Worst season of mine, and many fans lives

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How can anyone say it's not the worst? We haven't been to a single game, how can anything be worse than that?? I'd take League One forever rather than not going to a game forever.

Those who don't go to games anyway might have an argument, but even then I'd say this takes some beating. We've lost 21 out of 26 fucking games and only scored 15 goals!
 



Roygbiv said:
It's the worst season in our history. There might have been more disappointing ones but we've never been this bad before in our history. In fact, after 26 games, only 4th division Newport in 1971 have lost as many as us in the history of the football league.


People seem to get uptight when you say it's the worst season as we've had worse teams but they are different things. This team still beats most of the others I've seen supporting United but it's highly unlikely (touch wood) we will lose as many games in a season ever again. We have lost over 80% of our games! It's unlike anything we've experienced before.


It doesn't mean the club is in a bad place overall and it doesn't mean we have nothing to look forward to. People may have even enjoyed this season more than previous ones but taken purely as a season, pound for pound, it's currently not an argument in terms of statistics that it's the worst season in our history. It's very likely it will be one of the worst seasons any club has ever had in this country.
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Yeah exactly.

It's subjective what you as an individual view as the worst season but clearly our position in the league and our points total at this stage will make it the worst so far for many.

I'm pushing 50 and my first proper memories are from the 80/81 season.

The earliest we've been relegated in that time is the penultimate game of the season.

Although we're not mathematically down yet we've been staring down the barrel for months and realistically will be down miles earlier than any other season I've witnessed.

Tbf though the OP was looking at the bigger picture including Covid, no fans etc.
 
It's depressing. I'm out on football in general (hardly watch, stopped having a bet). I do wonder how much of it is no fans, state of the game or just being worn down by having almost no chance of winning most games - seriously ,even at 0-0 it feels like we are out of most games after 10 minutes
 
The signs were there last year riding high(ish) in the PL approaching European spots then Covid hit and we know what happened from there - down down deeper and down. Bloody chinese. <only joking>

It went from one of the best seasons to quickly one of the worst.

I dont know whats worse prolonging the agony like we are now or missing out by one point.

At least missing out by one point doesnt linger.
 
It's not a real season BUT, relegation is relegation. Other teams will be abe to brush it off as if it never happened. Sadly for us and 2 more clubs, we can't. The season should not have started.
 
Carlton Blade said:
It's depressing. I'm out on football in general (hardly watch, stopped having a bet). I do wonder how much of it is no fans, state of the game or just being worn down by having almost no chance of winning most games - seriously ,even at 0-0 it feels like we are out of most games after 10 minutes
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Probably most of it mate.

I was gagging for football to come back after the original lockdown. Watched the Bundesliga games.

This season I've found myself less interested than normal from early doors. Not watched that many other games compared to usual and not enjoyed those I have as much.

Our season has played a part for sure but no fans, VAR, and maybe my own lack of enthusiasm for anything at times has played a part.

I'm feeling cautiously more positive about the prospect of being able to return games sooner than I expected.

I did expect no chance of going to the Lane even next season, or certainly not for most of it. As for away games, I thought it might be years.

I'm not one for this curse rubbish but it's all very Sheffield United.

Do tremendously well to get to the Prem and in one of our best ever seasons that most can remember we get a global pandemic that stops us attending matches.

I honestly believe if fans had been in all season we would be still in with a shout of staying up despite all our other deficiencies and issues.
 
I started in 1970/71 so for me

1980/81 was the worst. Relegation to Division 4. Gutless performances from the players.

2015/16 under Adkins was probably the second worst. It was touch and go whether I renewed my season ticket that year.
 
WalthamstowBlade said:
It’s true that this season has been surreal, but Covid happened to everybody. If that is going to explain why we’ve done so badly, the question is why we handled it so much worse than every other club. If it is because we are more reliant on our fans to be the 12th man than other teams, consider the implications of that: that our crowd are the difference between finishing 9th and getting relegated in the second most humiliating top flight season ever. If that is the case, it matters much less who our manager happens to be.
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No I'm not saying it's particularly down to the fans absence for us any more than anyone else, just the whole situiation is freakish generally and hard to be objective about why the wheels fell off so spectacularly. Maybe this would have happened anyway without Covid, it's hard to say.
 
