Steel City derby

"Sheffield derby" redirects here. For the derby between Sheffield and Hallam, see Rules derby.

Steel City Derby
The home stadiums of Wednesday and United in Sheffield
Other names
  • Blades vs Owls
  • United vs Wednesday (vice-versa)
LocationSheffield, South Yorkshire
Teams
First meeting
Latest meeting
Next meeting
Stadiums
Statistics
Meetings total145
Most winsSheffield United (50)[1]
Steel City derby is located in Sheffield
Sheffield United
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday

The Steel City Derby is a local derby between Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday, the two professional football league teams in the city of Sheffield, England.[2][3]

The teams have met 132 times in competitive games, with United winning 47 and Wednesday 42.

Following Sheffield United's relegation from the Premier League in the 2023–24 season[4] and Sheffield Wednesday successfully avoiding relegation to League One, the Steel City derby returned in the 2024–25 Championship season.

  1. ^ "11v11 Records". 11v11. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  2. ^ "The Steel City showdown". BBC Sport. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  3. ^ Smith, Peter (9 September 2019). "Stoke v Port Vale named in top 30 English football rivalries, below Vale v Crewe". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Sheffield United relegated after thrashing at Newcastle". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 5 May 2024.