Most inept Blades performance you've seen

[coaxingstar71]

There's a sideline - worst performance in which we won?

I think the aforementioned 2-1 v Fulham on 28.12.85 and 1-0 v Carlisle on 1.1.86 would be worthy contenders in that category.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Shield your eyes now. 24th Sept. 1996. Blades 2 Stockport 5. Our scorers G. Taylor and Petr Katchouro. Crowd: 6,850. Second leg, second round of the Coca Cola League Cup (we'd lost the first leg at Shrewsbury 1-2, Vonk.)

Oh yes I was there, I was that soldier!

What we all thought would be a comfortable win turned into a horror show of inept defending. Wasn't it those world-beaters, Brett Angell and Alun Armstrong that tore us apart?

Most people must have shielded their eyes grafikhaus as no one has picked you up on saying "we'd lost the 1st leg at Shrewsbury".

 

[coaxingstar71]

Michael Bridges tore us apart that day. To be fair that was an excellent Sunderland team that I think won the legue

Wasn't it also Steve Bruce's last game as a player after getting roasted by Bridges?

 

[Carlton Blade]

Wasn't it also Steve Bruce's last game as a player after getting roasted by Bridges?

That' about the right time. Only so many rugby tackles you can get away with. Seem to remember a home game when he could have been sent off a couple of times for getting out paced by Steve Claridge

 

[Bayingblade]

There's a sideline - worst performance in which we won?

A couple spring to mind. The 10 v 8 Portsmouth game won with a Paul Marriner own goal and Plymouth at home under Basset, 1989. Again an own goal secured the win. Port Vale at home the following season came close (a last minute Deano winner) but at that stage of the season it was a case of not caring about the performance as long as we won.

 

[N20 Blade]

A couple spring to mind. The 10 v 8 Portsmouth game won with a Paul Marriner own goal and Plymouth at home under Basset, 1989. Again an own goal secured the win. Port Vale at home the following season came close (a last minute Deano winner) but at that stage of the season it was a case of not caring about the performance as long as we won.

Deano scored a good header v Plymouth to win 1-0. Are you thinking of the Oxford game? The Vale game was the penultimate home match same season following Easter Monday defeat at Leeds.

 

[Bayingblade]

Deano scored a good header v Plymouth to win 1-0. Are you thinking of the Oxford game? The Vale game was the penultimate home match same season following Easter Monday defeat at Leeds.

Might be N20. Remember the Plymouth game as being dire though and yes, you are right about Deano's header. And thanks for reminding me of that Leeds game. I was one of the "lucky" ones to get one of the 900 tickets they gave us!

 

[N20 Blade]

Might be N20. Remember the Plymouth game as being dire though and yes, you are right about Deano's header. And thanks for reminding me of that Leeds game. I was one of the "lucky" ones to get one of the 900 tickets they gave us!

Not a classic but they all count in promotion. Sometimes the ugly ones feel more special. I remember when we fell behind to vale (beckford) and Newcastle we’re winning so we looking to fall further behind in third. That’s why it was such a relief when he scored. I think that’s a claim to fame being there for that one but not a pleasant one pal!

 

[North somerset blade]

Just remembered Plymouth away Tuesday night 2004 ish. Two nil down and paddy Kennedy off injured in first 20 mins...another long journey home up the M5 to Gordano arriving at midnight...tho another 4 hours for fans going back to Sheffield...

 

[jt64]

Probably the 4-0 at Gillingham for me. Would say the 0-3 against Southend but as I didn't leave the Beer Engine until ten minutes into the game and missed all the goals then I can't say I saw the ineptitude

 

[Stanthemanfan]

United 0 Oldham 5

Still stands head and shoulders above the other crap 30 years on.

The team:

Leaning
Todd
Pike
Kuhl
Stancliffe
Smith
Morris
Philliskirk
Mendonca
Dempsey
Frain

Subs (both used): Beagrie and...Wilder

That was 2 January 1988. United had lost 4-1 at Blackburn the day before, and 3-1 at Millwall on 28 December.

"0-5, 0-5, 0-5, 0-5"
That was the only enjoyment from that game!

 

[Stanthemanfan]

What about the embarrassment of losing to arsenals kids 6-0 under kackwell?

 

[Stanthemanfan]

The obvious Walsall H 81, Oldham H 88, Port Vale H 99 have to be up there in the top 10.




Wigan away 2016 under Adkins and we went 3-0 down (again). What should have been a marvellous fighting comeback to 3-3, was still shit

I always remember the blades fans that day.....
3-0 down "we're fuckin shit"
3-3 "your fuckin shit!"

