returned for a second spell as<br />
Millers boss in 2009 and while that was<br />
not as successful, he will forever be a<br />
legend in the eyes of <strong>Rotherham</strong> fans.
D<br />
HERHAM UN<br />
UNITED ROTHERHA<br />
TED ROTHERHAM UN<br />
OTHERHAM UNITED<br />
AM UNITED ROTHER<br />
NITED ROTHERHAM<br />
ROTHERHAM UNITE<br />
HAM UNITED ROTHE<br />
UNITED ROTHERHA<br />
D ROTHERHAM UNIT<br />
UNITED ROT<br />
Matt Taylor<br />
FROM THE TOUCHLINE<br />
It was all change at<br />
into that already. We want them to<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong> last month keep on buying into it and keep<br />
as Matt Taylor was introduced bringing their energy and support,<br />
as the club’s new manager.<br />
week-in-week-out.”<br />
After making his mark as coach with Following a 16-year playing career,<br />
Exeter City, this former centre-back which included spells with Exeter,<br />
was lured to <strong>Rotherham</strong> to continue Charlton and Cheltenham Town,<br />
his coaching journey and he is Taylor first went into management with<br />
relishing the challenge of getting the Exeter in 2018, replacing long-serving<br />
Millers firing in the Championship. boss, Paul Tisdale.<br />
“There’s a group of players who A little over a month into his spell<br />
I could see something within, in as <strong>Rotherham</strong> boss, Taylor admits the<br />
relation to how they’ve performed hectic nature of the Championship<br />
so far this season and what their has made it tough to implement his<br />
success has been built on in the past,” philosophy at the club.<br />
states Taylor.<br />
“We have only been able to<br />
“All of the elements of that are influence a certain amount because<br />
exactly the same with what I have of the game schedule,” he added. “If<br />
done previously in my career, be it as you have time to work on the training<br />
a manager, coach or a player.<br />
ground, you can get your messages<br />
“Anyone who has seen me speak across, but it has been a case of game<br />
previously hopefully agrees that I’m an and recover every week.<br />
open and honest person.<br />
“It’s part and parcel of the league,<br />
“I’ll always say it how I see it and we can’t complain about it and we<br />
how it is. I won’t talk falsely about have to look forward to it. Physically<br />
anything that has happened. It is we have to keep them fresh. We may<br />
all about being honest with each have a slightly different look about us<br />
other. The players have to be honest away from home, as we may sacrifice<br />
with each other and we do as staff. certain areas of the pitch to help<br />
Hopefully the fans buy into that. the team.<br />
“We said that we won’t be changing “We have points to play for before<br />
too much too soon because we don’t the World Cup break, so we have<br />
need to. This club and this group to focus on these remaining games<br />
of players are moving in the right before we have a few weeks to<br />
direction and the fans have bought recover.”<br />
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SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
76 UTB<br />
ITED ROTHE<br />
ROTHERHAM UNITE<br />
ERHAM UNITED ROT<br />
UNITED ROTHERHAM<br />
D ROTHERHAM UNI<br />
HERHAM UNITED R<br />
M UNITED ROTHERH<br />
TED ROTHERHAM U<br />
OTHERHAM UNITED<br />
AM UNITED ROTHER<br />
OTHERHAM<br />
TE<br />
— OPPOSITION FOCUS<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong>'s<br />
NON-LEAGUE NUGGETS<br />
Football historian LEIGH EDWARDS profiles six notable <strong>Rotherham</strong> players signed from non-League clubs...<br />
JACK GRAINGER<br />
England B international<br />
winger Jack Grainger<br />
was leading marksman<br />
as <strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
narrowly missed<br />
promotion to the top-flight<br />
on goal average in 1954-<br />
55. From a football family,<br />
his brother Colin played<br />
for England and the<br />
Blades, he impressed with<br />
Frickley Colliery before<br />
moving to <strong>Rotherham</strong><br />
in November 1945 and<br />
starred in their 1950-51<br />
Third Division (North) title<br />
triumph. Scoring twice<br />
as they beat holders<br />
Newcastle in the 1952-53<br />
FA Cup fourth round, he<br />
netted 112 goals in 352<br />
League outings prior to<br />
joining Lincoln City in<br />
June 1957. He later played<br />
for Burton Albion and<br />
Denaby <strong>United</strong>, residing<br />
in Havercroft until his<br />
