A thread for insignificant one-off memories

[seanbeenstattoo]

If we'd known then what we know now eh SBT?

Amen GCB. Amen

 

[corkysbeard]

Another one.
Mansfield away in the 3rd div prom season. Colder than ice station zebra. Won 1-0 with a Bob Atkins? pen. HT we wern`t allowed into the concourse as it was being used to defrost pig horses and us sub-humans were left to catch hypothermia.Smoked in those days and no way my fingers could strike a match. Horizontal blizzard.

Think I was there that night blades were jumping up and down and singing up and down up and down for ages just to keep warm.

 

[moDtheGod]

Being at the Lane as a youngster where the fella next to me nudged me and said, "do you know something we don't?" after we'd gone 3-1 up. I hadn't a clue what he was talking about and it must have shown on my face. He reminded me what I had said to my Dad at half time. We'd gone in a goal down at the break and I'd made a childishly optimistic remark about not having to worry because we'd come out in the second half and score three.

I have worked out using Soccerbase that the game was vs Portsmouth in December 1994. Finished 3-1.

 

[Silent Blade]

Being at the Lane as a youngster where the fella next to me nudged me and said, "do you know something we don't?" after we'd gone 3-1 up. I hadn't a clue what he was talking about and it must have shown on my face. He reminded me what I had said to my Dad at half time. We'd gone in a goal down at the break and I'd made a childishly optimistic remark about not having to worry because we'd come out in the second half and score three.

I have worked out using Soccerbase that the game was vs Portsmouth in December 1994. Finished 3-1.

Blake scored 2 goals in 1 minute just after the break (overhead kick and then a bullet header) before Scott made it 3-1

 

[Paisley Blade]

When I went to watch United v Chessy in the League Cup in Aug 2007 , up to that point in time the ball had never landed anywhere near me when it got booted in to the crowd. I'd been going for 37 years.

Not only did it land right at my feet that night so I had to throw it back, it happened twice in the same match . Even more remarkably I was in two totally different seats in the JSS, firstly up near the Lane End and then in the 2nd half at the Kop end. I must have been wearing some kind of Mitre magnet. Incredible or what?

I'll give you a moment to recover.

It was always my plan to save that one for when I'm on Parkinson,but this thread is so great you can have it for nowt.

 

[Jan Age]

Early 90s no idea who we were playing.

I was sat on the kop with my stepdad.

Some woman had been goading one of our players all game (for no reason) about 10 mins in to the second half a bloke about three rows back from me stood up and shouted:

'Oi love, that's enough now, have you not got a tupperware party to get to?'

Still makes me smile.

 

[Kenilworth]

Eggs and cat litter

 

[corkysbeard]

Playing pigs Sunday midday ko can't remember score or what year but in championship got a ticket for their north stand and walking up the gangway up the steps the full away end singing loud and proud so me like plonker I joined in....then surrounded by 10 or so stewards saying I'm getting thrown out but got transfered to leppings lane end and all blades singing he's a blade n he's a blade while being escorted to away end,quality!

 

[Kabba Kabba Doo]

Rotherham away in a friendly at Don Valley, think it was 09/10 season, Blades got bored of the match so started running up and down the hill behind the stand with police chasing them, then one Blade decided to climb into the Olympic Torch holder thing or whatever it was. Piss funny at the time but completely pointless!

 

[Klanger]

Heading back down Wembley Way after the Burnley defeat, a fat ugly bird and a bloke both in Burnley colours were on the other side of the way, he had his head down being circumspect, but she was gobbing off loud, he was trying to get her to pipe down but she shouted out, "Why? They aren't going to beat me up are they?"

The bloke in front of me responded, "well, we're certainly not going to shag you love"

Cheered me up a bit........

 

[coolhandluke]

Colchester in the F.A cup . I persuaded a mate to get another beer in in the Cricketers as we'd miss fuck all by going in slightly later than kick off .

Got on the Kop and we scored almost immediately . I turned to my mate with a big grin and proudly proclaimed " see , I told you wed miss fuck all " .

Our goal made it 2-1 to them .

 

[JJ Sefton]

Away at Millwall, possibly when Geary scored the winner for us. There was a penalty shoot out between two teams of little kids at half time and one of the Blades - about 11 years old - scored, then ran over in front of Millwall's 'firm', turned his back, and indicated his name. Legend.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Halifax - 4th division season.

Me: 'This wall doesn't feel very safe, it's wobbly!'

Mate: 'Giooer'

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Cant remember the opposition (Portsmouth?), but my lad went for a piss, and came back having missed two goals.

 

[e17blade]

I remember very fondly a half time game between one of the young Junior Blades teams v the Junior Owls (or whatever they are called) on a coned out pitch in front of the Kop. Mid 80's maybe?

The crowd got really into it - proper atmosphere and the lot, and some lucky young lad playing for United scored the winner and did the full celebration.

Awesome. They should do that these days.

