Sheffield United

FM18 Update

Club
5700Reputation
1Last season
£21,908,449Squad value
32609Capacity

Squad strength

FMDB calculation
65Players
—Average age
—Under 21
98Average ability
122Average potential
£21,908,449Squad value
£172,981Wage bill per week
7Nationalities
21Home-grown
—Expiring contracts
118CA16
128PA16

These are the FMDB's own figures over all 65 registered members of the primary team, not just the rows listed below; hover a figure for the population it was computed from. The wage bill is the sum of recorded contract wages, not an asserted payroll. This version's export records no game start year, so ages and the contract-expiry window cannot be computed. CA16 and PA16 are the means of the sixteen highest recorded abilities and potentials; a coded potential enters PA16 at its band's midpoint and the figure says how many did. Home-grown counts players whose person_trained_status names this club.

Best eleven

FMDB calculation
The FMDB's own selection: the highest recorded current ability per slot of the supplied 4-3-3, each player used once, and only where player_position.competency for that slot is at least 10. Mean ability of the eleven 119, from the 41 strongest squad members.

Club

Full name
Sheffield United
Short name
Sheff Utd
Nickname
—
Nation
England
Current division
Sky Bet Championship
Continental competition
—
Founded
1889
Reputation
5700
Colours
—
Other teams
—
Professional status
Professional
World reputation
—
Potential reputation
—

Finances

Partial export
Balance
—
Transfer budget
£1,000,000
Wage budget
£7,000
Debt
—
Club value
—
Financial status
—
Owner
—
Shirt sponsor
—
Transfer budget before the window
£4,000,000
Maximum player wage
—
Previous turnover
£10,640,000
Previous profit
−£2,500,000
Loans, gifts and FFP rows from club_finance, named by loan_source_type
Source Amount Terms
FFP starting totalffp total−£2,565,186FFP year 2014
FFP starting totalffp total−£5,000,000FFP year 2015
FFP starting totalffp total−£2,500,000FFP year 2016
FFP starting totalffp total£10,640,000FFP year 2015
FFP starting totalffp total£10,758,000FFP year 2014

Balance is club_finance_detail.cash and Debt its basic_loan_debt, as authored. Every other club_finance row — loans, gifts and FFP totals — is listed by the source family loan_source_type gives it, with the amount's meaning on hover, rather than summed into a figure the source does not state. Club value, a named owner and a shirt sponsor are not established by the export.

