At the weekend Chris Wilder and Alan Knill Sheffield United won promotion to the premier league after a 2-0 win at Bramall Lane and Leeds drawing to Aston Villa this meant that Sheffield United won promotion to the Premier League.
Chris Wilder and Alan Knill left the Cobblers in summer 2016 to go to Sheffield United after winning the League Two Tittle for the Cobblers with 99 points. This still wasn’t good enough for wilder as he did one better the next when he won promotion from Sky Bet League One with the Blades and with an extraordinary 100 points and winning promotion to the championship. Which the Blades won when the faced the Cobblers at Sixfields. Last Season the blades missed out on the play offs. However, this season sees them on 88 points with one game to go and this could see them go champions.
He won four trophies at Alfreton Town.
He led Oxford United back to the Football League.
He kept Northampton Town up and then guided them to the League Two title.
He's now taken his boyhood club from League One to the Premier League.
Another English manger in the premier league also another ex-cobbler as a manager in the premier league.
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