No More Unlucky Sheffield United

[DerbyDave]

I've always liked Sheffield United , I liked the proper football name , the kit , Tony Currie , (Quality Goal from a quality player ) , When Saturday Comes , Sean Bean , Dave Bassett , Neil Warnock (although many of my
acquaintancies don't ) . I admired the Club and its supporters , when I visited as a Derby Fan to Bramall Lane in 1991 for a 1st division fixture , you had about 4 points at the time , won 1-0 and never looked back afterwards (we were relegated )
But SUFC seemed cursed from then on , with the most unbelievable bad luck imaginable . Relegation from the Premier League in the 1993/94 season , when safety seemed reasonably assured , a load of daft results on the final Saturday conspired to relegate you by a miserable point
Relegation again from the Top Flight in 2006/07 season was plotted from hell , it was so impossible , but happened , relegated on goal difference , and a single goal at that . West Ham (protected species )managed to win their last 4 games ,the Carlos Tevez saga including a win at Manchester United , Fulham beat Liverpool , who fielded a reserve side from memory ..Danny Webber managed to hit the post against Wigan in the final game , when it looked 100 times easier to score (I watched it live on TV ) ..you couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
Not endless bad seasons , resulted in inevitable relegation , to League 1 , no just one bad year ..and as for the infamous Ched Evans year of 2011/12 , is it any wonder United supporters are just a bit more jittery about things turning out well this season , than your average Football supporter .
Fear not , I trust this bloke you have in charge , Chris Wilder , I watch his interviews on YouTube , there's something very convincing about him .Billy Sharp? , what a hero (just make sure you don't ever expect the Lad to score all the goals next season ,) otherwise ...........
And you United supporters follow a Club much bigger , than many of you seem to think , I guess years in relative oblivion have done that to you .
Average attendances bigger than Bournemouth , Burnley , Hull , Watford and Swansea , and your fixtures are not against Manchester United or Liverpool or Chelsea , but Bury , Fleetwood and Wimbledon !!.
Bigger Club than Crystal Palace , Leicester , Stoke , Middlesborough , West Brom and Southampton could ever hope to be , you do yourselves a disservice sometimes . The Premier League needs you , and Derby , Newcastle , Villa and um , hate to admit it , Leeds (scum ) and the Piggies , even F*****, and weed out these Mickey mouse Clubs
Anyway the curse is lifted , Sheffield United are back at last , no more cock ups
Respect, cheers Lads
DCFC




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[DifferentClass]

We're not fans of bigging up our size. It's a reyt pig thing to do.

 

[Tyler Durden]

I've always liked Sheffield United , I liked the proper football name , the kit , Tony Currie , (Quality Goal from a quality player ) , When Saturday Comes , Sean Bean , Dave Bassett , Neil Warnock (although many of my
acquaintancies don't ) . I admired the Club and its supporters , when I visited as a Derby Fan to Bramall Lane in 1991 for a 1st division fixture , you had about 4 points at the time , won 1-0 and never looked back afterwards (we were relegated )
But SUFC seemed cursed from then on , with the most unbelievable bad luck imaginable . Relegation from the Premier League in the 1993/94 season , when safety seemed reasonably assured , a load of daft results on the final Saturday conspired to relegate you by a miserable point
Relegation again from the Top Flight in 2006/07 season was plotted from hell , it was so impossible , but happened , relegated on goal difference , and a single goal at that . West Ham (protected species )managed to win their last 4 games ,the Carlos Tevez saga including a win at Manchester United , Fulham beat Liverpool , who fielded a reserve side from memory ..Danny Webber managed to hit the post against Wigan in the final game , when it looked 100 times easier to score (I watched it live on TV ) ..you couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
Not endless bad seasons , resulted in inevitable relegation , to League 1 , no just one bad year ..and as for the infamous Ched Evans year of 2011/12 , is it any wonder United supporters are just a bit more jittery about things turning out well this season , than your average Football supporter .
Fear not , I trust this bloke you have in charge , Chris Wilder , I watch his interviews on YouTube , there's something very convincing about him .Billy Sharp? , what a hero (just make sure you don't ever expect the Lad to score all the goals next season ,) otherwise ...........
And you United supporters follow a Club much bigger , than many of you seem to think , I guess years in relative oblivion have done that to you .
Average attendances bigger than Bournemouth , Burnley , Hull , Watford and Swansea , and your fixtures are not against Manchester United or Liverpool or Chelsea , but Bury , Fleetwood and Wimbledon !!.
Bigger Club than Crystal Palace , Leicester , Stoke , Middlesborough , West Brom and Southampton could ever hope to be , you do yourselves a disservice sometimes . The Premier League needs you , and Derby , Newcastle , Villa and um , hate to admit it , Leeds (scum ) and the Piggies , even F*****, and weed out these Mickey mouse Clubs
Anyway the curse is lifted , Sheffield United are back at last , no more cock ups
Respect, cheers Lads
DCFC




