NICKNAME: Blades

FOUNDED: 1889

MANAGER: Bryan Robson

GROUND: Bramall Lane

LAST SEASON:

League Second FA Cup Third Round Carling Cup Third Round

HONOURS:

Division One Champions (1) 1897-98

Division Two Champions (1) 1952-53

Division Four Champions (1) 1981-82

FA Cup Winners (4) 1899, 1902, 1915, 1925

RECORD VICTORY: League 10-0 v Burslem Port Vale, Division Two, 10-12-1892 Cup 5-0 v Newcastle, FA Cup First Round, 10-01-1914 and 5-0 v Corinthians, FA Cup First Round, 10-01-1925 and 5-0 v Barrow, FA Cup Third Round, 07-01-1956

RECORD DEFEAT: 0-13 v Bolton, FA Cup Second Round, 01-02-1890

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 68,287 v Leeds, FA Cup Fifth Round, 15-02-1936

RECORD TRANSFER PAID: £1.75m, Ade Akinbiyi to Burnley, January 2006

RECORD TRANSFER RECEIVED: £3m, Brian Deane from Leeds, July 1993 and Lee Morris from Derby, October 1999

TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Jimmy Dunne, 41, 1930-31 All-time Harry Johnson, 205, 1919-30

MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Joe Shaw, 629, 1948-66