I hate forest

[N20 Blade]

Never saw the link between Blades and the Minerstrike. No pits in Sheffield at the time. This was a Steel City. I supported the then strikers at the time, Until I realised it was the Unions against the Thatcher Government. The pawns were the strikers and the Unions cost them their jobs prematurely. Nottingham miners saw Scargill for what he was.
Scabs is an immature response from many who have no links to tge strike. It's like voting for a Pilitical party because your Father and Grandfather did!

I’m not suggesting there is a blades/sheffield link but what the steel industry suffered was comparable.

For me it was a defining moment in British history. We had relatives in mining towns near Barnsley so we saw the impact first hand.

Had the strike held for another six months the government would have had to back down.

Nottinghamshire miners contributed to the defeat, and ironically Scargill’s predictions were proved correct, within years and their pits closed.

 

[OldBillBlade]

I’m not suggesting there is a blades/sheffield link but what the steel industry suffered was comparable.

For me it was a defining moment in British history. We had relatives in mining towns near Barnsley so we saw the impact first hand.

Had the strike held for another six months the government would have had to back down.

Nottinghamshire miners contributed to the defeat, and ironically Scargill’s predictions were proved correct, within years and their pits closed.

The pit closures were Inevitable. The steel works closure were inevitable. We were unable to produce any cheap enough. The strikes were union vanity projects playing with people's livelihoods.

 

[LSF]

Never saw the link between Blades and the Minerstrike. No pits in Sheffield at the time. This was a Steel City. I supported the then strikers at the time, Until I realised it was the Unions against the Thatcher Government. The pawns were the strikers and the Unions cost them their jobs prematurely. Nottingham miners saw Scargill for what he was.
Scabs is an immature response from many who have no links to tge strike. It's like voting for a Pilitical party because your Father and Grandfather did!

Loads of people (including myself) who lived in Sheffield worked in various pits just outside city boundaries.
Treeton, Brookhouse, Kiveton Park, Ireland just to name a few.
40 odd years down the line, I still feel animosity towards The Nottinghamshire miners, you had to be part of it to fully understand the deep rooted issues and feelings.

 

[Frank the tank]

Never saw the link between Blades and the Minerstrike. No pits in Sheffield at the time. This was a Steel City. I supported the then strikers at the time, Until I realised it was the Unions against the Thatcher Government. The pawns were the strikers and the Unions cost them their jobs prematurely. Nottingham miners saw Scargill for what he was.
Scabs is an immature response from many who have no links to tge strike. It's like voting for a Pilitical party because your Father and Grandfather did!

Scab cunts are responsible for the shit state this country's In now

 

[Addison]

Its a misconception by those who unaware of the mining industry that the Strike of 1984/5 had little effect on those supporting both Sheffield clubs because Steel was the predominate industry emplyer. I

 

[Bladesthorpe]

Never saw the link between Blades and the Minerstrike. No pits in Sheffield at the time. This was a Steel City. I supported the then strikers at the time, Until I realised it was the Unions against the Thatcher Government. The pawns were the strikers and the Unions cost them their jobs prematurely. Nottingham miners saw Scargill for what he was.
Scabs is an immature response from many who have no links to tge strike. It's like voting for a Pilitical party because your Father and Grandfather did!

Absolute rubbish, this was a fight for the right of men to work. Your heroine Thatcher then went on to destroy said steel industry as well as many other industries.

 

[Addison]

Its a common misconception from those unaware of the mining industry that Sheffield folk were not affected by the 1984/5 strike as it was perceived as a Steel city.

A large number of Blades and the other lot were working in the mining industry at the start of the Strike. There was one working pit within Sheffield boundaries Brookhouse in Beighton. Just over the borders were numerous others. High Moor in Killamarsh where a number had transferred from West thorpe in the same village which was part of an agreed closure plan eventually finishing production 4 weeks into the strike. Just down the road was Renishaw pit. All these pits were populated by ex Westfield School pupils where I spent my formative years and you were either a Blade or a Wendy.

