This article is about the English men ‘s football golf club. For the women ‘s football club, see Sheffield United W.F.C. For the chinese club once known as Sheffield United F.C., see Chengdu Tiancheng F.C.
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Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football golf club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. They were formed in 1889, as an outgrowth of Sheffield United Cricket Club, and are nicknamed “ the Blades ” due to Sheffield ‘s history of sword production. [ 2 ] The team have played home games at Bramall Lane since their formation. Sheffield United won the First Division in 1898 and the FA Cup in 1899, 1902, 1915 and 1925 ; they were First Division runner-up in 1897 and 1900 and reached the FA Cup final in 1901 and 1936. United were the first clubhouse in English football to achieve promotion from the newly formed second Division to the First Division in 1892–93. The club was besides a collapse member of the Premier League in the 1992–93 season, during which they scored the first always finish of the contest ; Brian Deane was the first base scorekeeper in a 2–1 win at Bramall Lane against Manchester United. Sheffield United are one of only five sides to have won all four professional divisions of English football. For most of the clubhouse ‘s history, United have played in bolshevik and white striped shirts with black shorts. Their main rivals are Sheffield Wednesday, with whom they contest the Steel City bowler hat .

history

formation and aura years ( 1888–1975 )

The United team from 28 September 1895 before a match against Stoke City The club was formed by members of the Sheffield United Cricket Club, formed in 1854 and the first base english sports club to use ‘United ‘ in its name. Sheffield United ‘s overriding dub is “ The Blades ”, a address to Sheffield ‘s condition as the major producer of cutter in the United Kingdom. United ‘s original dub was in fact “ The Cutlers ” from 1889–1912. City rivals Wednesday held the nickname “ The Blades ” in their early on years, however in 1907 Wednesday officially became “ The Owls ”, in reference to their new flat coat in Owlerton, and United would former claim “ The Blades ” dub for themselves. [ 3 ] Sheffield United officially formed on 22 March 1889 at the Adelphi Hotel, Sheffield ( nowadays the web site of the Crucible Theatre ) by the President of the Cricket Club, Sir Charles Clegg. The Wednesday had moved from Bramall Lane to their own ground at Olive Grove after a dispute over gate receipts and the tenants of Bramall Lane needed to create a raw team to generate income. Sir Charles Clegg was by the way besides the president of the united states of The Wednesday. [ 4 ] undoubtedly United ‘s flower was the 30-year period from 1895–1925, when they were champions of England in 1897–98 and runner-up in 1896–97 and 1899–1900, and FA Cup winners in 1899, 1902, 1915 and 1925. United have not won a trophy since 1925, bar those associated with promotion from lower leagues, their best performances in the cup competitions being respective semi-final appearances in the FA Cup and League Cup. [ 5 ]

fall from seemliness and brief revival ( 1975–1994 )

Their darkest days came between 1975 and 1981. After finishing sixth in the First Division at the end of the 1974–75 temper, they were relegated to the Second Division the follow season, and three years after that reverse they fell into the Third Division. They reached an absolute low in 1981 when they were relegated to the Fourth Division, but were champions in their first season in the league ‘s basement part and two years afterwards they won forwarding to the Second Division. They fell back into the Third Division in 1988, but newfangled coach Dave Bassett masterminded a quick revival which launched the Blades towards one of the most successful eras in their history. consecutive promotions in the consequence of the 1988 relegation saw them return to the First Division in 1990 after a 14-year expatriate. They survived at this flat for four seasons ( being fall through members of the fresh Premier League in 1992 after peaking with a ninth-place coating in the last season of the old First Division ) and reached an FA Cup semi-final in the 1992–93 season before being relegated in 1994 .

