Article about 1915 season - nice pic of Blades captain before cup final

[davey1889]

When football played on during world war one and inflamed a London derby

The 1914-15 season, which was played out to the backdrop of a world war, is one of the most controversial in history

www.theguardian.com

 

[JonnyRed(WCFC)]

Nice to read that Man Utd and Liverpool were still a bunch of cheating c###s even back then...never changed!

 

[davey1889]

Is the captain George Utley?

 

[Silent Blade]

Is the captain George Utley?

Yes

 

[HighfieldBlade]

So you could say we were the FA cup holders for 4 consecutive years. Sort of...

 

[Silent Blade]

So you could say we were the FA cup holders for 4 consecutive years. Sort of...

5, the next one was in 1919-20

 

[JOE SHAW 1956]

When football played on during world war one and inflamed a London derby

The 1914-15 season, which was played out to the backdrop of a world war, is one of the most controversial in history

www.theguardian.com

Also interesting to note how much influence the London clubs had even then !!.... Still the same today ...West Ham being the obvious one and remember Tottenham coming off better than poor Swindon not too many years ago !,