Championship

Sheffield United blunted by peppy Portsmouth

CHRIS Wilder heaped praise onto winless Portsmouth after they held his Sheffield United side to a goalless draw at Fratton Park.

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The LeaguePaper Team
29 September 2024

By David Pickering

PORTSMOUTH 0

SHEFFIELD UTD 0
CHRIS Wilder heaped praise onto winless Portsmouth after they held his Sheffield United side to a goalless draw at Fratton Park.
The Blades are one of two sides, along with Blackburn, yet to lose this season in the Championship, but couldn’t find a way past Pompey and their goalkeeper Will Norris.
League One champions Portsmouth are second from bottom having gathered just four points in seven matches, but Wilder doesn’t think they will stay down there for long.
'You have to give them credit'
“It wasn’t our day and maybe we didn’t deserve it...

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