Sheffield United Soccer News

Milan Baros scored his first Aston Villa goal in eight months and Martin O'Neill's team captured a 2-2 draw at Sheffield United on Monday to move up to eighth place in the English Premier League. It was Villa's 10th draw in 17 league games while the point enabled Neil Warnock's United to move one place away from the relegation zone to 16th. Villa went ahead in the second minute when ...

Danny Webber scored against his former club with three minutes remaining and Sheffield United won 1-0 at Watford on Tuesday in a match between teams near the bottom of the English Premier League. The only goal of the game at Vicarage Road came when Watford goalkeeper Richard Lee pushed a header from Chris Morgan onto the crossbar and substitute Webber pounced at the far post to push the ball home. ...

Wayne Rooney scored two goals for Manchester United to beat Sheffield United 2-1 on Saturday and maintain its three-point lead atop the Premier League. Rooney scored in the 30th and 75th minutes, rallying the Red Devils who fell behind to a 13th-minute goal by Keith Gillespie. It was Man United's seventh straight league victory. Two-time defending champion Chelsea kept winning too, beating West Ham 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Geremi's 22nd-minute free kick. Manchester United has 34 points, ...

Manchester United will have one eye on its upcoming match with Chelsea when it travels to Sheffield United in the Premier League on Saturday. The Red Devils lead the league with 31 points _ three more than two-time defending champions Chelsea _ and will aim to keep that buffer ahead of the top-of-the-table clash at Old Trafford on Nov. 26. ``The game with Chelsea will be a massive one and ...

Sheffield Wednesday fired manager Paul Sturrock on Thursday after the club fell to within a point of last place in the Football League Championship. Sturrock, manager since August 2004, was fired a day after the club lost 4-0 to Colchester. ``Our league position says it all,'' chairman Dave Allen said. ``In spite of strengthening the squad this year, we have not made the desired progress and, to that end, we ...

A brief look at this weekend's English Premier League games (league position in parentheses): Wigan (15) vs. Manchester United (1) Wigan will be without long-term injured defenders Ryan Taylor and Steve McMillan, and manager Paul Jewell will assess the 12 players who were on international duty before determining the rest of his squad. Manchester United will be without winger Ryan Giggs and defender Gabriel Heinze (both hamstring). Midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo ...

The FA Premier League Partnership was first founded in 1992 and is a league that is reserved for the top UK soccer clubs in the English system.  This distinction makes it England’s primary soccer competition.  Each year, 20 teams compete for the league championship but, oddly enough, only four teams have been crowned.  Why?  Because these four teams have dominated UK soccer since it’s inception.  These include Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, ...

Former Manchester United coach Brian Kidd has joined Sheffield United. Kidd, who helped Manchester United win the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup as assistant to manager Sir Alex Ferguson, signed a contract through to the end of the season to work with manager Neil Warnock and his assistant Stuart McCall. ``Brian was always my No. 1 choice and I'm delighted because he'll be worth his weight in gold,'' ...