Sheffield United vs Middlesbrough

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DIRECTORY 

CHAIRMAN 

Yusuf Giansiracusa 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Princess Reem Bint 

Abdullah Al Saud 

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SHEFFIELD UNITED vs 

MIDDLESBROUGH 

KEY FEATURES… 

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Back in contention after a recent suspension, striker 

Daniel Jebbison talks about his recent rise and goals 

against Millwall and Hull. 

Looking back on some classic encounters in our On this 

Day feature, including two wins in the FA Cup in 2003 

and 2004. 

Continuing our regular Who Would Be Manager article, 

this week Dave Burkinshaw profiles the career of 

Adrian Heath. 

This week it is the turn of Adam Davies to take on the 

Favourites Q&A. 

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Paul Heckingbot tom 

MANAGER’S NOTES 

Interesting times ahead as we 

enter the final third of the season. 

There is a lot going on at the 

moment and matches are coming thick 

and fast, as they do in this league, 

particularly alongside a decent cup run. 

It has been pointed out a bit in the 

media that we are now kicking off a run 

against a lot of teams who are currently 

attempting to chase us down, especially 

Middlesbrough, who have been on a good 

run of late. 

Most of the preparation for this game, 

probably similar to Boro’s, has been 

around rest and recovery and we are 

looking forward to it, particularly after the 

display on Saturday when, as I said after 

the match, there was little to criticise. 

We were fully prepared for what 

Swansea would bring and it was a 

committed display from start to finish. 

It was different from the game down in 

Wales earlier in the season, we created a 

plan which included manipulating areas 

to go after them and the players seemed 

to enjoy it. We were willing to take risks, 

knew that there would be openings if they 

played through but we’ve got some good 

defenders if that occurred and, fortunately, 

the majority of the game was played on 

the front foot from our perspective. 

As I’ve said previously, we will come up 

against challenges in every week and 

it is great that we are managing to deal 

with them. Different teams create different 

approaches that we have to consider. We 

have a lot of video analysis and meetings 

to understand positions with and without 

the ball, we know what we want, and the 

demands placed on the players. 

Similarly, the opposition will be doing 

likewise. Generally, teams have tried 

to shift things up to cause us problems 

and that’s also got to be taken into 

consideration. 

This is part and parcel of the attention 

to detail we undertake when preparing 

for a game, in this tough division it is fine 

margins that can help you pick up points 

as well as the hard yards the players put in 

both in training and in games. 

Every fixture is important, an 

opportunity to pick up points and it is futile 

trying playing down the size of the game. 

In fact, as I discussed with the media 

earlier this week, we intentionally build 

the games up. You want players to be able 

to shine in big games and how are they 

going to do that if you play those fixtures 

down in the build-up? 

If you are successful, matches will get 

harder and harder the higher you go so 

the ‘big-game mentality’ is a factor and 

everyone can prepare correctly for these 

matches and the atmosphere that is 

associated with them. 

Generally, we have done well in big 

games. I appreciate that at this point last 

year, we were the ones chasing the top 

sides and now the target is on our back 

with teams looking to catch us, but these 

are the challenges we face and have to 

overcome if we are to achieve our ultimate 

goal. Including tonight there’s 16 games 

left in the regular season, they are all big 

games in my eyes and that’s how we will 

be building them up. 

Hecky 


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OLI GETTING CLOSE TO WHERE HE WANTS TO BE 

Striker Oli 

McBurnie says he’s 

not far away from 

where he wants to be as 

he looks to hit the heights 

of his early season form 

following his return 

from injury. 

After hitting the net on 

a regular basis throughout 

the first half of the current 

campaign, niggling 

injuries have ensured his 

comeback has been one 

of a stop-start nature in 

recent weeks. 

Despite not being in a 

position to complete 90 

minutes, Oli has still found 

the net in games against 

Wrexham and latterly 

against Swansea at the 

weekend as he closes 

in on the fitness levels 

required to be a regular 

starter once again. 

He said: “I’m getting 

there. The game against 

Rotherham was my first 

start in the league since 

we played them at Bramall 

Lane, so that’s a while ago. 

It has been frustrating for 

me, but I’m over the other 

side now so it was nice to 

get 70 minutes under my 

belt. I’m getting there. 

“I just want to get 

back to where I was at. 

I was frustrated with my 

performance against 

PLAYER FOCUS 

Rotherham and Macca 

(Stuart McCall) explained 

I’m not going to get back 

to where I was in the 

first game. 

“I’ve set myself 

standards which I want 

to reach and if I don’t 

reach them then I get a bit 

frustrated, so I want to get 

to where I was when I was 

playing every week, full of 

confidence, enjoying it with 

the boys and scoring goals. 

The ultimate goal is to help 

the boys get promoted.” 

With his injury issues 

seemingly behind him, Oli 

▲ Oli McBurnie is looking to hit the high standards again 

states being able to fully 

concentrate on his game 

again is pleasing, as he 

aims to help the Blades 

achieve their goal with the 

final stretch of the season 

starting to come into view. 

He added: “It’s nice to 

be able to concentrate 

on my football, hopefully 

I can get back to what 

I was doing before I got 

injured and help us get to 

where we want to be. The 

boys have been excellent, 

you don’t get into these 

positions by chance - noone 

gives you it.” 


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BASH PROUD OF APPEARANCE MILESTONE 

Club stalwart Chris 

Basham admits he 

felt a feeling of 

pride at recently hitting 

500 career appearances. 

The popular figure 

is still going strong at 

Bramall Lane and, as he 

approaches the end of 

his ninth full season as a 

Blade, and after previously 

appearing for the likes of 

Bolton and Blackpool, he 

looks back on his career so 

far with great affection. 

He said: “I’m very proud. 

It is always tough when you 

are at a Premier League 

club at the start, trying 

to find your way into an 

unreal Bolton side, that 

was tough, but I had belief 

from managers there who 

stuck with me. It went well, 

I had the odd Premier 

League appearance, 

and was part of a great 

culture. Then Blackpool, 

a few ups and downs and 

injuries, but I had some 

good managers and played 

in The Championship. 

Now I’ve had nine years 

at Sheffield United, and 

373 appearances later 

and everything that has 

happened - I’m very proud 

of the achievement. 

“To stick at it and reach 

500 and be up there with 

everyone else who has 

PLAYER FOCUS 

▲ Chris Basham recently hit the 500 career game milestone 

achieved it, it goes to 

prove I’ve had belief from 

managers, coaches and 

I’ve also believed in myself 

to get where I am, and I am 

still going. Hopefully I can 

carry it on for a few more 

years yet.” 

The 34-year-old has 

never let the Blades down 

during many years of 

loyal service as he looks 

to add more memories 

with the Blades well 

positioned currently in the 

Championship standings. 

Another crack at the 

Premier League would 

be welcome, as he looks 

back on some of his United 

highlights, most of which 

happened in United’s first 

season back in English 

football’s elite. 

He continued: “The 

games against Arsenal and 

West Ham in the Premier 

League at home, they were 

special. I think they were 

big wins. The 3-3 at home 

to Manchester United was 

a big game too. 

“There’s the Leeds 

game, perhaps not my best 

performance, but it was just 

a huge goal. The Premier 

League is so demanding 

and focused, to have a 

good season and win the 

Player of the Year award 

was huge for me. That was 

a real highlight.” 


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SANDER STILL STRIVING FOR MORE 

Sander Berge has 

been in the goals 

again in recent 

weeks, but he insists he’s 

still looking for more 

ahead of tonight’s clash 

with Middlesbrough. 

The Norwegian has 

been in imperious form of 

late with a strong display 

against Wrexham in the FA 

Cup, backed up by another 

formidable performance in 

United’s 3-0 victory over 

Swansea at the weekend. 

The former Genk ace 

netted in both of the 

above games, taking his 

overall tally to six in all 

competitions and despite 

his recent run he says he’s 

still desperate for more. 

He said of the goal 

against Swansea: “It was 

a nice lay-off from Macca 

(James McAtee), he 

read the game well and 

I obviously gave him the 

shout. He found the right 

pass and it was nicely teed 

up for me and I found the 

qualities to find the corner. 

“It’s nice to score but 

I always want more. I’m 

pushing for the next goal. 

I’ve felt in the periods I’ve 

played in regularly this 

season and last season 

that I’ve been able to 

contribute with goals and 

assists. I just need to keep 

PLAYER FOCUS 

doing that. We’re a team 

where many people can 

score, we showed that with 

the way we play where 

everyone comes into the 

box, and everyone has 

been involved on that 

side this year, so we just 

have to keep going. It 

doesn’t matter if it is me or 

someone else, the most 

important thing is we win.” 

The Blades welcome 

in-form Middlesbrough 

to Bramall Lane tonight 

knowing Michael Carrick’s 

side are one of a number of 

teams looking to close the 

gap on the Blades. 

Sander appreciates the 

talent within the Boro ranks 

and states that he, and his 

team-mates, will respect 

the opposition whilst also 

sticking to the principles 

which have put United in a 

good position coming into 

the middle of February. 

He stated: “It’s a big 

game. These are the 

games you want to play in. 

We have respect for them, 

they have done very well 

lately since Michael Carrick 

took over and we’ll be fully 

focused on that game now. 

“The mentality, together 

with the staff, is we are 

always hungry for more. 

There are always ups and 

downs in the season, but 

we are stable mentally and 

it is all about maintaining 

control.” 

▲ Sander Berge made it two in two after netting at the weekend against Swansea 


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SITTING DOWN WITH 

DANIEL Daniel Jebbison 

JEBBISON 

Daniel Jebbison is eager to 

make up for lost time 

between now and the end 

of the season, having been forced 

to take a watching brief in 

recent weeks. 

The exciting youngster is 

available for the first time this 

month following a three-match 

ban after an incident with 

Wrexham’s Ben Tozer at The 

Racecourse Ground that saw the 

fourth official prompt the referee 

into brandishing a straight red. 

And with insufficient evidence 

to support a successful appeal 

despite the decision appearing 

dubious, Daniel has subsequently 

had to serve his punishment. 

It was obviously an untimely 

setback for the 19-year-old who 

had built on his first goal of the 

season at Millwall with his first 

senior goal at Bramall Lane in the 

victory over Hull City in January, 

having worked tirelessly to 

overcome an ankle issue that saw 

him out of action for two months 

towards the back end of 2022. 

When Daniel speaks honestly 

and openly about his time at S2, 

and his entry into United’s coveted 

Academy system. it is sometimes 

hard to remember the striker is 

still a teenager after he burst onto 

the scene in red and white with 

a memorable goal at Goodison 

Park in the Premier League, when 

current boss Paul Heckingbottom 

was interim manager following the 

departure of Chris Wilder. 

That was his full United debut 

and there has been plenty of 

water under the bridge in the 639 

days that have passed since, but 

Daniel’s ambition to establish 

himself in United’s first team has 

never wavered, bettering himself 

on-loan at Burton Albion prior 

to Heckingbottom’s permanent 

appointment and the last summer 

coming back for pre-season with a 

point to prove and the bit well and 

truly between his teeth. 


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UTB: Having returned from 

an ankle injury that disrupted 

the opening months of your 

campaign despite a promising 

pre-season, how nice was it 

to return to competitive action 

on Boxing Day? 

DJ: “It was good to be back 

involved after what seemed like 

so long on the sidelines. I just 

concentrated on training well, 

trying my hardest and knowing 

if I deserved the opportunity the 

manager would reward me with 

opportunities and minutes on the 

pitch. I made a lot of progress on 

and off the pitch last summer but 

there is still loads more for me 

to improve on and develop. I’ve 

been in and around the squad 

most of the season when fit and 

I know exactly what I need to do 

to find myself on the pitch more 

and pushing for a starting jersey 

too, the manager is clear.” 

UTB: You were named in the 

starting XI for the seasonal 

opener at Watford having 

been amongst the goals in the 

friendlies, so how big a setback 

was the injury at the time? 

DJ: “I felt I had a point to 

prove returning in the summer, 

following my recall from Burton 

last January. I knew I needed to 

get my head down and realise 

the challenge that was in front 

of me. I had that realisation 

that everything was there for 

me, but I had to work hard, get 

better quicker and grasp every 

single opportunity on the pitch. 

The Watford game was a big 

experience for me personally, a 

learning curve and it was tough. 

I’d been given a big vote of 

confidence and although that 

didn’t go as I’d hoped I knew the 

manager and coaching staff were 

desperate for me to do well. The 

injury was a huge setback, but for 

me it was about coping with the 

disappointment and I’m lucky to 

have some good people that are 

close to me, they certainly helped 

me through some tough days.” 

“EVERY STRIKER LOVES 

SCORING A GOAL, BILLY 

SHARP HAS TAUGHT ME SO 

WELL! THE GOAL AT MILLWALL 

WAS PERFECT TIMING AND A 

REAL CONFIDENCE BOOST” 

UTB: Following three 

substitute appearances over 

the festive period you were 

then handed another chance 

from the off at Millwall in the 

cup, that must have been a real 

opportunity for you to make a 

statement to the manager? 

DJ: “Every striker loves scoring 

a goal, Billy Sharp has taught 

me so well! The goal at Millwall 

was perfect timing and a real 

confidence boost because 

getting your name on the 

scoresheet is what we are paid 

to do really and the rest of my 

game feeds off it. I was delighted 

to take that early chance against 

Hull too because that game felt 

that bit more special, with it being 

at home. I probably should have 

had another one at least, but it 

was a tidy, instinctive finish from 

Iliman’s excellent pass. To have 

scored in consecutive starts 


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was great because every game 

is going to be a challenge for 

me to overcome and having got 

sent off at Wrexham it shows 

I still have a lot to learn to be 

able to consistently produce 

performances that will help the 

team achieve its goals.” 

UTB: Other than boss Paul 

Heckingbottom, who else do 

you feel has aided or is currently 

helping your development and 

integration as a regular within 

United’s first-team squad? 

DJ: “I’m very, very fortunate 

to have so many good people 

around me, driving me on and 

pushing me to do even better. 

I’m very grateful to how much 

time Jack Lester has invested 

in me, since my U16 days really. 

He knows me inside out, he 

knows my strengths, where I’m 

improving and where I needed 

to work even harder, I’m thankful 

to him, the gaffer and his staff, 

but also the spell at Burton 

was fantastic too. Jimmy Floyd 

(Hasselbaink) is a legend of the 

game, so you just want to listen to 

him and absorb it like a sponge. 

He was very hands on during 

training, he joined in the sessions 

and would also do 1-2-1 drills with 

you as an individual. The dressing 

room here is demanding but the 

lads are so driven for success. 

Ollie Norwood is someone I really 

look up to, he is always at his 

best, whether it be in training, 

the gym or obviously on the pitch 

during a game. He keeps his 

standards consistently high, and 

I sometimes just step back I think 

I need to be more like him, he has 

a great attitude, he drives me on 

and is a great bloke too.” 

UTB: Despite you all having 

to contend with injuries this 

season, would it be fair to 

say all the strikers at the club 

have different strengths and 

key attributes meaning they 

can combine well in different 

partnerships? 