death in January 1983.<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED<br />
ROY LAMBERT<br />
Hard-tackling right-half<br />
Roy Lambert appeared<br />
for <strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong> in<br />
the 1961 League Cup final.<br />
A former miner at Barley<br />
Hall Colliery, he played<br />
for Thorncliffe Welfare<br />
prior to joining <strong>Rotherham</strong><br />
in July 1954. He made<br />
his League debut in their<br />
3-1 defeat at Nottingham<br />
Forest in January 1957<br />
and was ever-present in<br />
1959-60, helping to beat<br />
Arsenal in the FA Cup<br />
third round. Ever-present<br />
again in 1962-63, he<br />
netted six goals in 307<br />
League games, moving<br />
to Barnsley in November<br />
1965. He coached back<br />
at <strong>Rotherham</strong>, then was<br />
youth coach and chief<br />
scout at Huddersfield.<br />
Later a machinist for<br />
Gerrard Industries at<br />
Kilnhurst, he died in<br />
February 2022.<br />
GERRY FORREST<br />
Right-back Gerry Forrest<br />
featured prominently<br />
in <strong>Rotherham</strong>'s 1980-<br />
81 Third Division title<br />
triumph. He impressed<br />
with South Bank before<br />
moving to Millmoor in<br />
February 1977 and starred<br />
in the defeat of Arsenal<br />
in the 1978-79 League<br />
Cup second round. Also<br />
helping the Millers to<br />
reach the League Cup<br />
fifth round in 1983-84, he<br />
joined Southampton for<br />
£100,000 in December<br />
1985 and was a League<br />
Cup semi-finalist in<br />
1986-87. He re-joined<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> in August<br />
1990 and netted eight<br />
goals in 391 League<br />
games overall prior to<br />
joining Gateshead in<br />
August 1991. Settling in<br />
Stockton, he has since<br />
run his own kitchen fitting<br />
business.
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MICK GOODING<br />
Midfielder Mick Gooding<br />
was ever-present for<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong> in<br />
1986-87. Starting with<br />
Bishop Auckland, he<br />
joined <strong>Rotherham</strong> in July<br />
1979, starring in their<br />
1980-81 Third Division<br />
title triumph. He joined<br />
Chesterfield in December<br />
1982 but returned to<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> nine months<br />
later and netted 42 goals<br />
in 258 League games<br />
overall before joining<br />
Peterborough <strong>United</strong> in<br />
August 1987. Moving to<br />
Wolves in September<br />
1988, he helped win<br />
the Third Division title<br />
and joined Reading in<br />
December 1989. Starring<br />
as they won the Second<br />
Division title in 1993-94,<br />
he became joint playermanager,<br />
then had a spell<br />
at Southend and was<br />
Walsall’s youth coach.<br />
ALLY PICKERING<br />
Right-back Ally Pickering<br />
helped <strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
win promotion in 1991-<br />
92. Initially with Buxton,<br />
he joined <strong>Rotherham</strong><br />
for a then club record<br />
£16,500 in February 1990.<br />
He scored twice in 88<br />
League games while at<br />
Millmoor before moving to<br />
Coventry City for £80,000<br />
in October 1993 and<br />
appeared regularly in the<br />
Premier League. Sold to<br />
Stoke City for £280,000<br />
in August 1996, he was<br />
ever-present in 1997-98<br />
and joined Burnley in<br />
December 1998. He then<br />
played for Altrincham,<br />
Cambridge <strong>United</strong>,<br />
Chester City, Hyde<br />
<strong>United</strong>, Gainsborough<br />
Trinity and Mossley. Later<br />
managing Mossley, he<br />
then had spells in charge<br />
of Woodley Sports and<br />
New Mills.<br />
DARREN GARNER<br />
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Midfielder Darren<br />
Garner featured in<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong>’s<br />
1996 Auto Windscreens<br />
Shield final triumph.<br />
Starting with hometown<br />
Plymouth Argyle, he<br />
joined Dorchester Town<br />
in August 1994 and<br />
moved to <strong>Rotherham</strong> for<br />
£30,000 in June 1995.<br />
He helped them qualify<br />
for the Third Division<br />
play-offs in 1998-99, then<br />
win promotion in two<br />
consecutive seasons.<br />
Scoring 23 goals in 264<br />
League games for the<br />
Millers, he joined Torquay<br />
<strong>United</strong> initially on loan in<br />
March 2005. He later had<br />
spells at Newport County,<br />