Add in Orgreave Coking Plant, Fence Workshops, Kiveton, Treeton, Ireland, Dinnington and the Worksop pits of Shireoaks and Manton and its fair to say it impacted on a significant number of those who attended local football at the time.

 

[VictoryBlade]

Never saw the link between Blades and the Minerstrike. No pits in Sheffield at the time. This was a Steel City. I supported the then strikers at the time, Until I realised it was the Unions against the Thatcher Government. The pawns were the strikers and the Unions cost them their jobs prematurely. Nottingham miners saw Scargill for what he was.
Scabs is an immature response from many who have no links to tge strike. It's like voting for a Pilitical party because your Father and Grandfather did!

People still do unfortunately though! But Scargill played right into the Governments hands. I wonder who left the pit closure dossier on that train?

 

[VictoryBlade]

Scab cunts are responsible for the shit state this country's In now

lol

 

[skyjam]

I worked for Brightside Mechanical and Electrical Services from 1980 ,their offices were on Cumberland Way at the bottom of the moor.When i started my apprenticeship there was around 100 men working there but by the time i finished my time probably only 20 left [4 years later].All of this due to the lack of work in the mining and steel industry.I worked at multiple pits and steelworks during my apprenticeship and fully supported those on strike .It had a massive knock on effect to the towns,villages and communities that relied on those industries.It destroyed a lot of them and I'm sure they cannot forget and I wont either.Proud and decent men and women reduced to living off handouts and donations,God bless em they will never forget.

 

[skyjam]

I worked for Brightside Mechanical and Electrical Services from 1980 ,their offices were on Cumberland Way at the bottom of the moor.When i started my apprenticeship there was around 100 men working there but by the time i finished my time probably only 20 left [4 years later].All of this due to the lack of work in the mining and steel industry.I worked at multiple pits and steelworks during my apprenticeship and fully supported those on strike .It had a massive knock on effect to the towns,villages and communities that relied on those industries.It destroyed a lot of them and I'm sure they cannot forget and I wont either.Proud and decent men and women reduced to living off handouts and donations,God bless em they will never forget.

Instead of people saying it should now be forgotten ,it should always be remembered.
FUCK THE SCABS

 

[Eyeball]

Instead of people saying it should now be forgotten ,it should always be remembered.
FUCK THE SCABS

And the evil witch thatcher

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Its a common misconception from those unaware of the mining industry that Sheffield folk were not affected by the 1984/5 strike as it was perceived as a Steel city.

A large number of Blades and the other lot were working in the mining industry at the start of the Strike. There was one working pit within Sheffield boundaries Brookhouse in Beighton. Just over the borders were numerous others. High Moor in Killamarsh where a number had transferred from West thorpe in the same village which was part of an agreed closure plan eventually finishing production 4 weeks into the strike. Just down the road was Renishaw pit. All these pits were populated by ex Westfield School pupils where I spent my formative years and you were either a Blade or a Wendy.

Add in Orgreave Coking Plant, Fence Workshops, Kiveton, Treeton, Ireland, Dinnington and the Worksop pits of Shireoaks and Manton and its fair to say it impacted on a significant number of those who attended local football at the time.

I am a born and bred Sheffielder, and for some to say Sheffield and Sheffielders were not affected by the strike are wrong. As an accident claims inspector for the NCB and latterly British Coal I visited all of the pits, workshops and coking plant you mentioned in your post (and many, many more) and without doubt it was the saddest period of my life. I was a member of the British Association of Colliery Management (BACM) at the time so I was not on strike, but visiting the pits and homes of miners who were on strike was a sobering experience which I would not like to relive.
Sheffield was inextricably connected to the mining industry, maybe not by the number of pits, but certainly by the ancillary industries which supported it.

 

[Addison]

People still do unfortunately though! But Scargill played right into the Governments hands. I wonder who left the pit closure dossier on that train?

