Tag Archives: Sheffield United

18th October 2025- Championship, Sheffield United 1 Watford 0

Watford Observer: Team news: Gracia not wedded to one system and unsure when Chakvetadze will be fit

Sheffield United reporter on how Blades have gone from play-off finalists to bottom

‘Very good individuals’ – Gracia pleased with squad but wants to build a team

2,240 days later: Watford need Gracia to re-emerge as their figurehead

Gracia on training-ground atmosphere and his ‘sangria’ song

Match Wrap: Sheffield United 1-0 Watford – Watford FC Download

Watford Observer: MATCHDAY RECAP: Sheffield United 1-0 Watford

Match Report: Watford beaten 1-0 by Sheffield United on Gracia’s return

‘It’s not about one player’ – Gracia explains Sissoko pick in Blades defeat

WATCH: Immediate reaction to Sheffield United 1-0 Watford

‘We have to take these chances’ – Gracia rues Wiley miss in Sheffield United loss

Opinion: Kwadwo Baah isn’t playing enough – he needs a proper run in the Watford team

Wilder: Louza is one of a few ‘outstanding individuals’ at Watford

BBC: Callum O’Hare was Chris Wilder’s matchwinner again as he earned Sheffield United their first home victory to mar Javi Gracia’s Watford return.

Sky: Callum O’Hare was the match-winner, poking into an empty net just before the hour-mark to secure a first home win of the campaign for the Blades.

Frans Watford Blog: It was a disappointing game. The Hornets had 60% possession, but most of it was in their own half. There was far too much playing around at the back from Pollock and Selvik who, quite frankly, look terrified when doing it, especially in the second half when, knowing the tactic, the United forwards started pressing them. Kjerrumgaard had a very disappointing day, unable to create much and the chances that he did have were poorly executed. Irankunda looked tired, which is unsurprising after his international involvement during the week. Wiley had a good game, but we are all rueing his miss. Still, it was good to see the crowd applauding the players and singing Gracia’s name after the final whistle.

From the Rookery End: Jon, Jordi, and Colin get stuck into Watford’s their first impressions of the second Javi Gracia Era. The guys chat about what his return might mean for the team’s identity and how things unraveled in that frustrating match against Sheffield United. From puzzling lineup choices to questions about tactics, they don’t hold back. With some big games coming up, the pressure’s on Gracia to find a spark — and fast.

4th January 2025- Championship, Watford 1 Sheffield United 2

WFC.Net goal commentary: 1

Report: Watford 1-2 Sheffield United – Watford FC Download

BBC: Sheffield United ended a run of three Championship games without a win by triumphing at out-of-form Watford.

Sky: The home side almost went behind just after the half-hour when Bachmann received a back pass, attempted a Cruyff turn under pressure from O’Hare and was extremely fortunate to see the United player’s tackle roll inches wide of his post.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Watford 1 Sheff Utd 2

Five talking points: Lacking a cutting edge and a new keeper needed?

Watford 1 Sheff Utd 2 minute-by-minute report

‘We were more than good value for a point’ says Cleverley

Decision was taken to go direct from back after loss of confidence

Don’t let the current poor run define the season so far as a whole

BHappy: Back at Vicarage Road, the prospect of more football is rendered attractive by the Graham Taylor matchday even if I do rather wish that the presentation of it could be rather less earnest, rather less forced. But the scarves are great and the old clips are great and seeing old faces again is great too. Ross Jenkins, Steve Terry, Steve Sherwood, Gary Porter and Ian Bolton have been relatively frequent visitors over the years; applauding them won’t ever get old but it’s not new. Brian Pollard and Trevor How haven’t been presented for a while though, ditto Keith Cassells whose kit Mum’s Aunt used to sponsor back when that was a thing. Paul Franklin, entertainingly, proves to be as awkward and ungainly an interviewee as he was a centre-back.

Fran’s Watford Blog: The final action of the game was a powerful shot from McCallum that was blocked by Bachmann who landed awkwardly and was clearly in a lot of pain. He was down being treated for some time and the referee made the sensible decision to blow the final whistle without restarting play. There wasn’t much of a lap of honour as the players crowded around the goal to check on their teammate. When Dan was finally stretchered off, I was quite moved to see the Sheffield United players, who had been celebrating in front of their fans, turn as one to applaud him off the pitch.

From the Rookery End: Watford slumped to a third straight defeat at Vicarage Road, as Chris Wilder’s depleted Blades took all three points in our first home game of 2025. Much like the game, this is a pod of two halves, with Colin and DCW joining Jon pre-match, leaving Mike, Jas and Kieran to talk through the game at the final whistle.

1st September 2024- Championship, Sheffield United 1 Watford 0

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Report: Sheffield United 1-0 Watford – Watford FC.html Download

BBC: Watford goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann scored an own goal inside two minutes as the Blades kept up their own unbeaten streak in the league.

