Keep a watch on all the key news, results and transfers as season 2008-2009 unfolds for Sheffield United with our look at the story so far . . .
Sunday, May 3Crystal Palace 0 Blades 0United finish in third, just fail to reach automatic promotion and must go on to play Preston North End in the play-offs.
Match report and slideshowSaturday, April 25Blades 1 Swansea 0United, third in the Championship table with just one game of the season remaining, moved to within a point of second-placed Birmingham City courtesy of this impressive victory over a Swansea side who, until David Cotterill's first-half penalty, harboured top-flight aspirations of their own.
Match report and slideshowSaturday, April 18Burnley 1 Blades 0SHEFFIELD UNITED might not be the biggest scalp Burnley have claimed at Turf Moor this season.
Match report and slideshowMonday, April 13Blades 0 Notts Forest 0SHEFFIELD United received an untimely reminder that craft and guile as well as graft and determination will be precious commodities along the Championship's finishing straight as resolute Nottingham Forest denied them the opportunity to climb into the automatic promotion positions.
Match report and slideshowMonday, April 11Reading 0 Blades 1KEVIN BLACKWELL showered praise on his players after watching them move into the automatic promotion places following last night's 1-0 victory at Reading.
Match report and slideshowSaturday, April 4Blades 2 Ipswich 0
United creep closer to that automatic promotion spot.
Match report and slide showSaturday, March 21 Cardiff City 0 Blades 3
Match report and slideshowFriday, March 20United lodge plans to redevelop Bramall Lane, phase one includes the extension of the Frasers Property Kop which could increase the ground's capacity to almost 37,000.
Full storyMonday, March 16United and West Ham confirm they have reached an out of court settlement over the Carlos Tevez Affair.
Full storySaturday, March 14Blades 4 Derby County 2
Match report and slideshowTuesday, March 10Blades 2 Blackpool 2
Match report and slideshowSaturday, March 7Blades 0 QPR 0
Match report and slideshowTuesday, March 3Coventry 1 Sheffield United 2
Match report and slideshowSunday, March 1Sheff Utd 2 Birmingham 1
Match report and slideshowThursday, Feb 26Hull City 2 Sheffield United 1
FA Cup misery.
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United defender Kyle Naughton, one of the most sought-after talents in the Football League, reaffirms his commitment to Bramall Lane.
Full storyWednesday, Feb 25United fight off competition from Wolverhampton Wanderers and Preston North End to sign John-Joe O'Toole on loan.
Full storySaturday, Feb 21Plymouth 2 Sheff Utd 2
Match report and slideshowSaturday, Feb 14Sheff Utd 1 Hull city 1
Match report and slideshowSaturday, Feb 7Sheffield United 1 Sheffield Wednesday 2
After a 95 year wait, the Owls do the double against the Blades.
Match report and slideshowTuesday, Feb 3Southampton 1 Blades 2
Match report and slideshowSaturday, Jan 31Preston North End 0 Blades 0
Match report and slideshowTuesday, Jan 27Blades 0 Doncaster Rovers 1
Match report and slideshowSunday, Jan 25The Blades will face Hull at Bramall Lane in the next round of the FA Cup.
Full storySaturday, Jan 24Blades 2 Charlton 1
FA Cup victory for the Blades.
Match report and slideshowFriday, Jan 23KEVIN Blackwell 'does not expect' veteran centre half Ugo Ehiogu to feature again this season.
Full storySaturday, Jan 17Watford 0 Blades 2United show there is life after Beattie.
Match report and slideshowThursday, Jan 15United will dispatch a small army of scouts across the country this weekend as they attempt to identify James Beattie's replacement.
Full storyTuesday, Jan 13Leyton Orient 1 Blades 4
United seal FA Cup victory with four-goal blitz.
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Reading end Sheffield United's hopes of signing Leroy Lita by insisting the striker will stay at the Madejski Stadium.
