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

[Sean Thornton]

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.

Worst ending to a post ever.

 

[Silent Blade]

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.

Blades v Derby in November 1973 had a 2pm kick off because of the power cuts

Also Blades v West Ham on February 29th 1972

 

[ekke287]

At my first ever game, the ball was kicked onto the roof of the John Street stand, dislodging a tile that fell onto a ladies head in the crowd.

It was a 0-1 home loss to Crystal Palace in the nineties (I don't remember the year).

Not really a fact, more of an interesting approach to crowd safety back in the day.

 

[coaxingstar71]

There are quite a few stories concerning our famous keeper, William (Bill) "Fatty" Foulke(s).

Apparently there was a forward who played for Liverpool called George Allan and before a big game with the Blades, he made it known he was going to barge our William over. Sure enough during the game, Allan 'charged' Foulke (a legitimate part of the game back then) a couple of times. Foulke got fed up of this and after being charged once more by Allan, he picked the forward up by the ankles and dropped him on his head onto the icy pitch....

About a year later, Allan died of a suspected brain haemorrhage.

 

[Silent Blade]

At my first ever game, the ball was kicked onto the roof of the John Street stand, dislodging a tile that fell onto a ladies head in the crowd.

It was a 0-1 home loss to Crystal Palace in the nineties (I don't remember the year).

Not really a fact, more of an interesting approach to crowd safety back in the day.

Either January 1991 (Bright scored) or March 1993 (Coleman scored after Armstrong got sent off)

 

[Ecco1889]

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

 

[torridon]

The seating on the Kop is shit.The fat bloke who sits next to me gets larger year by year and now occupies half of my seat too!

 

[metty]

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

I think you'll find out that we have had one with four of those handles

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

"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.

'There will be free access to Bramall Lane after the game' means that SYP will be blamed for any acts of violence between rival fans not kept apart.

 

[Cheets]

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

In 1998 we faced a fixture backlog having reached the FA Cup semifinal and ended up having to play on the Thursday on the final week of the season.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

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

Sept 1, 1955, and August 29, 1957, we played Charlton away. No idea why. Lost both times. The first semi-final replay in the Cup v Leicester was a Thursday afternoon in Nottingham, 23 March, 1961. At least we managed a 0-0 draw that time.

 

[blade too long]

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!)

Deano

 

[blade too long]

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

I wondered why we'd offered Southend 3000 dabloons for Ryan

 

[blade too long]

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.

beat west ham 3-0 in a game with a very poor gate due to people being at work 2pm kick off I believe
as the miners were on strike we could have played at night if theyd come with their helmets on with the torches on top

 

[blade too long]

In the fities and sixties at the Lane our players used to notch goals
It must be banned now a you never hear of them doing it now

 

[The Crab]

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

Rover
Fido
Laddie
Rex
Butch

That's the Tasting Menu at The Happy Crab.

 

[blade too long]

In 2009 Kevin Blackwell experimented with Ninja ball boys, trained by Chuck Norris

 

[Hamburg Blade]

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).

Obviously, with hindsight, we should have replaced him.

 

[Hamburg Blade]

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

Rover
Fido
Laddie
Rex
Butch

On the other hand, Tiddles was somehow counted twice.

 

[SirNibletsO'Korne]

"Stewards To Phase 5" are the subliminal trigger words for them to kill The President...
Like the Manchurian Candidate in oversized Hi Viz

 

[TopBoy]

There is a well close to the Bramall Lane / South Stand corner flag that is as deep as the Eiffel Tower is high, and is used to source water for the Desso pitch.

 

[Sean Thornton]

On the other hand, Tiddles was somehow counted twice.

Was it at 'om?

 

[BigBed]

I think you'll find out that we have had one with four of those handles

But not all collectively!

 

[Stanthemanfan]

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!)

Couttiniho?

 

[BlairBlade]

Sheffield United beat Chesterfield 7-0 in a reserve match at BDTBL in 1966 with Bob Widdowson in goal.

 

[mosbolad]

Nadkins offered Sharpy the Captaincy for the forthcoming 2016/17 season just before he was given the elbow to make way for Wilder who offered Sharpy the captaincy, which was widely hailed as a stroke of pure genius.

 

[Moan? Nope-I saw Longhorn]

When we sold Lee Morris he was the 4th most expensive teenager in British football history.

 

[Moan? Nope-I saw Longhorn]

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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.

During the 70's a famous vacuum cleaner manufacturer utilised a number of scantily clad young women to parade around the pitch promoting their latest product
Cue the kop chant "Hoover bags"

 

[Escafeld]

Sheffield United were the first British football club to play in Bolivia - in 1967

 

[torridon]

Bramall Lane is the only football ground to have been 3 sided, then 4 sided, then back to 3 sided then back to 4 sided once more