The Sheffield Herald
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
- Boardroom Sheffield turn down the training-ground plan
- Match Point won or two lost for Sheffield?
- Player ratings Nothing got past Soungoutou Magassa