Squad

65 people with a club_squad_number row for this teamSet-piece takers
Squad members with number, position, age, nationality, ability, contract, wage, value and last season
No start year CA PA Value Apps (Gls) 2017–18 HG As recorded
1Simon William MooreGK—England1171252019-06-30£5,749£599,250—Nation
2George Henry BaldockDR—England1211252020-06-30£4,000£475,950—Nation
3Enda John StevensDL—Republic of Ireland1161222020-06-30£3,999£664,050——
4John Alexander FleckMC—Scotland1271352021-06-30£8,000£2,462,400——
5Jack William O'ConnellDC—England1271322022-06-30£10,000£1,972,800—Nation
6Christopher Paul BashamDC—England1151202019-06-30£5,500£629,100—Nation
7John David LundstramDMC—England1171222020-06-30£4,000£711,550—Nation
9Leon Marvin ClarkeFC—England1221222020-06-30£8,999£1,792,000—Nation
10William Louis SharpFC—England1121202019-06-30£12,000£599,000—Club Nation
14Ryan Ian LeonardMC—England1161232021-06-30£6,500£759,050—Nation
15Paul Alexander CouttsMC—Scotland1211252019-06-30£5,500£1,322,400——
18Kieron Samuel FreemanDR—Wales1131222020-06-30£4,500£569,050—Nation
19Richard James Michael StearmanDC—England1231252020-06-30£15,000£450,900—Nation
21Mark James DuffyAMC—England1181222020-06-30£7,999£899,000——
22Caolan Owen LaveryFC—Northern Ireland1091182019-06-30£4,800£489,800—Nation
23Benjamin John HeneghanDC—England1021182020-06-30£4,000£377,8204 (0)Nation
24Daniel LaffertyDL—Northern Ireland1121202019-06-30£5,000£569,050——
31Jake EastwoodGK—England68-62020-06-30£700£67,425—Club Nation
32Chedwyn Michael EvansFC—Wales1121302020-06-30£4,000£599,000—Nation
37Jordan HallamAMC—England52-552018-06-30£150£10,040—Club Nation
39Harvey James GilmourML—England50-62018-06-30£200£10,040—Club Nation
40Callum SempleDC—England53-62018-06-30£150£32,364—Club Nation
44Samir Badre CarruthersMC—Republic of Ireland1111332020-06-30£6,000£521,550—Nation
—Alan Richard Knill Staff——Wales——2019-06-30£1,500———
—Ben Harriott——England—-5—£105£450—Club Nation
—Cameron Hawkes——England—-5—£105£475——
—Chris Howarth Unclassified——England———£1,000———
—Christopher Ian HusseyDL—England921032018-06-30£2,000£271,830—Nation
—Clayton Donaldson——Jamaica114125—£5,000£699,0004 (0)Nation
—David Brooks——Wales114-8—£4,000£899,000—Nation
—David Parkhouse——Northern Ireland60-6—£105£74,900——
—Edward Owen Unclassified——England——2017-06-30£400———
—George Broadbent——England—-55—£105£475—Nation
—George Cantrill——England—-55—£105£425——
—George Martin LongGK—England1121282018-06-30£1,800£449,250—Club Nation
—Horatio Hirst——England65-65—£350£41,96015 (1)—
—Hugo Warhurst——England—-5—£105£375—Club Nation
—Jake Bennett——England75120—£350£47,595—Nation
—Jake Wright——England103108—£4,800£386,820—Nation
—Jake WrightFC—England69-552018-06-30£400£94,900—Club Nation
—James Hanson——England100108—£4,000£300,200—Nation
—Jamie Paul Annerson Unclassified——England———£400———
—Jean Belehouane——France—-6—£105£425——
—Jordan Doherty——Republic of Ireland—-6—£105£475—Club Nation
—Joshua David Farrar Unclassified——England———£300———
—Keenan Ferguson——England—-5—£105£450—Club Nation
—Lee Evans——Wales108123—£6,000£455,8100 (0)—
—Lee Rickards Unclassified——England——2017-06-30£400———
—Livesey Mason——England—-5—£105£500—Club Nation
—Louis ReedMC—England96-72018-06-30£1,800£303,810—Club Nation
—Marcus Dewhurst——England—-6—£105£375—Club Nation
—Michael Wadsworth Staff——England——2017-06-30£1,000———
—Nathan Thomas——England104120—£3,000£439,800—Nation
—Oli Greaves——England—-5—£105£500—Club Nation
—Regan Slater——England86-7—£350£208,810—Club Nation
—Reon Potts——England—-55—£105£500—Club Nation
—Rhys Norrington-Davies——Wales55-55—£350£425——
—Ricky Holmes——England112118—£4,500£599,000——
—Sam Graham——England—-6—£300£450——
—Sam McClellen——England—-55—£105£500—Club Nation
—Sammy Ompreon——England—-55—£105£500—Nation
—Stephen MallonAML—Republic of Ireland50-52018-06-30£150£10,040——
—Tom Weaver——England—-5—£105£450—Club Nation
—Tyler SmithMR—England55-62020-06-30£300£33,960—Club Nation
—William Portman——England—-5—£105£425—Club Nation

Sort by clicking a column header. Hide columns you do not need; the choice is remembered in this browser. Apps (Gls) is the 2017–18 season, the latest player_history season recorded for anyone in this squad; it is named explicitly because no database records the date the game starts on.

