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DONCASTER’S MINING STATUE GETS THE GO AHEAD Doncaster’s proud mining heritage will be honoured for years to come with the exciting news this month that the campaign to build an iconic town centre tribute has been successful. Individuals, businesses and organisations have been supporting the campaign through online pledges and donations at locations across the borough, an exhibition about the project in the summer attracted over 1,500 visitors. Ros Jones, Mayor of Doncaster, is contributing part of her allowance over her four year term to help make the statue a reality and ensuring that an important part

of our borough’s history and community gets the recognition it deserves. The iconic piece of art will draw on the fascinating stories of our former miners and their families and when finished, will be located on Clock Corner easily accessible to Doncaster residents and visitors. It will be the first mining statue ever located in the town centre to keep these stories alive for our communities and future generations. Acclaimed international artist/sculptor Laurence Edwards has been commissioned to design the artwork and met with hundreds of local people. The meetings have held extra significance as

Laurence has sculpted the portraits of people from the various mining communities in wax while they have told their stories. These have then been cast in bronze and will be a part of the ﬁgurative, bronze mining statue. Now the fundraising target has been achieved, Laurence will start working on the mining statue in the new year and the ﬁnished piece of public art will be unveiled in autumn 2019. There will be a total of 40 bronze portraits of local people from mining communities in the sculpture. 21 of these heads have already been created and Laurence Edwards was

in Doncaster last week making six more portraits. Doncaster College ﬁlmed the new portrait sessions and these can be viewed via the Doncaster College YouTube page. Doncaster College will also be hosting another photo shoot to capture more local miners and their families. These photos will form part of an online archive, but with 13 heads still to be chosen there is still a chance of being picked to be included in the sculpture. Ros Jones, Mayor of Doncaster, said: “I am delighted that Doncaster will now have a permanent commemoration to its mining history and that the stories of our

wonderful miners and their families will be heard by future generations. “Thank you to everyone who has donated to our fundraising campaign to make the mining statue for Doncaster possible – and who have also shared our determination to ensure that the borough never forgets its proud mining heritage and the communities that grew up around it.” She added: “From the outset, I was committed to driving forward this important commemoration for Doncaster miners and I have pledged part of my allowance for my four year term of ofﬁce to help make it happen.

“A mining statue for Doncaster will be a long lasting tribute to the thousands of hard working men and women, whose contribution to the growth and prosperity of the town must never be underestimated,

and to those miners whose lives were tragically lost working in the gruelling conditions that many of us could never begin to imagine. “During the course of the project, we have seen tremendous support from

our local former miners and their families who have told us how proud they are that their stories will be told and that in years’ to come their grandchildren can point to the statue and say ‘that’s my grandad or grandma.’”

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INSPIRATIONAL SHEFFIELD WOMEN CELEBRATE VOTE CENTENARY The 14th December marked 100 years since women were first able to vote and stand as an MP in a general election. On Friday 14th December inspirational women from across Sheffield gathered at Sheffield Town Hall to celebrate 100 years since some women were able to vote and stand as an MP in a general election for the first time. A piece of silverwork

created by Shefﬁeld artist Jessica Flinn was unveiled to mark the occasion and will be displayed in the Silver Room of Shefﬁeld Town Hall. Councillor Mary Lea, Cabinet Member for Culture, Parks and Leisure said: “ I am proud to be part of a celebration of the work achieved by the very active suffragettes of this city. On the 14 December 1918, some women,

aged over 30, were able to vote and stand as an MP in a general election for the first time. Following this, the women of Sheffield continued their fight and nothing could stop the suffrage movement; eventually leading to all women winning the right to vote in 1928. In celebrating the progress that has been made, it is also important to recognise

the contribution of early female politicians such as Eleanor Barton, Labour candidate for Attercliffe in 1920, and Ann Eliza Longden, who was elected as Shefﬁeld’s ﬁrst female mayor in 1936. These women paved the way for others, including the female politicians and leadership in our Council today. Women have achieved