DJ: “100%. We have a big few 

months ahead, speaking for 

myself I have a chance to keep 

stepping up and trying to stake a 

claim for good minutes. My goal 

this season was to be involved in 

a promotion campaign, I want to 

be back in the Premier League 

with Sheffield United and really 

try and establish myself, but 

ultimately, I just have to keep my 

head down and work hard for 

that to happen. We have a terrific 

group of forwards that’s for sure, 

we all have obvious strengths but 

are very different in other ways 

and I think whoever the manager 

picks in any given game 

can contribute to make 

us dangerous, we are a 

special team and training 

is a challenge every 

single day. I try and take 

things from the others to 

improve my game, 

but the mindset 

not just amongst 

the strikers is 

about trying to 

improve your 

game further 

and take it to 

the next level, 

to always want 

to be learning 


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too when I’ve needed a kick 

up the backside. I don’t mind 

the expectation that has been 

on my shoulders since scoring 

at Everton, I’d rather have that 

pressure to drive me on and push 

myself rather than just sitting in 

my comfort zone. The drive needs 

to come from inside me firstly, 

but the staff are always pushing 

for that bit more and I honestly 

can’t thank them enough for what 

they do, not just for me, but for 

all the lads behind the scenes, 

nothing is too much, and they’ll 

do everything within their power 

to make you a better player.” 

and willing to put the time in has 

been key to our success so far 

this season.” 

UTB: You’ve previously 

touched on the demands 

that come from the players 

themselves in the dressing room, 

but how much ‘tough love’ do 

you receive from the coaching 

staff and is it something you feel 

brings the best out of you? 

DJ: “Hecky and his staff are all 

tough on me, but I know why, it 

is because they genuinely care 

and know what they expect 

from me, they know my potential 

and have made me realise that 

UTB: Let’s bring some humour 

to the table…tell us about the 

first time you got on the wrong 

side of Jack Lester…but in the 

long run how have you learnt 

from some of your mistakes?! 

DJ: “I will never forget my first 

day at the club when the manager 

and Jack were working in the 

Academy. From the moment 

I entered the building I knew what 

they were going to be about, and 

they’ve helped me so, so much 

to get to where I am today. I was 

once late for a training session 

having spent too much time 

tying my boots, Jack shouted at 

me and let’s just say I knew not 

to be late again! I knew there 

was a new coach coming into 

the club and there he was right 

in front of me, he said what he 

felt he needed to then I went 

off and honestly had a fantastic 

session. That is when I knew 

how things would be, there is no 

messing around, everything is 

done with the absolute upmost 


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professionalism not just in the 

first-team, but throughout the 

whole club and that is a credit 

to Hecky, Jack, Stu and all the 

staff. But everyone needs these 

learning experiences when you 

are a youngster, struggles and 

setbacks happen to everyone, 

sometimes they are avoidable, 

sometimes they aren’t. But I’ve 

learnt the small details really 

count and are the difference 

from being okay to the absolute 

best you can be, some people 

will realise their potential, a lot 

won’t. Our players have the 

highest standards and have had 

excellent careers, you can see 

the difference and I’m learning 

from some of the best every day 

to become the best version of 

myself on and off the field.” 

UTB: During your spell 

of having to watch on from 

the stand, how have you 

gauged recent performances 

and progress? 

DJ: “The sending off came at a 

bad, bad time for me personally, 

but I can only look forward and 

not back and thankfully apart 

from not being able to play my 

own part nothing has been lost. 

We deservedly beat Wrexham 

in the replay after coming from 

behind twice in the second half 

in Wales and although it wasn’t 

pretty it was a good point we 

got at Rotherham, but I thought 

we were very clinical at the 

weekend in what, on paper, could 

have turned into a really tough 

test, because Swansea can be 

frustrating opposition to face if 

you don’t score early on. The 

goals on Saturday came at good 

times, we defended excellent 

again and that has been a big 

reason why we’ve done so well 

this season because we know we 

are tight at one end of the pitch 

and have some real goalscoring 

threats at the other end.” 

UTB: Looking ahead to 

welcoming Middlesbrough to 

Bramall Lane on Wednesday 

night, how excited are you about 

potentially returning to the 

matchday 18? 

DJ: “I’m not going to lie; it is 

probably the game I’ve been 

looking forward to most for a long 


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time and that comes off the back 

of the frustration of missing the 

last three games. As and when 

I’m selected, I want to build on 

the goals I scored against Millwall 

and Hull because that was some 

feeling scoring under the lights 

here on that Friday night and 

I want more of those moments 

between now and the end of 

the season because like all the 

boys, I hope to have a role to play 

in helping us finish strongly. It 

will be a wonderful atmosphere 

against Boro, it is a big game, 

we’re hosting a promotion rival 

and there is plenty at stake for 

both teams.” 


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25 YEARS OF UNITED’S 

DIGITAL ARCHIVE 

To commemorate 25 years since the 

creation of the club’s official digital 

photo archive, UTB delves into the 

folders to celebrate some of the lesser 

known and quirky images from our 

recent past. 

ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL… 

Blades boss Neil Warnock puts his 

name alongside some famous United 

personnel in this picture from back in 

2001. 

Here the manager helps promote 

the ‘Brick in the Wall’ initiative, 

which certainly grew from its humble 

beginnings with the names of Blades 

supporters spread all over the exterior of 

Bramall Lane. 

Helping the boss with this promotion, 

from left to right, Michael Brown, David 

Kelly and Curtis Woodhouse. 


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UNDER-21s UPDATE 

United’s U21s have further 

extended their impressive lead at 

the top of the Professional 

Development League after defeating 

Birmingham City 2-1. 

The Blades started much the better of 

the two sides with Andre Brooks and Sai 

Sachdev going close early on. 

On 10 minutes, United took the lead 

when the free scoring Louie Marsh finished 

into the bottom corner after good hold up 

play from Antwoine Hackford. 

Despite the Blades’ dominance, it was 

Birmingham who struck next when a 

mistake allowed Keke Simmonds to roll the 

ball into an empty net. 

United were quickly back in front when 

Owen Hampson showed great persistence 

to chase a pass through the middle to nick 

the ball and slot in from close range. 

There were further opportunities before 

the end with Jili Buyabu and Sydie Peck 

both denied by the Birmingham ‘keeper. 

TEAM (vs Birmingham City): Wharton, Sachdev, 

Buyabu, Pitan, Starbuck, Potter, Hampson, Peck, 

Hackford, Marsh, Brooks. Unused: Faxon, Drake, 

Staniland, Smith, Havenhand. 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

JAN 

DATE KO/F-A OPPOSITION VENUE/SCORER 

TUE 9 u 2-0 READING McBURNIE, OSULA 

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

TUE 23 v 0-3 CARDIFF CITY – 

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

TUE 6 u 2-0 WATFORD PECK, MARSH 

TUE 13 u 2-1 PETERBOROUGH UNITED BROADBENT, MARSH 

WED 21 u 2-0 WIGAN ATHLETIC WILLIAMS 2 

TUE 27 s 1-1 HULL CITY MARSH 

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

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

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

TUE 1 v 0-3 BARNSLEY – 

FRI 4 s 0-0 BIRMINGHAM CITY – 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MON 16 s 1-1 HULL CITY OSULA 

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

TUE 31 u 2-1 BIRMINGHAM CITY MARSH, HAMPSON 

FRI 3 v 0-1 SOUTHAMPTON (PLC) – 

FEB 

MON 13 u 3-0 CREWE ALEXANDRA 

T. WILLIAMS, BROOKS, 

MARSH 

MON 20 7PM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY BRAMALL LANE 

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MAR 

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TUE 4 1PM BRISTOL CITY ASHTON GATE 

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TUE 18 1PM MILLWALL 

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MON 24 2PM SWANSEA CITY LANDORE ACADEMY 

MAY 

TUE 2 2PM COLCHESTER UNITED BRAMALL LANE 

FRI 5 1PM IPSWICH TOWN PORTMAN ROAD 

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UNDER-18s UPDATE 

United’s U18s progressed to the 

semi-finals of the Premier League 

Cup after defeating top flight 

Fulham 3-0 at the Randox 

Health Academy. 

After an early save from Luke Faxon, 

United quickly took command with a Sam 

Aston curling effort cannoning against 

the crossbar. The Blades then took the 

lead when Ben Drake’s free-kick was 

headed across the goal by Jack Waldron 

before being turned in by Jayden Prunty at 

the near post. 

It was soon 2-0 when Aston saw a shot 

blocked, with his second attempt looping 

up off a defender and into the far corner. 

George Dickinson also went close 

before the game was sewn up just after 

the hour mark when Aston’s shot was 

saved allowing Kurtis Havenhand to tap in 

the loose ball. 

Havenhand had a goal ruled out for 

offside as the Blades looked to add further 

gloss, with United also securing a clean 

sheet with some late 

blocks on a good 

day for the Blades. 

TEAM (vs Fulham): 

Faxon, Ly, Haughton- 

Parris, Waldron, 

Prunty, Drake, 

Aston, Staniland, 

Havenhand, 

Oluleye (Clarke 

74), Dickinson 

(Okyere 90). 

Unused: Yam, 

Kiwomya, 

Tahir. 

⊲ Jayden 

Prunty on 

target in 

United’s 3-0 

win over 

Fulham 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

JAN 

FEB 

MAR 

APR 

MAY 


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SAT 20 v 0-3 CHARLTON ATHLETIC – 

SAT 27 u 2-0 READING BLACKER (2) 

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

SAT 17 s 0-0 COLCHESTER UNITED – 

SAT 24 u 1-0 CREWE ALEXANDRA PITAN 

SAT 1 v 1-3 WIGAN ATHLETIC DRAKE 

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

SAT 15 v 1-2 BARNSLEY WALDRON 

SAT 22 u 5-1 BIRMINGHAM CITY 

STANILAND, MIDWOOD, 

HAMPSON, DICKINSON (2) 

SAT 29 u 2-0 PETERBOROUGH UNITED HAMPSON, HAVENHAND 

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

SAT 26 u 1-0 BURNLEY HAVENHAND 

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

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

SAT 4 u 3-0 FULHAM (PLC) 

TUE 14 12PM BURNLEY 

PRUNTY, ASTON, 

HAVENHAND 

BARNFIELD 

TRAINING CENTRE 

SAT 18 11AM CREWE ALEXANDRA RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 25 11AM BARNSLEY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 4 11AM COVENTRY CITY ALAN HIGGS CENTRE 

TUE 7 1PM HULL CITY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 11 11AM PETERBOROUGH UNITED RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

TUE 14 2PM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY MIDDLEWOOD ROAD 

SAT 18 11.30AM IPSWICH TOWN 

IPSWICH TOWN 

TRAINING GROUND 

SAT 25 11AM BRISTOL CITY ROBINS TRAINING CENTRE 

TUE 28 TBC WIGAN ATHLETIC 

CHRISTOPHER PARK 


SAT 1 11AM CARDIFF CITY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 8 11AM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

TUE 11 1PM COVENTRY CITY RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 15 11AM SWANSEA CITY 

LANDORE 


SAT 22 11AM WATFORD RANDOX HEALTH ACADEMY 

SAT 29 11AM QUEENS PARK RANGERS QPR TRAINING GROUND 

SAT 6 7PM BIRMINGHAM CITY ST ANDREW’S STADIUM 

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United Women have added 

goalkeeper Fran Stenson to the 

ranks after agreeing a loan deal 

with Arsenal until the end of the season. 

The former Birmingham stopper has 

also enjoyed a spell with Manchester City 

in her career, whilst she’s also gained 

experience with two loan spells in the 

Championship with Blackburn. 

The England youth team goalkeeper, 21, 

said: “I’m delighted to be here. The girls 

have got a lot to prove in the rest of the 

season and hopefully I have some impact 

in that and hopefully we can move up the 

table. Everyone’s been great, they’re a 

really nice group of girls. They’ve been so 

welcoming, and I can’t wait to get started 

now. I want to make an impact and show 

what I can do.” 

Stenson kept a clean sheet in the recent 

confidence boosting win over Charlton, 

after debuting in the narrow loss against 

Durham. 

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Nina Wilson has 

joined National League side Wolves on 

loan for the rest of the season, whilst Lara 

Miller has left the club by mutual consent. 

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

Hartley, Riglar, Sweetman-Kirk, Rayner, Paul, Walters 

(Haywood 77), Lord-Mears (Cusack 70), Enderby (Muir 

35). Unused: Davies, Wilcock, Francis-Jones, Brown, 

Graham. 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

JAN 

FEB 

MAR 


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

SUN 18 u 8-0 COVENTRY UNITED 

RIGLAR, LORD-MEARS, CUSACK (2), 

NEWSHAM, ENDERBY (2), RAYNER 

SUN 25 s 2-2 LEWES OG, NEWSHAM 

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

SUN 16 v 1-3 BRISTOL CITY ENDERBY 

SUN 23 v 0-1 SOUTHAMPTON – 

SUN 30 v 1-2 BIRMINGHAM CITY SWEETMAN-KIRK 

SUN 20 v 0-2 LONDON CITY LIONESSES – 

SAT 26 v 0-3 EVERTON (CC) – 

SUN 4 v 0-1 CHARLTON ATHLETIC – 

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

SUN 18 v 0-4 MANCHESTER UNITED – 

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

SUN 15 v 0-1 BIRMINGHAM CITY – 

SUN 22 s 1-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS WILCOCK 

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

SUN 5 v 0-1 DURHAM – 

SUN 12 u 1-0 CHARLTON ATHLETIC WALTERS 

SWEETMAN-KIRK, 

RAYNER, ENDERBY 

SUN 26 2PM CRYSTAL PALACE BROMLEY FC 

SUN 5 2PM LONDON CITY LIONESSES PRINCES PARK 

SUN 12 2PM CRYSTAL PALACE BRAMALL LANE 

SUN 19 12PM SUNDERLAND 

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SUN 26 12PM LEWES BRAMALL LANE 

SUN 2 3PM BRISTOL CITY 

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APR 

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SUN 23 2PM SUNDERLAND BRAMALL LANE 

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ANNIVERSARY DINNER 

HELD FOR SUDS 

It is 25 years since the Original Sheffield United 

Disabled Supporters Club was formed and 

an anniversary dinner was held to mark the 

occasion with 74 members present. 

Several signatories were in attendance 

including the Deputy Lord Mayor Clr Colin 

Ross and the Deputy Lady Mayoress Sue Ross 

as well as representation from manager Paul 

Heckingbottom and coach Jack Lester. 

Also present were many legends of the Lane 

including Tony Currie, Chris Morgan, Steve 

Charles, Ted Hemsley and many more. 

Pictured are Janet Ireland (Secretary) and Mark 

Straw (Chair) with the Deputy Lord Mayor and 

Lady Mayoress, whilst Janet and Cameron Ireland 

are also snapped with Paul Heckingbottom. 

TC MEETS 

FAMILIAR FACES 

AT ROTHERHAM 

Blades ambassador Tony Currie 

recently met some familiar 

faces when he was a guest at 

Rotherham’s New York Stadium 

for the recent South Yorkshire 

derby against the Millers. 

TC was invited by Millers 

counterpart John Breckin to 

be his guest and whilst in the 

lounge at New York he bumped 

into several ex-players with both 

Blades and Millers connections. 

