Wednesday v United

The Sheffield Derby

Richard Crooks

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• eBook ISBN:
  9781785314841
• Year: 2018

Wednesday v United: The Sheffield Derby presents a vivid account of one of the most passionate rivalries in football. Looking back to the Victorian era and the start of the Steel City divide, it features a decade-by-decade history of the derby in the context of the changing times. With an enhanced focus on the modern era, the derby rivalry is brought right up to date with a spotlight on the latest games. Richard Crooks describes how the fortunes of the two clubs have ebbed and flowed over the years. Individual derby matches are highlighted, providing emotive examples of each club's highs and lows, recalling the wildly contrasting rollercoaster ride undertaken by red and blue factions. The great games, players, and managers are all to the fore. Using contemporary written and broadcast material together with the author's first-hand account and experiences, Wednesday v United brings home the intensity that is the hallmark of the Sheffield divide.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Foreword
• 1. More than Five Years
• 2. Your Club
• 3. Growing Up in Heeley
• 4. And Gleadless
• 5. The Beginnings – Two Professional Clubs in Sheffield
• 6. 1890s
• 7. 1900s
• 8. 1910s
• 9. 1920s
• 10. 1930s
• 11. 1940s
• 12. 1950s
• 13. 1960s
• 14. 4 February 1967 – and the Man Transferred from Norwich City
• 15. 1970s
• 16. 3 October 1970 – the Shoreham Street Kop
• 17. 26 December 1979 – a Pivotal Game
• 18. 1980s
• 19. 1990s
• 20. 3 April 1993 – FA Cup Semi-final at Wembley
• 21. 2000s
• 22. 2010s
• 23. The Return – 2017/18
• 24. Players
• 25. Managers
• 26. Derek Dooley
• 27. Supporters – Rivalry
• 28. Other Sheffield derby Games
• 29. Newspapers, Programmes, Fanzines, Radio, Television
• 30. This City is Ours
• 31. The Fiercest Rivalry – and Yet
• Bits and Pieces
• Afterword
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Photos