Sheffield United vs Sheffield Wednesday

EFL Championship Matchweek 33 - Sunday 22nd February 2026 - 12:00 - Bramall Lane
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[Greenwich Blade]

There's some right fannies in our fan(ny) base. Think back to last May. The play-off final almost put me off Sheffield United and football for good, and yes, I'll say it, it affected my mental health badly. There have been other things that have contributed to the mental health thing, including physical health, and today's match is still only the third I've attended all season, but several corners have been turned in the last couple of months on all fronts.

Being told I can't enjoy beating t'pigs AND SENDING THEM DOWN by Wednesday fans is bad enough, but when my fellow-Blades are queueing up to stick the boot in as well, they i) need to think back to that play-off final, ii) think back to that woeful start to the season, and iii) fuck off in general.

 

[S64 Blade]

How was the attendance only 30,457? It was over 31k last season, so what was the extra segregation and why?

We seem to get 500 or so shaved off every derby game, despite there being no incidents.

 

[relish]

How was the attendance only 30,457? It was over 31k last season, so what was the extra segregation and why?

We seem to get 500 or so shaved off every derby game, despite there being no incidents.

The front few rows of BLUT were empty - but honestly can’t remember whether that was exactly the same for the derby last year or not.

 

[espoo blade]

The front few rows of BLUT were empty - but honestly can’t remember whether that was exactly the same for the derby last year or not.

Pretty sure they always block off the first few rows of BLUT? But don't remember there being such a huge chunk of the away end blocked off on the John Street side.

 

[ancientblade]

Haha

No, scraping a time wasting 2-1 after being 2-0 up in 19 minutes when it was our best ever opportunity to batter them is the unsatisfying part

There was no 'lottery' about it. They are garbage, we are much better, and the scoreline should and would have reflected that

if it had been 11 v 11 we would have won 4/5 nil they only got back in the game because of phillips stupidity and when it went 10 v 10 we missed 2 sitters to make it 4 - 1 which would have been more a reflection on the game

 

[programmechap]

if it had been 11 v 11 we would have won 4/5 nil they only got back in the game because of phillips stupidity and when it went 10 v 10 we missed 2 sitters to make it 4 - 1 which would have been more a reflection on the game

if it had been 11 v 11 we would have won 4/5 nil they only got back in the game because of phillips stupidity and when it went 10 v 10 we missed 2 sitters to make it 4 - 1 which would have been more a reflection on the game

It was the same at Hillsborough. By the end United were just walking through the Wednesday defence at will. They must be very unfit players.

 

[reedy63]

If Phillips had not been sent off, we would have won by 4-0 at least.
The attendance must have been the lowest Derby attendance at Bramall Lane since the Second World War.
must have been three rows of empty seats in Bramall Lane upper. I can understand the away end of Bramall Lane Lower towards John Street being empty.
Must have cost the club a couple of hundred quid.

 

[reedy63]

£200,000 quid, I mean.

 

[ancientblade]

It was the same at Hillsborough. By the end United were just walking through the Wednesday defence at will. They must be very unfit players.

yeah campbell and peck should have buried those 2 chances late on and 4 - 1 would have been a much fairer reflection on the game phillips was rash with that tackle but ingelson was a nasty twat all afternoon and could easily have got sent off

 

[Frank the tank]

There's some right fannies in our fan(ny) base. Think back to last May. The play-off final almost put me off Sheffield United and football for good, and yes, I'll say it, it affected my mental health badly. There have been other things that have contributed to the mental health thing, including physical health, and today's match is still only the third I've attended all season, but several corners have been turned in the last couple of months on all fronts.

Being told I can't enjoy beating t'pigs AND SENDING THEM DOWN by Wednesday fans is bad enough, but when my fellow-Blades are queueing up to stick the boot in as well, they i) need to think back to that play-off final, ii) think back to that woeful start to the season, and iii) fuck off in general.

Just ignore them it's just big man syndrome

 

[BangorBlade]

If Phillips had not been sent off, we would have won by 4-0 at least.
The attendance must have been the lowest Derby attendance at Bramall Lane since the Second World War.
must have been three rows of empty seats in Bramall Lane upper. I can understand the away end of Bramall Lane Lower towards John Street being empty.
Must have cost the club a couple of hundred quid.

Think the 3 or 4 rows at the front on the BLUT is it appears that the netting has been removed chum.

 

[reedy63]

The netting from the Bramall upper was removed last season. I sat in row B last season against wendy.
That game had just over 31.500.in attendance.

 

[Houston_Blade]

I thought Barry Bannan played much better than he’s played in recent Sheffield derby matches yesterday. He was much more influential.