Important: This website has no connection with Sheffield United Football Club, the EFL, or any official football body. It is an entirely independent fan site, run by a supporter in a personal capacity.
The Red and White Wizards was established in 1999 as an independent, unofficial supporters' hub for Sheffield United FC. The site was created as a personal project to share match reports, news, and views from one loyal Bladesman's perspective.
In the early years the site attracted over 100,000 visitors and was featured in a monthly edition of Match of the Day magazine. Over its lifetime it received countless emails from supporters around the world who enjoyed reading the match reports after every game. The site ran for over ten years before being archived.
All match reports are written personally by Mark Hawksworth and are posted between 20 and 50 hours after the final whistle. The delay is simply the reality of travelling back from matches, eating and resting before sitting down to write. All opinions, analysis and player ratings are entirely Mark's own.
The archive contains monthly collections of match reports and news items, covering January 2002 through December 2013. Everything is text-based and written without access to Opta statistics or league table data — just an honest fan's eye view of events.
Mark Hawksworth has followed Sheffield United since 1968. He created this site to share his passion for the Blades with supporters around the world, and was motivated to keep writing by the many uplifting messages he received from readers over the years.
The site is independent of any official football organisation and has no editorial affiliation with Sheffield United FC.
Feel free to get in touch if you have comments, spot a broken link, or simply want to share your own memories as a Blade. Constructive feedback and ideas for the site are always welcome.
Please note: Mark does not post on any external football forums under any name, including “redandwhitewizard”. Any posts using similar names elsewhere are nothing to do with this site.
All website design, text, match reports, graphics, and source code on this site are © redandwhite-wizards.co.uk. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to print hard copies of pages for personal, non-commercial use only. Any other reproduction, modification, distribution, or republication without prior written permission is prohibited.
No Sheffield United club crest, official imagery, or registered trademarks are used on this site.