Poll: Closest that we have ever got to a major final

[Jimmy23]

Apologies to the elderly Blades fans (with all due respect) but my first semi final was 93 against Wednesday hence the reason why I'm starting the poll from there.

 

[JJ Sefton]

First match against Leicester in 1961?

"Perhaps this was Cup nerves, because we were in the Semi-Final of the FA Cup and drawn against Leicester. My brother-in-law was twelve years older than me, (still is, come to that), and he took me up to Leeds to see the Semi-Final. The ground was packed. Before the kick-off some Leicester supporters carried a mock coffin round the pitch with "Sheffield United" on the side. For us, an elderly gent dressed in red and white with a long red and white baton walked round the pitch escorted by two young lasses with United hats and scarves. The game was real end-to-end stuff, and both sides had goals disallowed. Doc Pace hit the ball into Leicester's net, but the ref ruled he had handled it first. Doc pointed to a mark on his shirt, to show he had chested the ball, but there was no change. Ever after, I cited this as evidence we had been robbed, but I heard that Doc, just before he died, admitted he had handled the ball.

The game ended 0-0 and the replay was a few days later at Notts Forest's ground. We were at school, and the teacher let us listen to the second half commentary on the old school radio. This was 0-0 again. The third, and deciding, match was won by Leicester 0-2. They went on to lose in the Final to Spurs who were in their Double-winning year. We took comfort by saying we could concentrate on the promotion drive."

 

[Revolution]

Out of those ties (and Leicester too) the only 2 we were ever leading in were the Hull and Liverpool ties.

Doesn't really matter. We lost the lot.

 

[Woodwardfan]

First match against Leicester in 1961?

"Perhaps this was Cup nerves, because we were in the Semi-Final of the FA Cup and drawn against Leicester. My brother-in-law was twelve years older than me, (still is, come to that), and he took me up to Leeds to see the Semi-Final. The ground was packed. Before the kick-off some Leicester supporters carried a mock coffin round the pitch with "Sheffield United" on the side. For us, an elderly gent dressed in red and white with a long red and white baton walked round the pitch escorted by two young lasses with United hats and scarves. The game was real end-to-end stuff, and both sides had goals disallowed. Doc Pace hit the ball into Leicester's net, but the ref ruled he had handled it first. Doc pointed to a mark on his shirt, to show he had chested the ball, but there was no change. Ever after, I cited this as evidence we had been robbed, but I heard that Doc, just before he died, admitted he had handled the ball.

The game ended 0-0 and the replay was a few days later at Notts Forest's ground. We were at school, and the teacher let us listen to the second half commentary on the old school radio. This was 0-0 again. The third, and deciding, match was won by Leicester 0-2. They went on to lose in the Final to Spurs who were in their Double-winning year. We took comfort by saying we could concentrate on the promotion drive."

Doc said he handled the ball? He must have been delirious! I can still see the incident in my mind and he chested it. No action replays of course.

 

[Punk Blade]

Hull we lost by two goals and the rest we lost by one, so I'm saying not Hull.

 

[Tezza1889]

I've gone with the newcastle game, as I remember the club had sold deane and fyortoft in the january window, and should this have not happened, then the scrappiest of bog lining goals that shearer scored that day wouldnt have been enough..

I'm still really bitter about those events, because I think we could have gone on to win the thing, it wasn't just any old cup it was " the cup" but the board took the money as usual and robbed the fans of an fa cup final...

The others are a bit tin pot by comparison, i'd never want us to add fixtures to a season to win the j.p.t for example..

 

[Selly]

It's clearly this weeks game. If Reed's shot goes in (and it took a terrible bobble), we probably win.

We never got as close in any of the other games, certainly not with the amount of time left.

 

[Dkc]

Hull. We were 2-0 up ffs, all we needed to do was hang on. We were never even ahead in the Spurs tie.

 

[Darren]

Hull. We were 2-0 up ffs, all we needed to do was hang on. We were never even ahead in the Spurs tie.

2-1

 

[Darren]

I'm going for Liverpool.

