Sheffield United v Birmingham City LIVE: Updates from Bramall Lane as U23s look to seal national title

The future is bright for the Blades: Simon Bellis/Sportimage

Sheffield United’s U23s will look to sign off a memorable season with the national league title this afternoon when they face Birmingham City at Bramall Lane.

We’ll have live updates of the key moments from the game right here in one place on the live blog.

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Blades U23s chase national title against Birmingham City LIVE

Mon, 24 May, 2021, 14:59 BST

And that’s full time

A disappointing afternoon for the Blades as they fall at the final hurdle - they simply never got going and couldn’t recover from the body blow of going two goals down in the first 15 minutes. City goalkeeper Basey was hardly tested in terms of shots to save and Dewhurst was far busier in the home goal - they’ll now have to see City lift the trophy on their own turf

Mon, 24 May, 2021, 14:53 BST

Shouts for a penalty

as Gordon is bundled over at the back post, nothing given and the defender is absolutely incensed as he screams at the linesman