Glastotorfox
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Blades fans of a certain age may be interested in this - My first away trip was at the Lane December 6th 1969 to see my team Leicester City, I remember the ground was three sided, half the ground was a cricket pitch. I still have the programme, blades line up - Alan Hodgkinson, Len Badger, Ted Hemsley, Frank Barlow, Eddie Colquhoun, Dave Powell, Alan Woodward, Tony Currie, Colin Addison, Geoff Salmons, Gil Reece, the game was won by a Colin Addison goal. There was little segregation in the crowd then, I remember standing next to Blades fans and it was all good banter. There was however some trouble, I came up on the football special, loads of skinheads - docs, stay press and Harrington jackets being in fashion, not me of course I was only 12. The Leicester fans arrived in the ground early and stood in the Kop, it kicked off about an hour before kick off and the away fans were lead out by the old bill. Both teams were promoted the following season, United had a pretty good team with the great Tony Currie and the excellent Alan Woodward, I think it was Woodward who scored direct from a corner to win the 70/71 game at Filbert Street 1-0 and put United top of division 1 if I remember right? it was early season so maybe September? Another memory of Sheffield United was the Micky Speight Testimonial dinner in early 1980, the reason I was there was an invite from my boss, a massive blades fan. At the dinner was the great Alex Sabella, I remember talking to some of the players about having Sabella in their team, all said he was brilliant but was being kicked every week, I think the blades were in division 3 then, incredible to have a player of that talent at that level then. Like everyone I was really sorry to hear that he's no longer with us, anyone who saw him play was very lucky. I really hope Chris Wilder and his team pull this around, last season was a great story, the fact that the blades had come up with players who had been in the third tier and were right up with the big clubs was quite something. Fans of other clubs were seeing what could be done without spending big and having a fair few British players in the team. I hope the fight starts today....