Stoke City vs Sheffield United

S24SU · OFFICIAL MATCHDAY EDITION · 2026/27 · No.11

19th September 2026 - Kick-off 12:30
Stoke City v. Sheffield United
EFL Championship Week 7 - Bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent

EFL Championship Week 7 – Saturday 19th September 2026, 12:30 – Bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
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Match Info

Competition: EFL Championship Week 7

Kick-off: Saturday 19th September 2026, 12:30

Venue: Bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent/frow]

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Officials

Referee: Tim Robinson

Assistants: Andrew Dallison and Hugh Gilroy

Fourth Official: Ed Duckworth

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[Harry's Game]

3 wks international break get it sorted

Can it be 10 weeks please seen enough already

 

[sportsmanblade]

another abysmal refereeing show and been done by 2 absolute screamers

 

[Hockey'sBeard]

Just an air of inevitability- better team won with 2 worldies but we offered little in terms of goal threat. Tough watch

 

[Æthelstan]

We give the ball away in such ridiculous ways and seem incapable of hitting a target 70% of the time.

Great goal by Phillips at least, I can pretend the rest never happened.

 

[SLB]

another abysmal refereeing show and been done by 2 absolute screamers

Yeah that was the reason.

 

[Champagneblade]

Not sure how that offside was missed. Officials have been bad all game though.

It was an easy one to call as well. It was a floated ball from distance.

They need to bring in automated offsides. It’s absolutely ridiculous the blind bastard missed that. Cost us a point. Though as I said at the time, we needed Donovan on to give them something to think about.

It was absolutely horrendous game management. We needed an out ball. Cannon and Chong, two players who have largely shown to have a heart of a pea in most situations.

That being said I’d. make Peck take shots from the edge of the box until be leg is ready to fall off. Two ideal shooting chances and blasted them both over.

Let’s be honest, apart from Bamford’s bad control in the box and Cannon shooting when others were better placed, we’ve created nothing again from open play.

 

[GKhantRebel]

Was that the 'performance' for the supporters then???

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Donovan should have been on the left, not the right

And for more than 5 fucking minutes

 

[Harry's Game]

One good free kick apart from that we did absolutely nothing for 95 mins.

Shocking subs again

 

[SwissBlade]

Offside fair enough but i dont care you arent ruling that finish out deserve to win it on that fuck offside some finish we wouldnt be complaining if it was us swings and roundabouts lost the game ourselves yet again campjng out going nowhere wont be his fault though will it created jack shit bar free kick deserve it yet again stoke just went for it

But but pissy pants wilder will use one thing offside to have a point to keep his job done fuckall enough to win this game do one ya excuse riddent melt

So it’s offside but wilder can’t use the offside as the excuse for the goal. Strange logic

Of course, it wasn’t given offside and it was a hell of a finish. All three goals have been.

It doesn’t mean that the poor officials can’t be brought up after the game. They’ve been awful, mainly the ref.

Two poor sides were cancelling each other out until we scored, it opened the game up. They brought on a player that found two worldies as they piled the pressure on. Nothing was dropping in the box for them though

We’ve not played in an open and expansive way. I don’t think we were ever going to. The usual defensive mistakes weren’t punished, which is positive at least, but we’ve still lost a tight game late on, again.

Shite and 3 weeks off when we probably needed a game to bounce back.

 

[jockdodds]

offside, no?

 

[Vass Borbokis]

What's everyone whining about?

Shouldn't we be celebrating the one shot on target from open play?

We're so exciting/good to watch.
Gutted I've got to wait another 3 weeks now for another injection of wilderball goodness

 

[RobboBlade]

Great response from the players after Fleetwood. Wilder top motivator give him 5 more years.

 

[YES Blade]

another abysmal refereeing show and been done by 2 absolute screamers

That’ll be Wilder’s excuse no doubt, just ignore the fact we were pathetic

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

This team is so dreary!! Just trying desperately not to lose without creating anything of note.
Whatever excitement we had in the team left with Brooks, O’Hare and Hamer.

 

[sportsmanblade]

Yeah that was the reason.

the players we have just aren't good enough all our best wingbacks are injured

 

[bruce]

Very depressing. We are by no means a side that was ever going to be challenging for promotion, but we also should not be anywhere near relegation with the players we have. Our players are not world beaters, but most of them are pretty decent. And yet relegation now looks more likely than not.
I have always been in the Wilder camp, but it seems obvious to me that he doesn't seem to know how to get these players functioning in any type of coherent way.

 

[Sharp_as_a_Blade]

1.1 points per game since Wilder brought in his culture carriers that wont give up when it gets tough

 

[Niallllll]

So it’s offside but wilder can’t use the offside as the excuse for the goal. Strange logic

Of course, it wasn’t given offside and it was a hell of a finish. All three goals have been.

It doesn’t mean that the poor officials can’t be brought up after the game. They’ve been awful, mainly the ref.

Two poor sides were cancelling each other out until we scored, it opened the game up. They brought on a player that found two worldies as they piled the pressure on. Nothing was dropping in the box for them though

We’ve not played in an open and expansive way. I don’t think we were ever going to. The usual defensive mistakes weren’t punished, which is positive at least, but we’ve still lost a tight game late on, again.

Shite and 3 weeks off when we probably needed a game to bounce back.

Wake up.

 

[Chimpan-A]

Would we here our lot and wilder say it was if it was us and stoke complained? Exactly as said swings and roundabouts

I don’t think that matters. We have been robbed of a point by a terrible decision, deserved or otherwise.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

 

[bakeblade]

Donovan on finally!

Against a team who are going to now sit back

 

[jockdodds]

offside, no?

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

To be fair we wouldn't have usually lost that from 1-0 up

The wonder goals especially from that fucking waster Gallagher were aberrations

We'll scrape enough points in these scenarios to stay out of trouble

But everything about us is piss poor

The wing backs returning are our only hope until January

 

[YES Blade]

So it’s offside but wilder can’t use the offside as the excuse for the goal. Strange logic

Of course, it wasn’t given offside and it was a hell of a finish. All three goals have been.

It doesn’t mean that the poor officials can’t be brought up after the game. They’ve been awful, mainly the ref.

Two poor sides were cancelling each other out until we scored, it opened the game up. They brought on a player that found two worldies as they piled the pressure on. Nothing was dropping in the box for them though

We’ve not played in an open and expansive way. I don’t think we were ever going to. The usual defensive mistakes weren’t punished, which is positive at least, but we’ve still lost a tight game late on, again.

Shite and 3 weeks off when we probably needed a game to bounce back.

Of course he can mention the offside, but he should also mention how badly we played. That’s the main reason we lost.

 

[bartman]

Depends where Shaxkleton was. Not in the frame

 

[Chimpan-A]

Apparently the 5 mins added time is just for us

They were watching the replay and didn’t even mention that it was clearly offside. All through the game we should have had men sent off, every foul they gave away was our player looking for it, every one we did was an assault worthy of legal action!

 

[Kenworthy’s Tash]

3wks off now, surely the owners will be using this time to sound out a new manager?

 

[SwissBlade]

Wake up.

Which bit was I asleep for? You digging wilder out before he’s even spoken… but he’d also be right as you said it was offside yourself…. Ok

 

[Davalon]

Has anyone seen a full pitch view of their second goal?

Everyone convinced it was offside and Gallagher was definitely a yard off based on our players in the picture on my feed, but Shackleton was out of picture and when it panned out, he seemed further back.

Is it possible he played him on?