Financial trouble oneself and fall to League One ( 1994–2013 )

They remained outside the top flight for the future 12 years, although they qualified for the play-offs under Bassett ‘s successor Howard Kendall in 1997 and caretaker director Steve Thompson in 1998. They were struggling at the wrong end of Division One when Neil Warnock was appointed director in December 1999, and a fiscal crisis was preventing the club from being able to boost their police squad, but in 2002–03 they enjoyed their most successful season for a decade, reaching the semi-finals of both domestic cup and besides reaching the Division One play-off final, where they were beaten 3–0 by Wolverhampton Wanderers. Three years subsequently, however, Warnock delivered a Premier League return as the Blades finished runner-up in the re-branded Championship. They lasted just one season back amongst the elect, before being relegated from the Premier League amidst the controversy surrounding Carlos Tevez, the player who was controversially signed by West Ham United and whose performances played a big part in their remarkable miss from relegation. Neil Warnock resigned as coach after the Blades went down. The team besides purchased chinese baseball club Chengdu Wuniu in 2006, and redesigned the cabaret cap in the manner of the Sheffield United badge and renamed the team “ Chengdu Blades ”. [ 6 ] The team were dissolved in 2015. The club struggled to come to terms with life back in the Championship, with a corkscrew wage bill not being matched by the quality of the players brought in, and a sequence of managers within a short period of fourth dimension. The Blades reached the Championship playoff final in 2009 under Kevin Blackwell, but a period of worsen then set in. The 2010–11 season proved black, with the club employing three different managers in the span of a season, which ultimately ended in relegation to League One under Micky Adams, meaning they would play in the one-third tier of English football for the first base time since 1989. United qualified for the League One play-offs in 2011–12 and 2012–13 but lost in the final examination and semi-final respectively .

Saudi Takeover and return to the crown trajectory ( 2013–present )

In September 2013, Abdullah bin Musaid Al Saud of the House of Saud had bought a 50 per penny impale in United ‘s parent company “ Blades leisure Ltd ”. Both parties, at that prison term, agreed to include a “ roulette poster ” mechanism to end their placement when they nobelium longer wished to work together. In 2014, United reached the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley but lost 5–3 to Hull City. [ 7 ] In 2014–15, the team reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and semi-final of the Football League Cup. [ 8 ] United secured promotion second to the second tier in 2016–17 under the management of lifelong United sports fan and former player Chris Wilder, winning the League One championship with 100 points. [ 9 ] In former 2017, co-owner Kevin McCabe served a roulette notice on Prince Abdullah, giving him the choice to sell his 50 per cent at £5 million or buy McCabe ‘s 50 per cent for the same price. Prince Abdullah chose to buy but McCabe refused to sell, a decision that ended up before the high Court of Justice. [ 10 ] In the 2018–19 season, Sheffield United achieved automatic pistol forwarding to the Premier League. [ 11 ] United ‘s first season back in the Premier League, despite being tipped by many for delegating, produced a ninth-place finish. [ 12 ] Despite this, ownership disputes between Prince Abdullah and McCabe continued. In September 2019, after 20 months of litigation, the High Court issued its judgment, requiring McCabe ‘s company to sell its shares in United. [ 13 ] McCabe sought permission to appeal from the High Court and Court of Appeal but both appeals were rejected. [ 14 ] As a leave, Prince Abdullah became the sole beneficial owner of the club. In the 2020–21 temper, the baseball club made a very poor people begin to the season, taking fair one win in their hatchway eighteen matches. Wilder left the club by common accept in March 2021. [ 15 ] He was replaced by Paul Heckingbottom, who could not prevent delegating at the conclusion of the temper. [ 16 ] In May 2021, the club appointed Slaviša Jokanović as the new coach, making him the first overseas coach the baseball club ‘s history. [ 17 ] however, Jokanović was dismissed in November after a poor people begin to the season and Heckingbottom was reappointed as director, this time on a permanent wave basis. [ 18 ]