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ALBERT SNODGRASS I have bought my wife a fridge for Christmas. I can’t wait to see her face light up when she opens it. Will glass cofﬁns be popular some day? Remains to be seen. Wife: Stop being an idiot. Just be yourself. Me: Make up your mind. Where do naughty rainbows go? Prism. I called the doctor “My wife is going into labour! What should I do?” “Is this her ﬁrst child?” he asked. “No, this is her husband.” I hate Russian dolls. They’re so full of themselves. An Irish priest is driving along a country road when the police pull him over. He smells alcohol on the priest’s breath. He says: “Have you been drinking?” “Just water,” says the priest. The cop replies: “Then why do I smell wine?” The priest says: “Good Lord He’s done it again!”

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Since the inception of the English Premier League, how many championship titles have Manchester United won up to season 2015-16?

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LEARN ALL ABOUT FATHER CHRISTMAS Father Christmas and his elves will be hard at work in the North Pole preparing for the big day. With Christmas just a few days away, it is safe to say they will be extremely busy as they get ready in time for Santa and his Reindeer to travel the globe and deliver presents to children (and big kids) all over the world. Santa Claus is known by many names, including Saint Nick. Historians claim

that the history of Santa starts with the tradition of Saint Nicholas, a 4th century Christian priest who lived in the Middle East and became famous for his kindness. He was known for giving gifts to the less fortunate, sprinkling gifts of gold down people’s chimneys, and for hiding surprises in their stockings. Every year on Christmas Eve, NORAD tracks Santa Claus as he leaves the North Pole and delivers presents to children around the world.

Visit the Norad site and follow Santa across the skies as he delivers his presents. The site also has lots of information of Christmas Traditions from countries around the world. Learn about Santa and his elves, listen to Christmas music, play games and ﬁnd activities as well.

FOOD CAMPAIGN REACHES 51 PER CENT FUNDING

going into bellies, not bins in Sheffield. We’ve already saved 319 tonnes in just 3 years and created 100,000s of meals with it but this is only 0.1% of food wasted in Sheffield. We need to do so much more to stop this.” “By supporting Food Works you will help us increase that 0.1% by having a stable base to operate from and we’d expand our work to include farms, producers and wholesalers. We’d then be able to begin preserving, storing, cooking and feeding people with food the second it gets to the warehouse. On top of this we’d increase our education programs to include workshops for all ages and get even more people in Sheffield engaged and involved. From volunteering to training to eating there really is something everybody can do to help solve Sheffield’s food waste problem.” “We’ve been blown away by the support we’ve had so far but know there is still work to do. 50% of the funds will help us with the warehouse lease and kitchen but the purchase of a walk-in fridge/freezer may not be possible if we don’t hit our target”. The team will also continue with the fantastic work they already do at The Real Junk Food Project Sheffield, running two pay-as-you-feel cafés, catering weddings

and events, education programs and the Sharehouse Market at Burngreave under a new, shorter name with a much bigger mission. The crowd funding campaign offers supporters some really great rewards Pledge from £5 upwards and you can receive a variety of rewards from Eco Mugs, Tote Bags, Christmas Hampers to Private Dining.. Full details of the rewards are available via https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/ food-works-for-sheffield Everyone is encouraged to pledge if they can and share the campaign widely as sharing it helps enormously. The Real Junk Food Project Sheffield is a non-profit social enterprise saving food from being wasted and making it available to the people of Sheffield. Set up by Jo Hercberg in 2015 the the project is staffed by 5 FT, 3 PT and 180 volunteers It runs two pay-as-you-feel cafés, the Sharehouse Market and our Food Works for School program alongside our popular catering function. The project is powered by volunteers from all walks of life who give up their time to reduce food waste in Sheffield 6 days a week and save over 6 tonnes of food per week. The team won Sheffield Star’s Small Business Award 2018 in the CSR/Charity category and were finalists in the CitiBank Micro-Entrepreneur Awards 2018.

