22 years ago today

[JJ Sefton]

The last top flight Sheffield derby.

 

[spongebobblade]

And the way we are going it'll be another 22 years before the next one

 

[katedeluxe91]

And the way we are going it'll be another 22 years before the next one

bit optimistic

 

[Silent Blade]

Not the longest gap of years. The longest was from 6/1/68 to 17/11/91. More than 23 years

 

[Coily]

So 22 years since I've been to that festering shit tip.

 

[mattbianco1]

What's the longest gap between a competitive derby of any sort? It's currently 4 years and counting

 

[JJ Sefton]

What's the longest gap between a competitive derby of any sort? It's currently 4 years and counting

Got to be at least 10 - 1979 to 1989, if you could the ZDS Cup.

 

[Darren]

What's the longest gap between a competitive derby of any sort? It's currently 4 years and counting

There was no proper derby (i.e. league, FA Cup or League Cup) between 12/4/71 and 26/12/79 - so 8 years, 8 months and 14 days.

 

[Darren]

Got to be at least 10 - 1979 to 1989, if you could the ZDS Cup.

If you count the ZDS the gap would be 12/8/80 (League Cup) to 21/11/89 - that ZDS game - so 9 years 3 months and 9 days. If you don't count the ZDS its 12/8/80 to 17/11/91 - 11 years 3 months and 5 days - so beats my last estimate.

If we don't count the ZDS there were only 4 derby games between April 1971 and November 1991.

 

[Trafford]

Was it the ZDS where we lost 3-2 in extra time at their place but scared them shitless? And there was the brilliant song of "he's fat, he's brown, he's taking Wednesday down, Atkinson, Atkinson" which proved to be correct?

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Was it the ZDS where we lost 3-2 in extra time at their place but scared them shitless? And there was the brilliant song of "he's fat, he's brown, he's taking Wednesday down, Atkinson, Atkinson" which proved to be correct?

Went to that game. We got a late late equaliser that took it to ET.
We were penned in at the Leppings Lane end I think and it was a tight squeeze with plenty of Blades in there.

 

[Silent Blade]

Went to that game. We got a late late equaliser that took it to ET.
.

Booker!

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Booker!

Ooh-aah-Bob Bookaah!
I missed the equaliser because I'd decided I'd seen enough. When I heard the roar, Booker had scored so I went back onto the stand. That taught me to leave early!!

 

[Trafford]

Me too (re being penned in), I was in the top section of the triangle between the Leppings Lane stand and the side stand (South?) and it was the only time that I've ever been scared about being squashed, rather than just being crammed in like sardines etc.

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Went to that game. We got a late late equaliser that took it to ET.
We were penned in at the Leppings Lane end I think and it was a tight squeeze with plenty of Blades in there.

Kicked off half an hour late due to crowd congestion.
Those tunnels underneath that stand need filling in, fuckin' horrible ground infested by vermin.
Should have closed it down permanently after April.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Me too (re being penned in), I was in the top section of the triangle between the Leppings Lane stand and the side stand (South?) and it was the only time that I've ever been scared about being squashed, rather than just being crammed in like sardines etc.

We were singing "Open't gates, Open't gates, Open't gates" until the ground staff finally relented. And this coming so soon after the Hillsborough disaster.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Was it the ZDS where we lost 3-2 in extra time at their place but scared them shitless? And there was the brilliant song of "he's fat, he's brown, he's taking Wednesday down, Atkinson, Atkinson" which proved to be correct?

He's fat, he's round...not brown....

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

He's fat, he's round...not brown....

Wouldn't say "brown", I think more mahogany with a slight hue of Dickinson.

Anyway, what is the fat, sun-tanned, racist up to these days?

 

[Trafford]

He's fat, he's round...not brown....

You say Magnet, I say maggots - let's not start that debate again I wasn't sure at the time but brown was the better rhyme, so I opted for that. You're probably right though.

 

[1889]

I remember a post Wednesday Atkinson bringing Aston Villa to Bramall Lane and it seemed like everyone in the Kop joined in a chant of 'You fat bastard' the second he emerged from the tunnel, for about five minutes, it was deafening and most rewarding.

Ahh... happy days

 

[Silent Blade]

Sept 1964. Wendy 0 Blades 2. Alan Birchenall scores both goals in his only 2nd game for us