Kits, colours and crest

Sheffield United have played in bolshevik and white stripes for most of their history, but began playing in flannel shirts and aristocratic shorts. They briefly played in narrow red stripes for the 1890–91 season, before returning to all-white the follow year. The stripes returned in the 1892–93 season, with black shorts replacing the aristocratic in 1904. The shirts remained largely unaltered until collars were first removed in 1955, replaced by V-necks until the 1966–67 season ( when white socks were besides used ), and from hera on the neck style varied. The traditional red and whiten stripes remained until the 1974–75 season, when elements of black were added, until the 1979–81 and 82 season kit. This was white with a bolshevik breast, and with thin stripes down either side, and was created to accommodate the logo of the club ‘s principal presenter, Cantor ‘s, a local furniture patronize. This was to be replaced by a denude kit, with the presenter Bentley ‘s ( 1981–82 ) and Renault ( 1982–83 ) written vertically down a white stripe over the left side. Their kits continued to feature strip shirts, albeit with diverse aids to accommodate their sponsors, including a yellow square for Laver from 1988–92 ( the 1990–92 shirt besides featured pin down black stripes through each white stripe ) and a black basket, besides for Laver in the 1994–95 season. then came the ball field kit, which was indeed ill received that the club reverted to stripes the surveil season. [ 19 ] Since then, red and white stripes and black socks with varying trim have been the order of the day, with black shorts for all but the 2002–05 seasons, when whiten and then crimson were tried. [ 20 ] The club besides every few seasons opt to put thin total darkness stripes between the bolshevik and white stripes. Sheffield United ‘s home colours were the divine guidance for the kit of Irish club, Derry City. In 1934, Derry City adopted the stripes, while Billy Gillespie was director of the club, in recognition of Gillespie ‘s achievements at Sheffield United. [ 21 ]
The beginning time a crown appeared on the shirt was in the 1891–92 season, when a loss crest appeared on the white shirt, but this disappeared the follow season. United used the city of Sheffield ‘s coat of arms from 1965–77, when a fresh cap was used, introduced by former director Jimmy Sirrel, but designed obviously over 20 years previously by former player Jimmy Hagan. [ 22 ] This consisted of two white crossed swords, or blades, the clubhouse ‘s dub, with a yorkshire Rose above, on a black background. This is surrounded by a crimson resound with “ Sheffield United F.C. ” written around the top and “ 1889 “, the year the clubhouse was founded, underneath. This has been altered identical slenderly a few times, with a dim-witted black embroidered crest appearing on shirts from 1987–90, and an all-white crest on a red-edged black shield for the 1992–99 seasons, but reverted to its original class in 2000. [ 23 ]

ground

Sheffield United play at Bramall Lane, near the center of Sheffield. Bramall Lane is the oldest major league ground anywhere in the populace, having hosted its inaugural game in 1862, [ 47 ] a match between Hallam and Sheffield Club. Bramall Lane besides hosted the populace ‘s first ever floodlit football equal on 14 October 1878 with two teams picked from the Sheffield Football Association. The might for the lights was provided by two generators. The crowd was 20,000 and the grade 2–0. Bramall Lane was primitively a cricket ground and in 1855 it was leased to Sheffield United Cricket Club ( founded in 1854 ) by the Duke of Norfolk. The footing was opened with a cricket peer on 30 April 1855 and late became a shared cricket/football venue. After Yorkshire County Cricket Club was founded in 1863, it was their main venue in the nineteenth hundred. They continued to use the land for some matches each season until 7 August 1973, after which construction ferment began to convert Bramall Lane into a specialist football stadium. The ground has seen expansion in holocene years, with the 2006 completion of a 3,000 seat corner stand, [ 48 ] Bramall Lane is nowadays an all-seater stadium match for the Premier League holding 32,050. [ 46 ] In March 2009 the club were formally granted license to expand the stadium once again, over two phases. The first phase would have seen the Kop being extended to increase the establish ‘s capacity up to approximately 37,000. It would besides have seen the removal of the chief subscribe pillars and a giant star screen installed as region of the stand ‘s roof. The second phase would have seen the Valad Stand ( once Arnold Laver Stand ) besides extended, bringing the total capacity to a 40,000 all seater. The expansion would besides have had a secondary coil focus of being available for choice for FIFA World Cup matches in 2018 or 2022, if England ‘s bid were to be successful. however, on 16 December 2009 The Football Association announced that should England ‘s 2018/2022 World Cup offer be successful then any games played in Sheffield would be staged at Sheffield Wednesday ‘s Hillsborough Stadium. In light of this United ‘s erstwhile foreman administrator, Trevor Birch, made it known that all planned crunch renovation had been put on hold until the club was able to regain and maintain Premiership status. [ 49 ] A revise application for the renovation of Kop was submitted in 2015, which would see 3,215 seats added to the stand ‘s current capability. [ 50 ] Further plans were revealed in 2017 for the development of the corner between the Kop and South Stand, which would see the construction of residential flats and a new club store. [ 51 ]

