2016–17 Sheffield United F.C. season explained

Club:	Sheffield United
Season:	2016–17
Manager:	Chris Wilder
Chairman:	Kevin McCabe
Stadium:	Bramall Lane
League:	League One
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Second round
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	First round
Cup3:	EFL Trophy
Cup3 Result:	First round
League Topscorer:	Billy Sharp (30)
Average Attendance:	21,892^[1]
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Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

The 2016–17 season was Sheffield United's 128th season in their history and their sixth consecutive season in League One. It was manager and boyhood Blade Chris Wilder’s first season in charge, with the Blades accumulating 100 points, promoting them as champions to the Championship. Along with League One, the club also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	George Long	GK		Sheffield		123	0	Academy	1 July 2011	Trainee	2018
25	Simon Moore	GK		Sandown		44	0	Cardiff City	19 August 2016	Undisclosed	2019
Defenders
3	Chris Hussey	LB		London		11	0	Bury	1 July 2016	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
5	Jack O'Connell	CB		Liverpool		50	6	Brentford	8 July 2016	Undisclosed	2019
13	Jake Wright	CB		Keighley		31	0	Oxford United	9 July 2016	Free	2018
14	Joe Riley	LB		Blackpool		2	0	Manchester United	17 January 2017	Loan	2017
18	Kieron Freeman	RB		Arnold		100	14	Derby County	23 January 2015	Free	2017
19	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	CB		West Bromwich		34	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31 August 2016	Loan	2017
20	James Wilson	CB		Chepstow		10	1	Oldham Athletic	5 July 2016	Free	2018
24	Daniel Lafferty	LB		Derry		36	4	Burnley	13 January 2017	Undisclosed	2019
Midfielders
4	John Fleck	CM		Glasgow		49	4	Coventry City	11 July 2016	Free	2019
6	Chris Basham	DM/CB		Hebburn		137	7	Blackpool	1 July 2014	Free	2017
8	Stefan Scougall	AM		Edinburgh		100	10	Livingston	24 January 2014	£400,000	2017
15	Paul Coutts	CM		Aberdeen		104	4	Derby County	23 January 2015	Undisclosed	2017
21	Mark Duffy	RM		Liverpool		44	6	Birmingham City	1 July 2016	Free	2018
22	Louis Reed	CM		Barnsley		59	0	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee	2018
26	Jay O'Shea	AM		Dublin		10	3	Chesterfield	24 January 2017	Loan	2017
32	Harry Chapman	RW		Hartlepool		14	4	Middlesbrough	12 August 2016	Loan	2017
44	Samir Carruthers	CM		Islington		14	0	Milton Keynes Dons	3 January 2017	£250,000	2020
Forwards
7	Marc McNulty	CF		Edinburgh		56	14	Livingston	21 May 2014	£125,000	2017
9	Caolan Lavery	CF		Red Deer		30	4	Sheffield Wednesday	30 August 2016	Free	2019
10	Billy Sharp	CF		Sheffield		198	63	Leeds United	25 July 2015	Undisclosed	2017
11	Matt Done	LW/SS		Oswestry		87	17	Rochdale	2 February 2015	Undisclosed	2017
16	James Hanson	CF		Bradford		13	1	Bradford City	24 January 2017	Undisclosed	2020
27	Leon Clarke	CF		Birmingham		26	9	Bury	27 July 2016	Undisclosed	2019
Out on Loan
2	John Brayford	RB		Stoke-on-Trent		68	4	Cardiff City	24 January 2015	£2,000,000	2018
17	Kieran Wallace	DF/CM		Nottingham		23	0	Ilkeston	28 November 2014	Free	Undisclosed
23	Ben Whiteman	CM		Rochdale		12	0	Academy	1 July 2014	Trainee	Undisclosed

Statistics

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Goals record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One				Total
1	10		CF	Billy Sharp	30	0	0	0	30
2	18		RB	Kieron Freeman	10	1	0	0	11
3	27		CF	Leon Clarke	7	1	0	1	9
4	5		CB		4	1	0	1	6
	21		RM	Mark Duffy	6	0	0	0	6
6	8		CM	Stefan Scougall	4	1	0	0	5
	19		CB	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	5	0	0	0	5
8	9		CF	Caolan Lavery	4	0	0	0	4
	24		LB	Danny Lafferty	4	0	0	0	4
	32		RW		1	3	0	0	4
11	4		CM	John Fleck	3	0	0	0	3
	6		DM	Chris Basham	2	1	0	0	3
	11		CF	Matt Done	3	0	0	0	3
	15		CM	Paul Coutts	2	0	0	1	3
	26		AM	Jay O'Shea	3	0	0	0	3
16	16		CF	James Hanson	1	0	0	0	1
	20		CB		1	0	0	0	1
	38		MF	Regan Slater	0	0	0	1	1
Total					87	8	1	4	99

