If we did merge with the scum ....

[stannyblade]

Following from todays sponsorship merger it got me thinking.

What if.. we were to merge with the s6 lot. Would we have to start again league wise?

Heres my suggestions if we do.
Take the red stripe from our kit and the white from theirs.
Call the team United as the 2 teams have united
Play at the lane as its the most central

Please note it is not something I want to happen or even think will happen.

Just what if

 

[davidpinder]

Its what i,ve always said, the team would have to be called united because thats what it will be and BDTBL is in sheffield centre i see no difference. Lets be honest DW would love a merger.

 

[bricktop]

The thing there will come a time when a city with two decent sized clubs decide to cut their losses and go it together.

If i was looking in from the outside, then Sheffield would a city who is ripe for it.

Not that i would agree with it.

 

[SteelCity Blade]

They will both be forever average until they do. If we take a hypothetical situation where it did happen, I imagine eventually they would build a new stadium just off the parkway and the only part of either name that would remain is Sheffield. They couldn't just call them United as half the city wouldn't wear it. I always imagine the kit would be white with a thin red stripe and a thin blue stripe running through it, to honour both clubs.

I also think if it did happen Sheffield FC would probably be part of the merger.

 

[Darren]

They will both be forever average until they do. If we take a hypothetical situation where it did happen, I imagine eventually they would build a new stadium just off the parkway and the only part of either name that would remain is Sheffield. They couldn't just call them United as half the city wouldn't wear it. I always imagine the kit would be white with a thin red stripe and a thin blue stripe running through it, to honour both clubs.

I also think if it did happen Sheffield FC would probably be part of the merger.

I have a vague memory of reading something in the Shoot Annual in around 1980 with a fantasy report about "Football in 2000" which stated that in the past season, the merged Sheffield City club, managed by Trevor Francis(!) had just won the European Cup.

If only...

 

[Jostein Flo]

They will both be forever average until they do. If we take a hypothetical situation where it did happen, I imagine eventually they would build a new stadium just off the parkway and the only part of either name that would remain is Sheffield. They couldn't just call them United as half the city wouldn't wear it. I always imagine the kit would be white with a thin red stripe and a thin blue stripe running through it, to honour both clubs.

I also think if it did happen Sheffield FC would probably be part of the merger.

I think they'd run a country mile rather than be associated with us lot...

 

[SwissBlade]

We won't merge with them, end of discussion

All the justification is always about additional revenue. But for me its not about revenue and never will be, the revenue is always a nice to have. Otherwise we do what all Football Clubs do from Village/ Sunday league sides up to Champions League - Live within our means.

 

[Darren]

I think they'd run a country mile rather than be associated with us lot...

How does a country mile differ from an urban mile? I've never understood that phrase...

 

[Jostein Flo]

How does a country mile differ from an urban mile? I've never understood that phrase...

There are more cows per country mile....

Whichever mile they chose though the point stands. Why would Sheffield FC with their heritage as the worlds oldest club and links with Real Madrid, Pele etc... give that up to be the lesser partner in a three way merger with two football clubs in dire straights to form plastic shiny corporate Team Sheffield?

 

[oaklandrdblade]

We won't merge with them, end of discussion

All the justification is always about additional revenue. But for me its not about revenue and never will be, the revenue is always a nice to have. Otherwise we do what all Football Clubs do from Village/ Sunday league sides up to Champions League - Live within our means.

How many do that? Think the last report I saw about it was that only a handful of teams in the top two divisions had sustainable models, can't remember where/who that came from.

 

[Kenilworth]

If the merger happened the kit would have to be brown - for reasons that must be obvious to all.

I wouldn't watch a merged Sheffield team. That would be the death of football for me. As it is it's wheezing and groaning on life support.

 

[broomhillblade]

If you merged two loss-making clubs, then you would end up with one club with a bigger loss. OK, there would be some short-term income from the sale of a ground and maybe some other facilities, but that money would soon be blown on prima donna players and their agents. Sheffield could end up like Bradford.

 

[grafikhaus]

They couldn't just call them United as half the city wouldn't wear it.

Just like most fans won't wear anything with 'Gilders' or 'Westfield' on it as it smacks of the other lot.

Truly a woeful decision.

 

[broomhillblade]

Just like most fans won't wear anything with 'Gilders' or 'Westfield' on it as it smacks of the other lot.

Truly a woeful decision.

If that really is the case it just underlines how thick football fans are.

By the same token, would Blades fans refuse to buy a car from Gilders?

(I've never bought a replica football shirt in my life - they're always a rip-off - and at my time of life I would look stupid in one anyway).

 

[Highbury_Blade]

How does a country mile differ from an urban mile? I've never understood that phrase...