A project that will make a real dent in food waste, feeding people and sharing skills is celebrating a major milestone after raising half of what it needs to make a difference. The Real Junk Food Project Sheffield launched its campaign to build Food Works not Food Waste for Sheffield on 20th November and with just under two weeks left the idea has already received 51 per cent of funding. With help from generous members of the public and local businesses they hope to reach the full amount by 4pm on Christmas Eve. The team is looking to raise £50,000 through www.crowdfunder.co.uk to secure a long term warehouse lease, invest in commercial refrigeration units and onsite kitchen facilities so the team can really stamp out food waste in Sheffield. Project founder and director Jo Hercberg, said: “Building Food Works will transform the amount of perfectly good food

FESTIVE RECYCLING TIPS

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HERE ARE OUR TOP TIPS FOR A (NEARLY) ZERO WASTE CHRISTMAS: Wise up to packaging - look for gifts without unnecessary, excess, packaging; buy wrapping paper and Christmas Cards that aren’t covered in glitter and foil.

and shrivelled old mistletoe. Have a living Christmas tree – a rooted tree can be used again and again and again! Love Christmas food, hate waste? – Don’t buy too much, check use-by dates, learn to love recipes for left-overs and don’t forget how useful your freezer is, even for things like cheese, yoghurt and herbs.

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SHEFFIELD IN THE RUNNING FOR A NATIONAL BEST BAR NONE AWARD Shefﬁeld's Best Bar None scheme has made it though to the second round of the prestigious ‘National Best Bar None Awards', and for a second year in a row, it has been successful in two out of three categories: Best Overall Scheme and Most Innovative Scheme. The next round of judging takes place in January and, if successful, scheme members could be celebrating at a special parliamentary reception at the House of Lords, where winners will be announced on Monday 4th February. A Home Ofﬁce-backed scheme, which has been running for more than 15 years, Best Bar None sees the alcohol industry working collaboratively with local authorities and the police to promote responsible drinking and higher professional licensing standards in bars, pubs, clubs and entertainment venues. There are currently 49 active schemes across England and Wales, encompassing hundreds of licensed premises across over 70 towns and cities. Premises are audited by trained assessors for operational standards, policies and procedures, as well as the education and training of staff. This national awards ceremony is the highlight of the Best Bar None calendar. There are three categories for entry: · 'Best Overall Scheme' - presented to the scheme that has had the biggest impact on the local area · 'Most Innovative Scheme' - awarded to the most creative concept or initiative introduced to make a difference in the local area

· 'Best New Scheme' - open to any scheme that has been running for less that 18 months In 2019, the Sheffield scheme will celebrate its 10year anniversary. The scheme's core aim is to create a safe night-time community and as a result Best Bar None is well-known and respected among customers and venues across the city. Sheffield was the first scheme to launch a Best Bar None App, which it has now shared with a number of other regional schemes throughout the country. Commenting on their success so far, Scheme Coordinator, Tracey Ford, said: "Winning a national award for the second year running would be an incredible achievement, and would mean a lot, to not only Sheffield licensed premises, but to all our stakeholders who absolutely deserve the recognition for helping us sustain the scheme over the past ten years. We are lucky in Sheffield that we are all committed to working to keep and maintain Sheffield’s reputation as one of the safest cities". National Coordinator for Best Bar None, Mick McDonnell, said: "I'd like to thank all the schemes that took the time to enter. It is fantastic to read about the different initiatives that have been introduced to improve community safety and encourage widespread participation in their areas. The awards are always a highlight for me and I am pleased and proud that we are able to recognise and reward our scheme members. "The standard of entries this year was particularly high, so Sheffield has done really well to get to this stage. I would like to congratulate all those involved with the scheme and I wish them all the very best in the next round of judging."

