Great corner!

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

Year before I was born but this is class

 

[wak1889]

Year before I was born but this is class

I was at that game

 

[Kop Cat]

me too

 

[Wards]

My first full season

 

[Loco Blade]

Was this the last time actually scored from a corner

 

[utd4ever]

Corners are rubbish now.

 

[Rooks]

Def Leppard and Iron Maiden were the Matchball Sponsors.

 

[blade67]

They did that routine a few times u der Bassett.

My memory tells me they did it away at wolves I. A 2-2 draw

 

[I should coco]

We did something very similar against Norwich away in the FAC, a couple of years earlier, also under Harry.

 

[DifferentClass]

Corners are rubbish now.

Modern life is rubbish.

 

[Westran]

My first full season

Think it was probably mine too, was it the first season of the kop in its current form?

 

[Gin&Juice]

The reaction on the Kop.

 

[Wards]

Think it was probably mine too, was it the first season of the kop in its current form?

Yes it will have been, 91-92. Went to a few home games the season before too, including the last game stood on the kop, but this was my first proper one

 

[Ned the Donkey]

Year before I was born but this is class

We did this loads.

I'd imagine this wasn't the first time, more like the 20th or 30th.

It didn't always result in a goal, but it often got us into dangerous positions - and it always amazed me how the opposition played like they had never seen it.

 

[Pedro Verde]

We did it quite a few times
Hes not seen the Woodward to Currie routine or the ones when Woodward didnt need any assistance

 

[Booker4]

We did something very similar against Norwich away in the FAC, a couple of years earlier, also under Harry.

We did it v Wolves to get promoted out of div 3. Harry will never get the credit he deserves from his time in management because it didn't suit the red top mantra that his teams were merely long ball hoof merchants and nowt more.

There was much more to it than that both on and off the field. The set up pieces I believe were largely Geoff Taylors remit.

His use of diet, sports science and sports psychology were unheard of in this country at the time.

My favourite on the pitch example was v Wendy away in the 3 - 1 battering when Simon Tracey threw the ball like Peter Schmichal to the full backs who then had acres of space as Wednesday were fully expecting the big kick from Tracey. That led to at least one goal that game. Wednesday scored via a deflected free kick and we're lucky to get that.

 

[FINUK]

Tottenham away Brian gayle scored
2-2 draw

 

[Westran]

Yes it will have been, 91-92. Went to a few home games the season before too, including the last game stood on the kop, but this was my first proper one

Yeah same here, had been to a few on the South stand, stood on the kop once or twice and stood in the John Street a few times, then when the kop opened we got season tickets, been there ever since with a few years hiatus when I started working on Saturdays

 

[Houston_Blade]

Can’t remember it but it was my first season as a ST holder having been to a couple of games the season before.

 

[Russ]

Tottenham away Brian gayle scored
2-2 draw

12 minutes in



What a match. Great highlights. What was Brian Gayle doing in the last minute. He made some right howlers that lad.
Jostein Flew?

 

[Eels]

Didn't we get one with that corner routine against Florist in the 5-2?

 

[Stevo71]

Spammer sat on kop at this game, plod saved him from a good beating.

 

[Silent Blade]

12 minutes in



What a match. Great highlights. What was Brian Gayle doing in the last minute. He made some right howlers that lad.
Jostein Flew?

21 mins 43 secs, Wally Downes sniggering at Hodges' rage when he got subbed!

 

[Revolution]

We did it v Wolves to get promoted out of div 3. Harry will never get the credit he deserves from his time in management because it didn't suit the red top mantra that his teams were merely long ball hoof merchants and nowt more.

There was much more to it than that both on and off the field. The set up pieces I believe were largely Geoff Taylors remit.

His use of diet, sports science and sports psychology were unheard of in this country at the time.

My favourite on the pitch example was v Wendy away in the 3 - 1 battering when Simon Tracey threw the ball like Peter Schmichal to the full backs who then had acres of space as Wednesday were fully expecting the big kick from Tracey. That led to at least one goal that game. Wednesday scored via a deflected free kick and we're lucky to get that.

Bassett was well ahead of his time in many ways.

One other thing Bassett introduced for corners that I had never seen before: all of the players standing in a line, and then splitting apart as the corner came over. Loads of teams do this now. I always wonder whether Bassett "invented" it.

The West Ham corner routine in the clip was the first home game of the season, and the first time the seated Kop was open. I was stood on the John Street terrace (cheap student tickets!).

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Bassett was well ahead of his time in many ways.

One other thing Bassett introduced for corners that I had never seen before: all of the players standing in a line, and then splitting apart as the corner came over. Loads of teams do this now. I always wonder whether Bassett "invented" it.

The West Ham corner routine in the clip was the first home game of the season, and the first time the seated Kop was open. I was stood on the John Street terrace (cheap student tickets!).

And 91/92 was still our best full season in the top flight in last 40 years. 19/20 could have been if wed played a full season and not glorified training matches.

 

[Varkanoid]

Remember it well back when we used to sing "oooo its a corner oooo its a corner" they were like penalties to us back then.

 

[Gimli]

Year before I was born but this is class

Corner to the blades…


Comes to nothing something!!

 

[Russ]

21 mins 43 secs, Wally Downes sniggering at Hodges' rage when he got subbed!

Wally by name…

 

[Wards]

12 minutes in



What a match. Great highlights. What was Brian Gayle doing in the last minute. He made some right howlers that lad.
Jostein Flew?

Thanks for that, I haven't seen a lot of the goals back from that year since United decided in their wisdom not to release a VHS season review. It always rankled that there was a gap in my collection

 

[Bergen Blade]

We did this loads.

I'd imagine this wasn't the first time, more like the 20th or 30th.

It didn't always result in a goal, but it often got us into dangerous positions - and it always amazed me how the opposition played like they had never seen it.

I got my youth team to practice it, but the other players hadn't seen it on tv and didn't grasp how brilliant it could be. We couldn't get it right in training and I don't think we ever tried it in a match.