{"id":589146,"date":"2025-11-23T17:17:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T17:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/589146\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T17:17:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T17:17:21","slug":"sheffield-united-sink-wednesday-thanks-to-tyrese-campbells-derby-double-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/589146\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United sink Wednesday thanks to Tyrese Campbell\u2019s derby double | Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

One derby goal tends to be enough for a place in Steel City folklore, so Tyrese Campbell is more than assured of his entry to the pantheon after scoring twice in Sheffield United\u2019s 3-0 win at Hillsborough, 12 months on<\/a> from his similar match-winning effort in the fixture at Bramall Lane.<\/p>\n

Chris Wilder\u2019s side remain in the Championship<\/a> bottom three but this was a bright spot in what has otherwise been a bleak campaign. Tom Cannon\u2019s stoppage-time third gave the scoreline the sheen the Blades\u2019 performance probably warranted, and meant the result was the first three-goal away victory in the 131-year league history between these teams.<\/p>\n

But Wilder, now unbeaten in seven of these occasions as United manager and so often a lightning rod for antipathy between the sides, was keen to emphasise the bigger picture post-match, with Wednesday still picking their way through the challenging financial fallout of Dejphon Chansiri\u2019s apocalyptic regime<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to be greedy. It\u2019s not a time to unbelievably shout about our performance, our result,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s no wind-up, it\u2019s no spin regarding the situation the opposition players and the management have been in. I\u2019ve been there. So we got a result, we should be picking up more results, but I thought it was a really competitive Sheffield derby.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tyrese Campbell (left) puts Sheffield United 1-0 up by beating Ethan Horvath in the 11th minute. Photograph: George Wood\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

For Wednesday the wait for a victory against their neighbours goes on \u2013 February 2012 was their last \u2013 but, more immediately, it leaves them rooted to the foot of the table with escape looking unlikely. The club\u2019s administrators are hopeful of having a buyer lined up by 5 December and the pre-match optimism was palpable, but the road to recovery looks a long one, and surely goes via League One. Thanks to their 12-point deduction \u2013 and there are fears there could be another before the season is out \u2013 they remain on minus four points, 18 adrift of Oxford in the last safe spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have this feeling that we didn\u2019t play all-out today,\u201d said Henrik Pedersen, the Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> manager, whose side are without a home win since April. \u201cWe didn\u2019t come all-out with who Sheffield Wednesday is, and we have to learn to play big games and to think big in big games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s threadbare squad deserve no blame for the club\u2019s travails this season but the players did have to take their share of responsibility for United\u2019s opener. Yan Valery was pickpocketed on the edge of his own box by Ja\u00efro Riedewald, who shuttled the ball on to Callum O\u2019Hare. The midfielder cleverly ferried it on to Campbell, who fired home across goal.<\/p>\n

United\u2019s frustration at half-time was that they had not made more of their dominance and the home side\u2019s defensive fragility. Danny Ings was brilliantly denied by Ethan Horvath in Wednesday\u2019s goal after Dominic Iorfa\u2019s awful pass across his own box had let the former England striker in.<\/p>\n

Iorfa then came to his own rescue after misjudging a long punt from the United goalkeeper, Michael Cooper \u2013 a fine recovering tackle denied Campbell another run at goal. Before the break Ings swept home from close range but the effort was ruled out by the tightest of offside calls.<\/p>\n

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Sheffield United players acknowledge the away support while the Wednesday fans vacate the stands. Photograph: Simon Stacpoole\/Offside\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Seconds after the restart, Campbell slashed into the side-netting but barely a minute later the striker did finally double the advantage. Another poor Wednesday clearance was met by Sydie Peck, and the England Under-21 midfielder\u2019s first-time pass sent Campbell scurrying away once more. This time he calmly finished past Horvath.<\/p>\n

That was the cue for a stop-start second half, with the Owls dominating possession and territory without creating anything by way of threat, Max Lowe\u2019s rather forlorn effort from distance the sole moment of note. \u201cWe lost to a better team today,\u201d said Pedersen.<\/p>\n

Indeed the Blades should have added emphasis \u2013 \u201cIt could have been a lot more,\u201d said Campbell slightly ruefully \u2013 before Cannon\u2019s drive from the edge of the box with the seconds ticking down. It was only the striker\u2019s second goal since his \u00a310m move from Leicester in January, the 22-year-old having struggled with injuries and form since his move. Indeed he missed a one-v-one chance moments earlier. \u201cHopefully that will lighten the load on him,\u201d said Wilder.<\/p>\n

For Wednesday the focus remains on the forthcoming takeover and the vision of the future that will bring. \u201cIt\u2019s everything,\u201d said Pedersen. \u201cWe need clarity here before we can take the next step.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One derby goal tends to be enough for a place in Steel City folklore, so Tyrese Campbell is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-589146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115600152680677389","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}