Despair for United's Jamie Murphy at the final whistle (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)Despair for United's Jamie Murphy at the final whistle (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
Despair for United's Jamie Murphy at the final whistle (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

World-record holder, a coach and still playing at 39 - What happened to Sheffield United's players from their FA Cup semi-final against Hull City, on this day in 2014?

The result didn’t go their way, but it is still a day that lives long in the memory of every Sheffield United fan who was there to witness it.

April 13, 2014 and an FA Cup semi-final classic, which finished 5-3 to Hull – and resulted in a spontaneous round of applause from the Blades fans who were rightly proud of their side’s efforts that day under the Wembley arch.

But what happened to United’s players from that day?

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