List of Sheffield United F.C. records and statistics

This article lists honours and records associated with Sheffield United F.C..

Club honours and best performances

Captain George Utley leads Sheffield United out for the 1915 FA Cup final

Major domestic competitions

Leagues

First Division / Premier League (level 1)

  • Champions (1): 1897–98
  • Runners up (2): 1896–97, 1899–1900

Second Division / First Division / Championship (level 2)

  • Champions (1): 1952–53
  • Runners-up (7): 1892–93, 1938–39, 1960–61, 1970–71, 1989–90, 2005–06, 2018–19, 2022–23 (as The Championship)

Third Division / Third Division South / Second Division / League One (level 3)

  • Champions (1): 2016–17 (as League One)
  • Runners-up (1): 1988–89
  • Promoted in third place (1): 1983–84

Fourth Division / Third Division / League Two (level 4)

  • Champions (1): 1981–82

Football League North

  • Champions (1): 1945–46

Cups

FA Cup

  • Winners (4): 1899, 1902, 1915, 1925
  • Runners-up (2): 1901, 1936

Football League Cup

Football League Trophy

Club records

League

  • Record League Win: 10–0 away v Port Vale, Division Two, 10 December 1892 (Goals scored by Drummond, Wallace, Hammond (4), Watson (2) & Davies (2)) and 10–0 home v Burnley, Division One, 19 January 1929 (Goals scored by Harry Johnson 8th, 11th, 49th, 64th, Fred Tunstall 59th, 67th pen, Tom Phillipson 68th, 87th, Billy Gillespie 77th & Sid Gibson 86th)[1]
  • Record League defeat: 0–8 home v Newcastle United, Premier League, 24 September 2023[2]
  • Most League goals conceded against one club in a Premier League season – 13 goals over two matches (v. Newcastle United, Premier League, 27 April 2024[3]
  • Most League Points in a Season (2 points for a win): 60 in Division Two, 1952–53[1]
  • Most League Points in a Season (3 points for a win): 100 in League One, 2016–17[4]
  • Most League Goals: 102 in Division One, 1925–26[1]
  • Most League Wins in a Season (46 games): 30 in League One, 2016–17[4]
  • Most League Wins in a Season (42 games): 26 in Division Two, 1960–61[1]
  • Highest Percentage of League Wins in a Season: 72.7% (16 wins from 22 games) in Division Two,1892–93[4]
  • Most Home League Wins in a Season (46 games): 17 in League One, 2016–17[4]
  • Most Home League Wins in a Season (42 games): 16 in Division Two, 1936–37, 1958–59, 1960–61 & 1969–70[4]
  • Highest Percentage of Home League Wins in a Season: 90.9% (10 wins from 11 games) in Division Two,1892–93[4]
  • Most Away League Wins in a Season (46 games): 13 in League One, 2016–17[4]
  • Highest Percentage of Away League Wins in a Season: 56.5% in (13 wins from 23 games) in League One, 2016–17[4]
  • Most Home League Goals in a Season (46 games): 57 in Division Three, 1988–89[1]
  • Most Away League Goals in a Season (46 games): 50 in League One, 2016–17
  • Highest Percentage of League Doubles in a Season: 47.8% in (11 doubles from 23 opponents) in League One, 2016–17[4]
  • Successive League Wins: 8 in 1892–93; 1903–04; 1945–46; 1957–58; 1960–61;[1] 2005–06[5] & 2016-17 / 2017-18
  • Successive Home League Wins: 11 in Division Two, 1960–61[1]
  • Successive Away League Wins: 6 in Division Two, 1892–93[1]
  • Successive League Games Without Defeat: 22 in Division One, 1899–1900[1]
  • Successive Home League Games Without Defeat: 26 in Division Four and Division Three, 1981–82 and 1982–83[1]
  • Successive Away League Games Without Defeat: 17 in The Championship/Premier League, 2018-19/2019-20
  • Least Points in a Season: 22 from 42 games at 0.667 points per game in Division One in 1975-76[5]
  • Successive League Defeats: 8 in Premier League, 2020–21
  • Successive Home League Defeats: 5 in Premier League, 2020 (31 October - 26 December) & 5 spanning two seasons in Division One, 1908 (28 March – 19 September)
  • Successive Away League Defeats: 12 in Division One, 1898–99[1]
  • Successive League Games Without Victory: 20 in Premier League, 2019-20 & 2020-21
  • Successive Home League Games Without Victory: 9 in Division One, 1975–76[1] & in Premier League 2019-20 & 2020-21
  • Successive Away League Games Without Victory: 18 in Division One, 1975–76[1]
  • Successive League Clean Sheets: 8 in February & March 2014 in League One, 2013–14<[6]

Cup

Team

  • Highest number of players to score a goal in a single season 19 in 2008–09 league season plus 1 in cup competitions.

Player records

Misc

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Clareborough, Denis (1989). Sheffield United Football Club; The First Hundred Years. Sheffield United Football Club. p. 267. ISBN 0-9508588-1-1.
  2. ^ "Sheffield United 0–8 Newcastle United". BBC News. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  3. ^ @BBCMOTD (27 April 2024). "Newcastle's 13 goals against Sheffield United this season is the most one team has scored against another in a single Premier League campaign. #NEWSHU #BBCFootball" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Kirkham, Andrew (30 April 2017). "Up the Champions". The Official Matchday Programme of Sheffield United F.C. Souvenir Special. v Chesterfield.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Clareborough, Denis; Kirkham, Andrew (2012). Sheffield United: The Complete Record. The Derby Books Publishing Company. p. 506. ISBN 978-1-78091-019-2.
  6. ^ Currie with Andy Pack, Tony. Imperfect10: The Man Behind the Magic. Vertical Editions. ISBN 978-1-908847-26-3.
  7. ^ Kirkham, Andrew (22 November 2016). "UTB v Bury". The Official Matchday Programme of Sheffield United: 82.
  8. ^ "Sheffield United football club statistics and records: Youngest players".
  9. ^ "Hackford becomes Sheffield United's youngest Premier League player".
  10. ^ a b Kirkham, Andrew (19 November 2016). "UTB v Shrewsbury Town". The Official Matchday Programme of Sheffield United: 9.
  11. ^ "Sheffield United complete club-record £23.5million deal for Rhian Brewster".
  12. ^ a b "Egan: club record". Sheffield United F.C. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h Kirkham, Andrew (29 November 2016). "UTB v Walsall". The Official Matchday Programme of Sheffield United: 82.