Not the worst by a mile relegation to the old forth div is the worst. This is a year to forget mainly due to a horrid run on injuries .to small a squad , board unwilling to pay the going rates for quality players , board not giving CW the extra center back at the start of the season he asked for. Club not using the loan market to it's full potential . Plus the usual ref blunders. more or less sums it all up.
 
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Nagima said:
Personally I find this season the worst. I have been a fan since 1984. There were ups and downs. League 1. Championship and Premier League. I never got over depressed in League 1. I was hopeful and optimistic that we could get it right. Frustrated with Adkins and his analysis post game. I didn't get carried away with last season or was I overly negative about our poor form this season. Relegation wasn't going to knock me about. But the Fulham game just took the biscuit. The lack of skills, athleticism and drive. Out played against relegation rivals. That was the low point for me. It just showed me how far off the pace we are. How disjointed and reinforced the idea in my head that we need major surgery to play at PL level.
The worst so far.
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Really that was not Fulham we played it was a league of nations team from europe including players from a lot of top european clubs , 8 in all i think.
 
Points per game, how many games we’ve lost this season etc it’ll possibly be the most out of our depth in a league we’ve ever been. I do struggle to understand how some refuse to take any solace in it being the Premier League, not League One, and how the club isn’t on its knees as it was a few years ago. It’s shite. But it’s almost as though points on the board are all that people look at. There are countless factors that have totally gone against us. It doesn’t feel like football and hasn’t since lockdown.
 
My first full season watching us was the 1975/6 season. That was an unmitigated disaster for me at 9 years old.
I always remained enthusiastic about going to the match even at our lowest point in the early 80's but this time it feels very different. It is all very "Death By 1000 Cuts". Only a year ago we were poised to bother the top 6 in the best league in the World. The S6 lot looked doomed, all was looking bright for the foreseeable future.
Our fall from then has been devastating. It's all but killed my love of football. Wilder's apparent 180 U turn, injuries to our better players, terrible recruitment, VAR, knowing we will not score, knowing Lunny will stop any move forward and pass backwards etc....
This is by far the worst season ever for me. At least when we were relegated to the 4th we went down with a positive goal difference! This season we have seen precious little, with no promise or expectation of getting another point or even scoring a chuffing goal.
We may be playing in the highest division, but bloody hell, cant we at least TRY and get some points on the board?
 



I think you need to put things into perspective. We had a year in the Premier League and did fantastically. OK, so we are going down and will have to manage on the parachute payment. :) We have one of the best managers in UK football and have a good chance of getting straight back IMHO. Just remember the wonderful weeks and months we've had under Wilder. Some of the best football I have seen from a Blades team. You don't need to go back too far to remember us being relegated to the fourth division. Only a few years ago we were enjoying the likes of the 2 Nigels and Micky Adams in the 3rd division. Do you really think this season is worse than that dross? Give your head a wobble.
 
The worst thing for me is on a personal level that I've got an 8 year who was mad keen about attending the home games and odd away game we got to last season (it being his first as we lived away previously and only attended Christmas home matches if we were back). There's a lot of choice in a kids life nowadays and the Mrs would rather him do anything but go to BDTBL at the weekend due to her pork family ties, I hope he's as keen next season when we're grinding out results against shite like Luton.

Obviously I don't want the lad to be a glory supporter, but he has to be entertained to want to go to matches and what we've had this season isn't entertainment even in the loosest sense of the word.
 
It has been the worst season for football in general, because of coronavirus; and it is likely to be the worst season for league results for Utd. There is an added regrettable circumstance: I am about to recall in the ‘60 years ago’ thread what I regard as the best away-day in my 67 years of being a Blade - the 6th Round Cup victory at Newcastle. For all sorts of reasons, that was more memorable than the promotion to the top league which followed a few weeks later. The Premier League, money, etc., have destroyed the magic of the FA Cup, and sadly the forthcoming trip to Chelsea this year would not have been eagerly anticipated even if fans could travel to London. There was a time when relegation and a good Cup run would not have been a failed season. Now avoid relegation on goal difference and get knocked out of the Cup playing a reserve team in the 3rd Round would be regarded as success, simply because of the financial consequences.
 
