William Large
Active Member
The majority of Blades and pigs are from and live in, the same city / county. We share the same workplaces, go to the same shops and parks, drink in the same places and most of us have friends and / or family on the other side. Some of them are actually alright - I'd go as far as to say that despite their failings, some are top lads / lasses.
Having followed the blades for years, home and away, I see my fair share of nob heads who also follow the blades, sometimes I'm ashamed that we 'support' the same club.
Despite all this, there is definitely something that sets us apart from them. You can very often spot them before they declare or display their allegiance when you first come across them. I would say that I'm seldom wrong when judging someone as blade or pig. I'm lucky in that the majority of my family are blades. You hear some horror stories from blades whose entire rest of the family are pigs.
So what is it? Apart from a geographical choice of who to follow, there is definitely something different about them. Is it something that has happened over the 80's when they were generally above us? Is it because of their rumbelows cup win, is is it something genetic or is it something that is grown over time?
Having followed the blades for years, home and away, I see my fair share of nob heads who also follow the blades, sometimes I'm ashamed that we 'support' the same club.
Despite all this, there is definitely something that sets us apart from them. You can very often spot them before they declare or display their allegiance when you first come across them. I would say that I'm seldom wrong when judging someone as blade or pig. I'm lucky in that the majority of my family are blades. You hear some horror stories from blades whose entire rest of the family are pigs.
So what is it? Apart from a geographical choice of who to follow, there is definitely something different about them. Is it something that has happened over the 80's when they were generally above us? Is it because of their rumbelows cup win, is is it something genetic or is it something that is grown over time?