Memries - Weird moments following the Blades

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Those moments you think back and wonder what on earth was going on? You have to laugh really. Here's a few...

The public courting of Hamilton Ricard - Colombia's star (!) striker featuring in a will he or won't he sign saga during the McDonald era. Same with Kinkladze.

Colombotti & Blades Italia - announced on the pitch as a promising link with an Italian Count....did precisely diddly squat

Jacob Esan - Nigerian entrepreneur and investment broker for West Africa's
millions. Brought nowt in.

Hai Hao Dong - Chinese legend, came on for one game and was garbage. Not sure what was going on.

Sponsorship by Midas Games - never heard of them before or since. Vaguely recall Bobby Davison working for them unless I'm imagining it? Remember that awful gold strip?!

Any others?
 



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There are no words.
 
Gazza.

Brealey pretending the John Street stand was imminent over the course of bloody years.

Hashimi.

Woolhouse sneaking off with the petty cash...
 
Rodley said:
Sponsorship by Midas Games - never heard of them before or since. Vaguely recall Bobby Davison working for them unless I'm imagining it? Remember that awful gold strip?!
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I believe they did some absolutely dire kiddie PC games which were total ripoffs of Disney films.

And I remember liking that gold strip, mind you I was 8...
 
since1889 said:
I believe they did some absolutely dire kiddie PC games which were total ripoffs of Disney films.

And I remember liking that gold strip, mind you I was 8...
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I was wearing that shirt in the snooker club I used to go in in Enfield in about 2001 and the barman told me that he had a box at home with about 100 of them in it. "Why?" I asked, and he he told me that his mate ran the company. He said he wore them round the house and when washing his car.
 
Growing up Down South I always used to get excited when I saw a United shirt because I rarely did. In 2004 I went to Edinburgh for my birthday and, as I was coming out of the train station, I saw some kid walking up to Prince's Street in a Blades shirt. Without thinking, I ran up the street after him shouting "Na na na..." but he couldn't hear me. I must have looked like a right paedo. Anyway, I caught up with him at the traffic lights and it turned out he was related to Jack Lester.

The following day my fiancee broke off our engagement and I drank a bottle of vodka and put my fist through the window of a pub on the Grassmarket. Happy days.
 
When I was about 8, I was at a reserve match on the John Street terrace, stood up at the white railings at the front. At the end of the game, I turned round and jumped down but the bottom of my anorak had slipped over one of the spikes and I was left dangling in mid air with my little arms outstretched. It was only for about 30 seconds or so until my dad and another bloke rescued me, but to me, it seemed like I was up there for a lifetime. The most hurtful thing was sight of grown men - Blades, I might add - pointing and laughing instead of rescuing me. Oh the humanity..!
 
Ryan France and Maggie Mays.
 
When I was a little lad I went to Anfield in 93-94 on the way to the toilet I swallowed a boiled sweet that got stuck in my throat. A nice bloke tried to heinlich manoeuvre it out but no avail! I was carried out to the ambulance room and someone told my dad I had something lodged in my throat (imagine what he thought) spent the entire 2nd half in the ambulance room being given tea and sympathy and missing one of the greatest wins that season.
 



Rodley said:
Those moments you think back and wonder what on earth was going on? You have to laugh really. Here's a few...

The public courting of Hamilton Ricard - Colombia's star (!) striker featuring in a will he or won't he sign saga during the McDonald era. Same with Kinkladze.

Colombotti & Blades Italia - announced on the pitch as a promising link with an Italian Count....did precisely diddly squat

Jacob Esan - Nigerian entrepreneur and investment broker for West Africa's
millions. Brought nowt in.

Hai Hao Dong - Chinese legend, came on for one game and was garbage. Not sure what was going on.

Sponsorship by Midas Games - never heard of them before or since. Vaguely recall Bobby Davison working for them unless I'm imagining it? Remember that awful gold strip?!

Any others?
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The courting , supposed chasing, of Gascoigne and one of the Laudrup brothers, late 1990s. Surreal.
 
Growing up in stocksbridge during the 80's as a blade was pretty weird. Only two of us I'm my school year were open about it.
 
It's nil nil at home to Carlisle United and the assistant referee has indicated there will be a minute's added time. We have a corner which Barry Robson prepares to take. 'Come on, let's get a late goal to go in a goal up!'. Robson bounces the ball, carries on bouncing the ball until the ref gets bored and blows for half time. Bewildered fans and players glare at the gormless Robson.
 
Tyler Durden said:
Paul Peschisolido dislocated my finger and caused me to spill red hot Bovril on my bollocks with a stray warm-up shot at Grimsby once.
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That would have been a goddess tabloid headline, 'Pesky Pesch Spilt Bovril On My Balls'
 
A game I always remember was Blades v Rotherham in 02/03 season.

There were these two Canadian blokes in front of me on the Kop. We got talking and they explained they were on holiday from Canada, stopping in London and had come up to Sheffield that morning just to see Pesch play.

I'd just finished telling them they might have a wasted journey as he'd probably only come on for 10 minutes at the end, when the teamsheets came in and, bugger me, he was actually in the starting 11 for once.

Not only did he play a full 90 minutes for possibly the only time all season, but he played out of his skin: scored twice in a 5-0 rout. One of them was towards the Kop and the Canadians went mental as he celebrated in front of the fans.

They came as neutrals but left as honorary Blades having been taught the GCB, No Pig Fans In Town and other timeless classics, with everyone around them reckoning they'd brought us good luck and offering to buy them pints.
 
Blades v Portsmouth in 1986
In what was not a particularly dirty game, 3 Portsmouth players and Beagrie get sent off. Eventually win 1-0 via a bizarre own goal that looped off Paul Mariner and high over the keepers head.
 
WalthamstowBlade said:
Without thinking, I ran up the street after him shouting "Na na na..." but he couldn't hear me. I must have looked like a right paedo. Anyway, I caught up with him at the traffic lights and it turned out he was related to Jack Lester.

The following day my fiancee broke off our engagement and I drank a bottle of vodka and put my fist through the window of a pub on the Grassmarket. Happy days.
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I can't think what caused her to take this course of action....
 
Bristol Rovers away in the cup, John Cofie (if I remember correctly) rushed off to the portaloos, with Blades fans chanting 'we know what you're doing'. He reappeared to big cheers looking red faced.
 
Signing Vinnie Jones from Leeds and watching He and Dave Bassett being interviewed live on Calendar by Richard Whitley who clearly had no idea who either of them were.
 



Sat at half time v man utd and in front of a packed rowdy kop sean bean was talking his "winning penalty" for his forthcoming blockbuster when saturday comes........,.the cunt missed
 
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