Supporters and rivalries

Sheffield United derive confirm from a across-the-board cross-section of the city and its environs, with branches of the official supporters ‘ golf club running from Swinton, [ 52 ] Kiveton Park, [ 53 ] Retford and Eckington. Further afield, supporters groups besides exist in Essex, the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands and Australia, amongst others. [ 54 ] A 2013 study of posts on sociable network site Twitter found that Blades fans have the most cocksure interactions with the official report of their club out of any in English football. [ 55 ] Sheffield United were besides found to have the most ‘obsessed ‘ fans in the 2006–07 Premier League, with supporters reportedly thinking about the team 110 times a sidereal day on median. [ 56 ] United have a number of fame supporters including :

Rivalries

Sheffield United have numerous rivalries, by and large with other Yorkshire clubs. The most celebrated competition is with their city neighbours Sheffield Wednesday, with whom they contest the Steel City bowler hat ( named after the sword industry for which the city of Sheffield is globally celebrated ). Sheffield United ‘s following chief equal is Leeds United from West Yorkshire. This is known as a Yorkshire bowler hat pit ( the two cities of Sheffield and Leeds are the largest two cities in Yorkshire ). Their other main rivals are the professional golf club of South Yorkshire ; Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers and Rotherham United. These matches are known as South Yorkshire derbies. Sheffield United besides have a competition with Nottingham Forest. This can be attributed to the miners ‘ strikes of the 1980s, where workers in the pits of Nottinghamshire did not join the hit ( known locally as scabbing ) while miners from yorkshire did. West Ham United have besides become boisterous rivals due to the ‘Tevez saga ‘ and the keep up lawsuit charges. [ 72 ]

Chants

Like many English clubs, Sheffield United supporters have a across-the-board assortment of chants and songs. The most celebrated of these is The Greasy Chip Butty Song, sing to the tune of John Denver ‘s ‘ Annie ‘s Song ‘. [ 73 ]

Players

First team

As of 13 September 2021[74]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on loanword

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Development squad and academy

Transfers

musician of the year

A ‘Player of the Year ‘ prize has been presented since 1967 to recognise the player who has made the greatest contribution to the club over the course of the season. [ 75 ] initially organised by the Official Supporters Club the award was voted for by their members although it was presented as an official club prize. In recent years the award has been presented at a gala ‘End of Season ‘ award ceremony and dinner, normally held at the end of April, and vote has been widened to include a broader section of the club ‘s fanbase. The inaugural winner of the award was long serving goalkeeper Alan Hodgkinson. The player with the most award wins is striker Alan Woodward on four occasions between 1970 and 1978. The longest gap between wins by a player is seven years ; Keith Edwards had two spells with the clubhouse and won the prize during both, in 1977 and 1984. [ 75 ] Harry Maguire and Phil Jagielka have won the award on three consecutive occasions. [ 75 ] The award was shared between two players for the first time in 2017, with Billy Sharp and John Fleck receiving the award .

Development squads and women ’ mho team

The Sheffield United F.C. Academy & Training earth at Shirecliffe

academy

Sheffield United ‘s Academy is responsible for youth growth at the golf club. It has produced such players as Manchester City defender Kyle Walker and defender Phil Jagielka, both England internationals, and besides Swansea City defender Kyle Naughton, Burnley broad back Matthew Lowton, Manchester United defender and golf club master Harry Maguire and current cabaret captain Billy Sharp. The Academy build and train facilities in the Sheffield suburb of Shirecliffe were opened in 2002 by then Minister for Sport Richard Caborn. [ 76 ] Sheffield United Academy U18s presently play in the Professional Development League at the Shirecliffe labor at Firshill Crescent, and finished as runner-up in the 2011 FA Youth Cup. [ 77 ] In summation, SteelPhalt are the sponsor of the Shirecliffe-based Academy, and are besides the major sponsor of Sheffield United Women .

