York City are pleased to announce that we will host Championship outfit Sheffield United at the LNER Community Stadium this pre-season.
The Blades will make the journey to North Yorkshire on Tuesday 15th July (7pm kick-off), for a clash under the lights.
It will be the second consecutive year playing Chris Wilder’s men, after we were narrowly beaten 2-1 in last season’s pre-season opener.
Tyrese Sinclair put City ahead early on, before the visitors struck either side of half-time.
Sheffield United were ever so close to a Premier League return in 2024/25, after suffering relegation in the previous campaign.
Spending the majority of the season in a title challenge with Leeds United and Burnley, they eventually slipped off and secured a third-place finish, sending them into the play-offs.
A dominant two-legged semi-final triumph over Bristol City earned the Blades a Wembley trip, where they took the lead, but were hit by a sucker punch injury-time winner by Sunderland to deny them promotion.
Ticket details for this fixture will be announced at a later date.
Further pre-season friendlies will be announced in due course.
Confirmed pre-season schedule so far
Tuesday 8th July – Garforth Town vs York City (7:30pm)
Tuesday 15th July – York City vs Sheffield United (7pm)
Tuesday 22nd July – York City vs Barnsley (7pm)
Saturday 26th July – Marine vs York City (3pm)
Saturday 2nd August – Spennymoor Town vs York City (3pm)
