DERBY RIVALS
RICHARD CROOKS REFLECTS ON THE RIVALRY BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND UNITED…

THE next Sheffield derby is scheduled for Monday, March 4 at 7.45pm - or rather it has been rescheduled to accommodate the requirements of Sky TV who have chosen it for live broadcasting to the nation.
It didn’t use to be like that.
I’ve not missed a Sheffield derby since my first one in September 1965 – it is the game above all others I must be at. With the derby upcoming, it started me thinking about that first one.
Nine years old and my first visit to Bramall Lane. We lived in th...