Patrick Bamford

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Sheffield United
5 Dec 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Patrick Bamford

14 Edition

The Sheffield United Post

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Sheffield United through in the cup

A 2‑0 win over Luton Town, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Player ratings

A brace, and Louie Marsh takes the afternoon — 8.95

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Louie Marsh provided it, and the 8.95 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Ryan Oné at 20 — 7.99

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Ryan Oné did not need any: 7.99, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market

Gustavo Hamer wants more than Sheffield United are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

The terraces

Sheffield United supporters have found a favourite in Louie Marsh

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Louie Marsh has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

A bad afternoon for Sheffield United against Leicester City

0‑1 to Leicester City, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Patrick Bamford in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sheffield United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Sheffield United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sydie Peck is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

Ben Mee gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

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The Sheffield United Post

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Tyler Bindon at 21 — 7.78

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Tyler Bindon did not need any: 7.78, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Player ratings

Patrick Bamford, 33, rolls back the years — 8.03

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.03 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad

Words at Sheffield United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kalvin Phillips is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

Danny Ings in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sheffield United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Patrick Bamford sends Sheffield United past Millwall

It finished 2‑0, and it was Patrick Bamford’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Sheffield United.

Player ratings

Tyrese Campbell was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.18. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

In brief