Robbie Savage’s Premier League predictions: Aston Villa goals, Arsenal stumble, bullish Man City
The title race appears to have gone from three contenders to two and former Premier League midfielder Robbie Savage expects more drama this weekend.
Sheffield United are an English professional football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in the Premier League, having finished second in the Championship in the 2022/23 season.
Formed in 1889 by Sheffield United Cricket Club as a team intended to replace Sheffield Wednesday in Bramall Lane, the Blades went on to become a major force in the early years of English football's professional history.
The club earned its nickname from Sheffield's production of cutlery in the steel city and their ground Bramall Lane is the oldest major professional football stadium in the world.
Sheffield United won the top flight title in 1897/98 and the FA Cup in 1899, 1902, 1915 and 1925 - their last major trophy triumph.
Nevertheless, the Blades have occasionally appeared in the Premier League, most recently under the guidance of manager Chris Wilder in a two-season stay in the top flight between 2019 and 2021.
They also secured promotion to the Premier League ahead of the 2023/24 season. under Paul Heckingbottom.
But Heckingbottom was sacked with the club at the bottom of the Premier League and Wilder returned.
But still working with a small budget Bassett couldn't keep the club in the Premiership and they fell back into the second tier at the end of the 1993/94 season.
Warnock resigned as Sheffield United manager after the club dropped out of the Premier League.
Many expected the Blades to return to the Championship within a season but the club struggled and remained camped in League One until winning the title in the 2016/17 season with 100 points, steered their by lifelong Sheffield United fan Chris Wilder in the managerial hot seat.
Sheffield United were the surprise package of the 2019/20 Premier League season, finishing in ninth place.
Former Watford and Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic was tasked with returning the club to the Premier League but he lasted just six months before he was sacked after winning just six of 19 Championship games.
The former Leeds, Barnsley and Hibernian manager steered the Blades to fifth place in the 2021/22 Championship season and thus into the play-offs, although they lost to Nottingham Forest in the semi-finals.
In 2015, Ennis-Hill was at the forefront of protests against the signing of convicted rapist Ched Evans, leading to her name being removed from a stand at Bramall Lane. Evans was found not guilty in an October 2016 retrial.
The title race appears to have gone from three contenders to two and former Premier League midfielder Robbie Savage expects more drama this weekend.
Newcastle will be looking to take a big step towards European qualification when they take on Sheffield United at St James' Park this Saturday (1500 BST).
Erik ten Hag insisted his Manchester United side were always in control of Wednesday's Premier League match against Sheffield United.
Manchester United skipper Bruno Fernandes scored a brace against Sheffield United to help Erik ten Hag's side clinch a 4-2 victory.
Sheffield United are running out of time to pick up Premier League points but we expect them to make a fist of things against Man Utd at Old Trafford.
The race for the Premier League crown continues this midweek and we have Robbie Savage to shed light on the action.
Burnley ran out 4-1 winners at Sheffield United in the battle of the bottom two to throw themselves a Premier League lifeline.