List of Sheffield United F.C. records and statistics
This article lists honours and records associated with Sheffield United F.C. .
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)
Football League North
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
Most League Appearances : Joe Shaw made 631 appearances between 1948 and 1966[ 1]
Most Premier League Appearances : Carl Bradshaw made 72 appearances between August 1992 - May 1994[ 5]
Most League Appearances by a Goalkeeper : Alan Hodgkinson made 576 appearances between 1954 and 1971[ 5]
Most Consecutive Appearances : Jack Smith made 203 consecutive appearances between 1935 and 1948
Most League Substitute Appearances : Billy Sharp made 88 appearances between 2004 and 2023
Most Ever Presents in a League Season : Alan Woodward : 5 seasons between 1968–1969 and 1974–75[ 5]
Most League Goals in Total Aggregate : Harry Johnson scored 201 goals in 313 games between 1919 and 1930
Most Hat Tricks in Total Aggregate : Harry Johnson 20:- 18 in Football League & 2 in FA Cup [ 7]
Highest League Scorer in a Season : Jimmy Dunne 41 goals from 41 appearances, Division One , 1930–31
Most League Goals in One Match : 5 Harry Hammond v Bootle , Division Two , 1892, and 5 Harry Johnson v West Ham United , Division One , 26 December 1927
Scoring in Consecutive Games : Jimmy Dunne scored in 12 consecutive games, Division One , 1931–32[ 1]
Most Penalties Taken, Scored and Missed in all Competitive Games : Colin Morris : 54 Taken; 42 Scored; 12 Missed[ 5]
Highest Percentage of Penalties Scored from 10 or more attempts in Competitive Games : Tony Kenworthy : 90.9% (20 scored from 22 taken)[ 5]
Best Perfect Penalty Record : Peter Duffield : 7 scored from 7 taken[ 5]
Most Penalties Saved in all Competitive Games : Jack Smith saved 11 penalties between 1932–33 and 1947–48[ 5]
Most Sendings Off in all Competitive Games : Chris Morgan : 6 between 2003–4 and 2007-8[ 5]
Most Supporters' Club Player of Year Awards : Alan Woodward : 4 in 1969–70, 1973–74, 1975–76 and 1977–78[ 5]
Oldest Player : Jimmy Hagan : 39 years, 236 days[ 1]
Youngest Player : Louis Reed : 16 years, 257 days[ 8]
Youngest Player in Premier League : Antwoine Hackford , 16 years, 288 days[ 9]
Youngest Goalscorer : Regan Slater : 17 years, 60 days: v Grimsby Town , EFL Trophy , 9 November 2016[ 10]
Youngest League Goalscorer : Simon Stainrod : 17 years, 61 days: v Norwich City, Division One , 3 April 1976[ 10]
First League Substitute : Tony Wagstaff : replacing Alan Birchenall at Craven Cottage v Fulham on 8 September 1965[ 5]
First Scoring League Substitute : Ken Mallender : 25 April 1966 at Bramall Lane v Arsenal[ 5]
Most Capped Player : John Egan , has made 32 of his 34 appearances for Republic of Ireland as a Sheffield United player (as at June 2023)
Record Transfer Fee Paid : £23.5 million for Rhian Brewster to Liverpool on 2 October 2020[ 11]
Misc
Longest Serving Manager : John Harris manager for 567 league games between March 1959 and December 1973[ 5]
Highest Attendance : 68,287 v Leeds United , FA Cup 5th Round, 15 February 1936[ 12]
Record gate receipts : £467,036 v Nottingham Forest , first division play-off semi-final, 15 May 2003[ 12]
Highest Average Home League Attendance : 35,094, First Division , 1947–48[ 5]
Lowest Official League Attendance : 4,014 v Nottingham Forest , Second Division , 27 April 1935[ 13]
Lowest Official FA Cup Attendance : 5,987 v Crewe Alexandra , 18 November 2014[ 13]
Lowest League Cup Attendance : 3,531 v Colchester United , 19 September 2000[ 13]
Lowest Modern Day Minor Cup Attendance : 1,827 v AC Ancona , Anglo Italian Cup , 5 October 1994[ 13]
Lowest Official Away League Attendance : 1,325 v Wimbledon FC , First Division , 7 April 2003[ 13]
Lowest Official Away FA Cup Attendance : 2,509 v Colchester United , 9 November 2013[ 13]
Lowest Away League Cup Attendance : 1,379 v Lincoln City , 5 September 2000[ 13]
Lowest Away Modern Day Minor Cup Attendance : 597 v Grimsby Town , EFL Trophy , 9 November 2016[ 13]
References
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