Down memory Lane.....this day

[Silent Blade]

41 years ago......United 1 Dynamo Kiev 2.

Never been explained why we suddenly had a friendly against Kiev, in February, probably something to do with the red flag flying over the City Hall, and the council's plea that it didn't want to be nuked by the Russians.

Gil Reece with the goal.

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I had the programme but it disappeared. Is it right that Olek Blokhin played for Dynamo Kiev at that match?

 

[Darren]

41 years ago......United 1 Dynamo Kiev 2.

Never been explained why we suddenly had a friendly against Kiev, in February, probably something to do with the red flag flying over the City Hall, and the council's plea that it didn't want to be nuked by the Russians.

Gil Reece with the goal.

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Apart from the fact that Dynamo Kiev are Ukrainian, not Russian

 

[metalblade]

I had the programme but it disappeared. Is it right that Olek Blokhin played for Dynamo Kiev at that match?

If memory serves me right yes he played and scored.

 

[Silent Blade]

Apart from the fact that Dynamo Kiev are Ukrainian, not Russian

The USSR then! or CCCP!

 

[Superblades]

Here's todays offerings, one for the young un's and one for the aficionado's of the Youth game.

This day 1998 16 years ago, we have a programme cover of Don Hutchinson ordering a pint. United beat Oxford 1-0 with Bobby Ford scoring against his former club.

If I remember correctly it was Ford's debut for us and he scored with a diving header.

 

[Darren]

If I remember correctly it was Ford's debut for us and he scored with a diving header.

Ford did indeed score in that game, but his debut was on 29/11/97 v Crewe at the Lane

 

[metalblade]

The USSR then! or CCCP!

Kiev at the time had a forward line who were part of the USSR team from the 1970 Mexico world cup. Puzach, Byshovets, Khemelnitsky and Muntyan in midfield. By 1972 keeper Rudakov, defenders Matvienko, Troshkin and midfielder Kolotov were all full USSR internationals. Kolotov and Byshovets were the only Russians the rest were from the Ukraine. No needing a few days rest between games for these guys, the night before they were in Glasgow playing Celtic, I can only imagine the reason for this being maybe they were on a winter break and the UK was quite a bit warmer than the USSR in February.

 

[Sharrowblade]

29 years ago February 9th 1985.

Game Off - United v Oldham. A 28 page effort featuring a nice artcle in the centre about Sheff Wendy's Lee Chapman

The game was eventually played three days later.


Although the pitch was covered in snow, that wasn't the reason the game was postponed, the day before this little beauty was discovered on nearby Lancing Road. A 1000 kg Hermann

 

[Silent Blade]

Kiev at the time had a forward line who were part of the USSR team from the 1970 Mexico world cup. Puzach, Byshovets, Khemelnitsky and Muntyan in midfield. By 1972 keeper Rudakov, defenders Matvienko, Troshkin and midfielder Kolotov were all full USSR internationals. Kolotov and Byshovets were the only Russians the rest were from the Ukraine. No needing a few days rest between games for these guys, the night before they were in Glasgow playing Celtic, I can only imagine the reason for this being maybe they were on a winter break and the UK was quite a bit warmer than the USSR in February.

I remember Rudakov making acrobatic saves in USSR's 1972 Euro nations final defeat by 3-0 to West Germany!

 

[Sharrowblade]

7 years ago, almost a full house to see Spurs carry on their unhappy record at the Lane.

United come from behind, after an early Jenas goal

Hulse and a Jags penalty the scorers.

 

[Silent Blade]

12th February 1972 Blades 3 (Dearden, Woodward (p), Currie) Man City 3 (Lee 2 (1 pen), Bell)

 

[JJ Sefton]

12th February 1972 Blades 3 (Dearden, Woodward (p), Currie) Man City 3 (Lee 2 (1 pen), Bell)

Always thought that was one of the finest handballs I've ever seen. Cracking bit of goalkeeping actually.

 

[Revolution]

7 years ago, almost a full house to see Spurs carry on their unhappy record at the Lane.

United come from behind, after an early Jenas goal

Hulse and a Jags penalty the scorers.

Memorable for me as thanks to Cathay fucking Pacific I was on the tarmac at Heathrow rather than at the game.

That was to have been Revolution jr's first ever Blades PL game. As a result of that delay, he's still waiting for his first ever Blades PL game...

 

[Silent Blade]

Always thought that was one of the finest handballs I've ever seen. Cracking bit of goalkeeping actually.

Yes, It was Mick Speight in his full debut. Also making his debut was left back Alan Ogden. He got into a tussle with Mike Summerbee (Alan was at the receiving end of Mike's sly elbowing but stood up for himself well). Sadly Alan had to retire from football a few years later due to heart problems, there was a regional programme on tv about 20 years ago about him having a heart transplant which gave him a few more years

 

[Sharrowblade]

And the programme from the aforementioned game.

 

[BusheyBlade]

7 years ago, almost a full house to see Spurs carry on their unhappy record at the Lane.

United come from behind, after an early Jenas goal

Hulse and a Jags penalty the scorers.

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One of my favourite games of the PL season, mostly because it gave me a chance to rib a load of my Spurs supporting mates down here. That was the day that walking out of the ground I turned to my mum and brother and said there was no way we would go down...

 

[Jon Bon]

And the programme from the aforementioned game.

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Is that Moshe Dayan shaking hands with the team? It's either him or The Green Hornet...

 

[Silent Blade]

And the programme from the aforementioned game.

