Alan Woodward

[boo radley]

Remember when you picked teams in the playground and said what team you were and what player? I was always Alan Woodward.

 

[Racy]

Yep, it was the Mount.

Here's me (beige 'Galen' Jumper - yeah, I know!) with the great man himself. He'd just presented me my season medal at the Sheffield and District Sunday League Awards. I was fucking awestruck!

Also seen (if anyone knows them) l-r, Mark Platts, Pete Hird, (me), God Himself, Paul Eastwood, some-other-gagder

Is that a young Mark Platts alias Bender off the Valley
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[Kentblade]

Yep, it was the Mount.

Here's me (beige 'Galen' Jumper - yeah, I know!) with the great man himself. He'd just presented me my season medal at the Sheffield and District Sunday League Awards. I was fucking awestruck!

Also seen (if anyone knows them) l-r, Mark Platts, Pete Hird, (me), God Himself, Paul Eastwood, some-other-gagder


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Flairs in fashion!

 

[pommpey]

Plattsy ...

It is mate. Plattsy. Little, but good midfielder. Bit 'talkative' but a reyt battler. Had his entanglements with our constabulary friends ion his time ... last I heard he was buying Tiffany's on London Road ...

pommpey

 

[pommpey]

Flairs in fashion!

Oh aye! It was 1975!

Here's another one of us outside the Cutlers Arms (for it was they) with Geoff Salmons.

Back Row: Me, Steve Bramhall, Paul Eastwood, Best Number 8 in the World, Andrew Brookes, Craig Shemeld, Tim Seville
Front Row: Phil Goddard, Ant Riley, Mick Roe, Mick Lindley, Pete Hird, Kev Torr, Plattsy, Kev Fenlon

All our dads were inside getting shitfaced.

 

[Guesty]

As an aside, great ava Guesty. Reminds me of an old mate who is the reason I took up bass playing, Chris Glen the mad scots git. Not seen him for years, probably mid to late 80s when he was doing a gig with the late, great Gary Moore (I think at the time he was with MSG).

Thank you very much! SAHB were well before my time but as a little lad Boston Tea Party was just about my favourite song (my Dad had it on a tape he made for the car). In more recent years I've delved through their back catalogue a lot, I even bought myself a couple of albums on Vinyl from the Oxfam at Broomhill.

 

[LSF]

Pommpey - Mick Lindley! Flippin eck, played alongside me for a few years in t'County Senior with Windsor FC. Gustsy winger with plenty of fire in his belly. Haven't seen him for years!

 

[dublin 10 blade]

51 bus yeah! used to get that down from Lodge Moor to the Lane when staying with my grandparents at the top end of Crimicar Lane.

That takes me back to when we used to go camping at Lodge moor during school holidays. Used to catch no 51 at top pond in arbourthorne and go across the city for 2p .egging , fishon , and swimming in rivers up there. 71 circular was mine up to norfolk park before movin to skyedge when any from city road would do. Would any of us let our kids do these things now. Used to go to the youth club up in Herdings. Music used to be great in there .

 

[pommpey]

Pommpey - Mick Lindley! Flippin eck, played alongside me for a few years in t'County Senior with Windsor FC. Gustsy winger with plenty of fire in his belly. Haven't seen him for years!

Mick was technically the best player in the Cutlers team back then (later, Moreland Juniors) even if he was small and easily muscled off the ball. He was quick, skillful and had a decent footballing brain.

Our school team (Gleadless Valley) was pretty good as well, but Cutlers missed the best players, most of whom played for The Three Feathers at Darnall. Steve Senior (ex-York and Burton Albion) Paddy Beech amongst them.

pommpey

Mick's brother Jeff (great feller, even if the family were all Pigfans) died from leukaemia at an young age.

 

[pommpey]

That takes me back to when we used to go camping at Lodge moor during school holidays. Used to catch no 51 at top pond in arbourthorne and go across the city for 2p .egging , fishon , and swimming in rivers up there. 71 circular was mine up to norfolk park before movin to skyedge when any from city road would do. Would any of us let our kids do these things now. Used to go to the youth club up in Herdings. Music used to be great in there .

I was one of Uncle Ted Jenkins' kids at the yoothy up at the Herdings.

