Sheffield United Quiz
Free Sheffield United quiz with explained answers — the 1898 title, four FA Cups, Brian Deane's first Premier League goal and the Wilder years.
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In which season did Sheffield United win the Football League First Division title?
WhyErnest 'Nudger' Needham captained Sheffield United to the championship in 1897-98, the club's only top-flight title. -
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Which shirt design has been Sheffield United's first choice for most of the club's history?
WhyRed and white stripes with black shorts have been the Blades' colours almost from the beginning. -
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Sheffield United's first-choice goalkeeper during their ninth-place 2019–20 Premier League season was on loan from which club?
WhyDean Henderson played 36 league games on loan as Chris Wilder's newly promoted side, tipped by most pundits for relegation, finished ninth. -
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Sheffield United won their first FA Cup in 1899, beating which club 4‑1 in the final?
WhyDerby County led at half-time at Crystal Palace before United scored four, with Fred Priest among the scorers. -
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Sheffield United still avoided relegation in 1990‑91 despite going how many league games without a win at the start of the season?
WhyUnited had four points from their first 16 games, then won 13 of the last 22 to finish 13th in the First Division. -
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In 2002–03 Sheffield United reached both domestic cup semi-finals. Which club knocked them out of the League Cup?
WhyUnited won the first leg 2–1 at Bramall Lane, but lost 2–0 after extra time at Anfield to go out 3–2 on aggregate — and the winners lifted the trophy. -
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In a 1–0 home win in December 2006, Phil Jagielka spent the last half-hour in goal after Paddy Kenny was injured. Which club were Sheffield United beating?
WhyJagielka, an outfield player, kept the clean sheet and made a save from Robin van Persie to seal one of the Blades' best results of that Premier League season. -
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Sheffield United won the Fourth Division title at the first attempt in 1981‑82. Who was their manager that season?
WhyIan Porterfield, scorer of Sunderland's winner in the 1973 FA Cup final, took charge that June and Keith Edwards scored 35 goals. -
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Sheffield United's 3‑0 win in the 1915 FA Cup final is remembered by which nickname?
WhyUniformed soldiers filled a neutral ground, and Lord Derby used the trophy presentation to urge more men to enlist. -
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Sheffield United lost the 2003 First Division play-off final 3–0 at the Millennium Stadium. Which club beat them?
WhyDave Jones's side led 3–0 by half-time in Cardiff through Mark Kennedy, Nathan Blake and Kenny Miller; United had beaten Nottingham Forest 5–4 on aggregate in the semi-final. -
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After leaving Bramall Lane in 1978, Alan Woodward finished his career in the North American Soccer League with which club?
WhyWoodward scored more than 150 goals from the wing for United before joining Tulsa Roughnecks in 1979. -
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Sheffield Wednesday's win over Sheffield United on Boxing Day 1979 is known as the 'Boxing Day Massacre'. What was the score?
WhyA crowd of 49,309 at Hillsborough saw Ian Mellor open the scoring from 25 yards in a 4-0 rout of the Third Division leaders. -
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Sheffield United lost the 1993 FA Cup semi-final 2–1 to Sheffield Wednesday. At which ground was the all-Sheffield tie played?
WhyChris Waddle's second-minute free-kick and Mark Bright's extra-time header settled it; Alan Cork had equalised for United. -
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Who scored the penalty for Wigan Athletic that relegated Sheffield United on the final day of the 2006–07 season?
WhyThe defender had left Bramall Lane for Wigan that January; his first-half penalty, awarded for a Phil Jagielka handball, kept Wigan up on goal difference. -
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Sheffield United's 1902 FA Cup final went to a replay after a 1‑1 draw. Who did they beat 2‑1 to lift the trophy?
WhySouthampton were still a Southern League club, and both matches were played at Crystal Palace a week apart. -
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What was the score when Sheffield United beat Cardiff City in the 1925 FA Cup final?
WhyFred Tunstall's goal after half an hour settled it, and United have not won the cup since. -
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Which Sheffield United midfielder scored both goals in the 2‑1 League Cup semi-final first-leg win in January 2003?
WhyThe homegrown midfielder struck in the 76th and 82nd minutes at Bramall Lane, but the tie was overturned in the second leg at Anfield. -
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Sheffield United were relegated from the Premier League on the final day of 1993–94, losing 3–2 away to which club?
