Silent Blade
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Many thanks for that post. I have clearly wiped that period from my memory, as a result of the trauma which followed 3 weeks later against another Lancashire club. The report of the Burnley match is a reminder of just how well United were playing in the first part of that season; it was the last time I ever felt really confident in Utd. A Blades rite of passage, I suppose.
Many thanks for that post. I have clearly wiped that period from my memory, as a result of the trauma which followed 3 weeks later against another Lancashire club. The report of the Burnley match is a reminder of just how well United were playing in the first part of that season; it was the last time I ever felt really confident in Utd. A Blades rite of passage, I suppose.
Another remarkable fact is that Simpson scored both goals with his right foot; that must be unique!
And Bolton, who were visitors to the Lane 3 weeks later, were so bad that they don’t even figure on that League Table. A certain home win…
Sorry, here is the linkAnd Bolton, who were visitors to the Lane 3 weeks later, were so bad that they don’t even figure on that League Table. A certain home win…
Confirms: Bolton were bad! Thanks
That's got to be some kind of record surely. A goal after only 8 seconds and only the 4th kick of the match!
My second United match.1/1/1972
Blades 1 (Dearden) Leicester 1 (Sjoberg)
Just before the kick off, the crowd sang "Happy Birthday" to TC and TC responded by blowing his kisses towards the crowd.
Early in the game, Leicester had two or three corner kicks at the Lane End, each time the kicker, David Nish, took his time by strolling to the corner with the ball, the fans at the Lane End were shouting at him to "hurry up", Nish responded by giving a hard stare frowning at the fans in the Lane End and he still took his time!
Before the game my dad was telling me that Alan Birchenall was a good friend of Len Badger and he played for us, he resided at Len Badger's mum's house. With Leicester attacking the Lane End it was noticeable from the BLUT that Birchenall and Len were smiling at each other whenever Len was about to take a free kick or a throw in.
John Hope was in good form and made good saves. Later in the week he was called up to the England u 23s squad for their match against Wales.
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Early in the 2nd half John Sjoberg opened the scoring after he broke through the defence and shot from close range.
Woody hits the bar
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Then we got the equaliser despite that Dearden used his hand to control the ball into his path towards the goal, there were half cheering from the crowd because we expected the ref to disallow the goal but to our surprise neither the ref nor the linesman saw the handball. Furious Leicester players surrounded the ref and they followed him when he ran over to the linesman at the John Street side to ask him if he saw anything untoward. It reminded be of how Hockey scored against Millwall nine months earlier!
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Scores, scorers and line ups of matches that day are in below link
1972-01-01
www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk
From the programme
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You tooThanks, Silent Blade, Happy New Year.
Ime sure we lost that one 1-0.Bolton were bottom .And Bolton, who were visitors to the Lane 3 weeks later, were so bad that they don’t even figure on that League Table. A certain home win…
And Hodgy broke his thumb, and the Board went for the cheap option as a replacement. I really thought we were going to be serious contenders for League champions. It taught me a lesson…Ime sure we lost that one 1-0.Bolton were bottom .
It was the 1st time I was in the seats (John St stand) we were poor considering where we were in the table we did fall away after that
Yes, I rated him higher than Flynn. His anticipation and positional sense were excellent. Good with the ball. His timing in tackling was excellent.A question for Silent and any other Blades that can remember that era, would a fully fit David Powell have made a difference to that 71/72 season? Obviously, we started it brilliantly up to losing at Old Trafford, then performances and results seemed much more patchy for the rest of the season. Would a fit Powell have made us less likely to concede and thus more consistent?
Definitely would have made us better defensively,though Flynn was more of a threat at the other end.A question for Silent and any other Blades that can remember that era, would a fully fit David Powell have made a difference to that 71/72 season? Obviously, we started it brilliantly up to losing at Old Trafford, then performances and results seemed much more patchy for the rest of the season. Would a fit Powell have made us less likely to concede and thus more consistent?
5/1/1972
League Cup semi final replay at S6
Stoke 0 West Ham 0
A friend of my dad's took me and my dad to the semi final replay at S6 and no goals were scored in 120 minutes of play.
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What the spectators in the North Stand thought of the match after the final whistle. For me and my dad, it was the most entertaining moment of the night watching the cushions being thrown on the pitch!
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Bert saw it a few times at Hillsborough, but never at Bramall Lane.You would get done these days for throwing objects onto the pitch
Was the cushion throwing a Pig thing ? Cant remember it happening at the Lane
Cushions, bloody CUSHIONS !!???Bert saw it a few times at Hillsborough, but never at Bramall Lane.
Apparently we did.Cushions, bloody CUSHIONS !!???
Did we even have cushions?
5/1/1972
League Cup semi final replay at S6
Stoke 0 West Ham 0
A friend of my dad's took me and my dad to the semi final replay at S6 and no goals were scored in 120 minutes of play.
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What the spectators in the North Stand thought of the match after the final whistle. For me and my dad, it was the most entertaining moment of the night watching the cushions being thrown on the pitch!
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A Wendy fan on Facebook replied "it happened a fair few times at Hillsborough. One instance being in 1962 when David "Bronco" Layne was sent off for hitting Jimmy McEwan of Aston Villa. The sending off provoked hundreds of fans to throw their cushions onto the pitch and one to actually run on to the field and wave his rattle at the ref before arguing with players. Another fan subsequently ran on and jumped on the ref's back!"You would get done these days for throwing objects onto the pitch
Was the cushion throwing a Pig thing ? Cant remember it happening at the Lane
You would get done these days for throwing objects onto the pitch
Was the cushion throwing a Pig thing ? Cant remember it happening at the Lane
Surely you must recall that tall, handsome young man in the middle of the Unitedites catch the ball from a wayward shot?There were only two things about the match that I can remember
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