When did you first feel old as a United fan?

[1973Blade]

Watching Lee Morris play in 1998 and remembering his dad Colin playing down the wing for us (I hope Colin Morris doesn't have any footballing grandchildren, I couldn't cope with watching three generations of the Morris family play for us!).
Secondly was realising I would never see a United player older than me play again (I think it was Gary Speed - my name gives away my age!).
There hasn't yet been a United manager younger than me, I'm hoping Wilder will stay for years to come, partly for that reason!

 

[BigBed]

When I bought my daughter her first shirt.

 

[derfblade.3]

Jumping up on the kop with elation as Ebanks Landel scored at the death to beat 10 man bury and shat myself. Here is that special moment.....30 seconds into vid..

 

[Bobby Boo]

When I stopped getting searched at the turnstiles.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

When they seated the kop

 

[Blade for Sale]

When Nigel Adkins offered me a 3 year deal on £10k a week.

 

[Cheesebored]

When I had to reprimand my two lads for giving the wanker sign to West ham fans from BLU after their disallowed goal last season.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

(A little off-topic) I first felt old as a football fan when I realised that adults I was talking to did not remember England winning the World Cup.

 

[bornablade]

When a bloke (not much younger than me) held my arm to assist me up the steps on the kop.

Bloody cheek.

 

[dazzlingblade]

When I couldn't make it through 90 minutes without 7 pisses

 

[themaninblack]

On Shoreham, I think in ‘94, Man Utd in the Cup; my pal Dave de la Zouche pointed out that Eric Cantona was younger than us. I’m still struggling to get over it...

 

[Grey Blade]

A couple of seasons ago on an away trip in London when a young woman let me have her seat on the underground

 

[coaxingstar71]

No.1 - when I finally realised I was probably never going to get 'discovered' and play for the Blades, aged about 25.

No.2 - after some time away, buying my first season ticket for a while in 2013-14 and the lad in the ticket office, looking at his computer screen, said, "Have you had one before?" and I replied, "Yes in 1986"..... "Oh".

 

[Hartley Hare]

When everyone in the stand, next and around you spends more time fiddling with their phones, instead of watching the game.

When your teenage son asks why everyone keeps thinking that you are their grandfather.

HH

 

[SB_90]

(A little off-topic) I first felt old as a football fan when I realised that adults I was talking to did not remember England winning the World Cup.

i feel im getting to that point. (although might make you feel even older) i hated it a few weeks ago when someone mentioned there are football fans who werent born when England played at euro 2004 that have now left secondary school

 

[SB_90]

i dont know whether its feel old or unfit. but when we scored 2 late goals v forest. celebrated the 1st picked up my neice. put her down. then scored quickly after did the same again. big mistake i nearly collapsed through exhaustion

 

[raimond]

When I first saw David Brooks.

 

[bromtom]

When the players who everyone says are old and need replacing, are the same age or younger than me.

 

[1987]

When the players who everyone says are old and need replacing, are the same age or younger than me.

Yeah this. I still stuggle to compute.

 

[knowsnowt]

Never, despite being in my fifties.
Then again I look amazingly young for my age. So maybe it's all just a mindset.
I still get away with using my junior Blades card.

 

[Alf Tuppers Shorts]

For me , when I started going on the official coaches to away games. Oh bring back the day when me and my mate “thumbed it” down to Chelsea very early 70s. Good times, pisser coming back though.

 

[8lade]

When my younger brother was telling me we'd signed David Frain, 'how old is he?'
'About your age.' He's a good few years older I've just checked.

 

[GrayBlade]

When I stood up arms aloft singing ’We’ll never be mastered!’ in the Westfield Corner stand and realised that I was the only one singing, and that all those around me we’re embarrassed and outraged in equal measures.

 

[Russ]

Having a seat in South Stand instead of Kop makes me feel, shall we say more mature.

However once the match starts with all the shouting that goes on near me (or used to!) it’s a bit like the kop again!

Plus I get to see Gareth Southgate and Brian Deane sometimes.

 

[Paisley Blade]

At Oldham a few years ago when I saw around twenty young uns queuing for the single trap in the bog at HT , and thought how odd it was they all needed a poo at the same time.

 

[Gimli]

When Billy Sharp (year or two older than me) is no longer the exciting academy prospect and is now being accused of his legs having gone.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

That first half away at Man United after the restart watching Phil Jagielka trying to move around the pitch, and remembering we’re the same age.

 

[S64 Blade]

Am I allowed to say that I still feel young?

 

[DifferentClass]

Jumping up on the kop with elation as Ebanks Landel scored at the death to beat 10 man bury and shat myself. Here is that special moment.....30 seconds into vid..

I shit myself watching the Blades a lot lately but it has nothing to do with age.

 

[TimofeeVee]

...when reading this thread

Probably starting supporting at the end of Wilders time as a player at the Lane, and seeing him back as manager.