Jimmy Dunne / Jamie Vardy record

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My favourite line:

"Sheffield United then sold Dunne to Arsenal in September 1933. They were relegated that season; Arsenal won the league."

Some things never change I guess :rolleyes:

Edit: blade too long just beat me too it!
 
An excellent article by the fat man, it has to be said.

"In 1939, a fledgling Irish national side were the last to visit Germany before Hitler’s invasion of Poland. The players were told to follow England’s example from the previous year and give the Nazi salute before their match in Bremen, but at the vital moment, captain Dunne rebelled, refused to raise his arm and encouraged others to follow his lead. Photographic evidence suggests he was out on his own that day, too.

Dunne died young, at the age of 44, and was buried in Dublin in his Sheffield United shirt."

Na, Na, Na, Na. He's a Blade and he's a Blade!
 
Now unless I'm wrong Vardy grew up in Swillsboro, was packed by the pigs at 16 and ended up via a local Magistrates court and a tag to Stocksbridge Sty Steels. He then woke up and ended up where he is.

Unless someone can please correct me, he is a pig, and a nasty one at that.

Fair credit for sorting his life out but still an annoying rat faced pig?

Sorry if that offends some of the revisionist Blades, but I ask you, apart from his money would you want your daughter going out with him?
 
Canterbury Blade said:
Now unless I'm wrong Vardy grew up in Swillsboro, was packed by the pigs at 16 and ended up via a local Magistrates court and a tag to Stocksbridge Sty Steels. He then woke up and ended up where he is.

Unless someone can please correct me, he is a pig, and a nasty one at that.

Fair credit for sorting his life out but still an annoying rat faced pig?

Sorry if that offends some of the revisionist Blades, but I ask you, apart from his money would you want your daughter going out with him?
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There's not a footballer in the top flight id want dating my daughter, but what in the name of Prince Phillip's Pony farm has that got to do with anything?
 
I think it is remarkable that the article says he did nothing for three years at SUFC, then suddenly, aged 24, he "exploded". What caused the change? How did he go from a player who did nothing of note for three years to being the most prolific striker in the top flight?

Fascinating stuff.
 
I have forwarded this to a clump of Leicester Fans

They aint pleased, I also noted to them that during that run he did score 4 Vs Leicester in a 7 - 1 Win for the Blades

That didn't help matters ... :)

The Third Statue ?
 
Grappler said:
I think it is remarkable that the article says he did nothing for three years at SUFC, then suddenly, aged 24, he "exploded". What caused the change? How did he go from a player who did nothing of note for three years to being the most prolific striker in the top flight?

Fascinating stuff.
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From the link above...

"He had actually been signed from New Brighton in 1926 but his appearances in his first three seasons were kept to a minimum by Harry Johnson and a bout of appendicitis. On September 7th 1929 Dunne scored a hat trick in 3-3 draw away at Leicester and never looked back."
 
Grappler said:
I think it is remarkable that the article says he did nothing for three years at SUFC, then suddenly, aged 24, he "exploded". What caused the change? How did he go from a player who did nothing of note for three years to being the most prolific striker in the top flight?
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He left United? :D

Anyway, stop hijacking my threads. This has been covered here.:)
 
WalthamstowBlade said:
From the link above...

"He had actually been signed from New Brighton in 1926 but his appearances in his first three seasons were kept to a minimum by Harry Johnson and a bout of appendicitis. On September 7th 1929 Dunne scored a hat trick in 3-3 draw away at Leicester and never looked back."
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Yes, the short answer is that United did not need another centre forward as Johnson was scoring a lot of goals himself.
 
Revolution said:
Yes, the short answer is that United did not need another centre forward as Johnson was scoring a lot of goals himself.
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We scored tons back then but we shipped plenty as well. As long as the strikers could keep the balance in credit we were ok. When Johnson left and we flogged Dunne that was no longer the case. In a nutshell, that's the story of our first relegation.
 



From the link above, not much ever changes here does it...