HYSTERIA AT THE FLYDSA ARENA AS DEF LEPPARD RETURN HOME LIVE REVIEW BY ROY GOODALL Always having some form of game plan up their collective sleeves, Shefﬁeld boys Def Leppard took their home arena by storm on their current trek around Britain. Opting to play eighties album Hysteria in its entirety, a piece of music that’s over thirty years old wasn’t something I’d choose to do as you’re trading on past glories and it can all sound dated. I much prefer their last studio album. Still, apparently it sold a few… Anyway, album track opener Women got the ball rolling and the whole twelve song affaire was played in running order, with mouth piece Joe Elliott saying very little, though he did give the band a pat on the back for being inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall

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I’ve been out for a couple of sessions this week, and during both, I’ve been freezing cold as the winter weather finally starts to bite, but despite any discomfort, I’ve been fortunate enough to catch some fish too! During the colder months, I tend to drop onto waters with a much higher density of fish in my efforts to keep catching. It makes sense; the more fish, the better chance of a bite, so this week, I visited a local club water to catch up with a good mate, and hopefully catch some cold carp. As usual, I struggled a bit to get out of a nice warm bed, but when I arrived, Andy was already fishing, but had nothing to report, nor had he seen any signs of fish… not very encouraging. I dropped into a swim a few pegs down and quickly tackled up a feeder rod and reel which was spooled with 10lb line. You may consider that heavy, but as carp run to around 20lb, and almost every fish is in double figures, I wanted to avoid a break, and give myself a chance of landing fish which, for some reason, seem to fight exceptionally hard in this water. At the business end, a method feeder, short hook link to a size 12 QM1 hook which was fitted with a pellet band… nothing complicated. Andy was fishing standard carp tactics, a small boilie popped up on a Ronnie rig, fished over a bed of particles, and it was he who struck first, landing a smashing carp which he gleefully showed me before returning it. My feeder was clad in Spotted Fin Boosted Coarse pellets, which I’d soaked for around five minutes to make them sticky, added a glug of Finamino liquid to try and encourage a bite, and within the band, a brand new Spotted Fin bait, Pink Pepper Squid, which I was trying for the first time. Usually, fish can be caught close in at this venue, indeed Andy was fishing at point blank range, and

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minutes remaining when up popped Massey with an equiliser to allow his team to share the points, Holmes scored their other goal.

Premier Division Just one game managed to beat the freeze and it was the top of the table clash between HSBC Bank and Shefﬁeld Academicals, and it was the visitors who came out on top with a 3-5 win, with goals from Duran 3, White and Weater, and for the Bank it was Boswell, Hitchman and Morris (pen)

Division 2 One game in this Division also due to the weather, Doncaster Over 35s and High Green Vets. The home side were convincing winners by 5-1Skelding 2,Harriman, A.Jones and M.Jones, Wilson gabbing a consolation for High Green.

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Premier Division The big game in the Premier Division came at St George’s Park, where second bottom High Green Villa hosted bottom side Handsworth Parramore Reserves. It was the result neither side wanted in the end as the game ended in a 1-1 draw. However, the point is enough to lift High Green one place out of the bottom two. There was just one other game in the Premier Division; that was also a draw, 2-2 between Jubilee Sports and Hepworth United at Jubilee Sports Ground.

45s Division 1 Mosborough rinity beat Ring O Bells by 4-1 and Sheffield Aurora lost at home to Hallam 1860 2-0. 45s Division 2 Plough Vets lost at home to Dronfield Town , who scored through Marklew and Pitsch, and Watson for Plough. Division One There was just one game in Division One, with league leaders Ecclesfield Red Rose 1915 hosting Wombwell Main Reserves. Yet again, Ecclesfield were in fine form, running out 5-1 winners. The win takes Ecclesfield’s 100% start to 12 matches and gives them a four point cushion at the top. Division Two AFC Dronfield Reserves claimed their second win of the season, with an entertaining 3-2 home victory over United Worksop. Jordan Price (2) and George Talbot were both on target for Dronfield, whilst Patryk Zukowski socred both goals for Worksop. Third bottom Swinton Athletic Reserves were in fine form, as they beat bottom side Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Development 6-1 at Swinton Miners Welfare. The win ends a run of six games without victory for Swinton.

