Books on Sheffield United Football Club, players and fans

[Bladebri]

Big list of history how many have you read?


Gary Armstrong and John Garrett, Sheffield United Football Club: the biography, 2006

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S; Sheffield Archives:BIOG/SHE)


'History of Sheffield United' c.1948

(Sheffield Archives: SY58/Z1-4)


Dave Bassett with Bernard Bale, Dave Bassett, Harry’s Game, 1997

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Dave Bassett, Settling the Score, 2001

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 SST)


Denis Clarebrough, Sheffield United Football Club, 100 greats, 2001

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Howard Holmes, Blades Trivia; 600 questions to baffle the brainiest blade, 1989

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Match of my life: Sheffield United. Twelve stars relive their favourite games, 2006

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Graham Phythian, Colossus, the story of William Foulke, 2005

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 FOUL)


David Saffer, The life and times of Mick Jones, 2002

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)



Keith Farnsworth, Before and after Bramall Lane. Sheffield United Cricket Club and Yorkshire Cricket Ground in Sheffield, 1988

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Gary Armstrong, Blade runners, lives in football, 1998

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Denis Clarebrough, Sheffield United Football Club (Images of England), 1998

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Peter Waring, Sheffield United: head to head, 2004

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Roger Barnard, The Jimmy Hagan story, 2007

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Neil Warnock (with Oliver Holt), Made in Sheffield, my story, 2007

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Michael Liversidge, Sheffield United, illustrating the greats, 2006

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Matthew Bell et al (eds.), Blades tales, memories of supporting Sheffield United Football Club, 2000

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Matthew Bell et al (eds.), Blades tales 2, another collection of memories, stories and anecdotes of supporting Sheffield United Football Club, 2000

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Tony Matthews, Denis Clarebrough and Andrew Kirkham, The official encyclopaedia of Sheffield United, 2003

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Denis Clarebrough and Andrew Kirkham, A complete record of Sheffield United Football Club 1889 – 1999, 1999

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


The Star, Legends of Sheffield United, 2008

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Matthew Bell, Fit and proper? Conflicts and conscience in an English football club, 2010

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Chris Cowlin, The official Sheffield United quiz book, 2010

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Darren Phillips, The Sheffield United miscellany, 2010

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Nick Udall, Champions! Sheffield United's championship triumph 1897-98, 2007

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Steve Cowans, Blades business crew: the shocking diary of a soccer hooligan top boy, 2001

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 306.483 SST)


Steve Cowans,Blades business crew II: tales from battling Blades, 2007

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 306.483)


Nick Johnson, Match of my life: Sheffield United, 2006

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


Ronnie Sharpe, Sharpe as a blade. Part 1, The 50s and 60s, 2005

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: B.SHAR SST)


Peter Goodman, 150 years of Bramall Lane, 2005

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.068 SQ)


Landmarks in the history of Sheffield United Football Club, 2000

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 3243 M)


Pack, Andy, The official Sheffield United annual 2007, SUFC: 2006

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 SSTQ)


Phil Vasili,The First black footballer: Arthur Wharton 1865-1930: an absence of memory, 1998

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 S)


V. P. Jones (and Gordon Burnett), Vinnie: a kick in the grass, 1991

(Sheffield Local Studies Library: 796.334 SST)

 

[Tyler Durden]

Blade Runners is a fantastic book. Armstrong does a brilliant job of profiling the people involved and articulating the culture of the supporters.

I still haven't managed to read The Biography all the way through because it's huge.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Three biographies to add:

Alan Hodgkinson, Tony Kenworthy, Keith Edwards

(Also maybe worth mentioning that a lot of people seem to think the Secret Footballer is Dave Kitson - and he does fit the bill.)

 

[Silent Blade]

Alan Birchenall is the most entertaining written by someone with a Blades connection

 

[Dkc]

I think this has been banned due to the flare

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Is their one titles

"How I flunked 100 million quid"

By Kevin Mcabe?

 

[Jostein's Bandage]

Is that really a book, or did he need to do gay porn to pay the bills after a messy divorce?

 

[Deaneandagana]

What about "The MCCabe years" how I destroyed a football club.

The New Statestman - A classic story of destruction & mis management on an un paralleled level.

The Times - Magnificent what a performance.

The Sun - Blades Blunted by 1 man

Martin Samuels - they deserve each other

The Sheffield & Heeley Advertiser - it's all up for grabs

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

I can recommend the following



or :-



or even:-

 

[Dkc]

 

[Revolution]

As well as the books listed in this thread, I own the following:

Matthew Bell: Red, White and Khaki: (the story of United's 1914-15 season and Cup win)
Matthew Bell: Viva Sabella! (Alex Sabella's signing and time at the Lane)
Denis Clarebrough and Andrew Kirkham: Sheffield United Football Club: who's who
Denis Clarebrough: Sheffield United Football Club: the First 100 years
Clarebrough and Kirkham also brought out an updated complete record in 2012
Steven Kay: the Evergreen in Red and White (Novel about Rab Howell's exploits in the Championship winning season)
Andy Pack and Kevin Cookson: Destination Premiership: Sheffield United's promotion season 2005/6
Nick Udall: Sheffield United: 30 Memorable games from the 1970s
John Garrett: Blades Folklore and Fables

There is a lot about United in these books:

Keith Farnsworth: Sheffield Football: 1857-1961, a history (volume 1)
Keith Farnsworth: Sheffield Football: 1961-95, a history (volume 2)
Keith Farnsworth: The Blades and the Owls: Pictoral History of the Sheffield Derby Matches
Percy M Young: Football in Sheffield (1961)

There is a fair amount about United in these biographies:

Alan Biggs: Confessions of a Football Reporter
Keith Gillespie: How not to be a Football Millionaire
E J Huntley: The Matador: the Life and Career of Tony Currie

The best book about United is IMHO Fit and Proper. The worst is Tony Matthews' encyclopedia.

 

[Roygbiv]

The ones that stand out to me are Fit and Proper, Blades Tales and the biography.

 

[bricktop]

Best two are Blade Runners and Fit and Proper.

Excellent books that don't pull any punches, and give a superb insight to some of the people involved with United and some of the events that happened.

 

[Dkc]

I read the Warnock book recently, it's an entertaining read if a bit subjective. Interesting to hear him talk about going on the kop and away games as a young fan.There's probably an updated version due out soon.

 

[The Crab]

Fit & Proper is a very good book. I enjoyed Neil Warnock's book but as always, plenty of things that were always somebody elses fault.

 

[AlanWrightsShinyHead]

I read the Warnock book recently, it's an entertaining read if a bit subjective. Interesting to hear him talk about going on the kop and away games as a young fan.There's probably an updated version due out soon.

Already done mate. He released it a couple of years back, details his time at Palace, QPR and Leeds. Very good read even if it isn't Blades related.

 

[VLYDONIMIR]

Neil Warnock (with Oliver Holt), Made in Sheffield, my story, 2007

Oliver Holt.
Son of Eileen Derbyshire.
aka Emily Bishop (Coronation Street)

For all you Corrie worshippers on here.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Our greatest and most successful captain. Now, if there ever was another statue, surely there's no other more worthy. Author as well, with ideas years ahead of his time.

Edit:
The reprint is available:

 

[Cheets]

I think this has been banned due to the flare

Mrs Hoy was an English teacher at Gosforth School in Dronfield.

 

[Silent Blade]

Mrs Hoy was an English teacher at Gosforth School in Dronfield.

Her son posts in here