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acquaintance

Appreciate the kind words, cheers.

I've always like Derby mainly for the fact that you hate Forest even more than we do. (And I really don't like Forest).

If we do it this season I look forward to our games against each other. Your support is pretty incredible and always makes for a decent atmosphere.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

I've always liked Sheffield United , I liked the proper football name , the kit , Tony Currie , (Quality Goal from a quality player ) , When Saturday Comes , Sean Bean , Dave Bassett , Neil Warnock (although many of my
acquaintancies don't ) . I admired the Club and its supporters , when I visited as a Derby Fan to Bramall Lane in 1991 for a 1st division fixture , you had about 4 points at the time , won 1-0 and never looked back afterwards (we were relegated )
But SUFC seemed cursed from then on , with the most unbelievable bad luck imaginable . Relegation from the Premier League in the 1993/94 season , when safety seemed reasonably assured , a load of daft results on the final Saturday conspired to relegate you by a miserable point
Relegation again from the Top Flight in 2006/07 season was plotted from hell , it was so impossible , but happened , relegated on goal difference , and a single goal at that . West Ham (protected species )managed to win their last 4 games ,the Carlos Tevez saga including a win at Manchester United , Fulham beat Liverpool , who fielded a reserve side from memory ..Danny Webber managed to hit the post against Wigan in the final game , when it looked 100 times easier to score (I watched it live on TV ) ..you couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
Not endless bad seasons , resulted in inevitable relegation , to League 1 , no just one bad year ..and as for the infamous Ched Evans year of 2011/12 , is it any wonder United supporters are just a bit more jittery about things turning out well this season , than your average Football supporter .
Fear not , I trust this bloke you have in charge , Chris Wilder , I watch his interviews on YouTube , there's something very convincing about him .Billy Sharp? , what a hero (just make sure you don't ever expect the Lad to score all the goals next season ,) otherwise ...........
And you United supporters follow a Club much bigger , than many of you seem to think , I guess years in relative oblivion have done that to you .
Average attendances bigger than Bournemouth , Burnley , Hull , Watford and Swansea , and your fixtures are not against Manchester United or Liverpool or Chelsea , but Bury , Fleetwood and Wimbledon !!.
Bigger Club than Crystal Palace , Leicester , Stoke , Middlesborough , West Brom and Southampton could ever hope to be , you do yourselves a disservice sometimes . The Premier League needs you , and Derby , Newcastle , Villa and um , hate to admit it , Leeds (scum ) and the Piggies , even F*****, and weed out these Mickey mouse Clubs
Anyway the curse is lifted , Sheffield United are back at last , no more cock ups
Respect, cheers Lads
DCFC




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That'll cheer everyone up.

 

[DerbyDave]

Appreciate the kind words, cheers.

I've always like Derby mainly for the fact that you hate Forest even more than we do. (And I really don't like Forest).

If we do it this season I look forward to our games against each other. Your support is pretty incredible and always makes for a decent atmosphere.

