49 years ago today

[Silent Blade]

http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/foot...-currie-s-blades-debut-49-years-ago-1-8411682

 

[Kenilworth]

http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/foot...-currie-s-blades-debut-49-years-ago-1-8411682

A year too early, Silent, surely?

What ya going to do when it's the 50th anniversary?

Shoulda kept yer powder dry

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Should be celebrated every year this particular anniversary

 

[Harrisblade]

Was there for that game!
As a kid, used to stand right in corner of John St Terrace where it met Bramall Lane terracing.
A strip of the railing was on a wheel and allowed wheelchair access to spectator area from pitch surround.

Currie's attitude and style of play was so unlike any other player we had ever had that even on debut, it was clear he was different class!

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/foot...-currie-s-blades-debut-49-years-ago-1-8411682

I wish the kids in the academy had this as a target instead of the Prem £££££'s

"He went on to play 313 times for United"

 

[JJ Sefton]

I doubt that the photo of Currie signing is actually him joining from Watford. Looks later than that to me.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

From the article:
Martin Chivers on the left? Who are the other 2 spurs players? Geoff Salmons at the back?

 

[Tyler Durden]

A truly monumental day.

He smiled.

 

[Tunstall Fred]

From the article:
Martin Chivers on the left? Who are the other 2 spurs players? Geoff Salmons at the back?
View attachment 23873

I would say John Pratt middle,Mike England far right nearest Salmons,I'm not sure that's Chivers btw

 

[Woodwardfan]

http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/foot...-currie-s-blades-debut-49-years-ago-1-8411682

Currie didn't have long hair when he signed for us. Stir wrong again. Remember the night well. We were in the Bramall Lane stand above where he scored. Fresh faced teenage, slightly plump.

 

[Maidenhead]

I would say John Pratt middle,Mike England far right nearest Salmons,I'm not sure that's Chivers btw

Not wobbly enough?

 

[BushBlade]

I wasn't even teething in those days but I still turned round to my dad and said 'this Currie bloke will do a job for us, I'm telling thi'

 

[Mad Mick]

My mind must be playing tricks on me, I thought Curry had scored with a waste high volley against Spurs and it was at the Kop end. Also thought he had shorter hair when he joined us. I was there, but often had a few before that match, so that might explain it.

 

[Sheffsteel]

I wasn't even teething in those days but I still turned round to my dad and said 'this Currie bloke will do a job for us, I'm telling thi'

A bit like Carruthers then?

Also in the 68 and 69 team line up photos Currie has short hair.

The long hair didn't start until the early 70's

 

[Woodwaaard]

 

[BushBlade]

A bit like Carruthers then?

Also in the 68 and 69 team line up photos Currie has short hair.

The long hair didn't start until the early 70's

Yes, although I had more of a basin cut.

 

[Bert]

I would say John Pratt middle,Mike England far right nearest Salmons,I'm not sure that's Chivers btw

Pratt yes, but it's not England or Chivers.

 

[Bert]

Pratt yes, but it's not England or Chivers.

Terry Naylor on the left

 

[Silent Blade]

I doubt that the photo of Currie signing is actually him joining from Watford. Looks later than that to me.

Summer 1973

 

[Silent Blade]

From the article:
Martin Chivers on the left? Who are the other 2 spurs players? Geoff Salmons at the back?
View attachment 23873

Terry Naylor (not Martin Chivers), John Pratt and Ray Evans. 25th March 1972. We lost 2-0. TC suffered facial injuries in a car crash in Sheffield that evening. He was out of action for 3 or 4 weeks

 

[Silent Blade]

My mind must be playing tricks on me, I thought Curry had scored with a waste high volley against Spurs and it was at the Kop end. Also thought he had shorter hair when he joined us. I was there, but often had a few before that match, so that might explain it.

I have read the match report a few times at the Sheffield Library and have seen the photo of the goal. It was a header

 

[Harrisblade]

Currie didn't have long hair when he signed for us. Stir wrong again. Remember the night well. We were in the Bramall Lane stand above where he scored. Fresh faced teenage, slightly plump.

And that picture wasn't taken at an evening kick off

 

[Harrisblade]

Because, as it says clearly in the photo caption, it's just a picture of Tony Currie playing against Spurs - nothing to do with his debut game.

 

[GrayBlade]

I'd just left school but still went to games with my Dad and Bro in law. If I'm honest, it was a great game and TC played well, but I can't recall seeing anything then that made me think WOW we'd signed a genius, and the finest Blades player I've ever seen.

We were scratching around trying to replace the brilliant Mick Jones and Sherman at the time, and although TC did an ok job as a striker, he wasn't a world-beater. We were also playing midfielder Colin Addison upfront with Mick Hill who was by then our only recognised sticker back then, so I'm pretty sure TC was signed as a striker.

But Sir John Harris had the foresight to move him to midfield the following season and a Blades legend was born. Where has the time gone? UTB.

 

[Dnblade]

I was on the John Street terrace with my Dad for TC's debut..He'd been telling me to watch out for Jimmy Greaves and he got their first goal early on...My main memory is walking down John Street after the game,and we were saying how impressive Currie the new signing looked.

 

[Digger]

Currie didn't have long hair when he signed for us. Stir wrong again. Remember the night well. We were in the Bramall Lane stand above where he scored. Fresh faced teenage, slightly plump.

Fat lad from Edgeware, hes just a.........

 

[Mad Mick]

I have read the match report a few times at the Sheffield Library and have seen the photo of the goal. It was a header

Cheers m8, but i was right about the hair.

 

[Woodwardfan]

I'd just left school but still went to games with my Dad and Bro in law. If I'm honest, it was a great game and TC played well, but I can't recall seeing anything then that made me think WOW we'd signed a genius, and the finest Blades player I've ever seen.

We were scratching around trying to replace the brilliant Mick Jones and Sherman at the time, and although TC did an ok job as a striker, he wasn't a world-beater. We were also playing midfielder Colin Addison upfront with Mick Hill who was by then our only recognised sticker back then, so I'm pretty sure TC was signed as a striker.

But Sir John Harris had the foresight to move him to midfield the following season and a Blades legend was born. Where has the time gone? UTB.

Good post but Addison was a striker. One of my favourite 50 Blades of all time.

 

[Woodwardfan]

A bit like Carruthers then?

Also in the 68 and 69 team line up photos Currie has short hair.

The long hair didn't start until the early 70's

You never know. Currie was a Jack the lad who would piss in a bottle on a balcony at the races any time! I really do like the cut of Samir' s jib.

 

[Cyprus Blade]

Peter Howard - proper journalist. Went on to be editor of Jane's Defence Weekly I think. The Star was a proper newspaper then. Toilet paper now/