2016–17 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United

2016–17 season

Chairman

Kevin McCabe

Manager

Chris Wilder

Stadium

Bramall Lane

← 2015–16

The 2016–17 season was Sheffield United's 128th season in their history and their sixth consecutive season in League One.^[1] Along with League One, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	RM	Mark Duffy	Birmingham City	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2016	LB	Chris Hussey	Bury	Undisclosed	^[2]
5 July 2016	CB	James Wilson	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	^[3]
8 July 2016	CM	John Fleck	Coventry City	Free transfer	^[4]
8 July 2016	CB	Jack O'Connell	Brentford	Undisclosed	^[5]
9 July 2016	CB	Jake Wright	Oxford United	Free transfer	^[6]
27 July 2016	CF	Leon Clarke	Bury	Undisclosed	^[7]
19 August 2016	GK	Simon Moore	Cardiff City	Undisclosed	^[8]
30 August 2016	CF	Caolan Lavery	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	^[9]
23 September 2016	CB	Reece Brown	Bury	Free transfer	^[10]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	AM	Jose Baxter	Free agent	Released	^[11]
1 July 2016	RW	Jamal Campbell-Ryce	Barnet ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Released	^[11]
1 July 2016	CM	Florent Cuvelier	Walsall ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Released	^[11]
1 July 2016	CB	Ioan Evans	Gainsborough Trinity	Free transfer	^[14]
1 July 2016	RW	Ryan Flynn	Oldham Athletic ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Released	^[11]
1 July 2016	CM	CJ Hamilton	Mansfield Town	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2016	LB	Bob Harris	Free agent	Released	^[11]
1 July 2016	GK	Mark Howard	Bolton Wanderers ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Released	^[11]
1 July 2016	CB	Terry Kennedy	Alfreton Town ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Released	^[11]
1 July 2016	CB	Jay McEveley	Ross County ^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Released	^[11]
1 July 2016	LB	Callum McFadzean	Kilmarnock ^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Released	^[11]
1 July 2016	CB	Harrison McGahey	Rochdale ^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Released	^[11]
1 July 2016	GK	George Willis	Stalybridge Celtic	Free transfer	^[22]
2 July 2016	CM	Dean Hammond	Free agent	Mutual consent	^[23]
4 July 2016	CF	Jamie McDonagh	Greenock Morton	Free transfer	^[24]
7 July 2016	SS	Diego De Girolamo	Bristol City	Free transfer	^[25]
15 July 2016	AM	Joel Coustrain	Raith Rovers	Free transfer	^[26]
8 August 2016	CF	Che Adams	Birmingham City	£1,800,000	^[27]
19 August 2016	LW	Martyn Woolford	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	^[28]
31 August 2016	CF	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	Everton	£1,500,000

↑ Following Campbell-Ryce's release, he signed for Barnet.^[12]
↑ Following Cuvelier's release, he signed for Walsall.^[13]
↑ Following Flynn's release, he signed for Oldham Athletic.^[15]
↑ Following Howard's release, he signed for Bolton Wanderers.^[17]
↑ Following Kennedy's release, he signed for Alfreton Town.^[18]
↑ Following McEveley's release, he signed for Ross County.^[19]
↑ Following McFadzean's release, he signed for Kilmarnock.^[20]
↑ Following McGahey's release, he signed for Rochdale.^[21]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
12 August 2016	RW	Harry Chapman	Middlesbrough	End of Season	^[29]
31 August 2016	CB	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of Season	^[30]
31 August 2016	LB	Daniel Lafferty	Burnley	End of Season	^[31]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
16 August 2016	CB	Jake Wright	York City	14 September 2016	^[32]
19 August 2016	RB	John Brayford	Burton Albion	End of Season	^[33]
31 August 2016	CF	Marc McNulty	Bradford City	End of Season	^[34]
31 August 2016	LB	Kieran Wallace	Fleetwood Town	End of Season	^[35]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

