'We're not going to Wembley' book

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Danny04 said:
Which Waterstones? Both in Sheffield have it in stock, or should have. It’s in the club shop, unless they’ve sold out!
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It is the one at Meadowhall, I'll try the club shop 😀
 



Danny04 said:
Which Waterstones? Both in Sheffield have it in stock, or should have. It’s in the club shop, unless they’ve sold out!
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I went in the Waterstones in meadowhall and I couldn’t find it either.

Strangely though they had ‘Hes one of our Own’ in the new releases section for some reason.
 
Book still available - in your favourite bookshop and on www.verticaleditions.com.
Limited stock of He’s one of our own also coming soon if anyone missed out first time around :)
 
At the end of the season are you releasing a new book titled ‘Told you so’
 
I’ve finally finished reading ‘We’re Not Going To Wembley’, not by skimming through it, picking it up as and when etc. but giving it the attention it deserves. (Doncha just love these pointless international breaks?)

Although this book – and its predecessor ‘He’s One Of Our Own’ – successfully ‘bookend’ the last three fantastic seasons, we all hope that there’ll be at least one more to come! (Question to Danny04 . Obviously you started work on this latest book well before the end of the 2018-19 season but, if the season had ended in failure to win promotion, would you have ‘pressed on’ like with the documentaries ‘Sunderland ‘Til I Die’ and Leeds’ ‘Take Us Home’? Or would it have been quietly shelved?)

Anyway, this latest book – as the previous one – collect memories and thoughts from key United personnel, fans and reporters. It relives a remarkable season with all its many ups (and a few downs) and will be a pleasure to dig out on a cold winters evening in years to come, wherever the future takes us.

I’m going to indulge myself and add an epilogue to this super book. Beyond the wins at Leeds and Brentford – and many more - three games which were pivotal but included incidents that may have been missed by some who attended these matches. Acts of tactical bravery, nous and genius by Wilder his players and his staff.

Wednesday February 13, 2019.

Sheffield United 1 Middlesbrough 0

Fourteen games of the season left, United in third place just three points behind top-of-the-table Leeds and Tony Pulis brought his normally-obdurate Middlesbrough (in sixth place, seven points behind United.) Basham and O’Connell were both missing for the Blades, but a 61st minute goal by Stearman secured all three points.

Another routine win? Not at all. As United emerged for the second half, they did their usual routine of two sets of five players weaving between two rows of markers next to the tunnel. Except there were only nine players (Henderson was doing his usual ‘goalkeeping thang’ at the Bramall Lane end.) – Duffy was missing. With the referee about to blow to restart the second half, Gary Madine was introduced as a late, late substitute, giving Middlesbrough no time to adjust. This was also the game where a Middlesbrough player jogged over to the ‘boro technical area to receive a piece of paper containing Pulis’ latest acts of technical genius. Defending a United corner at the kop end, Billy Sharp noticed this scrap of paper in his opponents’ hand, grabbed it and threw it into the back of the net!

Tuesday March 12, 2019

Sheffield United 2 Brentford 0.

With just ten games of the season left, United were in third place on 71 points – just two behind Leeds who topped the table. Thomas Frank brought the usual highly mobile and alert Bees to Bramall Lane and, although Brentford sat in 14th place, this was a hard-fought victory.

A 26th minute penalty by Oliver Norwood saw United lead 1-0 but – on 36 minutes – Gary Madine was given a straight red card for a foul Konsa, with referee Harrington quick to make his decision. Moments later the visitors should have levelled, but Maupay fired over on the rebound after Watkins had been denied by Henderson.

