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10th February 2001 - #OnThisDay 25 years ago Sheffield United beat Birmingham City 3-1 at Bramall Lane ⚔️

Goals from Shaun Murphy, Paul Devlin and loanee Paul Peschisolido gave #SUFC all 3 points against Blues 🔵

Future Blade Geoff Horsfield scored for #BCFC #bskyblades
February 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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An independent archive of Sheffield United Football Club ⚔️⚽️

Sharing historic moments, players, matches and memories from the Blades’ past.

Follow to explore more #sufc history 🔴⚪️⚫️ #bskyblades
February 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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25 years ago #OnThisDay Sheffield United signed Zimbabwe international Peter Ndlovu on a free from Birmingham City on 2nd February 2001 🇿🇼

Known as ‘Nuddy’ to many #sufc fans - he was a popular and skillful player who scored 25 goals in 135 league games ⚔️ #bskyblades
February 2, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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31st January 2017 #OnThisDay 9 years ago Sheffield United goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale was sold for £800k to AFC Bournemouth 🍒

After a 9th place Prem finish #sufc bought him back from #afcb in 2020 for £18.5m. He later joined Arsenal in a deal worth up to £30m ⚔️ #bskyblades
January 31, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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6 years ago #OnThisDay Norwegian midfielder Sander Berge became a £22m record signing for Sheffield United 🇳🇴

The 21 year old was a key player at #sufc before he was sold to Burnley in August 2023 - only a week after Iliman N’Diaye was also sold to Marseille ⚔️ #bskyblades
January 30, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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Can you name this former Blades goalkeeper? ⚔️

Comment below with your guess. Do you remember him? 🤔

#sufc #bskyblades
January 29, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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#OnThisDay in 2015 #SUFC drew 2-2 with #Spurs in a League Cup Semi Final 2nd leg ⚪️

Clough’s League 1 team had lost the away leg 1-0 and were 1-0 down before young sub Ché Adams scored a brace to give Blades hope ⚔️

Spurs went onto score again & win 3-2 on aggregate #bskyblades
January 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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27th January 1999 - Sheffield United beat Cardiff City 4-1 #OnThisDay 27 years ago ⚔️

Goals from Paul Devlin, David Holdsworth, Lee Morris and Graham Stuart ensured #sufc qualified for the 5th round of the FA Cup after beating #Cardiff at Bramall Lane 🏆 #bskyblades
January 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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23 years ago #OnThisDay Sheffield United beat Ipswich 4-3 to reach the 5th round of the FA Cup 🏆

A brace from Brown and goals from Jagielka & Peschisolido put #sufc in the hat for the next round ⚔️🔵 #itfc

Watch the highlights here: 👀 bit.ly/467dv8P #bskyblades
January 25, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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Former #sufc boss Nigel Clough signed Paul Coutts & Kieron Freeman from Derby #OnThisDay 11 years ago ⚪️

Coutts joined for an undisclosed fee & Freeman joined on a free. They became key players under Chris Wilder when Blades topped League 1 with 100 points ⚔️ #bskyblades
January 23, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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22nd January 1966 #OnThisDay 60 years ago Sheffield United beat Fulham 3-1 in a 3rd round FA Cup tie 🏆

A brace from Alan Birchenall and a goal from Alan Woodward sent #SUFC through to the next round ⚔️

Blades were knocked out by Wolves in the 4th round #bskyblades #FFC
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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#OnThisDay in 1989 Sheffield United beat Gillingham 4-2 in a Division 3 match at Bramall Lane ⚔️

#sufc scorers were Francis Joseph, Bob Booker, Darren Carr and Peter Duffield 🔴⚪️

Bassett’s Blades went onto win promotion by finishing 2nd in the league #bskyblades
January 21, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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Who remembers this Blade? ⚔️

Comment below with your guess. 🤔

#sufc #bskyblades
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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97 years ago #OnThisDay Sheffield United beat Burnley 10-0 at Bramall Lane - still a #sufc record for biggest league win at home ⚔️

Harry Johnson scored 4, Fred Tunstall & Tom Phillipson bagged braces and Billy Gillespie & Sid Gibson were also on the scoresheet #bskyblades
January 19, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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#OnThisDay in 1975 Sheffield United beat Tottenham 3-1 at White Hart Lane ⚔️

Tony Currie, Alan Woodward and Keith Eddy scored for #sufc with John Duncan scoring for #thfc ⚽️

Blades would go onto finish 6th in the top tier of English football 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #bskyblades
January 18, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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23 years ago #OnThisDay Sheffield United beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 in a league match 🔴🔵

Blades defeated #swfc at Bramall Lane with goals from Steve Kabba, Michael Brown and Wayne Allison canceling out future blade Alan Quinn’s opener for the Owls ⚔️

#sufc #bskyblades
January 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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#OnThisDay 33 years ago - Brian Deane scored a hattrick for Sheffield United against Ipswich Town ⚽️⚽️⚽️

#sufc won the game 3-0 at Bramall Lane in the first season of the Premier League #itfc ⚔️🔵 #bskyblades

Watch the highlights here 👇
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January 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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43 years ago #OnThisDay Sheffield United beat #Portsmouth 2-1 in a Division 3 match at Bramall Lane ⚔️

Colin Morris scored a brace for #sufc against Pompey. Blades went onto finish 11th under Ian Porterfield after winning Division 4 the previous season #bskyblades
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Can you name this former Blade? ⚔️

Comment below with your guess. Do you remember him? 🤔

#sufc #bskyblades
January 14, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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19 years ago #OnThisDay Stephen Quinn scored in a 1-1 draw against #Portsmouth in a Premier League match at Bramall Lane ⚔️

Gary O’Neil scored an equalizer for #pfc to deny #sufc the win.

Quinny recently played for Mansfield Town. “I want ginger hair too…” 🎶 #bskyblades
January 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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#OnThisDay back in 2010 Sheffield United beat #QPR 3-2 in a #FACup round 3 replay at Loftus Road ⚽️

Goals from Lee Williamson, Jamie Ward & Richard Cresswell ensured #sufc progressed to the next round where they would lose 2-0 away at Premier League Bolton ⚔️ #bskyblades
January 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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Last 6 #sufc FA Cup campaigns ⚔️

2024/25 - R3 vs Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
2023/24 - R4 vs Brighton 🐦
2022/23 - SF vs Man City 🔵
2021/22 - R3 vs Wolves 🐺
2020/21 - QF vs Chelsea 🔵
2019/20 - QF vs Arsenal 🔴

How far will Blades get in the #FACup this year? 🏆 #bskyblades
January 11, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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A look back at our record FA Cup win from Chris Wilder’s first season… 🏆

#sufc beat Leyton Orient 6-0 on 6th November 2016 at Bramall Lane ⚔️

A hattrick from loanee Harry Chapman and goals from Basham, Scougall and Freeman put us through to the next round #bskyblades
January 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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22 years ago #OnThisDay Paul Peschisolido scored a hattrick for Sheffield United in a Division One match vs Gillingham at Priestfield ⚔️

Paul is well remembered by Blades fans for his winning goal in the previous season’s playoff semi-finals where #sufc beat Nottingham Forest 4-3 #bskyblades
January 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM