Preston North End boss Paul Heckingbottom visits his former side Sheffield United on Saturday (15:00 GMT) as the Blades look to stay in an automatic promotion spot. Heckingbottom earned promotion with the South Yorkshire side in 2023 but departed the club after two years in charge when the Blades hit the bottom of the Premier League the following December.

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Preston North End continue to deal with an unenviable injury list, as defenders Jordan Storey and Jack Whatmough and midfielders Ben Whiteman, Duane Holmes, Mads Frokjaer-Jensen and Stefan Thordarson could all remain confined to the treatment room.

It certainly risks slipping into cliche territory but the Blades now have 11 cup finals to determine the fate of their season, having done remarkably well to overcome the disaster that was last term in the top-flight and banish any fear of a relegation hangover.

Kieffer Moore has reacted to Connor Roberts after Burnley moved to within two points of Sheffield United in the promotion race.

Ethan Wheatley has signed a new three-year contract with Manchester United with the option of a further year. The 19-year-old striker’s previous deal was due to expire at the end of next season. Wheatley is currently on loan at Walsall but has only made three appearances for the League Two leaders since joining during the January transfer window.

Sheffield United have offered a trial to highly-rated Partick Thistle prospect Jack Braid, Football League World has learned

SHEFFIELD UNITED manager Chris Wilder admits that ‘a little bit of luck’ will come into the equation to determine who finishes in the Championship's two automatic promotion places in 2024-25.

If Sheffield United manage to achieve promotion to the Premier League next season, they will face a daunting challenge with survival far from guaranteed. After securing promotion in the 2022/23 campaign, the Blades failed to quickly adapt to the top-flight’s demands, and this was mainly down to their poor recruitment in the summer of 2023.

No less than eight clubs are represented in our latest Yorkshire Post Team of the Week. It proved a super Saturday with virtually every White Rose side winning, with Leeds United being the ones who had to settle for a draw, hardly a disaster by any means.

Former Leeds United midfielder David Prutton has shared his belief that Sunderland could elbow their way into the automatic promotion spots this season. The Sky Sports presenter feels that top teams like the Whites, Sheffield United and Burnley are not untouchable in the race for the Premier League.