{"id":590393,"date":"2025-11-24T08:10:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/590393\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T08:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:10:23","slug":"leeds-fans-will-hate-what-patrick-bamford-did-with-chris-wilder-after-his-sheffield-united-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/590393\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds fans will hate what Patrick Bamford did with Chris Wilder after his Sheffield United debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bamford-Feature-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Patrick Bamford Feature with Leeds fans in circular inset\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763971819_635_5848db4324c310988559cebb9bd78bda\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Jack Dawson\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Mon 24 November 2025 7:10, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Patrick Bamford\u2019s move to Sheffield United has certainly caused controversy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The striker is a modern-day legend at <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elland Road<\/a>, overseeing two promotions during his long stay at the West Yorkshire club.<\/p>\n<p>However, after <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/patrick-bamford-heads-towards-mutual-contract-termination-after-latest-leeds-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bamford was released by Leeds<\/a> in the summer, the attacker struggled to find a new club.<\/p>\n<p>In November, <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/patrick-bamford-in-shock-talks-to-join-leeds-bitter-local-rivals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bamford was signed by Sheffield United<\/a> on a short-term deal, joining <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds\u2019<\/a> rivals in a controversial move.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the striker made his debut in the Steel City derby on Sunday, where he was caught celebrating with Chris Wilder at full-time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patrick-Bamford-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Bamford playing for Leeds United in their white strip\" class=\"wp-image-189738\" \/>Credit: ImagoPatrick Bamford celebrates with Chris Wilder in Steel City derby<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/patrick-bamford-leeds-united-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bamford<\/a> and Wilder had plenty of history before the two partnered up at Sheffield United.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/news\/bamford-leads-x-rated-chris-wilder-chant-in-leeds-promotion-party-at-elland-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">At Leeds, Bamford led a controversial chant targeted at Wilder last season<\/a> as they secured their place in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the striker was more than happy to work under the manager this season, with Bamford making his debut in Sheffield United\u2019s 3-0 win over Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Coming on in the 70th minute, the attacker helped see out the win in the derby.<\/p>\n<p>Then, at full-time, ITV Football posted on X on 23 November a video of both Bamford and Wilder celebrating together in front of the travelling fans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who saw this coming \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n<p>Chris Wilder &amp; Patrick Bamford celebrate together after Steel City derby win \ud83d\udc4a\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/25o0e2Um6E\">pic.twitter.com\/25o0e2Um6E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ITV Football (@itvfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvfootball\/status\/1992596815942758536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Leeds supporters will obviously be fuming over this incident, especially with it coming at a rival club.<\/p>\n<p>For many, it is a betrayal, with the striker clearly enjoying his time at one of West Yorkshire\u2019s side\u2019s biggest rivals.<\/p>\n<p>His celebration with Wilder only serves to rub salt in the wounds in what has been a difficult weekend for the Peacocks.<\/p>\n<p>How did Bamford perform vs Sheffield Wednesday?<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotmob.com\/en-GB\/matches\/sheffield-united-vs-sheffield-wednesday\/2xg68r?player=302241#4825224:tab=lineup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fotmob<\/a> on 23 November, Bamford had a solid debut for the Blades.<\/p>\n<p>In his 20 minutes on the pitch, the striker created one chance and also almost scored with his 0.4 xG shot, unable to find the net.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Patrick Bamford vs Sheffield Wednesday<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Minutes <\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shots <\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>xG<\/td>\n<td>0.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chances created <\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Passing accuracy <\/td>\n<td>75%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Bamford had a solid game against Sheffield Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>Now, Bamford will be aiming to quickly find the net at Sheffield United and end his terrible goalscoring drought.<\/p>\n<p>If he is able to hit form, the Blades may consider extending his contract until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoyed this article?<\/strong> Stay connected with all the latest Leeds United news, updates, and behind-the-scenes content by following us on our new Instagram account \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goodisonnews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/motleedsnews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@motleedsnews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Mon 24 November 2025 7:10, UK Patrick Bamford\u2019s move to Sheffield United has certainly caused controversy.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,2924,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-590393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-patrick-bamford","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115603665908509966","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590393","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=590393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}