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FFS there's over 72 hours to KO and I can't get my mind off the sodding derby! Why does it matter so much? I live in Manc and whilst their derby is fierce there is nothing like the build up and nerves in the air that surrounds a Sheffield derby. Scousers? Nah any hatred there comes from the Evertonians, Liverpool have bigger fish to fry and know that they'll win more than they lose. Glasgow? 4 league derbys a year and probably 1 or 2 in the cups as well? Diluted and relies on politics for its needle.

Brizzle? Nottnam? Stowk? Mismatches to say the least. North East? Get knotted, separate cities. Maybe Brum is on a par nowadays but historically a mismatch.

Nah the steel city derby is as 'good' as it gets for me. The real reason we get into the crowd and massiveness debates is because deep down we're similar sized clubs who rarely lord it over the other for decades. The major difference is that we seem to know this whilst the pigs seem convinced they deserve to be rubbing shoulders with the elite. It's humility v hubris, realism v fantasy. We have to win to deflate their egos. They have to win to keep them inflated. But it matters so FUCKING much!!!!

It's not as if I'll get any major grief should the worse come to the worse, I hardly know any piglets and seldom come into contact with those I do. There's no logic behind why I'll sleep badly for the next 4 nights. No reason why I'm twitching and will be shaking like a shitting dog on Monday night. Just come on you beautiful fucking Bladesmen and smash those twats out of fucking sight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

excuse my French.
 

Blade for Sale said:
FFS there's over 72 hours to KO and I can't get my mind off the sodding derby! Why does it matter so much? I live in Manc and whilst their derby is fierce there is nothing like the build up and nerves in the air that surrounds a Sheffield derby. Scousers? Nah any hatred there comes from the Evertonians, Liverpool have bigger fish to fry and know that they'll win more than they lose. Glasgow? 4 league derbys a year and probably 1 or 2 in the cups as well? Diluted and relies on politics for its needle.

Brizzle? Nottnam? Stowk? Mismatches to say the least. North East? Get knotted, separate cities. Maybe Brum is on a par nowadays but historically a mismatch.

Nah the steel city derby is as 'good' as it gets for me. The real reason we get into the crowd and massiveness debates is because deep down we're similar sized clubs who rarely lord it over the other for decades. The major difference is that we seem to know this whilst the pigs seem convinced they deserve to be rubbing shoulders with the elite. It's humility v hubris, realism v fantasy. We have to win to deflate their egos. They have to win to keep them inflated. But it matters so FUCKING much!!!!

It's not as if I'll get any major grief should the worse come to the worse, I hardly know any piglets and seldom come into contact with those I do. There's no logic behind why I'll sleep badly for the next 4 nights. No reason why I'm twitching and will be shaking like a shitting dog on Monday night. Just come on you beautiful fucking Bladesmen and smash those twats out of fucking sight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

excuse my French.
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Wow you're expressive. Calm down its just another game;)
 
The rational side of me is trying to say it doesn't matter, that in the great scheme of things it's the points that matter more. And they do in terms of the prospect of us going up or making the play-offs.

But the irrational side then takes over. The side that will be sat at home listening to the commentary, guts squirming every time there is an attack. The hope of winning, the dread of losing, the anti climax of a draw after all the mixed emotions.

It matters.
 
For me, it's a few things, usually in this order:

More recently, the hope that we just turn up and play our way, our attacking football and show what we can, as with any big match. The 2-4 win was the best example of this.

That they are deluded and arrogant and base their hype on nothing. They talk of being bigger and better despite basing this on nothing bar attendances, no recent success and a dilapidated stadium. To win is to put them in their place, to lose to fuel their unfounded hype.

They're a bunch of fucking fuckwits. Arrogance personified but the worst kind, based on nothing.

I hope we give them a fucking tonking, but I won't enjoy watching, I never do.
 
Blade for Sale said:
FFS there's over 72 hours to KO and I can't get my mind off the sodding derby! Why does it matter so much? I live in Manc and whilst their derby is fierce there is nothing like the build up and nerves in the air that surrounds a Sheffield derby. Scousers? Nah any hatred there comes from the Evertonians, Liverpool have bigger fish to fry and know that they'll win more than they lose. Glasgow? 4 league derbys a year and probably 1 or 2 in the cups as well? Diluted and relies on politics for its needle.

