Sheffield United F.C.

Sheffield United Football Club are a football club in The Football League. They were formed in Sheffield, England, in 1889. Their nickname is 'The Blades', which can be seen on the team emblem.

Related Topics:
Football - The Football League - Sheffield - England - 1889

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Like their great local rivals, Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield United began as a cricket club. It was formed in 1854 as the Sheffield United Cricket Club, but was a club without a team. The main task of the club was to manage the then new Bramall Lane sporting enclosure. (The first English football club to be called "united", Plymouth United F.C., was formed before Sheffield United launched its football team).

Related Topics:
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. - Cricket - Bramall Lane - Plymouth United F.C.

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Sheffield United were a professional club almost from the start, and were admitted to the Football League in 1892. They currently play in the Football League Championship, under manager Neil Warnock, at Bramall Lane, in Sharrow (just south of Sheffield city centre), wearing a strip of red and white striped shirts.

Related Topics:
Football League Championship - Neil Warnock - Bramall Lane - Sharrow

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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, which is famous and recognised by many as one of the great football anthems.

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Sang to the tune of Annie's Song, a U.K. number one hit for John Denver in 1974. Another great anthem is the Na na na song, sung when United score a goal at home matches, the song has become highly popular throughout english football and other teams now do the same.

Related Topics:
Annie's Song - John Denver

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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.

Related Topics:
FA Cup - League Cup

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The club has been involved in many notable firsts:

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• the first and to-date the only League club to score ten goals in an away fixture, versus Burslem Port Vale in 1892
• in 1892-3 after a test match victory against Accrington they were the first team in the world to be promoted
• United were involved in the first British radio commentary of a football match, versus Arsenal at Highbury in 1927
• the club scored the first goal in the Premiership, Brian Deane scoring after 5 minutes v Manchester United in August 1992
 
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