United were making little headway against Brentford’s pressing (in fact, the Bees had 29 shots in this match) so, at half-time Chris Wilder replaced Dowell and Hogan with McGoldrick and Crainie. Still Brentford pressed forward and Mokotjo hit our woodwork. David McGoldrick was unable to stem the Brentford tide – operating on a ‘lone man up front’ role. So clinging on to a narrow 1-0 lead, down to ten men and our defence under increasing pressure and what does Wilder do? On the hour mark, he substituted full-back Baldock for striker Billy Sharp. The game changed almost immediately with United’s two strikers taking the pressure off our defence and McGoldrick made it 2-0 in the 84th minute and we saw the game out – keeping another clean sheet since we last conceded at home on Boxing Day, 2018.

An act of tactical genius – and bravery – by Wilder and his staff.

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To quote fan Matt Casbolt in Danny’s book:

‘There aren’t many managers in this league – or any league, for that matter – who would have the guts to swap a defender for an attacker while a man down and clinging on for dear life…when McGoldrick sparked an eclectic and electric mix of joy and relief across the Lane.

I urge anyone reading this to dig out the highlights on YouTube and just listen to that roar from the Kop when that ball hit the back of the net. Spine-tingling.’

Do you mean this? :D

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Saturday April 27, 2019

Sheffield United 2 Ipswich Town 0

The penultimate match of the season – and United’s last home game – saw United in second place with 88 points and six points ahead of Leeds United who would face Aston Villa at home the following day. Another three points against the already-relegated Tractor Boys – and an unassailable GD – would see the Blades as good as up.

A 24th minute goal by Hogan saw United go into the break 1-0 ahead. On 71 minutes, the score was still 1-0 (always dangerous going into the final stages of the game) but United were pressing towards the Kop end. Norwood's corner found Egan unmarked six yards out, but he headed over. But for the next corner, Fleck prepared to take it from the South Stand side. But where was O’Connell? Inexplicably, he was over near United’s technical area, having drinks etc. tossed to him. Jack approached the Ipswich area almost unnoticed (if possible when you’re 6’ 3”!) and powered home Fleck’s corner to seal the game at 2-0.

The run-in to the end of the season, when most of the media weren’t taking us seriously as genuine promotion contenders and seemed to be almost willing Norwich and Leeds to claim ‘their rightful place’ in the Premier League, was unforgettable. While Leeds faltered, United lost only one of the last eighteen league games – an irresistible force and an immovable object. This spell – particularly over Easter – was where every Blades triumph was a dagger to Leeds’ (and Wednesday’s) hearts.
 



I'm on holiday at the moment, so able to give it my full attention. Just got to the chapter by Duffy. Very sad 😣😣
 
Northyorksblade said:
I'm on holiday at the moment, so able to give it my full attention. Just got to the chapter by Duffy. Very sad 😣😣
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Yes, a real shame that. I toyed with the idea of completely removing it in the reprint but decided against it. It was how he felt at the time
 
Danny04 said:
Yes, a real shame that. I toyed with the idea of completely removing it in the reprint but decided against it. It was how he felt at the timel
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No it needed to be said. Just shows how quickly things can change. A reminder to all to be careful of the consequences of your actions. 😣
 
Northyorksblade said:
Just finished it. Great read. Fine last chapter brownie.
Wouldn't it be great to read a third one at the end of this season 😀
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Cheers, I thought Brownie rounded it off superbly. The books are made, imo, by the thoughts of fans and players and manager. I just try to mould them together into some sort of shape!
 
Northyorksblade said:
Just finished it. Great read. Fine last chapter brownie.
Wouldn't it be great to read a third one at the end of this season 😀
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Danny04 said:
Cheers, I thought Brownie rounded it off superbly. The books are made, imo, by the thoughts of fans and players and manager. I just try to mould them together into some sort of shape!
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It was an absolute pleasure to be able to contribute, and to be able to have my own recollections to be recorded and put in to print.