Cheers Tyler ..yes our support amazing too , how we get 30,000 every week to watch our current lot , is staggering

 

[JJBlade]

Cheers mate
By 'eck you know a lot about us for somebody that doesn't support us

I'm still not convinced though due to past experiences

I'm pretty certain there will be a major bank robbery in Sheffield and the whole Sheffield United squad will be accused of it
The court case will be brought forward after an FA-FL intervention and our entire squad will go to jail

Then in two years time after appeal they will be proven innocent

 

[Danny_Blade]

I've always liked Sheffield United , I liked the proper football name , the kit , Tony Currie , (Quality Goal from a quality player ) , When Saturday Comes , Sean Bean , Dave Bassett , Neil Warnock (although many of my
acquaintancies don't ) . I admired the Club and its supporters , when I visited as a Derby Fan to Bramall Lane in 1991 for a 1st division fixture , you had about 4 points at the time , won 1-0 and never looked back afterwards (we were relegated )
But SUFC seemed cursed from then on , with the most unbelievable bad luck imaginable . Relegation from the Premier League in the 1993/94 season , when safety seemed reasonably assured , a load of daft results on the final Saturday conspired to relegate you by a miserable point
Relegation again from the Top Flight in 2006/07 season was plotted from hell , it was so impossible , but happened , relegated on goal difference , and a single goal at that . West Ham (protected species )managed to win their last 4 games ,the Carlos Tevez saga including a win at Manchester United , Fulham beat Liverpool , who fielded a reserve side from memory ..Danny Webber managed to hit the post against Wigan in the final game , when it looked 100 times easier to score (I watched it live on TV ) ..you couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
Not endless bad seasons , resulted in inevitable relegation , to League 1 , no just one bad year ..and as for the infamous Ched Evans year of 2011/12 , is it any wonder United supporters are just a bit more jittery about things turning out well this season , than your average Football supporter .
Fear not , I trust this bloke you have in charge , Chris Wilder , I watch his interviews on YouTube , there's something very convincing about him .Billy Sharp? , what a hero (just make sure you don't ever expect the Lad to score all the goals next season ,) otherwise ...........
And you United supporters follow a Club much bigger , than many of you seem to think , I guess years in relative oblivion have done that to you .
Average attendances bigger than Bournemouth , Burnley , Hull , Watford and Swansea , and your fixtures are not against Manchester United or Liverpool or Chelsea , but Bury , Fleetwood and Wimbledon !!.
Bigger Club than Crystal Palace , Leicester , Stoke , Middlesborough , West Brom and Southampton could ever hope to be , you do yourselves a disservice sometimes . The Premier League needs you , and Derby , Newcastle , Villa and um , hate to admit it , Leeds (scum ) and the Piggies , even F*****, and weed out these Mickey mouse Clubs
Anyway the curse is lifted , Sheffield United are back at last , no more cock ups
Respect, cheers Lads
DCFC




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Oh thats it you've gone and done it now Dave, jinxed us before we've fully gotten ridden of the curse!

You've gotta be careful when it comes to the footballing gods, they're really sensitive buggers when it comes to the Blades!

 

[DerbyDave]

Oh thats it you've gone and done it now Dave, jinxed us before we've fully gotten ridden of the curse!

You've gotta be careful when it comes to the footballing gods, they're really sensitive buggers when it comes to the Blades!

Sorry Mate , best keep me big gob shut ..in hindsight , maybe I should have waited a couple of weeks to post this

Nah , only mucking about , you'll be fine !!

 

[Ricky]

Chris Wilder , I watch his interviews on YouTube , there's something very convincing about him

Absolutely.

The Premier League needs you , and Derby , Newcastle , Villa and um , hate to admit it , Leeds (scum ) and the Piggies , even F*****, and weed out these Mickey mouse Clubs

I feel exactly the same.

But unfortunately these nothing clubs will be established as the main contenders for PL places when relegated due to the absurd financial advantages they're gifted.

It's going to take a very long time for the make up of the PL to be sorted out.

 

[derryblade]

That's the beauty of the pyramid system and long may it continue, you have to earn the right to be promoted to any division, it shouldn't come down to history and hard luck stories IMO

 

[derfblade.3]

Sure you're not a Blade? I would never know the amount of things about another club as you do about United. Call me whatever you want but ....mmmmm

 

[oldblade]

)
But SUFC seemed cursed from then on , with the most unbelievable bad luck imaginable . Relegation from the Premier League in the 1993/94 season , when safety seemed reasonably assured , a load of daft results on the final Saturday conspired to relegate you by a miserable point

Our stunning ability to snatch disaster from almost certain safety goes back far further than 1993-4. I would say it started in 1968 and has occurred at regular intervals ever since.