Pictured here, left to right, is 

former Miller Mick Leng, ex- 

Blades and Rotherham defender 

Paul Stancliffe, Breckin, TC, 

another former player for both 

Mark Todd and finally ex- 

Rotherham player Richard Finney. 

Breckin recently supported 

TC with the creation of United’s 

Memory Lane Club to help former 

players who are suffering from 

the effects of onset dementia 

and other neurological issues, 

with the inaugural event seeing 

over 200 people in attendance at 

Bramall Lane. 


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BLADES SURPRISE FOR IRSHAD 

Following a recent visit to St Luke’s 

Hospice, United received a message of 

thanks from patient and Blades fan Irshad 

Akbar. 

United made the annual Christmas 

visit to St. Luke’s as part of our ongoing 

commitment to supporting one of our 

charity partners. Sadly, Irshad missed the 

visit, but his nurses and the fundraising 

team organised a signed scarf as a 

surprise. Irshad has been a superfan 

since the 1960s, so through the work 

undertaken by the staff, we are delighted 

he hasn’t missed out. 

Here Irshad is pictured along with nurse 

Jenny Green, showing his appreciation 

and he also took to social media to thank 

both St. Luke’s and the Blades. 

Happy Birthday 

Massive Happy 13th 

Birthday Emma Kaarby. 

Lots of love from your 

family in England 

and Norway xxx 

Happy 18th Birthday 

Freya. Lots of love, 

Mum, Dad and Ben xxx 

Happy 13th Birthday to 

Chloe Craven. Hope 

that you have a special 

day on the 19th. Lots 

of love from Mum, Dad 

and big brother Josh. 


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MATCH ACTION 

3 - 3 

JONES 50, O’CONNOR 61, MULLIN 86 

M c BURNIE 2, NORWOOD 65, EGAN 90 

SUNDAY 29TH JANUARY — EMIRATES FA CUP FOURTH ROUND — VENUE: RACECOURSE GROUND 

BLADES: DAVIES, BASHAM, McBURNIE (SHARP 58), EGAN, AHMEDHODZIC 

(COULIBALY 88), NORWOOD, BOGLE, DOYLE, OSBORN (NDIAYE 58), Mc ATEE (LOWE 45), 

JEBBISON. UNUSED: FODERINGHAM, ROBINSON, SACHDEV, MARSH. 

Oli McBurnie celebrates United’s opener 


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Another late John Egan goal as United level again 

Ollie Norwood celebrates as United level at 2-2 

A third goal of the season for United’s central defender 

Daniel Jebbison is denied by ex-Blade Mark Howard 


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John Garrett’s 

FABLES & FOLKLORE 

Blades historian JOHN GARRETT’S long-running inimitable 

account of following the Blades always provides a talking point 

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

To Cap It All... 

Now then, here is a question for 

you. What is the best display you 

have ever seen given by another 

‘keeper at Bramall Lane against 

the Blades? 

Tough one, isn’t it? Firstly, you have 

to be objective and actually, sometimes 

grudgingly admit that one of the 

opposition has been truly outstanding, 

and that’s not always going to be easy. 

One thing is for sure, some of Chris 

Woods’ outings between the sticks at 

BDBL won’t make the cut, and for very 

clear reasons, but overall, did it make him 

a bad ‘keeper? The honours won and 

international appearances would strongly 

suggest no, so maybe he saved the 

howlers for the local derby games? If so, 

then thanks for that Chris! 

At United, it has to be said that we 

have, by and large, been graced by some 

fine custodians down the years. Our first 

‘keeper was a lad from Gainsborough 

▲ The great Alan Hodgkinson pictured in 1957 


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▲ Peter Shilton pictured during the aforementioned 

game at Bramall Lane in January 1991 

called Charlie Howlett, a man who, when 

the advert went in the newspapers on 

the morning after the legendary March 

22nd meeting when the club was formed, 

applied and basically got the job. In true 

Carry On Football style, he wore glasses 

even during a game. He let a record 

number of goals in during a cup game 

against Bolton Wanderers at their old 

Pikes Lane ground on what was described 

as a “pudding of a pitch” and apparently 

spent most of the game fishing around in 

the mud for his specs! 

Howlett managed 112 appearances for 

the fledgling Blades and overall did very 

well before returning to Gainsborough 

Trinity and then settling in Birmingham. 

Sadly, his number was called in 1906 and 

he is buried back in the Lincolnshire town. 

His replacement, Will Lilley from Staveley, 

played in our first ever League game (he 

also conceded our first League goal!) 

and managed 30 appearances. He even 

scored three goals in the process! The 

main replacement for him started a line 

of great ‘keepers, and that was William 

Henry Foulkes. That name is the stuff that 

generations of Blades were weaned on. 6 

feet 2 tall and, at his peak, over 23 stones 

in weight - a true colossus of the game 

and our past in every sense. A player who 

won everything the game had to offer, 

was the first captain of Chelsea and also 

reported to be the originator of the fabled 

“Who ate all the pies?” chant. 

In fact, from Foulkes right up to Alan 

Hodgkinson and over a five-decade spell, 

there aren’t that many in between, and 

that speaks volumes. Joe Lievesley took 

the shirt and went on to play for England 

as well as representing the Blades in the 

top flight. Another product of the Staveley 

area, he was the first ‘keeper to play for 

Arsenal at Highbury. An amazing family, I 

think there were seven siblings who were 

also professional players. When he retired 

from playing, he became a manager at 

Rossington pit near Doncaster. One of 

his sons was the head coach of Torino 

and was killed on their plane when it 

crashed in May 1949. Leslie had played 

for Manchester United when younger 

along with Crystal Palace and a long spell 

with Torquay before turning his hand to 

the coaching side of the game. He had 

survived a previous air crash with the 

youth team and two more during the war. I 

mean, how unlucky is that? He is buried in 

Rossington Cemetery by the way. 

Gough was next. England and FA Cup 

winner sacked by the strict Methodist 

board of directors for breaching his 

contract in 1923 by……buying a pub in 

Castleford! Our chair, the legendary Sir 

Charles Clegg and those who controlled 

the club, were anti-alcohol. His mantra 

was “No man gets lost on a straight road” 

and he was a prime mover in what was 

known as The Temperance Movement. 

The argument on that one raged right 

through to 1927 when they finally released 

his signature, and he was free to sign for 


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Torquay United. The battle arguably cost 

him another FA Cup winning gong as he 

probably should, and would, have played 

against Cardiff City in the ‘25 Final. The 

next big one was Jack Smith, another cup 

finalist, and like so many it was arguably 

the war years that stole his chance of 

international recognition. He managed the 

best part of two decades as number one 

before another great in the shape of Ted 

Burgin weighed in with 314 appearances 

to be succeeded by the immortal 

Alan Hodgkinson. 

What can you say about Hodgy? One 

of the shortest around at 5 foot 9 but with 

the heart of a lion, the agility of a cat and 

a love of Sheffield United which would 

be hard to match. England player and the 

first ever professional goalkeeper coach 

in the game, he was the man who found 

and coached Peter Schmeichel for Sir 

Alex and told everyone he coached that, 

if and when they played at Bramall Lane, 

they needed to remember that, when 

they walked up to the Kop, that they were 

walking in his footsteps. It’s been seven 

years since he passed, and I always think 

of him to this day. A fiercely proud man 

and as ‘Sheffield’ as you could get, he had 

stayed away from the Lane for a long time 

as he felt that he had been treated badly 

by the board over lost monies off the 

turnstiles from his testimonial game. Who 

am I to say? But I do know that it was the 

museum project and the fact that I got on 

with him like a house on fire that helped 

bring him back into the Blades family. 

He had come up to Sheffield to see 

family from his home just outside Rugby 

one day and called in for a coffee. We 

sat in the museum having a natter about 

the games at the weekend, he was still 

very much working, for Chris Wilder in 

fact and at that point well into his 70s. I 

remember it was bouncing down outside, 

but nevertheless he asked if he could 

have a wander up out of the tunnel to look 

at the pitch, and, of course, there was no 

issue with that whatsoever. He was gone a 

while, so I thought I had better go and find 

where he had got to. I didn’t have to look 

far, and what I saw is one of the things that 

will never ever leave me from my time on 

the staff here. The great man was stood at 

the side of the pitch, hands in pockets, just 

taking in the arena he had graced so many 

times, but mixed with the lashing rain, he 

had tears rolling down his face. 

“Are you ok Hodgy?” I enquired. He 

wiped his eyes, looked at me and just 

said, “You don’t realise just what this place 

means to me JG. I love every blade of 

grass, every seat. It’s home and I miss it so 

much.” I had gone at that point too. What a 

man. Still brings one to my eye to this day, 

and 674 appearances for one club just 

about tells the tale. 

Anyway, back to original question. 

The best display you have witnessed by 

an opposing ‘keeper against United at 

Bramall Lane? For me, there is no contest, 

and it has stayed with me to this day. Our 

first season back in the top flight under 

Harry Bassett had been tough to say the 

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least. Our first League victory had come 

at the 17th attempt against Forest. Around 

this time, we added Glyn Hodges to the 

side from Palace. At first a loan, those 

around then may recall that the fans 

were called on to raise some of the funds 

needed to secure the Wales international 

permanently, and the Promotions 

Department, then under the guidance of 

Mick Rooker, launched a “Grand National” 

sweepstake to help fund. A player 

known well to Harry as he had brought 

him through the ranks at Wimbledon, he 

played a huge part in our resurgence, 

and what a player he could be - sublimely 

skillful and strong as an ox, fans took to 

him straight away and many likened him 

to the legendary TC. A comparison that 

must have irked the great man as it was a 

Hodgy tackle in a pre-season friendly that 

put him out for a good few months, but 

that is another story! 

I was on the Kop for the game against 

Derby County, and that day we were 

excellent and threw the kitchen sink 

at a Rams side which had the likes of 

Mark Wright and Dean Saunders in their 

ranks. The man of the match that day 

was Peter Shilton in goal. He gave an 

absolute masterclass in the art and saved 

everything that we could throw at him. 

I can’t remember who hit one particular 

shot, but it was flying in all the way with 

Shilts wrong footed, yet he still managed 

to stretch to it and tip it around the post. 

Incredible, and this was a player then 

into his 40s. I could remember him being 

awesome when I was a young ‘un for 

Stoke and then I was a big fan as he went 

to Forest, and they went on to win two 

European Cups. I recall Cloughie saying 

something about signing the biggest 

‘keeper with the biggest hands and 

building from the back, and that he did 

in some style. That day, Shilton saved 

all bar one tap in from Hodges and, as 

Hodge wheeled away to celebrate with 

an ecstatic Shoreham, he tripped over 

the advertising hoardings - not the goal 

celebration that I would have imagined he 

would have planned, but who cared. We 

had breached the unbreachable and got 

past the unmovable object that day which 

was Peter Shilton, and that meant three 

valuable points in the fight to keep us 

up. Priceless. 

Shilton got a proper ovation at the end 

of the game from the Shoreham faithful, 

and quite right too. This wasn’t long after 

Italia 90 bear in mind, and he had given us 

a show. 125 caps is some indication (along 

with all the other stuff) as to how good he 

was. Incredible to think he was between 

the sticks against Man City in 1969, and 

I was only a year or so old when that 

game was played! 

I am sure others will have different 

opinions, and that is what football is 

all about at the end of the day, but 

that’s mine, and he did that in the 

steps of Hodgy. I wonder if he had 

been warned? 

▲ Glyn Hodges is congratulated, with a very happy Vinnie 

Jones in the background, as his goal defeats Derby 


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WHAT’S THE 

STORY? 

In every issue of UTB this season, our regular contributor 

DAVE BURKINSHAW features a Blades related photograph 

from his personal archive and reveals the story behind it… 

After the Blades 

were relegated 

from the old First 

Division at the end of the 

1967-68 season longserving 

manager, John 

Harris, was appointed in a 

new role of general 

manager. 

The new post of first 

team manager was filled 

by former Shrewsbury 

Town boss, Arthur Rowley. 

Rowley’s brief, as well as 

trying to win promotion, 

was to use the transfer 

market wisely especially 

the lower leagues and 

Scottish market. 

Money was made 

available for Rowley 

although he was also 

expected to sell players to 

help balance the books. 

In his transfer dealings 

Rowley bought wisely 

signing Ted Hemsley, 

David Powell, John Flynn 

and Eddie Colquhoun all 

of whom would go on to 

play key roles in United’s 

promotion back to the top 

flight. Unfortunately for 

Rowley that promotion did 

not come until May 1971 

almost two years after he 

had left the club. 

In the event Rowley 

was only in charge for 

the one season, 1968-69. 

Results were disappointing 

especially away from home 

and a final league position 

of ninth had not been in 

the script at the start of the 

season. To add to Rowley’s 

woes, cup results were also 

disappointing with the team 

exiting the League Cup and 

FA Cup at the first hurdle. 

Today’s featured 

photograph was taken 

during United’s home game 

with Preston North End 

played on 23rd November 

1968. A crowd of 15,969 

were at the game to 

witness the home debut 

of another new signing, 

striker John Tudor. Tudor 

had been signed from 

Coventry City just over a 

week earlier for a then club 

record fee of £58.5K. John 

had made his league debut 

at Bury the previous week 

and had scored both goals 

for United in their 2-0 win. 

He had already endeared 

himself to fans who were 

now hoping for more. 

John did not disappoint 

scoring with a header 

after five minutes and 

later adding another fine 


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headed goal. Further 

headed goals from Gil 

Reece and Preston 

defender Jim McNab, 

into his own net, gave the 

Blades a comprehensive 

4-0 win. 

The photograph features 

one of John’s two headed 

goals in front of the 

Shoreham Street Kop. In 

goal for North End is their 

long-serving Republic of 

Ireland international Alan 

Kelly. It was his son who 

later played for the Blades 

in the 1990s. 

Tudor’s position has 

obscured another United 

player (which may be Colin 

Addison) and a Preston 

player. The other Preston 

player visible behind Tudor 

is midfielder Ken Knighton, 

which some older Blades 

may remember annoying 

United when playing for 

Hull City at the Lane in the 

promotion season with his 

robust tackling. 

Tudor finished the 

season with 11 league 

goals in 19 games, just 

one behind top scorer 

Alan Woodward. During 

the promotion season of 

1970-71, John scored some 

important goals (notably 

winners at Birmingham City 

and at home to Sheffield 

Wednesday) before being 

controversially sold to 

Newcastle United in 

exchange for John Hope 

and David Ford. 


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Matchday Activities 

JON HELLIWELL, United’s fan engagement 

lead, keeps the supporters informed… 

UNITED CASHBACK INITIATIVE 

Tonight, on our United Cashback Initiative, 

we would like to give a warm welcome to 

Dronfield Town Stonelow U14s. Dronfield 

Town currently play in the Sheffield 

District Junior Football League in the C 

Division and were formed in 2019, bringing 

together disheartened young footballers 

and those released from other teams. 

After a successful first season playing 

against other newly formed sides, they 

were immediately promoted to B Division. 

A promotion too soon, they suffered for 

two seasons due to Covid, and were 

relegated to C Division last season. They 

started this season struggling for that 

winning mentality, but they have now 

returned to winning ways and are amongst 


the teams challenging for promotion back 

to B Division. 