Under 23s

Sheffield United U23s presently compete in the Professional Development League, playing home games at versatile venues, including Bramall Lane and Stocksbridge Park Steels FC. The club have fielded a allow team since 1893, when the reserves played in ‘Sheffield League Division One ‘. [ 78 ]

United Women

Sheffield United besides have a Women ‘s team, once known as Sheffield United Ladies, who play in the FA Women ‘s Championship after having been promoted in the 2017–18 season from the FA Women ‘s National League. Sheffield United Women besides have a Development team and numerous junior teams as part of the Regional Talent Club and an extra grassroots arm .

Non-playing staff

managerial history

At its formation in 1889 United did not employ what would today be termed a director, the slope was coached by a flight simulator and a football committee selected the team and decided upon tactics ( this was a continuance of the structure of Sheffield United Cricket Club from which the football team had been formed. ) [ 81 ] They did appoint Joseph Wostinholm to the put of club secretary and he was responsible for the daily function of the club, matchday organization and dealing with players and contracts. Wostinholm oversaw a period of rapid growth for the team, culminating in 1899 when United won their one and alone First Division backing, after which he retired. [ 81 ] Wostinholm was replaced by John Nicholson as secretary and he would remain in post for over 30 years until his death in 1932. Nicholson presided over the most successful period in the club ‘s history as United became a leading force in English football, winning the FA Cup four times and regularly challenged at the top of the league but a second Division One title for the clubhouse eluded him. [ 82 ]

A new era

Following the death of John Nicholson ( who died whilst travelling to an away match in Birmingham ) [ 82 ] the United board turned to Chesterfield director Teddy Davison to become the club ‘s beginning real coach. [ 83 ] The team were in decline however and were soon relegated for the first base prison term in their history. Davison gradually rebuilt the side with astute signings and unseasoned players and regained top trajectory status but the clubs post-war fiscal problems would hamper team build for years to come. Davison retired in 1952 and prompted the clubhouse to appoint Rotherham United director Reg Freeman as his successor. Freeman stabilised the team but fell ailment and died in 1955 [ 84 ] after which United turned to the inexperienced Joe Mercer but he struggled to cope with a team in refuse and departed for Aston Villa in 1958. [ 85 ] United then appointed Chester director John Harris who inherited a talented but under performing slope which he transformed into a promotion team, returning to Division One in 1961. [ 86 ] Harris built a side based on local players and stabilised them in the top flight but fiscal issues soon prompted the sale of key players and United were finally relegated once more. Harris opted to ‘move upstairs ‘ to become ‘general coach ‘ [ 86 ] and handed the function of team director to Arthur Rowley but he was sacked after one temper following disappoint results. [ 87 ] Harris returned as director and guided the side to promotion once more but after a adept start spinal column in the top flight Harris ‘ confidence faded and he stepped down in 1973 to ‘move upstairs ‘ for the irregular time. [ 86 ]

rapid worsen

Experienced Blackburn Rovers coach Ken Furphy was the man United turned to replace John Harris. [ 88 ] He initially did well but the team was ageing and there was little money to replace players. After a good end in his first season a black string of results the following year led to Furphy being sacked in October 1975. [ 88 ] Jimmy Sirrel was recruited from Notts County but he proved unpopular with both the players and fans and could not halt the decline, overseeing delegating and then being sacked in September 1977 with United at the buttocks of Division Two. [ 87 ] The ambitious and colorful Harry Haslam was handed the reigns and although many of his ideas were ahead of their time he built an ageing english based on ‘star ‘ players at the end of their career. [ 89 ] now in the Third Division performances deteriorated silent further and Haslam stepped down due to illness in January 1981. [ 89 ] World Cup winner and then United actor Martin Peters was promoted to the side of coach but United were relegated to Division Four at the conclusion of the season and Peters resigned. [ 85 ]

