If you could turn back time ?

[Working Class Hero]

Crystal Palace away, February 2020. One of my favourite ever away games. The only time I've ever felt like we were a proper club, going places. We were singing about going to Europe and seemed to be a nailed on established Premier League side for a minute or two. They even had a bleeding DJ in the concourse.

After the final whistle I'd nip in to Downing Street on the way home and convince Boris Johnson to shut all the borders immediately, saving us all an awful lot of inconvenience and probably securing the European football/established Premier League team thing at the same time.

 

[Russ]

The game against Brighton (5-4) was quite good. John Francis last minute winner. Everybody on the Kop went absolutely crazy!

 

[Northernsoulblade]

Yep 71 Cardiff match the kop was heaving and absolutely mental that night Bobby Davison match was superb especially on their north stand

 

[Younger Dryas Blade]

The 5-2 destruction at Leicester, crowning our return to the top flight after much pain wandering around the lower divisions for many years takes some beating. Dave Bassett is the greatest manager we have ever had.
Throw in swapping places with the S6 scum at the same time made this day a lottery win for us Blades.
So many great examples posted, but on this day all the stars aligned. My best day as a Blade.

 

[Corkblade]

Cardiff 71 oh what a night, 2nd last game of the season under lights, against our biggest rivals for promotion,l was 12 and it is a clear in my mind now as ever and we smashed em.
I've always wondered is there any footage of the game, God it would be great to see.

 

[ZLB]

Interesting. There are fab one off games that live in the memory but have no significance in the big picture. And then there are games like Cardiff and Leicester that mean everything. UTB.

 

[raimond]

Plenty of great shouts here, cup games, playoffs etc but I'll go the 2-0 v Liverpool with Deano getting both and Mel Rees playing superb on his debut. Dave Bassett performing miracles and I was just the right age to believe Brian Deane was the greatest player on earth and there he was having his Glenn Hoddle moment, beautiful.

 

[Silent Blade]

The OP's question is about having wished you went to a game that you didnt go to in your lifetime. Most of the replies arent right!

Mine will be the 5-0 win against Arsenal in September 1973. I was at a school near Newbury at the time and In the next morning I couldnt believe what I was reading in the papers.

I saw Alan Ball sitting on the ball when Arsenal beat us 5-0 at the Lane in January 1972 and when I received a letter from my dad a few days after our 5-0 win, he was telling me that TC had sat on the ball in front of the stunned Alan Ball near the end of the match, I was gutted to have missed that!

 

[reedy63]

The Cardiff Home game against Cardiff City 5-1, with nearly 43,000 in attendance, The Kop was rammed, I am sure more people were there. Love to know what the figure was. Obviously, we will never know the best match I have been to in my lifetime.

 

[Blade In Flame]

Darlington 82. I didn't go so it would be an absolute no brainer for me if I could go back in time for just one game.

Closely followed by Leicester, which I did go to.

 

[MojoMuffin]

FA Cup game against Spurs, 2nd leg at Bramall Lane precisely when Che Adams got his second to level the score. Even Pottuchino said it's the loudest he'd ever seen a ground celebrate a goal.

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

The one for me is the playoff comeback against those pricks down the road. I genuinely thought we were done and dusted when they scored 2. You just can't help but love Paul Peschisolido.

My second favourite Blades victory of all time , topped only by the 1961 FA cup win against Newcastle in 1961 , when we beat them 3 -1 on their own ground and were 3 - 0 up after just 20 minutes , thanks to a Billy Russell hat trick .

Cue 18,000 Blades fans ( yes , 18,000 ) singing “On Ilkley Moor Baht ‘At” to create an atmosphere I’ve never experienced before or since and the train journey back was equally memorable .

My dad who took me suffered for most of his life with a chronic respiratory disease and very rarely went to watch us , but made an exception in this case and I don’t remember him ever looking so happy as he was on that day .

 

[LONDON_BLADE]

FA semi against the grunters. I'd tell Alan Kelly to get nearer the post for Waddles free kick.

Tell Warnock to keep Dean Windass in the side for the Wolves PO final. Also, from his Prem season, not to sell Unswoth to Wigan! Jags not to play basketball.

Could go on...

Think I'd need lots fuel for the Flux Capacitor!

 

[LSF]

What game would you revisit and why ?

It needs to be in your lifetime, i.e not the cup final v Cardiff in `26 .

You may have been there, or you may have missed it ....

For me .... it's the 5-1 victory v Cardiff City in 1971 - my first full season going to the Lane , i missed that great game because i was too young to go by myself on a Tuesday night , and my Uncle Mick was working nights at Treeton pit (i went to the games with my hero, Uncle Mick, when i first started attending matches) .

What's yours ???

The Cardiff 71 game is up there in my great nights at the Lane, I recall referencing it in a Flashing Blade piece I wrote many years ago about great games attended.
One I wish I could turn back time to...
Probably the 1925 cup final...was always my childhood dream to see the Blades win the FA cup at Wembley, (now it's just to win a game at Wembley !)
On a side note Bell4 , I did 10 years at Treeton Pit and worked with a few Blades fans called Mick, maybe one was your hero Uncle!

 

[HillStreet Blade]

Cardiff, Darlington, Leicester top of the list. Just below them Peterborough away 4th division night game. Thousands of Blades there. Away end rammed and the noise deafening. Vital promotion game and the team were fired up also. 3-0 up after about 20 mins. King Keith added another second half. I was buzzing for days after.

