Blades v Latvia

[Beans]

Good read, but a schoolboy error ...The next season was 2000-01 when had a relatively good start (W5 D2 L3 of the first 10), flirted with the plays offs and finished 10th. The season you mention is 2001-02

Oops, good spot! Doh

 

[Champagneblade]

Boing!

With England playing Latvia this week for the first time in history, I was compelled to look back at the time United took on Latvia in a friendly, and wrote about it here for the Pinch. Big thanks to S64 Blade for uploading some scans of the matchday programme in this thread here!

This was a fun one to research and write, hope you enjoy if you give it a read: https://www.thepinch.uk/p/why-did-sheffield-united-play-a-friendly

I went to this.

I attended quite a lot that season. The 4-0 tonking at Fulham was of course the day of the Fulham Monty!

 

[Super Furry Blades]

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Didn't Stepanovs end up at Arsenal? Ray parlour tells a good story about Wenger signing him

Andy Woodward , isnt that the lad who was abused by the coach at crewe ...
Didnt realise he had played for United

 

[Beans]

Andy Woodward , isnt that the lad who was abused by the coach at crewe ...
Didnt realise he had played for United

It was. It didn't feel appropriate to mention in what was intended to be a light-hearted article, but this interview with him is really worth a read. Must have taken some incredible bravery. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/16/andy-woodward?s=09

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

I can remember the game as it was the same day I broke my hand and had 3 fillings done at the dentist.

What did you do? Punch yourself in the mouth?

 

[1973Blade]

I once saw David Barnes in the supermarket Iceland, does that count?

I can't recall either this post or seeing David Barnes in the supermarket Iceland. Either I've forgotten the incident or I bizarrely made it up!

 

[Classof85]

What did you do? Punch yourself in the mouth?

The broken hand was a fight at school, a lad hit me so i went to throw one back, he moved i hit a brick wall, Did crack the brick though so probably a good job it didnt land on him,

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

The broken hand was a fight at school, a lad hit me so i went to throw one back, he moved i hit a brick wall, Did crack the brick though so probably a good job it didnt land on him,

Ouch!!

 

[Classof85]

Ouch!!

Strangely didn't hurt that bad as i kept throwing on a scale of 1-10 id say the pain didnt even register, the fillings were worse