'Memries' Sheffield United vs West Ham United 22/3/75

[JJ Sefton]

As its international weekend this Saturday, I'll tide you over with a video I have of highlights from this match. I'll make it public at 3pm and switch it back to private at 3:30pm. Deadbat might even do a report.

 

[WORKSOPBLADE]

Quality goal

 

[Freddie]

 

[Trigger Blade]

Quality goal

That’s the one, from a quality player of course.

Touching distance of European football.....

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

I was sat up in the BL stand for some reason, can't remember why. Gave me a great view of THAT goal though.

 

[WORKSOPBLADE]

I was sat up in the BL stand for some reason, can't remember why. Gave me a great view of THAT goal though.

Me too.

 

[Paisley Blade]

I was sat up in the BL stand for some reason, can't remember why. Gave me a great view of THAT goal though.

I'm Spartacus n all.

 

[Jolly Buffer]

This game for me holds strong in the memory, as it will for so many Blades of a certain age. Some great football played that day and a fantastic atmosphere on the kop.

However, I also remember it for the trouble afterwards around midland station and pond street bus station. Back in the day opposite the train station was a high wall with a car park down below. There was a subway from the station that came out behind the wall. A while after the game a mob of West ham came out of the station and under the subway to get at blades coming down near the old sheaf valley baths. I remember a big fella, a Clyde Best look-a-like, leading their lads and hitting anything in front of him. I recall a fan outside the station being grabbed by a mounted police officer, kicked him straight in the face and then rode off! We got down the road a bit and came across some blokes coming in the opposite direction from Clyde Best and co. One of them had a blades scarf on. They enquired what was going on up the road and then promptly, without warning, laid into us... they were West ham in disguise, very snidy I thought. That kind of underhand stuff happened back then and was par for the course, but I have to say, I did lose a bit of respect for West Ham that day.

All that was approximately 44 years ago...how time passes by.

 

[Yewsman]

I was there in John Street terrace or stand. Can’t remember which. The bit I also remember which is never shown on highlights was TC running down the left hand touchline towards the Kop, beating several WH players and blowing kisses to the crowd as he did. Anyone got video of that? Can’t remember if it was before or after “that goal”.

 

[Silent Blade]

I was there in John Street terrace or stand. Can’t remember which. The bit I also remember which is never shown on highlights was TC running down the left hand touchline towards the Kop, beating several WH players and blowing kisses to the crowd as he did. Anyone got video of that? Can’t remember if it was before or after “that goal”.

That was against Stoke three weeks later. Sadly that match wasnt televised

 

[AnglesWithDirtyFaces]

The day after my birthday, I was six years old thanks for the best birthday present TC

UTB

 

[Sheffsteel]

That was my first ever football match, a few days after my 9th birthday, stood at the back of the lower section just behind the goal. A year later another uncle took me to see a Wednesday game in division 3 but it was crap in comparison, so i chose to support the Blades as were were far more trendier to support in the 70’s, most kids at school seemed to support United too. In the late 70’s I used to actually feel a bit sorry for SW fans as their team were dire with no prospects. Then in the mid 80’s and early 90’s they had their good times and all of a sudden everyone seemed to support Wednesday.

Can’t remember the South stand looking like that but can remember everyone pre and post match being totally in love with Currie.
Also remember seeing street sellers selling rosettes, remember the odd wooden rattle being used too.
After the match we caught a bus from The Moor, buses ran up and down as it’s wasnt pedestrianised then.

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

This game for me holds strong in the memory, as it will for so many Blades of a certain age. Some great football played that day and a fantastic atmosphere on the kop.

However, I also remember it for the trouble afterwards around midland station and pond street bus station. Back in the day opposite the train station was a high wall with a car park down below. There was a subway from the station that came out behind the wall. A while after the game a mob of West ham came out of the station and under the subway to get at blades coming down near the old sheaf valley baths. I remember a big fella, a Clyde Best look-a-like, leading their lads and hitting anything in front of him. I recall a fan outside the station being grabbed by a mounted police officer, kicked him straight in the face and then rode off! We got down the road a bit and came across some blokes coming in the opposite direction from Clyde Best and co. One of them had a blades scarf on. They enquired what was going on up the road and then promptly, without warning, laid into us... they were West ham in disguise, very snidy I thought. That kind of underhand stuff happened back then and was par for the course, but I have to say, I did lose a bit of respect for West Ham that day.