Moving on up

With a new ambitious control panel in place United recruited Ian Porterfield as director in June 1981. [ 90 ] He had an contiguous impact, winning the Division Four backing in his first season and taking the clubhouse back into the second tier two years late on a meager budget. [ 90 ] Despite this many fans were infelicitous with the stylus of football and odd team selections and Porterfield was sacked in 1986 following garter protests. [ 90 ] Coach Billy McEwan was promoted to the placement of director but failed to improve the standard of playing period and with attendances falling and the team in danger of relegation once more he was sacked in January 1988. [ 91 ] United immediately turned to the colorful character of Dave Bassett who had most recently had a short, abortive go as director of Watford. [ 92 ] It was to prove an astute appointment as although he could not prevent relegation in his first season he built a solid, hard working team on a small budget and won back to back promotions, returning the club to the top flight and achieving unconstipated mid-table finishes. [ 92 ] With the geological formation of the Premier League United ‘s previous fiscal problems and willingness to sell star players without replacing them meant the side finally succumbed to delegating and when an immediate return was not approaching Basset was sacked in December 1995. [ 92 ]

Comings and goings

The follow years proved a disruptive time for United as they chased the ambition of Premiership football. Experienced Howard Kendall was recruited as coach and undertook a complete rebuilding of the side but left in June 1997 to take over at Everton. [ 91 ] Player-coach Nigel Spackman was promoted to replace Kendall but after initial predict he quit after only eight months citing boardroom intervention. [ 93 ] This was to become a recurring theme and substitution Steve Bruce would leave after entirely one season citing the lapp reasons. [ 83 ] Adrian Heath then proved a black appointee and lasted only six months before being sacked with United looking more likely to be relegated than promoted. [ 89 ] The Blades then turned to experienced lower league director Neil Warnock who managed to stave off delegating and began to rebuild the side on a meager budget. [ 94 ] Warnock proved a dissentious figure with fans, but after a number of mid-table finishes he achieved forwarding back to the Premiership in 2006. The side were relegated the following season, prompting the board not to renew Warnock ‘s contract. [ 94 ] fair like adrian Heath, the appointment of Bryan Robson in 2007 proved an unpopular and abortive one and he was sacked after less than a year following poor people results and acute fan press. [ 90 ] Former adjunct director Kevin Blackwell was appointed as Robson ‘s surrogate [ 95 ] but despite reaching the play-off finals in his first broad season the team was obviously in decay and he was sacked after only two games of the 2010–11 season. Worse was to come however as player-coach Gary Speed was concisely promoted to director but left after merely a few months to take over the Welsh national side. Micky Adams then became the third full-time director of the season, and oversaw a black test of results which saw United relegated and Adams sacked after only six months in charge. With United in the third gear tier once more, Danny Wilson was appointed as coach in June 2011, despite protests from United fans over his previous association with crosstown rivals Sheffield Wednesday. [ 96 ] Wilson guided the cabaret to the League One play-off final in his first gear full season in commission, entirely to lose to Huddersfield Town after a celebrated punishment gunfight in which Huddersfield missed their first three penalties. Despite the club challenging for promotion the follow temper, a inadequate run of results led to Wilson ‘s departure in April 2013, [ 97 ] being replaced by Chris Morgan until the end of the season. [ 97 ] After a hanker research for a raw knob, erstwhile Scotland defender David Weir was appointed as Wilson ‘s long-run substitute. [ 98 ] Weir ‘s tenure was ephemeral however, as he was sacked in October of the same year, having won alone one of 13 games in charge. [ 99 ] After Chris Morgan had overseen the team for a brief clock, Nigel Clough was appointed as Weir ‘s permanent wave successor in October 2013. [ 100 ] Clough guided the Blades to finish seventh in the table narrowly missing the play-offs after having been bottom of the table at the startle of February and besides led United to an FA Cup semi-final against Hull City which the Blades lost 5–3 after doubly taking the leave in the first half. The follow season saw Clough guide the Blades to fifth space in the league, thus qualifying for the play-offs and besides led them to a first League Cup semi-final in 12 years, with the Blades ultimately losing to Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 on aggregate. United failed to gain forwarding through the play-offs after losing to Swindon Town 2–1 in the inaugural leg and drawing 5–5 in the second stage ( 7–6 on aggregate ). Following their bankruptcy to gain promotion, Clough was sacked on 25 May 2015 and on 2 June 2015, former Scunthorpe United, Southampton and Reading boss Nigel Adkins was appointed as the new Blades coach. however, his date only lasted one temper as the Blades ( who were in 2nd place after the beginning five matches ) ultimately finished in 11th seat, the club ‘s lowest polish in the third tier since 1983. Adkins was punctually sacked on 12 May 2016 and quickly replaced by former Northampton Town director and former Blades player Chris Wilder, who oversaw United ‘s promotion from League One after six years in the division, [ 9 ] and its subsequent reappearance to the Premier League in 2019 .