No dossier on a train. The original accelerated draft pit closure list was leaked to him by Senior Coal Board management who were fearful that the new process would drive a coach and horses through the existing pit closure programme agreed with the Unions. They were right as shortly after Ian Mcgregor was appointed the new chairman of the NCB.

 

[Tanny1889]

Absolute rubbish, this was a fight for the right of men to work. Your heroine Thatcher then went on to destroy said steel industry as well as many other industries.

Which weren’t profitable nor sustainable for the nation. Horrible yes and the knock on effects are here for us all to see to today but it was always gonna be someone and she was the one that did it

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

See the scabs have lost an appeal against a £750 000 fine for criticising a video assistant.

 

[Addison]

See the scabs have lost an appeal against a £750 000 fine for criticising a video assistant.

Calls into question the validity of the fines being imposed by the FA. Florist spend a fortune in legal fees to dumb down the fine for their fans attacking Billy Sharp, throwing objects into the away end and invading the pitch in 2023. Result a paltry £25,000 fine.

Fast forward a year and questioning the integrity of one of the most incompetent refs around in Attwell and its £750k. Not a good idea to suggest Attwell was bent but physical violence appears to be well down the list of sanctions when compared to criticism of officials. At least this time around the Independent committee hasn't been swayed by spurious allegations from safety officials that Sheffield Uniteds manager in part contributed to a pitch invasion. Hopefully with legal costs the sum is over £1 million and Florists copybook is further blotted with the FA.

 

[loyalblade95]

Not Blades related things that are good about this season.

1) Chansiri's press conference and the meltdown that came with it.
2) Man United being awful all season, it's about time they got knocked off the high horse that they have barely been holding onto for years now, especially concerning the mardy arse section of their fan base.
3) Preston being in the Fa Cup under Hecky, EPL might go into meltdown if plucky championship Preston made it to Wembley, hopefully into the final as well, just need someone to knock City out now and guarantee a new winner than previous years.
4) Bournemouth going for Europe, who would have predicted that at the start of the season?, I hope they qualify for at least the European Conference League.

Edit: even though I don't like Forest, I would laugh if they got top 4 this season just to upset the Premier League top clubs apple cart.

 

[Zero dark thirty]

Not Blades related things that are good about this season.

1) Chansiri's press conference and the meltdown that came with it.
2) Man United being awful all season, it's about time they got knocked off the high horse that they have barely been holding onto for years now, especially concerning the mardy arse section of their fan base.
3) Preston being in the Fa Cup under Hecky, EPL might go into meltdown if plucky championship Preston made it to Wembley, hopefully into the final as well, just need someone to knock City out now and guarantee a new winner than previous years.
4) Bournemouth going for Europe, who would have predicted that at the start of the season?, I hope they qualify for at least the European Conference League.

Edit: even though I don't like Forest, I would laugh if they got top 4 this season just to upset the Premier League top clubs apple cart.

And then you woke up.

 

[Blademan18891889]

And then you woke up.

You are one strange strange grunter prick

 

[Bladesman]

 

[Frank the tank]

Bitches

 

[DifferentClass]

Waah waah waah... fuck off.

 

[Jimmy Fleck]

Marinakis is such a big fat bumbling cunt. He leads the scabs by example.

 

[DifferentClass]

Bitches

The number one sexual preference among their fans.

 

[ReeceofBDTBL]

Cunts. Always hated em

 

[S64 Blade]

Doesn’t their owner also own Olympiakos?

 

[mattbianco1]

Doesn’t their owner also own Olympiakos?

Yes.

I bet he'd be keeping his mouth shut if Forest had finished in the Top 5.

 

[Guesty]

Doesn’t their owner also own Olympiakos?

Yes.

I bet he'd be keeping his mouth shut if Forest had finished in the Top 5.

To be very grudgingly fair, he had taken steps to rectify that when it looked like Forest might qualify for Europe. He put his Olympiakos shares into a blind trust, whatever that entails.

 

[Rochdaleblade]

Doesn’t their owner also own Olympiakos?

I was waiting for someone to post the spider man meme