Top bloke.

pommpey

 

[Sirius]

I used to get it from the stop after Coldwell lane ,my Grandparents lived in the cottage at Claremont. I remember wagging school and going on the 51 ,it was known as the circular before it was Lodge moor to Herdings ,you could have an hour for 2p. I think it was the last route to have double deckers.

Totally pontless but in the memory game, the circular route was route 3. With my mate we were often encouraged by our exasparated parents to take the circular tour. Reckon that at the end of the six weeks holidays we knew every driver and conductor (blimey conductors, what were they?) on that route, It did travel in the opposite direction as route number 2. Why can't I remember useful things like Silent and dazzler?

 

[LSF]

Mick was technically the best player in the Cutlers team back then (later, Moreland Juniors) even if he was small and easily muscled off the ball. He was quick, skillful and had a decent footballing brain.

Our school team (Gleadless Valley) was pretty good as well, but Cutlers missed the best players, most of whom played for The Three Feathers at Darnall. Steve Senior (ex-York and Burton Albion) Paddy Beech amongst them.

pommpey

Mick's brother Jeff (great feller, even if the family were all Pigfans) died from leukaemia at an young age.

Mick was technically the best player in the Cutlers team back then (later, Moreland Juniors) even if he was small and easily muscled off the ball. He was quick, skillful and had a decent footballing brain.

Our school team (Gleadless Valley) was pretty good as well, but Cutlers missed the best players, most of whom played for The Three Feathers at Darnall. Steve Senior (ex-York and Burton Albion) Paddy Beech amongst them.

pommpey

Mick's brother Jeff (great feller, even if the family were all Pigfans) died from leukaemia at an young age.

Mick developed into a stocky lad and was quite strong on the ball as he got older. Could beat his full back both ways and tied em in knots. I remember his dad always came to watch him and was a real nice fellah.
My bro in law was a mate of Steve Senior's.
The Herdings end of the ' Valley produced some good players over years, Paul Scholey, Tophams, Kev Symington andCutlers, often the hub of teams from up that end had the Sen family for off field back up

 

[metalblade]

Totally pontless but in the memory game, the circular route was route 3. With my mate we were often encouraged by our exasparated parents to take the circular tour. Reckon that at the end of the six weeks holidays we knew every driver and conductor (blimey conductors, what were they?) on that route, It did travel in the opposite direction as route number 2. Why can't I remember useful things like Silent and dazzler?

Those two routes (2 and 3) were the outer circular's, we would take the round Sheffield trips as kids when there was not much to do in the school holidays. The 51 would be the old inner circular maybe.

 

[super_pig]

didn't the 3 become the 59?

 

[sitwell]

I think you are all right ,i think the 2 and 3 became the no 59 and no 4 eventually.
see if you can narrow down where I lived ,to get home from town i could get the 81,82 ,17,24,36,75 ,76 or 97 ,all dropped off an equal distance from my house

 

[Maidenhead]

Yep, it was the Mount.

Here's me (beige 'Galen' Jumper - yeah, I know!) with the great man himself. He'd just presented me my season medal at the Sheffield and District Sunday League Awards. I was fucking awestruck!

Also seen (if anyone knows them) l-r, Mark Platts, Pete Hird, (me), God Himself, Paul Eastwood, some-other-gagder

Blimey Pommps, how did that good looking young kid ever turn in to you?

 

[pommpey]

Mick developed into a stocky lad and was quite strong on the ball as he got older. Could beat his full back both ways and tied em in knots. I remember his dad always came to watch him and was a real nice fellah.
My bro in law was a mate of Steve Senior's.
The Herdings end of the ' Valley produced some good players over years, Paul Scholey, Tophams, Kev Symington andCutlers, often the hub of teams from up that end had the Sen family for off field back up

Agree. Mick used to play footy with us in the yard at GVSS and was as skilful in his Monkey Boots and flares as he was in his Adidas and kit. Remember Mick's dad as well - dark haired chap with glasses. Well-spoken feller who we all liked a lot.

Steve Senior (Senni) was the ultimate 'captain' material. Bossed the midfield, clever on the ball and good all round and he controlled the team, teaching us to 'speak to each other'. Good player - we knew he was going somewhere with his football career (although he did give away a daft penalty for Liverpool vs York on MoTD in the cup once!) Used to knock about with him quite a lot - although I was from Hemsworth and he from up near the top of Blackstock.