Brizzle? Nottnam? Stowk? Mismatches to say the least. North East? Get knotted, separate cities. Maybe Brum is on a par nowadays but historically a mismatch.

Nah the steel city derby is as 'good' as it gets for me. The real reason we get into the crowd and massiveness debates is because deep down we're similar sized clubs who rarely lord it over the other for decades. The major difference is that we seem to know this whilst the pigs seem convinced they deserve to be rubbing shoulders with the elite. It's humility v hubris, realism v fantasy. We have to win to deflate their egos. They have to win to keep them inflated. But it matters so FUCKING much!!!!

It's not as if I'll get any major grief should the worse come to the worse, I hardly know any piglets and seldom come into contact with those I do. There's no logic behind why I'll sleep badly for the next 4 nights. No reason why I'm twitching and will be shaking like a shitting dog on Monday night. Just come on you beautiful fucking Bladesmen and smash those twats out of fucking sight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

excuse my French.
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Yep, just one of four matches of this type, Liverpool, Manc, Brum and Sheffield, possibly the north London one too. The rest are insignificant. Don't give me the Glasgow one, that's based on nothing but bigotry and needs expunging from football.
 
Blade for Sale said:
FFS there's over 72 hours to KO and I can't get my mind off the sodding derby! Why does it matter so much? I live in Manc and whilst their derby is fierce there is nothing like the build up and nerves in the air that surrounds a Sheffield derby. Scousers? Nah any hatred there comes from the Evertonians, Liverpool have bigger fish to fry and know that they'll win more than they lose. Glasgow? 4 league derbys a year and probably 1 or 2 in the cups as well? Diluted and relies on politics for its needle.

Brizzle? Nottnam? Stowk? Mismatches to say the least. North East? Get knotted, separate cities. Maybe Brum is on a par nowadays but historically a mismatch.

Nah the steel city derby is as 'good' as it gets for me. The real reason we get into the crowd and massiveness debates is because deep down we're similar sized clubs who rarely lord it over the other for decades. The major difference is that we seem to know this whilst the pigs seem convinced they deserve to be rubbing shoulders with the elite. It's humility v hubris, realism v fantasy. We have to win to deflate their egos. They have to win to keep them inflated. But it matters so FUCKING much!!!!

It's not as if I'll get any major grief should the worse come to the worse, I hardly know any piglets and seldom come into contact with those I do. There's no logic behind why I'll sleep badly for the next 4 nights. No reason why I'm twitching and will be shaking like a shitting dog on Monday night. Just come on you beautiful fucking Bladesmen and smash those twats out of fucking sight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

excuse my French.
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I keep trying to tell myself what's the worst that can happen? We lose, its three points gone, and we move on. But in reality, it's not just three points to us as fans and the three points are huge, irrespective of it being a derby. Some derbies won't affect whether we go up or not, but this one is the biggest since 2006 when likewise we were going for promotion.

I have to disagree on your point on the north-east derby though. They might not be one city but there are many mixed communities between the two and because both places are so isolated they draw support from the whole of the north-east. That's not to do down our derby, but the rivalry up there is very intense. The Sheffield derby is huge, and one thing I'll agree with Steve Bruce is that it should be in the Premier League.
 

I was in the supermarket in Eccles late last summer modelling the 94-95 home shirt when I got the “nice shirt” comment! Spun round thinking it would be a Salford scrote taking the mick but it turned out he was a junior doctor from Sheffield who was a blade working at the Salford Royal Hospital! We are everywhere!!!
 
Steel City Derby :mad:

Something that's only arrived along with Sky for some reason
We don't produce any steel anymore
We weren't the only place to produce steel when we did

Would the Manchester Derby be re-named the Textile and Cotton Mill Derby ?

We could have a laugh with some of these
Villa v Birmingham, the "Industrial Revolution Derby" or the "Bournville Chocolate Collection Derby" or the "We made shit cars Derby" ?
Arsenal v Spurs, The "Shandy drinking swanky tosspots Derby" ?
 
I like the expression 'Steel City Derby'. Preferable to 'M18 derby' (Scunny v Donny).
 
