Another journalist bell-end

[pommpey]

Read BBC Sport's website this avvo. In an article on Clough and the Cup, their commentor Pat Murphy offered the following:

"I don't believe the Cloughs were ever consumed by the idea of winning the FA Cup. For Brian in particular it was a case of winning every game he could and that's why he always put out his strongest side.
He regretted Forest's poor performance at The Hawthorns in 1978, when they were en route to winning the title but were swept aside in the quarter-finals by West Brom - and, of course, the 1991 FA Cup final when Tottenham prevailed.
Nigel, who played that day, admits he's now concentrating on the FA Cup which is commendably frank of him. He knows United's fans still talk about the two cup semi-finals they reached in 1993 and would love to go one better. But his father's failure to land the trophy doesn't gnaw away at him and if he gets to the final, don't expect him to be particularly voluble about emulating his illustrious father"

So I emailed him with:

Pat
Saw your authoritative comments on the BBC website regarding the Cloughs and the FA Cup.

As an illustration of the media’s daft obsession with trivia (see: Nigel Clough not getting too excited about the FA Cup despite everyone working themselves up about his dad) you managed to succinctly insult every red and white in the nation’s sixth largest city by clumsily mentioning that Sheffield United reached two semi-finals in 1993. As any football expert will tell you, Sheffield United did reach the one semi-final in 1993 where they lost to city rivals, who went on to be beaten by Arsenal in the final, as they did for the same season’s League cup final, which was a real, massive shame. I'm sure you'll understand.

Ten years later Sheffield United (under Neil Warnock) reached the League and FA Cup semi-finals, succumbing to Liverpool and Arsenal respectively.

Please try not to mix up the two halves of Sheffield. To illustrate what I mean, I can assure you that every time an assumed ‘pundit’ or ‘expert’ uses the singular term ‘Sheffield’ when talking about them lot, our dander rises in a most disturbing manner. We are the ‘town team’ – situated just south of the city centre and they from somewhere up near Barnsley.

All the best. Up the Blades

Regards

pommpey

 

[Blade56]

I like it when fans bite back

 

[BusheyBlade]

In fairness, this may have simply been a typo, 1993 instead of 2003 and have no bearing on what the other lot did in 93

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Read BBC Sport's website this avvo. In an article on Clough and the Cup, their commentor Pat Murphy offered the following:

"I don't believe the Cloughs were ever consumed by the idea of winning the FA Cup. For Brian in particular it was a case of winning every game he could and that's why he always put out his strongest side.
He regretted Forest's poor performance at The Hawthorns in 1978, when they were en route to winning the title but were swept aside in the quarter-finals by West Brom - and, of course, the 1991 FA Cup final when Tottenham prevailed.
Nigel, who played that day, admits he's now concentrating on the FA Cup which is commendably frank of him. He knows United's fans still talk about the two cup semi-finals they reached in 1993 and would love to go one better. But his father's failure to land the trophy doesn't gnaw away at him and if he gets to the final, don't expect him to be particularly voluble about emulating his illustrious father"

So I emailed him with:

Pat
Saw your authoritative comments on the BBC website regarding the Cloughs and the FA Cup.

As an illustration of the media’s daft obsession with trivia (see: Nigel Clough not getting too excited about the FA Cup despite everyone working themselves up about his dad) you managed to succinctly insult every red and white in the nation’s sixth largest city by clumsily mentioning that Sheffield United reached two semi-finals in 1993. As any football expert will tell you, Sheffield United did reach the one semi-final in 1993 where they lost to city rivals, who went on to be beaten by Arsenal in the final, as they did for the same season’s League cup final, which was a real, massive shame. I'm sure you'll understand.

Ten years later Sheffield United (under Neil Warnock) reached the League and FA Cup semi-finals, succumbing to Liverpool and Arsenal respectively.

Please try not to mix up the two halves of Sheffield. To illustrate what I mean, I can assure you that every time an assumed ‘pundit’ or ‘expert’ uses the singular term ‘Sheffield’ when talking about them lot, our dander rises in a most disturbing manner. We are the ‘town team’ – situated just south of the city centre and they from somewhere up near Barnsley.

All the best. Up the Blades

Regards

pommpey

Tha missed off Newcastle

 

[Selly]

In fairness, this may have simply been a typo, 1993 instead of 2003 and have no bearing on what the other lot did in 93

And in the interests of pointing somthing else out 1993->2003 is actually 3 typos, not 1...

 

[BusheyBlade]

And in the interests of pointing somthing else out 1993->2003 is actually 3 typos, not 1...

Typo/mistake on terms of getting the year wrong, not the key strokes!

 

[sheffielder]

The pigs reached 2 semi's in 1993. They actually went to Wembley 4 times and won fook all, yet still have the audacity to mock us on Sunday.

