Best FA Cup memory as a Blade

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A mention for the quarter final against Man U in 1990 when we lost to a Brian McClair goal. Wasn't a brilliant match, but it was the first FA cup quarter final, the first really huge match i'd seen us in and I think the biggest crowd at the Lane I've ever been in. Felt like we'd 'arrived' on the big stage.
 
Quarter final against Blackburn, brilliant atmosphere and we knew there was a chance of playing the Pigs in the semi. The following game was my worst ever FA Cup game.
 
blade.i.am said:
Quarter final against Blackburn, brilliant atmosphere and we knew there was a chance of playing the Pigs in the semi. The following game was my worst ever FA Cup game.
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Mine too. The atmosphere in the ground was incredible.
 
HodgysBrokenThumb said:
You just beat me to it. 54,000 crowd, I think in those days the away team got a third of the tickets, it certainly felt like at least 18,000 Blades, in all sections of the ground. No segregation then, Newcastle crowd, with their great cup tradition hardly made a sound. Ilkla Moor Bah tat ringing out all round the ground for 90 minutes. What was even more remarkable was that reserve left-back, Cliff Mason, was selected to play right-wing; imagine the meltdown on here if forums had existed then. And all 3 goals were scored by Billy Russell, who still combined football and a career in teaching. Amazing day.
2 questions for the resident experts. Has there been a bigger following at an away match than that day? Other than local derbies, perhaps. And when did Ilkla Moor get going as our Cup anthem? To me, that song means FA Cup.
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My 10 shillings paper round money couldn't stretch to going to that one.
 
27th jan 1988 for me. and the blades were not even involved. 14 years old. blades had no game. best mate at school was an everton fan so i tagged along in the away end finished 5-0 to everton. must say i enjoyed it :). but for the blades hodges v man utd. the hull semi. and also the 3-0 at qpr. outstanding performance by team and fans
 
Full time at Wembley v Hull.

Never been more proud of a Blades team than that! They gave everything against a Prem team against all the odds and were the better team for half the game.

Hull stepped it up after the break and their superior class was too much for us in the end. But my God how we tried - and never gave up.

I'll never forget to my dying day how that spontaneous round of applause went up when Hull scored their fifth goal. It was like every Blade in the stadium felt "Well, we're beaten now, but we love you to death for that fantastic effort". I must admit I had tears in my eyes at that point. I've never felt that emotional before at a game but those lads did us proud and I came away from Wembley with my head held high having seen a fantastic effort from the lads that every neutral in the country respected.
 
Old Trafford against the Gooners was good....

Specially as I had a Special Traffic Notice* from the railway about an "extra" train back to Sheffield - I think there was about 6 of us on it :D

*ask a proper railwayman on here what they are :D
 
HodgysBrokenThumb said:
You just beat me to it. 54,000 crowd, I think in those days the away team got a third of the tickets, it certainly felt like at least 18,000 Blades, in all sections of the ground. No segregation then, Newcastle crowd, with their great cup tradition hardly made a sound. Ilkla Moor Bah tat ringing out all round the ground for 90 minutes. What was even more remarkable was that reserve left-back, Cliff Mason, was selected to play right-wing; imagine the meltdown on here if forums had existed then. And all 3 goals were scored by Billy Russell, who still combined football and a career in teaching. Amazing day.
2 questions for the resident experts. Has there been a bigger following at an away match than that day? Other than local derbies, perhaps. And when did Ilkla Moor get going as our Cup anthem? To me, that song means FA Cup.
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"On Ilkley Moor Bah't at" was the run out music at the Lane back in the great Woody/Currie era of the late 60's/early to mid 70's. I didn't know it was specifically an FA Cup theme before that. My first memories of watching the Blades were of the whole ground singing that song at the top of their voices when the Blades emerged from the John Street tunnel. It made for a fantastic atmosphere - and it had no swear words in it, so everyone could sing it, unlike some of the songs that are sang by Blades fans these days - which seem to come with compulsory vulgarities in them. I particularly dislike those songs which attempt to degrade others. Especially the misogynistic ones, suggesting that women are just here for our sexual enjoyment. Everyone knows that women are not just here for our sexual enjoyment - they can cook and clean too!
 
