{"id":34685,"date":"2025-09-25T10:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=34685"},"modified":"2025-09-25T10:31:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:31:02","slug":"chris-wilder-back-in-sheffield-united-dugout-after-selles-dismissal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/chris-wilder-back-in-sheffield-united-dugout-after-selles-dismissal\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Wilder back in Sheffield United dugout after Selles dismissal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chris Wilder has returned for a third spell as Sheffield United manager. He stepped in just days after Ruben Selles was sacked following a nightmare start to the Championship season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/sheffield-utd\/MeKPSerA\/\">Blades<\/a> &nbsp;were thrashed 5-0 at Ipswich Town on Friday night, leaving them rooted to the bottom of the table with zero points. That defeat sealed Selles\u2019 fate, with supporters voicing relief at his exit after just five matches in charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Wilder, the return is both personal and professional. A lifelong Blades supporter, he has already overseen two promotions during previous stints and now faces the challenge of reviving a team in crisis. His last spell ended in a play-off final defeat to Sunderland, who have since established themselves in the Premier League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/norgaard-christian\/E3lsxLi7\/\">Wilder<\/a>\u2019s immediate task will be to lift morale and secure a much-needed result when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/match\/football\/charlton-fXf5mQ7t\/sheff-utd-MeKPSerA\/summary\/?mid=EZG5YFec\">United face Charlton Athletic on Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Wilder has returned for a third spell as Sheffield United manager. He stepped in just days after Ruben Selles was sacked following a nightmare start to the Championship season. The &nbsp;Blades &nbsp;were thrashed 5-0 at Ipswich Town on Friday night, leaving them rooted to the bottom of the table with zero points. That defeat sealed Selles\u2019 fate, with supporters voicing relief at his exit after just five matches in charge. For Wilder, the return is both personal and professional. A lifelong Blades supporter, he has already overseen two promotions during previous stints and now faces the challenge of reviving a team in crisis. His last spell ended in a play-off final defeat to Sunderland, who have since established themselves in the Premier League. Wilder\u2019s immediate task will be to lift morale and secure a much-needed result when United face Charlton Athletic on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":34718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-champions-league-football-news","category-football-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chris Wilder back in Sheffield United dugout after Selles dismissal - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Boyhood fan Wilder back for third spell as Sheffield United boss with Blades bottom of Championship season.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/chris-wilder-back-in-sheffield-united-dugout-after-selles-dismissal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chris Wilder back in Sheffield United dugout after Selles dismissal - 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