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THE RISE OF SHEFFIE D UNITED

RAZOR-SHARP BLADES
CHRIS WILDER AND THE OVERLAPPING CENTRE-BACKS

JOE DAVIS TALKS TO FORMER BLADE MICHAEL TONGE ABOUT THE YORKSHIRE CLUB’S REMARKABLE RESURGENCE
IT IS sensational to think that just three years ago, John Fleck bundled home a last-gasp winner for Sheffield United at Northampton Town.
It was a goal worth around £1.4m, and one that went down in Blades folklore as it secured promotion to the Championship, putting an end to an agonising six-year wait in League One.
A sea of United supporters invaded the pitch, erasing several years of heartache and misery in each buoya...

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