Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has revealed he recently received a good luck message from former England cricket captain and fellow Yorkshireman Sir Geoffrey Boycott.
Wilder, whose side are bottom of the Premier League, says he has also had phone calls from Sam Allardyce, the newly-appointed West Brom boss, and his counterpart at Burnley Sean Dyche.
The Blades head into Sunday's match at Brighton with 12 defeats and just a single point from 13 games this term. The 3-2 loss to Manchester United on Thursday was an eighth successive reverse and left them nine points adrift of 17th place, occupied by Burnley.