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Moshe Dayan shaking hands with Blades players before the friendly match at Israel in the previous week (we had no match on the day of the 4th round matches in the FA Cup)

 

[Darren]

Moshe Dayan shaking hands with Blades players before the friendly match at Israel in the previous week (we had no match on the day of the 4th round matches in the FA Cup)

Quiz question:

How did that game in Israel come back to bite United when they went on a post season tour in 1975?

 

[Silent Blade]

Quiz question:

How did that game in Israel come back to bite United when they went on a post season tour in 1975?

Some of our players had the Israel stamp on their passports and were refused entry in an African country (Tunisia, I think) three years later

 

[Darren]

Some of our players had the Israel stamp on their passports and were refused entry in an African country (Tunisia, I think) three years later

Nearly right - it was Kuwait. I vaguely recall they were only bothered about Len Badger, but other players - Woodward, Currie, Hemsley, McAlistar etc would have had the stamps as well.

 

[JJ Sefton]

One of my favourite games of the PL season, mostly because it gave me a chance to rib a load of my Spurs supporting mates down here. That was the day that walking out of the ground I turned to my mum and brother and said there was no way we would go down...

I think that after that game we were 10 points clear of relegation, the biggest gap we had all season. I was interviewed by Radio Sheffield after the game and in my tired and emotional state all I could come up with was "When he was in The Jam Paul Weller had the words 'Fire and Skill' painted on his guitar. That's what we had today".

 

[Silent Blade]

Nearly right - it was Kuwait. I vaguely recall they were only bothered about Len Badger, but other players - Woodward, Currie, Hemsley, McAlistar etc would have had the stamps as well.

Maybe Woody, TC, Hemsley, McAlister had their passports renewed (some had 10 year passports or had one year passports) between 1972 and 1975. Badger's 10 year passport will not have expired before 1975

 

[Darren]

Maybe Woody, TC, Hemsley, McAlister had their passports renewed (some had 10 year passports or had one year passports) between 1972 and 1975. Badger's 10 year passport will not have expired before 1975

Fair enough!

 

[Jon Bon]

Quiz question:

How did that game in Israel come back to bite United when they went on a post season tour in 1975?

Was Chris Guthrie recruited by MOSSAD but failed miserably to carry out his mission, hence the saying 'Couldn't hit an Iranian nuclear scientist's car with a magnetic bomb'..?

Maybe?

 

[Sharrowblade]

I think that after that game we were 10 points clear of relegation, the biggest gap we had all season. I was interviewed by Radio Sheffield after the game and in my tired and emotional state all I could come up with was "When he was in The Jam Paul Weller had the words 'Fire and Skill' painted on his guitar. That's what we had today".

I always try to stay clear of anyone lurking with a microphone outside the Lane, since being ambushed on a friday afternoon by RS one year.

I was asked for a prediction between Us and them (S6 wallers), due to meet the day after,

In situations like that you'd like to think you'd come across either as a serious fan or witty.

I ended up sounding like Gareth gates by stammering '1-0, 90th minute, Monty with a 30 yard screamer into the top corner'..........I guess they thought I was trying to be Witty. I wasn't...honest

 

[shorehamview]

My brother got collared by a Radio Sheffield chap after we'd done Wendy 3-1. "How does it feel to beat your rivals?" asked the work experience chap. "Fucking marvellous" replied my brother. "Please done swear or we can't use it" the hack pleaded. "Well, how do you fucking think it feels?" was my brother's final response.

As we walked away from the ground my brother muttered something along the lines of "Ask a stupid question, get a sweary answer, knobhead."

All I could do was laugh.

 

[Sharrowblade]

15 years ago today, february 13th 1999:

Kanu and Overmars write themselves into Blades folklore.

All together now: 'same old Arsenal...always cheating'

 

[Silent Blade]

15 years ago today, february 13th 1999:

Kanu and Overmars write themselves into Blades folklore.

All together now: 'same old Arsenal...always cheating'

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My dad's last away match. We travelled by train

 

[Silent Blade]

20th February 1971 Blades 1 (Hemsley) Sunderland 0

When I started following football in January 1970, I was very keen on looking at photos in football comics and magazine so that I got to know players faces and which club they played for. When I first saw a photo of Jim Montgomery (Sunderland) I was surprised that there is a keeper in the 1st division who is cross-eyed but then thought about Sunderland being 2nd bottom of the 1st division at the end of the 1969-70 season (Wendy finished bottom) I wasnt surprised that Sunderland had been leaking in too many goals.

When I first saw Jim play in the 1971 match at BDTBL, he gave one of the finest goalkeeping displays I had ever seen, making several superb saves on a very muddy pitch. The longer the game went on it did seem impossible that we would get a ball past him until late in the game when a cross from the right seemed to be slightly overhit, but running down towards the far post was Ted Hemsley (what was our left back doing there!) who expertly dived low to head the ball low into the net. Even we had clear chances after the goal but Monty carried on foiling them. It was a quiet afternoon for John Hope but he was alert enough to dive full length to beat out a powerful cross shot by Gordon Harris. Monty got a standing ovation at the end of the game. He carried on to be a legend especially in the 1973 FA Cup final. Since then I always try to remember the phrase "Never judge a book by its cover".

A boy at my boarding school who was a year below me is from Sunderland and he told me that he lives across the road from Jim Montgomery's house and then one day in 1977, I was in the changing room after a PE lesson, this boy from Sunderland (called Mark) told me that Jim is visiting him at the school in the evening (he said Jim had to go somewhere in the south and on the way back he would pop in my school near Newbury to see Mark) I didnt know whether to believe him and it was the same for my mates so the news went around the school quickly and then someone said that Jim is now in the school hall with Mark so many boys (and a few girls) got out their autograph book and pens and there was a long queue in the hall for Jim's autograph. Jim was very obliging! Top man!