2017–18 Sheffield United F.C. season

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Sheffield United
2017–18 season
Chairman Kevin McCabe
Manager Chris Wilder
Stadium Bramall Lane
Championship 10th
FA Cup Fifth round
(vs. Leicester City)
EFL Cup Second round
(vs. Leicester City)
Top goalscorer League: Leon Clarke (19)
All: Leon Clarke (19)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2017–18 season was Sheffield United's 129th season in their history and marked their return to the Championship, following a six-year stay in the third tier. Along with the Championship, the club also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

Before the season, many EFL fans, Sheffield Wednesday fans amongst them, tipped the Blades for a season of struggles in and around the bottom 3. United defied this by finishing 10th, and chasing the play-offs all season long.

The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Squad

No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Simon Moore GK England Sandown 27 55 0 Wales Cardiff City 19 August 2016 Undisclosed 2019
27 Jamal Blackman GK England Croydon 23 24 0 Chelsea 27 July 2017 Loan 2018
31 Jake Eastwood GK England Sheffield 20 3 0 Youth Academy 1 July 2015 Trainee 2018
Defenders
2 George Baldock RB England Buckingham 31 24 1 Milton Keynes Dons 1 July 2017 Undisclosed 2020
3 Enda Stevens LB Republic of Ireland Dublin 34 33 1 Portsmouth 1 July 2017 Free 2020
5 Jack O'Connell CB England Liverpool 23 81 6 Brentford 8 July 2016 Undisclosed 2022
13 Jake Wright CB England Keighley 31 49 0 Oxford United 9 July 2016 Free 2019
18 Kieron Freeman RB WalesEngland Arnold 25 108 13 Derby County 23 January 2015 Free 2020
19 Richard Stearman CB England Wolverhampton 36 17 1 Fulham 6 July 2017 Undisclosed 2020
23 Ben Heneghan CB England Manchester 30 1 0 Motherwell 31 August 2017 Undisclosed 2020
24 Daniel Lafferty LB Northern Ireland Derry 28 45 4 Burnley 13 January 2017 Undisclosed 2019
Midfielders
4 John Fleck CM Scotland Glasgow 25 79 6 Coventry City 11 July 2016 Free 2021
6 Chris Basham DM/CB England Hebburn 28 172 8 Blackpool 1 July 2014 Free 2019
7 John Lundstram CM England Liverpool 30 29 2 Oxford United 25 July 2017 Undisclosed 2020
14 Ryan Leonard CM/CB England Plympton 32 3 0 Southend United 9 January 2018 Undisclosed 2021
15 Paul Coutts CM Scotland Aberdeen 28 120 5 Derby County 23 January 2015 Undisclosed 2019
20 Lee Evans CM Wales Newport 30 5 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 10 January 2018 £750,000 2021
21 Mark Duffy RM England Liverpool 31 73 8 Birmingham City 1 July 2016 Free 2018
26 Ricky Holmes LM England Rochford 37 2 0 Charlton Athletic Undisclosed 2020
36 David Brooks LW/AM WalesEngland Warrington 27 26 3 Youth Academy 1 July 2015 Trainee 2021
44 Samir Carruthers CM Republic of IrelandEngland Islington 24 28 1 Milton Keynes Dons 3 January 2017 Undisclosed 2020
Forwards
9 Leon Clarke CF England Birmingham 32 24 Bury 27 July 2016 Undisclosed 2019
10 Billy Sharp CF England Sheffield 31 223 75 Leeds United 25 July 2015 Undisclosed 2019
11 Clayton Donaldson CF Jamaica Bradford 40 18 5 Birmingham City 31 August 2017 Nominal 2018
12 James Wilson CF England Biddulph 28 4 1 Manchester United 10 January 2018 Loan 2018
22 Caolan Lavery CF Northern IrelandCanada Red Deer 24 36 5 Sheffield Wednesday 30 August 2016 Free 2019
32 Ched Evans CF Wales Rhyl 35 123 48 Chesterfield 1 July 2017 Undisclosed 2020
Out on Loan
8 Nathan Thomas LW England Ingleby Barwick 22 3 2 Hartlepool United 1 July 2017 Undisclosed 2020
17 James Hanson CF England Bradford 29 14 1 Bradford City 24 January 2017 Undisclosed 2020
George Long GK England Sheffield 23 123 0 Youth Academy 1 July 2011 Trainee 2018
Chris Hussey LB England London 28 11 0 Bury 1 July 2016 Undisclosed Undisclosed
James Wilson CB Wales Chepstow 28 10 1 Oldham Athletic 5 July 2016 Free 2018
Louis Reed CM England Barnsley 19 59 0 Youth Academy 1 July 2013 Trainee 2018
  • All appearances and goals up to date as of 10 February 2018.