Cerberus Blade said:
"On Ilkley Moor Bah't at" was the run out music at the Lane back in the great Woody/Currie era of the late 60's/early to mid 70's. I didn't know it was specifically an FA Cup theme before that. My first memories of watching the Blades were of the whole ground singing that song at the top of their voices when the Blades emerged from the John Street tunnel. It made for a fantastic atmosphere - and it had no swear words in it, so everyone could sing it, unlike some of the songs that are sang by Blades fans these days - which seem to come with compulsory vulgarities in them. I particularly dislike those songs which attempt to degrade others. Especially the misogynistic ones, suggesting that women are just here for our sexual enjoyment. Everyone knows that women are not just here for our sexual enjoyment - they can cook and clean too!
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I could well be wrong about it being an FA Cup song. It is just that from my early years I associate it with big Cup games, especially away (Spurs, Everton , Newcastle), but also some home games. This is late 50s/early 60s. Crowds were bigger for Cup games, and away support high. I'm sure it was sung at league matches, but I just don't recall it. I can't even associate it with league matches v S6. Wearing a rosette and singing Ilkla Moor go together in my mind for the Cup. Like you, I loved the song, even though it is West Yorkshire!
 
Cerberus Blade said:
Full time at Wembley v Hull.

Never been more proud of a Blades team than that! They gave everything against a Prem team against all the odds and were the better team for half the game.

Hull stepped it up after the break and their superior class was too much for us in the end. But my God how we tried - and never gave up.

I'll never forget to my dying day how that spontaneous round of applause went up when Hull scored their fifth goal. It was like every Blade in the stadium felt "Well, we're beaten now, but we love you to death for that fantastic effort". I must admit I had tears in my eyes at that point. I've never felt that emotional before at a game but those lads did us proud and I came away from Wembley with my head held high having seen a fantastic effort from the lads that every neutral in the country respected.
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Completely agree.

I've been at almost all of our "biggest" moments since my first game in 1971 and nothing comes close to the emotion I felt when that spontaneous applause broke out in appreciation of the effort that our team had put in to punch way above their weight.

I don't usually suffer gallant losers syndrome but that day was very special for what happened off the pitch. (despite the actions of a few nobs earlier)

For me it summed everything I've felt about our club over the years and I don't think I've ever been so proud to be a Blade.
 
Cerberus Blade said:
Especially the misogynistic ones, suggesting that women are just here for our sexual enjoyment. Everyone knows that women are not just here for our sexual enjoyment - they can cook and clean too!
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wife = washing, ironing, ----ing, etc
 



HodgysBrokenThumb said:
I could well be wrong about it being an FA Cup song. It is just that from my early years I associate it with big Cup games, especially away (Spurs, Everton , Newcastle), but also some home games. This is late 50s/early 60s. Crowds were bigger for Cup games, and away support high. I'm sure it was sung at league matches, but I just don't recall it. I can't even associate it with league matches v S6. Wearing a rosette and singing Ilkla Moor go together in my mind for the Cup. Like you, I loved the song, even though it is West Yorkshire!
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My first memory of it being sung was at the FA Cup 5th Round replay against Arsenal on 18th February 1959. We had drawn 2-2 at Highbury on the previous Saturday and won the replay 3-0.
 
jockdodds said:
My first memory of it being sung was at the FA Cup 5th Round replay against Arsenal on 18th February 1959. We had drawn 2-2 at Highbury on the previous Saturday and won the replay 3-0.
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Thanks for that. I missed the away match for some reason; no doubt it was sung there. My main memory of the replay is of the fog, and only knowing that a goal had gone in at the Lane End by the noise and eventually the players coming into view celebrating (i.e. shaking hands!). Even Hodgy didn't know what was happening at the other end.
 
HodgysBrokenThumb said:
You just beat me to it. 54,000 crowd, I think in those days the away team got a third of the tickets, it certainly felt like at least 18,000 Blades, in all sections of the ground. No segregation then, Newcastle crowd, with their great cup tradition hardly made a sound. Ilkla Moor Bah tat ringing out all round the ground for 90 minutes. What was even more remarkable was that reserve left-back, Cliff Mason, was selected to play right-wing; imagine the meltdown on here if forums had existed then. And all 3 goals were scored by Billy Russell, who still combined football and a career in teaching. Amazing day.
2 questions for the resident experts. Has there been a bigger following at an away match than that day? Other than local derbies, perhaps. And when did Ilkla Moor get going as our Cup anthem? To me, that song means FA Cup.
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I remember Billy Russell dashing into the Station after the match to catch a Manchester train. He got a huge cheer from all the Blades waiting for the Football Specials back to Sheffield.
 
