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

[ScottBlade]

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

True.

 

[Angef1Blade]

William 'Fatty' Foulkes is buried in Burngreave Cemetery (got a pic of his headstone somewhere)

 

[1973Blade]

William 'Fatty' Foulkes is buried in Burngreave Cemetery (got a pic of his headstone somewhere)

Does he take up half the cemetery

 

[Angef1Blade]

Does he take up half the cemetery

 

[PokerBlade]

Years back, in the days when people actually watched it, Soccer AM claimed that Sheffield United were the only club to have an official ban on players entering the opponent's dressing room on a match day. Supposedly because Vinnie Jones used to sneak in and soak the player's socks in water.

I can find nothing to back this up.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

The 'Pukka Pie Corner' was named after Albert Henry Pukka-Pie. A club mascot during his formative years, he became a regular, well-loved figure on the terraces of Bramall Lane in the 1920s, renowned for his witty banter and regaling of his fellow supporters.

 

[DaveBassettsgoneonholiday]

This seasons away fixture at Villa will be the first time Utd have played on the 23rd of December since 1967.

 

[Pierre's PC]

Cats are not included in the attendance figures but you can take them in the club shop if they are on a lead.

 

[Silent Blade]

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.

Bradford

 

[Sean Thornton]

The club accounts are made up each year by Captain Blade who shares the tax rebate with the owners.

 

[Revolution]

This seasons away fixture at Villa will be the first time Utd have played on the 23rd of December since 1967.

We played Stoke on 23 December 1995.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

We’ve had 8 players whose names ended in the letter ‘O’.

Can you name them?

(Doesn’t have to be surnames either - there’s a clue!)

Ribeiro
Suffo
D'Jaffo.
Marcelo.
Pedro Verde
Alejandro Sabella

 

[DaveBassettsgoneonholiday]

We played Stoke on 23 December 1995.

Apart from that one
In fact, if that was at Stoke I think may have been there sat in the corner bit.

 

[Woodthorpe blade]

View attachment 33812 one of the most famous people to pull on a blades shirt, was George Best. Sort of..

I think the guy on the left is a young Paul Heaton (housemartins 1986?).

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Billy [William] Sharp was named (in honour) after his Mum had met American Evangelist, Billy Graham at BDTBL.

Billy Dearden would have been a better reason.

 

[1973Blade]

Have we ever played on a Thursday, except for when Boxing Day/New Year's Day have fallen on that day?

 

[Cerberus 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)

yep! I grossly underestimated that when I posted it! There must be dozens of the buggers! Damn!

Do I still get a like?

 

[grafikhaus]

We’ve had 8 players whose names ended in the letter ‘O’.

Can you name them?

(Doesn’t have to be surnames either - there’s a clue!)

Desso?

Our highest-ever FA Cup score was 6-0 v Orient on November 6, 2016 at Bramall Lane.

On 7th April, 2003 we played at Wimbledon and the crowd was just 1,325.

Danny Wilson's last game 'in charge' for the Blades was April 9, 2013. We lost 0-2 at home to..............................Crawley.

The Blades and Adolf Hitler were born in the same year - 1889.

 

[DSJ Blade]

Have we ever played on a Thursday, except for when Boxing Day/New Year's Day have fallen on that day?

Cov last season was a Thursday wasn’t it? Sky’s 12 days of football or something!

 

[Tom Bott]

We are the only club to include dogs, squirrels, marmosets, manatees, larks and Sumatran tigers in the attendance figure.

Though if we also included the pigeons we could call ourselves MASSIVE .

 

[Blade for Sale]

Though if we also included the pigeons we could call ourselves MASSIVE .

If they were carrier pigeons could we call ourselves missive?

 

[Jehovah]

The highest number of goals we’ve scored in a home game is 11. SUFC 11 Cardiff 2 in 1926.

I remember that one, I left at 0-2 ffs

 

[Sean Thornton]

"Mr Meadows"is a warning to Paul Woolhouse that Interpol are in the stadium.

"Car blocking driveway, move immediately" is a warning to kiosk staff that only cold pies are available and to expect some bollocks at half time.

"Please keep off the pitch" means Rooks has won the £5000 draw prize again.

"New release by local Sheffield band" means they are managed by Gary Sinclair.

"There will be restricted access to Bramall Lane after the game" means that SYP are being cunts again.

 

[BushBlade]

Some Blades whose first names end with the same letter as their surname;

Tony Kenworthy
John Gannon
Dane Whitehouse
Ian Bryson.
Christopher Wilder.

 

[Sean Thornton]

"Go to level three" is a way of getting the SAS/SPG fantasists and or foreign students in orange and yellow jackets to wake up and get off their arse for 30 seconds and actually earn their money.

 

[Sean Thornton]

"The winner of the £2000 draw is in the ground today" means cheeky scamp Sinclair hoping to get the poor sod on the pitch and the Kop sings "you fat bastard" at him, or if a lady "does she take it up the arse"

 

[I should coco]

Some Blades whose first names end with the same letter as their surname;

Some Blades whose first names DON'T end with the same letter as their surname

Brian Deane
Tony Agana
Dean Hammond
Christopher Basham
Vincent Jones

A pretty exhaustive list I think, but there could just be one or two others.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Some dogs who've been to the Lane but haven't been included in the attendance

Rover
Fido
Laddie
Rex
Butch

 

[silver blade]

If I didn't know it I'll give you a like!

I
In the 1960's a girl group called the paper dolls came onto the pitch before a home game & were introduced to the crowd, the kop promptly started chanting that they should get there clothes off or words to that effect.

 

[South Bucks]

A bit hazy and I can't remember the date, probably in the seventies, but when we had rotational power cuts due to lots of strikes utd played at least one of their midweek league matches at BDTBL in the early afternoon cos we were not allowed to use the floodlights. I was at school I think so couldn't go.