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No, not that long ago but light years in terms of progress.
On May 12th 2016, Nigel Adkins was sacked and Chris Wilder was appointed manager of United after Adkins had ‘led’ United to eleventh place in the third tier – our equal-worst league position in 33 years.
Not content with that (and signing wage-thieves like Dean Hammond), Adkins took to criticising our ever-loyal fans (we averaged 19,803 at home that Adkins season).
Who knew what the last three years would bring?
Wilder’s league record with The Blades
On August 6th, 2016 Chris Wilder took charge for his first game for the Blades - a 0-1 defeat in League One at Bolton. Our starting line-up was…
…and included Jack O’Connell, Chris Basham, Mark Duffy, John Fleck and Billy Sharp. (Mark Howard was in goal for Bolton, whose team also included Gary Madine).
(The 2016/17 season saw us win 100 points. This, our 30 wins and Wilder's win percentage of 61.5% were the highest in United's history.)
Wilder’s league record this season (2018-19)
This latest promotion means that Wilder has managed teams who have won promotion from:
So Wilder has now managed teams to promotion in the ninth, fifth, fourth, third and second tiers.
Our 21 league ‘clean sheets’ last season (2018-19) was only surpassed by the 22 we kept in the 2012-13 season (which was 21 in the normal 46-game season plus one in the home leg of the play-off semi-final, a 1-0 win over Yeovil Town on May 3rd 2013.)
Chris at his previous club...
On May 12th 2016, Nigel Adkins was sacked and Chris Wilder was appointed manager of United after Adkins had ‘led’ United to eleventh place in the third tier – our equal-worst league position in 33 years.
Not content with that (and signing wage-thieves like Dean Hammond), Adkins took to criticising our ever-loyal fans (we averaged 19,803 at home that Adkins season).
Who knew what the last three years would bring?
Wilder’s league record with The Blades
On August 6th, 2016 Chris Wilder took charge for his first game for the Blades - a 0-1 defeat in League One at Bolton. Our starting line-up was…
…and included Jack O’Connell, Chris Basham, Mark Duffy, John Fleck and Billy Sharp. (Mark Howard was in goal for Bolton, whose team also included Gary Madine).
(The 2016/17 season saw us win 100 points. This, our 30 wins and Wilder's win percentage of 61.5% were the highest in United's history.)
Wilder’s league record this season (2018-19)
This latest promotion means that Wilder has managed teams who have won promotion from:
- Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division: 2001–02 (Alfreton Town – Champions, 86 points - in the 27 weeks he was in charge, Alfreton won four trophies: the Northern Counties (East) League Premier Division, the League Cup, the President's Cup and the Derbyshire Senior Cup.)
- Conference Premier: 2009-10 (Oxford United – Third, 86 points. Promoted to EFL League Two via play-offs)
- Football League Two: 2015–16 (Northampton Town – Champions, 99 points)
- EFL League One: 2016–17 (Sheffield United – Champions, 100 points)
- EFL Championship: 2018-19 (Sheffield United – Second place, 89 points)
So Wilder has now managed teams to promotion in the ninth, fifth, fourth, third and second tiers.
Our 21 league ‘clean sheets’ last season (2018-19) was only surpassed by the 22 we kept in the 2012-13 season (which was 21 in the normal 46-game season plus one in the home leg of the play-off semi-final, a 1-0 win over Yeovil Town on May 3rd 2013.)
Chris at his previous club...