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Thinking about Tuesday night's match against Bristol Rovers brought to mind a one-off memory from years ago. They had just been hammered 9-0 (Tottenham in the late 70's I think?) and our crowd were singing 'We want 10, we want 10' at the start of the game. It ended 0-0.

Another of mine was seeing Alex Sabella trying to explain to the referee in pidgin English that he stayed off the pitch behind the goal line when we scored and so wasn't off-side. The referee changed his mind and gave the goal.
 

My second home game, I was on the front of the Kop with my face pressed against the fencing. A rare poor Bobby Hatton shot almost smashed me in the face.
 
blade too long said:
I had a nice onion bhaji and pekora at bradfords valley parade in our div 3 promotion year was very nice
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Bradford were in Division Two that season. I have caught you out with your web of deceit. (If you are talking about 88/89 promotion season.) :)
 
Once when I went on a special away to Huddersfield, someone did a poo on the train seat for a laugh.

I didn't find it funny.

Then when we got off the train, me and my mate were ordered by the Policeman in charge, to lead the escort to the ground because we looked 'sensible'

I was sensible, but didn't want to be seen as such.
I wished I'd done the poo - he would never have been picked.
 
I remember Garth Crooks whilst playing for Stoke City, hit the crossbar so hard with a header, it was like one of Woodward's volleys.
78/79 season.
0-0 if I recall.
 
I remember being stood on the Kop in the early 2000s, Wayne Allison poorly controlled a ball into feet and one pissed Unitedite shouted:

"Fer f*cks sake, Chief - tha's got a touch like a baby lighthouse!"

This begs two questions:
1) There's such a thing as a baby lighthouse?
2) What is said baby's touch like? How have you seen this before?
 
I remember leaving Cardiff at the end of the 2002/03 playoff final defeat, thousands of disappointed Blades almost silently trudging away from the ground.

One bloke broke the silence with:

"Well, that was an expensive, shit day out!".

To be fair, it proper lightened the mood...
 
I remember Carl Bradshaw saying "our ball, bastard" to a linesman when contending for a throw in. Think it was an FA Cup game in 1993 (was on the John Street standing at the time) - Could have been Wigan because there weren't many there and it was quiet enough for me to hear the players.....
 
Kozzy_is_my_Dad said:
I remember leaving Cardiff at the end of the 2002/03 playoff final defeat, thousands of disappointed Blades almost silently trudging away from the ground.

One bloke broke the silence with:

"Well, that was an expensive, shit day out!".

To be fair, it proper lightened the mood...
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I did something similar with my dad.

The play-off tickets were my 18th birthday present you see.

So on the coach home in stunned silence I eventually turned to him and said....."Well I appreciated the thought anyway".
 
Kozzy_is_my_Dad said:
I remember leaving Cardiff at the end of the 2002/03 playoff final defeat, thousands of disappointed Blades almost silently trudging away from the ground.

One bloke broke the silence with:

"Well, that was an expensive, shit day out!".

To be fair, it proper lightened the mood...
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It was a good weekend though
 
GreasyChipBeattie said:
Thinking about Tuesday night's match against Bristol Rovers brought to mind a one-off memory from years ago. They had just been hammered 9-0 (Tottenham in the late 70's I think?) and our crowd were singing 'We want 10, we want 10' at the start of the game. It ended 0-0.
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It was 1-1 in Nov 1977. They scored first and Chico Hamilton equalised with a penalty. Eddie Colquhoun had a good game and Bobby Gould backed off quickly when Eddie got angry by aiming to headbutt him after Gould tried a sneaky kick
 
GreasyChipBeattie said:
Another of mine was seeing Alex Sabella trying to explain to the referee in pidgin English that he stayed off the pitch behind the goal line when we scored and so wasn't off-side. The referee changed his mind and gave the goal.
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At the Kop End when John Matthews hit our 2nd goal with a rising shot from outside the box in our 4-2 win against Oldham in October 1978?
 

John Cofie going to the portacabin toilet whilst sub, during the game at Bristol Rovers. Blades fans were singing 'We know what you're doing'. He returned looking red faced.
 
Silent Blade said:
It was 1-1 in Nov 1977. They scored first and Chico Hamilton equalised with a penalty. Eddie Colquhoun had a good game and Bobby Gould backed off quickly when Eddie got angry by aiming to headbutt him after Gould tried a sneaky kick
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Oh yeah, you're right, it was SB. Funny how time warps the old memories......obviously not in you're case mate ;)
 
Tyler Durden said:
When we played the old Wimbledon at home in their final season (2002?) We didn't even open the away end, we put them in the directors box instead.

I think they brought 60.
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I remember that, I looked up wondering what was going off in the directors box then noticed it was Wimbledon fans.

I hope they bring more fans this season.
 
When we beat Bury 1-0 away from home (think Deane scored) the match was shit but the burger van outside was top class.
 
And there was a brilliant chip shop in Crewe around that time. The Coke bottle's ingredients list weren't in English.
 
LYDON said:
Standing on the Tivoli End at Millmoor, the October afternoon when we beat Rotherham United 2-1.
Bourne & Butlin scored.
Didn't see either goal.
Blades everywhere in a crowd of over 20,000.
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yeah it was very close to a hillsborough situation FWIR
 
My brother is a year older than me. He went to his first first-team game in the 1963-64 season at the age of six, the season before I started going.

We were both allowed to go with a neighbour to reserve matches prior to that and they were played at Bramall Lane in those days.

Taking football rattles to games was beginning to die out - thankfully - but we each had one. He took his to one reserve match and came back with it broken. He claimed he'd been standing on the Kop behind the goal and it had been struck by a Len Allchurch piledriver which had gone narrowly wide.

I believed him at the time. I'm not sure I do now, looking back.
 
Last home game of the season in the 4th division and we were already promoted. Some fella taped the front page of the previous season's Green 'Un to one of the steel pillars, 'Blades Down' it read. He lit it with a match and there were a few cheers. The sellotape burnt on long after the paper was gone.
 
Shalalalafenoughty said:
My brother is a year older than me. He went to his first first-team game in the 1963-64 season at the age of six, the season before I started going.

We were both allowed to go with a neighbour to reserve matches prior to that and they were played at Bramall Lane in those days.

Taking football rattles to games was beginning to die out - thankfully - but we each had one. He took his to one reserve match and came back with it broken. He claimed he'd been standing on the Kop behind the goal and it had been struck by a Len Allchurch piledriver which had gone narrowly wide.

I believed him at the time. I'm not sure I do now, looking back.
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It was very rare if ever for people to stand on the Kop for reserve matches in the mid 1960's. So there may be another story regarding the broken rattle. May have thrown it at Denis Shilelds as he missed another chance.

On the Queen's Jubilee in 1977 me and a mate climbed into Bramall Lane at night. We went on the pitch and took some of the grass back to his place and ate it between two slices of bread and butter.
 
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remember the weird midweek afternoon kick offs due to the miners strike causing electricity cuts
smaller gates as a lot were at work

and the cup replay at Aldershot were they played somehow despite thick fog and we only ever saw the odd winger and full back come into view
was told we had lost 1-0 , had no idea what was going off
 
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