Highest potential

FMDB calculation
Highest recorded potential ability across every team the club owns
Player Pos Age CA PA Value
John Alexander FleckMC—127135£2,462,400
Samir Badre CarruthersMC—111133£521,550
Jack William O'ConnellDC—127132£1,972,800
Chedwyn Michael EvansFC—112130£599,000
George Martin LongGK—112128£449,250
Richard James Michael StearmanDC—123125£450,900

The highest recorded player.potential_ability across all 1 of this club's team, one row per person. A negative potential is a coded band rather than a fixed ability and is shown as the code it is, never ranked as a number. Ages are season-start ages where the export records a start year; the list is ranked on potential alone, so it is not an age-filtered wonderkid list.

Facilities

Training only in the export
  • Training facilities16
  • Youth facilities—
  • Youth recruitment—
  • Junior coaching—
  • Corporate facilities—
Training ground
—
Academy
—
Morale
13
Season ticket holders
—
Average attendance
—
Lowest and highest
— / —

club_facility carries training facilities only, in every version: youth facilities, youth recruitment, junior coaching and academy category are not in the export. The training ground is the stadium row that club_server names.

Key staff

Chairman
—
Managing Director
—
Director of Football
—
Assistant Manager
Alan Richard Knill
Head of Youth Development
Travis Binnion

Roles held now from staff_history. "Unknown person" is a spell whose person uid this version does not contain.

League position by season

25 seasons on this page
Sheffield United league position by season11223 1992–931996–972000–012004–052008–092012–132016–17Sky Bet Championship, 1994–95: position 8 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 1995–96: position 9 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 1996–97: position 5 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 1997–98: position 6 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 1998–99: position 8 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 1999–00: position 16 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2000–01: position 10 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2001–02: position 13 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2002–03: position 3 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2003–04: position 8 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2004–05: position 8 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2005–06: position 2 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2007–08: position 9 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2008–09: position 3 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2009–10: position 8 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2010–11: position 23 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2011–12: position 3 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2012–13: position 5 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2013–14: position 7 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2014–15: position 5 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2015–16: position 11 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2016–17: position 1 of 24English Premier Division, 1992–93: position 14 of 22English Premier Division, 1993–94: position 20 of 22English Premier Division, 2006–07: position 18 of 20
Finishing position as recorded, 1 at the top, from the 25 season rows on this page.
Sheffield United league position by season
SeasonCompetitionPosition
2016–17Sky Bet League One1
2015–16Sky Bet League One11
2014–15Sky Bet League One5
2013–14Sky Bet League One7
2012–13Sky Bet League One5
2011–12Sky Bet League One3
2010–11Sky Bet Championship23
2009–10Sky Bet Championship8
2008–09Sky Bet Championship3
2007–08Sky Bet Championship9
2006–07English Premier Division18
2005–06Sky Bet Championship2
2004–05Sky Bet Championship8
2003–04Sky Bet Championship8
2002–03Sky Bet Championship3
2001–02Sky Bet Championship13
2000–01Sky Bet Championship10
1999–00Sky Bet Championship16
1998–99Sky Bet Championship8
1997–98Sky Bet Championship6
1996–97Sky Bet Championship5
1995–96Sky Bet Championship9
1994–95Sky Bet Championship8
1993–94English Premier Division20
1992–93English Premier Division14

Honours

FMDB calculation

Competitions won by any of this club's 1 recorded team, counted from comp_history. Confirmed overall winners in every recorded season; abandoned, cancelled and no-data seasons are excluded and stage placings are counted separately. The newer nation_cup_history export covers national-team tournament runs; it does not establish club cup-run coverage.

Transfers

Exported; UI pending
Record signing
—
Record sale
—
Net spend
—
Date Player From or to Fee
————

Modern exports separate completed transfer events, agreed future moves and club fee records. This panel has not integrated them. Unknown fees and incomplete coverage cannot establish full net spend.

