On an afternoon of bad tackles, headbutts and injuries, the game was abandoned with United down to SIX men – and went down in infamy. West Brom boss Gary Megson accused United of deliberately trying to get the game called off, a claim Neil Warnock refuted as ‘absolute nonsense’.
In the years that have passed since, some of the key figures involved in the Battle of Bramall have spoken about their memories of that eventful early spring day back in 2002. Neither George Santos nor Patrick Suffo, who saw red that day, played for United again and both were fined the maximum of two weeks of wages.
But what happened to the rest of the Blades players from that remarkable day? We took a look...
But what happened to the rest of the Blades players from that remarkable day? We took a look...