League history

Chart of table positions of United since joining the Football League .

  • Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 62
  • Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 44
  • Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 11
  • Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 1

Honours

Leagues

Sheffield United are the one-fourth club to have won a backing championship in each of England ‘s four professional leagues. After Burnley, Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers. [ 102 ]
Captain George Utley leads Sheffield United out for the 1915 FA Cup final .

Cups

baseball club records

In media and popular culture

BBC Radio Sheffield is the stream radio broadcaster of live commentaries of matches. available on DAB, Freeview channel 734, FM frequencies 88.6 MHz, 94.7 MHz, 104.1 MHz & MW frequency of 1035 kilohertz. All available in South Yorkshire and surrounding areas. United were, along with Arsenal, the first team to be featured in a populate radio receiver comment. [ 106 ] The Division One fixture between the two sides on 22 January 1927 was broadcast by the BBC. [ 106 ] Club captain Billy Gillespie scored United ‘s goal in the 1–1 disembowel and listeners were provided with a number map of the slope via the Radio Times to aid their understand of where play was taking topographic point. [ 106 ] The area in movement of the goalkeeper was number 1, with the crippled providing the first function of the phrase “ rear to square one. ” [ 106 ] A count of films and television programmes have included references to Sheffield United :

  • 1977 Sheffield United are referenced by Brian Blessed’s character in a third series episode of the BBC post-apocalyptic drama series Survivors from the 1970s. Blessed’s character also wears a Sheffield United scarf throughout.
  • 1990, the BBC produced a six-part documentary series named “United” that followed the fortunes of the club towards the end of the 1989–90 season, in which they achieved automatic promotion to the top flight of English football.
  • 1996 film When Saturday Comes stars real-life United fan Sean Bean as a part-time Hallam FC player who is scouted by Sheffield United, who then goes on to play in a FA Cup semi-final.
  • 1997 British comedy film The Full Monty is set in Sheffield and the character ‘Gaz’ is seen wearing a replica United shirt at one part of the film, and promises his son a ticket for a game at Bramall Lane between Sheffield United and Manchester United.
  • 2004 Walt Disney film National Treasure which stars Sean Bean, and Nicolas Cage as the lead character. There is a scene where Bean’s character is writing on a yellow notepad. Near the top right corner of the notepad is a doodle of the Sheffield United club emblem, the crossed blades and a dot to represent the Yorkshire rose.
  • 2005 film Batman Begins features a child wearing a 1990s Blades shirt.[107]
  • 2012 television drama Prisoners’ Wives also references the club.

In January 2006, Sheffield United became the first extraneous club to take over a chinese team [ 108 ] when they purchased the football cabaret Chengdu Wuniu, based in the city of Chengdu, China. [ 109 ] The club was renamed the Chengdu Blades, after their new owners. Sheffield United shirts were sold in China, and Chengdu shirts were sold in Sheffield, increasing tax income stream for both clubs. United sold on their share of the taiwanese side in 2010, following Chengdu ‘s implication in a match-fixing scandal and increasing fiscal pressures on the English golf club. [ 110 ] [ 111 ] In February 2008, Kevin McCabe, the club ‘s president, finalised an agreement with Budapest -based Ferencváros to buy its football team, and besides negotiated with the hungarian government to purchase and develop the flat coat around Stadion Albert Flórián. [ 112 ] A couple was played in Budapest to celebrate the link-up. [ 113 ] McCabe left the Fenecváros board in January 2011. [ 114 ] The Blades besides have engage, business and exchange of ideas links with Central Coast Mariners [ 115 ] of Australia and White Star Woluwé [ 116 ] of Belgium. In November 2020, they took over the Calicut, Kerala based club Quartz FC which plays in the third base tier of indian Football and rebranded it as Kerala United FC. [ 117 ]

Affiliated clubs

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