Anyone ever been defeated 30x in a season of 38 games? Yet!
 
Seanshoreham said:
Well my worst was the 1968 relegation, as a kid you really feel it - we were betrayed by Dick Wragg, he sold our star young players Jones (to Leeds FFS) and Birchenall and of course it all ended in tears.
I'll bet John Harris would have loved to have £130M to spend!!
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me anall sean dick wragg cost the club its division 1 place that season personally i was devastated when we sold my hero mick jones remember the grocer jack song that we sang on the shoreham ?
 
There you are Roy, everything you ever say is now discredited.
 
Silent Blade said:
After 26 games in 1975-76 we were 5 wins away from 4th bottom, just like now. We scored 18 and conceded 54. This season we scored 15 and conceded 43 so 1975-76 was worse

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It wasn't though was it. The fans were there, seeing their mates, having a pint and being part of the atmosphere. This season is immeasurably worse.

I bet the football was better to watch as well. There were some gifted players in that team.
 
Working Class Hero said:
It wasn't though was it. The fans were there, seeing their mates, having a pint and being part of the atmosphere. This season is immeasurably worse.

I bet the football was better to watch as well. There were some gifted players in that team.
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Am talking on statistical terms
 
This season reminds me of that one. We just missed out on European football the previous season too. That season we had Currie, Woodward etc and as a 9 yr old I had hope right until the end. We beat Man U that season too!
 
It's much easier to accept losses when you aren't attending games imho. We lose and instead of being upset till the next game. Whoosh, it's gone. Just don't care. So, again, imho this season isn't anywhere near as bad as previous bad seasons. As long as you avoid shout box, when it seems the end of the world is nigh.
And we aren't going anywhere, so no piss taking from other fans. Also pigs can't say anything from where they are standing, or should I say lying down.
 
The worst season was 1976 under Furphy an Sirrel. We were down by October and hardly a player especially TC broke sweat from November onwards. At least this team stills fights
 
Muttley said:
My first full season watching us was the 1975/6 season. That was an unmitigated disaster for me at 9 years old.
I always remained enthusiastic about going to the match even at our lowest point in the early 80's but this time it feels very different. It is all very "Death By 1000 Cuts". Only a year ago we were poised to bother the top 6 in the best league in the World. The S6 lot looked doomed, all was looking bright for the foreseeable future.
Our fall from then has been devastating. It's all but killed my love of football. Wilder's apparent 180 U turn, injuries to our better players, terrible recruitment, VAR, knowing we will not score, knowing Lunny will stop any move forward and pass backwards etc....
This is by far the worst season ever for me. At least when we were relegated to the 4th we went down with a positive goal difference! This season we have seen precious little, with no promise or expectation of getting another point or even scoring a chuffing goal.
We may be playing in the highest division, but bloody hell, cant we at least TRY and get some points on the board?
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Strangely, for me it's the 1995-96 season because it was an end of the Bassett era and for some reason I was desperate for him to go out on a high. Seeing United fans fighting in the away end at Roots Hall brought tears to my eyes, given how far we had fallen after his four years in the top flight. Will I ever see us have four consecutive seasons in the PL? I doubt it.

Your point about Wilder resonates. Going down with the real CW, yes I could handle that and remain upbeat but we're not, there's an imposter in charge and similar to Bassett, it's only going to end one way. My point is, we haven't reached the lowest point yet, it will be when CW leaves either when we get relegated, in the summer or most likely when we are mid-table championship mediocrity again.
 
Sandygate Blade said:
I started in 1970/71 so for me

1980/81 was the worst. Relegation to Division 4. Gutless performances from the players.

2015/16 under Adkins was probably the second worst. It was touch and go whether I renewed my season ticket that year.
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your right i only thought of the Prem years i.e 1976, but 81 and 2016 were dire
 



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