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Leigh Bromby returns to Bramall Lane following a 12-month sabbatical with Watford and United intensify their efforts to sign Leroy Lita.
Full storyMonday, Jan 12James Beattie leaves Sheffield United for Stoke City for a fee rising up to £3,500,000.
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Blades line up Reading's Leroy Lita as No 1 target if Beattie is lured away.
Full storySaturday, Jan 10Blades 1 Norwich 0Match report and slideshowFriday, Jan 9Stoke City offer £2.5 million for Sheffield United striker James Beattie.
Full storyWednesday, Jan 7United sign Brian Howard on a permanent transfer from fellow Coca-Cola Championship side Barnsley.
Full storySaturday, Jan 3FA Cup match vs Leyton Orient postponed due to weather.
Full storySunday, Dec 28Blades 3 v Charlton 1
Match report and slideshowFriday, Dec 26Wolves 1 - Blades 1
Match reportSunday, Dec 21Blades 2 - Crystal Palace 2
Match report and slideshowSunday, Dec 14Swansea City 1 v Blades 1
Match report and slideshowTuesday, Dec 9Forest 0 v Blades 1
Match report and slideshowSaturday, Dec 6Blades 2 Burnely 3
Match report and slideshowMonday, Dec 1No settling over Tevez, say Blades.
Full storySaturday, Nov 29Ipswich 1 Blades 1
Match report and slideshowFriday, Nov 28Sheffield United release their latest set of financial figures.
Full storyTuesday, Nov 25Blades 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3
Match report and slideshowSaturday, Nov 22Charlton 2 Blades 5
Match report and slideshowSaturday, Nov 8Barnsley 1 Blades 2
Match report and slideshowSaturday, Nov 15Blades 0 Reading 2
Match report and slideshowTuesday, Nov 4Darius Henderson has returned to training after recovering from knee ligament damage.
Full storyMonday, Nov 3Blades for play-offs says beaten Sturock.
Full storySaturday, Nov 1Blades 2 Plymouth Argyle 0Match report and slideshowFriday, Oct 31Brian Howard will miss Sheffield United's next two matches after falling victim to an administrative error, the Championship club confirms.
Full storyTuesday, Oct 28Bristol City 0 v Sheffield United 0Match report and slideshowAND
Matthew Spring has predicted that Sheffield United's superior skill and conditioning will pay dividends over the course of the Championship campaign.
Full storyMonday, Oct 27Ugo Ehiogu is ready to make more "sacrifices" to catapult Sheffield United into the Premier League next season.
Full storySaturday, Oct 25Blades 1 v Preston NE 0Ugo Ehiogu scored his first goal for 19 months to keep Sheffield United in touch with the Coca-Cola Championship pacesetters and condemn Preston to their sixth defeat in seven games.
Full storyFriday, Oct 24United chairman Kevin McCabe hits out at the 'Southern bias' he believes the club have faced after an independent arbitration panel ordered West Ham to pay them damages over the Carlos Tevez Affair.
Full storyThursday, Oct 22Kevin Blackwell will wrap some of his most experienced players in cotton wool as he looks to prevent an injury crisis wrecking the club's promotion campaign.
Full storyWednesday, Oct 22Kevin Blackwell criticises the decision to dismiss Matthew Kilgallon's appeal against the sending-off he received during the Steel City derby.
Full storyTuesday, Oct 21Sheffield United 0 Southampton 0United fail to secure the win they crave but iy was a catharsis of sorts.
Match report and slideshowMonday, Oct 20United could enlist the support of arch-rivals Wednesday if they attempt to overturn Matthew Kilgallon's controversial sending-off during the Steel City derby.
Full storySaturday, Oct 18Sheffield Wednesday 1 Sheffield United 0
It's the Owls ... by a distance!
Match report and slideshowThursday, Oct 16United will use the fear of failure to drive them towards victory in Sunday's Steel City derby, Kevin Blackwell reveals.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport will consider the legitimacy of West Ham's efforts to appeal against United's victory in the Carlos Tevez Affair.
