Q 01/05

Sheffield United's 2002 match with West Brom was abandoned with the Blades down to how many players?

A) Five

B) Six

C) Seven

D) Eight

Answer · why

B) Six

Six was too few: three red cards and two injuries left United short, and it remains the only English professional match abandoned for a shortage of pl...

Q 02/05

Which teenage Argentine did Sheffield United try to sign in 1978 before deciding he was too expensive?

A) Diego Maradona

B) Mario Kempes

C) Osvaldo Ardiles

D) Ricardo Villa

Answer · why

A) Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona was judged too dear, so United signed his compatriot Alejandro Sabella from River Plate for £160,000 instead. Sabella later coached Arg...

Q 03/05

Which outsized Sheffield United goalkeeper chased the referee into a cupboard after the drawn 1902 FA Cup final?

A) Jack Hillman

B) Ned Doig

C) William Foulke

D) Harry Rennie

Answer · why

C) William Foulke

William Foulke, said to have reached 24 stone, left the dressing room unclothed to hunt referee Tom Kirkham, and FA officials had to stop him wrenchin...

Q 04/05

Which club beat Sheffield United 2–1 with two late goals in the 2025 Championship play-off final?

A) Coventry City

B) Bristol City

C) Burnley

D) Sunderland

Answer · why

D) Sunderland

Sunderland came from behind with two late goals to win 2–1 at Wembley, ending an eight-season absence from the Premier League. United had gone into th...

Q 05/05

Sheffield United's 17-game winless start to 2020–21 took a Premier League record from which club?

A) Queens Park Rangers

B) Derby County

C) Swindon Town

D) Huddersfield Town

Answer · why

A) Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers had held the unwanted mark since 2012–13; United took just two points from their first 17 games and did not win until January 2021...