Scores equal as we approach the 90th minute in the 2nd leg. We get a Brownesque free kick in a central position 20 yards out and bloody bleeding Tommy Mooney takes it....

That and the Wednesday tie are the only ones we have taken to extra time and in the latter only a miracle and Alan Kelly meant we did not lose 6-1 in normal time.

 

[Darren]

Unlike the play offs, wd do tend to turn up in the semis. 4 out of the 6, we played well and can be seen as rather unlucky. Wednesday we were shit and Newcastle mediocre.

 

[boo radley]

Saw this thread and thought it was something to do with the memoirs of said referee.

 

[Karaoke Blade]

I'd go with Liverpool, last minute their keeper handles outside the box and somehow doesn't get sent off. As Darren says, Mooney takes the kick (wasn't Michael Brown or Tonge on the pitch?) Goes to extra time and scouses go through.

 

[Billyblade]

I'd go with Liverpool, last minute their keeper handles outside the box and somehow doesn't get sent off. As Darren says, Mooney takes the kick (wasn't Michael Brown or Tonge on the pitch?) Goes to extra time and scouses go through.

If memory serves me correctly did he not manhandle one of our players and have an unbelievable go at the referee as well? And as if that wasn't bad enough go on to play for South Barnsley?

 

[blade too long]

has to be arsenal game, for s starters much rather win FA cup to league cup and only Seamans stopped us storming back for a much deserved win on the day

 

[BusheyBlade]

has to be arsenal game, for s starters much rather win FA cup to league cup and only Seamans stopped us storming back for a much deserved win on the day

I was more gutted after the Arsenal game than any of the others. It took me days to get over that defeat, the others not quite so bad.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Spurs by a mile.

 

[Silent Blade]

I'd go with Liverpool, last minute their keeper handles outside the box and somehow doesn't get sent off. As Darren says, Mooney takes the kick (wasn't Michael Brown or Tonge on the pitch?) Goes to extra time and scouses go through.

Yes both played. Mooney (we had just signed him) took the ball off from Brown who was going to take it

 

[pommpey]

SWFC (1993 FA CUP)

I think that had Deano picked Bright up at the near post, we would have gone on and done the pigs. We may even have done Arse as well

NEWCASTLE (1998 FA CUP)

Outclassed and outdone by Shearer. The club was in crisis at the time as well, as I remember

LIVERPOOL (2003 LEAGUE CUP TIE)

Despite that game at the Lane and Tongy's brace, you just knew a combination of the bindippers + the ref would turn us over in the end

ARSENAL (2003 FA CUP)

Okay, again the ref did us a bit, but 'that save'.

HULL (2014 FA CUP)

The best performance since 2003. Superb attacking and finishing and so proud at half time. Shame we switched off and allowed 'ull some space and time.

SPURS (2015 LEAGUE CUP TIE)

As soon as the ball left reed's foot - much the same as Simmo's penalty - I thought, 'that's it. It's all over for us now.'

One day we'll smash the hoodoo. Then again, one day we'll win the playoffs.

pommpey

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

We'd have turned the pigs over in '93 if it had been on the Elland Road rugby pitch as it should have been, we were like turkeys voting for Christmas taking it to Wembley. The team that started the 97-98 season with Deane, McGrath, Whitehouse, Fjortoft, Tiler, Ward, Hutchison (those were the ones that had either been sold or injured by the semi final) would have beat the Mags.

Nearest had to be W*****day night, all square, less than 10 minutes to go, momentum with us and at home.

 

[Revolution]

We'd have turned the pigs over in '93 if it had been on the Elland Road rugby pitch as it should have been, we were like turkeys voting for Christmas taking it to Wembley. The team that started the 97-98 season with Deane, McGrath, Whitehouse, Fjortoft, Tiler, Ward, Hutchison (those were the ones that had either been sold or injured by the semi final) would have beat the Mags.

Nearest had to be W*****day night, all square, less than 10 minutes to go, momentum with us and at home.

Yes, my "dream semi final" was Derby at Elland Road. And they were 4 minutes away from making it happen...