Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[Silent Blade]

APRIL 1984, I think. Junction of Bramall Lane/Asline Road. The triangle of grass in the foreground was the site of the Ocelot coffee bar. View attachment 74078

In the early 1970s my dad was able to park his car in Asline Road

 

[Alf Tuppers Shorts]

If you are familiar with cars, "cookie" and his "Direct motor Spares" place - does the Majestic garage ring any bells in Wath. To the old ones who knew Wath it was next to the old Majestic Cinema. Perhaps even Bob Donald?

Rumour was he had a big win on the pools which led to the rise and I suppose to the eventual fall.

Played footie for Wath and West Melton club and another one further into Wath - from memory, the Burlington - they all played in the Barnsley Nelson League - hardest football i've ever played - Sheffield football was a doddle compared to that league in Barnsley.

Here's me thinking I was was the only Blade in Wath at that time.

UTB

His old motor spares shop is still there . Played football loads of times in Wath some very tasty games especially against The saracens. Head. Happy days. Proper tackles, fifty cuffs and sending offs and paid 2 quid subs to do it.

 

[Wooden Blade]

This is a long shot... The blokes that used to sell the massive full squad posters outside the lane years ago.. I had one that I've never seen since, think it had Alan Kelly, Simon Tracey and a 3rd keeper, possibly wearing the orange and black wards kit but then I remember some yellow goalkeeper shirts too, so could be 96/97/98? .. Can anyone remember it? Needle in a haystack maybe and my memory is hazy so could be way off the mark.

Probably 1995/96 season and Billy Mercer was 3rd keeper.

 

[Bladesman]

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And this was the moment the pitch should have been rotated.

 

[Silent Blade]

And this was the moment the pitch should have been rotated.

And build 4 new stands? We struggled with paying for one stand. South Stand was supposed to cost £650K but we ended up paying a lot more.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

APRIL 1984, I think. Junction of Bramall Lane/Asline Road. The triangle of grass in the foreground was the site of the Ocelot coffee bar. View attachment 74078

That Asline Rd park was a godsend to us as kids growing up in Highfield. Played football down there many a time.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

 

[bettsyblade86]

This is a long shot... The blokes that used to sell the massive full squad posters outside the lane years ago.. I had one that I've never seen since, think it had Alan Kelly, Simon Tracey and a 3rd keeper, possibly wearing the orange and black wards kit but then I remember some yellow goalkeeper shirts too, so could be 96/97/98? .. Can anyone remember it? Needle in a haystack maybe and my memory is hazy so could be way off the mark.

Think I had it - if I did, my dad will still have it. I had a few that seems huge at the time but probably weren't all that big in hindsight

 

[Bladesman]

And build 4 new stands? We struggled with paying for one stand. South Stand was supposed to cost £650K but we ended up paying a lot more.

True but it would have been nice if we could have done it if money was no limit.

The South Stand, due to the cost of it being built has left us squashed in when we have a lot more land to work with.

 

[Tony]

And build 4 new stands? We struggled with paying for one stand. South Stand was supposed to cost £650K but we ended up paying a lot more.

Just think if we'd had Eric Taylor we'd have paid nothing.

 

[Silent Blade]

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Len Badger got injured for the start of the 1972-73 season. Steve Goulding wore the number 2 shirt for the first three months. Badger was fit again to play in September he then played in midfield wearing the number 8 shirt. In November Badger was back in his old position

 

[3-GBlade]

And build 4 new stands? We struggled with paying for one stand. South Stand was supposed to cost £650K but we ended up paying a lot more.

Seemed to be about £3M for ever
at one point I can recall Grunters (spits) saying Deano was worth more than the ground

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

Keith Kettleborough sent off

I remember it well .

Kettleborough was similar in many ways to McGoldrick and I'm not just talking about the matching bald head . He was a very intelligent footballer who liked to drop deep and had both skill and vision . Up until this match , I was a big fan of his but went off him in a big way after his actions on that day .

This was an important match for us which I always felt we could have won , had it not been for his utterly reckless and totally unnecessary challenge which resulted in the sending off .

Furthermore , and whilst I have no evidence of this , he gave the impression that he knew exactly what he was doing and showed absolutely no remorse about letting down his teammates and the fans in the way that he did .

 

[JimmyMuir94]

Think I had it - if I did, my dad will still have it. I had a few that seems huge at the time but probably weren't all that big in hindsight

Ace, would love to see it again! Yeah was thinking the same, probably just A3 size haha.

