Obscure Blades facts you didn't know until lockdown

[DifferentClass]

Because we all need summat to do right now:

Glenn Cockerill's dad Ron was from Chapeltown and although Glenn was born in Grimsby (where his dad is considered a legend) he had a lot of family in the Sheffield area.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

The last time the league season was not finished (1939), United had not lost a game... But we did benefit from the 1914-15 season being completed despite the War, because we won the Cup.

 

[KoppedOff]

Billy Sharps son is a better player than most of the ones we had in our first team between 2010 and 2016.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

There are 11 players who have played for the Blades who scored a Premier League hat-trick.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Billy Sharps son is a better player than most of the ones we had in our first team between 2010 and 2016.

And he's taller than most of the players Clough signed...

 

[KoppedOff]

There are 11 players who have played for the Blades who scored a Premier League hat-trick.

Guesses here, but...

Brian Deane
James Beattie
Dean Saunders
Ian Rush
Peter Ndlovu (v Liverpool I think)
Graham Stuart?
Gary Speed?
Edited to add Danny Cademarteri?

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Guesses here, but...

Brian Deane
James Beattie
Dean Saunders
Ian Rush
Peter Ndlovu (v Liverpool I think)
Graham Stuart?
Gary Speed?

All correct apart from Rush, Stuart and Cadamarteri.

You've got 5/11.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Dean Hammond went on to play Translucent in the Boys.

 

[KoppedOff]

All correct apart from Rush and Stuart.

I’ll have a few punts on:
Cademarteri for Everton
Fjiortoft possibly for Middlesborough?
Nathan Dyer?
Surely not Lee Hendrie?

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

I’ll have a few punts on:
Cademarteri for Everton
Fjiortoft possibly for Middlesborough?
Nathan Dyer?
Surely not Lee Hendrie?

Fjortoft scored a hat-trick for Swindon against Coventry in 1994.

Cadamarteri, Dyer and Hendrie all incorrect.

 

[KoppedOff]

Fjortoft scored a hat-trick for Swindon against Coventry.

Cadamarteri, Dyer and Hendrie all incorrect.

So thats 6/11... stumped now.
Did David Johnson ever get one for Ipswich or Forest?
Maybe Neil Shipperley in his early days at Chelsea?

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

So thats 6/11... stumped now.
Did David Johnson ever get one for Ipswich or Forest?
Maybe Neil Shipperley in his early days at Chelsea?

Johnson and Shipperley incorrect.

I'll give you a clue, one of them is African.

 

[KoppedOff]

Johnson and Shipperley incorrect.

I'll give you a clue, one of them is African.

Camara?

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Camara?

Correct.

Bagged three for Wigan against Charlton in 2005.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Did David Johnson ever get one for Ipswich or Forest?

Surprisingly, David Johnson never even scored a Premier League goal.

 

[KoppedOff]

Correct.

Bagged three for Wigan against Charlton in 2005.

Right then; so we need 4 more. I’ll throw a last few (highly unlikely) punts out.

George Donis for Blackburn?
Andy Reid for Forest?
Lee Morris for Derby?
Maybe Dave Unsworth? That rings a bell. Took pens (as we well know) and free kicks, so could have happened.

Surprisingly, David Johnson never even scored a Premier League goal.

Really? I always thought he was part of the Ipswich side under Burley that got into Europe. I was quite drunk for most of that period though, so he might never have even played for them.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Right then; so we need 4 more. I’ll throw a last few (highly unlikely) punts out.

George Donis for Blackburn?
Andy Reid for Forest?
Lee Morris for Derby?
Maybe Dave Unsworth? That rings a bell. Took pens (as we well know) and free kicks, so could have happened

All incorrect.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Really? I always thought he was part of the Ipswich side under Burley that got into Europe. I was quite drunk for most of that period though, so he might never have even played for them.

He did play for Ipswich in the Prem, just never scored.

 

[dazzlingblade]

I'll have a stab at Clive mendonca, somewhere in the back of my mind I remember him scoring one for Charlton

And at the time I remember after seeing him in a blades shirt, thinking it must have been a misprint

 

[dazzlingblade]

I think I know another too, but I'll let others have a stab

 

[bladestrivia]

Marcus bent Dean Windass

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

KoppedOff

Here's the full list in chronological order from top to bottom.

Brian Deane
Jan Age Fjortoft
Dean Saunders
Tommy Johnson
Peter Ndlovu
Gary Speed
Clive Mendonca
Dean Windass
James Beattie
Henri Camara
Marcus Bent

Brian Deane scored the 5th Premier League hat-trick and remains the only player to have scored one while playing for us.

Thought you would have got Windass and Bent.

Mendonca was tricky.

Tommy Johnson was a fucking Pointless answer.

 

[dazzlingblade]

We did get windass bent and mendonca

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

We did get windass bent and mendonca

Was too busy typing.

 

[KoppedOff]

Kopped

Here's the full list in chronological order from top to bottom.

Brian Deane
Jan Age Fjortoft
Dean Saunders
Tommy Johnson
Peter Ndlovu
Gary Speed
Clive Mendonca
Dean Windass
James Beattie
Henri Camara
Marcus Bent

Brian Deane scored the 5th Premier League hat-trick and remains the only player to have scored one while playing for us.

Thought you would have got Windass and Bent.

Mendonca was tricky.

Tommy Johnson was a fucking Pointless answer.

I thought there was an obvious one out there- should have got Windass and Bent. My excuse is my last memories of seeing Bent play was him being so shit I forgot he was ever half decent.

I wondered about Mendonca and remember his play off final hat trck but didnt think he did much in the PL.

Johnsons an odd one- remember him as a player at Derby, but no recollection whatsoever of him playing for us! In fact, I always thought he went to the pigs. I’m assuming he was a Warnock “Scrapheap Challenge” who never got off the bench?

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

I thought there was an obvious one out there- should have got Windass and Bent. My excuse is my last memories of seeing Bent play was him being so shit I forgot he was ever half decent.

I wondered about Mendonca and remember his play off final hat trck but didnt think he did much in the PL.

Johnsons an odd one- remember him as a player at Derby, but no recollection whatsoever of him playing for us! In fact, I always thought he went to the pigs. I’m assuming he was a Warnock “Scrapheap Challenge” who never got off the bench?

Tommy Johnson scored his hat-trick for Villa in a 7-1 thrashing of Wimbledon in 1995.

He only ever played one league match for us.

 

[Rochdaleblade]

I only recently found out that the SU in S2 4SU stands for Sheffield United! Seems obvious now.

 

[bladestrivia]

Tommy Johnson scored his hat-trick for Villa in a 7-1 thrashing of Wimbledon in 1995.

He only ever played one league match for us.

Against Plymouth away ?

 

[KoppedOff]

Tommy Johnson scored his hat-trick for Villa in a 7-1 thrashing of Wimbledon in 1995.

He only ever played one league match for us.

Just Wikipedia’d him https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Johnson_(footballer,_born_1971)

As I thought, he did play for the pork in 2001 for 8 games and scored 3.

Came to us for that one game (under Warnock, shock horror) in 2005/6.

Most shocking thing I discovered is that he’s still in his 40s.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Against Plymouth away ?

26 February 2005

Blades 1-0 Rotherham

Johnson started the match and was replaced by Andy Liddell in the 67th minute.