Statistics

As of 6 May 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Simon Moore 19 0 15+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF England George Baldock 38 1 30+4 1 1+0 0 3+0 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland Enda Stevens 47 1 45+0 1 0+0 0 1+1 0
4 MF Scotland John Fleck 43 2 40+0 2 0+1 0 1+1 0
5 DF England Jack O'Connell 48 0 46+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF England Chris Basham 51 2 45+1 2 0+2 0 2+1 0
7 MF England John Lundstram 39 3 20+15 3 2+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW England Leon Clarke 39 19 38+1 19 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW England Billy Sharp 37 14 28+6 13 0+1 0 2+0 1
11 FW Jamaica Clayton Donaldson 29 5 9+17 5 0+0 0 2+1 0
12 FW England James Wilson 9 1 4+4 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
13 DF England Jake Wright 22 0 13+4 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
14 MF England Ryan Leonard 13 0 6+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF Scotland Paul Coutts 17 1 16+0 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
18 DF Wales Kieron Freeman 11 1 10+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF England Richard Stearman 30 2 28+0 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
20 MF Wales Lee Evans 19 2 18+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF England Mark Duffy 39 3 28+8 3 1+0 0 1+1 0
23 DF England Ben Heneghan 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 DF Northern Ireland Daniel Lafferty 13 1 1+7 0 2+0 1 3+0 0
26 MF England Ricky Holmes 5 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 GK England Jamal Blackman 33 0 31+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
31 GK England Jake Eastwood 3 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
32 FW Wales Ched Evans 13 0 2+7 0 1+1 0 0+2 0
33 DF England Jake Bennett 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
34 MF England Regan Slater 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
36 MF Wales David Brooks 33 3 9+21 3 2+0 0 0+1 0
44 MF Republic of Ireland Samir Carruthers 16 1 4+9 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
Player(s) out on loan:
8 MF England Nathan Thomas 3 2 0+1 0 1+0 1 1+0 1
17 FW England James Hanson 2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW Northern Ireland Caolan Lavery 6 1 1+2 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
Player(s) who left the club:
16 DF United States Cameron Carter-Vickers 18 1 17+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
30 DF England John Brayford 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

Goals

As of 6 May 2018
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
1 9 England CF Leon Clarke 19 0 0 19
2 10 England CF Billy Sharp 13 0 1 14
3 11 Jamaica CF Clayton Donaldson 5 0 0 5
4 7 England CM John Lundstram 3 0 0 3
21 England AM Mark Duffy 3 0 0 3
36 Wales AM David Brooks 3 0 0 3
7 4 Scotland CM John Fleck 2 0 0 2
6 England DM Chris Basham 2 0 0 2
8 England LW Nathan Thomas 0 1 1 2
19 England CB Richard Stearman 2 0 0 2
20 Wales CM Lee Evans 2 0 0 2
12 2 England RB George Baldock 1 0 0 1
3 Republic of Ireland LB Enda Stevens 1 0 0 1
12 England CF James Wilson 1 0 0 1
15 Scotland CM Paul Coutts 1 0 0 1
18 Wales RB Kieron Freeman 1 0 0 1
22 Northern Ireland CF Caolan Lavery 0 1 0 1
24 Northern Ireland LB Daniel Lafferty 0 1 0 1
44 England CM Samir Carruthers 1 0 0 1
United States CB Cameron Carter-Vickers 1 0 0 1
Total 58 3 2 63

Disciplinary record

As of 6 May 2018
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
1 4 Scotland CM John Fleck 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1
2 3 Republic of Ireland LB Enda Stevens 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
3 6 England DM Chris Basham 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0
4 5 England CB Jack O'Connell 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
15 Scotland CM Paul Coutts 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
20 Wales CM Lee Evans 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
7 7 England CM John Lundstram 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
9 England CF Leon Clarke 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
36 Wales AM David Brooks 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
11 2 England RB George Baldock 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
10 England CF Billy Sharp 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
19 England CB Richard Stearman 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
14 21 England AM Mark Duffy 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
15 11 Jamaica CF Clayton Donaldson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
24 Northern Ireland LB Daniel Lafferty 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
27 England GK Jamal Blackman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
United States CB Cameron Carter-Vickers 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
19 1 England GK Simon Moore 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 England CF James Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
13 England CB Jake Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 78 0 3 2 0 0 5 0 0 85 0 3

