Sheffield United vs Newcastle United Tickets

Bramall Lane is widely considered as one of, if not the oldest professional football ground in the world.

Bramall Lane has been the home ground of Sheffield United since 1889. It has a capacity of 32,050 and held an average attendance of 28,729 in the 2022/23 season. When the Magpies make the journey to Sheffield, this stadium will be the place to be.

You can view the Bramall Lane seating plan for a better idea regarding the best seats to choose from at this venue.

Sheffield United vs Newcastle United History

The first time these football clubs shared a pitch was a First Round tie in the 1894 FA Cup; Newcastle Utd won by two goals to zero.

In 1902, the teams met again in the FA Cup, though this time at the quarter-final stage. Sheffield Utd were 2-1 victors in the replay following a 1-1 draw at St. James’ Park. The Blades would progress to the final and they went on to lift the Cup for a second time.

Since then, Sheffield Utd have won the FA Cup twice more – in 1915 and 1925. Until the end of the 2022/23 season, these remain the club’s most recent major trophies.

Newcastle won the First Division four times, though three of those came in the early 1900s. The Magpies are also six-time winners of the FA Cup, most recently in 1955.

There are a handful of players who have represented both of these clubs, notably:

• Legendary Wales striker Ian Rush was loaned from Newcastle to Sheffield Utd in 1988, towards the end of his playing career.

• Another famous Welsh star, the late Gary Speed, was best known for spells with Newcastle and boyhood club Leeds United. The midfielder hung up his boots in 2010, following a two-year stay at Bramall Lane.

• More recently, in 2022, ex-Republic of Ireland international Ciaran Clark joined the Blades, on loan from the Tyneside club.

Most of the 100+ meetings between these teams have been played in the English top flight. However, particularly in the 21st century, these clashes have become few and far between due to the Blades dipping in and out of the top flight.

2023/24 was only the sixth season in which Sheffield Utd played top-flight football since the inaugural Premier League season in 1992/93. Meanwhile, Newcastle have been outside of the top division for just three campaigns since the Premier League era commenced.

Sheffield United vs Newcastle United Head-to-Head

In 1998, Sheffield Utd and Newcastle met in the FA Cup semi-finals. The Tyneside club recorded a narrow 1-0 victory, with Alan Shearer the solitary goalscorer at Old Trafford. The Magpies were beaten 2-0 by Arsenal at Wembley.

1994 was the first time this fixture was contested in the Premier League. The Sheffield-based side won 2-0 after the Magpies had earned a 4-0 victory earlier that season.

Sheffield Utd dropped to the second tier and these teams went 12 years without a league meeting until 2006. The Blades achieved promotion but survived just a single season in the Premiership before returning to the EFL Championship, and they ultimately spent another dozen years away from the top flight.

The men in red and white again returned to the Premier League in 2019. In the subsequent league campaign, this fixture ended 2-0 in favour of the visiting Magpies courtesy of goals by Allan Saint-Maximin and Jonjo Shelvey.

In the 2020/21 season, Billy Sharp’s penalty was the decisive goal in a 1-0 victory for Sheffield Utd against Newcastle.

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