Chris Wilder sent off for kicking ball into crowd amid Southampton defeat
Blades lost 2-1 last night
Last updated 1st Oct 2025
Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder was sent off for kicking a ball into the crowd during his team's 2-1 defeat to Southampton in the Championship.
The incident happened as he walked off at half-time - having been unhappy with his team conceding a penalty.
The ball hit a fan and Wilder was shown a red card.
Blades assistant manager Alan Knill said:
"I'm the last person that criticises,"
"But I have to say that when everybody sees something, it's so blatant, but they (the officials) don't, then obviously it's a cause for frustration.
"But it is what it is. I'm going to say as well that this was a big game tonight. I didn't think that he had the experience to manage this game tonight. I thought it was a bigger game than him.
"So why? Even though it's not a top-of-the-table game, it's two really big clubs in this division so I think there could have been better (referees) and he could have had more help maybe."