Launceston, Truro City,<br />
Bodmin Town and<br />
returned to Launceston<br />
as player-manager, since<br />
working for a recruitment<br />
agency back in Plymouth.<br />
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— OPPOSITION FOCUS<br />
THE LOWDOWN...<br />
...on <strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
Each week UTB takes an alternative look over our opponents...<br />
INAUGURAL CUP FINALISTS<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> were denied a place in<br />
the top-flight by goal average in 1955,<br />
having beaten Liverpool 6-1 in what was<br />
a memorable campaign. The Millers also<br />
competed in the inaugural League Cup<br />
final in 1961, losing 3-2 on aggregate to<br />
Aston Villa, despite winning the first leg at<br />
Millmoor.<br />
UPS AND DOWNS<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> have yo-yoed between<br />
the second and third tier since being<br />
relegated in 2016-17. Since then, the<br />
Millers have bounced back to the<br />
Championship at the first attempt on three<br />
consecutive occasions, including last term<br />
when they finished runners-up to Wigan<br />
Athletic in addition to lifting the Papa<br />
John’s Trophy at Wembley.<br />
YOU ARE THE REF!<br />
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Former Premier League referee Howard<br />
Webb is an avid follower of the Millers and<br />
is a regular at the New York Stadium. Wellknown<br />
actor Dean Andrews is also a fan<br />
of Matt Taylor’s side, along with the club’s<br />
honorary vice president Paul Chuckle and<br />
his late brother Barry.<br />
WARNOCK’S GREAT ESCAPE<br />
Former Blades boss Neil Warnock kept<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> up against the odds in 2016.<br />
Appointed as Neil Redfern’s successor<br />
with just 16 games to go and with the<br />
Millers in the relegation zone, the<br />
veteran boss masterminded an 11-game<br />
unbeaten run, including a 1-0 win at<br />
Hillsborough to steer the club to safety.<br />
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TICKETS &<br />
TRAVEL<br />
OPENING HOURS<br />
Monday-Friday: 9am–5pm<br />
Saturday (Non-Matchday): 9am–12noon<br />
Saturday (Matchday): 9am–half time<br />
Matchday (Evening): 9am–kick off<br />
CONTACT DETAILS<br />
Tel: 0114 253 7200 (option 1)<br />
Visit: tickets.sufc.co.uk Email: boxoffice@sufc.co.uk<br />
*A £1 booking fee applies to all telephone and online orders<br />
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 />
2022-23 MATCHDAY PRICES<br />
STAND TYPE CAT. A* CAT. A CAT. B<br />
KOP STAND<br />
CHERRY STREET<br />
SOUTH STAND<br />
& 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 />
ADULT £40 £35 £31<br />
OVER 60 / DISABLED £32 £27 £23<br />
YA U22 / STUDENT £26 £21 £20<br />
UNDER 18 £21 £17 £14<br />
JUNIOR BLADES £19 £15 £12<br />
ADULT £37 £33 £29<br />
OVER 60 / DISABLED £31 £26 £21<br />
YA U22 / STUDENT £25 £21 £18<br />
UNDER 18 £20 £16 £13<br />
JUNIOR BLADES £18 £14 £11<br />
AWAY<br />
<strong>vs</strong> CARDIFF CITY<br />
Saturday 12th November<br />
Sky Bet Championship<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 with<br />
the personal assistant FOC<br />
(subject to qualification). 12<br />
disabled parking spaces are<br />
available directly from Cardiff<br />
on a first come first served<br />
basis by contacting ben.<br />
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 />
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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. Under 14s<br />
will not be permitted entry into<br />
the 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 />
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 now on general sale.<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 />
Information correct at the time<br />
of going to print. Please check<br />
www.sufc.co.uk for up-to-date<br />
information.<br />
TC VISITS MILLERS<br />
MEMORY CLUB<br />
You will have seen TC’s recent visit to <strong>Rotherham</strong>’s<br />
Millers Memory Club in a recent edition of UTB,<br />
and he was present again recently as he looks to<br />
put together a version right here at Bramall Lane.<br />
Founded by former Millers defender and<br />
assistant manager John Breckin, the club aims to<br />
support those suffering with or directly affected by<br />
memory-related illnesses by providing a safe and<br />
friendly environment for all who attend.<br />
After seeing his former England colleague Dave<br />
