Sheffield United F.C. records

[edit] Honours

Captain George Utley leads Sheffield United out for the 1915 FA Cup final.

Champions 1897-98

Runners up 1896,97, 1899-1900

Champions 1952-53

Runners-up: 1892-93, 1938-39, 1960-61, 1970-71, 1989-90, 2005-06 (as The Championship)

Champions: 1981-82

Winners: 1899, 1902, 1915, 1925

Runners-up: 1901, 1936

Record League Win: 10-0 away v Port Vale, Division Two, December 10, 1892 and 10-0 home v Burnley, Division One, January 19, 1929^[1]
Record League Defeat: 3-10 away v Middlesbrough , Division One, November 18, 1933
Most League Points in a Season (2 points for a win): 60 in Division Two, 1952-53
Most League Points in a Season (3 points for a win): 96 in Division Four, 1981-82
Most League Goals: 102 in Division One, 1925-26

Record Cup Win: 6-1 on 3 occasions. the last being at home v Lincoln City, League Cup 1st Round, August 22, 2000
Record Cup Defeat: 0-13 home v Bolton Wanderers, FA Cup 2nd Round, February 1, 1890^[1]

Most League Appearances: Joe Shaw made 631 appearances between 1948-1966^[1]
Most Consecutive Appearances: Jack Smith made 203 consecutive appearances between 1935-1948
Most League Goals in Total Aggregate: Harry Johnson scored 201 goals in 313 games between 1919-1930
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, December 26, 1927
Scoring in Consecutive Games: Jimmy Dunne scored in 12 consecutive games in 1930-1931
Most Capped Player: Billy Gillespie made 25 appearances for Northern Ireland

Keith Gillespie, has played 80 times for Northern Ireland, but not all of them as a Sheffield United player

Record Transfer Fee Paid: £4 million for James Beattie to Everton on August 4, 2007^[1]
Record Transfer Fee Received: £4 million for Phil Jagielka from Everton on July 4, 2007^[1]

Longest Sequence of League Wins: 8 matches between September 14, 1960 to October 22, 1960
Longest Sequence of League Defeats: 7 matches between August 19, 1975 to September 20, 1975
Longest Sequence of League Draws: 6 matches between May 6, 2001 to September 8, 2001
Longest Sequence of Unbeaten League Matches: 22 matches between September 2, 1899 to January 13, 1900
Longest Sequence Without a League Win: 19 matches between September 27, 1975 to February 7, 1976
Successive Scoring Runs: 34 matches from March 20, 1956
Successive Non-scoring Runs: 6 matches from December 4, 1993