Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[Sean Thornton]

I think so Corky...I didn't recognise where it was at first...At first I thought what's a Sheffield bus doing at the coast...then I realised it wasn't a green cliff side hill by the sea,it's a giant slag heap.

It is. The Cricket Inn was further down. The remnants of Nunnery Pit. Often bursting into flames. Pretty much where the bottom of the Parkway is now.

 

[bornablade]

Bramall Lane, a team in red and white stripes but it isn't the Blades!

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They're wearing black and white stripes on my computer(admittedly it's an old one) so is it Newcastle?

 

[Ted Hemsleys chads]

What a player he was.

Always liked Geoff Salmons, thought his energy and direct running were great.

Remember going to Stoke away when we played there after we sold him to them. Fucking scary place, most of the 'tough guys' jumped in the moat round the pitch to get chucked out. Me and my mate had to run the gauntlet back to the coach after, chased by about 50 of the fuckers baying for blood.

Funny looking back, not that comical at 15 and a long way from home.

 

[Revolution]

Bramall Lane, a team in red and white stripes but it isn't the Blades!

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My guess: Sunderland v Burnley, 1913 FA Cup Semi Final.

 

[Silent Blade]

Always liked Geoff Salmons, thought his energy and direct running were great.

Remember going to Stoke away when we played there after we sold him to them. Fucking scary place, most of the 'tough guys' jumped in the moat round the pitch to get chucked out. Me and my mate had to run the gauntlet back to the coach after, chased by about 50 of the fuckers baying for blood.

Funny looking back, not that comical at 15 and a long way from home.

He scored both Stoke's goals when they beat us 2-1 in November 1975. Jimmy Johnstone's debut for us

 

[LS16Blade]

That Nikon lens is a nice one, look after it.
Haven't been to Meersbrook park for many years. As I recall, it wasn't flat enough for us to play football on! We ended up going to Millhouses in the days before the houses on Asline Rd were flattened to make that park.

Many long happy days growing up, spent playing matches at the top end of Meersbrook Park...but you're right, Highfield, being brutally honest, it probably is a touch on the sloping side to be considered ideal!

We would play across the slope at the top end (because we all lived in Norton Lees), with the little ridge up to the railings bordering Norton Lees Road providing a natural touch line on one side. The problem was on the other side, though, where if a couple of lads got into no-quarter-given tussle for the ball, you'd end up with a couple of players tackling each other 50 plus yards down the slope whilst everyone else waited at the top of the hill for the winner to trudge back up to the pitch with the ball.

As I recall, there is a flatter area just below the allotments, but for some reason, we never played there; always carried on playing across the hill...

 

[DaveBassettsgoneonholiday]

I had this sticker album but didn't manage to complete it.
Blades were in the second division at the time so we only had a team photo sticker in the album.

Tony bloody Towers was the only one I never got,although I now really wish I'd kept the album...

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

They're wearing black and white stripes on my computer(admittedly it's an old one) so is it Newcastle?

No definitely red and white stripes, and the opposition are wearing claret and blue!

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

My guess: Sunderland v Burnley, 1913 FA Cup Semi Final.

No definitely red and white stripes, and the opposition are wearing claret and blue!

Here you go BB

 

[JJ Sefton]

 

[Revolution]

Here you go BB

2 things about that photo:

1. Is the keeper wearing gloves? That was unusual at the time, I think.

2. That was the first season after an important rule change for keepers. Until 1912, they could handle the ball anywhere in their own half.

 

[JJ Sefton]

 

[JJ Sefton]

Not read it but guessing it may say "Dick Wragg has told me ive got to sell someone else" ?

 

[Revolution]

Dick Wragg - the first chairman to sell two players for six figure sums. Another proud United record.

 

[JJ Sefton]

Does anyone know if any of these three blokes do still follow United?

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Does anyone know if any of these three blokes do still follow United?

I wonder if the boys mentioned are members of this forum?

 

[JJ Sefton]

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Name the opposition player

Spoiler: Answer

Dave Stringer (Norwich City)

 

[Ecco1889]

 

[Silent Blade]

Name the opposition player

Spoiler: Answer

Dave Stringer (Norwich City)

Mel Machin not David Stringer.

Match was in February 1974. We lost 2-1 and highlights of the match was shown on Anglia TV in the next day

 

[Sean Thornton]

What a great thread. Thanks to everyone posting these photos.

 

[Ecco1889]

Hagan and the King....stood between Sir Stanley and Joe Mercer
Wembley 1944

 

[Sean Thornton]

Hagan and the King....stood between Sir Stanley and Joe Mercer
Wembley 1944
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That's a fabulous photo!

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Mel Machin not David Stringer.

It's too late for me (10 min expiry) to edit the original post. Thanks for the correction.

 

[Kentblade]

Still can't believe this save.

Unbelievable save. We all thought Pesky had equalised.
Was right behind the goal.
Probably one of the best saves I have ever seen in a Blades match.
So near then but so far.
UTB

 

[Ecco1889]

What a great thread. Thanks to everyone posting these photos.

I still can't get over the Matterhorn on Maltravers Rd tbh
yes Sean,it's a quality thread

 

[JJ Sefton]

Unbelievable save. We all thought Pesky had equalised.
Was right behind the goal.
Probably one of the best saves I have ever seen in a Blades match.
So near then but so far.
UTB

Gutting but you have to take your hat off to it.

 

[Robby Blade]

I still can't get over the Matterhorn on Maltravers Rd tbh
yes Sean,it's a quality thread

I'd forgotten all about that and must have gone past it a hundred times. Back in the day, Sheffield really was a shithole.

 

[GrayBlade]

Unbelievable save. We all thought Pesky had equalised.
Was right behind the goal.
Probably one of the best saves I have ever seen in a Blades match.
So near then but so far.
UTB

I was behind the goal as well KB. I watched it as the ball left Peschy's head and was almost at the goal line and then everybody jumped up in front and all around us to celebrate so I never actually saw the save, I was celebrating with the rest. I just couldn't comprehend how it could have been saved until I saw it later, truly unbelievable, and as we're finding out this season it just shows the difference a good keeper can make to a team's fortunes.