All that was approximately 44 years ago...how time passes by.

Cass Pennant leading the charge then.

 

[Bladesdoc]

My first ever Blades match. With my dad. Aged 5. Made me fall in love with the Blades and football.

 

[BLADE OF GRASS]

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My seat where the orange blob is next to gangway H , I was still 5 yrs and 2 months away when that goal went in

 

[grafikhaus]

I was sat up in the BL stand for some reason, can't remember why. Gave me a great view of THAT goal though.

44 years on, I'm still sat in that building site...

Can’t remember the South stand looking like that

It was a bit delayed as there was a hold-up in getting plywood from Sweden (for the concrete formwork).

After the match we caught a bus from The Moor, buses ran up and down as it’s wasnt pedestrianised then.

Part of my driving test involved driving down The Moor.


No wonder I failed...

 

[cahill]

Cass Pennant leading the charge then.

Hé would have been in nappies, not a pretty site though. If he was there he would have been quite young, there were quite a few older black guys.

 

[cahill]

This game for me holds strong in the memory, as it will for so many Blades of a certain age. Some great football played that day and a fantastic atmosphere on the kop.

However, I also remember it for the trouble afterwards around midland station and pond street bus station. Back in the day opposite the train station was a high wall with a car park down below. There was a subway from the station that came out behind the wall. A while after the game a mob of West ham came out of the station and under the subway to get at blades coming down near the old sheaf valley baths. I remember a big fella, a Clyde Best look-a-like, leading their lads and hitting anything in front of him. I recall a fan outside the station being grabbed by a mounted police officer, kicked him straight in the face and then rode off! We got down the road a bit and came across some blokes coming in the opposite direction from Clyde Best and co. One of them had a blades scarf on. They enquired what was going on up the road and then promptly, without warning, laid into us... they were West ham in disguise, very snidy I thought. That kind of underhand stuff happened back then and was par for the course, but I have to say, I did lose a bit of respect for West Ham that day.

All that was approximately 44 years ago...how time passes by.

I was stood at the side of that West Ham mob at the back of the kop. First time i'd seen black lads in numbers at a match. The Whammers seemed much older than their Blades counterparts. Of all the hooligan incidents i remember from those days that match and one against Newcastle at the Lane stand out. Ten years later hooliganism had virtually killed the game as a spectator sport

 

[Silent Blade]

My seat where the orange blob is next to gangway H , I was still 5 yrs and 2 months away when that goal went in

Looks like you sit a row behind me?

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

This game for me holds strong in the memory, as it will for so many Blades of a certain age. Some great football played that day and a fantastic atmosphere on the kop.

However, I also remember it for the trouble afterwards around midland station and pond street bus station. Back in the day opposite the train station was a high wall with a car park down below. There was a subway from the station that came out behind the wall. A while after the game a mob of West ham came out of the station and under the subway to get at blades coming down near the old sheaf valley baths. I remember a big fella, a Clyde Best look-a-like, leading their lads and hitting anything in front of him. I recall a fan outside the station being grabbed by a mounted police officer, kicked him straight in the face and then rode off! We got down the road a bit and came across some blokes coming in the opposite direction from Clyde Best and co. One of them had a blades scarf on. They enquired what was going on up the road and then promptly, without warning, laid into us... they were West ham in disguise, very snidy I thought. That kind of underhand stuff happened back then and was par for the course, but I have to say, I did lose a bit of respect for West Ham that day.

All that was approximately 44 years ago...how time passes by.

Cass Pennant leading the charge then.

It was a strange situation in the 70s and 80s. Pennant was a later thug at West Ham (late 80s into the 90s) but despite a strong NF and racially motivated following, West Ham had several black hooligans from about 1970ish. Maybe it was the presence in the team of the aforementioned Clyde Best, but the monkey chanting, banana throwing element was never as prominent or vicious as at, say Chelsea (ask Paul Canoville).

 

[Freddie]

2-1 down at half time.

Then Tony Currie took over and tore them apart time after time.