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MOMENTUM STILL WITH US - SEMI Rotherham United defender Semi Ajayi says last weekend’s dramatic late equaliser against Reading has kept the momentum flowing through the Millers’ camp ahead of the visit of high-flying West Bromwich Albion. The Millers will host Albion for the first time at the AESSEAL New York Stadium when Darren Moore’s side make the trip to South Yorkshire on Saturday. The Millers face a stiff test from a side that was competing in the Premier League last season, but Paul Warne’s bullish side have already shown their mettle against some of the top sides The Championship has to offer. Nigerian international Ajayi has been at the cornerstone of the Millers’ success this season, and the former Arsenal ace witnessed first-hand the elation that erupted from Joe Mattock’s late equaliser last Saturday. Despite not being able to turn good performing draws into wins, Ajayi says the results and performances in recent games are giving his side momentum as Warne’s army head into the busy run of festive fixtures. “Picking up as many points from games as we can, even if we don’t win them, is important,” he told www.themillers.co.uk. “The fact that we were able to bounce back from being down and get another last minute equaliser is really good and it just keeps that momentum going and keeps confidence up ahead of the weekend. “We’ve got a really resilient team, so even if we’re not at our best we’ve got a knack of just managing to stay in a game because we know sooner or later our performances levels will pick up and we’ll come good. We managed to do that at the weekend even though we definitely weren’t at our best in the first half

WHITEMAN AND MCCANN DEDICATE SATURDAY’S WIN TO ROVERS GOALKEEPING COACH PAUL GERRARD Ben Whiteman and Grant McCann dedicated Saturday’s 3-0 victory over Scunthorpe United to Rovers goalkeeping coach Paul Gerrard whose mother recently passed away. Whiteman opened the scoring in the sixth minute and immediately ran to the dugout to celebrate. After the match, the midﬁelder revealed his celebration was to show support for Gerrard. “Gez has had a tough time. He’s very wellliked in the changing rooms and we all said as soon as we scored, we were going to celebrate with him. We all love him, and it meant a lot to us. We’re a very tight group and obviously when things like that do happen, it’s hard to take. We all feel it and that’s why it meant a lot

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but we stayed in the game and whenever it is only 1-0 you’ve always got a chance.” The Millers have only tasted defeat once on home turf this season and have turned their AESSEAL New York Stadium base into something of a fortress this campaign and Ajayi insists he and his teammates want to preserve that record, as Premier League hopefuls West Brom come to town this weekend. “I think we’ve only lost once at home all season and that’s another big motivating factor in terms of us not wanting anyone to come to our patch and take three points off us,” he added. “The lads dug in last weekend and we managed to keep that record going.”

