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Club Statement

By 6000 | 6000 | November 29, 2011

  Gary Speed MBE 8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011 Having been away from all radio, internet and cellphone contact this weekend (try it, you might like it), I was hugely shocked and saddened (as I’m sure many others were) to hear of the apparent suicide of Gary Speed – footballer, Wales manager and – [...]

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When we were top the league

By 6000 | 6000 | June 20, 2011

Yes, Sheffield football is currently suffering, but I was recently reminded by a friend on Facebook that there was a time – however brief – when my beloved Sheffield United were top of the Premier League league – and Man U were bottom: Fans of the Manchester club may want to look away rather than watch that [...]

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FA Youth Cup Final tonight

By 6000 | 6000 | May 23, 2011

Sheffield United’s much-vaunted Academy side goes to Old Trafford tonight in the second leg of the FA Youth Cup Final. Now that might not sound like a big deal to anyone else, but the first leg at Beautiful Downtown Bramall Lane last Tuesday attracted a crowd of 29,977. For a Youth game. Put that in [...]

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Expensive season

By 6000 | 6000 | May 2, 2011

Incoming from my Dad as Sheffield United’s bizarre and frustrating season drew (literally) to what was a long foreseen, but still wholly unfortunate and disappointing close on Saturday: Just been doing some stats on the home games; not good reading. And he’s right. While my Dad is a long-time season ticket holder at Beautiful Downtown [...]

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By 6000 | 6000 | March 9, 2011

I don’t often blog about football considering how much of my time it occupies, so you’ll surely forgive me this (or, more likely, you have already stopped reading). While the world was watching the Barca players and their referee overcoming Arsenal at the Nou Camp Circus, there was huge joy and no small amount of [...]

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