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The Steel City Derby is a local derby between Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday, the two professional football league teams in the city of Sheffield, England. [2] [3]The teams have met 132 times in competitive games, with United winning 47 and Wednesday 42.
A Sheffield Wednesday fan who held up a message at the Steel City derby mocking the recent death of a former Sheffield United player has been fined £300 and given a football banning order.
Their main rivals are Sheffield Wednesday, with whom they contest the Steel City derby. Sheffield United was formed as an offshoot of Sheffield United Cricket Club in 1889. Following strong performances in the Midland League and Northern League , they were invited to become a founding member of the Football League Second Division in 1892.
There are two derbies played in the city. Sheffield United and Wednesday contest the Steel City Derby in the league or sometimes as a pre-season friendly if they are not in the same division. The last team to win a 'Steel City Derby' was Sheffield United in the 2017/18 season, scoring 4 goals at Hillsborough in a 2–4 victory over the owls.
Follow live coverage as Cardiff City face Sheffield United in the Championship today. ... with Portsmouth and Derby the teams promoted from League One along with play-off final winners Oxford. ...
Doncaster-Rotherham rivalry: Doncaster Rovers vs. Rotherham United [222] [223] Steel City derby: Sheffield United vs. Sheffield Wednesday [224] Stockport derby: Stockport Georgians vs. Stockport Town; Tameside derby: Hyde United vs. Stalybridge Celtic [225] [226] War of the Roses derby: Leeds United vs. Manchester United [227] [228]
Wednesday vs United just before the 2012 league fixture at Hillsborough. Wednesday won 1–0 and went on to pip their rivals to promotion. Sheffield Wednesday's main rivals are city neighbours Sheffield United. [73] Matches between these two clubs are nicknamed Steel City derbies, so called because of the steel industry for which the city is ...
Follow live coverage as Watford face Sheffield United in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the ...