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Substack newsletter & podcast about Sheffield United Football Club ⚔️| 3x Shortlist for 'Best Fan Media' at the Football Supporters' Association Awards | Posts from Sam (@the-speechwriter.com).

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A piece written by my brother: thepinch.uk/p/will-i-alw...

"At approximately 15:35, I took a video on my phone: dense, red flare fumes, erratic arms and heads and bodies..."
May 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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The Championship playoff final means becoming a semi-pro travel agent for the week.

Great to talk Sam Parry @thepinch.uk & Michael Dunne @rokerreportsafc.bsky.social for my latest @fotmob.com column. ⚽️👊🏾⬇️

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Sheffield United and Sunderland fans are busy prepping for the Playoff Final
The logistical abilities of the average football fan are unparalleled. Becoming semi-professional travel agents and battling with Britain’s creaking infrastructure, tens of thousands will descend upon...
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May 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Score predictions over both legs?

On the pod, I went with:

Bristol C 0-1 Blades
Blades 1-0 Bristol C
May 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Two-legged play-off semi 🤝 Two-part play-off pod

1️⃣ Sam, David and Riley on tactics and line-ups ahead of the 1st leg: www.thepinch.uk/p/sheffield-...

2️⃣ George Elek from Not The Top 20 pod joins us to chat play-off curses and why Blades can be bullish: www.thepinch.uk/p/play-off-s...
May 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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🚨 24/25 SEASON PLAYER RATINGS...

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Riley doesn’t do sympathy scores. Every Blade rated across the full season — 5 is average, and only six dropped below it.

Tough? Maybe. Honest? Always.
May 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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New Pinch Podcast out this morning 👇

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Formline 1.20 – Kieffer Moore, Rob Holding, and who do we want in the play-off semis?
As the Blades head into the final day of the season, Sam, David and Riley pick out some key performances from the past three games and agree on the team they don't want to face in the play-offs.
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April 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Latest pod just dropped | It's not so much a talking shop about the Argyle result. More a discussion of Jack Robinson, Chris Wilder and leadership.

Let us know what you think!

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Formline 1.19 – "Leadership: Robinson, Wilder and getting emotional..."
A horrible run of three defeats on the bounce has put the Blades at the back of the queue for the automatic spots – David Taylor, Sam Parry and Riley Roberts pull it apart with one eye on leadership.
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April 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Back to back bangers this week.

Today, we publish our favourite quarterly bonanza…

Roy’s View From Social Media

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ROY’S VIEW ON SOCIAL MEDIA: NOVEMBER–MARCH
Roy dives deep into Sheffield United’s rollercoaster promotion push, blending match drama and injury struggles with some frankly wonderful social media highlights.
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April 4, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Not Blue Skying enough.

Anyhow. Here’s our latest podcast. If anyone has any thoughts or questions, promise we’ll respond in the next one

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Formline 1.18 – "Sonic Youth: Femi Seriki, Sydie Peck, Andre Brooks and Tom Cannon + Coventry reaction"
Sam, David and Riley cast their eye over one of the youngest squads in the Championship, honing in on four players - as is Formline tradition - Seriki, Peck, Brooks and Cannon.
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April 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Player Ratings from Monday's loss to Leeds.

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Sheffield United 1-3 Leeds
Blades gave a good account of themselves, but it wasn't to be as we succumbed to the league leaders.
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February 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Piece penned for @thepinch.uk on some of the stuff that the new American owners at Bramall Lane might want to consider getting stuck into on the non-playing side of things. Safe standing is an obvious one – but there’s plenty additional things they could leave their mark on #sufc #bskyblades
February 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Top performance. Front foot from the off. Pressed from the front. Great passages of play. Hamer & O'Hare superb. Deserved lead. Then Donohue gives that. Terrible decision and no card for 3(!) swings of the arm. Could've lost our heads, but built momentum 2nd half and just reward. #BSkyBlades
February 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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The final part of the trilogy...

Top 🔟 Sheffield United Goalkeepers of the past 40 years.

✏️ DeadBat

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Sheffield United's greatest goalkeepers, part 3: simply the best
The top ten Sheffield United goalkeepers from our statistical and opinion-based analysis of every Blades custodian of the last 40 years
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January 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Pre-Match View From Hull #sufc #bskyblades

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Pre-Match View From Hull — The View From
"Nervous about this one...." "90 minute dry bumming" "Unfortunately not letting heart rule the head, 2 or 3 nil loss, give all the new lads a game to get some fitness. I will still be full of hope com...
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January 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Spend a Tuesday night in South Wales with me.
Swansea (a).

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January 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Confirmation that the Fan Zone will be temporarily closed in Jan & Feb while the club considers ways to develop it further.

Survey now open for fans to offer their thoughts on how it’s gone so far, and possible ways to improve it: www.sufc.co.uk/news/2025/ja... #bskyblades
Fan Zone update
United would like to announce modifications to the matchday offering, including a change to the Fan Zone throughout the winter months.
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January 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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NEW POD | "Tough times don't last forever..."

Sam, David and Riley dissect a difficult 4-game festive period for the Blades in the latest episode of the 4ormline.

🔢 Best/worst ratings
📈 xG post-Souttar
🤝 Davies/O'Hare
➡️ Transfer Window

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Formline 1.14 – "Tough times don't last forever"... No they don't Chris, no they don't.
Sam, Riley and David dissect the festive period – performances, results, trends, partnerships, transfers and what we can glean about the future.
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January 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Sheffield United Football Club v Owners

By Phil Rose | 📩 In your inbox and online, an article on the necessary evil of ownership in football.

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Sheffield United v Owners
Phil Rose on the necessary evil of owners in football.
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January 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Player Ratings – Blades 2-1 Watford

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Huge performance, huge result, huge marks out of ten?

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Sheffield United 2-1 Watford (A)
Down, but not out: Blades came out swinging after the Sunderland loss before bravely defending the lead at Vicarage Road.
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January 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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The climb before the beautiful view
gos75.bsky.social Giacomo @gos75.bsky.social · Jan 3
Reading the first instalment of @thepinch.uk ‘s 44-1 countdown of United keepers sent shivers down my spine… looking forward to the Top 10 as I believe that, as a club, and never more so than under Bassett, we’ve punched above our weight between the sticks. And those days seem to have returned… 🤞
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January 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Blades best player of 2024?

So far this season, I'd hand it to Harrison Burrows. But for the whole of 2024, it has to be Gus Hamer. Very, very lucky to have him.

Such a joy, even stuck out there on the left.
December 31, 2024 at 9:14 AM
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So happy for Brooksy
December 29, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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Player Ratings following Blades 2-0 Cardiff City.

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We are top of the league.

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Sheffield United 2-0 Cardiff (A)
Another win, another clean sheet, and Sheffield United top the pile going Christmas. Marks out of 10 for this one from Riley Roberts.
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December 22, 2024 at 7:53 AM
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Great performance that.

Good goals. Good cameos. Nice, simple, dominant possession.

Top of the pile at Christmas — would never have guessed it.

Big challenge Boxing Day. Bring on Parker’s turkeys.
December 21, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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Merry Christmas! What's more festive than a discussion on crossing the ball? 🎄🎁 #bskyblades #sufc
December 20, 2024 at 3:14 PM