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تأسس عام 1889. يلقب الفريق بـ "السيوف" (The Blades) لتواجد سيفين في شعار النادي. استخدم شعار النادي لأول مرة في موسم 1977 - 1978. بدأ الفريق كناد للكريكيت. لعب أول مبارياته ضد نادي شيفيلد، وهو أقدم أندية العالم. لعب النادي في الدوري الممتاز أول مرة عام 1892. من أبرز لاعبي الفريق الحاليين الصينيانلي تييهوهاو هايدونغ.
The United team from 28 September 1895 before a match against Stoke City.
The club was formed by members of the Sheffield United Cricket Club, formed in 1854 and the first English sports club to use 'United' in its name. Sheffield United's predominant nickname is "The Blades", a reference to Sheffield's status as the major producer of cutlery in the United Kingdom. United's original nickname was in fact "The Cutlers" from 1889–1912. City rivals Wednesday held the nickname "The Blades" in their early years, however in 1907 Wednesday officially became "The Owls", in reference to their new ground in Owlerton, and United would later claim "The Blades" nickname for themselves.[2]
Sheffield United officially formed on 22 March 1889 at the Adelphi Hotel, Sheffield (now the site of the Crucible Theatre) by the President of the Cricket Club, Sir Charles Clegg. The Wednesday had moved from Bramall Lane to their own ground at Olive Grove after a dispute over gate receipts and the tenants of Bramall Lane needed to create a new team to generate income. Sir Charles Clegg was incidentally also the president of The Wednesday.[3]
Undoubtedly United's heyday was the 30-year period from 1895–1925, when they were champions of England in 1897–98 and runners-up in 1896–97 and 1899–1900, and FA Cup winners in 1899, 1902, 1915 and 1925. United have not won a trophy since 1925, bar those associated with promotion from lower leagues, their best performances in the cup competitions being several semi-final appearances in the FA Cup and League Cup.[4]
On 3 September 2013 it was confirmed that H.R.H. Prince Abdullah bin Mosa'ad bin Abdulaziz Al Sa'ud of the royal House of Saud had bought a 50% stake in United's parent company 'Blades Leisure Ltd' with the promise of providing "substantial new capital" with the aim of returning the Blades to the Premier League as "quickly as possible" and hopefully within 5 years. Both parties, at that time, agreed to include a "roulette notice" mechanism to end their arrangement when they no longer wished to work together.
Sheffield United are the fourth club to have won a championship title in each of England's four professional leagues. After Burnley, Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers.[9]
Captain George Utley leads Sheffield United out for the 1915 FA Cup final.
^"On This Day 1889". The Sheffield Star. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
^"Football: New Local Professional Team". The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent. 23 March 1889. At a meeting of the Sheffield United Cricket Club held last evening, an important decision was arrived at. It was resolved to undertake the organisation of a football professional team for next season... The club in future will be known as the Sheffield United Cricket and Football Club.
^ أبتUp until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division; since then, it has been the FA Premier League. At the same time, the Second Division was renamed the First Division, and the Third Division was renamed the Second Division.
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