 

[oldblade]

Typo/mistake on terms of getting the year wrong, not the key strokes!

Considering it was only 21 years ago I think a 10 year mistake is a pretty big mistake to make.

 

[Trigger Blade]

I think Pat Murphy's one of the better sports journos, though his speciality is Midlands football. I am a bit surprised that he made such an elementary error. The main thrust of his argument still holds though if you substitute 2003 for 1993.

 

[BusheyBlade]

My point is we're all getting a bit upset thinking he's mistaken us for the other lot. It's not as if he wrote "Sheffield United fans still talk about the time they reached the finals of both domestic cups and lost back in 1993".

Heck, the club sent out an official email yesterday claiming we lost 5-2 on Sunday!

 

[pommpey]

Typo/mistake on terms of getting the year wrong, not the key strokes!

Which was my point. If the year was wrong, so was the team. The shit got to two finals in that year (as well as two successful semis) as a billy-big-spend, Premiership, Chrissie-fucking-Waddle, ref-pushing, bolus of cunt. Ten years later, the battling Championship shithouses led by Mr Popular managed to fluke their way into making the MIGHTY LIVERPOOL look like Hartlepool at BDTBL and succumbed to ref-obstruction, Chief-raping and wonder-saves in the other match.

pommpey

 

[travellingblade]

I read this at shortly after it was originally posted and thought that is was a badly inaccurate piece, especially to the left hand side was our 2013-14 FA Cup progress ending with Hull City 5-2 Sheffield United. Says it all.

 

[grafikhaus]

Which was my point. If the year was wrong, so was the team. The shit got to two finals in that year (as well as two successful semis) as a billy-big-spend, Premiership, Chrissie-fucking-Waddle, ref-pushing, bolus of cunt. Ten years later, the battling Championship shithouses led by Mr Popular managed to fluke their way into making the MIGHTY LIVERPOOL look like Hartlepool at BDTBL and succumbed to ref-obstruction, Chief-raping and wonder-saves in the other match.

pommpey

Talking of Waddle, a pig 'friend' of mine still goes on about his free-kick in '93 (the one where we only had John Gannon in the 'wall') What they fail to mention is, when Corkie scuffed the equaliser Waddle had ample chance to get back and clear it. Trouble is, he's so fat he couldn't manage it.

 

[pommpey]

Talking of Waddle, a pig 'friend' of mine still goes on about his free-kick in '93 (the one where we only had John Gannon in the 'wall') What they fail to mention is, when Corkie scuffed the equaliser Waddle had ample chance to get back and clear it. Trouble is, he's so fat he couldn't manage it.

I watched it as Corky scuffled the shot past the oncoming Chris Woods and Waddle slide with the ball into the net. It was poetic justice for the shit-pop-song-spouting, two-haircuts-on-one-head wanker. Diamond Lights?



Wankers. This is the pigfans 'When Saturday Comes'. In fact, worse.

pommpey

 

[mask]

Read BBC Sport's website this avvo. In an article on Clough and the Cup, their commentor Pat Murphy offered the following:

"I don't believe the Cloughs were ever consumed by the idea of winning the FA Cup. For Brian in particular it was a case of winning every game he could and that's why he always put out his strongest side.
He regretted Forest's poor performance at The Hawthorns in 1978, when they were en route to winning the title but were swept aside in the quarter-finals by West Brom - and, of course, the 1991 FA Cup final when Tottenham prevailed.
Nigel, who played that day, admits he's now concentrating on the FA Cup which is commendably frank of him. He knows United's fans still talk about the two cup semi-finals they reached in 1993 and would love to go one better. But his father's failure to land the trophy doesn't gnaw away at him and if he gets to the final, don't expect him to be particularly voluble about emulating his illustrious father"

So I emailed him with:

Pat
Saw your authoritative comments on the BBC website regarding the Cloughs and the FA Cup.

As an illustration of the media’s daft obsession with trivia (see: Nigel Clough not getting too excited about the FA Cup despite everyone working themselves up about his dad) you managed to succinctly insult every red and white in the nation’s sixth largest city by clumsily mentioning that Sheffield United reached two semi-finals in 1993. As any football expert will tell you, Sheffield United did reach the one semi-final in 1993 where they lost to city rivals, who went on to be beaten by Arsenal in the final, as they did for the same season’s League cup final, which was a real, massive shame. I'm sure you'll understand.

Ten years later Sheffield United (under Neil Warnock) reached the League and FA Cup semi-finals, succumbing to Liverpool and Arsenal respectively.

Please try not to mix up the two halves of Sheffield. To illustrate what I mean, I can assure you that every time an assumed ‘pundit’ or ‘expert’ uses the singular term ‘Sheffield’ when talking about them lot, our dander rises in a most disturbing manner. We are the ‘town team’ – situated just south of the city centre and they from somewhere up near Barnsley.

