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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
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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?
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The BBC – Best Blades Celebrations
Deadbat looks through decades of United's most memorable celebrations – good and bad – to find our top ten
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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.
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Does Roy remember this right?
Roy remembers – but did the following outlandish moments in United history even happen?...
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Winner stays on: Sheffield United vs the World
Phil Rose with a public service announcement on the possible changing of the guard in World Football's Winner Stays On competition.
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The night I slept with Jamie Hoyland
A mid-80s romp with our writer across the pitches of England – all in the name of research
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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.
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Rock bottom: a Kop toilet story
A trip down memory lane that one Kop toilet user would rather forget...
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Tony Field: From Halifax to New York
Few players took to the pitch alongside Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto and Tony Currie – Tony Field did, but it's safe to say one of those…
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The Chris Wilder Myth
Sheffield United Football Club cannot rely on a proven manager without reflecting on the recruitment that brought us success.
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20 Best Sheffield United Players of the last 25 years
In the third and final instalment of the 101 Best Sheffield United players, Ben Meakin counts down the top twenty from the last quarter century.
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