Dronfield Town Stonelow U14s play for 

community grassroots club Dronfield Town 

FC who have over 35 teams including 

a men’s team, women’s team and girls’ 

and boys’ teams. As part of our United 

Cashback Initiative, Dronfield Town can be 

seen taking part in today’s pre-match flag 

waving as the players come out onto the 

pitch, and they have also raised funds for 

their club to spend on anything they wish, 

from new kit to new sports equipment, to 

end of season presentation evenings – 

the choice is theirs! We hope you all have 

a fantastic day at Beautiful Downtown 

Bramall Lane.

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BLADES 

MASCOTS... 

A warm welcome to tonight’s mascots… 

CONTACT... 

JACK 

HIGGINSON 

Age: 12 

Favourite Player: 

Billy Sharp 

LANA 

MOGAN 

Age: 11 


Iliman Ndiaye 

JERSEY 

MOGAN 

Age: 10 

Favourite Players: 

Oli McBurnie & 

James McAtee 

LOUIS 

RUSSELL 

Age: 9 


Iliman Ndiaye 

HARRIS 

McEWAN 

Age: 7 


Billy Sharp 

BLADES FAMILY 

GALLERY... 

For further information regarding any of our matchday and non-matchday initiatives, you can keep 

up to date at the below links: 

TWITTER TWITTER: @SUFCServices FACEBOOK FACEBOOK: ‘Sheffield United Fan Services’ 

If you’ve been part of our United 

Cashback Initiative, Home Debut 

Scheme, Captain Blade Club, 

visited the Blades Family Hub or 

took part in our John Street Family 

Stand entertainment, see if you 

can spot yourself in our Blades 

Family Gallery each matchday on 

our Sheffield United Fan Services 

Facebook page, or by visiting www. 

sufc.co.uk/fans/families-juniors 

Dedicated fan experience page at: www.sufc.co.uk-fans-families-juniors 

Dedicated Disabled Supporters page at: www.sufc.co.uk-fans-disabled-supporters-information 

Alternatively, you can contact our fan engagement lead and disability liaison officer, 

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

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T he Story So Far... 

Catching up and recording events from Bramall Lane… 

— SATURDAY 28th JANUARY 

United’s U18s defeated Hull City 3-0 

thanks to goals from Kurtis Havenhand 

(2) and Sam Aston. 

— SUNDAY 29th JANUARY 

United Women are defeated 7-0 by WSL 

side Manchester City in the Women’s FA 

Cup fourth round. 

FA CUP FOURTH ROUND 

WREXHAM 3 

JONES 50, O’CONNOR 61, MULLIN 86 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 3 

McBURNIE 2, NORWOOD 65, EGAN 90 ■ JEBBISON 71 

Wrexham: Howard, McFadzean (Dalby 75), Tozer, 

Hayden (Jones 11), Tunnicliffe (Cleworth 5), Young, 

Palmer, Mullin, Forde, O’Connor, Lee. Unused: Lainton, 

Hall-Johnson, McAlinden, Cannon, Lennon, Bickerstaff. 

Blades: Davies, Basham, McBurnie (Sharp 58), Egan, 

Ahmedhodzic (Coulibaly 88), Norwood, Bogle, Doyle, 

Osborn (Ndiaye 58), McAtee (Lowe 45), Jebbison. 

Unused: Foderingham, Robinson, Sachdev, Marsh. 

Referee: D. Whitestone — Attendance: 9,909 

An injury time John Egan strike earned 

United an FA Cup fourth round replay 

after a thrilling 3-3 draw against 

Wrexham. The Blades took the lead 

through a Oli McBurnie header before 

goals from James Jones and Tom 

O’Connor put the hosts in front. Ollie 

Norwood equalised for United before 

Daniel Jebbison saw red for an off the 

ball incident. Paul Mullin’s goal four 

minutes from time looked to have won 

it for Wrexham, until Egan’s late heroics 

earned a replay. 

League to 13 points after a 2-1 win over 

Birmingham City with goals from Louie 

Marsh and Owen Hampson. 

— FRIDAY 3rd FEBRUARY 

United Women defender Lara Miller 

leaves the club by mutual consent. 

Goalkeeper Fran Stenson joins United 

Women on loan from WSL side Arsenal 

for the remainder of the current season. 

As a result, current stopper Nina Wilson 

moves out on loan to Wolves. 

United’s U21s exited the Premier 

League Cup after a narrow 1-0 defeat to 

Southampton. 

— SATURDAY 4th FEBRUARY 

United U18s moved into the semi-finals 

of the Premier League Cup after a 

3-0 win over Fulham, with goals from 

Jayden Prunty, Sam Aston and Kurtis 

Havenhand. 

— TUESDAY 31st JANUARY 

United U21s extended their lead at the 

top of the Professional Development 

▲ Action from United’s draw against Rotherham 


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▲ Billy Sharp celebrates as United defeat Wrexham at Bramall Lane 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

ROTHERHAM UNITED 0 

– 


– 

Rotherham: Johansson, Coventry, Fosu (Ferguson 

83), Hugill (Washington 69), Ogbene, Rathbone, Hall 

(Wright 69, Harding 73), Peltier, Odoffin, Humphreys, 

Hjelde. Unused: Vickers, Bramall, Lindsay. 

Blades: Foderingham, Berge, McBurnie (Sharp 73), 

Egan, Lowe, Ahmedhodžić, Norwood, Robinson, 

Bogle, Osborn (McAtee 73), Ndiaye. Unused: Davies, 

Basham, Coulibaly, Clark, Marsh. 

Referee: G. Scott — Attendance: 11,485 

The South Yorkshire derby ended 

in stalemate after the Blades drew 

0-0 with Rotherham at the AESSEAL 

New Stadium. United enjoyed greater 

possession and went close through 

Sander Berge and Jayden Bogle whilst at 

the other end Wes Foderingham made a 

smart save to deny Hakeem Odoffin. 

— SUNDAY 5th FEBRUARY 

United Women are defeated 1-0 by 

Durham in the Women’s Championship. 

— TUESDAY 7th FEBRUARY 

FA CUP FOURTH ROUND REPLAY 


AHMEDHODŽIĆ 50, SHARP 90, BERGE 90 

WREXHAM 1 

MULLIN 59 

Blades: Davies, Basham, Berge, Sharp, Egan, 

Ahmedhodžić (Lowe 78), Coulibaly (Norwood 68), 

Robinson, Osborn, McAtee (Brooks 90), Ndiaye. 

Unused: Foderingham, Clark, Arblaster, Marsh, 

Starbuck. 

Wrexham: Lainton, Tozer, Young, Mullin (Bickerstaff 

82), Forde, Dalby (Palmer 60), Mendy (McAlinden 

60), Cannon (Lee 82), Lennon (O’Connor 74), Jones, 

Cleworth. Unused: Watson, Hasannah, Butler, James. 

Referee: L. Doughty — Attendance: 20,310 

United set up a meeting with Spurs in 

round five of the FA Cup after defeating 

Wrexham at Bramall Lane. After a 

dominant first half, Anel Ahmedhodžić 

gave United the lead before Paul Mullin 

levelled from the spot. Wrexham were 

awarded another spot kick, this time 

Adam Davies saved from Mullin before 

United clinched the tie late on through 

Billy Sharp and Sander Berge.

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BLAST FROM THE PAST 

Each week PAUL HOLLAND looks back on a prominent game 

from the past between the Blades and our opponents… 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 1-0 MIDDLESBROUGH 

TUESDAY 7th APRIL 1998 

Steve Thompson’s Blades 

expelled their FA Cup semi-final 

disappointment with a victory 

over Middlesbrough, and thus earning a 

league double over a Boro side who were 

destined for automatic promotion. 

United had won 2-1 at the Riverside 

earlier in the season, against a team which 

included England legends Paul Merson 

and Paul Gascoigne. In this reverse fixture 

at Bramall Lane, the Blades again took the 

spoils narrowly winning thanks to a single 

goal from Dean Saunders in front of the 

live Sky TV cameras. 

United were masterful in their approach, 

and responded magnificently to a cup 

defeat to Newcastle United 48 hours 

previously, whilst Boro were made to rue 

missed opportunities, especially after 

Merson failed to score from the penalty 

spot. Hamilton Ricard was also guilty of 

wasting chances after the Colombian twice 

blasted over from a close range, and also 

miss-kicked with the goal at his mercy. 

The Blades netted the winner on 52 

minutes. The home side were awarded 

a free kick near the corner flag in front of 

the Kop, and Wayne Quinn’s delivery saw 

Lee Sandford’s header expertly saved by 

‘keeper Mark Schwarzer before Saunders 

stabbed home the loose ball. 

Boro were handed an opportunity 

to draw level on the hour mark after 

Ricard was tripped in the box by David 

Holdsworth. Merson stepped forward, 

but his run up was rushed as he blasted 

the ball high and wide. The visitors then 

lost midfield maestro Gascoigne to a foot 

injury with 15 minutes remaining. 

United perhaps ought to have wrapped 

the game up early but both Saunders 

twice, and his strike partner Gareth Taylor 

missed presentable opportunities to put 

the game to bed. 


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2004 

United booked a place in 

the last eight of the FA Cup 

after a 1-0 win over third tier Colchester 

United. Paul Peschisolido atoned for 

some earlier misses to settle this tie with 

his ninth goal of the season glancing an 

effort beyond Simon Brown. The Blades 

exited the competition in round six after 

defeat to Sunderland. 

ON THIS DAY 

UTB looks back into the archives to find out what 

happened on this day in United’s history… 

FEBRUARY 

15 

Mid-table United put more 

1975 pressure on struggling 

Chelsea who were starting to look over 

their shoulder after this defeat at Bramall 

Lane. Goals from Alan Woodward and 

Len Badger secured a 2-1 win, with United 

going on to finish the season strongly, 

ending the campaign sixth, whilst the 

Blues were eventually relegated. 

The Blades had to come 

1997 from behind twice to earn a 

priceless point in this second-tier clash 

against leaders Bolton in a final game 

between the two sides at Burnden 

Park. Mixu Paatelainen’s early opener 

was quickly cancelled out by Jan-Aage 

Fjortoft before Chris Fairclough restored 

the home side’s lead. Petr Katchouro’s 

goal after the break earned a point as 

United remained fourth, four points off 

the automatic promotion places. 

Neil Warnock’s Blades 

2003 continued their remarkable 

cup exploits after a 2-0 win over Walsall 

ensured a place in the quarter-finals. 

This game was significant for loanee 

Tommy Mooney who scored his one 

and only United goal to open the 

scoring before Peter Ndlovu made it two 

after the break. The Blades would go on 

to defeat Leeds before losing to Arsenal 

in the semi-finals. 


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WHO WOULD BE 

A MANAGER? 

Our regular contributor DAVE BURKINSHAW casts a glance over former 

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

Adrian Heath... 

Stoke-born Adrian Heath began 

his professional playing career 

with hometown club Stoke City, 

making his league debut in April 1978. 

Adrian was able to play as an attacking 

midfield player or up front. He had 

a successful career winning League 

Championship and FA Cup winning 

medals with Everton who he had joined 

in January 1982 for £700K. He also won 

England U21 and B international honours 

and was denied the chance of call up to 

the full England squad when he suffered a 

serious injury in December 1984. 

As well as playing for Stoke City 

and Everton, he also had spells with 

Spanish club Espanyol, Aston Villa, 

Manchester City and Burnley before 

joining the Blades in mid-December 

1995 as player/assistant manager. His 

United appointment was as part of 

new manager Howard Kendall’s team. 

Kendall was very familiar with Heath’s 

▲ Adrian pictured as Minnesota boss in 2022 


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qualities having managed him at Everton 

and Manchester City and earlier in their 

careers when Heath was a youngster at 

Stoke and Kendall was the reserve team 

player/coach. 

Adrian made his league debut for 

United as a substitute, ironically against 

his former club Stoke City away in a 

2-2 draw. In total he only made four 

substitute appearances in the league for 

United and a further one appearance as 

a substitute in the FA Cup. He remained 

with the Blades until March 1996 when 

he accepted an offer from another former 

club, Burnley, to become their player/ 

manager. 

At Burnley, Adrian finally retired from 

playing at the end of the 1996/97 season, 

the same time he also left Burnley as 

manager. He had guided them to ninth 

in the old Second Division (now League 

One). As a player he had played over 550 

league games and scored 120 goals. 

After a spell working as manager of 

Sunderland reserves as part of Peter 

Reid’s management team (his former 

team-mate at Everton), Adrian made a 

surprise return to Bramall Lane as the 

Blades’ new manager in June 1999. 

He faced a tough job at the Lane as the 

club sold a lot of its better players such 

as Alan Kelly, Marcelo and Lee Morris 

to balance the books. His most notable 

signings were defender Shaun Murphy 

and striker Marcus Bent. With morale 

low at the club and the team struggling, 

Adrian resigned following a poor 

performance in a 3-1 home defeat against 

Port Vale in November 1999. 

After leaving United, Adrian was again 

appointed to posts within the managerial 

teams of Peter Reid at both Leeds United 

and Coventry City. At Coventry he had 

two spells as caretaker boss, one in 2005 

(following Peter Reid’s departure) and 

▲ Unveiled as Blades boss in 1999 

another in 2007, before he left the English 

game to work in the USA. 

His first post in the US was as manager 

of Austin Aztex in February 2008. When 

this club relocated to Florida to become 

Orlando City, Adrian followed. He enjoyed 

early success with Orlando winning titles 

and cups. His work was recognised when 

he was named Coach of the Year in both 

2011 and 2012. 

After his dismissal by Orlando in July 

2016, Adrian was appointed as the head 

coach at Minnesota United where he has 

remained to this day. 


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AVAILABLE AT 


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HOLIDAY SNAPS 

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

around the world for our ever-popular feature… 

▼ 

Steve Chambers has sent in 

this image taken with a familiar 

face. Here Steve meets Phil 

Neville, current coach of Inter 

Miami, with this photo taken 

back in September at the DRV 

PNK Stadium before a home 

game against Columbus Crew 

▲ 

Next a brilliant image sent in by Dale 

Swinton and son Joshua on a recent holiday 

to Johannesburg, South Africa. It looks like 

the duo, who are season ticket holders, 

have recruited some new Blades fans! 

Would you like to see 

your snap in an edition of 

UTB? Send your photo, 

complete with a brief 

description to matthew. 

young@sufc.co.uk 

⊳ 

Here Colin 

Dyson sends 

in an image 

of his holiday 

last August 

where his retro 

shirt enjoys an 

outing in sunny 

Lanzarote 


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A WHOLE 

NEW 

BALL 

GAME 

In this edition we cover an incredible game 

for the Blades against Tottenham Hotspur on 

Tuesday 2nd March, 1993. 

The Blades followed up the crucial home 

win against Oldham with a narrow 3-2 defeat to 

Southampton at The Dell, meaning Dave Bassett’s 

side were still rooted inside the Premier League 

relegation zone prior to this clash with eighth 

placed Spurs. 

No-one inside Bramall Lane could have envisaged 

what happened next as a rampant United destroyed the 

visitors winning 6-0 after goals from Ian Bryson (2), an Andy Gray 

own goal, Franz Carr, Brian Deane and Paul Rogers. 


This year marks the 30th 

anniversary of the inaugural 

Premier League season. 

