Whisper it quietly, but the rewilding of Sheffield United may just have started at Bramall Lane this week. A refrain of “Chrissy Wilder, he’s one of our own” rang out from the Kop as the Premier League’s bottom team followed up Wednesday’s competitive performance against Liverpool with the first victory of their returning hero’s latest reign.
In a game low on quality but high on resilience, two fatigued teams were divided by James McAtee’s sumptuous first goal in the Premier League in first-half stoppage time, and the added belief that the strike and the manager’s return yielded.
Continue reading…Whisper it quietly, but the rewilding of Sheffield United may just have started at Bramall Lane this week. A refrain of “Chrissy Wilder, he’s one of our own” rang out from the Kop as the Premier League’s bottom team followed up Wednesday’s competitive performance against Liverpool with the first victory of their returning hero’s latest reign.In a game low on quality but high on resilience, two fatigued teams were divided by James McAtee’s sumptuous first goal in the Premier League in first-half stoppage time, and the added belief that the strike and the manager’s return yielded. Continue reading…