'Paul' Scholey - do you mean Gary Scholey? I was a four-doors-along neighbour of the Tophams, Kev Symington lived over the back of us. Mentioned in dispatches should be Wallace Chambers and Keith Gooden, both of them mates with our own Trenton Wiggan.

I speak with people from all over the country about football, Sheffield, Blades, Pigs and everything else. There was simply no other sport. We'd take off with a Wembley Trophy at ten on a Sunday Morning to Herdings Park and play six or seven hours of three-and-in, headers-and-volleys, crossbars, Wembley and just 'take a few shots' until it was dark. Cold and rain was a bonus. And whatever game I played, I was Alan Woodward. Later I fashioned my game on his and still own a good pair of feet when taking corners, finding people with long, aimed passes, hitting it from range or on the volley/half-volley (I used to spend hours in gyms in the navy in my spare time with the tiny 'workout' nets rebounding the ball off a wall and practicing striking it on the drop) just because Woodward could do it.

Loved them days.

pommpey

 

[Rustyblade]

I think you are all right ,i think the 2 and 3 became the no 59 and no 4 eventually.
see if you can narrow down where I lived ,to get home from town i could get the 81,82 ,17,24,36,75 ,76 or 97 ,all dropped off an equal distance from my house

Millhouses? Dobcroft? Parkhead?

 

[LSF]

Agree. Mick used to play footy with us in the yard at GVSS and was as skilful in his Monkey Boots and flares as he was in his Adidas and kit. Remember Mick's dad as well - dark haired chap with glasses. Well-spoken feller who we all liked a lot.


'Paul' Scholey - do you mean Gary Scholey? I was a four-doors-along neighbour of the Tophams, Kev Symington lived over the back of us. Mentioned in dispatches should be Wallace Chambers and Keith Gooden, both of them mates with our own Trenton Wiggan.

I speak with people from all over the country about football, Sheffield, Blades, Pigs and everything else. There was simply no other sport. We'd take off with a Wembley Trophy at ten on a Sunday Morning to Herdings Park and play six or seven hours of three-and-in, headers-and-volleys, crossbars, Wembley and just 'take a few shots' until it was dark. Cold and rain was a bonus. And whatever game I played, I was Alan Woodward. Later I fashioned my game on his and still own a good pair of feet when taking corners, finding people with long, aimed passes, hitting it from range or on the volley/half-volley (I used to spend hours in gyms in the navy in my spare time with the tiny 'workout' nets rebounding the ball off a wall and practicing striking it on the drop) just because Woodward could do it.

Loved them days.

pommpey

The Lindley family were generally good people apart from their Wednesday fetish

Deffo Paul mate, Gary was his younger brother I think, Paul will be around 57/8 now, a couple years younger than me. Wally Chambers! Lovely lad, played with me at Frecheville and joined the coppers around that time and went on to have a good career in the force, despite black guys suffering institutional racism in and around that time as police force employees. His sister was a good looking lass too!

The scenario you describe in Herdings Park was one me and my mates enacted at the back of Midhill Club or on the Ball Inn (groundsman permitting). Happy Days indeed!

 

[pommpey]

The Lindley family were generally good people apart from their Wednesday fetish

Deffo Paul mate, Gary was his younger brother I think, Paul will be around 57/8 now, a couple years younger than me. Wally Chambers! Lovely lad, played with me at Frecheville and joined the coppers around that time and went on to have a good career in the force, despite black guys suffering institutional racism in and around that time as police force employees. His sister was a good looking lass too!

Much of the Herdings lot (and a lot in that picture) were pigfans. My allegiance was with the Hemsworth massive who were generally Blades, right the way down Blackstock to Bankwood where the swine disease had unfortunately really taken hold.

The Chambers' were a fabulous family. All of them a brilliant reflection of WI life and culture and all of them greatly admired and respected up our way. Wally started out in civil engineering and went on as you say to be a copper. Bad news for anyone who racially abused him mind. He took no prisoners! Haven't seen him (or his gorgeous sister 'P') since about 1994. He was a massive Arsenal fan back in the day. Me and him used to play football for what seemed days during the school holidays. It was a real laugh being in their house and watching the banter between Wallace (the boss), 'P' (streetwise, loud and always got her own way), Wayne (who was like a little Wallace) and Leroy (who was just a babby, but could manipulate the situation).