Watson at New York Stadium recently, TC was back<br />
for a chat with Breckin as he looks to implement a<br />
Blades version in the coming months.<br />
TC said: “I had a really good chat with Breck,<br />
and I’ve been impressed with what he’s created at<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong>. I’ll look forward to catching up with him<br />
if I see him at today’s game.<br />
“I’ve made some steps here regarding hosting<br />
something similar, and I’ve already had some<br />
interest. If there are any former players keen to<br />
attend or who want to help in any way, please get<br />
in touch.”<br />
▲ TC chatting to John Breckin at the Millers Memory Club<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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FAVOURITES<br />
with Ollie Norwood<br />
IN EVERY EDITION OF UTB THIS SEASON,<br />
WE TALK TO A CURRENT MEMBER OF<br />
UNITED’S FIRST TEAM SQUAD TO FIND OUT<br />
SOME OF THEIR FAVOURITE THINGS...<br />
FAVOURITE...<br />
BOX SET/TV SERIES... Probably The Office, with Ricky Gervais.<br />
FILM... I’ll say Mrs. Doubtfire. I love watching that<br />
one with the family. Some of the young<br />
lads here won’t even know what that is!<br />
PHONE APP... I could do without a phone<br />
to be honest, but I’ll say Whatsapp.<br />
It’s what I use the most.<br />
HOLIDAY DESTINATION... I’ve been lucky to have<br />
been to some nice places. I like to go<br />
different places and see different things.<br />
I enjoyed Dubai and also Portugal.<br />
OTHER SPORT TO PLAY... I’ll say golf or<br />
cricket. I love playing both.<br />
OTHER SPORT TO WATCH... I enjoy watching<br />
boxing. Not that I’d ever get in the ring!<br />
SPORTSMAN... Like I said I enjoy my<br />
boxing, so I’ll go for Tyson Fury. He’s<br />
had some journey back to the top.<br />
COMEDIAN... I’ll say Ricky Gervais.<br />
CURRENT TEAMMATE... None of them!<br />
GROUND TO PLAY AT... Other than Bramall Lane? Okay,<br />
I’ll go for Windsor Park. I had some great<br />
times playing there for Northern Ireland.<br />
It was, and still is, a special atmosphere.<br />
MEAL... You can’t beat fish and chips.<br />
Easy choice if you are from up north!<br />
CHOCOLATE BAR... Standard Dairy Milk.<br />
KARAOKE SONG… I haven’t done karaoke for years!<br />
I remember when I signed here my initiation<br />
song was Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams.<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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ANALYTICS<br />
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MAINTENANCE<br />
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UNITED IN BUSINESS<br />
Head of Commercial PAUL REEVES provides UTB with the latest<br />
corporate news. To discuss how you could benefit from our opportunities<br />
to develop your business, contact Paul on 07983 425066…<br />
Good evening and welcome back<br />
to Bramall Lane for tonight’s<br />
re-arranged fixture against<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong>.<br />
As always, we are delighted to introduce<br />
our sponsors who join us for this local<br />
derby against the Millers.<br />
Our first main match sponsor is<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> Glass and Glazing Ltd, a<br />
business with over 30 years’ experience<br />
and as a member of the Federation of<br />
Small Businesses, they know what it takes<br />
to go that extra mile for our customers.<br />
If you are looking to personalise your<br />
home with decorative windows, then<br />
contact them to discuss your designs.<br />
For a free quotation on any glazing<br />
services, call 01709 525555 or visit www.<br />
rotherhamglass.co.uk<br />
We have a second main match sponsor<br />
today, Pyramid Carpets.They are a<br />
family run business with over 70 years of<br />
experience delivering the highest quality<br />
selection of carpets, rugs and flooring to<br />
both commercial and domestic customers<br />
throughout Yorkshire. For more details<br />
visit www.pyramidcarpets.co.uk<br />
Tonight’s programme sponsor is<br />
Eagle Platforms. From their head office<br />
in <strong>Sheffield</strong> and regional hubs across<br />
the UK, they can supply all your access<br />
needs, 24 hours a day, seven days a<br />
week with an exclusive range of machines<br />
from the world’s leading manufacturers.<br />
In addition to this, their award-winning<br />
service and training teams can ensure<br />