 

[e17blade]

February 29th one year - and someone's girlfriend came onto the pitch at half time to propose to her fella. He had to walk down the Kop steps and across the pitch with "blow her out, blow her out, etc" ringing out from all four stands.

My memory is that he said yes, got booed for it, and then on his way back to the Kop ran around pretending to have a ball and blasted it into the back of the net to a big cheer.

 

[Bladepicker]

In the first ever Premiership season, sky tv had rolled into town and I remember the first time they televised us at the lane for Monday Night Football (I was quite excited as a youngster as ITV NEVER put us on live tv, even in a Yorkshire derby that decided the title for the dirties.).

But I don't remember the score, or the opposition (may have been Coventry) but I do remember the frankly bizzare pre match entertainment Sky put on. Shit fireworks, inflatable giant ball races and two blokes in giant sumo wrestler suits running into each other while our subs are warming up around them.

One of the strangest things I have seen at footie and totally out of place. Sky thankfully binned it off soon after I think.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Who was that all-girl band that the kop sang "get 'em off" to?

 

[Bladepicker]

While on the subject of half time entertainment. Remember one year at Man City in the late 90's the announcer at Maine Road said they had a treat of half time live music from an up and coming local band.

Was towards the end of britpop but I was still quite excited about who they'd have playing given the music scene there being what I was into.

Halftime came and three young black lasses wearing City tops cart wheeled and back flipped into the centre circle before belting out 'Cleopatra - Comin Atcha'.

Remained my highlight of watching United until that Brown volley against the pigs....

 

[1danewhitehouse]

I remember watching Jonathan Forte in one of his first appearances, away at Leicester I think? (Might be wrong about who it was).

We were watching him tear down the wing and we're saying "he's going to be a reight player for us".

We clearly had no idea what we were talking about.

I watched him in an England schoolboys game when he was about 14 playing on the left of a 3 pronged attack with Luke and Stefan Moore and thought we had an absolute world-beater on our hands.

 

[Cheets]

In the early 90s, Wally Downes was on our coaching staff and used to crouch down behind the advertising boards on the John Street side for some reason. One Sheffield derby, Chris Waddle came over when the ball went out for a throw-in. The two exchanged words and then Downes did a 'wanker' hand gesture at Waddle behind the advertising board.

 

[raul]

Found £20 outside the away turnstiles at home to Soton in the League Cup. Used it to buy the first round after we'd won 1-0.

It's what it's owner would have wanted.

 

[DifferentClass]

While on the subject of half time entertainment. Remember one year at Man City in the late 90's the announcer at Maine Road said they had a treat of half time live music from an up and coming local band.

Was towards the end of britpop but I was still quite excited about who they'd have playing given the music scene there being what I was into.

Halftime came and three young black lasses wearing City tops cart wheeled and back flipped into the centre circle before belting out 'Cleopatra - Comin Atcha'.

Remained my highlight of watching United until that Brown volley against the pigs....

I loved Cleopatra... I were 7 then but that were no excuse...

 

[Bladepicker]

Eggs and cat litter

Bet you got in there, bought loads of shite and then got back to the car to realise you'd still forgot the chuffing eggs.

 

[bricktop]

Found £20 outside the away turnstiles at home to Soton in the League Cup. Used it to buy the first round after we'd won 1-0.

It's what it's owner would have wanted.

Raul's eyes lighting up when he told me he had just found out £20 outside the away turnstiles........

 

[bricktop]

Ayresome Park, Easter Monday 1995, one of the final Middlesbrough games at Ayresome Park and it was a packed house as they went for promotion. Their version of Garyoke was doing his best to get Mexican Waves going and he managed to get it going, however when it came round the Blades in the corner, it got met with a chant of 'whats its like to shag your kids' before he groaned and said 'very clever Sheffield United fans'.........

 

[Kenilworth]

Bet you got in there, bought loads of shite and then got back to the car to realise you'd still forgot the chuffing eggs.

Ha. You'd like to think so but I'm not that stupid BP



I had a list
and this thread

 

[west_yorks_blade]

Female streaker running on the pitch from the kop no idea when, but it was still terraced.

She was no Erica Roe - but a very welcome change from the usual male variety.

 

[prince albert]

Ayresome Park, Easter Monday 1995, one of the final Middlesbrough games at Ayresome Park and it was a packed house as they went for promotion. Their version of Garyoke was doing his best to get Mexican Waves going and he managed to get it going, however when it came round the Blades in the corner, it got met with a chant of 'whats its like to shag your kids' before he groaned and said 'very clever Sheffield United fans'.........

and every body giving it the two fingers....

 

[Cheets]

[Qremember est_yorks_blade, post: 1117607, member: 14752"]Female streaker running on the pitch from the kop no idea when, but it was still terraced.

She was no Erica Roe - but a very welcome change from the usual male variety.[/QUOTE]
I remember that. She was greeted by chants of "She's a Blade.. " I think she did it to promote her business - stripogram or something?