Sheff Utd finally get first points as Wilder oversees first win

Sheffield United won their first Sky Bet Championship game of the season on Saturday - ending a wait of 155 days for a regular-season victory.

They won both legs of their play-off semi-final against Bristol City, of course, but that has been banished to the past; Sunderland's comeback at Wembley in the final too painful to stomach.

During those 155 days, Chris Wilder left the club for a second time and returned for a third. It was only a matter of time before the boyhood Blade started to turn the tide.

The narrow win at Oxford was far from vintage Sheffield United, though. In fact, Gary Rowett's side bettered them in every almost every key metric. Wilder acknowledged that post-match, saying: "You've got to accept we're on

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