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

1st Feb 1958 - #OnThisDay 68 years ago Sheffield United won 2-0 vs Swansea Town at Vetch Field 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Bobby Howitt & Derek ‘Doc’ Pace scored for #SUFC ⚔️ After #Swansea became a city in 1969, the club changed their name to Swansea City in early 1970 #bskyblades

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

Back in 1970 #OnThisDay Sheffield United beat Hull City 3-2 at Boothferry Park 🐯 Colin Addison (2) & Eddie Colquhoun scored against #hcfc - Blades would go onto finish 6th in Division 2 under John Harris ⚔️ Watch the highlights here: bit.ly/4rlL53b #bskyblades

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

Can you name this former Blades goalkeeper? ⚔️ Comment below with your guess. Do you remember him? 🤔 #sufc #bskyblades

#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

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

20 years ago Sheffield United made a £1.75m club record signing #OnThisDay when buying Burnley's 31-year-old striker Ade Akinbiyi 💷 Ade made 20 appearances and scored 4 goals for #sufc before Neil Warnock sold him back to Burnley in January 2007 ⚔️ #bskyblades

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

David McGoldrick (Didzy) played for both Sheffield United and Ipswich Town 🔴🔵 Making 130+ appearances and scoring 30+ goals for both clubs. ⚽️ Which of his former teams will come out on top today at Bramall Lane? ⚔️🚜 #sufc #bskyblades #itfc

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

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

#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

Who remembers this Blade? ⚔️ Comment below with your guess. 🤔 #sufc #bskyblades

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

#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

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

Also #OnThisDay (1998) Sheffield United shockingly sold their two star strikers, Brian Deane (Benfica) and Jan Åge Fjørtoft (Barnsley) on the same day which devastated #sufc fans and derailed a promotion push 🔴 Manager Nigel Spackman resigned a couple of months later #bskyblades ⚔️

#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 👇 www.facebook.com/share/v/1DQ4...

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

Can you name this former Blade? ⚔️ Comment below with your guess. Do you remember him? 🤔 #sufc #bskyblades

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

#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

11th Jan 1913 - an away FA Cup Round 1 match vs Huddersfield Town was abandoned due to a snowstorm after 75 mins with #sufc winning 2-1 ❄️ The game was replayed at Leeds Road and #sufc lost 3-1 to the Terriers. Gillespie scored for Blades. ⚔️ Will Blades win their #FACup match today? #bskyblades

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

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

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

9th January 1993 #OnThisDay - #sufc drew 1-1 with #Arsenal in the 1st season of the Premier League 🔴 Adrian Littlejohn scored the equaliser late on to cancel out David Hillier’s opener ⚔️ Attendance was 23,818 at The Gunners’ former ground, Highbury 🏟️ #bskyblades #afc

RIP Tony Field. ⚔️ Former Blades striker who played for Sheffield United between 1974 and 1976. Condolences to his family and friends. #sufc #bskyblades

54 years ago #OnThisDay Trevor Hockey scored the equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw in a Division One match vs West Brom. Bill Dearden was also on the scoresheet at The Hawthornes ⚔️ #sufc went on to finish 10th in Division One and qualify for the 1972 Watney Cup 🏆 #twitterblades

7th Jan 1967 #OnThisDay - #sufc beat Fulham 4-0 at home in a league match - braces from Mick Jones and Alan Birchenall won the game for Blades. ⚔️ Birchenall was later sold to Chelsea for £100k in November 1967 and Jones moved to Leeds for £100k in September 1967. #bskyblades

Who remembers this Blade? ⚔️ Comment below with your guess. 🤔 #sufc #bskyblades

On 6th January 1923 Blades beat Burnley 4-1 at Turf Moor in a Division 1 game. ⚽️ A Tommy Sampy goal and a hattrick from Harry Johnson ensured the Blades left Lancashire with the win. ⚔️ #sufc GK Ernest Blackwell also saved a penalty but the rebound was scored. #bskyblades

On this day in 1952 #sufc completed the Steel City double by winning 3-1 at Hillsborough in front of 65,000+ spectators Alf Ringstead scored twice and bagged a brace in the 7-3 win at Bramall Lane earlier in the season. Will #sufc do the double this year? ⚔️🔴⚪️⚫️ #bskyblades

Sheffield United beat Cheltenham Town 4-0 in a 2003 FA Cup match at Bramall Lane on this day. 🏆 Blades would eventually be knocked out by Arsenal in a semi final at Old Trafford. 🔴 How far will #sufc get this year in the FA Cup? ⚔️ #bskyblades

Sheffield United vs Millwall on 30th December 1995 was also postponed due to wintery conditions affecting Bramall Lane ❄️ The game was rearranged for 13th Feb 1996 where #sufc won 2-0 ⚔️ Will Blades win the rearranged Oxford United fixture later this year? 🤔 #bskyblades

7 years ago #sufc signed midfielder Ollie Norwood from Brighton for an undisclosed fee 💫 He originally joined on loan in August 2018 but the deal was made permanent on 4th Jan 2019 🤝 He played a pivotal role in the Blades’ promotion to the Premier League ⚔️ #bskyblades

In the first #sufc game of the new millennium, Neil Warnock’s Sheffield United drew 2-2 with Grimsby Town at Blundell Park on 3rd January 2000 Marcus Bent and loanee Paul Hall were on the scoresheet alongside Lee Ashcroft and future Blades striker, Jack Lester ⚔️ #bskyblades