Sheffield United
The Steel City blues of Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United
One of the great English footballing cities. Both clubs steeped in tradition and history, but both currently struggling to regain the former glories that included Premier League spells within the last decade. Welcome to the trials and tribulations of football in Sheffield. Rich Prew looks at the recent history of the two Steel City rivals.
Until very recently, the highest profile problems have been suffered by Sheffield Wednesday. Days away …
Broken Britton? Leon leaves Blades to seal Swansea return
Despite spending little over six months at Sheffield United, former West Ham trainee Leon Britton is heading back to his “career club”, Swansea City. It seemed quite a coup for United to attract the midfielder to Bramall Lane in the summer. Ian Rands explores why Britton was less than great for the Blades.
When Leon Britton moved to the steel city in June, big things were expected from him. Heralded …
Manager moves - Is Micky the man for Sheffield United?
There have been so many managerial changes in the Football League recently that Mike Holden has had trouble keeping up with them all! Thankfully, he’s back on the case now and continues his examination of the decisions made by chairmen up and down the country with the Sheffield United question. Is Micky Adams the right man?
In an ideal world, Sheffield United would have found closure on the Carlos Tevez…
Football League bloggers round-up #1 - January 14th 2011
Every fortnight during 2011, The Seventy Two will round up the best football writing about clubs in the Championship, League One and League Two on other blogs across the world wide web. The first of these regular round-ups features posts from Magic Spongers, A United View, The Real FA Cup, European Football Weekends and The Two Unfortunates.
The aim with future round-ups will be to feature more club-specific blogs so …