<page_title> Steel City derby </page_title> <section_title> Matches played </section_title> <table> <cell> 2008–09 <col_header> Season </col_header> <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Championship <col_header> Division </col_header> <col_header> Venue </col_header> </cell> <cell> 19 October 2008 <col_header> Sheffield Wednesday vs Sheffield United </col_header> <col_header> Atten. </col_header> </cell> <cell> Hillsborough <col_header> Sheffield Wednesday vs Sheffield United </col_header> </cell> <cell> 30,441 <col_header> Sheffield Wednesday vs Sheffield United </col_header> </cell> </table>
The first meeting of the two matches for the following season, the 2008–09 Championship was held on 19 October 2008, at Hillsborough with a crowd of 30,441.