the complete support for all aspects of<br />
your MEWP requirements. Visit www.<br />
eagleplatforms.com<br />
Finally, our match ball sponsor is<br />
National Timber Group. They are the<br />
largest independent timber distribution<br />
and processing group in the UK.<br />
The group was created through the<br />
acquisitions of market-leading brands<br />
Thornbridge, NYTimber, Rembrand<br />
Timber and Arnold Laver. The group<br />
serves a diverse customer base including<br />
joiners, housebuilders, and contractors,<br />
and is a favoured supplier of large-scale<br />
infrastructure projects. For further details,<br />
visit www.nationaltimbergroup.com<br />
We hope that you all enjoy your evening<br />
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86 UTB<br />
MATCH ACTION<br />
0 - 2<br />
–<br />
NDIAYE 11, Mc BURNIE 23<br />
SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER — SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP — VENUE: THE HAWTHORNS<br />
BLADES:DAVIES, BALDOCK (ROBINSON 76), FLECK (BREWSTER 65, SHARP 76),<br />
BASHAM (STEVENS 85), Mc BURNIE, EGAN, AHMEDHODŽIĆ, NORWOOD,<br />
DOYLE, OSBORN, NDIAYE. UNUSED: AMISSAH, KHADRA, MCATEE.<br />
Iliman Ndiaye makes it 1-0 Blades<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
UTB 87<br />
Oli McBurnie makes it 2-0<br />
Oli celebrates his seventh of the season<br />
Iliman ‘s goal joy<br />
Chris Basham makes a telling clearance<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
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 />
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This reflects the seriousness of<br />
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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 />
T he Story So Far...<br />
Catching up and recording events from Bramall Lane…<br />
— SUNDAY 23rd OCTOBER<br />
<strong>United</strong> Women are<br />
narrowly beaten 1-0 at<br />
home to Southampton<br />
at Bramall Lane in the<br />
Women’s Championship.<br />
— MONDAY 24th OCTOBER<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s U21s maintained<br />
their lead at the top<br />
of the Professional<br />
Development League<br />
after a 3-2 win over<br />
Burnley. Goals from<br />
Oliver Arblaster and<br />
Louie Marsh (2) cement<br />
another three points.<br />
— SATURDAY 29th OCTOBER<br />
Norwood, Doyle, Osborn, Ndiaye.<br />
Unused: Amissah, Khadra,<br />
McAtee.<br />
Referee: D. Whitestone<br />
Attendance: 22,270<br />
<strong>United</strong> end a six game<br />
winless run after an<br />
impressive 2-0 away<br />
win at West Brom. Iliman<br />
Ndiaye gave <strong>United</strong> the<br />
lead before Oli McBurnie<br />
made it 2-0 with a tidy<br />
finish into the corner after<br />
a fine run from Ndiaye.<br />
The Blades looked solid<br />
throughout, earning a<br />
first clean sheet since the<br />
middle of September in<br />
the process.<br />
— SUNDAY 30th OCTOBER<br />
<strong>United</strong> Women are<br />
beaten 2-1 by Birmingham<br />
City with Courtney<br />
Sweetman-Kirk on target<br />
for the Blades.<br />
— TUESDAY 1st NOVEMBER<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s U21s are<br />
defeated 3-0 by an<br />
experienced Barnsley<br />
side in the Professional<br />
Development League.<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s U18s defeat<br />
Peterborough 2-0 thanks<br />
to goals from Owen<br />
Hampson and Kurtis<br />
Havenhand.<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
WEST BROMWICH<br />
ALBION 0<br />
–<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED 2<br />
NDIAYE 11, McBURNIE 23<br />
West Brom: Palmer, Furlong,<br />
Townsend (Reach 76), O’Shea,<br />
Livermore (Molumby 58), Phillips,<br />
Diangana, Pieters, Wallace (Swift<br />
58), Grant, Gardner-Hickman<br />
(Thomas-Asante 85). Unused:<br />
Button, Kelly, Yokuslu.<br />
Blades: Davies, Baldock<br />
(Robinson 76), Fleck (Brewster 65,<br />
Sharp 76), Basham (Stevens 85),<br />
McBurnie, Egan, Ahmedhodžić,<br />
▲ Iliman Ndiaye and Oli McBurnie congratulate each other in the win at West Brom<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
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 />
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201 ALLY PALLYS.<br />
OR 8 CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP DAYS.<br />
(THAT’S A LOT OF TWEED)<br />
ALL GOOD BOOKMAKERS<br />
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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.