Woody equalises for 2-2 (57 mins) - below. David Bradford looks on.


The last half an hour was simply fantastic football in a superb atmosphere. Magical stuff in the sunshine.

United dominated midfield and three times the West Ham cross bar shuddered from the power of United's shots.

It's remembered as one of TC's greatest days but everyone played brilliantly. Ken Furphy praised the whole team, but particularly Keith Eddy who he said "was outstanding both as a player and tactician", adding "Tony was able to profit from the superb quality of the players around him and that ought not to be forgotten".

Not this time - TC comes close with a dipping drive onto the crossbar - below.


Finally TC got the winner - below. The final flourish to a breathtaking 10/10 performance.


After the 3-2 win, TC salutes the delirious fans who respond with a standing ovation- below.


Great times. A simply superb soccer extravaganza.

We had to wait until nearly midnight to see it again on Match of the Day.

First came the Eurovision Song Contest and then a Division Three game as the main match. The highlights didn't do the second half full justice, with much of the team's dominance and Currie's mazy runs being cut out..

One newspaper reported:

"Having survived two hours of amplified purgatory from Stockholm, we then had to endure Blackburn's 1-0 win at Brighton, before Match of the Day finally returned football to the masses".

 

[JJ Sefton]

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2-1 down at half time.

Then Tony Currie took over and tore them apart time after time.

Woody equalises for 2-2 (57 mins) - below. David Bradford looks on.
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The last half an hour was simply fantastic football in a superb atmosphere. Magical stuff in the sunshine.

United dominated midfield and three times the West Ham cross bar shuddered from the power of United's shots.

It's remembered as one of TC's greatest days but everyone played brilliantly. Ken Furphy praised the whole team, but particularly Keith Eddy who he said "was outstanding both as a player and tactician", adding "Tony was able to profit from the superb quality of the players around him and that ought not to be forgotten".

Not this time - TC comes close with a dipping drive onto the crossbar - below.
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Finally TC got the winner - below. The final flourish to a breathtaking 10/10 performance.
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After the 3-2 win, TC salutes the delirious fans who respond with a standing ovation- below.
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Great times. A simply superb soccer extravaganza.

We had to wait until nearly midnight to see it again on Match of the Day.

First came the Eurovision Song Contest and then a Division Three game as the main match. The highlights didn't do the second half full justice, with much of the team's dominance and Currie's mazy runs being cut out..

One newspaper reported:

"Having survived two hours of amplified purgatory from Stockholm, we then had to endure Blackburn's 1-0 win at Brighton, before Match of the Day finally returned football to the masses".

Well tune in this Saturday.

 

[Rusty]

Desso looks a bit rough there...

 

[JJ Sefton]

Bump.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

This game for me holds strong in the memory, as it will for so many Blades of a certain age. Some great football played that day and a fantastic atmosphere on the kop.

However, I also remember it for the trouble afterwards around midland station and pond street bus station. Back in the day opposite the train station was a high wall with a car park down below. There was a subway from the station that came out behind the wall. A while after the game a mob of West ham came out of the station and under the subway to get at blades coming down near the old sheaf valley baths. I remember a big fella, a Clyde Best look-a-like, leading their lads and hitting anything in front of him. I recall a fan outside the station being grabbed by a mounted police officer, kicked him straight in the face and then rode off! We got down the road a bit and came across some blokes coming in the opposite direction from Clyde Best and co. One of them had a blades scarf on. They enquired what was going on up the road and then promptly, without warning, laid into us... they were West ham in disguise, very snidy I thought. That kind of underhand stuff happened back then and was par for the course, but I have to say, I did lose a bit of respect for West Ham that day.

All that was approximately 44 years ago...how time passes by.

The dirty Cockney bastards.
Typical thuggish, racist, Cockney scum.

 

[Silent Blade]

It is now 3.02 pm and I cant get it to work?

 

[JJ Sefton]

Bump.

 

[JJ Sefton]

It is now 3.02 pm and I cant get it to work?

Should be working now. The schedule thing on YouTube didn't work.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

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After the 3-2 win, TC salutes the delirious fans who respond with a standing ovation- below.
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There weren't many seats then, so any ovation had to be standing.

 

[Blade1959]

Brilliant