 

[Bladebri]

Are we adopting derbydave like we did jonnyred

 

[INTAKE BLADE]

Good post Dave, unfortunately for us its spot on.

 

[Grizzly blade]

Ha....well there you go.

This fella isn't even a fan, don't want ch us play and he's more confident than half of us.

Kind words though Derby Dave, should at least be a sell out when we play yourselves at each other's place.

 

[bornablade]

Our stunning ability to snatch disaster from almost certain safety goes back far further than 1993-4. I would say it started in 1968 and has occurred at regular intervals ever since.

You're right OldBlade. It all started in 1968 when we sold Willie Carlin to .....now who was it?

 

[Dkc]

Cheers Tyler ..yes our support amazing too , how we get 30,000 every week to watch our current lot , is staggering

Cheap season tickets?

 

[WORKSOPBLADE]

Cheap season tickets?

Still link up with mobile phones for free/cheap ST's ??

 

[South Bucks]

Interesting OP but at the risk of commiting heresy and having been watching since the late sixties I don't think sufc luck had anything to do with it.

You make your own luck in life to a large extent by doing the right things at the right time and covering the risks.

Whenever we've been relegated or just missed out on promotion its because we tried to get away with it on the cheap, usually without enough talent up front or enough off field preparation IMO. We predictably came unstuck, laws of probability rather than luck.

Kind words though Derby Dave and good to see both clubs have been growing the fan base over the years.

 

[DifferentClass]

Ha....well there you go.

This fella isn't even a fan, don't want ch us play and he's more confident than half of us.

Kind words though Derby Dave, should at least be a sell out when we play yourselves at each other's place.

It's us being Yorkshire and him being Derbyshire. There are emo kids who are more optimistic than Yorkshiremen

 

[FATTYFOULKE]

Interesting OP but at the risk of commiting heresy and having been watching since the late sixties I don't think sufc luck had anything to do with it.

You make your own luck in life to a large extent by doing the right things at the right time and covering the risks.

Whenever we've been relegated or just missed out on promotion its because we tried to get away with it on the cheap, usually without enough talent up front or enough off field preparation IMO. We predictably came unstuck, laws of probability rather than luck.

Kind words though Derby Dave and good to see both clubs have been growing the fan base over the years.

Point is many many clubs have got away with "doing it on the cheap" but it always bites us on the arse.

However I wouldn't say the Premier League season relegation and the following Championship campaign failed because of that reason.

More like due to West Ham's cheating, weak Scudamore leadership and poor recruitment from Warnock.

The following season down to Bryan Robson pure and simple.

Neither due to a lack of financial backing at boardroom level.

 

[blade too long]

we are very loveable , thats true

yes after being cursed for years we at last seem to be getting , not good luck , but a nice even handed share
the if it can go wrong it will days look to be approaching a last goodbye

think the football gods did have a message to kill off sufc this season
luckily they seem to have cornered on scunthorpe united

 

[Isar]

Interesting OP but at the risk of commiting heresy and having been watching since the late sixties I don't think sufc luck had anything to do with it.

You make your own luck in life to a large extent by doing the right things at the right time and covering the risks.

Whenever we've been relegated or just missed out on promotion its because we tried to get away with it on the cheap, usually without enough talent up front or enough off field preparation IMO. We predictably came unstuck, laws of probability rather than luck.

Kind words though Derby Dave and good to see both clubs have been growing the fan base over the years.

Agree, in the long term luck would have no part. Invest in quality on the pitch and off the pitch, and the rest will follow. That is why top clubs stay at the top.