To mark this milestone, 

UTB delves into our 

programme archive to 

reminisce about United’s 

part in this historic 

campaign, whilst also 

talking to those who were 

there at the start of what 

has since grown into the 

most talked about domestic 

competition on the planet. 

As well as looking back 

on United’s campaign, we 

tell the full story of the 1992- 

93 season and also test 

your knowledge about how 

much you remember three 

decades on. 

So, wind the clock back 

30 years to relive this 

special season throughout 

each edition of UTB.

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A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME 

INSIDE THE 

PROGRAMME… 

SKY WELCOME… 

There was a double page spread of images from the recent home win over Oldham, 

focusing mainly on what was then the unusual presence of the TV cameras from Sky 

– and everything else that came with the live feature! 


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DAVE BASSETT… 

Dave Bassett outlined the challenge for survival in his notes, and stated the previous 

season’s upturn ensured this was not an impossible task. He also highlighted his 

belief that his current squad was the best of his managerial tenure, whilst stressing 

the closeness of the league where a couple of away wins would have propelled the 

Blades further up the league. Bassett’s notes were also his first since the passing of 

England legend Bobby Moore, with the Blades boss taking the opportunity to pay his 

own tribute. 




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LANE NEWS… 

There was an interview with midfielder Mike Lake who had just 

returned from a loan spell at Wrexham, resulting in a start in the 

recent defeat to Southampton. Mike revealed the chance to stay at 

Wrexham was there, but personal terms could not be agreed. 


GOALS GALORE… 

Something of an omen inside the programme? In a small section at the 

back, an article explaining the high ratio of goals between the two sides. 

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TRIBUTE… 

The Blades paid tribute to the late Bobby 

Moore inside the news section of the 

programme. 

BLADES 

TEAM… 

United’s team that day was as 

follows… 

Kelly, Gage, Pemberton, 

Beesley, Barnes, Carr, 

Hoyland, Hartfield, Hodges, 

Bryson, Deane. 

Subs: Cork, Rogers, Kite. 




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ACTION STATIONS... 

SPURS HIT FOR SIX 

This home game against Tottenham 

Hotspur was quite possibly the most 

extraordinary night in United’s Premier 

League history. 

Whilst not the most shot shy team 

in the Premier League, United had 

shown no real inclination that they had 

the firepower to hit a side for six, even 

with a prolific Brian Deane leading the 

attack. 

What makes the result even more 

remarkable is the contrasting form of 

the two sides. Spurs, after a difficult 

start, were upwardly mobile by this 

stage and went into the contest looking 

for a sixth straight win which could have 

potentially shifted them into fourth 

position. United on the other hand 

were still in the relegation zone with 

just 12 games remaining, and had the 

small matter of a FA Cup quarter-final at 

Blackburn firmly on the horizon. 


Fair to say no-one was expecting a 

home win, never mind a 6-0 trouncing! 

One of United’s heroes on the night 

was Ian Bryson, one of seven changes 

made for the game following defeat to 

Southampton. 

The 1992-93 season proved to be 

Bryson’s final campaign in red and 

white, with this popular operator seeing 

any chance of regular game time ended 

by a series of injuries which would 

eventually rule him out of contention 

for United’s future Wembley showdown 

with Wednesday. 

Speaking to UTB in early 2021, 

with these previously unseen quotes, 

Bryson, who netted twice along with 

goals from Andy Gray (og), Franz Carr, 

Brian Deane and Paul Rogers, looked 

back on this crazy game which would 

prove to be his last hurrah in a Blades 

career which began in 1988.

He said: “They had some really good 

players like Teddy Sheringham, Darren 

Anderton, Gary Mabbutt to name a few, 

they were high class players, so it was a 

great win for us. 

“Dave Bassett was quite good in 

getting results from certain games that 

would really boost everyone. We were 

in a situation where we were close to 

the bottom before the game, but we 

always had great belief in our ability. 

“I had some great moments with 

United, but I have to say the Tottenham 

game was right up there. We got a great 

start. You tend to try and keep things 

tight for the first 10 minutes and then 

start to become more adventurous. 

We got a great goal, I think it was 

something off the training field when 

Franz Carr gave us the lead, he bent the 

ball into the top right corner. 

“We were a little fortunate with the 

second. Brian crossed it and it ended 

up in the back of their net off their own 

player. I scored a couple, with one a 

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really good finish, and we never looked 

back. I was thinking about my favourite 

games, and there were many. I scored 

a couple on my home debut when we 

won 3-2, and Northampton was the next 

one in the cup, and I scored a couple 

again. The Wolves game when we 

earned promotion was special, and the 

next season when we were promoted 

at Leicester. There were a couple 

of games in the First Division when 

I scored against Forest when we won at 

Bramall Lane, that was the first win, and 

then it was the Man Utd FA Cup win and 

beating Wednesday. There is no doubt 

this one with Spurs is right up there, it 

was a special night.” 

Thirty years later and the result is still 

United’s biggest Premier League win 

and Tottenham’s joint biggest Premier 

League defeat. 

It certainly will live long in the 

memory of the 16,643 who were there, 

as United secured a huge boost to their 

survival hopes. 



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WHAT HAPPENED 

ELSEWHERE 

THE STATE OF PLAY… 

The first week in March included 

six midweek fixtures which 

would have a bearing on the 

top and bottom of the Premier 

League. Norwich were now very 

much hanging on in the race 

for the title, which was starting 

to slowly look like a straight 


1992-93 

During this particular week back in 1992-93, 

how did the rest of the Premier League get on? 

We look back on what happened elsewhere… 

— TUESDAY 2nd MARCH 1993 — 

▼ Ruel Fox 

celebrates giving 

Norwich the lead 

fight between Aston Villa and 

Manchester United. At the 

bottom just six points separated 

Oldham in 22nd with 17th place 

Crystal Palace. 

THE GAMES… 

Middlesbrough had won just 

one Premier League game since 

December 5th meaning their 

comfortable mid-table position 

had quickly turned into a fight to 

preserve their top flight status. 

Prior to this game with Ipswich, 

they had slumped to 21st, but 

they managed to find a huge 

win to defeat Ipswich at Portman 

Road thanks to a Paul Wilkinson 

strike. Fellow strugglers 

Nottingham Forest and Crystal 

Palace played out a 1-1 draw 

with Gareth Southgate’s opener 

quickly cancelled out by Roy 

Keane. At the top end, Norwich’s 

title challenge continued to 

stutter when a late Ian Wright 

goal earned Arsenal a point after 

Ruel Fox had given Norwich 

the lead. Elsewhere, Sheffield 

Wednesday’s strong run of form 

was ended after a 1-0 defeat to 

Coventry.

PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE… 

Here’s how things stood… 

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POS TEAM PLD W D L GF GA GD PTS 

1 ASTON VILLA 31 17 8 6 48 31 17 59 

2 MANCHESTER UNITED 30 16 9 5 47 23 24 57 

3 NORWICH CITY 30 15 8 7 43 43 0 53 

4 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 30 12 10 8 40 34 6 46 

5 COVENTRY CITY 31 12 10 9 45 40 5 46 

6 BLACKBURN ROVERS 30 12 9 9 43 32 11 45 

7 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 30 12 8 10 41 36 5 44 

8 IPSWICH TOWN 31 10 14 7 37 34 3 44 

9 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 31 12 8 11 39 47 -8 44 

10 MANCHESTER CITY 30 12 7 11 43 34 9 43 

11 ARSENAL 30 11 7 12 27 27 0 40 

12 CHELSEA 31 10 10 11 33 38 -5 40 

13 SOUTHAMPTON 31 10 9 12 38 39 -1 39 

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

15 LIVERPOOL 29 9 9 11 39 40 -1 36 

16 WIMBLEDON 30 9 9 12 35 37 -2 36 

17 EVERTON 31 10 6 15 35 42 -7 36 

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

19 SHEFFIELD UNITED 31 9 7 15 37 41 -4 34 

20 MIDDLESBROUGH 31 8 9 14 38 52 -14 33 

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

22 OLDHAM ATHLETIC 30 7 7 16 40 55 -15 28 

HEADLINE ACT… 

There is no question that United’s 

6-0 thrashing of Spurs was the 

standout result from this round 

of midweek fixtures. What made 

this result even more remarkable 

is Spurs arrived at Bramall Lane 

in their best form of what had 

been an up and down campaign. 

It is now 30 years later, and this 

result is still Spurs’ joint-record 

Premier League defeat, and 

remains United’s biggest win in 

the Premier League. 

ANY OTHER BUSINESS? 

On the Monday night game 

prior to this round of midweek 

fixtures, new Chelsea boss 

Dave Webb enjoyed a first win 

in charge of the Blues when a 

Graham Stuart strike secured a 

1-0 win over Arsenal. ▲ Action from Chelsea vs Arsenal as Dave Webb celebrated his first win in charge 




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TEST YOUR MEMORY… 

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

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

TAKE 5... 

1. Spurs were under 

the guidance of joint 

managers for their 6-0 

thumping by United at 

Bramall Lane. One of the 

faces in charge was Doug 

Livermore, but can you 

name the other? 

2. Around this time, which 

Blades star earned 

his first call up and 

international cap for the 

Republic of Ireland? 

3. Graham Stuart netted 

the winner for Chelsea in 

Dave Webb’s first game 

in charge. He would later 

sign for United in 1997, 

who was the team he 

represented in between? 

4. Chris Kamara enjoyed 

a loan spell with United 

during the 1992-93 

season but returned to 

parent club Luton before 

joining another Premier 

League club in the 

February, also on loan. 

Who was the club? 

5. Which Premier League 

club’s home shirt was 

sponsored by Shipstones? 

ANSWERS: 1. Ray Clemence, 2. Alan Kelly, 

3. Everton, 4. Middlesbrough, 5. Nottingham 

Forest, 6. Jason Cundy, 7. Paul Parker. 


1992-93 

PICTURE ROUND... 

Can you guess the names of these players 

who graced the inaugural season of the 

Premier League… 

6. Can you name this Tottenham 

defender from the 1992-93 season? 

7. Who is this Manchester United star 

who played a prominent role for the 

Red Devils in their title bid?

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SAYiT’s GRAND OPENING OF NEW LGBTQ+ SPACE 

Sheffield United, Sheffield United 

Women and Rainbow Blades have been 

shortlisted in three categories at this 

years Football v Homophobia Awards. 

Who are SAYiT 

SAYiT offers emotional wellbeing support 

for LGBTQ+ young people in Sheffield. 

SAYiT works with young people aged 

11-25 and professionals to make real lives 

better. They provide practical support 

to LGBTQ+ young people, host a parent 

and carer group and their training helps 

organisations improve knowledge and 

address discrimination. 

Our Charity Partner 

SAYiT have been our charity partner since 

April 2020. They align with everything we 

do and it has proved to be a successful 

partnership. SAYiT have trained staff 

at the club and Community Foundation 

on LGBTQ+ awareness, supported our 

United for All LGBTQ+ charity match and 

we have raised money for them. This year 

our relationship is growing ever stronger 

as we now hold our monthly committee 

meetings at their new offices and we’re 

also working together on Rainbow Blades’ 

third birthday party. 

SAYiT Open Day 

Friday 17th February, drop in between 

2pm-6pm, Star House, Division Street, 

S1 4GE. 

This is a chance for SAYiT’s supporters, 

parents and carers, young people, 

stakeholders, community leaders and care 

workers and professionals to come see 

their safe space and for SAYiT to let the 

world know what they do! 

https://www.sayit.org.uk/ 

info@sayit.org.uk 

AN UPDATE FROM OUR 

SENIOR 

BLADES 

LAST REMINDER – MEMBERSHIP 

RENEWALS 2022-23 

As you will know, our membership year is now from 

1st September to 31st August, we are reminding any 

member who has not renewed by 31st March that their 

name will be removed from our database. 

Membership for the year is £6 and renewals (or joining) 

can be done at our monthly lunch meetings, by post to 

The Secretary, 13 Wollaton Avernue, Sheffield S17 4LA or 

by leaving your renewal (or joining) application and fee in 

the Ticket Office at Sheffield United FC. 

www.seniorblades.co.uk 


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

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

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

PREMIER LEAGUE PRIMARY STARS 

SUPPORTS LOCAL SCHOOLS 

The Foundation’s Premier 

League Primary Stars 

programme inspires 

primary school children 

to become more active by 

providing quality support 

for schools in both the 

classroom and in PE. 

Since 2019, we have 

been able to support over 

300 teachers in over 100 

schools across Sheffield. 

One school that has 

recently engaged with our 

Primary Stars programme 

is Greystones Primary 

School. Beth Stevenson, 

a Year 5 teacher at the 

school, has found the 

programme has had a big 

impact on her confidence: 

“When we first engaged 

with Primary Stars, we’d 

just come out of lockdown. 

I hadn’t taught a PE lesson 

in over 18 months, so 

getting back into the flow 

of teaching PE was quite 

difficult for me. Working 

with coach Rich Caley from 

the Foundation has really 

built my confidence as 

Primary Stars has provided 

me with different skills, 

games and activities that 

I can teach with any sport. 

It’s been so useful.” 

The PL Primary Stars 

website (plprimarystars. 

com) provides free 

resources and tools for 

teachers to use in PE and 

in the classroom. The 

site also features a free 

newsletter for parents that 

includes fun activities and 

challenges to do at home. 

For more information 

about PL Primary Stars, 

head to sufc-community. 

com. 


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VOLUNTEER WITH US... 

START YOUR CAREER WITH THE FOUNDATION! 

Our community 

programmes are aimed 

at strengthening selfesteem, 

developing 

personal skills, promoting 

health and wellbeing, 

improving academic 

achievement and 

generally empowering 

people in the local area. 

We take on volunteers 

from the age of 16 and 

provide you with the 

opportunity to: 

— Develop your skills 

— Gain professional 

experience 

— Access financial 

support for 

qualifications 

— Progress into 

employment 

We’re looking for people 

interested in sports 

coaching (community 

and schools), youth work, 

mental health support, 

health & wellbeing, 

exercise and physical 

activity coaching. 

If you already have 

qualifications in any of 

these areas, we may have 

employment opportunities 

for you. 

To apply, simply contact 

us at enquiries@sufccommunity.co.uk 

or 0114 

2537200 (Option 6). 

KEEPING BURNGREAVE ACTIVE 

As part of our Active Through Football 

programme, we’ve been working 

in the Burngreave area putting on 

regular football and social evenings to 

encourage more people to stay healthy. 

Located at Verdon Recreation Centre 

(S3 9QS), the free sessions take place 

6pm-8pm on Wednesdays and Sundays. 

Adults are welcome to come down, 

have a kickabout (or just watch from the 

side-lines), enjoy a hot drink and chat 

with others. 

For more information about Active 

Through Football please contact Faisal 

at faisal.eid@sufc-community.co.uk. 


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— OPPOSITION FOCUS 

FOUNDED: 1876 

NICKNAME: BORO 

GROUND: RIVERSIDE STADIUM 

CAPACITY: 34,742 

CHAIRMAN: STEVE GIBSON 

LAST FINISH: 7/24 SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP 


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Optimism is rising at 

Middlesbrough as manager 

Michael Carrick looks to guide 

the club back to the Premier League. 

