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Player Ratings: Sheffield United 3-2 Leicester (A)
The third win in three for Blades and Riley's here with the player ratings.
Dec 1
Player Ratings: Sheffield United 3-0 Portsmouth + Wednesday
Two wins on the bounce, six goals scored, none conceded, and Riley's here with the ratings for both.
Nov 27
Why a Blades-Owls merger makes sense to people who hate beautiful things
An open letter to all sides of the city as talk of a Sheffield Football merger raises its head again.
Nov 26
40:42
Formline 2.12 – "A ‘Lose-Lose Derby’? Not a bit of it, as Blades batter Sheffield Wednesday..."
A derby so one-sided it felt like it was being played in slow motion. Sam and Riley break down a win that rarely looked in doubt.
Nov 24
33:06
Formline 2.11 – "BLADES BY NUMBERS: there's a new data dashboard on The Pinch and here are the stories behind those stats..."
Visit 👉 https://www.thepinch.uk/p/blades-by-numbers-sheffield-united-stats-data
Nov 21
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Big Bad Billy Whitehurst
Dec 18, 2023
ROY'S VIEW ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Nov 18, 2024
The gamble: making sense of the Chris Wilder sacking
Jun 19
London Away: tales from the local away day
Apr 19, 2024

Timeless Reads

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The only Blade in Aldershot
Through top flights and lowlights, moving south as a child didn't dim Phil Ridley's passion for the Blades – and even made him a Hampshire football…
Oct 31
Dialling for Goals: following the Blades in the pre-digital age
Before push notifications and less-than-accurate social media updates, our writer remembers ClubCall in all its delayed and imperfect glory
Sep 5
The Night Shift
How better to spend the early hours caring for a newborn than reliving Sheffield United's nineties journey through the magic of VHS?
Aug 4
The BBC – Best Blades Celebrations
Deadbat looks through decades of United's most memorable celebrations – good and bad – to find our top ten
Apr 1
43 moments of quintessential Wilderballs
Andrew Senior takes a sideways look at the post-match words of our straight-talking, no-spin, says-it-as-it-is manager.
Mar 26

Hang it in the Louvre

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HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE #4 | Marc Webster
Tufty Club's finest Steven Bettis impersonator joins us for a brilliant chat about three of the finest images the Louvre have ever seen.
Nov 11
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE #3 | Andrew 'Roy' 'Panchero' Hague
The Louvre has been robbed. Fear not, the thieves left the Sheffield United gallery untouched, which is more than we can say for Andrew, who has very…
Oct 21
56:50
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE #2 | David 'Deadbat' Beeden
The podcast where Blades fans pitch three images for our consideration, but only one will make it onto the hallowed walls of the Louvre.
Oct 14
36:58
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE #1 | Tyrone James
A new podcast where guests pitch three favourite images from their life as a Blade and together, we pick our favourite to hang in The Pinch wing of the…
Sep 26
42:03

The Pinch Podcast

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40:42
Formline 2.12 – "A ‘Lose-Lose Derby’? Not a bit of it, as Blades batter Sheffield Wednesday..."
A derby so one-sided it felt like it was being played in slow motion. Sam and Riley break down a win that rarely looked in doubt.
Nov 24
Formline 2.11 – "BLADES BY NUMBERS: there's a new data dashboard on The Pinch and here are the stories behind those stats..."
Visit 👉 https://www.thepinch.uk/p/blades-by-numbers-sheffield-united-stats-data
Nov 21
33:06
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE #4 | Marc Webster
Tufty Club's finest Steven Bettis impersonator joins us for a brilliant chat about three of the finest images the Louvre have ever seen.
Nov 11
41:08
Formline 2.10 – "Emergency pod ... as in, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!"
Sam, David, and Riley react to the loss to Derby before chatting in detail about the key metrics behind successful Championship teams — and reveal one…
Nov 3
43:59
Formline 2.9 – "Michael Cooper, Harrison Burrows, Callum O'Hare, and the state of our matches at 0-0..."
David, Sam and Riley get into the weeds of the last three games against Watford, Blackburn and Preston.
Oct 27
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