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Chesterfield away

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Hey. It’s been a while. But this is a live blog post written… well… now.

Wow.

We’re on a fast train on our way North to Chesterfield. Why? Because Sheffield United are playing a friendly game there today, and when in Rome (the UK), and this is your only chance to see the Mighty Red And White Wizards at work, you pull out all the stops to get there.

Our half of the journey is going well, but the other party (my dad) meeting us there has been plagued with repeated ridiculous delays. Missing passengers on his plane. Missing air traffic controllers at the airport. A man sleeping on his train. A carriage that wouldn’t couple.

He’s got the match tickets.

But we’ll be there on time and ready to go.

Despite the image above, the weather is looking rather threatening, with heavy showers – plenty of flooding out of the window already – and strong winds, but it doesn’t matter. I checked in Google and apparently the “people” of Chesterfield discovered roofing a couple of years ago, so we’ll be dry at least.

Meanwhile, Sigur Rós is providing a very decent soundtrack for our big day out.

One month to go

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Just one month to go before the mighty Red & White Wizards kick off their Premier League campaign against Crystal Palace at Beautiful Downtown Bramall Lane.

The 2023/24 season will start on Friday 11 August 2023. The final match round will be on Sunday 19 May 2024, when all fixtures will kick off simultaneously as usual.
The season schedule returns to normal following the COVID-19 pandemic and the FIFA World Cup 2022, which has caused disruption across three consecutive seasons.

So, have we signed anyone?

Well, not at the time of writing. But hopefully something will have happened on that score by the time you’re reading this post.

I’m looking forward to the season with the usual amount of excitement and trepidation. And, along with every other Sheffield United fan, I would bite your arm off (not literally) for a guaranteed 17th place finish.

Anything more would be an absolute bonus.

Up!

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What a night under the lights at Bramall Lane! An expectant sell-out crowd. An opposition set up to defend and frustrate. A tense first half. And then, through patience and persistence, with a touch of Premier League quality, the breakthrough. And from that moment on, nothing ever looked to be in doubt.

The party atmosphere was augmented by a second goal 15 minutes from the end, and after that, it was just dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s as we cruised to a victory and promotion back to the Premier League.

And then one big party for the 30,000 fans in the ground. I would have loved to have been there. There were a few tears last night and actually some mixed emotions. Sure: joy, relief, pride, but also a tinge of sadness, as well. It doesn’t happen often, but it’s missing out on these sort of shared moments that make me most homesick, even though I’ve been here for almost 20 years now.

But, what a night. What a team. What a club.

The Premier League is going to be a massive challenge – more so than maybe ever before – but with that combination of youth, experience, team spirit and those fans, I know we’ll give it our best shot.