The arrival of former Manchester 

United and England midfielder Carrick 

as Boro boss following the exit of Chris 

Wilder in October sparked an instant 

revival in a side that has struggled to 

catch fire in the opening weeks of the 

Championship season. 

While managerial appointments 

tend to produce a bounce in results, 

sustaining that winning momentum 

is often a challenge, yet Carrick has 

managed that and his side arrive at 

Bramall Lane this evening as strong 

promotion contenders. 

Middlesbrough have turned in some 

impressive performances on their 

travels this season and they will be 

keen to add another this evening. 

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STAR MAN 

Middlesbrough’s “The gaffer has just 

chief goal threat given me that freedom 

this evening will since he walked in,” 

come from this 

said Akpom, who 

experienced forward, scored just 12 goals 

who has taken his in 114 English league 

career to the next level appearances before 

since Michael Carrick Michael Carrick arrived 

and his coaching staff at Middlesbrough. 

arrived at the club. “I just go out there and 

Akpom started his have fun and, knowing 

career at Arsenal and the gaffer just wants 

cut his teeth in first team me to express myself, it 

football with a series takes a lot of weight off 

of loan moves before your shoulders. 

taking his talents to “The gaffer was 

Greece to play for PAOK. so successful at 

This London-born Manchester United, 

forward returned to and Woody (Jonathan 

England in the summer Woodgate) also had a 

of 2020 and he has top career. They know 

been Middlesbrough’s how to relate to us and 

scoring talisman in to get the best out 

recent months, with his of us.” 

form under Carrick’s Unlocking the 

watch impressive. full potential of a 

Akpom’s hat-trick player like Akpom 

against Wigan on could be the 

Boxing Day was a crucial factor in 

highlight and he admits Middlesbrough’s 

the influence of his increasingly promising 

current boss and his promotion push. 

assistant Jonathan “Goals are going in 

Woodgate has been key for him, he’s enjoying 

to his sparkling form. it and it’s great to see,” 


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DATE OF BIRTH: 09/10/95 

POSITION: FORWARD 

CLUB: POAK 

said Boro boss Carrick 

of Akpom, who was 

named as Championship 

Player of the Month in 

December. “Confidence 

is so important for 

strikers and he has 

plenty of it at the 

moment.”

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Jonny HOWSON 

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THE CAPTAIN... 

Date of Birth: 21/05/88 

Previous club: Norwich City 

This experienced 

performer has been a fine 

leader for Middlesbrough 

since he arrived at the club 

in 2017. After starting his 

career at Leeds, Howson 

enjoyed promotion 

success with Norwich in 

the Championship playoffs 

in 2015 and he will be 

hoping for a repeat of that 

story with Middlesbrough 

this season. 

Isaiah JONES 

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YOUNG GUN... 

LAST TIME WE MET... 


Previous club: Tooting & Mitcham 

Marcus FORSS 

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This talented performer 

joined Middlesbrough 

in the summer of 2019, 

and has proved he can 

make an impact in the 

Championship over the 

last couple of seasons. 

A winger/wing-back, 

Jones has chipped in with 

some important goals this 

season, including strikes in 

away games at Wigan and 

Blackpool. 

MIDDLESBROUGH 2-2 SHEFFIELD UNITED 

Sunday 14th August 2022 

Chuba Akpom scored twice as Middlesbrough 

twice fought back to claim a point in an entertaining 

Championship match at the Riverside Stadium. Sander 

Berge’s low strike from 18 yards beat Zack Steffen 

in the Boro goal and the visitors also took the lead 

courtesy of a Ryan Giles own goal in the second half, 

but Akpom snatched an 82nd-minute leveller. 

ONE TO WATCH... 


Previous club: Brentford 

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This Finland international 

joined Middlesbrough last 

summer from Brentford 

and has made a valuable 

contribution to their 

successes this season 

since his switch. Forss has 

been in fine scoring form 

in recent weeks, scoring 

against Wigan, Blackburn, 

Millwall and Watford since 

Boxing Day. 


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NUMBERS COUNT... 

8 

38 

— 

51 

345 

— 

602 

— 

— The number of major trophies 

Middlesbrough manager Michael 

Carrick won as a player with 

Manchester United. 

Bryan Robson became the oldest 

goalscorer for Midddlesbrough 

when he netted against Port Vale 

in March 1995. 

— Mark Schwarzer won the most 

international caps as a Middlesbrough 

player, appearing 51 times for 

Australia during his time at the club. 

George Camsell’s name appears 

on plenty of Middlesbrough records, 

and he holds the club record for goals 

scored in a career that started in 1925 

and ended in 1939. 

Tim Williamson holds the 

record for the most appearances 

in a Middlesbrough shirt from a 

career which started in 1902 and 

concluded in 1923 


Brian Clough 

MIDDLESBROUGH LEGEND... 

Clough is remembered as a managerial 

legend thanks to his remarkable 

achievements with Derby and Nottingham 

Forest, but he also holds a special place in 

Boro folklore. 

Born in Middlesbrough in 1935, Clough 

pieced together a stunning goalscoring 

record for the club as he fired 204 goals 

in just 221 appearances before he joined 

Sunderland in 1961.

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Michael Carrick 

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MANAGER SAYS 

Several high-profile managers obvious for us as a club, me as an 

have tried and failed to plot a individual, and the players. You can’t 

route back to the Premier chase it too much; you must put 

League for Middlesbrough, but there things in place and build to get there. 

is growing optimism that Michael It’s a mindset, a case of focusing on 

Carrick could be the coach to crack what we can control to get there, 

the promotion code. 

and in the end however good we 

Former Tottenham, Manchester are week-to-week will give us 

United and England midfielder Carrick the answer.” 

took on his first full-time managerial Carrick’s calm and straight-talking 

post when he accepted an offer to approach has ensured he has made a 

take over as Middlesbrough boss last big impression in his first few months 

October and his brand of high-energy at Middlesbrough, with his impressive 

football has brought results. 

playing career helping to ensure the 

Boro head into this evening’s game players in his dressing room have 

at Bramall Lane in a strong position to respect for his approach. 

challenge for promotion and Carrick is The unity of his squad will be vital in 

keen to keep expectations in check as the final third of this promotion push 

he focuses on short term goals. and Carrick has praised the players 

“You can’t get carried away in the who are not being picked in his 

Championship as the games come starting line-up consistently. 

thick and fast and things can turn “I’ve got a lot of belief in all of the 

around very quickly one way or the players. Whoever plays, I fully trust 

other,” states Carrick. 

them,” he added. 

“I learned a lot from Sir Alex 

“What I see day in, and day out 

Ferguson in terms of chasing success gives me a lot of confidence and belief 

and how he did it, and you can’t think in them. Of course, throughout the 

about the end game too much. It’s season, hopefully not, but you’re likely 

wasting time and energy, we can to get injuries and suspensions. 

only control what we can, and that’s “It’s not easy when you are not 

hopefully three points at the weekend. playing every week, but I’ve had 

“The target is to be as good as we no problem with any player in the 

can be. Every team in this league dressing room so far and in terms of 

wants to get promoted, every team options, we have so many and we’re 

not in the Premier League wants to still having to leave out some. That’s 

get into the Premier League – that’s what I want, competition for places.” 


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NON-LEAGUE NUGGETS 

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

DEREK STONEHOUSE 

England Youth full-back 

Derek Stonehouse helped 

Middlesbrough reach 

the FA Cup fifth round in 

1961-62. Previously with 

hometown Lingdale, he 

joined Middlesbrough in 

May 1951 and made his 

League debut in their 3-0 

win at home to Tottenham 

Hotspur in January 1954. 

He missed just three 

matches in 1958-59 

and made 174 League 

appearances before 

moving to Hartlepool 

United in September 

1963. Only Ray Bilcliff 

has played more outfield 

games for Boro without 

scoring. Leaving football 

to become a bricklayer, 

he played cricket for 

Lingdale and also kept 

wicket for Guisborough 

for many years. He died 

in Middlesbrough in April 

2004. 


BILLY DAY 

Flying winger Billy Day 

featured prominently as 

Middlesbrough reached 

the FA Cup fifth round in 

1961-62. Previously with 

hometown South Bank, 

he joined Middlesbrough 

in May 1955 and made his 

League debut in their 4-3 

win at home to Leicester 

City five months later. 

He starred alongside 

England internationals 

Brian Clough, Alan 

Peacock and Eddie 

Holliday in Boro’s attack 

and netted 18 goals in 120 

League games before 

moving to Newcastle 

United in March 1962. 

Joining Peterborough 

United in April 1963, 

he later played for 

Cambridge United until 

illness ended his career. 

He returned to Teesside 

and became a racecourse 

bookmaker. 

CYRIL KNOWLES 

Attacking left-back Cyril 

Knowles was capped four 

times by England after 

leaving Middlesbrough. 

Previously with Monkton 

Colliery Welfare, he 

joined Middlesbrough in 

October 1962 and made 

37 League appearances 

before sold to Tottenham 

Hotspur for £42,500 in 

May 1964. He starred 

as they won the FA Cup 

in 1967 and twice lifted 

the League Cup. A cult 

figure due to the hit 

record ‘Nice One Cyril’, he 

then coached Doncaster 

and Middlesbrough. 

Appointed Darlington’s 

boss in July 1983, he 

plotted promotion in 

1984-85, then managed 

Torquay and Hartlepool, 

building their 1990-91 

promotion squad, but 

tragically died of cancer in 

August 1991.

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Derrick Downing & 

Gary Pallister 

DERRICK DOWNING 

Winger Derrick Downing 

scored in Boro's 1970-71 

FA Cup third round replay 

win over Manchester 

United. Initially at 

hometown Doncaster 

Rovers, he played for 

Frickley Colliery prior to 

joining Middlesbrough in 

February 1966. He also 

scored in their 1969- 

70 FA Cup third round 

victory over West Ham 

and twice helped Boro 

take Manchester United 

to an FA Cup fifth round 

replay, scoring nine goals 

in 183 League games 

before moving to Orient 

in May 1972. Switched to 

left-back, he featured in 

their 1973-74 promotion 

near-miss and later 

appeared for York City, 

Hartlepool, Scarborough 

and Mexborough, then 

was Hatfield Main’s 

player-boss. 

GARY PALLISTER 

England international 

central defender Gary 

Pallister starred as 

Middlesbrough soared 

from the Third Division to 

First under Bruce Rioch. 

Initially with Billingham, 

he joined Middlesbrough 

in November 1984 

and formed a notable 

defensive partnership 

with Tony Mowbray. He 

joined Manchester United 

for a record £2,300,000 

in August 1989, starring 

as they won all three 

major domestic honours 

plus the ECWC and UEFA 

Cup. Voted PFA ‘Player 

of the Year’ in 1992, he 

re-joined Middlesbrough 

in July 1998 and netted 

six goals in 211 League 

games overall before 

injury ended his career. 

He became a football 

pundit and Darlington’s 

operations director. 

RICHARD LIBURD 

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Left-back Richard Liburd 

missed just five matches 

for Middlesbrough in 

1993-94. A cousin of 

England international 

Jermaine Jenas, he was 

a Nottingham Forest 

trainee, then played for 

Eastwood Town prior to 

joining Middlesbrough in 

March 1993. His solitary 

goal in 41 League games 

came in their 3-2 defeat 

at home to Crystal 

Palace in May 1994 

and he followed Lennie 

Lawrence to Bradford 

City for £200,000 two 

months later. Featuring in 

their 1995-96 promotion 

campaign, he was briefly 

at Carlisle United before 

joining Notts County in 

August 1998, then played 

for Lincoln City, Eastwood 

again, Boots Athletic, 

Basford United and 

Hucknall. 


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THE LOWDOWN... 

...on Middlesbrough 

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

BORO THROUGH AND THROUGH... 

Lifelong fan Steve Gibson became the 

club’s youngest ever director aged just 26 

and in 1986 formed a consortium which 

saved the club from liquidation before 

succeeding Colin Henderson as chairman. 

Swapping Ayresome Park for the Riverside 

Stadium and the appointment of Robson in 

1994 helped launch a revolution including 

three Wembley final appearances within 12 

months in 1997 and 1998. 

UTB... 

Traditionally supporters come from 

Middlesbrough itself and towns in the 

immediate area. Middlesbrough have one 

of the highest proportions in Britain of 

locally born season ticket holders at an 

estimated 80%, and one of the highest 

proportions of female fans at around 20% 

at the last count. 

A TV FIRST? 

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Middlesbrough claim to be the first football 

club in the world to launch its own TV 

channel – Boro TV. The first broadcasts 

were tied to the club’s first ever major cup 

final appearance in 1997, a full year ahead 

of Manchester United’s MUTV, which still 

claims to be the first in the world. 

BOYS FROM BRAZIL... 

Everyone will remember Juninho and 

his bag of tricks and the unmistakeable 

figure of Emerson and his 

little jig in the ‘90s. But 

Boro’s connections with 

Brazil also throw up the 

likes of 1994 World Cup 

winner Branco, toughtackling 

midfielder 

Doriva and one-time 

club record signing 

Afonso Alves. 

CONNECTIONS… 

There have been many managerial 

connections, the obvious and most 

recent being Chris Wilder. Bryan Robson 

and Neil Warnock also managed both 

clubs, whilst Blades legend Brian Deane 

was also a popular figure on Teesside 

during his playing days. Former United 

loanee Mo Besic also plied his trade at 

the Riverside. 


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AWAY 

TICKETS & 

TRAVEL 

OPENING HOURS 

Monday-Friday: 9am–5pm 

Saturday (Non-Matchday): 9am–12noon 

Saturday (Matchday): 9am–half time 

Matchday (Evening): 9am–kick off 

CONTACT DETAILS 

Tel: 0114 253 7200 (option 1) 

Visit: tickets.sufc.co.uk Email: boxoffice@sufc.co.uk 

A £1 booking fee applies to all telephone and online orders 

vs MILLWALL 

Saturday 18th February 

Sky Bet Championship 

Kick off 12.30pm 

This match has now sold out 

for Blades supporters. 50 

loyalty points will be awarded 

to supporters purchasing 

tickets. 

AWAY BLADES COACH TRAVEL 

Price: £40 

Departing Bramall Lane at 

7am prompt. 

AWAY BLADE 

Coach Travel – Under-16s Policy 

Sheffield United continue to ensure that the club 

complies with safeguarding procedures and to 

make sure that all young supporters travelling 

on the official Away Blade transport are properly 

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

allowed to travel on the Away Blade coaches without 

a responsible adult, aged 25 or above. A maximum 

of two juniors U16 may travel with a responsible 

adult. For more information contact 0114 253 7200. 

2022-23 MATCHDAY PRICES 

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

ADULT £35 £31 £26 

OVER 60 - DISABLED £29 £24 £20 

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

UNDER 18 £17 £14 £12 

JUNIOR BLADES £15 £12 £10 

CHERRY STREET 

SOUTH STAND 

& JOHN STREET 

FAMILY ENCLOSURE 

& FAMILY CORNER 

BRAMALL LANE 

UPPER CORNER & 

BRAMALL LANE 

UPPER TIER 

ADULT £40 £35 £31 

OVER 60 - DISABLED £32 £27 £23 

YA U22 - STUDENT £26 £21 £20 

UNDER 18 £21 £17 £14 


ADULT £37 £33 £29 

OVER 60 - DISABLED £31 £26 £21 

YA U22 - STUDENT £25 £21 £18 

UNDER 18 £20 £16 £13 


*Please note, until further notice, there are no 

matchday tickets being sold for the Kop stand 

HOME 

vs WATFORD 

Saturday 25th February 

Sky Bet Championship 

Kick off 3pm 

This match is a Category A 

fixture. Tickets are now on 

general sale. Supporters 

purchasing tickets will be 

allocated 100 loyalty points. 

