Anyone remember anything about: Sheffield United 0-5 Leeds 1988

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Grecian2000 said:
He's got a point Walthy. I suspect everyone has a hated local rival and then Leeds come a close second.
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I was at a gathering with lots of Blades and Pigs recently and one L**ds fan. Unitedites and Wednesdayites were ripping it out of each other and having a lot of fun doing so. Then, for some reason, someone mentioned envelopes and I made a crack about Don Revie. This L**ds fan got proper upset "That's too far, that's out of order" he kept saying in that nasally whine. He got told to fuck off by representatives from both sides of Sheffield.
 



WalthamstowBlade said:
No, we missed out on points. I remember the 5-0 at Upton Park (my first away match) and I remember them doing us 2-0 at the Lane the same season. We had summat like 28 corners. Against L**ds that year we got pumped 4-0 and I think we drew 2-2 at the Lane, Strachan acting like a twat in front of the away end after running the length of the pitch and scoring.
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Strachan acting like a twat? He is a twat if ever such a thing existed. No need to act like a Scottish cunt when you are one. And his posturing at the Lane rnd was in div one when they beat us 2 0, not the 2 2 Boxing day 89 when my old hated schoolmate Smell Turdland scored for the scum. What a cunt...played for Leeds, Wendy and fucking Glasgow Rangers.
 
Them were the days though,eh? Leeds on Boxing Day and Easter Monday. Proper bank holiday fixtures. What do we get these days...?
Sterland's goal at the Lane seems to get further out the older I get...was it really THAT far out?
And the Easter game at L**ds will stick in my memory for the fact I was with my L**ds supporting uncle in the home end, shitting myself cos it was pretty volatile in there, and yes, all that chasing Tracey down then skipping off the side of the pitch...very cute, very tactical and very fucking L**ds.
 
I remember it all too well, Wally Downes was an absolute idiot of the highest order, Bassett signed Downes with 18 games left of the season to bring experience to the squad in our relegation battle.

Mr Experiance managed to get himself suspended for 7 of those games.

As well as this sending off he performed one of the worst Challenges I ever saw from a United player against Bradford at the Lane.

Warnock was completely right about this bloke a few years later, he was a total prick.
 
"As well as this sending off he performed one of the worst Challenges I ever saw from a United player against Bradford at the Lane."

The story behind that is Downes got the wrong Bradford player, he was after Mick Kennedy but ended up hacking down another player by mistake.
 
SUFC Handsworth said:
"As well as this sending off he performed one of the worst Challenges I ever saw from a United player against Bradford at the Lane."

The story behind that is Downes got the wrong Bradford player, he was after Mick Kennedy but ended up hacking down another player by mistake.
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Just about sums Downes up, thick as a plank.
 
SUFC Handsworth said:
"As well as this sending off he performed one of the worst Challenges I ever saw from a United player against Bradford at the Lane."

The story behind that is Downes got the wrong Bradford player, he was after Mick Kennedy but ended up hacking down another player by mistake.
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Yes, he had battles with Mick Kennedy (ex-Pompey) in the infamous Wimbledon v Pompey games in the 1980s. In the Bradford game he claimed that his tackle on Karl Goddard was a mistake cos he thought it was Mick Kennedy
 
sportinguista said:
But he didn't pass it to anyone,just ran on to the ball that he'd blocked...what's the fuss about?
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Yes, but the L**ds players claimed that the ball had crossed the halfway line with Suggett in an offside position before Brown got past the halfway line and the linesman had put his flag up. L**ds punishment for the troubles was that they had to play their two home games away from Elland Road early in 1971-72 season and one of them was their 5-1 win against Newcastle at S6 (I was at the match) http://www.mightyleeds.co.uk/matches/19710901.htm
 
Silent Blade said:
That season Wilkinson was the only manager to use this tactic against Tracey (Carl Shutt on Boxing Day and Bobby Davison on Easter Monday) because throughout the season Tracey's kicking was so accurate, usually finding Deano's head and Wilkinson was aware of that. I was surprised that no other manager in the division used the same tactic against Tracey
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I remember that, against Wilkinson's Leeds, if we had a long-throw specialist they would 'plant' a player bang on the touchline thus preventing the follow-through that long throws required. It was usually Shutt or Davidson. As usual with Leeds, it was strictly 'within the letter of the law', blatant cheating and - if the guy taking the throw carried on with a knee in Shutt's or Davidson's knackers - we all know what action the ref would take.

WalthamstowBlade said:
I remember being in a bar when I was a student at Swansea around 2000 and drinking with a West Ham, a Spurs, an Everton, and a L**ds fan. The L**ds fan says "...of course, L**ds are most people's second team..." The four of us nearly choked to death.
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I've not got a vast circle of friends but they include 3 Leeds 'fans'. (OK, not friends, just cunts who collar you in the pub.) They're all identikits - shaven-headed, drink problems and definite mental problems.