WhyMark Stein scored twice at Stamford Bridge on 7 May 1994, the second in stoppage time, on a chaotic final afternoon that sent the Blades down in 20th. -
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Sheffield United went up to the Premier League as Championship runners-up in 2005–06. Which club won the title that season with 106 points?
WhyThe champions ran away with it on 106 points while the Blades finished second on 90; Watford came up through the play-offs. -
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In June 2020, Sheffield United were denied a clear goal when goal-line technology failed to register that the ball had crossed the line. The 0–0 draw was away at which club?
WhyHawk-Eye apologised unreservedly, saying its cameras were blocked by the goalkeeper, a defender and the post as Ørjan Nyland carried Oliver Norwood's free-kick over his own line. -
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Sheffield United were promoted to the Premier League as Championship runners-up in 2018–19. Which club finished above them as champions?
WhyThe champions took 94 points; the Blades finished on 89, six clear of third place, and the play-off winners came up through the play-offs. -
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Bramall Lane staged the world's first football match played under floodlights. In which year?
WhyOn 14 October 1878, four 30-foot wooden towers lit an exhibition match at Bramall Lane, eleven years before the football club existed. -
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Sheffield United lost the 2003 FA Cup semi-final 1‑0. At which ground was the tie played?
WhyFreddie Ljungberg scored in the 34th minute in front of 59,170 and David Seaman produced a famous late save. -
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Sheffield United have played their home matches at the same ground since the club was formed. Which one?
WhyBramall Lane was already a cricket ground when the football club was created there, and United have never had another home. -
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Sheffield United were relegated from the Premier League on the final day of the 2006–07 season. Who was their manager?
WhyHe had taken the club up as Championship runners-up the season before, and left within days of the relegation-day defeat at Bramall Lane. -
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Sheffield United were relegated to the Fourth Division on the final day of the 1980‑81 season after losing to which club?
WhyDon Givens' late penalty was saved by Ron Green, and Walsall stayed up at United's expense. -
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Who was Sheffield United's leading scorer in the 2018–19 Championship season, with 23 league goals, as the club won promotion to the Premier League?
WhyThe Sheffield-born striker came through the club's own academy; McGoldrick was next on the list that season with 15. -
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Chris Wilder's first season in charge, 2016–17, ended with Sheffield United winning the League One title. How many points did they finish on?
WhyWilder, a boyhood Blade, ended a six-season stay in the third tier at the first attempt — and the Blades reached three figures. -
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Who was Sheffield United's top scorer in 2002–03, with 16 league goals?
WhyHe was a central midfielder rather than a forward, and finished with 22 in all competitions in the season United reached two cup semi-finals and the play-off final. -
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In which year was Sheffield United founded at Bramall Lane?
WhySheffield United Cricket Club set up a football branch at its ground in March 1889 to replace the gate money it had lost. -
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How many times did Sheffield United win the FA Cup before the Premier League was formed in 1992?
WhyUnited lifted the cup in 1899, 1902, 1915 and 1925, and have not reached a final since 1936. -
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Which forward holds Sheffield United's all-time club goalscoring record, with 201 goals?
WhyHarry Johnson scored his 201 goals across the 1920s, comfortably clear of Alan Woodward's 158. -
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Tony Currie left Sheffield United in 1976 after eight years at Bramall Lane. Which club signed him?
WhyLeeds paid £250,000 for Currie in 1976, a record fee for them at the time; he moved on to QPR three years later. -
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Sheffield United won 2‑1 at Bramall Lane on 15 August 1992, in a game that produced the first goal of the Premier League era. Who scored it?
WhyDeane scored twice that afternoon, one of them from the penalty spot, and his opener was the first goal the new competition ever saw.
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Sheffield United were created in March 1889 by the Sheffield United Cricket Club, which wanted football to replace the gate money its ground was losing. Bramall Lane was a cricket ground first — it had staged an exhibition match under four thirty-foot wooden light towers back in 1878, eleven years before the football club existed — and the Blades have never played anywhere else. Red and white stripes with black shorts have been the colours almost from the start.
The trophies came early. Ernest 'Nudger' Needham captained the side to the First Division championship in 1897-98, still the club's only top-flight title, and four FA Cups followed: 1899 and 1902 either side of the turn of the century, then the 1915 final remembered as the Khaki Cup Final, played in front of uniformed soldiers with Lord Derby using the presentation to urge more men to enlist, and finally 1925, settled by Fred Tunstall's goal after half an hour.