 

[Tommoblade66]

Dunno to be honest, there's been that many. I mean, you could just pick about any match from the 1980s. Dipping 4-1 against Walsall has to rate pretty high though

 

[JohnDenver]

Michael Bridges tore us apart that day. To be fair that was an excellent Sunderland team that I think won the legue

Sunderland were bloody tremendous that season. Bridges looked international class and Michael Gray played liked Roberto Carlos.

 

[Paisley Blade]

1-0 night match at peterborough, think mackail smith scored for them, most inept blades away performance i was at as a spectator, probably been worse displays, but not that i was there for

Another vote for this - their keeper (Joe Lewis)was rubbing his arms in a ‘ I’m freezing cos I’ve got fuck all to do ‘ in an attempt to rile the Blades behind him - he actually got a laugh ...... losing to Pompey by 3 and Crewe by 1 in successive away games under Morgs in 2013 were also mind bendingly inept showings.....

 

[Paisley Blade]

Carlisle United 1 Sheffield United 0, 14 September 2013.
Lovely day, nice local ale followed by one of the most insipid, comatose performances I've ever seen against an awful Carlisle team who went down, had two points from six games at that point and had lost two of their previous three home games 5-1 and 4-0.
Weirball at its finest.

Yep , I was there , Ironside would have been more effective in his wheelchair, not read through this whole thread but looks like I’m just agreeing with horror shows already suggested!

 

[Paisley Blade]

Watford 3 - Blades 0 in Feb 2010. Nosworthy and Jordan stewart in the back four. No wonder we got mullered.

Seconded thirded and fourthed. Absolutely putrid .

 

[Paisley Blade]

Givens penalty was saved by Ron Green

My old Nan would have saved it.

 

[CarlingBlade]

1-0 night match at peterborough, think mackail smith scored for them, most inept blades away performance i was at as a spectator, probably been worse displays, but not that i was there for

I was there, always stands out as a shocker.

in the 93/94 season we played Southampton at home, it was 0-0 and i think nothing happened, i don't recall an incident of note all match.

 

[Bayingblade]

"0-5, 0-5, 0-5, 0-5"
That was the only enjoyment from that game!

And "Leaning, Leaning, what's the score"

And "we're going down, we're going down, you're not, you're not"

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

I notice that through 11 pages nobody has mentioned 26th December 1979.

 

[Harrisblade]

I notice that through 11 pages nobody has mentioned 26th December 1979.

Because it wasn't particularly "inept"?

 

[N20 Blade]

What about the embarrassment of losing to arsenals kids 6-0 under kackwell?

Left that at half-time as I was with a qpr mate from work and it was total toilet, we went into town and got absolutely smashed. My mate had a dodgy pie before the game though so was off work for the rest of the week, so it was a night he's never forgotten! As an aside, were there any wonder kids for AFC that night?

 

[Nedski]

Oxford 4 United 1 1996. One of the few games Paul Parker played for us.

The coldest, most miserable game I've ever been to. I think we left after 60-70 minutes, we'd never left before the final whistle prior to this.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Because it wasn't particularly "inept"?

Strangely enough there were some far worse performances than that during that season. It was a shock rather than inept.

 

[grafikhaus]

Left that at half-time as I was with a qpr mate from work and it was total toilet, we went into town and got absolutely smashed. My mate had a dodgy pie before the game though so was off work for the rest of the week, so it was a night he's never forgotten! As an aside, were there any wonder kids for AFC that night?

23rd September, 2008. Teams:

 

[coaxingstar71]

Strangely enough there were some far worse performances than that during that season. It was a shock rather than inept.

I'm surprised there haven't been more contenders from that period, apart from the two games that are etched on anyone's mind who was around at the time, that boxing day game and the 1-0 defeat to Walsall.

I was a bit young and didn't go to many at the time, but I believe there were some horrific displays, particularly in the 80/81 season.

Haslam's last game in charge, a 1-0 home defeat to Gillingham.
I believe there were also a couple of games under Peters where we conspired to lose 3-2 after being 2-0 up. Millwall could have been one?
There was also a 5-2 away defeat at Swindon.

 

[N20 Blade]

23rd September, 2008. Teams:

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Thank you, I'd forgotten how strong our side was (on paper) that night but remember only Morgan actually looking bothered.

 

[Compound_Legend]

Blackpool away in the League Cup - weren't we 3-0 down by half time?

I remember forcing a gate open so me and my mate Daz could head out of the tip that was Bloomfield Road at the time, walking down onto the front, and spending the remainder of the game playing the slots on the Prom before getting some Fish & Chips and heading back to the coach.

Two good things came out of the night - I ended up £20 up off a bandit and won 20 Regals with a fiver wrapped round them on one of them grabber machines.