I think it's important for younger fans to realise what Leeds were like. Genuine football fans' hatred of Leeds goes way back to the Revie Years. In fact it was summed up perfectly in 'The Damned United' when Brian Clough told them to put all their medals in the bin as 'you've cheated to get them'.

Under Revie & Wilkinson, Leeds did win plenty. But since then ,when the refs. 'got wise' to their tactics? Fuck all.
 
grafikhaus said:
I think it's important for younger fans to realise what Leeds were like.
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I genuinely believe no-one under the age of 35/40 quite understands that they were as bad as some of us old twats tell them.

It seems almost impossible the sheer amount of cheating, diving, gamesmanship and general nastiness that they indulged in could possibly be tolerated by match officials and the games administrators. I can barely believe it myself.
The fact that their fans mirrored the team in being absolute cunts is just the icing on the cake.
To this day the names Sprake, Reaney, Cooper, Bremner, Charlton, Hunter, Lorrimer, Clarke, Jones, Giles and Gray makes my blood boil (even allowing for my love of the young Mick J).
 
still rankles over leeds 2nd and 3rd goals in this bizzare 4-3 game
a free kick given for handling outside the box when Kite lets go 2 yards in
and a penalty against Bradshaw which was a complete swan dive

 



diplomat said:
Are you offside if someone dribbles past you ? If he'd passed it to him he was offside, but he didn't. Or was the rule different then?
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Nowadays linesmen wait until the player in an offside position touches the ball or blocks the keeper's view before putting his flag up. In the 1970s linesmen flag for offside as soon as he sees a player in an offside position even if the player isnt near the ball
 
Grecian2000 said:
I genuinely believe no-one under the age of 35/40 quite understands that they were as bad as some of us old twats tell them.

It seems almost impossible the sheer amount of cheating, diving, gamesmanship and general nastiness that they indulged in could possibly be tolerated by match officials and the games administrators. I can barely believe it myself.
The fact that their fans mirrored the team in being absolute cunts is just the icing on the cake.
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Unbelievably, by 2000, Leeds were drawn to play Barcelona in the Champions League. How do you think they marked the occasion? Nice, custom-made suits? Hardly. The entire team had their fucking heads shaved! Leeds have always made Millwall look sophisticated.

An excellent insight into this period is in 'The Glory Game' by Hunter Davies. In 1969, the dirties were drawn to play Spurs at Bellend Road in a 6th Round FA Cup game. I believe this was the first 'unveiling' of the 'Super Leeds' look. Player with names on the back of their training tops, poncy little number tags on their socks, synchronised manouvers during the warm up. All very impressive and designed to intimidate both the opposition and the match officials.

Never been seen back then and, as the atmosphere was like a Nuremburg Rally, their fans lapped it all up.
 
Their fans even make the Swillsborough shite look human.
The greatest shower of cunts ever to swarm across Gods green earth. Bar none. How Warnock could ever go and manage there, just shows what a jerk he truly is.
 
travellingblade said:
I much prefer to remember Sheffield United 1-0 Leeds on 8th September 1970 (my 21st birthday) with all my Leeds mates from university.

Great night!
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Silent Blade said:
We hammered L**ds that night. In the 1st half it was attack, attack starting from Tudor's shot hitting the woodwork in the 1st minute
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Grecian2000 said:
Easily in my top 20 of games ever attended.

Obviously these days I understand it was only a cup game and doesn't actually count anymore.
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Who scored our winner?
 
Silent Blade said:
Watch between 22.30 and 25.30 for Downes elbow on Aizlewood which earned him a booking. Downes then got sent off for a small tussle not long after. Dont think Aizlewood got sent off, maybe he got subbed which led to Downes throwing a tea urn at him. Not seen the goals yet
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crucialkneeligaman said:
I remember Leeds Utd 0-Sheffield Utd 4 better.:)
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best was the 3=0 in 72 after promotion
they got toeuropean cup final in 72 and we trod on them
 
WalthamstowBlade said:
Who scored our winner?
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Silent Blade said:
TC
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Must admit I must have missed some of these rough as fuck Leeds fans , because the 2 times I went
we smashed em all over the shop in Leeds , and they no showed in Sheffield .
Thought I was seeing things coming out of midland train station and hundred of Blades where coming down to meet Leeds , the one in Steve cowens book btw .
Another time coming back from a shite game in Uddersfield , they tried it on in midland train station, a big fucking mistake attacking the chabbys at the front while we where at the back , we ran them all over the train station ,
Yeah rough as fook the might get done never run service crew . Yawn ,
 
Silent Blade said:
We hammered L**ds that night. In the 1st half it was attack, attack starting from Tudor's shot hitting the woodwork in the 1st minute
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These are a couple of quotes from that match

Don Revie 'the best team won. If they continue to play like this they will walk the second division'

Norman Hunter 'they're the fastest team I've played against in years'

I don't think it can be over emphasized just how good we were in those days.
 



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