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only side to breach ‘Fortress New York’ with maximum points, Warne’s side have claimed the scalps of Derby County, Ipswich Town, Millwall and Swansea City in the first half of the season. Mattock revealed that part of the Millers’ game plan on their home turf is to ensure that their Championship opponents find it as hard as possible to settle into the AESSEAL New York Stadium surroundings, by being quick out of the blocks. With Warne’s side priding themselves on their fitness levels, Mattock insists that his side, who often employ a CHAMPIONSHIP victories may been elusive for the Millers in recent outings, but five-man midfield, have an uncanny knack of swamping their visitors from the off by giving full-back Joe Mattock insists that no-one them as little time as possible on the ball. can doubt his side’s character as they look “Our home record speaks for itself,” Mattock to drag themselves away from the lower added. reaches of the Championship table. “We are a very good home team and we know Paul Warne’s side have arguably, become the that even when we play the best teams on our division’s draw specialists after claiming a home pitch, we can outplay them. Teams can share of the spoils in eight out of their last 10 come a little unstuck because they don’t expect league games, most latterly in last weekend’s us to come out on the traps as quick as we do home fixture with Reading. Many football and if we keep doing that there’s nothing to aficionados may highlight the side’s lack of stop us in the games to come. We have the killer instinct in putting teams away from quality in the team to win a lot more games winning positions, but Mattock points to the than we are doing. It’s a slow process and flip side of this by suggesting that the Millers we’ve just got to keep climbing the table.” have become a tougher nut to crack, as they Ahead of back-to-back home clashes with have fought back from adversity to pick up the Royals and promotion chasing West the unlikeliest of points against all odds on a Bromwich Albion next Saturday, Mattock number of occasions. readily admits that his side have to continue to Mattock admits that his side’s new found make their home ground a tough proposition resolve and the closely-knit bond of his band of brothers is likely to be tested further during for visiting teams, if they are to safeguard their Championship status at the first time of asking. the impending, but notoriously difficult Christmas and New Year footballing schedule. “A big key factor is we are one of the fittest, if not, the fittest team in the league,” Mattock “There’s a lot of character in this team,” boasted. Mattock enthused. “I hold my hand up and I’m not embarrassed “What the gaffer and the coaching staff have to say, that we try and outrun teams at times. done in the last two years is unbelievable. They have got a good group of players, not just That’s a massive factor in our game and we’ve on the pitch but off the pitch as well. It’s great got to keep doing that and do what we do best. “We always want to get on the front foot to be in and around the training ground and you have players that want to be in and around and get on the second balls and this makes a massive difference in this league. Second balls each other. When you have got that team are huge and getting the ball wide and getting ethic, there is not much that can go wrong. crosses in the box is where we tend to get most Obviously, a draw is better than a loss and it’s of our success. good to keep racking up those points.” The cornerstone of the Millers’ Championship “You’ve got to take it step by step. We’ve just got to have a little belief in ourselves at times. campaign to date has been their impressive We come up against the top teams and we ability to pick up points on their AESSEAL New York Stadium patch. With Hull City the know that we can compete.”

CLEAN SHEETS PLEASING FOR MCCANN AFTER SCUNTHORPE WIN Manager Grant McCann says the whole team should take credit for the defensive improvements which have seen goalkeeper Ian Lawlor keep four consecutive clean sheets. It has been more than 360 minutes since Lawlor had to pick the ball out of his net and McCann believes every player on the pitch deserves praise. “The clean sheets have come from the hard work of the front three and the midﬁeld three who press, and the back four, and Lawlor -

every player is blocking shots and getting their heads and bodies in the way of things,” he said. “We went through that spell of three or four games where we were conceding a lot from set-plays, so we’ve changed it around. It’s a credit to my staff that we’ve sat down, identified it, and worked on it but a bigger credit goes to the group for buying into it and defending like that. They’re throwing their bodies on the line. “If you look at Bristol Rovers, they went a different way about attacking set-plays and Scunthorpe did it too. They were both trying to work short ones but we’re getting people out and blocking and I think that’s what we need to do.” The clean sheets have come despite the absence of some key Rovers players including defender Joe Wright. McCann believes the recently-formed centre-back pairing of Andy Butler and Tom Anderson has been improving game on game. “It was difficult for Anderson at the start of the season with the form of Butler and Wright. But the more he has played the more confident he has got, and he’s building a partnership now with Andy Butler,” added McCann. “It’s a credit to the team that we can be on this run without Niall Mason and Joe Wright, and without Tommy Rowe for the most part. They’re three big players for us so it’s a credit to the group that they’re sticking strong. They’re performing well and making sure that when these players come back to full fitness, they’re going to find it tough to dislodge the boys who are in the team at the minute. “The boys know that the team’s playing well so they’ve all got to keep working hard to keep their place. It’s a great conundrum for me to have.”