What followed was long and hard. Relegation to the Fourth Division in 1981 turned on a missed penalty against Walsall on the last day; Ian Porterfield, who had scored Sunderland's winner in the 1973 FA Cup final, took charge that June. Tony Currie had gone to Leeds in 1976 for a fee that was a record for them, and Alan Woodward left for Tulsa Roughnecks in 1979 after more than 150 goals from the wing. Harry Johnson's 201 still stands clear of them all.
The modern Blades are the ones most supporters have lived through: Brian Deane scoring the first goal of the Premier League era in August 1992, Phil Jagielka going in goal for the last half-hour against Arsenal, two cup semi-finals and a play-off final in the same 2002-03 season, and Chris Wilder taking a boyhood club out of the third tier and finishing ninth in the Premier League. Every answer here explains itself.
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In which season did Sheffield United win the Football League First Division title?
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1897‑98. Ernest 'Nudger' Needham captained Sheffield United to the championship in 1897-98, the club's only top-flight title.
Which shirt design has been Sheffield United's first choice for most of the club's history?
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Red and white stripes. Red and white stripes with black shorts have been the Blades' colours almost from the beginning.
Sheffield United's first-choice goalkeeper during their ninth-place 2019–20 Premier League season was on loan from which club?
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Manchester United. Dean Henderson played 36 league games on loan as Chris Wilder's newly promoted side, tipped by most pundits for relegation, finished ninth.
Sheffield United won their first FA Cup in 1899, beating which club 4‑1 in the final?
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Derby County. Derby County led at half-time at Crystal Palace before United scored four, with Fred Priest among the scorers.
Sheffield United still avoided relegation in 1990‑91 despite going how many league games without a win at the start of the season?
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16. United had four points from their first 16 games, then won 13 of the last 22 to finish 13th in the First Division.
In 2002–03 Sheffield United reached both domestic cup semi-finals. Which club knocked them out of the League Cup?
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Liverpool. United won the first leg 2–1 at Bramall Lane, but lost 2–0 after extra time at Anfield to go out 3–2 on aggregate — and the winners lifted the trophy.
In a 1–0 home win in December 2006, Phil Jagielka spent the last half-hour in goal after Paddy Kenny was injured. Which club were Sheffield United beating?
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Arsenal. Jagielka, an outfield player, kept the clean sheet and made a save from Robin van Persie to seal one of the Blades' best results of that Premier League season.
Sheffield United won the Fourth Division title at the first attempt in 1981‑82. Who was their manager that season?
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Ian Porterfield. Ian Porterfield, scorer of Sunderland's winner in the 1973 FA Cup final, took charge that June and Keith Edwards scored 35 goals.
Sheffield United's 3‑0 win in the 1915 FA Cup final is remembered by which nickname?
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The Khaki Cup Final. Uniformed soldiers filled a neutral ground, and Lord Derby used the trophy presentation to urge more men to enlist.
Sheffield United lost the 2003 First Division play-off final 3–0 at the Millennium Stadium. Which club beat them?
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Wolverhampton Wanderers. Dave Jones's side led 3–0 by half-time in Cardiff through Mark Kennedy, Nathan Blake and Kenny Miller; United had beaten Nottingham Forest 5–4 on aggregate in the semi-final.
After leaving Bramall Lane in 1978, Alan Woodward finished his career in the North American Soccer League with which club?
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Tulsa Roughnecks. Woodward scored more than 150 goals from the wing for United before joining Tulsa Roughnecks in 1979.
Sheffield Wednesday's win over Sheffield United on Boxing Day 1979 is known as the 'Boxing Day Massacre'. What was the score?
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4‑0. A crowd of 49,309 at Hillsborough saw Ian Mellor open the scoring from 25 yards in a 4-0 rout of the Third Division leaders.
Sheffield United lost the 1993 FA Cup semi-final 2–1 to Sheffield Wednesday. At which ground was the all-Sheffield tie played?
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Wembley. Chris Waddle's second-minute free-kick and Mark Bright's extra-time header settled it; Alan Cork had equalised for United.
Who scored the penalty for Wigan Athletic that relegated Sheffield United on the final day of the 2006–07 season?
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David Unsworth. The defender had left Bramall Lane for Wigan that January; his first-half penalty, awarded for a Phil Jagielka handball, kept Wigan up on goal difference.
Sheffield United's 1902 FA Cup final went to a replay after a 1‑1 draw. Who did they beat 2‑1 to lift the trophy?
