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The Pinch Year in Review: 2025
Win, lose or draw, The Pinch has seen it all in 2025. Here are our favourite pieces from another busy year of Blades and football coverage
Dec 31, 2025
Player Ratings: Sheffield United 2-1 Stoke (A)
The Blades crack it against the Potters
Dec 30, 2025
Player Ratings: Sheffield United 3-0 Birmingham City (H)
The Blades returned to winning ways with a sharp victory over Birmingham
Dec 21, 2025
54:49
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE #6 | Kate Burlaga
Sky Sports journalist Kate Burlaga picks three Sheffield United images that linger, from pandemic stillness and play-off heartbreak to the unfiltered…
Dec 16, 2025
Player Ratings: Sheffield United 0-2 West Brom (A)
The unbeaten run is over... and, oh dear, that was bad.
Dec 14, 2025
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The Pinch Year in Review: 2025
Win, lose or draw, The Pinch has seen it all in 2025. Here are our favourite pieces from another busy year of Blades and football coverage
Dec 31, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025

Hang it in the Louvre

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HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE #6 | Kate Burlaga
Sky Sports journalist Kate Burlaga picks three Sheffield United images that linger, from pandemic stillness and play-off heartbreak to the unfiltered…
Dec 16, 2025
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE #5 | Caty Murray
Sander’s arrival, Hulse’s header, and a scoreline we can’t forget...
Dec 4, 2025
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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, 2025
41:08
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, 2025
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, 2025
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54:49
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE #6 | Kate Burlaga
Sky Sports journalist Kate Burlaga picks three Sheffield United images that linger, from pandemic stillness and play-off heartbreak to the unfiltered…
Dec 16, 2025
Formline 2.13 – "Four wins, one gut punch, and is that a play-off pulse?...”
Sam, David and Riley dig into big results, dominant numbers, emerging stars and one frustrating draw.
Dec 10, 2025
49:33
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE #5 | Caty Murray
Sander’s arrival, Hulse’s header, and a scoreline we can’t forget...
Dec 4, 2025
45:58
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, 2025
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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, 2025
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