Sheffield United F.C. Players

Sheffield United Football Club is an English professional football club who play at Bramall Lane in Sheffield. They were formed in 1889 and played their first competitive match in October of that year, when they entered the first qualifying round of the FA Cup. Since then more than 1,000 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, of whom almost 200 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here.

Overview

Defender and at times captain Joe Shaw remains the club's record appearance maker, playing over 700 games for the club between 1944 and 1966. The only other players who have made over 600 appearances for The Blades are Shaw's teammate and England goalkeeper Alan Hodgkinson, and forward Alan Woodward who played from 1964 to 1978. United's leading goalscorer is 'Young' Harry Johnson (his similarly named father had also played for the club) who remains the only player to have scored over 200 times for The Blades during his fifteen-year tenure from 1916 to 1931.

The first player to play 100 competitive games for the club was the team's first goal keeper Charlie Howlett, whilst the most recent player to achieve the feat is striker Chris Porter who reached that milestone in March 2014. Of the current squad Ryan Flynn, and Neill Collins feature on this list.

Explanation of list

Players are listed in alphabetical order of their surname. Appearances, substitute appearances and goals are included but wartime matches and friendlies are excluded. Further information on competitions/seasons which are regarded as eligible for appearance stats are provided below (dependent on the years at which the player was at the club), and if any data is not available for any of these competitions an appropriate note should be added to the table.

Appearances

Games included in the stats include appearances in:
*Midland Football League, Northern League, English Football League/Premier League
*Test matches and play-off matches
*FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League Group Cup, Texaco Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, Watney Cup
*Friendly matches, exhibition games, and pre-season tournaments are excluded from the figures. Games played during both World Wars are considered friendlies and therefore are also not counted.

Table headers

*Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
*Sheffield United career – The year of the player's first appearance for Sheffield United to the year of his last appearance. Where a player had more than one spell at the club these are listed chronologically.
*Starts – The number of games started.
*Sub – The number of games played as a substitute.
*Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.

Key

*Playing positions: GK = Goalkeeper; DF = Defender; MF = Midfielder; FW = Forward
* Players with this colour and symbol in the "Name" column are currently signed to Sheffield United.

List of players

Cropped Barclay1933.png, English international Bobby Barclay who made over 250 appearances for United in the 1930s., alt=Bobby Barclay posing for a squad photo
Richard Cresswell 24-03-2010 1.jpg, Forward Richard Cresswell made over 100 appearances for United., alt=Richard Cresswell in his Sheffield United kit
Jimmy Dunne Cropped Licence Free.png, Irishman Jimmy Dunne made 190 appearances for The Blades between the wars scoring 167 goals., alt=Jimmy Dunne in his Ireland football kit
Ched Evans.jpg, Welsh international and former forward Ched Evans made over 100 appearances for the Blades., alt=Ched Evans in his Wales football kit
Billy-gillespie.jpg, Inspirational captain and FA Cup winner Billy Gillespie played over 500 times for The Blades., alt=Gillespie in a squad photo
Billyhendry189192.jpg, Billy Hendry was one of United's first 'star players'., alt=Hendry in a squad photo
Phil Jagielka.jpg, England International Phil Jagielka made over 250 appearances for United., alt=Phil Jagielka in his car
Ernest Needham (ca. 1901).jpg, Ernest Needham made over 500 appearances for United., alt=Ernest Needham
Roger Nilsen.JPG, upNorwegian international Roger Nilsen made almost 200 appearances for United., alt=Roger Nilsen
Page, Robert.jpg, Welsh international Rob Page was a mainstay of the Blades defence in the early part of the 21st Century., alt=Robert Page
Cropped Stephen Quinn SUFC Jon Candy Owned Image.png, Irish midfielder Stephen Quinn made over 250 appearances for United., alt=Stephen Quinn during a match
Albertstrugess191314.jpg, England International Albert Sturgess made 382 appearances for United., alt=Albert Sturgess
Taylor, Gareth.jpg, Welsh International Gareth Taylor made over 100 appearances for United., alt=Gareth Taylor
Fred Tunstall Sheffield United.png, England International Fred Tunstall scored 135 times in just under 500 appearances for United., alt=Fred Tunstall
Georgeutley1915-2.jpg, George Utley made over 100 appearances for United., alt=George Utley

Club captains

See also

* List of Sheffield United F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

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