9 July 2016 Friendly	Stocksbridge Park Steels	0–5	Sheffield United	Stocksbridge
15:00 BST		Report	McNulty Done Adams	Stadium: Bracken Moor Attendance: 1,665

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly	FC Halifax Town	2–0	Sheffield United	Halifax
19:45 BST	Hughes 70' Peniket 75'	Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1,363

23 July 2016 Friendly	Grimsby Town	1–3	Sheffield United	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Blundell Park

26 July 2016 Friendly	Hallam	0–1	Sheffield United	Crosspool
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Sandygate Road

27 July 2016 Friendly	Sheffield United	0–1	Derby County	Sheffield
19:45 BST		Report	Blackman 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Bramall Lane

29 July 2016 Friendly	Handsworth Parramore	1–5	Sheffield United	Handsworth
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Sandy Lane

League One

Main article: 2016–17 Football League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Scunthorpe United	20	13	5	2	41	17	+24	44	Promotion to the Football League Championship
2	Bolton Wanderers	20	12	4	4	24	12	+12	40	Promotion to the Football League Championship
3	Sheffield United	20	11	5	4	34	22	+12	38	Qualification for League One play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Bradford City	20	9	8	3	27	18	+9	35
5	Rochdale	20	9	3	8	27	25	+2	30

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Football League Championship.

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Sheffield United	Bolton
15:00 BST	Vela 28' Spearing 37' 45+1'	Report	Clarke 39' Adams 90'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 17,050 Referee: Ross Joyce

13 August 2016 2	Sheffield United	1–1	Rochdale	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Fleck 23' Sharp 81'	Report	McDermott 35' Cannon 43'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,399 Referee: Kevin Johnson

16 August 2016 3	Sheffield United	0–3	Southend United	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Sharp 59'	Report	O'Connell 5' (o.g.) McLaughlin 13' Cox 15' Thompson 40' Coker 59'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 17,410 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

20 August 2016 4	Millwall	2–1	Sheffield United	South Bermondsey
15:00 BST	Williams 14' Morison 89' (pen.)	Report	Scougall 21' O'Connell 88'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 9,058 Referee: Andy Woolmer

27 August 2016 5	Sheffield United	2–1	Oxford United	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Basham 1' Wright 16' Freeman 52' Sharp 65' Wilson 73'	Report	Hemmings 16' 60' Ruffels 73'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,313 Referee: Nicholas Kinsley

4 September 2016 6	Gillingham	1–2	Sheffield United	Gillingham
14:15 BST	Dack 34' Oshilaja 46' Pask 90'	Report	Done 14' Lafferty 32' Freeman 65' Sharp 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,598 Referee: Darren Handley

10 September 2016 7	AFC Wimbledon	2–3	Sheffield United	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 BST	Poleon 37' Fuller 40' Elliott 72'	Report	Sharp 16' 26' Duffy 20' Done 60'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Fans' Stadium Attendance: 4,810 Referee: Graham Salisbury

17 September 2016 8	Sheffield United	1–0	Peterborough United	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Done 13' Sharp 62' Basham 67' Coutts 78' Ebanks-Landell 90+1'	Report	Moncur 74' Smith 90+3'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,555 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

24 September 2016 9	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Sheffield United	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Clarke 33' van Veen 44' Morris 55' Wallace 62' Holmes 82' Mirfin 85'	Report	Ebanks-Landell 14' Basham 34' 69' Done 42' Sharp 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 6,243 Referee: Darren Deadman

27 September 2016 10	Sheffield United	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Coutts 37' Chapman 65' Lavery 90+3'	Report	Boateng 30' Easter 66' Leadbitter 90+2'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,196 Referee: Chris Sarginson

1 October 2016 11	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Sheffield United	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Ball 13' McLaughlin 18' Long 34' Neal 58' Jónsson 79' Hunter 83'	Report	Ebanks-Landell 90+5' 90+6'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 4,004 Referee: Andy Haines

15 October 2016 12	Sheffield United	4–0	Port Vale	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Ebanks-Landell 23', 45' Duffy 62' Scougall 83'	Report	Hart 85'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,699 Referee: Mark Heywood