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BOSS DEMANDING MORE Chris Wilder was left frustrated after seeing his team fail to capitalise on a positive start against West Brom on Friday evening. Chris Wilder was left frustrated after seeing his team fail to capitalise on a positive start against West Brom on Friday evening. David McGoldrick gave the Blades an early lead, only for Gareth Barry to restore parity before the break and Kieran Gibbs scored the only goal of the second period as the visitors left S2 with the spoils. Speaking in the aftermath, Wilder remarked: “We need a lift, you only have to look at our bench to see that. We need to improve the squad in certain areas, but we

should still be doing better with that group of players. “They need to play better, it’s basic football that we’ve not got right. It’s unlike us, but the mistakes and poor decisions spread quickly.

“We play in a way that pushes the opposition back, but we haven’t been good enough right the way through to really challenge a really powerful club.” Wilder added: “This style has worked for us and got us into

this position, but we need to show that bit of quality to takes games away from the opposition. “We’ll have to regroup and go again, but we didn’t hit the heights we can or give the supporters enough to shout about.”

BLADES SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER The Blades have been bringing the festive spirit to local hospitals, hospices and a Foodbank. Players from both the men’s and women’s first teams, as well as the football management, brought Christmas cheer to the Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Weston Park Hospital, Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, St Luke’s Hospice and the S2 Foodbank last week when they delivered gifts and spent time chatting with patients, families as well as staff and volunteers. The gifts were funded thanks to generous donations from the players themselves, United’s vice presidents, PriceCheck UK and Blades’ sponsors HE Barnes and Shepherd Distribution. Dave McCarthy, operations director at United, said: “The players always really look forward to these visits every year, and I’m especially delighted that players from the women’s first team took part this year.” “As these organisations are our nominated charities, we work in partnership all year round with them, but the festive period is the perfect opportunity for the club to conduct these visits and try and make a big difference for all our fans in hospitals, hospices or those

needing support. We’ve seen the fantastic work these organisations do first-hand, so we were honoured to once again visit and wish everyone a Merry Christmas.” At the Children’s Hospital, skipper Billy Sharp, John Fleck, John Egan, Leon Clarke and Dean Henderson were joined by first team physio Paul Watson, club doctor Alex Worthington and women’s player Sam Tierney. Those visiting Weston Park included Chris Wilder, Simon Moore, George Baldock, Jake Eastwood, Jack O’Connell, along with Ellie Gillatt, Sophie Jones and SUFC vice president Martin Ross. St Luke’s enjoyed the company of Daniel Lafferty, Ollie Norwood, Richard Stearman, Kean Bryan, John Lundstram, first team coach Matt Prestridge and from the women’s squad, Nat Shaw and Hollie Barker. Vice presidents Mike Blundell and long-time supporter of St Luke’s, Tajinder Singh, also went along. Attending Bluebell Wood Hospice were Jake Wright, Enda Stevens, Marvin Johnson, David McGoldrick, Kieron Freeman, Bex Rayner and Thea Paul, along with goalkeeper coach Darren Ward. Finally, the S2 Foodbank were delighted to be able to show Conor Washington, Martin Cranie and Alan Knill around, along with Carla Ward, Lois Daniels, Dave McCarthy and vice president Steve Naylor, all appreciating the hard work that the most local Foodbank to Bramall Lane delivers.

