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Sheffield United make unwanted Premier League history

Sheffield United – 104 goals (2.74 goals per game)
Well, they’ve only gone and done it. After a 1-0 defeat to Everton at Goodison Park on 11 May, Sheffield United broke the Premier League record for the most goals conceded in a single season with a game to spare.

Abdoulaye Doucoure netted the winner on the half-hour mark in the win, with his goal the 101st that the Blades conceded in 2023-24, breaking Swindon Town’s record from 1993-94 (100). They then added three more in a typically dismal final-day defeat to Tottenham.

Paul Heckingbottom and Chris Wilder oversaw a side that conceded 2.74 goals per game in the Premier League over the course of the campaign – the highest rate seen in a single campaign in the competition and the worst in English top-flight history since Ipswich Town in 1963-64 (2.88).

The last team to concede as many as 101 goals in an English top-flight season were also Ipswich that season (121), while United have now bettered (or worsened?) their worst tally of goals conceded in the top flight (101 in 1933-34).

Most Goals Conceded in a Season:
Sheffield United (2023-24): 104
Swindon Town (1993-94): 100*
Ipswich Town (1994-95): 93*
Derby County (2007-08): 89
Fulham (2013-14): 85
Luton Town (2023-24): 85
Norwich City (2021-22): 84
Barnsley (1997-98): 82
Burnley (2009-10): 82
Wolves (2011-12): 82

* = 42-game season
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