Tell me a fact about the Blades that I don't know

[Malaga Blade]

I make that 10 'o' players so far (I'm just counting not contributing)
Ribeiro
Peschisloido
Flo
Katchouro
Suffo
D'Jaffo
Marcelo
Ugo (Ehiogu)
Alejandro (Sabella)
Arturo (Lupoli)

Diego.

 

[10-0 win]

Mitch Ward, was named Mitchum, due to parents beeing fan of Robert Mitchum

 

[Deaneandagana]

Legendary Blades stalwart, long standing club secretary & first team manager - John Nicholson, bred pedigree Wolverines & later during his retirement won awards for breeding & showing salamanders.

 

[10-0 win]

Alan Woodward, a much reliable penaltytaker once missed the same penalty twice, missed first, than retaken due to goallie moving, missing the second as well.against West Ham at bdtbl early 70's

 

[10-0 win]

Legendary Blades stalwart, long standing club secretary & first team manager - John Nicholson, bred pedigree Wolverines & later during his retirement won awards for breeding & showing salamanders.

wasn't he ran over and killed by a truck outside the railwaystation when still first team manager.Often referred to as reason to blades' first relegation two years later(1932 killed 1934 relegated).

 

[1973Blade]

Diego.

Elian Parrino

 

[Deaneandagana]

wasn't he ran over and killed by a truck outside the railwaystation when still first team manager.Often referred to as reason to blades' first relegation two years later(1932 killed 1934 relegated).

Just googled him, he was indeed unfortunately killed in this manner, the team were travelling to Birmingham to play Villa when he was run over by a lorry outside Midland Stn.

Tragic.

 

[1973Blade]

wasn't he ran over and killed by a truck outside the railwaystation when still first team manager.Often referred to as reason to blades' first relegation two years later(1932 killed 1934 relegated).

Another Ched Evans Freak event affecting us!

 

[Bayingblade]

The only English team ever to score 10 goals away from home in a league match

At Port Vale.

 

[Deaneandagana]

The only English team ever to score 10 goals away from home in a league match

At Port Vale.

I assume we lost 11-10

 

[dazzlingblade]

i played cricket for woodsetts for 3 years before realising a teammate was a former blades player, john flynn

 

[dazzlingblade]

I assume we lost 11-10

probably lundstram's fault

 

[Bath Blade]

I signed him. Arthur Wharton, he liked a drink .......

Fuck me, how big was his nose??

 

[ourbob]

We got a bigger crowd one night in the 4th division days than Liverpool playin at Anfield in the European cup.

And they were the holders.

 

[Silent Blade]

Alan Woodward, a much reliable penaltytaker once missed the same penalty twice, missed first, than retaken due to goallie moving, missing the second as well.against West Ham at bdtbl early 70's

Bobby Ferguson was West Ham keeper. I was in the centre pages in the match programme!

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

I was in the centre pages

Silent Blade - Centrefold....

Obviously, one for the ladies.

 

[Silent Blade]

Silent Blade - Centrefold....

Obviously, one for the ladies.

Ha ha!

 

[BigBed]

SUFC has never been owned by a dolphin murdering, fish killing, thieving, fraudulent, over inflated, self obsessed imbecile.
SWFC on the other hand.......

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

Bramall Lane is the only ground to be home to the football league champions (United) and county cricket champions (Yorkshire) in the same year (1898).

 

[Cheets]

We got a bigger crowd one night in the 4th division days than Liverpool playin at Anfield in the European cup.

And they were the holders.

No my recollection is that we were playing Bradford in division 4 and they were playing Birmingham in Division One. You're right, they were the European Champions at the time.

 

[Cheets]

Tony Curries testimonial. V Dennis Waterman showbiz 11. George played on showbiz side, I believe. Probably pushing it slightly, to say he was wearing a blades shirt. But it was at Bramall lane.

We got 18,500 that day which was double our usual league crowd.

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

Played in the first football match under floodlights ?

Yes, 1878.



I had to miss it, I was on nights.

 

[Bladepicker]

When Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web the first thing he did on it was ask Roygbiv where his view from Port Vale was.

 

[ourbob]

No my recollection is that we were playing Bradford in division 4 and they were playing Birmingham in Division One. You're right, they were the European Champions at the time.

oh bollocks. :-( wrong again.

 

[Roygbiv]

When Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web the first thing he did on it was ask Roygbiv where his view from Port Vale was.

It's true. I was pissed up as usual despite only being 9

 

[Tom Bott]

Fuck me, how big was his nose??

Arthur at Sheffield United
During the 1894 - 5 season, Arthur, the fastest man in Britain between 1886 - 8, played three games for United's first team - in goal. It wasn't some quirk of the Blades' management to restrict one of the fastest men on earth to a small area at one or the other end of the pitch. Arthur had played in goal for Darlington, Preston North End and Rotherham before being enticed to Sheffield by Tom Bott, a United director and unofficial team manager. Bott had been Arthur's manager during his professional running days. What may have made Arthur's mind up was the additional offer of taking over the Sportsman Cottage pub in Button Lane. He liked a drink.

Unfortunately for Arthur, United had also signed a very promising 19 year old - and 13 stone but bulging fast goalkeeper, William 'Fatty' Foulke. For the first time in his sporting life, Arthur could not dislodge his competitor for the first team spot. He played only three games, against Leicester Fosse, Linfield of Belfast and Sunderland. In his last game at Roker Park, Arthur made his debut in the First Division. The 'Cutlers', as the Blades were then known, lost 2-0. Arthur, the goalkeeper with the 'prodigious punch', was at fault for one, his prodigious punching letting him down when he went to fist the ball away and missed it completely.

He liked a drink, was it Magnet though ?

 

[bigbirdblade]

Bramall lane is one of only two grounds to host a test match, fa cup final and England international. The other is the Oval.

 

[oldblade]

Fuck me, how big was his nose??

He was probably very old. Your nose never stops growing. Nor do your ears, but we can't see them properly.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

A Blade once caught a pike of 15 pounds at Damflask when he was in his Ninety's.

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/lifelong-sheffield-united-fan-frank-wheater-dies-aged-102-1-8369397

 

[oldblade]

We got a bigger crowd one night in the 4th division days than Liverpool playin at Anfield in the European cup.

And they were the holders.

Was that when we played Bradford City, or possibly Wigan?

Our attendances in the fourth division were quite remarkable, considering how poor attendances in general were at that time.

We often had the highest attendance outside the first division, and usually beat several first division attendances as well.

At that time it seemed for several years that the higher we progressed up the league ladder, the lower our attendances got.