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name										EFL Trophy			Total
1	4		CM	John Fleck	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
2	15		CM	Paul Coutts	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
3	6		DM	Chris Basham	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	1
	10		CF	Billy Sharp	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
	18		RB	Kieron Freeman	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
6	11		CF	Matt Done	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	13		CB	Jake Wright	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
8	19		CB	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	21		RM	Mark Duffy	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
	27		CF	Leon Clarke	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
11	5		CB		2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	24		LB	Danny Lafferty	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	9		CF	Caolan Lavery	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	9		CF	Che Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	25		GK	Simon Moore	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	36		CM	David Brooks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	38		MF	Regan Slater	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	44		CM	Samir Carruthers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					69	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	76	0	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2016					Undisclosed
5 July 2016					Free transfer	^[3]
8 July 2016					Free transfer	^[4]
8 July 2016					Undisclosed	^[5]
9 July 2016					Free transfer	^[6]
27 July 2016					Undisclosed	^[7]
19 August 2016					Undisclosed	^[8]
30 August 2016					Undisclosed	^[9]
23 September 2016					Free transfer	^[10]
3 January 2017					Undisclosed	^[11]
13 January 2017					Undisclosed	^[12]
24 January 2017					Undisclosed	^[13]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016			Ioan Evans		Free transfer	^[14]
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016			CJ Hamilton		Free transfer	^[15]
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released	^[16]
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016			George Willis		Free transfer	^[17]
2 July 2016				Free agent	Mutual consent	^[18]
4 July 2016					Free transfer	^[19]
7 July 2016					Free transfer	^[20]
15 July 2016					Free transfer	^[21]
8 August 2016					Undisclosed	^[22]
19 August 2016					Free transfer	^[23]
31 August 2016					Undisclosed
6 January 2017					Released	^[24]
31 January 2017					Undisclosed	^[25]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
12 August 2016					End of Season	^[26]
31 August 2016					End of Season	^[27]
31 August 2016					13 January 2017	^[28]
17 January 2017					End of Season	^[29]
24 January 2017					End of Season	^[30]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
16 August 2016			Jake Wright		14 September 2016	^[31]
19 August 2016					End of Season	^[32]
31 August 2016					2 January 2017	^[33]
31 August 2016					End of Season	^[34]
1 January 2017					End of Season	^[35]
5 January 2017			Connor Hall		11 March 2017	^[36]

Competitions

EFL League One

See main article: 2016–17 Football League One.

Matches

FA Cup

See main article: 2016–17 FA Cup.

EFL Cup

See main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup.

EFL Trophy

See main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy.

Notes and References

1. Web site: League One 2016/2017 - Attendance.
2. News: Blades make double swoop . Sheffield United Official Site . 2 June 2016 . 2 June 2016.
3. News: Wilson signs . Sheffield United Official Site . 5 July 2016 . 5 July 2016.
4. News: Fleck signs . Sheffield United Official Site . 8 July 2016 . 8 July 2016.
5. News: O'Connell is a Blade . Sheffield United Official Site . 8 July 2016 . 8 July 2016.
6. News: Wright move for defender Jake . Sheffield United Official Site . 9 July 2016 . 10 July 2016.
7. News: Striker signs . Sheffield United Official Site . 27 July 2016 . 27 July 2016.
8. News: Goalkeeper signs . Sheffield United Official Site . 19 August 2016 . 19 August 2016.
9. News: Lavery signs . Sheffield United Official Site . 30 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
10. News: Defender signs . Sheffield United Official Site . 23 September 2016 . 23 September 2016.
11. News: Samir signs . Sheffield United Official Site . 3 January 2017 . 3 January 2017.
12. News: Lafferty signs . Sheffield United Official Site . 13 January 2017 . 13 January 2017.
13. News: Hanson signs . Sheffield United Official Site . 24 January 2017 . 24 January 2017.
14. News: Former Sheffield United youngster Ioan Evans will grow in stature at Gainsborough Trinity . Lincolnshire Echo . 23 June 2016 . 19 August 2016.
15. News: Mansfield add ex-Blades winger Hamilton . BBC . 6 June 2016 . 6 June 2016.
16. News: Ten released . Sheffield United Official Site . 20 May 2016 . 20 May 2016.
17. News: Former Blades keeper makes Stalybridge Celtic move . Non League Daily . 24 May 2016 . 23 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160924032400/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/latest-transfer-news/former-blades-keeper-makes-stalybridge-celtic-move.html . 24 September 2016 . dead .
18. News: Hammond leaves . Sheffield United Official Site . 2 July 2016 . 6 July 2016.
19. News: Jamie McDonagh agrees terms with Morton and is scheduled to sign this week . Greenock Morton . 4 July 2016 . 23 September 2016.
20. News: Bristol City sign Diego De Girolamo, Jack Challis, Kodi Lyons-Foster and Shabazz Omofe . Bristol Post . 7 July 2016 . 19 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160709103819/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/bristol-city-sign-diego-de-girolamo-jack-challis-kodi-lyons-foster-and-shabazz-omofe/story-29487990-detail/story.html . 2016-07-09 . dead .
21. News: Further Signing News . Raith Rovers Official Site . 15 July 2016 . 23 September 2016.
22. News: Che leaves . Sheffield United Official Site . 8 August 2016 . 8 August 2016.
23. News: Fleetwood snap-up Sheffield United midfielder Woolford . Blackpool Gazette . 19 August 2016 . 19 August 2016.
24. News: Reece departs . Sheffield United Official Site . 6 January 2017 . 6 January 2017.
25. News: Ramsdale departure . Sheffield United Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 1 February 2017.
26. News: Winger signs on loan . Sheffield United Official Site . 12 August 2016 . 12 August 2016.
27. News: Defender arrives at the Lane . Sheffield United Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 1 September 2016.
28. News: International defender signs . Sheffield United Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 1 September 2016.
29. News: Riley loaned in . Sheffield United Official Site . 17 January 2017 . 17 January 2017.
30. News: O'Shea arrives at the Lane . Sheffield United Official Site . 24 January 2017 . 24 January 2017.
31. News: Trio make loan moves . Sheffield United Official Site . 16 August 2016 . 17 August 2016.
32. News: Two depart . Sheffield United Official Site . 19 August 2016 . 19 August 2016.
33. News: McNulty loaned . Sheffield United Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 1 September 2016.
34. News: Kieran Wallace joins Fleetwood . Sheffield United Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
35. News: Stags loan Whiteman . Sheffield United Official Site . 31 December 2016 . 31 December 2016.
36. News: One striker joins on loan as another departs . Woking Official Site . 5 January 2017 . 5 January 2017.