Sheffield Born : Blades XI

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Slightly different, but no doubt done many times before my birth on here, to the Foreign Blades thread.
Can we put together a Sheffield United XI [inc subs if possible] of players/former players who were born within this great city of ours?

Manna from Heaven for some of you knowledgeable thread-warmers.

 

[s4-blade]

Crissy Wilder at full back and in charge. The messiah can be in many places

 

[Bayingblade]

Harry Johnson up front - born Ecclesfield - 201 goals in 313 appearances and helped win the FA Cup in 1925.

 

[Grappler]

Harry Maguire - Defender, Billy Sharp - Striker, Alan Woodward - midfield, Dane Whitehouse - midfield

 

[Hodgesleftpeg]

Dane Whitehouse on the left

Talented and loyal to the Blades..

Scored home and away when we did the double over the grunters..

Imagine being him?.. getting paid to play for the team you support against their bitterest rivals.. scoring and winning home and away!!
Legend that deserved so much more.. fkn ainsworth

 

[Bayingblade]

Crissy Wilder at full back and in charge. The messiah can be in many places

Sorry S4, think Len Badger would be a better right back

 

[Hodgesleftpeg]

Laughton has a postcode starting with an S... yes most of South Yorkshire does but....

Alan Hodgkinson in the net!!... although I dont know how good he was because he retired the year I was born!!!

 

[Blade for Sale]

Is Gary Cahill allowed? Played for us, supports them lot...

 

[Bladey McBladeface]

Kyle Walker gets in surely? Gary Cahill if you count Dronfield.

 

[Paulus]

Gordon Banks, Kyle Walker, both obviously Neil Warnock on the wing, not so obvious. Ah sorry missed the Blades bit!!!! thought it was just Sheffield born players

 

[Hodgesleftpeg]

Carl Bradshaw...... as long as he played against Stuart Pearce every week... ha.. psycho my arse!!

 

[yamyamblade]

Carl TIler ? played as part of that back 3 under Kendal with Holdsworth and McGrath

 

[DaveBassettsgoneonholiday]

Steve Faulkner at centre half ?

 

[Tyler Durden]

I'd put Mitch Ward somewhere in the mix too.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Graham Shaw Left Back

 

[Bayingblade]

Laughton has a postcode starting with an S... yes most of South Yorkshire does but....

Alan Hodgkinson in the net!!... although I dont know how good he was because he retired the year I was born!!!

Yep, a Sheffield postcode but not Sheffield so Hodgy doesn't technically qualify. Goalie could be an issue!!!

 

[Sean Thornton]

Burgin

Badger
Walker
Maguire
Shaw G

Woodward
Johnson H
Hoyland J
Whitehouse

Johnson H Jnr
Lester

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

Goalkeeper, the lad Barnes from Handsworth, backup keeper about 12+ years ago. Wilder, Bradders, Hoyland, Ward, Whitehouse, Stainrod, Boulding, Jack Lester, Steve 'Queenie' Thompson, Walker, Naughton, Maguire, Sharp.

 

[BushBlade]

Yep, a Sheffield postcode but not Sheffield so Hodgy doesn't technically qualify. Goalie could be an issue!!!

What does constitute qualification then? Does it have to be within the city boundary and if so, the city boundary now or the boundary when that particular player was born?

 

[Bayingblade]

What does constitute qualification then? Does it have to be within the city boundary and if so, the city boundary now or the boundary when that particular player was born?

I would have said within the city boundary BB.............

But I don't make the rules

 

[Sean Thornton]

What does constitute qualification then? Does it have to be within the city boundary and if so, the city boundary now or the boundary when that particular player was born?

 

[Grappler]

What does constitute qualification then? Does it have to be within the city boundary and if so, the city boundary now or the boundary when that particular player was born?

I think so, Hodgy is technically from Rotherham I think?

 

[MoscowBlade]

I think so, Hodgy is technically from Rotherham I think?

According to Wiki, Hodgy was born in Laughton-en-le-Morthen is a small dormitory village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham lying to the south of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, and its main attraction is the All Saints Church with its huge spire. It has a population of 1,185,[1] increasing to 1,241 at the 2011 Census.[2]

 

[bornablade]

According to Wiki, Hodgy was born in Laughton-en-le-Morthen is a small dormitory village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham lying to the south of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, and its main attraction is the All Saints Church with its huge spire. It has a population of 1,185,[1] increasing to 1,241 at the 2011 Census.[2]

'Rotherham's just a small town in Sheffield ' - so he's in.

 

[BushBlade]

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It saves arguments so yes, I suppose I'm spoiling your fun.

 

[Bert]

I would have said within the city boundary BB.............

But I don't make the rules

That's Woody out then, Chapeltown wasn't part of Sheffield when he was born.

 

[Gavlar]

I'll have mesen up front, with me dad in defense, me late grandad on the wing and me uncle's in their also. Plus my bro and cousin can be in there as ball boys as they are shat at footie. Sadly only two of us still live in Sheffield now.

 

[s4-blade]

Sorry S4, think Len Badger would be a better right back

I'm inclined to agree

 

[Sean Thornton]

I'm inclined to agree

I'd say Kyle W is as well.

 

[sitwell]

Shireoaks ? Mick Jones if so.