A country mile has no definitive length. Ie; when someone says a pub is a mile up the road, but it turns out to be an hour and a half slog.

 

[Kentblade]

Join the club Broomhill,as I have never had a replica shirt and agree with your comments.Just a tie and some scarfs,to keep me warm!
Do not think I could support a joint team now.
UTB
PS Looked a mighty explosion in Boston yesterday with the sad loss of life.

 

[broomhillblade]

Join the club Broomhill,as I have never had a replica shirt and agree with your comments.Just a tie and some scarfs,to keep me warm!
Do not think I could support a joint team now.
UTB
PS Looked a mighty explosion in Boston yesterday with the sad loss of life.

It was a scarf and a rosette for me KB when I was a youngster. These days when I go to a match I at least try to wear something red and white.

Re the explosion last night - I never heard a thing. I won't be buying any vodka in Boston for a while!

 

[stannyblade]

back to the question. Which league would they have to start in?

 

[Highbury_Blade]

Given that MK Dons got to stay in the league instead of starting from lower down, i would have thought we'd stay in whatever league the highest placed team were in at the time. After all, we'd be freeing up a spot for anothe leagues team.

 

[judge]

more chance of my twurtlestick merging with drew barrymores blurta

 

[Darren]

A country mile has no definitive length. Ie; when someone says a pub is a mile up the road, but it turns out to be an hour and a half slog.

Yes, I gathered that, but where does the phrase derive from. Why should a "country mile" have no definite length?

 

[Highbury_Blade]

I'd imagine it derives from country folk giving imprecise distances when giving directions. I doubt the exact origins are written down anywhere.

Not sure what you're driving at to be honest.

Edit: i found this

Like the respective weights of the celebrated pound of feathers and pound of lead, as posed in the children's riddle, there is no difference in length between the country mile, the town mile or indeed any other mile. However, the country mile, which may wend its way through an abundance of winding road, and may also undulate up and down with the local contours seems longer. A search via Google Books offers a citation in 1829, in the poem 'The Villager's Tale' by Frederick de Kruger, Jr. This may not be the first recorded use, but the OED omits the compound. Here it is

The travelling stage had set me down

Within a mile of yon church-town;

'T was long indeed, a country mile.

But well I knew each field or style;

The wheel-worn lane, the high pathway

 

[Darren]

I'd imagine it derives from country folk giving imprecise distances when giving directions. I doubt the exact origins are written down anywhere.

Not sure what you're driving at to be honest.

Edit: i found this

I'm not driving at anything - just curious - I don't always have an ulterior agenda you know!

Thanks for the info - that does explain it. "Country Mile" is one of those dead metaphors that people use without thinking about what it actually means and that Orwell banged on about in "Politics and the English Language". Ever since reading that essay when I was about 17, I have had a nose for them...

 

[Wapping Blade]

Something like this (found as directions to local "attractions" in a hotel in Kerry recently)?

 

[Highbury_Blade]

Something like this (found as directions to local "attractions" in a hotel in Kerry recently)?

Can someone with superman vision tell me what it says?

 

[JJ Sefton]

A merger would be a horrible thing and I wouldnt support whatever bastard offspring issued forth. Its bad enough having grunters in the ground on derby day, imagine standing next to the buggers every week.

 

[Darren]

Can someone with superman vision tell me what it says?

Anyway, I prefer country matters to country miles...

HAMLET
112 Lady, shall I lie in your lap?

OPHELIA
113 No, my lord.

HAMLET
114 I mean, my head upon your lap?

OPHELIA
115 Ay, my lord.

HAMLET
116 Do you think I meant country matters?

OPHELIA
117 I think nothing, my lord.

HAMLET
118 That's a fair thought to lie between
119 maids' legs.

 

[Wapping Blade]

Can someone with superman vision tell me what it says?

Oops sorry, nicked it off someone's Facebook

 

[JJ Sefton]

Anyway, I prefer country matters to country miles...

HAMLET
112 Lady, shall I lie in your lap?

OPHELIA
113 No, my lord.

HAMLET
114 I mean, my head upon your lap?

OPHELIA
115 Ay, my lord.

HAMLET
116 Do you think I meant country matters?

OPHELIA
117 I think nothing, my lord.

HAMLET
118 That's a fair thought to lie between
119 maids' legs.

Thats where I used to go wrong. I stuck with "Nice legs, what time do they open?" for years.

 

[super_pig]

if we merged with the scum we'd be playing at attercliffe common in blue and red stripes and called sheffield city.. we'd still be crap even though we had attendences of 30k plus.. think newcastle .. leeds.. oh yeah and i'd be in graves park watching fc united of sheffield