Stadium

In the export
Capacity
32609
Seated
32609
Expandable to
44000
Built
—
Pitch
1005 × 640
Roof
—

Affiliates

Link types are codes
Club Relationship Terms
Central Coast Mariners FCLink type 1This club is the main clubfrom 2008-02-26 · 0% of wages paid
Arklow TownLink type 3This club is the main clubfrom 2009-06-24 · 0% of wages paid
Tata Football AcademyLink type 1This club is the main clubfrom 2010-11-08 · 0% of wages paid

Affiliations from club_link in both directions, with the yearly cost, dates, loan counts and wage share the row records. link_type_id has no lookup table in the catalog, so the relationship is shown as its code rather than given a name. Owned teams are listed separately under Other teams.

Fans

Not in this export
Supporter profile
—
Expectation
—
Season ticket waiting list
—

Supporter values are the researched 1–20 figures in club_supporter_profile; the expectation is the media's predicted finish in club_media_expectation; ticket prices are from club_finance_detail. Supporter-type percentages and a waiting list are not exported.

Across versions

Recorded
Sheffield United reputation across versions05K10K CM0102 RFM06 RFM10 RFM13 RFM16 RFM19 RFM22 RFM26 UReputation, CM0102 Release: 11 Reputation, CM0203 Release: 11 Reputation, CM0304 Release: 10 Reputation, CM0304 Update: 10 Reputation, FM05 Release: 100 Reputation, FM05 Update: 100 Reputation, FM06 Release: 102 Reputation, FM07 Release: 106 Reputation, FM07 Update: 106 Reputation, FM08 Release: 106 Reputation, FM09 Release: 104 Reputation, FM09 Update: 104 Reputation, FM10 Release: 104 Reputation, FM10 Update: 104 Reputation, FM11 Release: 103 Reputation, FM11 Update: 103 Reputation, FM12 Release: 102 Reputation, FM12 Update: 102 Reputation, FM13 Release: 106 Reputation, FM13 Update: 104 Reputation, FM14 Release: 101 Reputation, FM14 Update: 98 Reputation, FM15 Release: 98 Reputation, FM15 Update: 98 Reputation, FM16 Release: 100 Reputation, FM16 Update: 100 Reputation, FM17 Release: 105 Reputation, FM17 Update: 105 Reputation, FM18 Release: 112 Reputation, FM18 Update: 5,700 Reputation, FM19 Release: 114 Reputation, FM19 Update: 5,700 Reputation, FM20 Release: 121 Reputation, FM20 Update: 6,300 Reputation, FM21 Release: 126 Reputation, FM21 Update: 6,350 Reputation, FM22 Release: 6,100 Reputation, FM23 Release: 6,050 Reputation, FM24 Release: 6,200 Reputation, FM26 Release: 6,200 Reputation, FM26 Update: 6,200
Recorded reputation in each database where this uid resolves. Missing values remain gaps. Raw export scales may differ between versions.

