Sheffield United kicked off their Premier League season at home against Crystal Palace, fifteen hours after an out of character midnight signing announcement – Gustavo Hamer joining on a four-year contract. With Paul Heckingbottom previously admitting he considered the squad light and putting pressure on those above him to make further signings, he chose a starting lineup which relied on the more familiar faces and a young frontline. Blades: Foderingham, Baldock, Ahmedhodžić, Egan (C), Robinson, Lowe, Norwood, Basham, Osborn, Traoré, Osula Subs: Davies, Trusty, Souza, Larouci, Marsh, Brooks ..read more

Winning start to the Blades Pre-Season In their opening fixture of the 2023/2024 pre-season, Sheffield United made the short trip to Chesterfield to take on the National League side.  4495 Blades supporters were officially in attendance in a total crowd of 9476 who braved a complete mixture of weathers, Kick Off being delayed slightly due to the queues to enter the stadium. Paul Heckingbottom elected to play a different XI per half in order to get some minutes into the players who arrived back at Shirecliffe last week.  The first half XI consisted of: Foderingham, Seriki, Basham ..read more

The latest in his range of Blades related books, author and journalist Danny Hall has released his latest work in conjunction with ex-Sheffield United keeper Paddy Kenny. Getting across his side on a few of the ‘fruitier’ stories from his career, the book focuses on the man on and off the pitch, with the intentions of not making it more than the usual ‘football book’. With a foreword from who else but the man who signed him many times, Neil Warnock, the book is sure to entertain and give another take on a number of stories from his years at the club. The book has been released today and can be ..read more

MAN v FAT Football’s latest season in Sheffield is now underway, as men across the city continue their mission to lose weight via the power of football. Whether you’re United or Wednesday, the MAN v FAT Football league in Sheffield is open to any guy who fancies losing weight via this innovative programme. With players contributing bonus goals to games dependent on their weight loss success, it’s a great way to hit your target weight with like minded blokes. To qualify to play, you need a BMI of 27.5 or more, and you can join in the 14 week season at any time. Most men join on their own or wit ..read more

With their first away game selected for television coverage, Sheffield United get their 2022-23 season under way two days later than the most of the rest of the EFL Championship, beginning their campaign at Vicarage Road on 1st August. Relegated from the Premier League last season, Watford are high amongst the bookies favourites for promotion and should be a tough test for the Blades. The last time the sides met each other was at Bramall Lane on Boxing Day 2019, when an Oli Norwood penalty earned the Blades a draw, cancelling out Gerard Deulofeu’s opener. Smashing his spot kick into the bottom ..read more

Sheffield United 0 – 1 Birmingham City – 7th August 2021 It was far too many months since the majority of those in attendance last took in the sights and sounds of Bramall Lane, an interim, more sanitised dead-rubber v. Burnley aside. With packed hostelries, long overdue catchups amongst friends – and those acquaintances you’ve seen up and down the country for years, but whose names you’ve never known – it was a welcome return to near normality. It was the new faces, however, that dominated the pre-match chat as, eager to see a reverse to last season’s form, Sheffield United supporters debated ..read more

The latest in his range of Blades related books, author and journalist Danny Hall has released his latest work in conjunction with ex-Sheffield United keeper Paddy Kenny. Getting across his side on a few of the ‘fruitier’ stories from his career, the book focuses on the man on and off the pitch, with the intentions of not making it more than the usual ‘football book’. With a foreword from who else but the man who signed him many times, Neil Warnock, the book is sure to entertain and give another take on a number of stories from his years at the club. The book has been released today and can be ..read more

Cast your minds back to the halcyon days of last summer. The sun shone (occasionally), the beer flowed freely and the Blades were looking forward to what a top flight season under Chris Wilder and Alan Knill’s tutelage would look like. There were many questions… Would overlapping centre halves work in the top division? Would a team of bargain buys and cast-offs find themselves dazzled by the bright lights that would beam their every move to a worldwide audience of billions? Why on earth was John Lundstram listed as a defender in the Fantasy League? And exactly how horrendously biased was VAR g ..read more

As founding members of the Football League in 1888, Aston Villa were regular opponents of the Blades until the ups and downs of the 1970s and 80s. The two sides have met 135 times in both the league and FA Cup, with Aston Villa winning 63 matches, Sheffield United winning 40 and 32 draws. 1890s: Sheffield United and Aston Villa first met on 2nd October 1893 in Division One, the Blades winning 3-0 at Bramall Lane with goals from Jack Drummond, Harry Hammond and Billy Fleming. Villa however, won the reverse fixture on 30th October 4-0 and ultimately finished the season as champions. The two side ..read more

Way back in August, Premier League survival was the ultimate aim for all the sides newly promoted from the Championship. Half way through March and sitting at opposite ends of the table,  the Blades’ fortunes were looking starkly contrasted to those of both Norwich and Aston Villa. But your crystal ball would have had to have been pretty damn good to predict a global pandemic temporarily halting the season just as it was about to get interesting… Here, Shoaib Ahmed from Villans Together gives us a rundown of lockdown and Villa’s run-in as the season restarts: What were your expectations f ..read more