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CAN WILDER STEEL DERBY HONOURS OURS?

by
The LeaguePaper Team
24 September 2017

PREVIEW: THE STEEL CITY DERBY

By Chris Dunlavy

GENUINE: Sheffield Wednesday manager Carlos Carvalhal

ARTISANS v artists. City v suburbs. When it comes to the Steel City derby, the Blades have long portrayed themselves as the earthier, grittier side of the equation.
Rarely has it been an easier sell. For six years, United languished in League One. Skint, struggling, watching enviously as their northern neighbours were bought by Dejphon Chansiri and transformed into a lavishly-backed, cosmopolitan Championship colossus.
Then Chris Wilder arrived. A boyhood Blade who’d stood on the...

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