Full storyWednesday, Oct 15United have no immediate plans to review Kyle Naughton's contract despite watching the teenager's flying start.
Full storyTuesday, Oct 14Chris Morgan and Nick Montgomery are set to be back in the frame to play in this weekend's derby.
Full storyMonday, Oct 13Blackwell is confident that his Sheffield United side will prove they have banished their international week hoodoo when they return to Championship action at Hillsborough.
Full storySaturday, Oct 11The Blades made a submission to the Court of Arbitration for Sport before last night's deadline imposed by the Lausanne based body as it prepares to investigate whether it can hear West Ham's appeal over the Carlos Tevez Affair.
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Gerard Lopez has admitted he is considering a number of "options" after completing a trial at Sheffield United.
Full storyFriday, Oct 10Leeds could ask Sheffield United to pay Rob Hulse's transfer fee in full if the Championship club's compensation claim after the Carlos Tevez Affair is upheld.
Full storyThursday, Oct 8A new twist in the Tevez affair as the Blades prepare to tell the Court of Arbitration for Sport that they have no jurisdiction over what both they and the Football Association believe was a private matter.
Full storyWednesday, Oct 7Skipper Chris Morgan is undergoing intensive treatment but could miss the Steel City derby.
Full storyTuesday, Oct 6Stephen Quinn tops United's shoot-on-sight table with 16 shots on target so far.
Full storyMonday, Oct 6McCabe says he wants United to be "totally debt free" and vows to help keep football at Bramall Lane affordable for fans.
Full storySaturday, Oct 4Sheffield United 3 Bristol City 0 Beattie fires the Blades up the table and proves to be a prize asset.
Match report and slideshowFriday, Oct 3Defender Sun Jihai to return after completing a four-match suspension but Greg Halford is a major doubt after being diagnosed with strained knee ligaments.
Full storyThursday, Oct 2Tykes star Howard is now a £500K Blade!
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FIFA bosses give the Blades a boost by saying they have no plans to intervene in the Carlos Tevez Affair.
Full storyWednesday, Oct 1Brian Howard could still be heading to Bramall Lane after all.
Full storyTuesday, Sept 30EVENINGDoncaster Rover 0 Sheffield United 2Sharp finishing secures United their first league win in Doncaster for over 50 years in last night's Championship derby.
Match report and slideshowPMBarnsley say they have rejected United's offer for midfielder Brian Howard and have accepted an unnamed rival bid.
Full storyAMSheffield United beat off competition from two unnamed Championship clubs to sign Barnsley midfielder Brian Howard on loan.
Full storyMonday, Sept 29United are interested in signing Tottenham's Hossam Ghaly, the Egyptian midfielder's representative has claimed,
full story, AND the Blades and Barnsley both refuse to comment on Brian Howard's situation but a deal eventually worth around £600,000 is understood to have been agreed in principle.
Full storySunday, Sept 28United are poised to open talks with Barnsley captain Brian Howard.
Full storySaturday, Sept 27Sheffield United 2 Watford 1The penalty-box prowess of James Beattie settles the encouter.
Match report and slideshowFriday, Sept 26Southampton winger Nathan Dyer is poised to hold talks with Sheffield United about completing a loan move to Bramall Lane,
full story, AND around 13 players could sue for loss of earnings in the wake of the Carlos Tevez Affair.
Full storyThursday, Sept 25West Ham confirm the will appeal the independent tribunal's decision.
Full storyWednesday, Sept 24West Ham will struggle to launch an appeal over the Tevez affair because both clubs voluntarily entered into the process.
Full storyTuesday, Sept 23United are gunned down 6-0 by a young Arsenal team.
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The Blades celebrate a massive legal victory and West Ham are left facing a bill of up to £30million after Sheffield United win their claim over the Carlos Tevez affair.
