Author: Paul Kemp (Bladepicker)

Long term S24SU forum member Paul is a 30 something family man, father of 2, Sheffielder and Blade. Currently exiled in beautiful South Derbyshire and loving it.

The end of the 2013/14 season has had a strange sense of euphoria and excitement around it for Sheffield United fans. Strange in so much as this was our lowest league finish for around two generations, yet due to the massive turnaround in form – from relegation certainties on the 1st of February to a 7th place finish in League One (the third tier of English football) – this was rightly seen as a fantastic achievement, a potential turning point in our great club’s fortunes. The reasons for optimism of course were not just down to the uplift in league…

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