All the best. Up the Blades

Regards

pommpey

pommpey.alright mate.sorry to pull yo up on this but it realy grinds my gears.i take it your not from sheff not just by your name but you think sheffield is the sixth biggest city in england.i would be interested to know witch five citys you think are bigger.an if you are from sheff shame on you for undersellin our fine city

 

[Shalalalafenoughty]

To illustrate what I mean, I can assure you that every time an assumed ‘pundit’ or ‘expert’ uses the singular term ‘Sheffield’ when talking about them lot, our dander rises in a most disturbing manner.

Steve Bruce referred to us as "Sheffield" in the post-match interview shown on the ITV4 highlights programme last Sunday evening. To be fair, it's not as if he's any personal knowledge of the club and its supporters.

 

[Kendal]

Steve Bruce referred to us as "Sheffield" in the post-match interview shown on the ITV4 highlights programme last Sunday evening. To be fair, it's not as if he's any personal knowledge of the club and its supporters.

To be fair to Brucie, he KNOWS there's only one team in Sheffield. ;-)

 

[pommpey]

pommpey.alright mate.sorry to pull yo up on this but it realy grinds my gears.i take it your not from sheff not just by your name but you think sheffield is the sixth biggest city in england.i would be interested to know witch five citys you think are bigger.an if you are from sheff shame on you for undersellin our fine city

'Nation', as in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Cities - according to many sources in and around t'internet and others go thus:

London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds.

As Metropolitan Boroughs, the 'built up area' is ninth.

If you are to average out square mileage by population by a few other factors, we end up as sixth.

I am from Sheffield. I was born and raised in Gleadless Valley.

I now live in Gosport, Hampshire. If you want me to 'go support my local club' because you assume I have inferior knowledge of my origins ...

pommpey

 

[mask]

'Nation', as in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Cities - according to many sources in and around t'internet and others go thus:

London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds.

As Metropolitan Boroughs, the 'built up area' is ninth.

If you are to average out square mileage by population by a few other factors, we end up as sixth.

I am from Sheffield. I was born and raised in Gleadless Valley.

I now live in Gosport, Hampshire. If you want me to 'go support my local club' because you assume I have inferior knowledge of my origins ...

pommpey

sheffield is englands fourth biggest city.the only real way to measure a citys size is poplation.an our population says we are bigger than every other city exept london biirmingham leeds.most people from sheffield know this.most people not from sheff think that manchester is bigger than sheff but it is not.its been a few years an i havent checked reasently but the population of each city london is between 8 an 9 mil.birminghams 1 mil.leeds 700 000.sheffield 560 000 liverpool 490 000.manchester 480 000.sorry for presuming you werent from our fine city the common mistake an name thru me.im not bein a twat but its just a pet hate of minean i deffo wasent accusing you of havin an inferior anythin.just realized you said nation an i said england.we would be fifth with glasgow being third but that will change with devolution i think

 

[pommpey]

sheffield is englands fourth biggest city.the only real way to measure a citys size is poplation.an our population says we are bigger than every other city exept london biirmingham leeds.most people from sheffield know this.most people not from sheff think that manchester is bigger than sheff but it is not.its been a few years an i havent checked reasently but the population of each city london is between 8 an 9 mil.birminghams 1 mil.leeds 700 000.sheffield 560 000 liverpool 490 000.manchester 480 000.sorry for presuming you werent from our fine city the common mistake an name thru me.im not bein a twat but its just a pet hate of minean i deffo wasent accusing you of havin an inferior anythin.just realized you said nation an i said england.we would be fifth with glasgow being third but that will change with devolution i think

Measuring by population is not really an accurate way of telling 'size' of a city. You have to take into account Metropolitan Boroughs, county boundaries, parish allegiances and electoral boundaries, facilities, county and city councils ... so many more aspects. I took part in the collection of the 1991 census in Sheffield whilst home on leave from the Royal Navy, and back then Sheffield was classified as sixth, and not much has changed that status since.

Population density does not make a city large. Portsmouth has a huge density by square kilometre, far higher than many other larger cities. Bristol and Plymouth also.

pommpey

 

[finlaytheblade]

surely the best way to judge the size is by geographical area is sheffield larger than leeds ? i, am sure that is a lot closer than population size

 

[mask]

surely the best way to judge the size is by geographical area is sheffield larger than leeds ? i, am sure that is a lot closer than population size

sheffield has one of the biggest area of nearly all british citys 180 sq miles that is because we are not totaly hemed like most of the other large citys.sorry mate but all across the world citys have always been an will always be measured by population.i know its shit bein that little bit smaller than the scum but it is what it is at least we are bigger than the mancs an scousers.