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Southampton. Southampton were still a Southern League club, and both matches were played at Crystal Palace a week apart.
What was the score when Sheffield United beat Cardiff City in the 1925 FA Cup final?
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1‑0. Fred Tunstall's goal after half an hour settled it, and United have not won the cup since.
Which Sheffield United midfielder scored both goals in the 2‑1 League Cup semi-final first-leg win in January 2003?
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Michael Tonge. The homegrown midfielder struck in the 76th and 82nd minutes at Bramall Lane, but the tie was overturned in the second leg at Anfield.
Sheffield United were relegated from the Premier League on the final day of 1993–94, losing 3–2 away to which club?
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Chelsea. Mark Stein scored twice at Stamford Bridge on 7 May 1994, the second in stoppage time, on a chaotic final afternoon that sent the Blades down in 20th.
Sheffield United went up to the Premier League as Championship runners-up in 2005–06. Which club won the title that season with 106 points?
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Reading. The champions ran away with it on 106 points while the Blades finished second on 90; Watford came up through the play-offs.
In June 2020, Sheffield United were denied a clear goal when goal-line technology failed to register that the ball had crossed the line. The 0–0 draw was away at which club?
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Aston Villa. Hawk-Eye apologised unreservedly, saying its cameras were blocked by the goalkeeper, a defender and the post as Ørjan Nyland carried Oliver Norwood's free-kick over his own line.
Sheffield United were promoted to the Premier League as Championship runners-up in 2018–19. Which club finished above them as champions?
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Norwich City. The champions took 94 points; the Blades finished on 89, six clear of third place, and the play-off winners came up through the play-offs.
Bramall Lane staged the world's first football match played under floodlights. In which year?
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1878. On 14 October 1878, four 30-foot wooden towers lit an exhibition match at Bramall Lane, eleven years before the football club existed.
Sheffield United lost the 2003 FA Cup semi-final 1‑0. At which ground was the tie played?
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Old Trafford. Freddie Ljungberg scored in the 34th minute in front of 59,170 and David Seaman produced a famous late save.
Sheffield United have played their home matches at the same ground since the club was formed. Which one?
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Bramall Lane. Bramall Lane was already a cricket ground when the football club was created there, and United have never had another home.
Sheffield United were relegated from the Premier League on the final day of the 2006–07 season. Who was their manager?
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Neil Warnock. He had taken the club up as Championship runners-up the season before, and left within days of the relegation-day defeat at Bramall Lane.
Sheffield United were relegated to the Fourth Division on the final day of the 1980‑81 season after losing to which club?
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Walsall. Don Givens' late penalty was saved by Ron Green, and Walsall stayed up at United's expense.
Who was Sheffield United's leading scorer in the 2018–19 Championship season, with 23 league goals, as the club won promotion to the Premier League?
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Billy Sharp. The Sheffield-born striker came through the club's own academy; McGoldrick was next on the list that season with 15.
Chris Wilder's first season in charge, 2016–17, ended with Sheffield United winning the League One title. How many points did they finish on?
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100. Wilder, a boyhood Blade, ended a six-season stay in the third tier at the first attempt — and the Blades reached three figures.
Who was Sheffield United's top scorer in 2002–03, with 16 league goals?
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Michael Brown. He was a central midfielder rather than a forward, and finished with 22 in all competitions in the season United reached two cup semi-finals and the play-off final.
In which year was Sheffield United founded at Bramall Lane?
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1889. Sheffield United Cricket Club set up a football branch at its ground in March 1889 to replace the gate money it had lost.
How many times did Sheffield United win the FA Cup before the Premier League was formed in 1992?
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Four. United lifted the cup in 1899, 1902, 1915 and 1925, and have not reached a final since 1936.
Which forward holds Sheffield United's all-time club goalscoring record, with 201 goals?
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Harry Johnson. Harry Johnson scored his 201 goals across the 1920s, comfortably clear of Alan Woodward's 158.
Tony Currie left Sheffield United in 1976 after eight years at Bramall Lane. Which club signed him?
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Leeds United. Leeds paid £250,000 for Currie in 1976, a record fee for them at the time; he moved on to QPR three years later.
Sheffield United won 2‑1 at Bramall Lane on 15 August 1992, in a game that produced the first goal of the Premier League era. Who scored it?
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Brian Deane. Deane scored twice that afternoon, one of them from the penalty spot, and his opener was the first goal the new competition ever saw.
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