page_title: Steel City derby
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Steel City derby / History
context_page_description: The Steel City Derby is a local derby that takes place between Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday, the two professional football league teams based in the city of Sheffield, England. It is widely considered to be one of the biggest derby matches in English football.
  Sheffield United and Wednesday have one of the most fierce football rivalries in football history, the teams have met competitively a total of 131 times, with United leading the meetings by 46 wins to Wednesday's 42 wins a difference of 4 wins. The latest Steel City Derby was played on 4 March 2019, which ended in a goalless draw at Hillsborough.
context_section_description: The teams first met on 15 December 1890 at Wednesday's old Olive Grove ground, with The Wednesday playing a friendly match against the newly formed Sheffield United that the home team won 2–1.
  The first competitive Steel City Derby fixture took place on 16 October 1893 during the 1893–94 English Division 1 season (following United's promotion the first Division the previous season), it ended 1–1.
  Most Steel City derbies have taken place in the top two tiers of English football, with only two seasons (1979–80 and 2011–12) in the third tier.
  Alan Quinn became the first player to have scored a goal for both clubs in a Steel City derby match. He scored for Sheffield Wednesday in their 3-1 defeat to United at Bramall Lane in February 2003. He signed to United from Wednesday in 2004 and scored the winning goal for Sheffield United in a 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday at Bramall Lane on 4 December 2005.
caption: Comparative table positions of Sheffield United and Wednesday in the English football league system