HodgysBrokenThumb said:
I could well be wrong about it being an FA Cup song. It is just that from my early years I associate it with big Cup games, especially away (Spurs, Everton , Newcastle), but also some home games. This is late 50s/early 60s. Crowds were bigger for Cup games, and away support high. I'm sure it was sung at league matches, but I just don't recall it. I can't even associate it with league matches v S6. Wearing a rosette and singing Ilkla Moor go together in my mind for the Cup. Like you, I loved the song, even though it is West Yorkshire!
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I remember it as only an FA Cup song for away matches. Never heard at all after the early sixties.
 
He was carrying a kit bag. Don`t know whether the ball was in it. Was it the the thing back then ?
 
Honourable mentions to Kabba vs L**ds, the pride I felt in United coming away from Old Trafford in 2003 vs Arsenal/Poll, and Flynn's goal at Villa Park, but my top 3 are:

3. Sean Miller's 120th-minute winner at Fulham. A dour, dull game of football, a long 120 mins in London drizzle, then suddenly the away end exploded in scenes I've rarely seen. Absolute insanity, and walking back to the coach with the stewards trying to stop us singing in the streets was glorious.

2. Holdsworth/Kelly vs Coventry at the lane. What a night. Reg's late equaliser, then Kelly's heroics in the shootout, followed by the first time I, as an 11-year-old, had ever been on the pitch at the lane. It was simply loveleh.

1. Despite the result, the 2014 semi against Hull. Getting utterly smashed on a roundabout in the sun, pushing my mate down the road in a shopping trolley cos he couldn't walk, seeing us score at Wembley for the first time in my blades-supporting life, and then the utter lunacy that followed Scougall putting us back in front. Singing "Spartak Moscow on a Thursday night!" in the concourse at half time, when we were 45 minutes from Europe. The spontaneous applause after their 5th, and just the sense of pride that we all felt, after we'd had a fucking good go at a team that were in honesty too good for us in the 2nd half. It was a spectacular, drunken day out, and despite the result I will always remember it fondly.
 
Cerberus Blade said:
Full time at Wembley v Hull.

Never been more proud of a Blades team than that! They gave everything against a Prem team against all the odds and were the better team for half the game.

Hull stepped it up after the break and their superior class was too much for us in the end. But my God how we tried - and never gave up.

I'll never forget to my dying day how that spontaneous round of applause went up when Hull scored their fifth goal. It was like every Blade in the stadium felt "Well, we're beaten now, but we love you to death for that fantastic effort". I must admit I had tears in my eyes at that point. I've never felt that emotional before at a game but those lads did us proud and I came away from Wembley with my head held high having seen a fantastic effort from the lads that every neutral in the country respected.
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I recall that moment with great pride and as a Blade amongst thousands of other pride filled Blades that spontaneous applause was something I have never witnessed in any other sport before. It showed above all else that there is something special in showing genuine appreciation for effort and commitment and the players of Sheffield United showed it in style and guts.

Made me more than proud to be called a Blade.
 
Tyler Durden said:
It was a game we lost funnily enough.

The semi-final against Arsenal at Old Trafford. We came up against a virtually unbeatable team and it still took a bunch of cheating bastards, Graham Poll and the greatest save in history to beat us.

Held my head high that day, brimming with pride.
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To this day,I have no fucking idea how Seaman saved that...he didnt just stop it,he scooped the fucker out!
Superb..
 
All the comments regarding Hull semi spot on!Brilliant day out and even though Clough wasnt my favourite manager,he gave me the chance to see us score(and be in the lead!)at Wembley...Hats off to the man for giving us that i say!
 
ZoneManWilf said:
A mention for the quarter final against Man U in 1990 when we lost to a Brian McClair goal. Wasn't a brilliant match, but it was the first FA cup quarter final, the first really huge match i'd seen us in and I think the biggest crowd at the Lane I've ever been in. Felt like we'd 'arrived' on the big stage.
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The ball was out by a Man United player at the corner that beat us.
 



ZoneManWilf said:
A mention for the quarter final against Man U in 1990 when we lost to a Brian McClair goal. Wasn't a brilliant match, but it was the first FA cup quarter final, the first really huge match i'd seen us in and I think the biggest crowd at the Lane I've ever been in. Felt like we'd 'arrived' on the big stage.
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DB on the season video afterwards.
He roasted our 2nd division players, saying "just look at yourselves.
Half of you look like you've been out on the piss all night.
I know you haven't. They wanted it more than you fucking lot."
 
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