When was the last time we actually won the Championship?

[William Carey]

When was the last time we actually won the Championship title and got promoted to the Premier League without finishing 2nd or going up via the play offs?

 

[blade67]

When was the last time we actually won the Championship title and got promoted to the Premier League without finishing 2nd or going up via the play offs?

Ha ha. "Going up via the play offs"

Good one

 

[William Carey]

Ha ha. "Going up via the play offs"

Good one

Look, least we aren’t as bad as Leeds

 

[ben1987]

We’ve never won the championship

 

[HOT CURRIE 10]

No idea,but there is a club that claims to be the earliest winners of it in history,claimed after the first match of the season-Sheffield Wednesday 2024-2025

 

[ben1987]

Been as the premier league is only about 30 years old, we’ve always been promoted to it in second place.

Last winning the old division two back in 1953.

Our last league title was the league 1 100 pointer under wilder in 2017

 

[blade67]

Look, least we aren’t as bad as Leeds

Sorry. Let me be clear. - we have never gone up via the play offs. There is no " how long since" we won the play offs.

 

[Silent Blade]

We won the 2nd tier in 1953

 

[Jinxy1966]

We won the 2nd tier in 1953

Yeah but that dunt count cos football only started in 1992. Fuck knows what I was playing & watching for all the years before then

 

[spongebobblade]

We’ve not a cat in hells chance of ever winning the premier league but it would be nice in my lifetime to have seen my team win all the other leagues (only the championship to go now) and win at Wembley. A play off or a cup semi final would probably be the goal (don’t laugh!)

 

[SuperSonicBlade89]

Watching United lift a trophy against Chesterfield wasn't exactly on my bucket list. But I'll take it.

Love to see a more important trophy like the Championship or FA Cup though. I won't even entertain the play-offs... or PL for that matter.

 

[s20Blade]

Watching United lift a trophy against Chesterfield wasn't exactly on my bucket list. But I'll take it.

Love to see a more important trophy like the Championship or FA Cup though. I won't even entertain the play-offs... or PL for that matter.

Is winning the championship title that much of a thing now? Seems it's just known as going up to the Premier league £££

 

[100% part time blade]

Look, least we aren’t as bad as Leeds

Our play-off record is still worse than Leeds. It’s worse than everybody. Ever.
(see previous discussions of this followed by excessive references to the 4 Yorkshiremen sketch as we all try to outdo each other with recollections of shittier experiences than any rival in play-off horrendousness)

 

[Greystones Blade]

Some play off history below. It was published in 2017 so it’s out of date but there’s some interesting reading. Maybe there’s an updated version?

The Play-Offs at 30: A History in Numbers

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the play-offs, Richard Foster, author of the recently revised ‘The Agony & The Ecstasy: A Comprehensive History of the Football League Play-Offs’, takes

thesetpieces.com

 

[Zero dark thirty]

Is winning the championship title that much of a thing now? Seems it's just known as going up to the Premier league £££

Nailed it.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

When was the last time we actually won the Championship title and got promoted to the Premier League without finishing 2nd or going up via the play offs?

Play Offs !!! …. Read the attached link prior to our last appearance in there versus Forest 3 seasons ago .. and add another failed one to it .. I think we took over Lincoln with this as the official worst record in them .. can’t fkg stand them now

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3244651/2022/05/10/sheffield-united-eight-failed-play-off-attempts-and-trying-to-break-their-hoodoo/

 

[Newbury Blade]

We won the 2nd tier in 1953

A few weeks before I was born. My mum (Wednesdayite) must have been gutted.

 

[Bell4]

A few weeks before I was born. My mum (Wednesdayite) must have been gutted.

What ? That she had you ?

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[mattbianco1]

going up via the play offs

Sorry. Let me be clear. - we have never gone up via the play offs. There is no " how long since" we won the play offs.

1988 – Lost in Division 3 semi-final v Bristol City (0-1, 1-1)
1997 – Beat Ipswich in Division 1 semi-final (1-1, 2-2 aet, won on away goals), lost final 0-1 to Palace
1998 – Lost in Division 1 semi-final v Sunderland (2-1, 0-2)
2003 – Beat Forest in Division 1 semi-final (1-1, 4-3 aet), lost final 0-3 to Wolves
2009 – Beat Preston in Championship semi-final (1-1, 1-0 aet), lost final 0-1 to Burnley
2012 – Beat Stevenage in League One semi-final (0-0, 1-0), lost final 8-7 on pens to Huddersfield after 0-0 draw aet
2013 – Lost to Yeovil in League One semi-final (1-0, 0-2)
2015 – Lost to Swindon in League One semi-final (1-2, 5-5)
2022 – Lost to Forest in Championship semi-final (1-2, 2-1 aet), lost 3-2 on pens

Source: Revolution: https://www.s24su.com/forum/threads/a-look-back-at-our-previous-playoff-campaigns.90967/

 

[Revolution]

1988 – Lost in Division 3 semi-final v Bristol City (0-1, 1-1)
1997 – Beat Ipswich in Division 1 semi-final (1-1, 2-2 aet, won on away goals), lost final 0-1 to Palace
1998 – Lost in Division 1 semi-final v Sunderland (2-1, 0-2)
2003 – Beat Forest in Division 1 semi-final (1-1, 4-3 aet), lost final 0-3 to Wolves
2009 – Beat Preston in Championship semi-final (1-1, 1-0 aet), lost final 0-1 to Burnley
2012 – Beat Stevenage in League One semi-final (0-0, 1-0), lost final 8-7 on pens to Huddersfield after 0-0 draw aet
2013 – Lost to Yeovil in League One semi-final (1-0, 0-2)
2015 – Lost to Swindon in League One semi-final (1-2, 5-5)
2022 – Lost to Forest in Championship semi-final (1-2, 2-1 aet), lost 3-2 on pens

Source: Revolution: https://www.s24su.com/forum/threads/a-look-back-at-our-previous-playoff-campaigns.90967/

No doubt a far superior read to the (paywalled) Athletic article quoted above!

 

[Pollingtonblade]

We have lost the most play off finals?

 

[Revolution]

We have lost the most play off finals?

Us and Reading have both lost 4.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Us and Reading have both lost 4.

Cheers, I genuinely didn't know that, although Reading have won one I think?

 

[mattbianco1]

Cheers, I genuinely didn't know that, although Reading have won one I think?

Never being promoted in 9 Play Off campaigns is also a record

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Never being promoted in 9 Play Off campaigns is also a record

Also losing at Old Wembley, the Millennium and new Wembley must be a record of sorts

 

[Revolution]

Cheers, I genuinely didn't know that, although Reading have won one I think?

No, lost 4 finals and 2 semi finals.

 

[Revolution]

Never being promoted in 9 Play Off campaigns is also a record

Yes, the second worst active record is Lincoln, who have lost 7.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

One day

Us Leeds Reading and Lincoln will be the 4 play off teams

 

[Silent Blade]

Never being promoted in 9 Play Off campaigns is also a record

We did win a test match in 1893 against Accrington at Nottingham though. Test matches were similar to play offs