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all the way through in the very bad weather conditions. “We had chances, they had chances, and then we score the goal. But only a few

the scoring for the Tigers but goals from Connor O’Grady and George Boyd sealed three points for Neil Thompson’s side. It was the away side that started the game the strongest, Max Sheaf’s deflected shot flying wide of the post. But Hull’s next chance was far from squandered, as Fleming darted towards the Wednesday box before unleashing a fierce strike that rattled the woodwork before hitting the net for 1-0. Former Derby striker Chris Martin came close to doubling the Tigers’ lead but the forward fired wide. Wednesday thought they had equalised when Boyd’s low cross was converted by Omar Damba but the linesman flagged for offside. The Owls kept pushing as half time approached and got their reward Boyd again creating the chance as he controlled well from a corner before sliding the ball across goal and defender O’Grady tapped home to equalise. Wednesday looked a different side in the second half, coming straight out of the traps looking to take the lead and they soon did

minutes later we are losing the game and this is not acceptable. “I have my reasons why but I must keep them to myself until we analyse the game. “Then we will see what happened in the analysis as a group.”

exactly that. Tidy footwork from Liam Shaw earned a penalty when he was fouled by Josh Thacker in the area, with Boyd stepping up to convert past George Long. The Owls kept pushing to put the score beyond doubt and from Joe West’s perfect cross Damba headed home but the striker was ruled offside for the second time. Damba completed an unwanted hat-trick when Boyd’s long distance effort came off the post, leading to an easy tap-in for the striker who was in the right place again but was deemed offside for the third time. There was still one more chance for Wednesday to strike a ﬁnal blow but substitute Preslav Borukov struck over from O’Grady’s knockdown. Wednesday: Wildsmith, Hughes, West, Hutchinson (Shaw, 45), O’Grady, Lee (Hunt, 60), Boyd, Kirby, Damba (Borukov, 80), Grant, Stobbs

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SEPTEMBER Reading Stoke City Nottingham Forest Aston Villa Leeds United

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Sat Sep 01 2018 Sat Sep 15 2018 Wed Sep 19 2018 Sat Sep 22 2018 Fri Sep 28 2018

1-2 2-2 2-1 1-2 1-1

OCTOBER West Bromwich Bristol City Middlesbrough QPR Birmingham City

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Wed Oct 03 2018 Sun Oct 07 2018 Fri Oct 19 2018 Tue Oct 23 2018 Sat Oct 27 2018

2-2 1-2 1-2 3-1 3-0

NOVEMBER Norwich City Sheffield United Derby County Bolton Wanderers

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Sat Nov 03 2018 Fri Nov 9 2018 Sat Nov 24 2018 Tue Nov 27 2018

0-4 0-0 1-2 1-0

DECEMBER Blackburn Rovers Rotherham United Swansea City Preston North End Middlesbrough West Bromwich

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Sat Dec 01 2018 4-2 Sat Dec 08 2018 2-2 Sat Dec 15 2018 2-1 Sat Dec 22 2018 15:00 Wed Dec 26 2018 15:00 Sat Dec 29 2018 15:00

JANUARY Birmingham City Luton Town (FAC3) Hull City Wigan Athletic Brentford

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Tue Jan 01 2019 15:00 Sat Jan 5 2019 15:00 Sat Jan 12 2019 15:00 Sat Jan 19 2019 15:00 Sat Jan 26 2019 15:00

FEBRUARY Ipswich Town Reading Millwall Rotherham United Swansea City

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Sat Feb 02 2019 15:00 Sat Feb 09 2019 15:00 Tue Feb 12 2019 19:45 Sat Feb 16 2019 15:00 Sat Feb 23 2019 15:00

MARCH Sheffield United Derby County Bolton Wanderers Blackburn Rovers Stoke City

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Sat Mar 02 2019 15:00 Sat Mar 09 2019 15:00 Tue Mar 12 2019 20:00 Sat Mar 16 2019 15:00 Sat Mar 30 2019 15:00

APRIL Aston Villa Nottingham Forest Leeds United Norwich City Bristol City Preston North End

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Sat Apr 06 2019 15:00 Tue Apr 09 2019 19:45 Sat Apr 13 2019 15:00 Fri Apr 19 2019 15:00 Mon Apr 22 2019 15:00 Sat Apr 27 2019 15:00

MAY QPR

Sun May 05 2019 12:30

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