Sheffield United players and management send Christmas spirit around the city with hospice and hospital visits

Members of the Blades squad, including for the first time, those from the women's team met with patients, families, workers and volunteers from Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield Children's Hospital, St Luke's Hospice, Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice and the S2 Foodbank.

Whiole there they handed out gifts, donated by the players, United's vice presidents, PriceCheck UK and Blades' sponsors HE Barnes and Shepherd Distribution.

"As these organisations are our nominated charities, we work all year round with them, but the festive period is the perfect opportunity for the club to conduct these visits and try and make a big difference for all our fans in hospitals, hospices or those needing support," said operations director Dave McCarthy. 'We've seen the fantastic work these organisations do first-hand, so we were honoured to once again visit and wish everyone a Merry Christmas."