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This Saturday sees the first-ever Premier League meeting between United and The Clarets. Chris Wood missed Burnley’s home defeat with Chelsea last Saturday with a ‘tight hamstring’, Jack Cork returned for the Chelsea game with a ‘minor fracture of the shoulder blade’ but Johann Berg Gudmundsson faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after picking up an injury on international duty. Danny Drinkwater remains sidelined with an ankle injury picked up in an altercation in Manchester. The Chelsea loanee is still at least two weeks away from a first team return with the 29-year-old likely to be given a run-out in a Under-23 game first.
Without a game between the clubs in almost nine years, most Blades’ memories will go back to 25th May, 2009 when the clubs met at the ‘new’ Wembley Stadium for the Championship Play-Off Final to see who would play in the Premier League. The crowd of 80,518 (not beaten since at a Blades match) saw yet another big game ‘no-show’ by The Blades under Kevin Blackwell and saw Burnley win by a single goal from Wade Elliott to secure a top-flight place for the first time in 33 years.
Despite a good start to the season - winning their first four games – Burnley were relegated after just one season in the PL. Season 2013-14 saw Burnley promoted back to the Premier League as Championship runners-up to Leicester City where both have remained.
And that it. I’ve been going to Burnley since the 70s and have very few memories of this shithole of a village, which looks like Royston Vasey on a bad day. In 1975, I saw my first ‘Mohican’ haircut in Burnley, which is still probably the height of fashion. The side terracing at Turd Moor used to share home and away support which made for some interesting objects being passed back and forth all afternoon.
One of the most significant Burnley games in recent years didn’t even feature United. On 15th May, 1984 – with United in the last promotion place in Division Three and having played our last match – we were third on 83 points and Hull were also on 83 points and a 3-goal win at Burnley would see them pip us for promotion. A Brian Marwood brace put Hull 2-0 up (the second via an assist from Billy Whitehurst) and twenty minutes of the game remained. Hull failed to score again and we were up!
Recent games against Burnley:
Full history Sheffield United v Burnley
So, in a total of 108 league games (plus 13 in the cups), Burnley have only won five times at Bramall Lane (plus one in the FA Cup on 10/3/62). Burnley last won at Bramall Lane 2-3 on 6th December 2008 in the League Championship.
6th December 2003. The ‘Triple Assault’ team was breaking up and a 2-3 defeat at Burnley with no seasonal cheer between Neil Warnock, the ref. and Burnley manager Stan Ternent…
Complete League record v. Burnley:
Home: P: 54 W: 32 D: 17 L: 5 F: 103 A: 41 (including a 10-0 win for The Blades on 19th January 1929)
Away: P: 54 W: 12 D: 10 L: 32 F: 64 A: 112
Premier League Table:
Latest Premier League Table
United sit in 8th place in the PL while Burnley are 13th with 12 points.
Without a game between the clubs in almost nine years, most Blades’ memories will go back to 25th May, 2009 when the clubs met at the ‘new’ Wembley Stadium for the Championship Play-Off Final to see who would play in the Premier League. The crowd of 80,518 (not beaten since at a Blades match) saw yet another big game ‘no-show’ by The Blades under Kevin Blackwell and saw Burnley win by a single goal from Wade Elliott to secure a top-flight place for the first time in 33 years.
Despite a good start to the season - winning their first four games – Burnley were relegated after just one season in the PL. Season 2013-14 saw Burnley promoted back to the Premier League as Championship runners-up to Leicester City where both have remained.
And that it. I’ve been going to Burnley since the 70s and have very few memories of this shithole of a village, which looks like Royston Vasey on a bad day. In 1975, I saw my first ‘Mohican’ haircut in Burnley, which is still probably the height of fashion. The side terracing at Turd Moor used to share home and away support which made for some interesting objects being passed back and forth all afternoon.
One of the most significant Burnley games in recent years didn’t even feature United. On 15th May, 1984 – with United in the last promotion place in Division Three and having played our last match – we were third on 83 points and Hull were also on 83 points and a 3-goal win at Burnley would see them pip us for promotion. A Brian Marwood brace put Hull 2-0 up (the second via an assist from Billy Whitehurst) and twenty minutes of the game remained. Hull failed to score again and we were up!
Recent games against Burnley:
Full history Sheffield United v Burnley
So, in a total of 108 league games (plus 13 in the cups), Burnley have only won five times at Bramall Lane (plus one in the FA Cup on 10/3/62). Burnley last won at Bramall Lane 2-3 on 6th December 2008 in the League Championship.
6th December 2003. The ‘Triple Assault’ team was breaking up and a 2-3 defeat at Burnley with no seasonal cheer between Neil Warnock, the ref. and Burnley manager Stan Ternent…
Complete League record v. Burnley:
Home: P: 54 W: 32 D: 17 L: 5 F: 103 A: 41 (including a 10-0 win for The Blades on 19th January 1929)
Away: P: 54 W: 12 D: 10 L: 32 F: 64 A: 112
Premier League Table:
Latest Premier League Table
United sit in 8th place in the PL while Burnley are 13th with 12 points.
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They're here, they're there, they're everyfuckingwhere wooden seats, wooden seats
and yeah, Burnley is a shithole