Full storyMonday, Sept 22Paddy Kenny tells team-mates to hold their nerve as Sheffield United slip to 15th in the table.
Full storySaturday, Sept 19Norwich City 1 Sheffield United 0Teammates clash as Blades hit by late misery again.
Match report and slideshowFriday, Sept 18Blackwell mounts a passionate defence of Nick Montgomery, citing the midfielder's 'heart' and 'desire' as key to the promotion push.
Full storyThursday, Sept 17A freak injury leaves Darius Henderson, the £2m summer signing from Watford, facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines.
Full storyWednesday, Sept 16Sheffield United 1 Coventry City 1Coventry City encounter resistance that falls a long way short of expectations as Blackwell declares his team 'garbage'.
Match report and slideshowTuesday, Sept 15United sign a major sponsorship deal with Edge Telecom.
Full storyMonday, Sept 14Blackwell insists there is no need to panic despite Saturday's shock defeat.
Full storySaturday, Sept 12Derby County 2 Sheffield United 1Predictably, inevitably even, it was a striker sold by Blackwell on the eve of the new season who landed the killer blow.
Match report and slideshowFriday, Sept 11United get ready for Pride Park knowing they should exploit the poisonous atmosphere created if Derby manage to go a whole calender year without a league win.
Full storyThursday, Sept 10The Blades manager warns recently departed Rob Hulse poses a massive threat for Saturday's game.
Full storyWednesday, Sept 9Blackwell admits the international break thwarted his efforts to make an early breakthrough in the transfer market.
Full storyTuesday, Sept 8United brace themselves for a flurry of hostile inquiries about players on the fringes of the squad.
Full storyMonday, Sept 7Kevin Blackwell attempts to apply the finishing touches to loan deals, with one still rumoured to be Michael Brown.
Full storySaturday, Sept 6The Blades are believed to be working towards a three months loan sepp if they can land their former favourite Michael Brown.
Friday, Sept 5Keith Gillespie gets set to kick-start his season by playing for Northern Ireland.
Wednesday, Sept 3Kevin Blackwell receives clearance to recruit a new midfielder on loan when the Football League reopens for business.
Tuesday, Sept 2 United press ahead with their search for a creative midfielder after Tonge and Stead's departures.
Monday, Sept 1Last minute deal sees Michael Tonge complete his switch to Stoke just seconds before the cut-off time.
Saturday, August 30Sheffield United 0 Cardiff 0James Beattie makes his long-awaited return in the goalless draw against Cardiff.
Click here for the match report and post-match analysis.Thursday, August 28Darius Henderson scores twice in the final minutes to complete a remarkable Carling Cup comeback at Huddersfield.
Tuesday, August 26James Beattie begins a gruelling series of training sessions after being pencilled in for Saturday's visit to Cardiff.
Saturday, August 23Blackpool 1 Blades 3Gary Speed provides a welcome reminder that class can still make a difference.
Click here for the match report and post-match analysis.Friday, August 22Kevin Blackwell challenges his team to show the character required to justify their status as Premier League contenders against Blackpool.
Thursday, August 21Kevin Blackwell is not financially obligated to sell Chris Armstrong despite mounting interest in the full-back.
Monday, August 18James Beattie returns to full training after battling to overcome a knee injury.
Saturday, August 16Blades 3 QPR 0The visitors kop for Billy's heroics and Blackwell shows his positivity by making attacking changes even when United are 3-0 up.
Click here for the match report and post-match analysis.Friday, August 14United prepare to face Daniel Parejo - the boy wonder on loan at QPR who is seen as a star of the future.
Wednesday, August 13Blades 3 Port Vale 1Lee Hendrie catapults United into the second round of the Carling Cup.
Tuesday, August 12United steel themselves for a physical onslaught from Port Vale in the Carling Cup first round.
Saturday, August 9Birmingham City 1 Blades 0Hard work does not always get its reward as the Blades fall at the feet of rivals' debut king.
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