Topplayersleave said:
Steel City Derby :mad:

Something that's only arrived along with Sky for some reason
We don't produce any steel anymore
We weren't the only place to produce steel when we did

Would the Manchester Derby be re-named the Textile and Cotton Mill Derby ?

We could have a laugh with some of these
Villa v Birmingham, the "Industrial Revolution Derby" or the "Bournville Chocolate Collection Derby" or the "We made shit cars Derby" ?
Arsenal v Spurs, The "Shandy drinking swanky tosspots Derby" ?
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To be fair, both clubs were partly complicit by creating and playing for the short lived 'Steel City Challenge Trophy'!
 
Bristol, the wunderbra cup, 2 Bristol's made to look big
Nottingham, the false 9 cup, ie no strikers
Birmingham, the kipper tie
 
Blade for Sale said:
To be fair, both clubs were partly complicit by creating and playing for the short lived 'Steel City Challenge Trophy'!
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Yes they were, and although I'd prefer it to be called "The Sheffield Derby" the Steel City Derby does sound better than some like the M4 corridor Derby between Reading, Oxford, Swindon or the M55 Derby between Preston and Blackpool
 
I thought it was the Steel City Derby because the Sheffield Derby was Sheffield Club v Hallam.
 
It makes me laugh when Plymouth or Torquay used to play Brighton and they call it a South Coast Derby
Brighton is about as close to Sheffield as it is to Plymouth
 
Topplayersleave said:
Yes they were, and although I'd prefer it to be called "The Sheffield Derby" the Steel City Derby does sound better than some like the M4 corridor Derby between Reading, Oxford, Swindon or the M55 Derby between Preston and Blackpool
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Surely Reading v Oxford would be the Thames Valley Royal derby?
 
I'm not going because I hate it when we lose.

Really does my head in seeing that lot celebrate, even more grief than I get pleasure when we win.

A bunch of us are going to watch it in a pub so that we can get pissed if we win or slink off home if we lose or draw without having to endure their celebrations.
 
Topplayersleave said:
Steel City Derby :mad:

Something that's only arrived along with Sky for some reason
We don't produce any steel anymore
We weren't the only place to produce steel when we did

Would the Manchester Derby be re-named the Textile and Cotton Mill Derby ?

We could have a laugh with some of these
Villa v Birmingham, the "Industrial Revolution Derby" or the "Bournville Chocolate Collection Derby" or the "We made shit cars Derby" ?
Arsenal v Spurs, The "Shandy drinking swanky tosspots Derby" ?
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To be fair TPS, I think if you were to ask anyone in the UK what city is the steel city they would say Sheffield. And to correct you, Sheffield does indeed still produce steel. Quite a lot of it in fact.
 
Personally I'm more focused and apprehensive about Leeds and the run in.

This game feels more like a means to an end rather than say the derbies last season.

I sense a real opportunity for us.

For the first time in my life, promotion would mean going into the top flight playing football in the proper way more attuned to not only surviving, but consolidating in the Prem.

Add in a more progressive managerial team than we've had imho, and the need of the Prem and it's money to resolve the ownership issue and progress the club, I think the possibility is huge for us.

Fuck the pigs. This time they're simply another hurdle to overcome in the quest for the bigger prize.

If defeat to them promised promotion, I'd take it now.

#allabouttheblades
 
Bayingblade said:
To be fair TPS, I think if you were to ask anyone in the UK what city is the steel city they would say Sheffield. And to correct you, Sheffield does indeed still produce steel. Quite a lot of it in fact.
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Yes, I'm sure everybody knows immediately what city is being spoken about if the steel city was mentioned

Talking of steel production, my friend was sat on a flight next to a German a few years ago
After a couple of hours of silence the German started to make a conversation

He asked my friend whereabouts in England he comes from
My friend said "Sheffield"
"Ahhh Sheffield, I have heard about it" He then attempted to crack a joke and said "You make crap steel"

My Friend quick as a flash said "That fucker we dropped on you in 1944 wasn't was it"
 

It matters because football is about rivalry.

“Meh” clubs with no derby match like Barnsley, Middlesborough, Oldham, Leeds, to name a few would kill for an out and out mutual rival like ours.

We should revel in it. It’s part of our DNA and should be lauded. We hate them and they hate us.
 
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