Samuel Atkinson

Goalkeeper - Sheffield United U18
24 Jan 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Samuel Atkinson

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The Sheffield United Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words exchanged at Sheffield United

Patrick Bamford and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Harrison Burrows out for 44 days

The medical room confirms 44 days on the sidelines for Harrison Burrows, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Samuel Atkinson out for 25 days

The medical room confirms 25 days on the sidelines for Samuel Atkinson, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

A row about effort at Sheffield United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sydie Peck was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Loan watch

Sam Curtis counts the days

“I watch every Sheffield United game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Huddersfield Town runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Player ratings

Gustavo Hamer beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 15. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Player ratings

Sam McCallum was the difference for Sheffield United

Marked 7.51. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

The dugout

Alexander Hamilton on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Alexander Hamilton after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

The dugout

No hiding place for Ben Mee

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ben Mee, and the manager let it.

In brief

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The Sheffield United Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Transfer targets

Sheffield United baulk at the price for Kevin Schade

Brentford wanted more than $18.2M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Transfer targets

Sheffield United rebuffed over Germán Berterame

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Inter Miami CF have kept their man, and Sheffield United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

Michael Cooper keeps Sheffield United in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Myles Roberts arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Myles Roberts has, at Sheffield United, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Transfer targets

Juan Cordoba due for a Sheffield United medical

Everything agreed with La Equidad, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Market

Bristol Rovers come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Sheffield United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Boardroom

4 academy players handed senior numbers at Sheffield United

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Squad

Matt Doherty falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

A falling-out at Sheffield United

Patrick Bamford and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief