Joe Root's Football Allegiance: Which Team Does the Cricketer Root For?

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Root entered day three of the first Test against Pakistan in Multan with a total of 32 runs to his name. He needed just 39 more runs to surpass Sir Alastair Cook's record, and he achieved this in a truly stylish manner.

Root was eventually out for a career best 262 on day four, earning his 35th Test century in the process as England went past 800 runs in reply to the hosts’ 556. The 33-year-old is a keen football fan, so who does he support?

Who does Joe Root support?

Root was born in Sheffield on December 30, 1990 and as a Steel City native, he has remained loyal to his, er, roots.

The former England skipper is a fully paid-up Sheffield United fan and will often take to social media to express his support for the Blades.

'Boys day out at lan today!', he posted on Instagram last month, alongside a picture of him and his son at Bramall Lane. 'So much fun!'

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Root's Blades fandom puts him at odds to a number of his England teammates, with Jonny Bairstow a Leeds United supporter after having played alongside the likes of Danny Rose and Fabian Delph at the club's academy before he focused on cricket.

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Retired bowler James Armstrong is a Burnley fan, adding some Roses rivalry back in the day, while one of Root's predecessors as England captain Michael Vaughan is a Sheffield Wednesday fan.

Root's former England teammate Stuart Broad is a Nottingham Forest fan, with the pair of them watching their respective teams in action during the Championship play-off semi-final in 2022, when Root almost got into a spot of bother.

"Just after half-time, 46th minute, conceding, and (Joe Root) punched me in the leg because I told him 'you're not celebrating sat next to me'," Broad told after the game. "He punched me in the leg with celebration when it went in."

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Broad had the last laugh that day, as Forest would win on a penalty shootout to reach the play-off final at Wembley.

"Rooty actually went and stood in the stairwell because he didn't want to be near me. He needed to have a bit of quiet time, I think," Broad added.

Next up for Root's Sheffield United is a trip to Elland Road to face Leeds on Friday, October 18.