'Memries' Blades Glory, Owls Down - May 5th 1990, The Ultimate Sheffield Double

[JJ Sefton]

An early Christmas present.

 

[South London Blade]

Top work Walthy. Cheers

 

[Kenilworth]

And I got my DVD versions in the post today, just as I opened this thread - spookily - thanks, Walthy, lad

 

[sitwell]

Very very good ,massive year in my life ,met the wife ,set my business up ,Utd up ,Wendy down ,won Blades revival ,had a major op. Great job walthy.

 

[DifferentClass]

I was a month away from conception

 

[JJ Sefton]

And I got my DVD versions in the post today, just as I opened this thread - spookily - thanks, Walthy, lad

Crikey, I only posted it yesterday!

 

[Kenilworth]

Very very good ,massive year in my life ,met the wife ,set my business up ,Utd up ,Wendy down ,won Blades revival ,had a major op. Great job walthy.

Wow
All those Penis extension ads are legit, then?

 

[LoughboroBlade]

An early Christmas present.

I watched the 90/91 review for the first time in about 20 years a couple of weekends ago.

This time 26 years ago it was an interesting week...

 

[ZoneManWilf]

Fucking marvellous, thank you.

The pigs missed quite a few chances that day.

 

[Kentblade]

Fucking marvellous, thank you.

The pigs missed quite a few chances that day.

What a day that was.
Only seemed like recent.
Will never forget the scenes at the end carrying Bassett shoulder high round the pitch.
A truly great day for Blades fans.

Will it happen again at the end of this season?

UTB

 

[JJ Sefton]

The pigs missed quite a few chances that day.

I'd never bothered watching their game until I did this but their defence was a shambles. Plus, that Forest team could play a bit when the mood took it.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

An early Christmas present.

Hadn't ever seen the Wednesday footage, never realised they'd initially thought at the end that Luton hadn't won.

Quite a gracious Atkinson interview when asked about our promotion given he must have felt appalling – other managers might have snapped back that it was irrelevant.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

What a day that was.
Only seemed like recent.
Will never forget the scenes at the end carrying Bassett shoulder high round the pitch.
A truly great day for Blades fans.

Will it happen again at the end of this season?

UTB

No, Dave Bassett has retired and Filbert Street doesn't exist.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

I'd never bothered watching their game until I did this but their defence was a shambles. Plus, that Forest team could play a bit when the mood took it.

Before the game racist Ron said Forest would want the Pigs to win as they would get more revenue than a game with Luton.

Brian Clough got wind of this ...the rest is history.

 

[JJ Sefton]

Hadn't ever seen the Wednesday footage, never realised they'd initially thought at the end that Luton hadn't won.

Quite a gracious Atkinson interview when asked about our promotion given he must have felt appalling – other managers might have snapped back that it was irrelevant.

There was some idea post season that Sunderland wouldn't come up due to financial irregularities and Wednesday were campaigning to stay up in their place. As it was they still went down and another side came up. There's footage of various Pigs whining about that and Big Ron was less than gracious then. True, though, on the day he carried himself well.

 

[ZoneManWilf]

Before the game racist Ron said Forest would want the Pigs to win as they would get more revenue than a game with Luton.

Brian Clough got wind of this ...the rest is history.

He's Fat,
He's Round,
He took the Wednesday down,
Atkinson, Atkinson

 

[TBW57]

It was actually today's opponents Swindon who were banned from coming up. They beat Sunderland in the play off final but the Mackems were promoted regardless, which was particularly annoying for Newcastle, who finished higher in the table but lost at home to their bitterest rivals in what, in the end, turned out to be the promotion decider. Eric Gates scored both Sunderland goals at St James's Park if I recall correctly.

 

[Silent Blade]

Eric Gates scored both Sunderland goals at St James's Park if I recall correctly.

It was Marco Gabbiadini.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

It was actually today's opponents Swindon who were banned from coming up. They beat Sunderland in the play off final but the Mackems were promoted regardless, which was particularly annoying for Newcastle, who finished higher in the table but lost at home to their bitterest rivals in what, in the end, turned out to be the promotion decider. Eric Gates scored both Sunderland goals at St James's Park if I recall correctly.

I remember when we played Sunderland at home in our 89/90 promotion season, mid-week game I think. We lost 3-1 and Gabbiadini got a couple. Tons of mackems at the lane that evening and the noise they made was unbelievable.

 

[Kenilworth]

Eric Gates scored both Sunderland goals at St James's Park if I recall correctly.

It was Marco Gabbiadini.

Ha!

You've been "Silenced"






.. Happens to me all the time

 

[TBW57]

Slightly off topic but here's Newcastle's tribute to Sunderland boss Peter Reid.

 

[grafikhaus]

Will it happen again at the end of this season?

UTB

Nah. We'll be up by March!

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

What a day that was.
Only seemed like recent.
Will never forget the scenes at the end carrying Bassett shoulder high round the pitch.
A truly great day for Blades fans.

Will it happen again at the end of this season?

UTB

Wouldn't have thought so KB. I can't see us replacing Wilder with Bassett any time soon

 

[prince albert]

And to top the day off my youngest was born two hours after full time.

 

[Robby Blade]

I had just started a new business and missed loads of games that season including that one. My mum lived at the end of Low Edges and we were there for dinner. Walked to Chesterfield Rd with my daughter to watch the coaches arriving back. Could hear the singing from inside and stood watching as a double decker was swaying side to side coming up Chesterfield Road.

 

[Billyblade]

Posted this somewhere before.
Best day of my life.
After we got home we were in the White Lion on Chesterfield Road and there were some snorters in there. There was an uneasy stand-off round the bar football table until one Blade suddenly started singing
"Oh the Forest went to Hillsborough and they beat the pigs, yer down Ron,Ron, Ron, Ron yer down Ron, Ron.
Oh division 2, oh thats the place for you, oh division 2, yer down Ron, Ron, Ron, Ron yer down Ron, Ron"
That broke the ice

 

[blade too long]

sunderland tonked newcastle on the last day so we could have lost and gone up
but we did it with style

 

[Guesty]

It was Marco Gabbiadini.

I feel for Newcastle, he seemed to score against us all the time too.

 

[Revolution]

sunderland tonked newcastle on the last day so we could have lost and gone up
but we did it with style

It was Boro who beat Newcastle. They were 3-0 up at half time.

 

[blade too long]

It was Boro who beat Newcastle. They were 3-0 up at half time.

so it was
ah the foggy mists of time
knew it was a localish derby