My Worst 10 Night Matches at the Lane

[Pierre's PC]

The Port Vale game - I was selling 20:20 tickets at the time and if I remember on that night because of the low crowd expected I was just giving leaflets out instead.

Sat in AA23 the cross from Kozzy landed pretty close

 

[Rufus Smalls]

Losing to the dirties when TC came back to the Lane in the League Cup. I loved TC and was pissed off when some of the Kop gave him abuse - I was stood with the fans on the Kop that cheered him.

 

[Silent Blade]

The only night match we played against Millwall around then was on 13/4/71 when we won 2-0

Also Tuesday 3rd May 1977 when we drew 1-1 (Edwards scored). Chico Hamilton's penalty effort nearly hit the clock on BLUT!

 

[Darren]

Also Tuesday 3rd May 1977 when we drew 1-1 (Edwards scored). Chico Hamilton's penalty effort nearly hit the clock on BLUT!

He said in the early 70's before cricket ended

 

[Silent Blade]

He said in the early 70's before cricket ended

Just re-read. Overlooked that! sorry!

 

[bladesfan]

Then it was not millwall or it was dark after the game but we lost and the cricket Pavillon was there.

 

[Greenwich Blade]

Just re-read. Overlooked that! sorry!

Still worth it to get the Chico-Hamilton-penalty-clock reference in!

 

[Darren]

Then it was not millwall or it was dark after the game but we lost and the cricket Pavillon was there.

So for your worst night match at the Lane

1. We lost
2. You don;t know who the opponents were
3. It was when the cricket pitch was there or maybe just the pavilion
4. It might not have been a night match, but it was definitely dark.

That one really stuck in your mind

 

[Greenwich Blade]

So for your worst night match at the Lane

1. We lost
2. You don;t know who the opponents were
3. It was when the cricket pitch was there or maybe just the pavilion
4. It might not have been a night match, but it was definitely dark.

That one really stuck in your mind

Don't know why, but this has made me chuckle more than anything on here in years!

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

wardonia_blade

The Wilson fiasco was at the end of the 2012-13 season.

 

[Silent Blade]

He said in the early 70's before cricket ended

Just remembered my 8th birthday when we beat Millwall 3-1, 31st March 1970 just after the 4 consecutive defeats which damaged our promotion chances and it was on a Tuesday night! Derek Possee opened the scoring for Millwall. John Tudor equalised with a header. Currie and Woodward added our goals in the 2nd half

 

[Silent Blade]

So for your worst night match at the Lane

1. We lost
2. You don;t know who the opponents were
3. It was when the cricket pitch was there or maybe just the pavilion
4. It might not have been a night match, but it was definitely dark.

That one really stuck in your mind

Swindon Town on a Monday night in February 1970? We lost 2-1. Len Badger got our goal and there was a long delay before the game re-started because the net at the Lane End goal needed to be refitted cos Badger's shot had caused a hole in the net

 

[oldblade]

Miserable, but not many night matches amongst 'em old fella!

UTB

Oops! I plead age related grey matter degenerative disease. Or maybe it is brain damage caused by repeated emotional traumas brought on by following The Blades.

 

[blade too long]

4th april 1988
lost at boro 0-6 sat before , played bradford city on a bank holiday monday , not sure if it was a night game now memory gone , but remember it being very very dark at full time as we were abject and lost 1-2 , really did for us, had my head in my hands for 2 days

 

[Darren]

4th april 1988
lost at boro 0-6 sat before , played bradford city on a bank holiday monday , not sure if it was a night game now memory gone , but remember it being very very dark at full time as we were abject and lost 1-2 , really did for us, had my head in my hands for 2 days

It wasn't night time and it wasn't dark

3pm kick off. Wally Downes sent off early doors for trying to castrate a Bradford player with his right boot (one of those where you know straightaway he will be off). Bradford take a 2 goal lead, but the 10 men fight back valiantly, but have only a Beagrie pen to show for it.

Bradford ended up third that season and I was actually cheered by the performance. Losing at fellow strugglers Birmingham the following Sat was a much bigger blow.

 

[blade too long]

all I remember is we lost it was still reeling from boro game

 

[Greenwich Blade]

I was told that Kendall "had too much to drink" that night and the players couldnt understand his pre match talk, also his talk during half time. He was excused from speaking to the press, the reason being was that he had "a heavy cold"

Kendall's teamtalk before the Stockport match:

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

27 January 2009

Sheffield United 0-1 Doncaster

The most boring football match I have ever seen.