TICKETS ARE PRICED FROM: 

Adults: ......................................£33 

Seniors: ....................................£26 

Young Adults/Students: ..... £21 

Juniors: .................................... £16 

Junior Blade Members: .......£14 


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HOME 

vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 

Wednesday 1st March 

FA Cup fifth round 

Kick off 7.55pm 

Tickets are currently on sale 

to season ticket holders. One 

ticket per customer number 

is permitted. Supporters 

purchasing tickets will be 

allocated 50 loyalty points. 

PRICES: 

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

Concessions 

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

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

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

Due to the FA Cup rulings of 

15% of allocated seats to the 

visiting supporters and the FA 

partners allocation of tickets 

in the main stands, we are 

unable to reserve seats for 

season ticket holders. 

Please also note: Point 2. J of our 

Season Ticket 2022-23 Terms & 

Conditions. 

The purchase of your season 

ticket is for home league games 

only and does not include cup or 

play-off games. Sheffield United 

is under no obligation to reserve 

season ticket holders seats for 

these games. 

SALE DATES: 

Tickets are currently on sale 

to 2022-23 season ticket 

holders. 

Tuesday 21st February from 

9:00am – tickets on sale to 

2022/23 membership holders. 

Members are supporters who 

have paid to participate in the 

membership scheme. 

Wednesday 22nd February 

from 9:00am – Tickets are on 

general sale. 

Due to the anticipated 

queue times, supporters are 

encouraged where possible to 

purchase their tickets online 

via tickets.sufc.co.uk 

Information correct at the time 

of going to print. Please check 

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

information. 


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THE EX-FILES 

David McGoldrick 

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

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

David McGoldrick is off the mark 

for his new club Derby County 

after scoring a dramatic stoppage 

time winner recently against 

Peterborough United. 

Trailing 1-0 and down to 10 men, 

things looked bleak for the Rams 

until an equaliser from Jason 

Knight on 88 minutes was followed 

up by McGoldrick’s winner from 

12 yards. 

After missing the first four games 

of the campaign through injury, 

McGoldrick is now finding his 

feet at Pride Park after his highly 

successful stint at Bramall Lane 

came to an end at the conclusion 

of last season. 

“As a striker you enjoy your 

goals, and especially when 

they come as a winner as well,” 

McGoldrick said of his first strike. 

“We hadn’t scored for a few 

games, so to get two right at the 

end was nice. It was a pleasing day 

all around and it’s always special 

to turn it around late on. 

“We are all together as one in 

the dressing room and it helps with 

the team bonding too, celebrating 

together at the end, especially 

as quite a few of us have come 

through the door this summer. 

The changing room was very 

happy after.” 

Grateful to be back fit again after 

recovering from the injury which 

curtailed his final season in S2, the 

ex-Forest front man is now focused 

on a strong run in the side. 

He added: “I feel I am getting 

fitter. I came here after a four or 

five-month spell out, following an 

operation. I’ve been building my 

fitness up and I had a setback by 

doing too much too soon, but now 

I am building things up slowly.” 

▲ Didzy celebrates his first for Derby 

against Peterborough 


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FAVOURITES 

with Adam Davies... 

IN EVERY EDITION OF UTB THIS SEASON, 

WE TALK TO A CURRENT MEMBER OF 

UNITED’S FIRST TEAM SQUAD TO FIND OUT 

SOME OF THEIR FAVOURITE THINGS... 

FAVOURITE... 

BAND OR ARTIST... Tough one, I like all sorts. I’ve seen Red Hot Chili 

Peppers live and they were unbelievable, so I’ll go with them. 

BOX SET/TV SERIES... You can’t beat Game of Thrones, can you? 

FILM... City of God. 

PHONE APP... Instagram. 

BOOK... I don’t read much but I do listen to audio books. 

I enjoyed Stay Hard by David Goggins 

COMPUTER GAME... Call of Duty. 

HOLIDAY DESTINATION... Ibiza. 

OTHER SPORT TO PLAY... I used to play Rugby League 

back in the day. I was quite good but there 

came a time when I had to make a decision 

which way to go and I chose football. 

OTHER SPORT TO WATCH... I’ll say Rugby 

League. I’m a big Warrington fan, 

that’s my hometown. 

SPORTSMAN... I’ll go with Roger 

Federer. The way he played the 

sport, he was so elegant, he made 

it look effortless. 

COMEDIAN... I’ll go with Ricky Gervais. 

CURRENT TEAMMATE... I love them all! 

GROUND TO PLAY AT... Newcastle, St. James’ Park. 

I played there for Barnsley, it was the last 

game of the season and they needed to win 

for the title. The noise was incredible. 

MEAL... Recently my missus has been making 

tacos. It’s become tacos on a Tuesday! 

CHOCOLATE BAR... Marvellous Creations Dairy Milk 

KARAOKE SONG… Your Song by Elton John is my 

go-to track.

KIT SPONSORS 

Do you want to sponsor a player’s kit? Contact us at 0114 253 7200 (option 2) or email commercial@sufc.co.uk. 

A player kit sponsorship package is priced at £700 plus VAT per player and includes the following: 

Match worn kit of your chosen player — Video message from your chosen player 

Christmas card from your chosen player — Invitation to annual sponsor training event 

Advertising on club website — Stadium big screen and within the matchday programme 

DAVIES 

DAVIES 

BALDOCK 

BALDOCK 

STEVENS 

STEVENS 

FLECK 

FLECK 

S2S 

GROUP 

– 

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& PLANNING 

BALFOUR 

CARPETS 

BENGALINE 

GROUP 

TOTLEY 

PHARMACY 

H E 

BARNES 

PAUL 

KEY 

O’CONNELL 

O’CONNELL 

BASHAM 

BASHAM 

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BERGE 

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SHEFFIELD 

TRANSMISSION 

SHEFFIELD 

TRANSMISSION 

KIED 

CONSULTING 

PARAMEDICAL 

FIRST AID 

VERTICAL 

EDITIONS 

BOOKS 

YEC ASSET 

MANAGEMENT 

McBURNIE 

McBURNIE 

SHARP 

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EGAN 

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LOWE 

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BLINKFIRE 

ANALYTICS 

SENIOR 

BLADES 

DOOR 

MAINTENANCE 

2003 LTD 

SIMON 

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H E 

BARNES 

VERTICAL 

EDITIONS 

BOOKS 

PEXTON 

FLEMING LTD 

– 

AHMEDHODZIC 

AHMEDHODZIC 

NORWOOD 

NORWOOD 

COULIBALY 

COULIBALY 

FODERINGHAM 

FODERINGHAM 

BALFOUR 

CARPETS 

KIED 

CONSULTING 

CLIVE EYRE 

LIMITED 

IPS 

ELECTRICAL 

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FORKLIFT 

TRUCKS 

LANDIN 

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& CO 

ROBINSON 

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BOGLE 

BOGLE 

DOYLE 

DOYLE 

OSBORN 

OSBORN 

LOUIS 

NICHOLLS 

– 

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NES 

ASBESTOS 

VALORUM 

CARE GROUP 

S2S 

GROUP 

ANDREW 

TREHERNE 

P.J.M LANDSCAPE 

& CONSTRUCTION 

LTD 

CLARK 

CLARK 

McATEE 

McATEE 

NDIAYE 

NDIAYE 

ARBLASTER 

ARBLASTER 

HARVEY & 

ROWAN FRASER 

H E 

BARNES 

JPM FINANCIAL 

MANAGEMENT 

PEXTON 

FLEMING LTD 

SIMON 

AVIS 

PARAMEDICAL 

FIRST AID 

SHEFFIELD 

TRANSMISSION 

– 

N’-DAVIES 

N’-DAVIES 

JEBBISON 

JEBBISON 

M 

HECKINGBOTTOM 

CJ SIGNS 

PARAMEDICAL 

FIRST AID 

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UNITED IN BUSINESS 

Head of Commercial PAUL REEVES provides UTB with the latest 

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

to develop your business, contact Paul on 07983 425066… 

Welcome back to Bramall Lane 

for tonight’s fixture against 

Middlesbrough. As always, we 

are delighted to introduce the sponsors 

that join us for this televised EFL Sky Bet 

Championship match. 

Our first match sponsor is Derbyshire 

Aggregates. Established in 1984, the 

company has grown to become an 

industry leader, exporting products all 

over the world and contributing to a vast 

array of project types. For more details 

visit www.derbyshireaggregates.com 

Our second match sponsor is G19 

Roofing Ltd. They are an experienced 

roofing company based in Sheffield with 

many years of experience. They offer 

high-quality, professional services. Get 

in touch today for your free no-obligation 

quote or friendly advice! Visit https://g19- 

roofing.business.site/ 

Tonight’s third match sponsor is Whittam 

Cox. The practice, based in Chesterfield, 

Derbyshire has retained its position as a 

top 50 employer in Building Magazine’s 

Good Employer Guide for the third 

consecutive year. They are a technical/ 

design led architectural practice and have 

worked on a number of projects with 

Sheffield United. For details on their range 

of services visit www.whittamcox.com 

Finally, Hallam Express join us tonight 

as our match ball sponsor. They are a local 

Sheffield distributor and proud member of 

the TPN Ltd network (The Pallet Network) 

which expands their service reach. They 

operate a UK depot for fast service. With 

their partners, they offer premium and 

economy delivery services across the 

United Kingdom and Europe. Their fleet 

vehicles with their smartly dressed drivers 

collect and deliver tens of thousands of 

pallets each year. For further details visit 

www.hallamexpress.co.uk 

We hope that you all enjoy your evening 

with us. UTB! 

Paul Reeves 

Head of Commercial 

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


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MATCH ACTION 

0 - 0 

– 

– 

SATURDAY 4TH FEBRUARY — SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP — VENUE: NEW YORK STADIUM 

BLADES: FODERINGHAM, BERGE, Mc BURNIE (SHARP 73), EGAN, LOWE, 

AHMEDHODŽIĆ, NORWOOD, ROBINSON, BOGLE, OSBORN (Mc AT E E 7 3) , 

NDIAYE. UNUSED: DAVIES, BASHAM, COULIBALY, CLARK, MARSH. 

Jayden Bogle fires in a cross 


UTB 87 

Iliman Ndiaye holds onto the ball 

Max Lowe charges forward 

James McAtee takes on Ollie Rathbone 

Oli McBurnie on the front foot 


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ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE PITCH WITHOUT 

PERMISSION AND THOSE CARRYING OR USING 

SMOKE BOMBS OR PYROS WILL NOW RECEIVE 

AN AUTOMATIC CLUB BAN. 

‘LOVE FOOTBALL. PROTECT THE GAME’ 

A message about anti-social and criminal behaviour 

To mark the new season, we want to 

make you aware of new measures 

being taken across all of football 

to ensure everyone can have a safe 

and enjoyable experience. We are 

supporting strong action from the 

FA, Premier League and EFL to tackle 

anti-social and criminal behaviours 

that put all of us at risk. 

This reflects the seriousness of 

the risks to fans and staff – pyros 

can burn at 2000 degrees Celsius 

and cause lifechanging injuries, 

while entering the pitch endangers 

players, managers and match 

officials. 

We know those who commit these 

illegal acts do not represent the 

majority of supporters. 

#LoveFootball #ProtectTheGame 


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BASH 

NEXT UP 

ON OUR 

OFFICIAL 

PODCAST 

Our official On of Our Own 

podcast recently welcomed a 

very popular figure for our latest 

edition. 

Current Blades ace Chris 

Basham, who recently hit the 

500 career game milestone, 

joined presenter Paul Walker in 

the Bramall Lane home dressing 

room to discuss his career to 

date and his ups and downs 

since joining United back in 2014. 

The hour-long podcast is 

available now on all the usual 

platforms, with a catalogue of 

previous editions with the likes 

of Dave Bassett amongst others, 

also still available to listen to 

and watch. 

RETRO KITS HIT THE 

SHELVES AGAIN 

The Blades Superstore has taken stock 

of a fresh batch of Blades retro shirts 

which are available to purchase in store 

and online now. 

The 1992-94 home shirt and the 1989- 

91 away shirts are back in stock and 

are already proving popular again with 

supporters. 

To buy online visit sufcdirect.co.uk 

SPURS DATE 

Following United’s victory over Wrexham 

in the FA Cup fourth round replay at 

Bramall Lane, a date was subsequently 

confirmed for the fifth round tie against 

Premier League Tottenham Hotspur. 

The match at Bramall Lane will take 

place on Wednesday 1st March, kick-off 

7.55pm. Ticket information for this game 

is available on page 81 of UTB and online 

now at sufc.co.uk. The match is to be 

broadcast live on BBC One. 


HERE’S 

A ST AT 

I BET 

YOU 

DIDN’T 

KN 

W

OVER HALF A MILLION 

SKY BET CUSTOMERS USE DEPOSIT LIMITS 

TO MANAGE THEIR BETTING BUDGET. 

THAT’S ENOUGH TO FILL: 

6 WEMBLEYS. 

201 ALLY PALLYS. 

OR 8 CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP DAYS. 

(THAT’S A LOT OF TWEED) 

ALL GOOD BOOKMAKERS 

HAVE DEPOSIT LIMITS. 

SO WHOEVER YOU BET WITH, 

SET AN APPROPRIATE ONE FOR YOU 

AND THEN ENJOY THE SPORT. 

DEPOSIT LIMITS 

THAT’S BETTING BETTER.

