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Sheffield United

Sheffield United Football Club are a professional English football club based in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. more...

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They currently play in the FA Premier League, after achieving promotion from the football league championship. The current manager is Neil Warnock. They play at Bramall Lane, in Highfield wearing a strip of red and white striped shirts.

Their nickname is The Blades, which can be seen on the team emblem that is said to have been designed by a former manager, Jimmy Sirrel. The emblem was first used for the 1977-78 season, replacing the city coat of arms that had been used since 1966. Like all clubs, Sheffield United have a great range of songs and chants sung by their fans, including the most notable: their unofficial anthem, The Greasy Chip Butty Song.

Sheffield United won the League in 1898 and the FA Cup in 1899, 1902, 1915 and 1925. They were beaten finalists in the FA Cup in 1901 and 1936. Their best performance in the League Cup was reaching the semi finals in 2003.

History

Early years

Sheffield United were formed by the Sheffield United Cricket Club in Sheffield, on March 22, 1889. The cricket club itself had been going since 1854 and were the first English sports club to use United in its name. However, the now-defunct Plymouth United, formed in 1886 three years before Sheffield United Football Club, were the first English football club to be named United.

The team was formed six days after a crowd of 22,688 paid to watch the FA Cup semi-final played at Bramall Lane between Preston North End and West Bromwich Albion. They were a professional club almost from the start and played their first game against Notts Rangers of the Midland Counties League on September 7 1889 losing 4-1 at Meadow Lane. Their first game at Bramall Lane did not come until September 28 1889 against Birmingham St George of the Football Alliance which they also lost 4-0.

United's first season was comprised of friendlies and local cup matches, but notable for them reaching the second round of the FA Cup at their first attempt by beating Football League side Burnley 2-1 at home. However, the next cup game against Bolton Wanderers gave United their record defeat 13-0 and persuaded the committee that regular competitive league games were required.

They joined the Midland Counties League for the 1890-91 season, finishing fifth, they then competed the following season in the Northern League finishing third. At the end of the season they applied to join the Football League First Division, which was expanding from 14 to 16 clubs for the 1892 season, but polled only 5 votes and were instead admitted as one of the twelve founder members of the Second Division.