|  Nickname:
The Blades
Year formed: 1889
Ground: Bramall Lane
Capacity: 32,609 2006/2007
average: 27,989
For visitors: 3,000 in the lower
tier of the Halliwells Stand
Record attendance: 68,287
Position last season: 18th in
the Premiership (relegated)
Manager: Bryan Robson (May 2007)
Players
in:
Billy Sharp (Scunthorpe), Gary Naysmith
(Everton), Lee Hendrie (Aston Villa),
James Beattie (Everton), David Carney
(Sydney FC).
Players out: Claude Davis (Derby),
Phil Jagielka (Everton), Rob Kozluk
(Barnsley), Colin Kazim-Richards (Fenerbahce),
Kevan Hurst (Scunthorpe), Jonathan
Forte (Scunthorpe), Ben Starosta (Brentford,
loan), Craig Short, Alan Wright, Paul
Gerrard.
Key man: Billy Sharp
Record transfer fee paid:
£2.5m (Claude Davis, Preston,
14 June 2006)
Record transfer fee received:
£4m (Phil Jagielka, Everton,
July 4 2007)
Ticket office: 0870 787 1799
Ticket prices: Adults £30,
Concessions £15
Official website: www.sufc.co.uk
 How
to get there: Take the A630 into
Rotherham following signs for Sheffield
city centre. Past the railway station
you will pick up signs for the ground.
Best Place to park: Street
parking or leave it in the city centre
and walk the quarter of a mile to
Bramall Lane.
Best place to eat: Norfolk
Arms is a traditional pub with friendly
locals and a wide ranging menu situated
next to the train station in the city
centre.
Best place to drink: The Golden
Lion is 50 yards from the away entrance.
Safe to wear scarf: Yes.
Return journey: 300
miles
Journey time: 6hrs
40mins
Best League Win:
10-0 v Port Vale 10/12/1892 Division
2
Last meeting: Norwich City
2, Sheffield United 1 (March 18, 2006):
Norwich City completed the double
over Sheffield United following two
well-taken first half goals from strikers
Leon McKenzie and Robert Earnshaw.
It was the Canaries' fourth straight
home victory. The promotion jitters
looked to have taken a grip of the
Yorkshire-based team, although they
did throw everything at City in the
closing stages. United did look the
more dangerous in the opening exchanges
and deserved to take the lead in the
17th minute through Chris Armstrong
but after that, they rarely threatened
to score again as the Canaries' rearguard
remained strong. Full
Match Report
Last Norwich away win:
26/12/2005 Sheffield United 1 (Jagielka),
Norwich 3 (McVeigh, Ashton, Morgan
og)
Chances: The Blades
have spent most of the summer arguing
about the legality of Carlos Tevez's
transfer to West Ham and their "unfair"
relegation from the Premiership, leaving
pre-season preparations very difficult
for new manager Bryan Robson. The
former England captain has been splashing
the cash as the club bid to climb
back to the Premier League after their
acrimonious relegation, but the loss
of Phil Jagielka to Everton for £4m
will have disappointed Robson. Sharp
and Beattie should score plenty of
goals, while Hendrie, who starred
for Stoke last season, will be the
creative force. The pressure to be
promoted will be intense on Robson
but his side should make the play-offs
at the very least. United look like
the sort of club who will struggle
to adapt to life back in the Championship
and must put the Tevez row behind
them quickly.
Prediction: 3rd
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