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FACTS&FIGURES 2022-23 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 2022-23 ROLLCALL 

2022-23 

LEAGUE 

2022-23 

CUP 

UNITED 

CAREER 

2022-23 

RECORD 

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 CHRIS BASHAM 30.05.88 PETERBOROUGH 12 8 - 3 - - 347 26 14 - - - 

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

8 SANDER BERGE 14.02.98 ASKER 20 1 5 1 2 1 73 17 14 3 2 - 

9 OLI McBURNIE 04.06.96 LEEDS 13 9 10 1 - 1 63 55 19 1 7 - 

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

12 JOHN EGAN 22.10.92 CORK 29 - 2 4 - 1 198 1 8 2 7 1 

13 MAX LOWE 11.05.97 SOUTH NORMANTON 11 2 1 1 2 - 21 6 1 4 1 - 

15 ANEL AHMEDHODŽIĆ 26.03.99 MALMO, SWE 22 2 4 3 - 1 25 2 5 2 8 - 

16 OLLIE NORWOOD 12.04.91 BURNLEY 30 - 2 3 1 1 192 13 10 7 6 - 

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

18 WES FODERINGHAM 14.01.91 HAMMERSMITH 27 - - 1 - - 65 - - 1 1 1 

19 JACK ROBINSON 01.09.93 WARRINGTON 9 2 2 2 - - 59 7 5 - 2 - 

20 JAYDEN BOGLE 27.07.00 READING 6 2 2 2 - 1 45 8 9 - 5 - 

22 TOMMY DOYLE 17.10.01 MANCHESTER 11 8 1 2 1 - 13 9 1 4 2 - 

23 BEN OSBORN 05.08.94 DERBY 10 6 1 2 1 - 67 36 5 3 - - 

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

28 JAMES McATEE 18.10.02 SALFORD 11 12 3 4 - - 15 12 3 6 5 - 

29 ILIMAN NDIAYE 06.03.00 ROUEN, FRA 28 2 10 2 1 - 56 13 17 10 3 - 

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

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

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

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

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

36 DANIEL JEBBISON 13.08.03 OAKVILLE, CAN 2 6 1 2 - 1 9 16 3 - 1 1 

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

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

OWN GOALS: 1 

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

SHEFFIELD UNITED ON THE ROAD 2022-23 

BIRMINGHAM CITY 2,714 - - 

BLACKBURN ROVERS 1,536 - - 

BLACKPOOL 1,499 3,474 182 

BRISTOL CITY - 781 356 

BURNLEY 2,683 - - 

CARDIFF CITY - 1,769 388 

COVENTRY CITY 2,232 1,857 168 

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1,430 - - 

HULL CITY 2,661 2,288 132 

LUTON TOWN - 1,032 258 

NORWICH CITY 2,643 - - 

MIDDLESBROUGH - 2,183 202 

MILLWALL 1,270 - - 

PRESTON NORTH END - 4,428 150 

QUEENS PARK RANGERS 668 1,148 336 

READING 566 - - 

ROTHERHAM UNITED 2,687 2,225 20 

STOKE CITY 2,555 2,553 144 

SUNDERLAND 2,572 - - 

SWANSEA CITY 675 560 462 

WATFORD - 1,908 292 

WEST BROMWICH ALBION - 1,936 180 

WIGAN ATHLETIC - 2,225 128 

CARABAO CUP 

WEST BROMWICH ALBION - 739 174 

FA CUP 

MILLWALL - 930 382 

WREXHAM 4,764 1,163 176 

● AWAY FANS AT THE LANE ● BLADES AWAY FANS 

● ROUND TRIP (MILES) 

GOAL TIMES 

F A 

0-15 10 5 

16-30 9 3 

31-45 7 5 

46-60 9 7 

61-75 13 5 

76-90 11 4 

EXTRA-TIME - - 

GOALS THE BREAKDOWN 

SHOTS 49 

HEADERS 9 

PENALTIES - 

OWN GOALS 1 

OTHERS - 

LEAGUE RECORD 

HOME AWAY TOTAL 

P 2483 2483 4966 

W 1323 680 2003 

D 617 611 1228 

L 543 1192 1735 

F 4548 2994 7542 

A 2711 4296 7007 

STAT SNIPPET... 

John Fleck’s appearance from the bench 

during Saturday’s victory over Swansea was 

his first for United since the home game 

against Rotherham United in November. 


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CHAMPIONSHIP TOP 5s 2022-23 

GOALS 

CHUBA AKPOM 

Middlesbrough 16 

VIKTOR GYÖKERES 

Coventry City 12 

OSCAR ESTUPIÑÁN 

Hull City 12 

NATHAN TELLA 

Burnley 12 

CARLTON MORRIS 

Luton Town 11 

ASSISTS 

ILIMAN NDIAYE 

Sheffield United 7 

RYAN GILES 


DAN BARLASER 


TEEMU PUKKI 

Norwich City 7 

ILIAS CHAIR 

Queens Park Rangers 7 

MATCH WINNING GOALS 

VIKTOR GYÖKERES 


OSCAR ESTUPIÑÁN 

Hull City 5 

ROSS STEWART 

Sunderland 5 

BEN BRERETON DIAZ 

Blackburn Rovers 5 

TEEMU PUKKI 

Norwich City 4 

MOST MINUTES PLAYED 

DANIEL BACHMANN 

Watford 2,790 

SENY DIENG 

QPR 2,790 

RYAN ALLSOP 

Cardiff City 2,790 

MAX POWER 

Wigan Athletic 2,700 

DARA O’SHEA 

West Brom 2,700 

CLEAN SHEETS 

BEN WILSON 


WES FODERINGHAM 

Sheffield United 12 

ETHAN HORVATH 

Luton Town 12 

FREDDIE WOODMAN 

Preston North End 12 

DANIEL BACHMANN 

Watford 12 

LEAST GOALS CONCEDED 

SHEFFIELD 

UNITED 24 

BURNLEY 

26 

MILLWALL 

29 

LUTON 

TOWN 30 

WEST BROMWICH 

ALBION 32 


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FACTS&FIGURES 

HOME 

AWAY 

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

1 BURNLEY 30 12 4 0 35 12 8 4 2 26 14 +35 68 

2 SHEFFIELD UNITED 30 10 3 2 33 13 8 4 3 18 11 +27 61 

3 MIDDLESBROUGH 31 8 5 2 23 12 7 1 8 27 24 +14 51 

4 LUTON TOWN 30 5 7 3 20 16 8 3 4 18 14 +8 49 

5 MILLWALL 29 8 4 2 21 9 5 3 7 15 20 +7 46 

6 WATFORD 31 7 4 4 21 14 5 6 5 16 20 +3 46 

7 SUNDERLAND 30 6 4 5 20 16 6 5 4 23 17 +10 45 

8 BLACKBURN ROVERS 30 9 1 4 20 13 5 2 9 12 23 -4 45 

9 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 30 7 4 4 21 14 5 4 6 18 18 +7 44 

10 NORWICH CITY 30 5 4 6 19 19 7 2 6 21 16 +5 42 

11 HULL CITY 31 6 3 7 18 23 5 5 5 19 21 -7 41 

12 PRESTON NORTH END 30 3 4 8 9 20 8 3 4 18 16 -9 40 

13 BRISTOL CITY 30 6 4 6 20 17 4 5 5 20 22 +1 39 

14 COVENTRY CITY 30 7 5 4 20 15 3 4 7 12 18 -1 39 

15 SWANSEA CITY 30 6 2 6 23 20 4 7 5 20 25 -2 39 

16 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 31 5 4 6 18 20 5 5 6 15 20 -7 39 

17 BIRMINGHAM CITY 30 5 5 6 20 18 5 3 6 16 20 -2 38 

18 READING 30 8 3 3 22 16 3 2 11 11 29 -12 38 

19 STOKE CITY 30 4 4 7 17 18 5 3 7 16 20 -5 34 

20 ROTHERHAM UNITED 30 5 5 4 24 17 2 7 7 9 23 -7 33 

21 CARDIFF CITY 31 4 5 7 12 16 3 3 9 10 20 -14 29 

22 WIGAN ATHLETIC 30 3 3 10 12 30 4 5 5 16 19 -21 29 

23 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 30 5 3 7 14 15 2 4 9 14 24 -11 28 

24 BLACKPOOL 30 3 5 7 16 21 3 5 7 14 24 -15 28 

FA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2022-23 

P TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 

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

2 BRISTOL CITY 13 9 3 1 22 7 15 30 

3 SOUTHAMPTON 14 7 5 2 16 9 7 26 

4 BIRMINGHAM CITY 13 7 1 5 20 14 6 22 

5 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 12 7 1 4 20 15 5 22 

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

7 LEWES 12 4 4 4 10 14 -4 16 

8 DURHAM 13 4 3 6 16 17 -1 15 

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

10 SUNDERLAND 14 4 1 9 17 21 -4 13 

11 SHEFFIELD UNITED 13 3 2 8 16 15 1 11 

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

LEAGUE 

TABLES 

2022-23 

U21 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH 2022-23* 



2 HULL CITY 18 8 3 7 40 29 11 27 

3 WIGAN ATHLETIC 19 8 3 8 33 29 4 27 

4 BURNLEY 17 7 3 7 31 34 -3 24 

5 BIRMINGHAM CITY 18 5 6 7 27 32 -5 21 

6 CREWE ALEXANDRA 16 5 4 7 22 30 -8 19 

7 BARNSLEY 17 5 3 9 24 30 -6 18 

8 COVENTRY CITY 17 5 2 10 22 29 -7 17 

9 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 14 4 4 6 26 29 -3 16 

10 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 18 5 0 13 17 41 -24 15 

U18 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH 2022-23* 


1 BARNSLEY 15 11 2 2 41 19 22 35 


3 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 16 7 1 8 28 36 -8 22 

4 COVENTRY CITY 15 5 4 6 24 23 1 19 

5 BURNLEY 15 5 3 7 24 27 -3 18 

6 BIRMINGHAM CITY 12 4 2 6 23 28 -5 14 

7 WIGAN ATHLETIC 15 4 2 9 18 28 -10 14 

8 HULL CITY 15 4 2 9 22 40 -18 14 

9 CREWE ALEXANDRA 14 3 4 7 20 24 -4 13 

10 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 13 3 4 6 12 18 -6 13 

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

UPDATED AS OF 13/02/23 


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SEASON STATS 

2022-23 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

JAN 

FEB 

M 

APR 

MAR 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WED 15 20:00 MIDDLESBROUGH 

SAT 18 12:30 MILLWALL 

SAT 25 15:00 WATFORD 

WED 1 19:55 TOTTENHAM H. FAC5 

SAT 4 12:30 BLACKBURN ROVERS 

TUE 7 20:00 READING 

SAT 11 15:00 LUTON TOWN 

WED 15 20:00 SUNDERLAND 

SAT 18 15:00 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 

SAT 1 15:00 NORWICH CITY 

FRI 7 15:00 WIGAN ATHLETIC 

MON 10 15:00 BURNLEY 

SAT 15 15:00 CARDIFF CITY 

TUE 18 19:45 BRISTOL CITY 

SAT 22 15:00 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 

SAT 29 15:00 PRESTON NORTH END 

MON 8 15:00 BIRMINGHAM CITY 


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HOME GAMES IN BOLD 

1 NUMBER SIGNIFIES GOALS SCORED 

OG = INDICATES AN OWN GOAL – P = PENALTY 

BOOKED – SENT-OFF 

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

8 9 10 11 SUBSTITUTES REFEREE 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TV TIME… 

United Women 

defender Ellie Wilson 

one of several members 

of the SUTV Live team 

watching Saturday’s 

game against Swansea 

City from the warmth 

of the TV studio. 


98 UTB 

BLADES STATISTICIAN ANDREW KIRKHAM DELVES INTO THE 

ARCHIVES TO ENLIGHTEN UNITEDITES WITH TOPICAL FIGURES… 

2,000 UP... 

Although it is about six weeks ago that we beat Blackpool 2-1 at the seaside, it is still 

worth noting that it was our 2,000th league victory in our 4,961st league game. Below 

is a summary of each of our 250 landmark victories. As can be seen, our first 250 

victories were the quickest, in terms of games played - 575, but our most recent 250 

wins came a very close second quickest, taking just 576 games. 

NUMBER OF WINS TOTAL 

GAMES 

GAMES FOR 

LAST 250 WINS 

SEASON OPPONENTS SCORE 

250 575 575 1908-09 A vs Bristol City 2-1 

500 1,258 683 1930-31 A vs Manchester City 4-1 

750 1,853 595 1951-52 H vs Rotherham United 1-0 

1,000 2,437 584 1966-67 H vs Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 

1,250 3,122 685 1981-82 A vs Northampton Town 2-1 

1,500 3,768 646 1996-97 H vs Bradford City 3-0 

1,750 4,385 617 2009-10 H vs Bristol City 2-0 

2,000 4,961 576 2022-23 A vs Blackpool 2-1 

The Blackpool victory came after 4,961 games and by the end of the season we will 

have played 4,982 league games. So game 18 next season will see another landmark 

reached – our 5,000th league game. 

QUICK TO 200 

In our last programme it was mentioned that Ollie Norwood had reached his 200th 

appearance for the Blades having missed only 13 possible games. I was asked if 

anyone has reached his 200th United appearance quicker in terms of possible games 

missed. There may be more than one other but Eddie Colquhoun’s record will take 

some beating. Ignoring County Cup, Watney Cup and Texaco Cup appearances he 

reached 200 club appearances (179 league, 

7 FA Cup and 14 League Cup) having 

missed just eight possible games. If the 

other competitons are included (14 games) 

he reached 200 appearances missing only 

seven games. 

If anyone knows of a player to have reached 

his ‘200’ missing fewer games please let me 

know on blades195451@yahoo.com 

⊲ Eddie Colquhoun’s (pictured left of Stewart Scullion) 

appearance milestone will take some beating 


SHEFFIELD UNITED 

1 O Adam DAVIES 

2 O George BALDOCK 

3 O Enda STEVENS 

4 O John FLECK 

5 O Jack O’CONNELL 

6 O Chris BASHAM 

7 O Rhian BREWSTER 

8 O Sander BERGE 

9 O Oli McBURNIE 

10 O Billy SHARP 

12 O John EGAN 

13 O Max LOWE 

15 O Anel AHMEDHODŽIĆ 

16 O Ollie NORWOOD 

17 O Ismaila COULIBALY 

18 O Wes FODERINGHAM 

19 O Jack ROBINSON 

20 O Jayden BOGLE 

22 O Tommy DOYLE 

23 O Ben OSBORN 

26 O Ciaran CLARK 

28 O James McATEE 

29 O Iliman NDIAYE 

30 O Oliver ARBLASTER 

32 O Will OSULA 

33 O Rhys NORRINGTON-DAVIES 

34 O Kyron GORDON 

35 O Andre BROOKS 

36 O Daniel JEBBISON 

39 O Sai SACHDEV 

MIDDLESBROUGH 

1 O Zack STEFFEN 

2 O Isaiah JONES 

3 O Ryan GILES 

4 O Alex MOWATT 

5 O Matt CLARKE 

6 O Dael FRY 

7 O Daniel BARLASER 

8 O Riley McGREE 

9 O Rodrigo MUNIZ 

10 O Cameron ARCHER 

11 O Aaron RAMSEY 

14 O Tommy SMITH 

15 O Anfernee DIJKSTEEL 

16 O Jonny HOWSON 

17 O Paddy McNAIR 

21 O Marcus FORSS 

23 O Liam ROBERTS 

25 O Matt CROOKS 

26 O Darragh LENIHAN 

27 O Marc BOLA 

28 O Luke DANIELS 

29 O Chuba AKPOM 

30 O Hayden HACKNEY 

31 O Sonny FINCH 

33 O Joe GIBSON 

35 O Isaac FLETCHER 

39 O Jeremy SIVI 

44 O Pharrell WILLIS 

REFEREE 

ANDRE MARRINER 

ASSISTANT REFEREE 1 

MATTHEW WILKES 

ASSISTANT REFEREE 2 

NICK GREENHALGH 

FOURTH OFFICIAL 

DARREN BOND 

MAIN MATCH SPONSOR: DERBYSHIRE AGGREGATES — G19 ROOFING — WHITTAM COX 

MATCH BALL SPONSOR: HALLAM EXPRESS 

EMERGENCY PROCEDURE: 

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

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

the announcement. Comply immediately if it affects your area. 

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

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

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

remain where you are until stewards assist you. Remain calm 

and do not move unless the announcement affects your area.

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