92 UTB<br />
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 18 - - - - - 176 8 5 2 3 -<br />
3 ENDA STEVENS 09.07.90 DUBLIN 2 2 - - - - 188 5 9 1 1 -<br />
4 JOHN FLECK 24.08.91 GLASGOW 8 2 - 1 - - 237 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 4 - - - - 343 22 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 11 5 9 - - - 61 51 17 1 6 -<br />
10 BILLY SHARP 05.02.86 SHEFFIELD 4 9 - - 1 - 259 87 126 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 19 - - 1 - - 185 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 12 2 4 1 - - 13 2 4 2 5 -<br />
16 OLLIE NORWOOD 12.04.91 BURNLEY 19 - 2 1 - - 179 12 9 4 4 -<br />
17 ISMAILA COULIBALY 25.12.00 MALI - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />
18 WES FODERINGHAM 14.01.91 HAMMERSMITH 16 - - 1 - - 54 - - 1 1 1<br />
19 JACK ROBINSON 01.09.93 WARRINGTON 2 1 1 - - - 50 6 4 - - -<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 6 3 1 - 1 - 61 33 5 1 - -<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 17 2 9 - - - 43 12 16 3 3 -<br />
30 OLIVER ARBLASTER 08.01.04 SHEFFIELD - 3 - 1 - - 1 3 - - - -<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 />
35 ANDRE BROOKS 20.08.03 SHEFFIELD - 1 - - - - - 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 2,683 - -<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 6 3<br />
31-45 3 3<br />
46-60 5 4<br />
61-75 11 1<br />
76-90 4 3<br />
EXTRA-TIME - -<br />
GOALS THE BREAKDOWN<br />
SHOTS 27<br />
HEADERS 6<br />
PENALTIES -<br />
OWN GOALS 1<br />
OTHERS -<br />
LEAGUE RECORD<br />
HOME AWAY TOTAL<br />
P 2477 2478 4955<br />
W 1318 677 1995<br />
D 617 609 1226<br />
L 542 1192 1734<br />
F 4537 2988 7525<br />
A 2708 4293 7001<br />
STAT SNIPPET...<br />
Andre Brooks made his<br />
professional debut from<br />
the bench for the Blades in<br />
the 5-2 win over Burnley.<br />
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UTB 93<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP TOP 5s 2022-23<br />
GOALS<br />
ILIMAN NDIAYE<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> 9<br />
OLI McBURNIE<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> 9<br />
JERRY YATES<br />
Blackpool 9<br />
JAY RODRIGUEZ<br />
Burnley 9<br />
BEN BRERETON DIAZ<br />
Blackburn Rovers 9<br />
ASSISTS<br />
DAN BARLASER<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> <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 />
BEN WILSON<br />
Coventry City 8<br />
ETHAN HORVATH<br />
Luton Town 8<br />
THOMAS KAMINSKI<br />
Blackburn Rovers 7<br />
WES FODERINGHAM<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> 7<br />
GOALS SCORED FROM BENCH<br />
MANUEL BENSON<br />
Burnley 3<br />
OLIVIER NTCHAM<br />
Swansea City 3<br />
ANTOINE SEMENYO<br />
Bristol City 3<br />
GEORGIE KELLY<br />
<strong>Rotherham</strong> <strong>United</strong> 3<br />
ILIMAN NDIAYE<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> 2<br />
GOALS SCORED<br />
BURNLEY<br />
37<br />
SHEFFIELD<br />
UNITED 34<br />
NORWICH<br />
CITY 28<br />
BRISTOL<br />
CITY 27<br />
WATFORD<br />
26<br />
POINTS WON AFTER FALLING BEHIND<br />
SWANSEA<br />
CITY 12<br />
BURNLEY<br />
11<br />
WATFORD<br />
8<br />
MILLWALL<br />
8<br />
SUNDERLAND<br />
8<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
94 UTB<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
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 20 6 4 0 20 10 4 4 2 17 13 +14 38<br />
2 BLACKBURN ROVERS 20 8 0 2 17 7 4 0 6 7 12 +5 36<br />
3 SHEFFIELD UNITED 19 5 3 1 22 10 5 2 3 12 8 +16 35<br />
4 NORWICH CITY 20 5 3 2 17 10 4 2 4 11 11 +7 32<br />
5 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 19 5 2 2 14 8 4 2 4 11 12 +5 31<br />
6 PRESTON NORTH END 20 3 4 3 5 7 5 3 2 11 9 0 31<br />
7 WATFORD 19 5 1 3 15 10 3 4 3 11 12 +4 29<br />
8 LUTON TOWN 19 2 6 2 13 11 5 2 2 9 8 +3 29<br />