Gary S was one year older than me - so he'd be about 52-ish now. Hard as.

Gleadless Valley, back in the day. Miss it so much.

pommpey

 

[Darren]

The Lindley family were generally good people apart from their Wednesday fetish

Deffo Paul mate, Gary was his younger brother I think, Paul will be around 57/8 now, a couple years younger than me. Wally Chambers! Lovely lad, played with me at Frecheville and joined the coppers around that time and went on to have a good career in the force, despite black guys suffering institutional racism in and around that time as police force employees. His sister was a good looking lass too!

The scenario you describe in Herdings Park was one me and my mates enacted at the back of Midhill Club or on the Ball Inn (groundsman permitting). Happy Days indeed!

Ah the Midhill and Ball Inn. We used to spend hours playing on the former. In Sunday the Midhill club would have a stripper and we would try to peep round the edges of the screens they put up at the back of the club facing the fields.

The latter playing in "real" nets until the groudnsman chased you off.

 

[Rooks]

It was actually,

We've got Alan Woodward on the wing, on the wing
We've got Alan Woodward on the wing, on the wing

Alan, Alan Woodward, Alan Woodward on the wi-ing
Alan, Alan Woodward, Alan Woodward on the wing

Eye theng you!

I thought it was

We've got Alan, Alan, Alan, Alan Woodward on the wing, on the wing
We've got Alan, Alan, Alan, Alan Woodward on the wing, on the wing

Alan, Alan Woodward, Alan Woodward on the wing
Alan, Alan Woodward, Alan Woodward on the wing

 

[pommpey]

I thought it was

We've got Alan, Alan, Alan, Alan Woodward on the wing, on the wing
We've got Alan, Alan, Alan, Alan Woodward on the wing, on the wing

Alan, Alan Woodward, Alan Woodward on the wing
Alan, Alan Woodward, Alan Woodward on the wing

Wasn't it

"Alan, Alan Wood-ward ...
Alan Woodward on the wi--ing

Alan, Alan Wood-ward ...
Alan Woodward on the wi--ing"

Amongst my mates, around that time, if anyone, or anything was hit particularly hard it would be accompanied by the call "Woodward!".

So, if you were hitting a small pebble into orbit using a tennis racket, dead-arming someone repeatedly, watching a car accident, falling over on ice and impacting planet earth or booting a football in the school yard with your platforms on so it collided with a first-year's face, it would be "Woodward!"-ed.

Or " ... Woodward ... he can hit them from here you know ... oh, my word!" a-la Keith Macklin or whoever the Sunday Soccer commentator was.

pommpey

 

[LSF]

Ah the Midhill and Ball Inn. We used to spend hours playing on the former. In Sunday the Midhill club would have a stripper and we would try to peep round the edges of the screens they put up at the back of the club facing the fields.

The latter playing in "real" nets until the groudnsman chased you off.

Nice to know the generations after mine kept the tradition going around lower Arbourthorne! Ball Inn ground now a new housing estate - sad.....

 

[LSF]

.... Oh and we used to try and catch a view of the strippers too from the top of the fire escape

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

I thought it was

We've got Alan, Alan, Alan, Alan Woodward on the wing, on the wing
We've got Alan, Alan, Alan, Alan Woodward on the wing, on the wing

Alan, Alan Woodward, Alan Woodward on the wing
Alan, Alan Woodward, Alan Woodward on the wing

You might have sung that to a different tune, Rooksy!

 

[Rooks]

You might have sung that to a different tune, Rooksy!

Ging Gang Goolie ????

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Ging Gang Goolie ????

That's the one Rooks!

Now sing it and get your version to scan...

 

[Wapping Blade]

I think you are all right ,i think the 2 and 3 became the no 59 and no 4 eventually.
see if you can narrow down where I lived ,to get home from town i could get the 81,82 ,17,24,36,75 ,76 or 97 ,all dropped off an equal distance from my house

I think I know anyway from previous posts (stalker!) but you've missed out the 50 and 84 from Ecclesall Road South and the "emergency" 83 or even 88.

 

[sitwell]

I lived on bannerdale ,the 88 turned off at rustlings and the 83 at Greystones ,too far away.Wasnt the 84 an afterthought. Was the 50 to Dore up Ecclesall Rd ? I never caught that where did it leave from in town and how often ?