 

[JimmyMuir94]

Probably 1995/96 season and Billy Mercer was 3rd keeper.

Sounds about right! Think Kendell was manager, also the yellow/black goalkeeper shirts, there's nothing online to say they ever existed, which is odd!

 

[drblade]

(Stupid question alert)

Is there anyway of viewing all the photos without going through each page of this thread?

You know, a little but like with Whattsapp groups/iMessage where you can see all the photos that have been attached to a thread...

Yeah, though it was a stupid question!

UTB

 

[stringjunior]

And this was the moment the pitch should have been rotated.

Just what I was thinking

 

[BL6 Blade]

SUFC/British Heart Foundation fun run Summer 1987. At first i thought the 'keeper was Keith Waugh but according to Wikipedia he was at Bristol City by then.

 

[Tony]

I remember it well .

Kettleborough was similar in many ways to McGoldrick and I'm not just talking about the matching bald head . He was a very intelligent footballer who liked to drop deep and had both skill and vision . Up until this match , I was a big fan of his but went off him in a big way after his actions on that day .

This was an important match for us which I always felt we could have won , had it not been for his utterly reckless and totally unnecessary challenge which resulted in the sending off .

Furthermore , and whilst I have no evidence of this , he gave the impression that he knew exactly what he was doing and showed absolutely no remorse about letting down his teammates and the fans in the way that he did .

Ketts was not far off an England call up when he damaged his knee cartilage. Really crushed his career. At that time it was very serious and ended many footballers careers.

 

[Silent Blade]

SUFC/British Heart Foundation fun run Summer 1987. At first i thought the 'keeper was Keith Waugh but according to Wikipedia he was at Bristol City by then.

It is Keith Waugh

 

[Harrisblade]

That has just remind me of getting a bit lost beyond a ususally locked gate.....as a small boy and ending up in the long forgotten dusty passageway that were more or less under the "booth" that used to be on the BL/JS corner....

I half expected Ernest Needham to come along and tell me to clear off!!!
As it was. it was some grumpy old fucker

Yep.
That sounds like Ernest

 

[3-GBlade]

As a rule / traditionally football pitches are aligned roughly North-South so the players dont get blinded by low sun in the winter....

 

[XM657]

I remember it well .

Kettleborough was similar in many ways to McGoldrick and I'm not just talking about the matching bald head . He was a very intelligent footballer who liked to drop deep and had both skill and vision . Up until this match , I was a big fan of his but went off him in a big way after his actions on that day .

This was an important match for us which I always felt we could have won , had it not been for his utterly reckless and totally unnecessary challenge which resulted in the sending off .

Furthermore , and whilst I have no evidence of this , he gave the impression that he knew exactly what he was doing and showed absolutely no remorse about letting down his teammates and the fans in the way that he did .

Apologies Tony, wrote this without seeing your post.
What you say about Kettleborough's attributes are correct, so much so it jogged my memory. When Alf Ramsey was drawing up his squad for'66 Kettleborough was in an initial Squad of 44. Could have been the 'Peters' roll he was pencilled in for. If he had been playing for, e.g., Arsenal he would have made the 22 and Peters out.

 

[Tony]

As a rule / traditionally football pitches are aligned roughly North-South so the players dont get blinded by low sun in the winter....

Why not in Sheffield?

 

[Cheesebored]

It is Keith Waugh

Its Kenny Dalglish

 

[XM657]

It is Keith Waugh

Right, as per, SB. BL6 the Keith Waugh photo was at a BDTBL Open Day around '83. Waugh was, on his knees, fielding penalties from the younger kids. I remember because our lad struck him on his right thigh making him wince then giving it a good rub. I'll email this to our young'un, it'll make him smile. The incident is in family folklore. THANKS for the memory.

 

[Tony]

Len Badger got injured for the start of the 1972-73 season. Steve Goulding wore the number 2 shirt for the first three months. Badger was fit again to play in September he then played in midfield wearing the number 8 shirt. In November Badger was back in his old position

Always wonder whether people in these pictures recognise themselves. The ball boy/girl must do.

 

[BushBlade]

Why not in Sheffield?

It doesn’t get sun in the winter. Barely get daylight.

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Why not in Sheffield?

When United and Wednesday were formed the sky over Sheffield was filled with so much pollution from the steelworks that the sun never shone

 

[Andingmen]

April 1991. I never usually sat in the JSS, so I guess this was the last match before the old kop was rebuilt. So I could get a few more photos. Unusually, we were allowed to stroll around after the game, hence the photo also from the SS.