 

[Blackheath Blade]

Kendall's teamtalk before the Stockport match:

God bless Billy the Fish and Tommy Brown. Didn't you just love the evil Gus Parker, Johnny X (the invisible winger) and Brown Fox (large breasted squaw) too?
Absolutely brilliant read.

 

[Greenwich Blade]

God bless Billy the Fish and Tommy Brown. Didn't you just love the evil Gus Parker, Johnny X (the invisible winger) and Brown Fox (large breasted squaw) too?
Absolutely brilliant read.

My standard comment when one of our passes goes astray (often) is, "Another ball to Johhny X," but I fear very few get the reference.

 

[Blackheath Blade]

My standard comment when one of our passes goes astray (often) is, "Another ball to Johhny X," but I fear very few get the reference.

Lol.
What about Billy Whitehurst as Brown Fox? Similar bust size?

 

[wardonia_blade]

Remember a night match when Bob Hatton & Walsh took us to pieces we lost 1-5.

Re the Port Vale game, you can't remember Kozzys famous cross into row z on the Kop Wardonia ?.

The Blackpool game was close to inclusion but Edwards breaking the goalscoring record just edged it out.

 

[wardonia_blade]

I would also have a 5-2 home defeat to Stockport in the League Cup featured in there.

Also the worst night match i have had the displeasure to attend was a 3-2 defeat in the middle of a long winless run in the 2010/11 season.

Stockport game not included because..................I wasn't there. Seems like a good one to have missed.

 

[Bladepicker]

It wasn't night time and it wasn't dark

3pm kick off. Wally Downes sent off early doors for trying to castrate a Bradford player with his right boot (one of those where you know straightaway he will be off). Bradford take a 2 goal lead, but the 10 men fight back valiantly, but have only a Beagrie pen to show for it.

Bradford ended up third that season and I was actually cheered by the performance. Losing at fellow strugglers Birmingham the following Sat was a much bigger blow.

Remember that Bradford game more vividly than any of my early games until the Brighton one. Sure Paul Jewell scored for them.

 

[wardonia_blade]

I think Blades 0 Walsall 1 (2ndt May 1981) has to be the worst ever game in living memory because of the consequences of that result. We have played far, far worse than we did on that afternoon - in fact we probably played worse than that about 20 times during that same season. But this was unimaginable. Relegated to the fourth division, when only 2 years earlier we had never been out of the top two divisions, and 6 years previously had narrowly missed getting into Europe.

An awful day that has never ever been matched (and I hope never ever will be matched again) and a stain on the history of this club.

That was the day that the music died. Losing to Arsenal by a two goal margin at the beginning of a top flight season doesn't even come close.

I too was in total despair and disbelief at the Walsall game. Still sat on the kop steps at 6pm head in hands with hundreds of others, probably you included. But no music died. There had been no music for several years. Since Arsenal in 1975.

 

[tyneblade]

There was a cup replay at Altrincham that we lost 3-0. Probably as low as it got. 1981-82 I think. Drew the home game 2-2 and I remember the replay was 3 days later, the next Tuesday. Awful performance. It was the year TC appeared in the final for QPR.

Darren or someone will have all the details. I tried to blot it from the memory!

I remember our end was open to the skies and it rained for what seems like the whole 90 minutes.

I've always counted it as a good night though because however bad it's got since, I could always console myself in the knowledge that Altrincham was worse.

 

[Darren]

Remember that Bradford game more vividly than any of my early games until the Brighton one. Sure Paul Jewell scored for them.

Jewell got the late equaliser in the 1-1 draw 2 seasons later on 18/11/89.

 

[Silent Blade]

Remember that Bradford game more vividly than any of my early games until the Brighton one. Sure Paul Jewell scored for them.

No it were John Hendrie and Ian Ormandroyd

 

[Bladepicker]

Jewell got the late equaliser in the 1-1 draw 2 seasons later on 18/11/89.

Evidently not that vividly

 

[Bergen Blade]

April 2011 – Blades 2 Stevenage 2
Dramatic end to the season even by our standards. Still too painful to write about.

If we'd had a late winner this could have been on your other list. Very dramatic game with so much at stake. Went through so many feelings during the game.