Billy Gillespie watching a Blades match

[CornwallBlade]

And who’d a thought that Vinny Jones was a young Blade, deffo him at the front. Also this was the period when Sean Bean was still sucking rollies and hanging about with rozzers….

 

[DifferentClass]

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Hope @silent doesn't mind, but I have this current fetish of using an app to add colour to black and white photos.

In conclusion.... I can't imagine it was easy to spot anyone in particular in the crowd back in those days! Not much colour

Ron "Jos" Mael, third row, slightly to the right...

 

[BladesOnToast]

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Hope @silent doesn't mind, but I have this current fetish of using an app to add colour to black and white photos.

In conclusion.... I can't imagine it was easy to spot anyone in particular in the crowd back in those days! Not much colour

Only 5 people wearing spectacles in the pic... and they are positioned in a straight, diagonal line from bottom left to top right.

Can't pssibly be coincidence, it must have been pre-arranged. But how? By whom? and why? We must find out the truth.

 

[varkanoid]

Only 5 people wearing spectacles in the pic... and they are positioned in a straight, diagonal line from bottom left to top right.

Can't pssibly be coincidence, it must have been pre-arranged. But how? By whom? and why? We must find out the truth.

3 of them look like the same person. Conspiracy in there somewhere.

 

[loveWalrusDaveTheBlade]

Only 5 people wearing spectacles in the pic... and they are positioned in a straight, diagonal line from bottom left to top right.

Can't pssibly be coincidence, it must have been pre-arranged. But how? By whom? and why? We must find out the truth.

I was intrigued by that, and spent some time thinking about it until I noticed the additional 5 other blokes wearing glasses who are randomly distributed among the rest of the picture...
Just what is this international break doing to us all...bring on Saturday!

 

[XH536]

Only 5 people wearing spectacles in the pic... and they are positioned in a straight, diagonal line from bottom left to top right.

Can't pssibly be coincidence, it must have been pre-arranged. But how? By whom? and why? We must find out the truth.

Truth is y'ev got International Break Bonkeritis, it's gooin' around.
Best thing is lie down, with a damp flannel on y'r forehead and cover yourself with a curvaceous 18 yr. old, bespectacled or no, young lady, it's recommended.

 

[BladesOnToast]

I was intrigued by that, and spent some time thinking about it until I noticed the additional 5 other blokes wearing glasses who are randomly distributed among the rest of the picture...
Just what is this international break doing to us all...bring on Saturday!

Those other 5 definitely weren't there yesterday.

The plot thickens.

 

[loveWalrusDaveTheBlade]

Those other 5 definitely weren't there yesterday.

The plot thickens.

There are 6 there now...hadn’t seen the bloke in front of Adolf. Largely obscured, but you can see the stem over his right ear.
We need answers.

 

[XH536]

Apparently Jimmy Dunne our goalscorer extraordinare was also buried in his hometown in Ireland with a Blades shirt on.

Jimmy was top goalscorer at United for four consecutive seasons between 1929 and 1933, which included scoring over 30 First Division goals in three consecutive seasons between 1930 and 1933. His best season was 1930–31, when he scored 41 league goals plus a further nine in other competitions (his 41 goal haul remains the record tally in the English League by an Irishman).

You've got me thinking now, maybe I've got mi keks in a twist and got them mixed up. Gillespie & Dunne that is.
Thanks for the subtle nudge, will have to reread the facts.
Yes, phenomenal scoring record, but as United always do the £sd distort the sight of a good and winning team.

 

[Weasel]

Sheffield United rebuffed an initial approach of £10,000 as they wanted a record £12,000 for Dunne, however Chapman played the waiting game, and with the 1933-34 season underway United found themselves in financial trouble. Chapman boarded an early train and had Dunne signed up for a reduced fee of just over £8,000.

Never change United ... Never change.

The life and career of Jimmy Dunne

The life and record-breaking career of one of Ireland’s greatest ever footballers, Jimmy Dunne

abohemiansportinglife.com

 

[AgaMonkey]

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Hope @silent doesn't mind, but I have this current fetish of using an app to add colour to black and white photos.

In conclusion.... I can't imagine it was easy to spot anyone in particular in the crowd back in those days! Not much colour

Just a guess but wouldn’t the young fella on the second row be wearing a red and white scarf?

 

[Overthehills]

Just a guess but wouldn’t the young fella on the second row be wearing a red and white scarf?

I thought the same myself