Current staff

36 spells
Roles held now, from staff_history spells with no end date or one still in the future
Role Person Joined Until Rating FMDB calculation
CoachSteve Adams———
CoachDon O'Riordan———
CoachJohn Dungworth2013-07-01——
CoachMichael Wadsworth2015-07-15—11.0 / 20
CoachBrian Deane2015-09-24——
CoachBrian Deane2015-09-24——
CoachChris Howarth2017-07-01——
CoachKeith Briggs2018-01-14——
PhysioGabi Tye———
PhysioEdward Owen2014-07-01——
PhysioNathakorn Piangcharoen2014-07-01——
PhysioNathakorn Piangcharoen2014-07-01——
PhysioRuth Titterton2017-07-01——
ScoutLarry Redmond———
ScoutStuart Cross2016-05-01——
ManagerVaughan Redford2015-07-01——
ManagerChris Wilder2016-05-12——
ManagerDerek Geary2016-06-29——
ManagerDerek Geary2016-06-29——
Assistant ManagerAlan Richard Knill2016-05-12—11.4 / 20
Fitness CoachDean Riddle2008-04-13——
Fitness CoachMark Pease2010-07-01——
Fitness CoachDave Morrison2011-06-28——
Fitness CoachLuke Jenkinson2012-07-01——
Fitness CoachLuke Jenkinson2012-07-01——
Fitness CoachLee Rickards2014-07-01——
Goalkeeping CoachDarren Ward2012-07-01——
Goalkeeping CoachDarren Ward2012-07-01——
Goalkeeping CoachJamie Paul Annerson2014-06-01——
Legacy Chief Data AnalystMike Allen2004-09-01——
Head of Sports ScienceMatt Prestridge2016-05-12——
Legacy Data AnalystJoshua David Farrar2015-08-01——
Chief ScoutPaul Mitchell2016-07-21——
Head PhysioPaul Watson2017-07-01——
Head of Youth DevelopmentTravis Binnion2016-07-01——
Head of Youth DevelopmentTravis Binnion2016-07-01——

Playing spells belong to a career and are shown on the person's own page. A further 10 current spells point at a person uid this version does not contain.

Season records

Points as stored, never recomputed
League seasons, as stored: points include any deduction applied at the time
Season Competition Pos Of P W D L GF GA Pts
2016–17Sky Bet League One12446301069247100
2015–16Sky Bet League One112446181216645966
2014–15Sky Bet League One52446191413665371
2013–14Sky Bet League One72446181315484667
2012–13Sky Bet League One5244619189564275
2011–12Sky Bet League One3244627910925190
2010–11Sky Bet Championship23244611926447942
2009–10Sky Bet Championship82446171415625565
2008–09Sky Bet Championship32446221410643980
2007–08Sky Bet Championship92446171514565166
2006–07English Premier Division18203810820325538
2005–06Sky Bet Championship2244626128764690
2004–05Sky Bet Championship82446181315575667
2003–04Sky Bet Championship82446201115655671
2002–03Sky Bet Championship32446231112725280
2001–02Sky Bet Championship132446151516535460
2000–01Sky Bet Championship102446191116524968
1999–00Sky Bet Championship162446131518597154
1998–99Sky Bet Championship82446181315716667
1997–98Sky Bet Championship62446191710695474
1996–97Sky Bet Championship52446201313755273
1995–96Sky Bet Championship92446161416575462
1994–95Sky Bet Championship82446171712745568
1993–94English Premier Division20224281816426042
1992–93English Premier Division142242141018545352

Club records

More record types
Club records
Record type Holder Name as recorded Value
————

record_type is a raw code; the two rows read as most appearances and most goals. Attendance record, biggest win and heaviest defeat belong here too.

Derbies and partnerships

Derbies involving this club
Derby Opponent W Needs data D L First match Needs data Reputation
Steel CitySheffield Wednesday4540411893-10-160

No partnerships recorded

club_partnership is empty or near-empty in most versions of the source.

Kits

Season and slots

    Showing up to 8 of 0 loaded kit rows. Legacy colour slots are shown. Modern kit-part and style exports now describe the parts, but these drawings have not integrated them.

