Sheffield United vs Bristol City please log in to view this image Sheffield United vs Bristol City Bramall Lane Fri 9th August KO 12:15 Live on Sky Sports 1 The 2 favourites for automatic promotion, Sheffield United and Bristol City meet and kick off the start of the League 1 campaign on August 9th and do so in front of the sky cameras. Both tipped to win the league, One could get the better over the other with an early win. The Blades are probably the favourites to win the opening fixture with Bristol City looking for their first win at Bramall Lane since 1957! Both have added well to their squads with United adding ex city winger Jamal Campbell-Ryce and former Crewe and Motherwell striker Michael Higdon. Bristol City bringing in ex Arsenal & Stevenage winger Luke Freeman and Crystal Palace striker Aaron Wilbraham. Probably the pick of the fixtures for the league 1 season, will be interesting to see who gets the upper hand... Rumours also going around Bristol City will wear a 3rd kit which be Purple & Lime! 1 Barnsley 0 0 0 2 Bradford 0 0 0 3 Bristol City 0 0 0 4 Chesterfield 0 0 0 5 Colchester 0 0 0 6 Coventry 0 0 0 7 Crawley 0 0 0 8 Crewe 0 0 0 9 Doncaster 0 0 0 10 Fleetwood 0 0 0 11 Gillingham 0 0 0 12 Leyton Orient 0 0 0 13 MK Dons 0 0 0 14 Notts County 0 0 0 15 Oldham 0 0 0 16 Peterborough 0 0 0 17 Port Vale 0 0 0 18 Preston 0 0 0 19 Rochdale 0 0 0 20 Sc**thorpe 0 0 0 21 Sheff Utd 0 0 0 22 Swindon 0 0 0 23 Walsall 0 0 0 24 Yeovil 0 0 0 Sheffield United A Little Bit About Them Full name - Sheffield United Football Club Nickname(s) - The Blades, Red and White Wizards, Red and White Army Founded - 22 March 1889; 125 years ago Ground - Bramall Lane Capacity - 32,702 Chairman - Kevin McCabe Manager - Nigel Clough 2013â14 - League One, 7th Danger Men Jose Baxter (Pictured) Ryan Flynn Campbell-Ryce please log in to view this image Bristol City A Little Bit About Us Full name - Bristol City Football Club Nickname(s) - The Robins, The Reds, Cider Army. Founded - 1894; 120 years ago as Bristol South End Ground - Ashton Gate, Bristol Capacity - 21,500 - Updating to 27,000 Manager - Steve Cotterill 2013â14 - League One, 12th Danger Men Sam Baldock Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Pictured) Luke Freeman please log in to view this image Last Time We Met Sheffield United ran out comfortable 3-0 winners. [video=youtube;le8xzBBApmA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le8xzBBApmA&list=UUq_5VYwAoOvaL4lyGkwoboQ[/video] 3 Key Battles please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Shiny Predicts Sheffield United 2-2 Bristol City
Good article don't know why I wrote that sorry, I think it was because I was thinking you gave up the match threads when you stepped down from moderating last time. My head is pickled at the moment
ah right was wondering why you said moderating. Was thinking that I've missed something that someone has done!
Expecting us to be strong going forward and better in midfield this season. However I still have worries about the defence. Punt a long ball down the middle and we struggle. Pretty much the typical L1 tactic so we will have to hope SC has come up with a game plan to deal with that. COYR.
Sheffield United could be without midfielder James Wallace, who is struggling with a groin injury. Michael Higdon is doubtful as he lacks match fitness but other summer recruits Chris Basham, Andy Butler, Jamal Campbell-Ryce, Ben Davies, Harrison McGahey and Marc McNulty should play. Bristol City have six new first-team players to chose from. But they could be without defender Karleigh Osborne, who suffered a a serious leg gash during pre-season. Sheffield United boss Nigel Clough told BBC Radio Sheffield: "We've done well for spells in games in pre-season but not as long as we'd like. We're hopeful it will come. "I think they've recruited very well and they ended last season really well. "They've gone under the radar a little bit and I think they deserve the favourites tag as much as anyone else in this division." Bristol City manager Steve Cotterill told BBC Radio Bristol: "I certainly think we've got more goalscorers in our team this year. "We couldn't just rely on goals from Sam Baldock and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas. It wasn't enough. "When you look at the ages of the players we've signed, we're hopefully tapping into their potential to make us a stronger club."
We really do have a abysmal record against Nigel Cloughs teams..and at Bramall Lane... The match v SHeff U then is one of the key games where we can measure how much we have improved since last seasons 2 dismal performances... All being well though at 12.16 Bristol City should be top of league 1--but should we lose by 2.0 we will be 24th...
please log in to view this image Sheffield United ‏@SUFC_tweets · 2h The sun is shining at Bramall Lane for today's big kick-off
Bristol City FC ‏@bcfctweets · 34 secs #BristolCity v Sheff Utd: Fielding, Little, Cunningham, Ayling, Flint, Williams, Smith, Elliott, Freeman, Baldock, Wilbraham.
Bristol City FC ‏@bcfctweets · 2m #BristolCity subs: Richards, Bryan, El-Abd, Pack, Wagstaff, Burns, Emmanuel-Thomas.
please log in to view this image Alex Silk ‏@ajsilky · 17m When the sprinklers soak the camera crew! Priceless
