Liam Palmer

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Marked for Liam Palmer

24 Edition

The Sheffield Herald

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad11 Jan 2027

A one-man rearguard from Joe Lumley

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings11 Jan 2027

Soungoutou Magassa scores twice — 8.33

Two goals and a mark of 8.33 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Louie Barry 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 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings11 Jan 2027

Nobody could get near Louie Barry

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match9 Jan 2027

Soungoutou Magassa the difference as Sheffield beat Birmingham

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Soungoutou Magassa. 2‑0 against Birmingham, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings11 Jan 2027

Nothing got past Di'Shon Bernard

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 17 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings11 Jan 2027

Nothing got past Marvelous Nakamba

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 13 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Liam Palmer has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Sheffield will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Pierre-Yves Hamel has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Sheffield will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

In brief

Back issues
23 Edition

The Sheffield Herald

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match4 Jan 2027

Sheffield are in real trouble now

Position 17, 15 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad4 Jan 2027

17 seasons of Liam Palmer

451 appearances across 17 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Sheffield know what they have.

Market4 Jan 2027

Liam Cooper asks to leave Sheffield

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Boardroom4 Jan 2027

Joe Emery signs for Bolton Wanderers while still at Sheffield

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Joe Emery has agreed terms with Bolton Wanderers for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Words at Sheffield training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Louie Barry 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.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Max Lowe 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 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

19 Edition

The Sheffield Herald

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match5 Dec 2026

9 matches without a win for Sheffield

The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Sheffield are no longer polite ones.

Match5 Dec 2026

Sheffield let it slip despite Svante Ingelsson

Svante Ingelsson had done his part in building a 2-goal cushion. What happened after that was collective, and Huddersfield Town were allowed back into a match that had been finished with.

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

No sign of nerves from Moctar Diop at 21 — 8.02

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Moctar Diop did not need any: 8.02, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Tempers go at Sheffield

Louie Barry was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The terraces7 Dec 2026

The crowd has taken to Moctar Diop

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

Nobody could get near Joel Ndala

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match5 Dec 2026

Honours even between Sheffield and Huddersfield Town

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

Liam Palmer turns it into his own net

Nobody's fault and entirely his: a goal that goes into the book with his name against it and nothing about it intended. Sheffield deserved better, and so did he.

Squad7 Dec 2026

A place in the month's best eleven for Moctar Diop

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Moctar Diop has come out of that comparison in the side, and Sheffield have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

In brief

15 Edition

The Sheffield Herald

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match4 Nov 2026

Sheffield out of the cup

Brighton ended it 0‑0. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Match7 Nov 2026

A hiding for Sheffield

Beaten 0‑3 by Rotherham United, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Murphy Cooper keeps Sheffield in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Nobody could get near Harry Gray

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match7 Nov 2026

No end in sight to Sheffield's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Sheffield has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Sheffield

Louie Barry was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Nothing got past Sean Fusire

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 18 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad9 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Marvelous Nakamba

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom9 Nov 2026

Nobody left the Sheffield dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

In brief

3 Edition

The Sheffield Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nothing got past Di'Shon Bernard

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 25 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Sheffield

Louie Barry was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Sheffield

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.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Svante Ingelsson

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market17 Aug 2026

One of our own: Thomas Wood joins the Sheffield first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thomas Wood is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market17 Aug 2026

Joseph Martin steps up from the Sheffield academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joseph Martin has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market17 Aug 2026

Sheffield promote Harry King from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Harry King has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market17 Aug 2026

Sheffield promote Michael King from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michael King has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Sheffield pick somebody else ahead of Liam Palmer

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

In brief

1 Edition

The Sheffield Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Liam Palmer has been here 17 seasons

449 appearances across 17 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.

Market3 Aug 2026

Sheffield turn down Atlanta United FC for Charlie McNeill

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Di'Shon Bernard signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Di'Shon Bernard commits to Sheffield for another 4 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Louie Barry 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 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market3 Aug 2026

Joe Lumley told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Joe Lumley has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Sheffield.

Market3 Aug 2026

Arsenal join the queue for George Brown

Add another name to the list: Arsenal have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about George Brown. The answer from Sheffield has not changed — yet.

In brief