"Davison, like many United bosses since, was expected to unearth First Division players at Third Division prices. Before the 1933 – 1934 season forwards Reg Baines and Peter Spooner were bought cheap from York City and neither worked out. There was bad luck when Charlie Wilkinson, signed from Leeds United to shore up defence, missed half the season with influenza. But if there was one thing that condemned United to the most miserable season in their history so far and relegation for the first in their history it was the sale to Arsenal of Jimmy Dunne for a massive £8,250 at the end of September 1933.

Dunne’s spectacular record had attracted bids from Birmingham and Huddersfield and Arsenal had unsuccessfully bid £10,000 for him the previous year. But, with the financial situation worsening, Dunne became the first of many United players to be sold to pay the bills. Albert Platt, the United chairman, excused the sale with the unsupportable claim that Dunne had lost form since Tunstall left, this despite 59 goals in two seasons.

With Dunne gone United’s attack had lost the ability to make good the goals the defence would concede and it was a terrible season. Going into November United had won just three league matches when they travelled to Middlesbrough on the 18th. Reg Baines scored first to put United in the lead but it turned into a horror show after that. Boro fired home 10 goals, the only time United have conceded that many in the League, and by the time United were dumped out of the Cup in the third round they had won only twice more. After a reserve game against Newcastle Unitedites pleaded “Leave us your reserve team and you can take our first team”"
 
WalthamstowBlade said:
From the link above, not much ever changes here does it...

"Davison, like many United bosses since, was expected to unearth First Division players at Third Division prices. Before the 1933 – 1934 season forwards Reg Baines and Peter Spooner were bought cheap from York City and neither worked out. There was bad luck when Charlie Wilkinson, signed from Leeds United to shore up defence, missed half the season with influenza. But if there was one thing that condemned United to the most miserable season in their history so far and relegation for the first in their history it was the sale to Arsenal of Jimmy Dunne for a massive £8,250 at the end of September 1933.

Dunne’s spectacular record had attracted bids from Birmingham and Huddersfield and Arsenal had unsuccessfully bid £10,000 for him the previous year. But, with the financial situation worsening, Dunne became the first of many United players to be sold to pay the bills. Albert Platt, the United chairman, excused the sale with the unsupportable claim that Dunne had lost form since Tunstall left, this despite 59 goals in two seasons.

With Dunne gone United’s attack had lost the ability to make good the goals the defence would concede and it was a terrible season. Going into November United had won just three league matches when they travelled to Middlesbrough on the 18th. Reg Baines scored first to put United in the lead but it turned into a horror show after that. Boro fired home 10 goals, the only time United have conceded that many in the League, and by the time United were dumped out of the Cup in the third round they had won only twice more. After a reserve game against Newcastle Unitedites pleaded “Leave us your reserve team and you can take our first team”"
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Bill Boyd, who came in from Scotland in December, did well - I think he got 16 goals in 22 or 23 games, including a hat trick against Wednesday, but it wasn't enough.
 
Revolution said:
Bill Boyd, who came in from Scotland in December, did well - I think he got 16 goals in 22 or 23 games, including a hat trick against Wednesday, but it wasn't enough.
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"A bright spot was Willie Boyd, signed from Clyde in December, who scored 15 goals in 22 league games. Three of these came in a 5-1 thrashing of Wednesday at the Lane on March 3rd. Following a 1-0 win at Hillsborough in October, the Blades only away win all season, United completed another double over Wednesday."
 
WalthamstowBlade said:
From the link above, not much ever changes here does it...

"Davison, like many United bosses since, was expected to unearth First Division players at Third Division prices. Before the 1933 – 1934 season forwards Reg Baines and Peter Spooner were bought cheap from York City and neither worked out. There was bad luck when Charlie Wilkinson, signed from Leeds United to shore up defence, missed half the season with influenza. But if there was one thing that condemned United to the most miserable season in their history so far and relegation for the first in their history it was the sale to Arsenal of Jimmy Dunne for a massive £8,250 at the end of September 1933.

Dunne’s spectacular record had attracted bids from Birmingham and Huddersfield and Arsenal had unsuccessfully bid £10,000 for him the previous year. But, with the financial situation worsening, Dunne became the first of many United players to be sold to pay the bills. Albert Platt, the United chairman, excused the sale with the unsupportable claim that Dunne had lost form since Tunstall left, this despite 59 goals in two seasons.