 

[raimond]

The OP's question is about having wished you went to a game that you didnt go to in your lifetime. Most of the replies arent right!

No mate, he said either/or, one you were at and would love to revisit or one you missed. I'm no pedant but very genuinely the first time you've ever got something wrong!

 

[Bell4]

The Cardiff 71 game is up there in my great nights at the Lane, I recall referencing it in a Flashing Blade piece I wrote many years ago about great games attended.
One I wish I could turn back time to...
Probably the 1925 cup final...was always my childhood dream to see the Blades win the FA cup at Wembley, (now it's just to win a game at Wembley !)
On a side note Bell4 , I did 10 years at Treeton Pit and worked with a few Blades fans called Mick, maybe one was your hero Uncle!

Mick Mellows

 

[LSF]

Mick Mellows

I thought it would be Mick!
Great guy!
Last saw Mick around 10 years ago at Les Middleton's (RIP) 60th at Treeton club, we had a great chinwag about the old days at the pit and of course, United!

 

[I should coco]

No mate, he said either/or, one you were at and would love to revisit or one you missed. I'm no pedant but very genuinely the first time you've ever got something wrong!

Silent Blade , I'll hold your coat........

 

[Silent Blade]

No mate, he said either/or, one you were at and would love to revisit or one you missed. I'm no pedant but very genuinely the first time you've ever got something wrong!

Silent Blade , I'll hold your coat........

Ok, to revisit then it would be a close call between the 5-1 win against Cardiff or the promotion clinching 3-0 win against Watford a few days later (pitch invasion after the final whistle, meeting Dick Wragg and ref Roger Kirkpatrick outside the Players entrance after the match etc)

 

[LSF]

The Cardiff 71 game is up there in my great nights at the Lane, I recall referencing it in a Flashing Blade piece I wrote many years ago about great games attended.
One I wish I could turn back time to...
Probably the 1925 cup final...was always my childhood dream to see the Blades win the FA cup at Wembley, (now it's just to win a game at Wembley !)
On a side note Bell4 , I did 10 years at Treeton Pit and worked with a few Blades fans called Mick, maybe one was your hero Uncle!

I've re-read the op and I've transgressed by mentioning the 1925 final
So....
I'll reiterate and go for the promotion to the 1st Division day at Leicester....
Me and my lads had left the ticket purchase to my Missus and she ignored our order of 'get them early today as they'll go quickly'
Of course, she knew better and did summat else before remembering the ticket request... And, of course once again, they'd sold out by the time she remembered
When we remonstrated, her response was...' you'll not miss owt cos United always fuck it up'
The rest is history....

It still gets mentioned today....

 

[Bladesman101]

Game to revisit, Bournemouth away was unbelievable in that last minute. Game I couldn’t go to but wish I could would be going up at Northampton, attended the beam back tho which was decent!

 

[Cuypers]

Utd v Stoke City at their old Victoria Ground. Shit game, although I think we won with a goal from Mark Beard, and I broke down on the way home.
So yes, if I could turn back time, I’d probably not have bothered and gone to the pub instead.

 

[coaxingstar71]

The one I missed would be the 6-0 win v Spurs in 1992. I decided to play badminton instead wtf!

The one I’d revisit would be the 2-0 win against the pigs in 1991. We’d not beaten them since 1971, we were bottom of the league and they were near the top and they thought they were going to thrash us. The joy and relief that day was immense.

 

[54yrblade]

So many but 1978 League cup v Liverpool at home
Night match. Packed ground and we won 1-0 thanks to a Gary Hamson goal.

My first 'big match' experience

 

[Bell4]

I thought it would be Mick!
Great guy!
Last saw Mick around 10 years ago at Les Middleton's (RIP) 60th at Treeton club, we had a great chinwag about the old days at the pit and of course, United!

He is indeed a great guy

 

[LSF]

He is indeed a great guy

Glad to hear Mick's still around!
One of life's good guys

 

[Bell4]

Glad to hear Mick's still around!
One of life's good guys

He is around - although physically fit , age is rapidly catching up with his memory .

I was with him a couple of weeks ago at my mums funeral (his sister) - he remembered me in moments which were very precious - at other times just called me - pal .

He’s the very reason (and his dad Cliff) that I became a Blade when my own dad and his brothers were Owls .

 

[Champagneblade]

The one I missed would be the 6-0 win v Spurs in 1992. I decided to play badminton instead wtf!

The one I’d revisit would be the 2-0 win against the pigs in 1991. We’d not beaten them since 1971, we were bottom of the league and they were near the top and they thought they were going to thrash us. The joy and relief that day was immense.

I had to give that one a miss to focus on my homework that night. Gutted! Though pleased with the result.

In terms off attending, my Dad saying to me “make the most of this son, because you’ve got a lot of pain and punishment to come!”; Leicester away, 5-2. Blades Glory, Owls down. What an experience!

 

[LSF]

He is around - although physically fit , age is rapidly catching up with his memory .

I was with him a couple of weeks ago at my mums funeral (his sister) - he remembered me in moments which were very precious - at other times just called me - pal .

He’s the very reason (and his dad Cliff) that I became a Blade when my own dad and his brothers were Owls .

Sorry to hear that mate
Certainly around 10 years ago Mick was very alert and lucid but sadly from experience, age and time robs us of our clear memories and awareness.

We used to sit down some mornings at snap time and Mick would regale us with tales from the Rosegarth