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

I've always liked Sheffield United , I liked the proper football name , the kit , Tony Currie , (Quality Goal from a quality player ) , When Saturday Comes , Sean Bean , Dave Bassett , Neil Warnock (although many of my
acquaintancies don't ) . I admired the Club and its supporters , when I visited as a Derby Fan to Bramall Lane in 1991 for a 1st division fixture , you had about 4 points at the time , won 1-0 and never looked back afterwards (we were relegated )
But SUFC seemed cursed from then on , with the most unbelievable bad luck imaginable . Relegation from the Premier League in the 1993/94 season , when safety seemed reasonably assured , a load of daft results on the final Saturday conspired to relegate you by a miserable point
Relegation again from the Top Flight in 2006/07 season was plotted from hell , it was so impossible , but happened , relegated on goal difference , and a single goal at that . West Ham (protected species )managed to win their last 4 games ,the Carlos Tevez saga including a win at Manchester United , Fulham beat Liverpool , who fielded a reserve side from memory ..Danny Webber managed to hit the post against Wigan in the final game , when it looked 100 times easier to score (I watched it live on TV ) ..you couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
Not endless bad seasons , resulted in inevitable relegation , to League 1 , no just one bad year ..and as for the infamous Ched Evans year of 2011/12 , is it any wonder United supporters are just a bit more jittery about things turning out well this season , than your average Football supporter .
Fear not , I trust this bloke you have in charge , Chris Wilder , I watch his interviews on YouTube , there's something very convincing about him .Billy Sharp? , what a hero (just make sure you don't ever expect the Lad to score all the goals next season ,) otherwise ...........
And you United supporters follow a Club much bigger , than many of you seem to think , I guess years in relative oblivion have done that to you .
Average attendances bigger than Bournemouth , Burnley , Hull , Watford and Swansea , and your fixtures are not against Manchester United or Liverpool or Chelsea , but Bury , Fleetwood and Wimbledon !!.
Bigger Club than Crystal Palace , Leicester , Stoke , Middlesborough , West Brom and Southampton could ever hope to be , you do yourselves a disservice sometimes . The Premier League needs you , and Derby , Newcastle , Villa and um , hate to admit it , Leeds (scum ) and the Piggies , even F*****, and weed out these Mickey mouse Clubs
Anyway the curse is lifted , Sheffield United are back at last , no more cock ups
Respect, cheers Lads
DCFC




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Kiss arse

 

[blade too long]

Agree, in the long term luck would have no part. Invest in quality on the pitch and off the pitch, and the rest will follow. That is why top clubs stay at the top.

and some very friendly refereeing to boot

 

[South Bucks]

Point is many many clubs have got away with "doing it on the cheap" but it always bites us on the arse.

However I wouldn't say the Premier League season relegation and the following Championship campaign failed because of that reason.

More like due to West Ham's cheating, weak Scudamore leadership and poor recruitment from Warnock.

The following season down to Bryan Robson pure and simple.

Neither due to a lack of financial backing at boardroom level.

Respect your opinion FF but I remember in our last prem season we were often quite weak up front, especially away from home, remember going to Spurs away and we played only Akinbiyi up front, never had a look in, it was embarrassing and a complete lack of enterprise.

In the January transfer window that season who did we buy, several cheap donkeys, any single half decent striker would probably have kept us up. Nothing to do with luck, we should have pushed on when the rewards were potentially so high compared to the cost of a decent striker. West ham and others should not have been relevant, we should have controlled our own destiny.

Hope we've learned from all this history but I'm not sure we have.

 

[Aston max]

Cheers Tyler ..yes our support amazing too , how we get 30,000 every week to watch our current lot , is staggering[/

would you have pissed yourselves if cloughy had gone to forest

 

[Aston max]

Cheers Tyler ..yes our support amazing too , how we get 30,000 every week to watch our current lot , is staggering

would you have pissed yourselves if cloughy had gone to forest

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Hinton, Hector, O Hare, Mackay, Gemmill, Todd, Davies, just some of the names that come immediately to mind from a great Derby team in the 1970's. Hugh Johns on Sunday Soccer. Sunday afternoons were a showcase for your team and we had a very good team ourselves back then too.

We've got another good team now at last - and a very good manager.

Here's to our return to the Prem. Coming soon hopefully!

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Good accurate summary. And personally take Derby over Forest every time.