With Dunne gone United’s attack had lost the ability to make good the goals the defence would concede and it was a terrible season. Going into November United had won just three league matches when they travelled to Middlesbrough on the 18th. Reg Baines scored first to put United in the lead but it turned into a horror show after that. Boro fired home 10 goals, the only time United have conceded that many in the League, and by the time United were dumped out of the Cup in the third round they had won only twice more. After a reserve game against Newcastle Unitedites pleaded “Leave us your reserve team and you can take our first team”"
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A couple of amazing sentences in there:

"There was bad luck when Charlie Wilkinson, signed from Leeds United to shore up defence, missed half the season with influenza."

Half a season with flu???! A different beast of a disease in those days, no doubt.

"Dunne became the first of many United players to be sold to pay the bills. Albert Platt, the United chairman, excused the sale with the unsupportable claim that Dunne had lost form since Tunstall left, this despite 59 goals in two seasons."

... which is so quintessentially United it's actually pretty funny.
 
Alfreton14Blade said:
A couple of amazing sentences in there:

"There was bad luck when Charlie Wilkinson, signed from Leeds United to shore up defence, missed half the season with influenza."

Half a season with flu???! A different beast of a disease in those days, no doubt.

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Probably pneumonia?
 
Revolution said:
Bill Boyd, who came in from Scotland in December, did well - I think he got 16 goals in 22 or 23 games, including a hat trick against Wednesday, but it wasn't enough.
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WalthamstowBlade said:
"A bright spot was Willie Boyd, signed from Clyde in December, who scored 15 goals in 22 league games. Three of these came in a 5-1 thrashing of Wednesday at the Lane on March 3rd. Following a 1-0 win at Hillsborough in October, the Blades only away win all season, United completed another double over Wednesday."
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I was told that the club got fed up of Boyd's drinking lifestyle
 
Alfreton14Blade said:
A couple of amazing sentences in there:

"There was bad luck when Charlie Wilkinson, signed from Leeds United to shore up defence, missed half the season with influenza."

Half a season with flu???! A different beast of a disease in those days, no doubt.

"Dunne became the first of many United players to be sold to pay the bills. Albert Platt, the United chairman, excused the sale with the unsupportable claim that Dunne had lost form since Tunstall left, this despite 59 goals in two seasons."

... which is so quintessentially United it's actually pretty funny.
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Millions of people were killed by a flu epidemic just after WW1, and it was still serious business in the 1930s.
 
Does anyone know why someone has coloured in Jimmy's shirt in green stripes on his Wiki page?
Is it a genuine shirt or has someone got a grudge against us?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Dunne
Jimmydunne.jpg
 
Back row l to r ; Tommy Sampy, Percy Thorpe, Pat Carrigan, Jack Kendall, Harry Hooper, George Green
Front row ; Sid Gibson, Bernard Oxley. Jimmy Dunne, Billy Gillespie, Fred Tunstall

Think the photo was taken during the 1930-31 season when Dunne scored 41 goals (plus 5 in FA Cup) in 41 league games

Regular newspaper headlines were "Tunnie-Dunnit" This was because of the number of times that outside left Fred Tunstall crossed for Jimmy Dunne to head the ball into the net.

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I've only just heard of Dunne's scoring record through this forum, so it really pissed me off yesterday when Jeff Stelling announced Vardy was still chasing Stan Mortenson's all time record of eleven in a row in the 50's.
 
Golden Gordon said:
I've only just heard of Dunne's scoring record through this forum, so it really pissed me off yesterday when Jeff Stelling announced Vardy was still chasing Stan Mortenson's all time record of eleven in a row in the 50's.
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I'm surprised Sky think that top level football even existed before 1992.
 



Golden Gordon said:
I've only just heard of Dunne's scoring record through this forum, so it really pissed me off yesterday when Jeff Stelling announced Vardy was still chasing Stan Mortenson's all time record of eleven in a row in the 50's.
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I heard that as well somebody ought to put Sky right on that

My father always used to tell me Jimmy Dunne was a great player that he and my grandfather saw play
 
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