I read my copy whilst I was on holiday in Greece, and it is now sat on my bookshelf waiting for to be reread in a few years to bring back more happy memories of the best time I’ve had watching United and it will be passed down to my lad who can enjoy it as well and look back on the special memories we made last season when he is an old man himself
 
I’ve just received a limited amount of copies of He’s one of our own alongside the new book, if you missed the boat the first time... doing a bundle with 10% off at www.verticaleditions.com :)
 
Just finished mine, looking forward to the next one "Wilder's assault on Europe"
 
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It was an absolute pleasure to be able to contribute, and to be able to have my own recollections to be recorded and put in to print.

I read my copy whilst I was on holiday in Greece, and it is now sat on my bookshelf waiting for to be reread in a few years to bring back more happy memories of the best time I’ve had watching United and it will be passed down to my lad who can enjoy it as well and look back on the special memories we made last season when he is an old man himself
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TBF by the time your lad is an old man - we will have won the FA Cup; Charity Shield; Finished top 4; Won the Europa League; Won the Premier League and then won the Champions League......... so stringer had best carry on writing because this journey is still on the rise - and that lad can write #UTB
 
Just read "We're not going to Wembley" over the course of a few days on a Greek Island.

What a book!, and what a way to relive those great memories from yet another incredible season in the Wilder and Knill era, sat in the sun, cold beer, and not a care in the world.

I actually meant to send Danny a pic for inclusion, but busy times at work meant I never got round to it (if you do a re-print and want more pics, let me know).

Found Mrs Grappler and myself on the picture of the away end, Hull, Bank Holiday Monday, which was a nice surprise.

As has been said, the Duffy chapter is particularly sad, everyone loved Mark Duffy, and today of all days, it's a shame he is not sat on the bench, ready to come on and take on his boyhood team.

But I won't dwell on that, for anyone who does not own this book, it's a "must-read" and it captures the incredible season we had, when un-glamorous Sheffield United gate crashed the party and as the weeks went by, introduced most of the country to Chris Wilder and Alan Knill's incredible style of football.

Buy it!
 
ChrisDysonHT said:
TBF by the time your lad is an old man - we will have won the FA Cup; Charity Shield; Finished top 4; Won the Europa League; Won the Premier League and then won the Champions League......... so stringer had best carry on writing because this journey is still on the rise - and that lad can write #UTB
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Grappler said:
Just read "We're not going to Wembley" over the course of a few days on a Greek Island.

What a book!, and what a way to relive those great memories from yet another incredible season in the Wilder and Knill era, sat in the sun, cold beer, and not a care in the world.

I actually meant to send Danny a pic for inclusion, but busy times at work meant I never got round to it (if you do a re-print and want more pics, let me know).

Found Mrs Grappler and myself on the picture of the away end, Hull, Bank Holiday Monday, which was a nice surprise.

As has been said, the Duffy chapter is particularly sad, everyone loved Mark Duffy, and today of all days, it's a shame he is not sat on the bench, ready to come on and take on his boyhood team.

But I won't dwell on that, for anyone who does not own this book, it's a "must-read" and it captures the incredible season we had, when un-glamorous Sheffield United gate crashed the party and as the weeks went by, introduced most of the country to Chris Wilder and Alan Knill's incredible style of football.

Buy it!
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Thanks for the kind words, chaps. Glad you enjoyed it - always nice to hear good words for something you put your life on hold to produce! Makes it worthwhile. Cheers
 
Grappler said:
Just read "We're not going to Wembley" over the course of a few days on a Greek Island.


As has been said, the Duffy chapter is particularly sad, everyone loved Mark Duffy, and today of all days, it's a shame he is not sat on the bench, ready to come on and take on his boyhood

Buy it!
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Just been speaking to Duffy's uncle. He could have gone to Leeds or Charlton too. Personally I'd have chosen Leeds.
All he asked for was another year's extension apparently not more money. Told me more but don't want to repeat that.
 
Northyorksblade said:
Just been speaking to Duffy's uncle. He could have gone to Leeds or Charlton too. Personally I'd have chosen Leeds.
All he asked for was another year's extension apparently not more money. Told me more but don't want to repeat that.
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Just hope it all works out for the lad.
 



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