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Daily Mail
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Sheffield United vs Sunderland - Championship play-offs final: Live score, team news and updates as the Blades look to bounce straight back up to England's top flight
Alexa, play ABBA's best banger. 'Money, money, money, must be funny... in the rich man's world.' As soon as the play-off final comes around, this is the song that pops into my head straight away. It's the most lucrative game in football. £170million on the line. Now, that is a hell of a lot of money. It's more than just the money, though; there is a place in the Premier League at stake. Sheffield United and Sunderland are the two fighting for it at Wembley. This is a game that could change their club's fortunes, make history, or break hearts. I love the play-off final, I'd argue that it's the biggest occasion in English football, even bigger than the FA Cup final. The question is, who will end up back in the big time? I, for one, am buzzing to watch The Blades and Black Cats hash it out on the Wembley turf. It is going to be a cracker, no matter who ends up going up. So, without further ado, let's get this show on the road.
The Irish Sun
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
70s Irish rocker who backed top music stars on RTE Late Late Show gig releasing new track with help of hit songwriter
THE Blades member Brian Foley, aka Boy One, has teamed up with a top UK songwriter for his new single. A surefire radio hit, up-tempo song Midlove Crisis is a co-write with tunesmith Kevin Savigar. Songwriter Kevin is a long-time collaborator of Brian told The Irish Sun: "Kevin produced the initial backing track and I came up with the lyrics and melody. "I want to thank producer Pat Donne for producing it with me. "It's an appropriate title, and because of my work with The Blades, some pals have joked my next single should be called Mod Life Crisis" Read more in Music A former member of punk mod band The Vipers, Brian once supported The Jam on their Fans of The Vipers included Paul Cleary of The Blades, so he was the perfect recruit to join the band as bassist when singer Paul moved to guitar and the group were at their peak. With The Blades taking a break in the late 80s, Brian took a more mellow option, and joined arty indie act The Harvest Ministers. The group, lead by Will Merriman, recorded for the UK's Sarah Records and toured Europe with Edwyn Collins. Most read in The Irish Sun And the band became favourites of Later Brian enjoyed a stint in the studio band on the Paloma Faith receives praise after Late Late Show Midlove Crisis is available to stream, while Brian's main band The Blades play Dolans in Talented musician and songwriter Brian has released three solo albums, Red Letter Day, Calm Before The Storm, and While The City Sleeps. 1 The Blades member Brian Foley has teamed up with a top UK songwriter for his new single
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Sheffield United relegated to FAWNL after defeat to Southampton
Sheffield United have been relegated to the FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division following this afternoon's results in the Barclays Women's Championship. The Blades knew that they had to equal or better Portsmouth's result to take their survival bid down to the final day. Sheffield United lost 3-2 to Southampton at Bramall Lane while Portsmouth recorded an emphatic 4-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers at Fratton Park. Advertisement Sheffield United ended the afternoon on seven points, five points adrift of safety and their seven-year stay in the Barclays Women's Championship will therefore come to an end following next weekend's trip to Sunderland. It has been a tough season for The Blades. The club appointed Ash Thompson as their head coach last summer and he was tasked with building a new squad from scratch. The team's only league victory came in the form of a 2-1 success at Blackburn Rovers back in October. Since recording that win, Sheffield United have gone 12 league matches without a victory. For long spells, it had looked like newly-promoted Portsmouth would be the ones to drop out of the second tier but their much-improved form in the final weeks of the season, combined with Sheffield United's winless run, has resulted in The Blades falling through the trapdoor.
