Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[bricktop]

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The 17 year old Brownie is in that photo.......

 

[JohnDenver]

One from the past.
The team when I first started out at the Lane, and a good one as well.
Note the long shorts.
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When you wrote this was the team you first saw, my eyes drifted down to the date 1904 at the top of the paragraph.

Then I read it properly.

 

[prince albert]

They were flat at the back as well so that the seat in front didn't dig into the taller person's knees.
Bert had to have three kneecap replacements after they changed the seats

Does Bert have three legs or is Bert well endowed

 

[snootyfenooty]

Used to be Attercliffe Non Political WMC

Or "Non-Pots" as it was more commonly known as. Renowned for it's Sunday lunchtime strippers. Legendary!

 

[Kentblade]

The great man himself.
What a hero.
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[Kentblade]

When you wrote this was the team you first saw, my eyes drifted down to the date 1904 at the top of the paragraph.

Then I read it properly.

Yes it was , the Lane was a different place in those days.
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[essex blade]

 

[HighfieldBlade]

I think it says Spurs v Sheffield United (1901 FA cup final?)

 

[Kentblade]

Try it this way.
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[Kentblade]

One more on Jimmy Hagan
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More to follow later on

 

[derfblade.3]

And now for something completely different!

 

[alpine blade]

One more on Jimmy Hagan
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Thanks for posting some nostalgic pictures, Kent. I have got loads of them but don't want to risk an overkill moment. You have made me very proud again. I love to see all these posts anyway, obviously doubly so if they involve my dad. UTB

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Thanks for posting some nostalgic pictures, Kent. I have got loads of them but don't want to risk an overkill moment. You have made me very proud again. I love to see all these posts anyway, obviously doubly so if they involve my dad. UTB

Do you remember much about his time in Portugal? He's fondly remembered I know that much. Meet older Benfica fans and mention the name Hagan and the eyes go moist.

 

[Selly]

Thanks for posting some nostalgic pictures, Kent. I have got loads of them but don't want to risk an overkill moment. You have made me very proud again. I love to see all these posts anyway, obviously doubly so if they involve my dad. UTB

103 pages in less than 50 days? And you are worried about overkill?

Gerrum posted man! I need something to while away the hours...

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

As a schoolboy, playing for Durham.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

As a schoolboy, playing for Durham.

Looks like the way he played - never gave the ball away!

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[The Crab]

Do you remember much about his time in Portugal? He's fondly remembered I know that much. Meet older Benfica fans and mention the name Hagan and the eyes go moist.

Got quite a few Benfica friends, fair to say Jimmy is loved over there too.

 

[JJ Sefton]

 

[JJ Sefton]

 

[JJ Sefton]

 

[JJ Sefton]

 

[JJ Sefton]

I can't find the post now but, I think, earlier on the thread someone makes the point that a club like MK Dons couldn't have a thread like this. And not many could. Derby? Great history then left one of the best grounds in the league for another soulless identikit bowl. Same for a dozen other clubs.

A very large part of supporting Sheffield United for me, because, God knows, its not for the football or success, is going on the Kop and thinking that this is where my great grandad, who I never met, watched Nudger Needham, Fatty Foulke, and Billy Gillespie. Its where my grandad, who is long dead, watched Jimmy Hagan. Its where my dad watched Joe Shaw, Alan Hodgkinson, Mick Jones, and Tony Currie. And its where he took me to see Brian Deane and Tony Agana. When I'm at Bramall Lane I always feel that those olds lads are there as well. Not just the players, but the fans too.

Its like the ancient Indian burial ground that the Overlook Hotel was built on. If they ever bulldoze Bramall Lane and turn it into flats or offices, generations of Blades will be there haunting the buggers.

 

[Canterbury Blade]

I can't find the post now but, I think, earlier on the thread someone makes the point that a club like MK Dons couldn't have a thread like this. And not many could. Derby? Great history then left one of the best grounds in the league for another soulless identikit bowl. Same for a dozen other clubs.

A very large part of supporting Sheffield United for me, because, God knows, its not for the football or success, is going on the Kop and thinking that this is where my great grandad, who I never met, watched Nudger Needham, Fatty Foulke, and Billy Gillespie. Its where my grandad, who is long dead, watched Jimmy Hagan. Its where my dad watched Joe Shaw, Alan Hodgkinson, Mick Jones, and Tony Currie. And its where he took me to see Brian Deane and Tony Agana. When I'm at Bramall Lane I always feel that those olds lads are there as well. Not just the players, but the fans too.

Its like the ancient Indian burial ground that the Overlook Hotel was built on. If they ever bulldoze Bramall Lane and turn it into flats or offices, generations of Blades will be there haunting the buggers.

Real ground, real football, real people. Certainly not Real Madrid and the only plastic is that awful plastic badge on some club merchandise.

Keep The Lane real..