Sheffield United: ‘Let's get Stearsed!’ – Defender and his Blades’ teammates drink in the moment at Bramall Lane as Premier League promotion is secured after Leeds United fail to beat Aston Villa

Sheffield United's players celebrate promotion to the Premier League. Picture Simon Bellis/Sportimage

In winning promotion with a bottom-eight budget and turning former Conference players into Premier League ones, Chris Wilder has already shown his penchant for working footballing miracles.

But even those exploits could be overshadowed by those of defender Richard Stearman, who squeezed every drop out of Sheffield United’s promotion celebrations on Sunday morning, afternoon and evening to coin a new verb in United fan lexicon.

‘Getting Stearsed’ is now, according to Twitter, shorthand for a proper celebration and absolutely no-one can blame United's players for drinking in the moment. The only surprise to many was the sight of the defender on Twitter the morning after, around 8.45am. “I had a really good time," he said, with probably a hint of understatement.