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it’s already been pointed out but ‘Trotter - The Wednesday’ is too good to not be mentioned again tee hee
Though obviously a piggy Star reporter as they put the crowd down to those 'carefree adventurers', Corinthians.
He was away at prep school at the time - Billy Gillespie had visited his papa the previous week and delivered a gift of pigs trotters and coal.
Thanks for doing this thread. A lot of thoughts are provoked by how different the world of football was when we last won a major trophy. It also has a very personal interest for me: my dad was aware of this Cup run, but was not taken to his first match until mid-way through the following season. It happened to be New Years Day, 1926, against losing finalists, Cardiff, and an 11-2 win which is still United’s record home win. His last game was 1981, the 0-1 defeat to Walsall, which relegated United to Division 4 for the only time in our history (so far!) The various descendants of his who have become Blades were well prepared to not be glory hunters
I look forward to reports of the rest of the Cup run. Thanks
It does not seem to be mentioned in the Report but Wednesday taking a 2 goal lead was particularly surprising as they were in a lower division at the time: they finished 14th in the second division, and we ended up in the same position in the top flight.
This was the last season that top division clubs started in the 1st round. For 1925-6, the cup was reorganised into the format it still has to this day, i.e top two tiers come in at 3rd round, other league clubs at 1st round.
If it was other way round, they would still be talking about getting a bigger attendances for it to this day, like the 3k to qpr on a Tuesday night.
WowThanks for doing this thread. A lot of thoughts are provoked by how different the world of football was when we last won a major trophy. It also has a very personal interest for me: my dad was aware of this Cup run, but was not taken to his first match until mid-way through the following season. It happened to be New Years Day, 1926, against losing finalists, Cardiff, and an 11-2 win which is still United’s record home win. His last game was 1981, the 0-1 defeat to Walsall, which relegated United to Division 4 for the only time in our history (so far!) The various descendants of his who have become Blades were well prepared to not be glory hunters
What a game to pick for your first game!Thanks for doing this thread. A lot of thoughts are provoked by how different the world of football was when we last won a major trophy. It also has a very personal interest for me: my dad was aware of this Cup run, but was not taken to his first match until mid-way through the following season. It happened to be New Years Day, 1926, against losing finalists, Cardiff, and an 11-2 win which is still United’s record home win. His last game was 1981, the 0-1 defeat to Walsall, which relegated United to Division 4 for the only time in our history (so far!) The various descendants of his who have become Blades were well prepared to not be glory hunters
Can I get away with ‘most goals scored at home in a league match’?
It is the same in other footages I have seen, a non player running after the teams coming out of the tunnel, if it was a bit of comedy then I don't understand it.
It was Brewster's great grandad, he couldn't play because of a pulled hamstring, but was there to join in celebrations
The footage shows that we attacked the Lane End in the first half. In the early 1970s we usually attacked the Kop End in the first half (not sure if we often lost the toss before the kick off or just that we preferred attacking the Kop end first)
As is noted in the reports, Parker of Southampton almost single handedly gave us the game via his own goal and missed penalty.
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