Contracts

Date Position Nationality Name Status Contract Length Expiry Date Ref.
18 July 2017 CM England Chris Basham Signed 2 years June 2019 [1]
18 July 2017 CM Scotland Paul Coutts Signed 2 years June 2019 [1]
18 July 2017 RB Wales Kieron Freeman Signed 3 years June 2020 [1]
18 July 2017 CF England Billy Sharp Signed 2 years June 2019 [1]
22 September 2017 CM Scotland John Fleck Signed 4 years June 2021 [2]
15 November 2017 CB England Jack O'Connell Signed 4.5 years June 2022 [3]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2017 RB England George Baldock England Milton Keynes Dons Undisclosed [4]
1 July 2017 CF Wales Ched Evans England Chesterfield Undisclosed [5]
1 July 2017 LB Republic of Ireland Enda Stevens England Portsmouth Free [6]
1 July 2017 LW England Nathan Thomas England Hartlepool United Undisclosed [7]
6 July 2017 CB England Richard Stearman England Fulham Undisclosed [8]
25 July 2017 CM England John Lundstram England Oxford United Undisclosed [9]
31 August 2017 CF Jamaica Clayton Donaldson England Birmingham City Undisclosed [10]
31 August 2017 CB England Ben Heneghan Scotland Motherwell Undisclosed [11]
9 January 2018 CM England Ryan Leonard England Southend United Undisclosed [12]
10 January 2018 CM Wales Lee Evans England Wolverhampton Wanderers £750,000 [13]
15 January 2018 LM England Ricky Holmes England Charlton Athletic Undisclosed [14]

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2017 LB Republic of Ireland Graham Kelly England Port Vale Free [15]
1 July 2017 CF Scotland Marc McNulty England Coventry City Free [16][lower-alpha 1]
1 July 2017 AM Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea England Bury Free [18][lower-alpha 2]
1 July 2017 AM Scotland Stefan Scougall Scotland St Johnstone Free [16][lower-alpha 3]
3 August 2017 LM England Matt Done England Rochdale Mutual consent [21][lower-alpha 4]
16 August 2017 LB England Kieran Wallace Free agent Mutual consent [23]
31 August 2017 RB England John Brayford England Burton Albion Mutual consent [24][lower-alpha 5]
11 January 2018 CM England Ben Whiteman England Doncaster Rovers Undisclosed [26]
  1. Marc McNulty joined Coventry City following release from the club.[17]
  2. Jay O'Shea joined Bury on a free transfer after rejecting a contract with Sheffield United.[19]
  3. Stefan Scougall joined St Johnstone following release from the club.[20]
  4. Matt Done joined Rochdale following his departure.[22]
  5. John Brayford joined Burton Albion following his departure.[25]

Loans in

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
27 July 2017 GK England Jamal Blackman England Chelsea 30 June 2018 [27]
25 August 2017 CB United States Cameron Carter-Vickers England Tottenham Hotspur 30 June 2018 [28]
10 January 2018 CF England James Wilson England Manchester United 30 June 2018 [13]

Loans out

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
1 July 2017 AM England Benjamin Whiteman England Doncaster Rovers January 2018 [29]
4 July 2017 GK England George Long England AFC Wimbledon 30 June 2018 [30]
7 July 2017 LB England Chris Hussey England Swindon Town 30 June 2018 [31]
11 July 2017 CM England Louis Reed England Chesterfield 30 June 2018 [32]
17 July 2017 CB Wales James Wilson England Walsall 30 June 2018 [33]
26 October 2017 FW England Jordan Hallam England Southport 23 November 2017 [34]
3 January 2018 CF England James Hanson England Bury 30 June 2018 [35]

Pre-season

Friendlies

As of 16 June 2017, Sheffield United have six pre-season friendlies against Stoke City,[36] Stocksbridge Park Steels, Chesterfield, Rotherham United, Eastleigh[37] and Málaga.[38]

Competitions

EFL Championship

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League table

2017–18 EFL Championship

Result summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
44 19 9 16 59 52  +7 66 12 5 5 33 19  +14 7 4 11 26 33  −7

Last updated: 28 April 2018.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday

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Matches

On 21 June 2017, the EFL Championship league fixtures were announced.[39][40]

FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Sheffield United entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Ipswich Town.[41]

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Sheffield United were drawn at home to Walsall in the first round.[42] A home tie was to follow in the second round, with Leicester City the visitors.[43]

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