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Big Bad Billy Whitehurst
Matthew Bell tells the tales of perhaps the hardest man in football.
ROY'S VIEW ON SOCIAL MEDIA
From forlorn hope and summer sales to tall signings and big autumn wins, Roy captures Sheffield United's season so far in this bumper "view from".
The gamble: making sense of the Chris Wilder sacking
Ben Meakin weighs up the risks, rewards, and reasoning behind a bold decision by new ownership—and why he's ready to roll the dice on a new era at…
London Away: tales from the local away day
Working backwards from Brentford to Spurs, our editor recalls non-footballing events from every London away day.
Restored and reunited
Kate Burlaga looks back on a season of beginnings, restarts and revival
Roy's view...on social media
Roy's View on Blades social for April and May
George Baldock
Sam Parry
How not to win the play-offs
And why the future, not the past, should be the focus
Will I always be a Sheffield United fan?
Jake Parry
Like a Gallon of Magnet
After putting his tastebuds to the test with some Greasy Chip Butties, Joel Beighton scrutinises a gallon, or at least a few pints, of Magnet.
You'll never sing that: unique Blades records no-one else can cheer about
The good, bad and bizarre records that only Sheffield United can claim.
Finding our level
A win is what happens when variance comes home to roost.
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