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The Blades

Sheffield United FC
Founded 22 March 1889 at The Adelphi Hotel
Turned professional 1889

Players provided 34
 Different scorers 12 (19 goals)
Total appearances 101
1892-1992

 

Bramall Lane
Domestic Honours Football League Division Two runners-up 1892-93, 1938-39, 1960-61, 1989-90; winners 1952-53; Division One runners-up 1896-97, 1899-1900, Champions 1897-98; Division Four winners 1981-82; Division Three runners-up 1988-89;
The Sheriff of London's Charity Shield shared 1898;
FA Cup winners 1898-99, 1901-02, 1914-15, 1924-25; runners-up 1900-01, 1935-36;
Watney Cup runners-up 1972 (beaten by Bristol Rovers on pens);
Associate Members Cup best: Northern Semi-finals 1983-84 (beaten by Hull City, 0-1);
After League restructure: Division One/Championship fifth place-play-off runners-up 1996-97, sixth place-play-off semi-finalists 1997-98, third place-play-off runners-up 2002-03 & 2008-09, runners-up 2005-06, 2018-19 & 2022-23, fifth place-play-off semi-finalists 2021-22; Division Two/League One third-place-play-off runners-up 2011-12, fifth place-play-off semi-finalists 2012-13 & 2014-15, winners 2016-17;
FA Premier League best ninth place 2019-20;
Football League Cup best: semi-finals 2002-03 (beaten by Liverpool, agg 2-3), 2014-15 (beaten by Tottenham Hotspur, agg 2-3);
European Honours Anglo-Italian League Cup best: International group stages 1994-95 (fourth of eight teams);
Home venue Bramall Lane, since 1889;
Home strip Red and white striped shirts, black shorts, white socks.

 

The 34 Players   15 with only one app.
Ply no. Name Pos Start/
Sub		 App Gls
GA		 Mins Playing Career
217 Ernest Needham LH   16 3 1440 1894-1902 7 years
330 days

 

494 George Green LH   8 0 720 1925-28 2 years
363 days
444 Fred Tunstall OL   7 0 630 1923-25 1 year
355 days
881 Tony Currie M 7
0		 7 1 599 1972-75 3 years
103 days
247 Harry Johnson HB   6 1 540 1900-03 3 years
18 days
755 Colin Grainger OL 6
0		 6 3 511 1956 189 days
758 Alan Hodgkinson GK 5
0		 5 5ᵍᵃ 450 1957-60 3 years
231 days
774 Graham Shaw LB 5
0		 5 0 450 1958-62 4 years
30 days
355 Bob Evans OL   4 1 360 1911-12 1 year
28 days
572 Bobby Barclay IR   3 2 270 1932-36 3 years
360 days
1031 Brian Deane CF 1
2		 3 0 100 1991-92 1 year
99 days
246 Harry Thickitt RB   2 0 180 1899 19 days
265 Walter Bennett OR   2 0 180 1901 12 days
294 Alf Common IF   2 3 180 1904 12 days
295 Arthur Brown CF   2 1 180 1904-06 1 year
353 days
352 Albert Sturgess HB   2 0 180 1911-14 3 years
52 days
435 David Mercer OR   2 1 180 1922-23 149 days
530 Vince Matthews CH   2 1 180 1928 2 days
838 Mick Jones CF 2
0		 2 0 180 1965 5 days
186 Harry Lilley LB   1 0 90 1892 90 min
194 Mick Whitham LH   1 0 90 1892 90 min
218 Rab Howell RH   1 1 90 1895 90 min
234 Willie Foulke GK 1 0ᵍᵃ 90 1897 90 min
237 Tommy Morren CH   1 1 90 1898 90 min
251 Fred Priest OL   1 0 90 1900 90 min
259 George Hedley CF   1 0 90 1901 90 min
274 Bert Lipsham OL   1 0 90 1902 90 min
299 Bernard Wilkinson CH   1 0 90 1904 90 min
351 Wally Hardinge IL   1 0 90 1910 90 min
361 Bob Benson LB   1 0 90 1913 90 min
409 Harold Gough GK   1 3ᵍᵃ 90 1921 90 min
461 Harold Pantling RH   1 0 90 1923 90 min
580 Jack Pickering IL   1 0 90 1933 90 min
673 Jimmy Hagan IR   1 0 90 1948 90 min

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