The Pinch Podcast

Sam, David and Riley take a deep dive into the performances of Sydie Peck, Callum O'Hare, Alfie Gilchrist and Tyrese Campbell. With a long Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday slog ahead of the Blades, all four players will play a big part over the next few months. What can we expect? Is there room for improvement? Are they doing enough now? Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

LISTEN IN | Blades, fresh off the back of three wins in a row, take on the noisy neighbours for the first time in almost 5 years. Does form go out of the window? Do Wednesday pose a threat? Why Blades are rightful favourites, and does being the underdog make a difference? Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

In this episode, we’re measuring the Blades's performances against a few different metrics to calculate the height of our ceiling and the depth of our floor. Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

Rise and Fall From firm favourites for the drop and pundit premonitions of getting ‘annihilated’, to ninth in the top flight and discussions on whether the Blades could even make the Champions League, and finally to a post-lockdown descent into disappointment, departures and a merciful return to the Championship, our previous short stint in the Premier League was a hell of a ride.In the third and final part of this series, we look at our two seasons back in the big time – from dreamland to nightmare. Joining us is senior BBC journalist and former Sheffield United correspondent for Yorkshire Live, Nathan Hemmingham, who lifts the lid on Wilder’s unique warmth, why our second season in the Premier League went wrong, and what it was like to cover football during COVID restrictions. Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

The Class of 18/19If you go to a pub in Ireland, you have to have a song. And if you don’t have a song, you might as well not go to the pub at all. Wise words of warning from John Egan: but at the time he said this, there was no risk of silence in S2. Sheffield United’s 2018/19 season was music to our ears. Part two of our trilogy of podcasts on the Chris Wilder 1.0 era sees the club established back in the Championship with a strong previous season. A wobble at the start (the usual) was rectified pretty quickly. Results went our way. Then a few more. And a few more. The odd loss here and there meant it was a race for second and a barely believable return to the top flight with our bunch of frees, outcasts and misfits. We were introduced to Zinedave Zigoldrick. We got Stearmaned. Billy Sharp scored goals. Basham arrived. We forgot the maths: the Premier League beckoned for Sheffield United.Joining us for this episode is Output Editor at Sky Sports and former deputy news editor at The Athletic, Kate Burlaga, who brings her usual poetry and prose to a fairytale period in the club’s history. Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

Welcome to the Wildest Ride, a three-part podcast on Sheffield United from 2016-2021: a magical time that saw the Blades drag themselves from the middle of League One to the top half of the Premier League. Part one focuses on that first season, when Chris Wilder and Alan Knill arrived at a club on its knees, ripped up the rulebook and concocted a team of centurions. Join us to chart a course from the lap of dishonour to Billy Sharp atop the shoulders of fans on a sunny day in Northampton. Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

Listen now | Sam and Riley talk Swans and take stock of four summer recruits: Harry Souttar, Harrison Burrows, Callum O'Hare and Kieffer Moore. Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

Listen now | Would it lie to you? The Championship league table that is. In this episode of the Formline, we analyse the truths and lies of the league table as it stands, including a deep-dive into the good, bad and ugly of the season so far, Gustavo Hamer’s form, plus a Pompey preview… Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

Listen now | Game-state, chance creation, Oliver Arblaster and the 'problem' of left-hand side – David Taylor and Sam Parry analyse Sheffield United's Championship start Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

State of Play 1.01 | Sam, David, and guest, Craig Bradley, dive deep into the career and prospects of new goalkeeper, Mike Cooper. thepinch.uk/ Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

"Rak Sak and three smoking barrels..." – Sheffield United's four latest signings - Alfie Gilchrist, Harry Souttar, Tyrese Campbell and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

Formline 1.04 | George Elek from the Not The Top 20 Podcast joins David and Sam talk Harrison Burrows, summer business, Chris Wilder and the Blades' opening fixtures against Preston North End.thepinch.uk/ 38e3b12fb589f25eea10a949bb8f6848c469d3ec Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

Formline 1.03 | David Taylor, Sam Parry and Riley Roberts cover 4 reasons to be cheerful, a Preston preview, and some quick-fire questions ahead of the curtain raiser. thepinch.uk/ Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

United Voices 1.02 | Originally published on The Pinch last year, David Beeden discusses the Green'Un and his dad. thepinch.uk/ Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

Formline 1.03 | David Taylor, Sam Parry and Riley Roberts discuss Sheffield United's latest four signings - Kieffer Moore, Callum O'Hare, Sam McCallum and Jamie Shackleton.thepinch.uk/ Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

Formline 1.02 | David Taylor, Sam Parry and Riley Roberts discuss the probability of a seismic shift towards four-at-the-back and the legacy of 3-5-2. thepinch.uk/ Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

Formline 1.01 | David Taylor, Sam Parry and Riley Roberts put four Blades players under the spotlight: Trusty, Bogle, Hamer, Osula.thepinch.uk/ Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

United Voices 1.01 | Originally published on The Pinch last year, Tom O’Brien reads his story Pies, Poverty and Parasites, a tribute to a lifelong Blade.thepinch.uk/ Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe

An introduction to The Pinch Podcast – a good pinch of Sheffield United pod stuff in your ears every Friday. Get full access to The Pinch at www.thepinch.uk/subscribe