John Lyons
FLP EXECUTIVE EDITOR

YOU’RE happier to see the back of some years more than others – and Sheffield United fans won’t have 2021 down as one of their favourites.
Heading into the year with just two points on the board from their opening 16 Premier League games, the Blades were already virtually doomed to relegation.
In March, manager Chris Wilder, the architect of their glorious run from League One to the top-flight, left by ‘mutual consent’ after almost five years at the helm.
Former Barnsley and Leeds boss Paul Heckingbottom took the reins for the rest of the campaign havi...