Sky: It could have been a more comfortable win for Chris Wilder’s men, who saw Kieffer Moore miss a first-half penalty.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Sheff Utd 1 Watford 0

Sheffield Utd 1 Watford 0 – as the action happened

No complaints from Clevs as Watford’s 100% start ends

Cleverley will address another slow start from Watford

Run ends but Watford’s start has still been so positive

Fran’s Watford Blog: After the great start to the season, it was a disappointing defeat. A lot of fans afterwards were bemoaning the fact that we lost the game to that terrible goal, but we didn’t do enough up front to make up for it and, while Bachmann was at fault for the goal, he made a number of excellent stops (including the penalty save) that kept us in the game. United were a strong side, who dealt well with what little threat we posed.

From the Rookery End: You might have had problem getting Oasis tickets this weekend, but during August Watford didn’t have any problems getting a win or two. However, that run of wins came to an end with a defeat at Bramell Lane against the Blades of Sheffield.

25th February 2023- Championship, Sheffield United 1 Watford 0

Attendance: 29,132

BBC Sport: Sheffield United restored a seven-point cushion in the race for automatic promotion after an own goal from Ryan Porteous sealed victory against Championship play-off hopefuls Watford.

Sky Sports: After 73 minutes, United finally found the net for what proved to be the winner. Norwood’s corner found McBurnie at the far post, whose header back across goal caused an unfortunate Porteous to turn the ball into his own net.

BHappy: For all that we’re going to leave Bramall Lane far grumpier than we walked into it, there are positives to take from the afternoon. The first is that whilst Ferreira and Kamara are perhaps the two of the remaining absentees most obviously candidates for a swift return to the starting eleven, both deputy full-backs excelled again here and will take some displacing. Mario Gaspar suddenly looks very far from the busted flush that we feared we’d been lumbered with earlier in the season, whilst James Morris has lost all of his tentativeness and is confident enough to play himself out of trouble with his weaker foot at one point. He also hammers up and down the left flank relentlessly, frequently the source of the ball into the box displaying an aggression in attacking areas that we need rather more of. His wonderful ball from the touchline on the sprint in the second half finds Davis at the far post, who chests the ball lamely at Foderingham. This is a dreadful miss – dumping in a far post header like this should be food and drink to a big centre forward.

Fran’s Watford Blog: As we reflected on the day, and the season so far, there was a lack of enthusiasm for the play-offs or for us to get promoted. We are not strong enough and another season of consolidation and growth would be preferable to getting beaten every week. Anyway, most of us old folk quite like going to games in the Championship.

1st August 2022- Championship, Watford 1 Sheffield United 0

https://www.watfordfc.com/post-match/watford-mens-team-sheffield-united-first-team-2022-08-01/statistics

Attendance:19,536

BBC Sport: Rob Edwards made a winning start to life as Watford manager as Joao Pedro’s goal proved enough to beat Sheffield United in a highly-competitive Championship game at Vicarage Road.

BHappy: After six largely untroubled added minutes the game ends. Not without concerns… this is surely the dying embers of last year’s model, what could have been, and yet we only managed one goal for all that. But a first win for Rob Edwards, getting that monkey off our backs at the earliest opportunity, was priceless and a jammy one-nil would have been just fine. This wasn’t jammy; we fully deserved it, even if we might not have gotten away with it with an unfavourable wind.

Fran’s Watford Blog: Last season was soul destroying, so I am very happy to be reporting on a very entertaining performance. My first reaction was that it was nice to see a team who appeared to have met each other. I was particularly impressed with the organisation throughout the team. Every player had a job and they all stuck to it. Passes generally found another player in a yellow shirt. They fought for every ball and refused to see any cause as lost. Energy and passion were what we were crying out for last season, it was so good to see them back. Sarr, Dennis and João Pedro were unplayable up front. Let’s hope that we can keep them and that they continue to play like that. They will be giving Championship defences nightmares. Equally, much as there has been much moaning about our defence on social media, I thought they were well organised and really restricted the chances for Sheffield United.

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26th December 2019- Premier League, Sheffield United 1 Watford 1

Referee: David Coote
Attendance: 30,222

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Watford off the bottom with draw at Sheffield United

Ben Foster saves help Watford draw with Sheffield United

Nigel Pearson praises Ben Foster after Watford draw with Sheffield United

Watford players rated after draw with Sheffield United

Images from Watford’s draw at Sheffield United

Nigel Pearson says he has renewed hope his Watford side can avoid relegation after they moved off the foot of the Premier League table with a draw at Sheffield United.

Pearson praises Hornets for ‘digging deep’ to earn draw

Blades couldn’t find final bit of quality – Wilder

Gerard Deulofeu had given Nigel Pearson’s newly-buoyed side a 27th-minute lead against the run of play, before Oliver Norwood’s spot-kick (36) restored deserved parity for the hosts.

Gerard Deulofeu’s first‑half strike was vital but the heroics of Foster at the other end were equally important. Foster’s form has been a rare highlight throughout a largely miserable season and fittingly his magnificent saves – the pick a sensational point-blank effort to deny John Fleck – ensured their upturn in form continued.

Four days since Manchester United but a very different challenge… the two United’s might occupy similar areas of the table but there’s a world of difference between a vaunted side that’s less than the sum of its parts and a less glamorous opponent fully exploiting theirs, even if it leaves them in the same place.