18 October 2016 13	Shrewsbury Town	0-3	Sheffield United	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST			Billy Sharp - 46, 66 Danny Lafferty - 63	Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Referee: David Webb

22 October 2016 14	Bradford City	3–3	Sheffield United	Bradford
15:00 BST	Clarke 35' Hiwula-Mayifuila 60' Dieng 68'	Report	Sharp 18', 51' Basham 26' 72' Duffy 28' Done 45+1' Wright 77'	Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 20,972 Referee: Jon Moss

29 October 2016 15	Sheffield United	2–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Scougall 5' Freeman 31' Sharp 63' Coutts 81'	Report	Hendry 40' Baldock 45+3' Potter 49' 87' Walsh 70'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,495 Referee: Simon Hooper

13 November 2016 16	Chesterfield	1–4	Sheffield United	Chesterfield
14:15 GMT	Nolan 2'	Report	Freeman 54' 54' Fleck 72' Sharp 73' Clarke 81'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 8,451 Referee: Chris Sarginson

19 November 2016 17	Sheffield United	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Sharp 8' 21' Scougall 24' Lafferty 88'	Report	O'Brien 20' Ogogo 45+4' Deegan 52' Dodds 72'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,195 Referee: Darren Deadman

22 November 2016 18	Sheffield United	1–0	Bury	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	O'Connell 85' Ebanks-Landell 90+3'	Report	Mellis 43' Pope 44' Williams 62' Leigh 80', 85'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,022 Referee: Ross Joyce

26 November 2016 19	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Sheffield United	Charlton, London
15:00 GMT	Fox 36' Bauer 90+3'	Report	Duffy 32' Clarke 66' Coutts 84' Lafferty 90+2'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 12,580 Referee: Graham Scott

29 November 2016 20	Sheffield United	0–1	Walsall	Sheffield
19:45 GMT		Report	Bakayoko 42' Preston 62' Laird 86'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 18,343 Referee: Darren England

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

6 November 2016 First round	Sheffield United	6–0	Leyton Orient	Sheffield
14:00 GMT	Basham 22' Scougall 39' Freeman 45' Chapman 54', 69', 90+2'	Report	Massey 74'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 6,099 Referee: Nigel Miller

4 December 2016 Second round	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Sheffield United	Bolton
14:00 GMT	Madine 44' Sammy Ameobi 46' Vela 84'	Report	Clarke 57' Lavery 58' Coutts 64' O'Connell 86'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 7,027 Referee: Lee Probert

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

9 August 2016 First round	Sheffield United	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Crewe Alexandra	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Clarke 6' O'Connell 65'	Report	Lowe 89', 100'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 8,305 Referee: James Adcock

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Walsall	3	3	0	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Leicester City Academy	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Sheffield United	3	1	0	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	L2	Grimsby Town	3	0	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Sheffield United	0–0 (4–5 p)	Leicester City U23	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Brooks 72'			Stadium: Bramall Lane

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Sheffield United	1–2	Walsall	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Duffy 45+1' Coutts 78'	Report	Laird 16' Toner 54' Bakayoko 66' Shorrock 90'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 2,619 Referee: Mark Heywood

9 November 2016 Group stage 3	Grimsby Town	2–4	Sheffield United	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Jackson 14' Boyce 63' Disley 81'	Report	Slater 53' 59' Basham 60' Boyce 74' (o.g.) O'Connell 78' Clarke 87'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 597 Referee: Richard Clark

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↑ "Former Sheffield United youngster Ioan Evans will grow in stature at Gainsborough Trinity". Lincolnshire Echo. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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National teams

Senior (2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying round)
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U19 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League 1, League 2)

Levels 5–6	National League

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League Midland League Northern Counties East League Northern League North West Counties League Southern Combination League Southern Counties East League South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League United Counties League Wessex League Western League West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

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FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

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Under 23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup

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Club seasons

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Championship	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burton Albion Cardiff City Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterbrough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall

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Summer 2016 transfers
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