06/07/18 – Stocksbridge Park Steels 1 – 5 Sheffield United – Pre-season Friendly Friday night saw the beginning of the Sheffield United first team pre-season schedule with a familiar trip to Braken Moor to take on Stocksbridge Park Steels. Usually a near capacity crowd, the Blades have scored a number of goals in recent years against the welcoming non-league opponents in what is a great location for summer football. This year was to be … Read More
19/07/17 – Matlock Town 2 – 1 Sheffield United XI – Pre-season Friendly Sheffield United assistant manager Alan Knill oversaw a Blades XI slip to a defeat at a rainy Causeway Lane on Wednesday night. In front of 309 (plus 2 dogs and S2 Jnr in a baby sling) spectators, it was proven that contrary to all known evidence, it is possible for Jake Wright (Snr) to be on the losing side after 90 … Read More
15/07/17 – Scarborough Athletic 1 – 4 Sheffield United U23 – Pre-season Friendly After ten long years outside of their home town, the phoenix club Scarborough Athletic returned on Saturday, officially opening the new Flamingo Land Stadium at Scarborough Sports Village with a friendly against Sheffield United U23s. A sell out crowd of 2038 looked on as the young Blades – in true party pooper fashion – ran out comfortable winners over the … Read More
14/07/17 – Málaga CF 0 -1 Sheffield United – Pre-season Friendly The Blades first team were victorious in their second fixture of their pre-season programme on Friday, beating Málaga CF at the Estadio Jose Burgos Quintana Stadium in Coin, Malaga. Following a week of warm weather preparations and an open training session attended by travelling Blades, a goal from JOHN FLECK was enough to give Chris Wilder’s side the win. Moving … Read More
11/07/17 – Sheffield FC 0 – 1 Sheffield United XI – Pre-season Friendly A Blades XI compromising of members of the U23/Development squad played Sheffield FC at the Coach and Horses on a rainy Tuesday night, watched by 311 supporters. With a run out for Kieran Wallace confirming he was still at the club, the Blades named four “trialists” – though one of those did look mightily familiar – and gave plenty of … Read More
08/07/17 – Stocksbridge Park Steels 0 – 9 Sheffield United – Pre-season Friendly A crowd of 1824 witnessed the opening fixture of Sheffield United’s first team pre-season at a sunny Bracken Moor. Fans itching for more of the feel good factor that flowed throughout the 2016/2017 season weren’t disappointed as they were rewarded with nine Blades goals in an emphatic win. In similar fashion to last years fixture, Chris Wilder opted to get … Read More