9 SWANSEA CITY 19 5 2 3 15 13 3 3 3 10 13 -1 29<br />
10 MILLWALL 19 7 1 2 16 7 1 3 5 6 13 +2 28<br />
11 BIRMINGHAM CITY 19 3 4 2 10 6 4 2 4 10 10 +4 27<br />
12 READING 19 6 1 3 15 11 2 1 6 6 16 -6 26<br />
13 SUNDERLAND 19 2 4 3 10 10 4 2 4 14 12 +2 24<br />
14 CARDIFF CITY 19 4 2 3 7 6 3 1 6 8 15 -6 24<br />
15 COVENTRY CITY 17 3 1 3 6 6 3 4 3 11 12 -1 23<br />
16 BRISTOL CITY 20 4 2 4 13 10 2 3 5 14 19 -2 23<br />
17 ROTHERHAM UNITED 19 4 3 3 17 12 1 4 4 6 13 -2 22<br />
18 BLACKPOOL 19 3 1 5 12 13 3 3 4 11 15 -5 22<br />
19 STOKE CITY 19 2 2 5 9 14 4 2 4 11 11 -5 22<br />
20 MIDDLESBROUGH 19 3 5 2 11 10 2 1 6 13 15 -1 21<br />
21 HULL CITY 19 4 0 6 10 18 2 3 4 11 17 -14 21<br />
22 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 19 2 4 4 12 14 2 4 3 10 10 -2 20<br />
23 WIGAN ATHLETIC 19 1 3 6 6 17 4 2 3 13 11 -9 20<br />
24 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 18 4 1 5 10 10 0 2 6 7 15 -8 15<br />
FA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2022-23<br />
P TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS<br />
1 BRISTOL CITY 7 6 1 0 13 2 11 19<br />
2 LONDON CITY LIONESSES 8 5 2 1 17 6 11 17<br />
3 SOUTHAMPTON 8 5 2 1 11 6 5 17<br />
4 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 8 4 1 3 16 13 3 13<br />
5 CRYSTAL PALACE 7 4 0 3 9 8 1 12<br />
6 BLACKBURN ROVERS 8 3 2 3 9 12 -3 11<br />
7 BIRMINGHAM CITY 7 3 1 3 11 10 1 10<br />
8 LEWES 7 2 4 1 8 7 1 10<br />
9 SHEFFIELD UNITED 7 2 1 4 14 9 5 7<br />
10 DURHAM WOMEN 7 2 1 4 7 11 -4 7<br />
11 SUNDERLAND 8 1 1 6 5 13 -8 4<br />
12 COVENTRY UNITED 8 0 0 8 4 27 -23 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 13 8 2 3 23 15 8 26<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 12 4 4 4 21 19 2 16<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 06/11/22<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
96 UTB<br />
SEASON STATS<br />
2022-23<br />
AUG<br />
SEP<br />
OCT<br />
NOV<br />
DEC<br />
JAN<br />
FEB<br />
MAR<br />
APR<br />
M<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 5-2 28,924 (2,683) 3 FOD'HAM BALDOCK AHMED'ZIC 1 EGAN ROBINSON 1 STEVENS FLECK<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<br />
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 />
REMEMBRANCE DAY EDUCATION<br />
FOR UNITED’S U12s…<br />
As valued members of the education<br />
programme, <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> have<br />
been invited to the U12 Christmas Truce<br />
Tournament taking place on November 13th.<br />
The competition, taking place at Cosford<br />
Royal Air Force base, will see the club take<br />
part in an education project alongside<br />
28 other clubs from the Premier League<br />
and Category One academies, with an<br />
opportunity to progress to the Premier<br />
League Truce Tournament in Belgium.<br />
The U12s, with support from educational and<br />
football staff, are putting together a project that<br />
will support Remembrance Day in promoting<br />
the Flanders Fields poem, their poppy design,<br />
social activities, which will be communicated<br />
across the whole club, and most importantly<br />
what this project means to them. Some fantastic<br />
work has been done by the U12 group and we<br />
wish them the best of luck in the competition.<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
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 />
NORWOOD OSBORN McBURNIE 2 NDIAYE 1 BASHAM (6), SHARP (10), ARBLASTER (7), BROOKS (2), CLARK, KHADRA, DAVIES D. BOND<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
98 UTB<br />
BLADES STATISTICIAN ANDREW KIRKHAM DELVES INTO THE<br />
ARCHIVES TO ENLIGHTEN UNITEDITES WITH TOPICAL FIGURES…<br />
MORE ABOUT UNITED’S INTERNATIONALS...<br />
Firstly, another thank you to Phil<br />
Whitaker for pointing out some errors<br />
