Sheffield United vs Bolton Wanderers

S24SU · OFFICIAL MATCHDAY EDITION · 2026/27 · No.6

1st September 2026 - Kick-off 19:45
Sheffield United v. Bolton Wanderers
EFL Championship Week 4 - Bramall Lane, Sheffield

EFL Championship Week 4 – Tuesday 1st September 2026, 19:45 – Bramall Lane, Sheffield
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Match Info

Competition: EFL Championship Week 4

Kick-off: Tuesday 1st September 2026, 19:45

Venue: Bramall Lane, Sheffield

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Officials

Referee: Tony Harrington

Assistants: Shaun Hudson and James Wilson

Fourth Official: Robert Madeley

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[GeorgeDonis1889]

That'll do Blades

 

[Blade In Flame]

Jesus wept, those Sky+ commentators were a hard listen. Whatever happened to impartiality? I thought it was the Bolton feed at first. Bouncing all over the place when Bolton scored and then sobbing uncontrollably when we equalised. I would have loved to have been sat behind them when Donovan scored the winner.

Or maybe it was the S24SU feed. Sounded like it could have been a couple off here.

 

[Æthelstan]

Most painful win I've ever seen.

Cooper played out of his mind to keep us in that. Special mention to Donovan, had a rough start to the came but came good.

I have a headache now.

 

[Silky Sabella]

The rest should be giving their win bonuses to Coops and Donovan.

Poor 2nd half but a win is a win

Not just the win bonus, the whole salary. It was a 2 player performance that got a win when they should have lost

 

[derfblade.3]

I was saying.....exactly what I said. We are one injury to Cooper away from relegation. At this stage you could also add Bamford to that statement.

The win tonight will hide the huge cracks to people like you, the Wilder lovers, and the ownership defenders but no doubt we'll revisit this conversation in a few weeks when things turn to shit and we've played a few more better teams. If I'm wrong I'll be very happy to admit it.

Bolton are toss and (imo) I think they'll go down but a win is a win.

United is rotten from the head downwards and one win tonight isn't going to change things one bit.

utb

Bet you didn't enjoy the win then. What does it take to make all the misery's on here enjoy a win.? Unbeaten with a club and team going through turmoil caused by our appalling owners. Well done Chris and the boy's.

 

[bakeblade]

Because Hamza isn’t a right back and completely loses his man, I like the lad but he’s been caught out several times this game including for both goals

Unfortunately we signed him as a RB

 

[The Fox]

Battling performance and a lovely injury time winner.
Im sure the analysts at the club will have plenty to review but a wins a win .

The team us still taking shape and probably will until the international break ( pre season #2)

Team never gave up , I'll take that for now

 

[Lendegoeystash]

Why did Wilder get booked at the end?

 

[Addison]

Fell away again second half. Opposition up the tempo and we're all over the place. Our inability to deal with the ball in the air at the back came back to haunt us. Mcguinness old failings resurfaced as he completely lost his man for their second. A few minutes later Tanganga does he usual trick of losing the flight of the ball when dealing with a cross from out wide and Cooper saves us by pushing the ball onto the bar.

It was obvious from the off Choudhury was being done for pace yet we perservered with him until the end.

Substitutions made us worse again. The news that no one else is coming in confines us to a long hard season.

BBD, Phillips, Choudhury Reidewald all look off the pace. Arblaster added nothing when he came on.

Its a lucky win and three points but we look vulnerable at the back. Kitching hopefully will bring some organisation. Doherty has to be given a run out at some stage otherwise he will be a pointless signing.

Donovan and Cooper deserve the team win bonus on their own.

 

[luffenhamblade]

I was saying.....exactly what I said. We are one injury to Cooper away from relegation. At this stage you could also add Bamford to that statement.

The win tonight will hide the huge cracks to people like you, the Wilder lovers, and the ownership defenders but no doubt we'll revisit this conversation in a few weeks when things turn to shit and we've played a few more better teams. If I'm wrong I'll be very happy to admit it.

Bolton are toss and (imo) I think they'll go down but a win is a win.

United is rotten from the head downwards and one win tonight isn't going to change things one bit.

utb

I wasn’t questioning the Cooper section, it was the boring Wilder bit. If you think I’m a Wilder lover, try reading my comments. I’m not going to criticise you for your opinions but just feel it would be good if fans tried to show we support the team (and yes the manager) rather than this weird Wilder hatred.

 

[Nick Jansky]

The best possible way to win a game of football, and I’m delighted that it was Donovan!

I’m going to give Choudhury a free pass for tonight because he’s only just come in, but I really hope he’s going to be mainly an option from the bench and I don’t want to see him being played at RB too often. I do hope Doherty hasn’t been a waste of a contract.

Shackleton did ok, credit where it’s due.

Thank fuck for Cooper.

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

It's good that we won

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

 

[Tom Bott]

I was saying.....exactly what I said. We are one injury to Cooper away from relegation. At this stage you could also add Bamford to that statement.

The win tonight will hide the huge cracks to people like you, the Wilder lovers, and the ownership defenders but no doubt we'll revisit this conversation in a few weeks when things turn to shit and we've played a few more better teams. If I'm wrong I'll be very happy to admit it.

Bolton are toss and (imo) I think they'll go down but a win is a win.

United is rotten from the head downwards and one win tonight isn't going to change things one bit.

utb

Good to see we are all united.

 

[SB_90]

what a moment that was. brilliant strike i thought he'd missed when he hit the post. absolutely fantastic & should do donavon world of good

but to be pessimistic as amazing as the last min winner was. scraping past last years L1 Play off winners at home isnt good. Choudhury had a shocker. 1st half at fault for the goal. winger had him in so much trouble

i didnt understand tom cannon a few times. got in a great position & passed / gave the ball away on 18yd line. just take a touch & have a shot

also i dread to think where we would be without Michael Cooper. he just gained 4pts almost single handely

 

[Northernsoulblade]

Bring on Norwich lambs to the slaughter good win tonight we were shite but for some reason it was a decent game great goal by Donovan and credit to Phillips

 

[Brumdog66]

Think we are lucky with the way fixtures have played out that we don't have what I'd consider a top 6 team till game 7 (though Cardiff were impressive). Cooper and Donovan saved us but think those two and Wilder will keep us up comfortably though playoffs looks unlikely imo. Think we should play BBD up top alongside Bamford next game, he's not amazing in the air but at least he's tall and tries to get in behind while the other two are essentially just poachers.