    Data wishlist for this page

    20 data pointsWhole site
    • export_meta.game_start_year Season-start ages, under-21 count and this season's expiring contracts Now liveAges are taken at 1 July of the exported game start year and the expiry window closes on 30 June of the next; the convention is stated on every figure because no .dat database stores an in-game date. CSV-era versions carry no start year and say so.
    • player.current_ability, player.potential_ability over the squad CA16 and PA16 Now liveFMDB means of the sixteen highest recorded abilities and potentials in the primary squad; a coded potential is counted at its band midpoint (config/potential.php) and the figure says how many were.
    • player over club_squad_number Squad ability, potential, value and recorded wage totals Now liveFigures cover the whole primary-team squad with recorded-value coverage. League-relative ability stars are not implemented.
    • player.current_ability and player_position Best eleven Now liveFMDB selects eligible players for a fixed 4-3-3 from at most 60 candidates. Empty positions stay blank and a team average requires eleven filled slots.
    • person_trained_status, person_days_at_location Training days and home-grown squad status Partial exportThe squad table and the home-grown count show recorded trained-at-club and trained-in-nation relationships where the version exports them. Rule codes are not interpreted and training days are not shown; neither is a ruling on eligibility under a competition rule.
    • player.current_ability, player.potential_ability Squad member ability and potential Now liveThe squad table displays stored figures where recorded; coded potential is not a fixed ability.
    • player_history Squad appearances and goals for a named season Now liveThe page uses the latest season recorded for anyone in the squad, not an inferred last season relative to a game date.
    • player.potential_ability across the club teams Highest potential at the club Now livePlayers are deduplicated across the club teams. This is not an age-based wonderkid list.
    • club_finance, club_finance_source, club_finance_detail, club_director Balance, budgets, debt rows, embargo and directors Partial exportCash balance, basic loan debt, the embargo flag and directors are displayed, and every other finance row is listed by its loan_source_type family with the amount meaning on hover. Club valuation, a named owner, a financial-status label and a shirt sponsor are not established: owner type, financial state and income type are raw codes.
    • club_facility, club_server.training_ground_stadium_uid Youth facilities, recruitment, junior coaching and academy status Needs source dataOnly training_facilities is present in any version; the training ground is shown where club_server names one. A corporate revenue field is not a facilities rating.
    • club identity Club nickname Needs source dataThe current club catalog has no nickname column; a short name is not a nickname.
    • transfer_event, future_transfer, club_transfer_record Transfers and record signing or sale Exported; UI pendingCompleted FM24/FM26 events, agreed future moves and recorded club fee records now have separate tables. They are not integrated into this panel; incomplete or unknown fees cannot support complete net-spend totals.
    • club_link Affiliations and agreement terms Partial exportLinks in both directions are displayed with cost, dates, loan counts and wage share. link_type_id, flags and reasons have no lookup, so the relationship is shown as a code; club_partnership is a player-pair relation.
    • comp_history for every recorded club team Confirmed titles with competition and years Now liveThe honours calculation covers all recorded club teams, with edition and stage checks where available. nation_cup_history describes national-team tournament runs, not club cup coverage.
    • stadium Stadium capacity, build date, pitch dimensions, roof and owner Now liveThese fields are rendered where recorded. Pitch type and heating remain available source fields not shown in this club panel.
    • staff_history, staff_ability, staff_coaching Staff quality by recorded job Now liveFMDB computes role-specific attribute means with coverage thresholds; these are not stored scouting stars or a staff-subtype census.
    • club_supporter_profile, club_media_expectation Supporter loyalty, passion, patience, affluence, temperament, expectations and media prediction Now liveResearched FM23+ supporter values and the predicted league finish are displayed where exported; computed supporter-type percentages are deliberately absent.
    • derby Derby record and history Now liveRecorded results are oriented to this club; dates and reputation remain missing where unrecorded.
    • club across versions Reputation across versions Partial exportRaw reputation history is live. Squad value and average ability across versions are not implemented; reputation-scale integration is also pending.
    • club_kit, club_kit_part, kit_display_type, kit_style Kit seasons, parts and patterns Partial exportThe page shows legacy kit rows and colour slots. Modern exports now identify parts, goalkeeper kits and style lookups; drawings have not integrated them, and numbering differs by era.

    Reviewed 30 September 2026 against the current schema and page implementation. “Now live” means implemented where data is recorded; “Exported; UI pending” means the schema has data this page does not yet use. Tables and coverage vary by version. Missing values stay blank.