Spurs v Sheffield United Notes
They are linked with both
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| Milija Aleksic | Goalkeeper who won an FA Cup winners medal with Spurs in 1981 in his 32 appearances between 1978 and 1982 and had a loan spell at Bramall Lane in March 1979. |
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| John Blair | – |
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| Michael Brown | Regular with United when he joined on loan in December 1999 and then permanently from Manchester City making over 150 appearances. Signed by Spurs for £500,000 in 2004 and stayed for two years playing over 50 games. |
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| Lycurgus Burrows | Amateur full back or half back Ly played 25 Southern League matches for Tottenham from November 1894 until 1898, when his work took him to Sheffield, where he joined United. He was with the club for five years, but failed to make a first team appearance. |
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| Robert Cain | – |
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| Cameron Carter-Vickers | Home grown central defender Cameron Carter-Vickers went on the first of many loans out of Tottenham on 25th August 2017 and scored on his debut, his only goal in 18 games for the Blades before returning to Spurs on 15th January 2018. Made four appearances for Tottenham in cup games before leaving to join Glasgow Celtic in 2022 |
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| Herbert Chapman | – |
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| Jack Chisholm | – |
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| Quinton Fortune | – |
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| Patrick Gilhooley | – |
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| George Hutchinson | – |
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| Jim Iley | – |
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| John L Jones | – |
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| Andy Keeley | – |
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| Peter Kyle | – |
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| Will Lankshear | Youngster released by Arsenal and taken into the Sheffield United Academy, where he racked up a huge amount of goals. Took Tottenham’s eye and signed in a deal worth up to £2.5 million in August 2022. |
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| Kenny McKay | – |
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| Fred Milnes | – |
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| Kyle Naughton | – |
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| Roger Nilsen | Norwegian defender who played 166 times for Sheffield United between November 1993 and February 1999 before moving to Tottenham on a free transfer. It was a surprise signing and Nilsen made only 2 appearances for Spurs before he left to join Austrian club Grazer AK the same year. |
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| Martin Peters | – |
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| David Tuttle | A youngster at Spurs, who made his debut against United and made 8 appearances between 1990 and 1991, before he moved to Bramall Lane to get first team football for £350,000. |
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| Kyle Walker | – |
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| Joe Walton | – |
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| Simon Webster | – |
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| Mark Yeates | Talented Irish winger joined Spurs as a junior from Dublin and spent a lot of time out on loan, making only four appearances for Spurs between 2002 and 2007. Move don from Tottenham, making a journey through seven league clubs before dropping into non-league. One of his stops was at Sheffield United, where he played for two seasons from 2009 to 2011 scoring seven goals in 56 matches. |
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Debuts against Sheffield United
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| John Joyce | 27.11.1909 |
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| Arthur King | 01.09.1913 |
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| Terry Dyson | 19.03.1955 |
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| Pat Jennings | 22.08.1964 |
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| Cyril Knowles | 22.08.1964 |
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| David Tuttle | 27.11.1990 |
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Last game against Sheffield United
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| Solomon Upton | 16.11.1912 |
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| Fred Wilkes | 06.04.1912 |
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| Charlie Lance | 11.12.1921 |
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| Charlie Walters | 07.05.1925 |
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| Arthur Rowe | 15.04.1938 |
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| Les Miller | 06.05.1939 |
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| Ron Burgess | 17.04.1954 |
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| Peter Collins | 02.05.1973 |
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First goal for the club – scored against Sheffield United
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| Findlay Weir | 22.02.1913 |
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| Jimmy Bauchop | 01.09.1913 |
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| Fred “Fanny” Walden | 01.09.1913 |
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| Jimmy Skinner | 03.12.1921 |
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| Eugene “Taffy” O’Callaghan | 05.03.1927 |
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| Arthur Sanders | 05.03.1927 |
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| Colin Brittan | 17.04.1954 |
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| Justin Edinburgh | 20.04.1991 |
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| Kevin Scott | 05.03.1994 |
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| Teddy Sheringham | 02.09.1992 |
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| Dimitar Berbatov | 22.08.2006 |
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Last goal for the club – scored against Sheffield United
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| Percy Humphreys | 18.03.1911 |
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| Jim Fleming | 19.04.1915 |
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| Harry Hargreaves | 31.08.1925 |
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| Charlie Handley | 31.03.1928 |
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| Les Miller | 06.05.1939 |
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| Colin Brittan | 17.04.1954 |
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| Peter Collins | 02.05.1973 |
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| Martin Chivers | 27.03.1976 |
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| Justin Edinburgh | 20.04.1991 |
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| Kevin Scott | 05.03.1994 |
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Milestones
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| 26.02.1968 | Tony Currie makes his debut for Sheffield United. |
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| 22.08.2006 | David Sommeil makes his Sheffield United debut. |
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| 10.02.2007 | This win gave Sheffield United their 500th League point under Neil Warnock. Paul Robinson makes his 100th Premiership appearance for Tottenham. Alan Quinn will be making his 250th career League appearance (Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland and Sheffield United). |
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| 28.01.2015 | Che Adams’ second goal gave Sheffield United their 100th against Spurs in competitive matches at their own ground. |
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| 17.01.2021 | Tottenham’s first win in the Premier League at Bramall Lane. |
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| 02.05.2021 | Gareth Bale’s first goal in the 4-0 win at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium was the 100th home goal scored by Spurs against Sheffield United. Bale’s second goal was his 50th in the Premier League for Tottenham. |
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| 16.09.2023 | Brennan Johnson makes his Tottenham debut from the bench. Dejan Kulusevski’s 99th minute goal was Tottenham’s 175th against Sheffield United in competitive matches. The 61,706 attendance at this match was the largest for a Spurs home game between the two sides. |
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| 19.05.2024 | Heung-Min Son assisted for Dejan Kulusevski’s first goal and this made him the first Tottenham player (and the sixth player in history) to register double figures in both goals and assists in three different top-flight campaigns. He achieved the feat previously in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons. |
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Transfers from Tottenham Hotspur to Sheffield United
| Name | Date | Fee |
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| Lycurgus BURROWS | December 1897 | |
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| Joe WALTON | April 1909 | |
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| John BLAIR | November 1927 | |
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| Andy KEELEY | December 1977 | |
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| David TUTTLE | August 1993 | £350,000 |
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Transfers from Sheffield United to Tottenham
| Name | Date | Fee |
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| John L JONES | May 1897 | |
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| Kenny McKAY | May 1898 | |
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| Robert CAIN | May 1898 | |
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| George HUTCHINSON | July 1953 | |
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| Jim ILEY | August 1957 | £16,000 |
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| Roger NILSEN | March 1999 | Free |
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| Michael BROWN | January 2004 | £500,000 |
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| Kyle WALKER | July 2009 | £3,000,000 |
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| Kyle NAUGHTON | July 2009 | £7,000,000 |
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| Cameron CARTER-VICKERS | 25 August 2017 – 15 January 2018 | Loan |
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