United hold the record as only club to field 10 England internationals in a league game

[Harry Thickett]

There are two ex-Sheffield United players in this year’s World Cup squad for Russia but things were much better last century, with ten England internationals regularly playing for United for the entire 1903/04 season.
Sheffield United hold the record as the only club to have the distinction of fielding 10 England internationals at the same time in the season of 1903/04. They didn’t just achieve this in one league game but in a total of eight games over the course of the season.

Read more here:
https://www.englandsoldestfootballc...-10-england-internationals-in-a-league-match/

 

[DifferentClass]

Someday we'll make it 11.

 

[Scooter_mcgavin]

Cahill is an ex Sheffield United player.

 

[Addison]

There are two ex-Sheffield United players in this year’s World Cup squad for Russia but things were much better last century, with ten England internationals regularly playing for United for the entire 1903/04 season.
Sheffield United hold the record as the only club to have the distinction of fielding 10 England internationals at the same time in the season of 1903/04. They didn’t just achieve this in one league game but in a total of eight games over the course of the season.

Read more here:
https://www.englandsoldestfootballc...-10-england-internationals-in-a-league-match/

What a great read. When Blades talk about the best players to ever represent the club then the majority are in this photo. George Waller would have been proud that Paul Coutts is still carrying out his tactical innovation all these years later.

 

[1066blade]

Cahill is an ex Sheffield United player.

He was never "our" player in terms of we "owned" him. He came on a part season long loan from Villa, who at the end of a very successful season with us, then sold him to Everton. I get pissed off with people who equate him to Walker and Maguire - NO not the same at all.

 

[Scooter_mcgavin]

Didn't say he was.

But he played for Sheffield United. Therefore was a Sheffield United player.

 

[I should coco]

He was never "our" player in terms of we "owned" him

Neither were Paul McGrath or Jamal Blackman, but that didn't stop us liking them.

One of the only things that Mogadon Man did right in his catastrophic spell as manager.

Cahill counts as a Blade for me.

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

Neither were Paul McGrath or Jamal Blackman, but that didn't stop us liking them.

One of the only things that Mogadon Man did right in his catastrophic spell as manager.

Cahill counts as a Blade for me.

Isn’t he a Wednesday bastard? As a supporter like?

 

[dazzlingblade]

He was never "our" player in terms of we "owned" him. He came on a part season long loan from Villa, who at the end of a very successful season with us, then sold him to Everton. I get pissed off with people who equate him to Walker and Maguire - NO not the same at all.

I get pissed off with people who say he went to Everton

 

[Scooter_mcgavin]

I get pissed off with people who say he went to Everton

He had a rather forgettable spell there.

 

[bornablade]

I get pissed off with people who say he went to Everton

Nobody would admit to playing for Bolton under Megson.

 

[dublin 10 blade]

Can I just say , I actually saw 2 of our players , playing for Ireland’s national team
at the same time ,
Cough bottle and quinner (Alan )
Also saw Ned and young quinner doning the green , don’t want to mention the fish as he was a stocking of shite while still playing for us , oh and Enda last week
Proper Blades who , were playing for us at the time
Clutching at straws with Cahill imo

 

[Ancient blade]

There are two ex-Sheffield United players in this year’s World Cup squad for Russia but things were much better last century, with ten England internationals regularly playing for United for the entire 1903/04 season.
Sheffield United hold the record as the only club to have the distinction of fielding 10 England internationals at the same time in the season of 1903/04. They didn’t just achieve this in one league game but in a total of eight games over the course of the season.

Read more here:
https://www.englandsoldestfootballc...-10-england-internationals-in-a-league-match/

Many of the players mentioned here must be among those seen in action in the home game against Bury in September, 1902, which was, in

part, filmed by Mitchell and Kenyon. The only one named in John Motson's voice-over is "the infamous Fatty Foulke". Have any of the other

players shown in the film been identified (such as, for example, the older-looking player who suddenly veers to his left to get nearer to the

action in the middle of the film?
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[LoughboroBlade]

Neither were Paul McGrath or Jamal Blackman, but that didn't stop us liking them.

We signed McGrath though – he was our player.

 

[Revolution]

We won the first 8 league games that season, which was a record I think until Spurs won the first 11 games in their double year in 1961.

We couldn't sustain that pace, and dropped back and finished 7th. Sadly, the Pigs won the league.

 

[I should coco]

We signed McGrath though – he was our player.

I'm a fair man so I'll split the difference with you.

He started off as a loan player from Derby in 1997. The big love for him and the understanding he could still do a terrific job lead to us signing him for the 97/98 season.

I know, I know, I'm a fool to myself sometimes.....

 

[LoughboroBlade]

I'm a fair man so I'll split the difference with you.

He started off as a loan player from Derby in 1997. The big love for him and the understanding he could still do a terrific job lead to us signing him for the 97/98 season.

I know, I know, I'm a fool to myself sometimes.....

I’m not a fair man and won’t split anything

I don’t recall him ever being on loan, but on a short-term deal then extended to the rest of the season. Which seems to be backed up by press reports at the time he signed:

Paul McGrath is looking to secure a permanent deal from new Sheffield United manager Nigel Spackman after signing an initial one-month contract.

"It was a very worrying summer. After Derby let me go I waited for the phone to ring and it didn't for ages and ages," said McGrath yesterday. "Then Harry Redknapp (West Ham manager) rang me and wanted to take me for the whole of the season. He was brilliant and I wouldn't say anything against him.

"But he said his chairman and board of directors were worried about why Derby had let me go and they wanted to see me play. They wanted me to go away with them and play a couple of games which I thought was a bit of an insult."

McGrath, who impressed against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux on Saturday, said: "I've got a month and I've got to try and get through that and then hope I get a season out of Sheffield. Everything is against me at the moment. Because I'd had my holiday, I've not done any fitness work and the heat doesn't help."

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/bolton-catch-fish-and-beardsley-1.98229

 

[Escafeld]

Another interesting titbit of Blades/England trivia is during season 1891/92 two United players, Mick Whitham and Harry Lilley were selected to play for England and both made their England debuts on the same day but in different games! England played two games, both full internationals, on the 5th March 1892. Whitham turned out in the 2-0 win over Ireland in Belfast whilst Lilley represented England in a 2-0 win over Wales in Wrexham.

http://footysphere.com/post/3882100040/northern-league-sheffield-united