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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 16: Not All Smooth Sailing Four games this month, and we should be able to win at least three of them. Before our games begin, though, and the takeover rumours returned, this time with a new potential investor. We'll see if this one goes through. EFL Championship Matchday 7...
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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 15: Life in the Championship Begins Well, here we go. Let's hope we get off to a positive start in our return to the second tier. EFL Championship Matchday 1: Derby vs Sheffield United Our first game got off to the best possible start as Cameron Archer netted within the opening...
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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 14: Summer Transfer Window I suspect we've a busy window ahead, judging by the number of players who want to leave. We don't have a budget after the McAtee deal was made permanent, but we should have some money coming in, and it'll be a case of spending what we earn for the rest of...
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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 13: Season Review Our return to the Premier League ultimately saw us relegated, finishing in 19th. But the table doesn't tell the full story. Certainly I don't want to look back on this season entirely in doom and gloom, as we proved to be quite a competitive side. For much of the...
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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 12: The End of the Season There are five teams really left in the fight for survival. The fixture lists are as follows: 15. Crystal Palace: vs. Newcastle (A) 11th vs. Aston Villa (H) 9th vs. Brighton (A) 17th 16. Sheffield United: vs. West Ham (A) 14th vs. Newcastle (H) 11th vs...
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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 11: Survival Fight Continues We've a huge month coming up, as we face three bottom half sides in Brentford, Crystal Palace and Luton before finishing off the month with a game against the over-achieving Nottingham Forest. EPL Matchday 32: Sheffield United vs Brentford Late goals...
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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 10: Another Tough Run It's just as well we notched up those two wins at the end of last month, because we've got the top three teams in City, Liverpool and Arsenal before an away trip to Bournemouth. EPL Matchday 28: Sheffield United vs Liverpool We were moments away from a famous...
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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 9: Key Relegation Clashes We begin February with two more tough fixtures, against Tottenham and Chelsea respectively, but then we have what could be two of the most important games in the rest of our season - 20th placed Burnley away followed up by a home clash with 18th placed...
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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 8: January Window Opens With the window open, the board have injected some funds into the budget, leaving us with around 20 million pounds to spend. EPL Matchday 21: Sheffield United vs Brighton We lose at home to Brighton in what is a somewhat disappointing outcome, given that...
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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 7: A Vital Month December is full of fixtures, and a result there are a lot of points at stake this month. This could be a season defining set of games. EPL Matchday 14: Sheffield United vs Crystal Palace Having not scored at all in the previous month, the relief on my face was...
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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 6: Poor Form Continues The tough run of fixtures continue with Arsenal up next, but we then host Bournemouth and travel to Brentford, two games where we have a chance of taking something. EPL Matchday 11: Arsenal vs Sheffield United We mustered 1 shot in the whole of this game and...
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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 5: A Difficult Run This month has three fixtures for us: Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City. If we gain a point in any of those games, I'll be happy. EPL Matchday 8: Sheffield United vs Chelsea Close, but we suffer a narrow defeat to Chelsea, losing 2-1. They went ahead...
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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 4: Picking Up Vital Points We face a couple of the big boys this month with Manchester United and Tottenham to play, but we then have two games against potential relegation candidates in Wolves and Burnley. EPL Matchday 4: Sheffield United vs Mancehster United We were extremely...
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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 3: First Month of Football Here we go, we haven't got an impossibly hard first month, but it will be a good introduction back to the Premier League and a test of our ability from the get go. EPL Matchday 1: Brighton vs Sheffield United A very decent point to pick up on opening...
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    Sheffield United: The Premier League's Worst Club

    Chapter 2: Club Overview It's difficult to properly assess the squad with the real-world transfer system meaning that the majority of incomings and outgoings haven't happened yet. With that in mind, though, I've done my best to highlight who I believe will be key players for us. Anel...
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