Cast your minds back to the halcyon days of last summer. The sun shone (occasionally), the beer flowed freely and the Blades were looking forward to what a top flight season under Chris Wilder and Alan Knill’s tutelage would look like. There were many questions… Would overlapping centre halves work in the top division? Would a team of bargain buys and cast-offs find themselves dazzled by the bright lights that would beam their every move to a worldwide audience of billions? Why on earth was John Lundstram listed as a defender in the Fantasy League? And exactly how horrendously biased…
Author: Linz Fox
As founding members of the Football League in 1888, Aston Villa were regular opponents of the Blades until the ups and downs of the 1970s and 80s. The two sides have met 135 times in both the league and FA Cup, with Aston Villa winning 63 matches, Sheffield United winning 40 and 32 draws. 1890s: Sheffield United and Aston Villa first met on 2nd October 1893 in Division One, the Blades winning 3-0 at Bramall Lane with goals from Jack Drummond, Harry Hammond and Billy Fleming. Villa however, won the reverse fixture on 30th October 4-0 and ultimately finished the…
Way back in August, Premier League survival was the ultimate aim for all the sides newly promoted from the Championship. Half way through March and sitting at opposite ends of the table, the Blades’ fortunes were looking starkly contrasted to those of both Norwich and Aston Villa. But your crystal ball would have had to have been pretty damn good to predict a global pandemic temporarily halting the season just as it was about to get interesting… Here, Shoaib Ahmed from Villans Together gives us a rundown of lockdown and Villa’s run-in as the season restarts: What were your expectations…