and omissions in my recent item about<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s internationals. After some<br />
corrections both ways our figures now<br />
agree.<br />
10 TO 19 CAPS<br />
I omitted Sander Berge with 12 and Petr<br />
Katchouro with 10.<br />
TOTALS<br />
We have 100 players with international<br />
caps, the 100th being Iliman Ndiaye when<br />
he played for Senegal against Benin on<br />
4th June 2022. Those 100 players have<br />
gained a total of 638 caps.<br />
GOALS<br />
37 of our internationals have scored a<br />
total of 106 international goals. Those with<br />
three or more goals are:<br />
Goals Games<br />
Peter Ndlovu 20 25 Zimbabwe<br />
Billy Gillespie 13 25 Ireland<br />
Alf Ringstead 7 20 Republic of Ireland<br />
Luton Shelton 7 9 Jamaica<br />
Jimmy Dunne 6 8 Ireland*<br />
Jostein Flo 5 23 Norway<br />
Paul Ifill 5 5 Barbados<br />
Ernest Needham 3 16 England<br />
David Carney 3 13 Australia<br />
Colin Grainger 3 6 England<br />
John Egan 3 26 Republic of Ireland<br />
Some of Jimmy Dunne’s appearances were for the<br />
Republic of Ireland and his earlier ones could be<br />
classed as for Northern Ireland.<br />
THE COUNTRIES<br />
Our 100 internationals represented the<br />
following countries, with the number of<br />
players who did so, the total caps and the<br />
totals goals scored:<br />
Players Caps Goals<br />
England 34 101 18<br />
Cameroon 1 142 2<br />
Wales 21 116 8<br />
Canada 1 4 0<br />
Republic of Ireland 9 119 14<br />
China 1 5 0<br />
Scotland 7 40 0<br />
Cote d’Ivoire 1 1 0<br />
Northern Ireland 7 74 19<br />
Egypt 1 3 1<br />
Australia 3 25 6<br />
Estonia 1 3 0<br />
Norway 3 50 5<br />
Haiti 1 2 0<br />
Malta 2 16 0<br />
Jamaica 1 9 7<br />
Greece 2 8 0<br />
Senegal 1 2 0<br />
Barbados 1 5 5<br />
Turkey 1 1 0<br />
Belarus 1 10 1<br />
Zimbabwe 1 25 20<br />
Belize 1 5 0<br />
The ‘players’ totals<br />
include Jimmy Dunne<br />
for both Northern<br />
Ireland and the Republic<br />
of Ireland and Bob<br />
Evans for both England<br />
and Wales.<br />
⊲ Some of Jimmy Dunne’s<br />
earlier appearances<br />
could be classed as<br />
for Northern Ireland<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> ROTHERHAM UNITED
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 />
ROTHERHAM UNITED<br />
1 O Viktor JOHANSSON<br />
2 O Wes HARDING<br />
3 O Cohen BRAMALL<br />
4 O Daniel BARLASER<br />
5 O Jamie McCART<br />
6 O Richard WOOD<br />
7 O Scott HIGH<br />
8 O Ben WILES<br />
9 O Tom EAVES<br />
10 O Brooke NORTON-CUFFY<br />
11 O Chiedozie OGBENE<br />
12 O Georgie KELLY<br />
14 O Conor WASHINGTON<br />
15 O Tolaji BOLA<br />
16 O Jamie LINDSAY<br />
17 O Shane FERGUSON<br />
18 O Oliver RATHBONE<br />
20 O Grant HALL<br />
21 O Lee PELTIER<br />
22 O Hakeem ODOFFIN<br />
24 O Cameron HUMPHREYS<br />
25 O Jake HULL<br />
26 O Robbie HEMFREY<br />
30 O Peter KIOSO<br />
31 O Josh VICKERS<br />
REFEREE<br />
KEITH STROUD<br />
ASSISTANT REFEREE 1<br />
IAN COOPER<br />
ASSISTANT REFEREE 2<br />
GEORGE BYRNE<br />
FOURTH OFFICIAL<br />
ANTHONY BACKHOUSE<br />
MAIN MATCH SPONSOR: ROTHERHAM GLASS — PYRAMID CARPETS<br />
PROGRAMME SPONSOR: EAGLE PLATFORMS — MATCH BALL SPONSOR: NATIONAL TIMBER GROUP<br />
EMERGENCY PROCEDURE:<br />
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message over the PA system. Remain where you are<br />
and listen carefully to the announcement. Comply<br />
immediately if it affects your area. Stewards, Police<br />
Officers and Officials will direct you to safe areas,<br />
which may be through Exit Doors/Gates to the street<br />
or on to the playing area. If you are disabled or<br />
feel unsafe in a large crowd, remain where you are<br />
until stewards assist you. Remain calm and do not<br />
move unless the announcement affects your area.