Blades at Oxford, 1983

[Coily]

Just seen this on YouTube. Wasn't there but remember being gutted when Bob Jackson announced Oxford's equalising goal while the military march was being played as he always did in the last few minutes.

Good to see Edwards and Morris in action though!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rcgv43XvSM

 

[Micalijo]

Brilliant stuff. Looked like a great following.

 

[bricktop]

Bloody hell, the military march brings back some memories when I was a kid. I remember when we had bob Jackson, Simon Clark, peter jenkins and tony Pritchett reporting on Unite in the media and they was a hell of a lot better than the idiots we have now

 

[Ballinpigpubs13]

Great stuff, note the clinical Morris penalty! Went to the old Manor ground when Deano scored after 10 seconds mid nineties. One of the shitty-est grounds I've had the joy of visiting!

 

[happyhippy]

Ah, Peter Jenkins! A true star! He was Mrs HH II's PE teacher, you know .... I remember the days of Hallam FM commentaries (which were much better than the Radio Sheffield ones) with Peter as Steve Banyard's sidekick.

(When Fulham were in Division Four* with Donny about 12 years ago)

Steve: "If you were Sammy Chung, Peter, what would your approach to Fulham be?"
Peter: "M1 South, and take all signs for Hammersmith!"

Like Bennett or Giddins would come up with anything even vaguely like that.

*Well, Three, but you know what I mean.

 

[Ballinpigpubs13]

Ah, Peter Jenkins! A true star! He was Mrs HH II's PE teacher, you know .... I remember the days of Hallam FM commentaries (which were much better than the Radio Sheffield ones) with Peter as Steve Banyard's sidekick.

Whatever happened to Steve banyard? I thought he was very good. Asked alot of questions that the fans wanted asking. I heard a rumour that one ex-pig chairman, sacked him??? Allegedly chairman of a radio station too??

 

[happyhippy]

Whatever happened to Steve banyard? I thought he was very good. Asked alot of questions that the fans wanted asking. I heard a rumour that one ex-pig chairman, sacked him??? Allegedly chairman of a radio station too??

Last I saw, he was working for Sky, or at the very least he was one of the pool of sports hacks they use throughout the broadcast meeja (probably more likely).

I liked him as well.

 

[Lt. J Dangle]

I remember the commentary on the relegation game at Chelsea and I'm sure Steve Banyard referred to Jostein Flo as "a super-animated tortoise" and that he "turns like a tractor in a country lane"

 

[happyhippy]

I remember Rob Kozluk once being described as having 'swung at that like a wayward golf club'.

 

[Silent Blade]

Not seen this clipping before. Didnt even remember the score, who scored etc. I was a part-timer between 1979 and 1987. Morris always put on good performances in our lower division days

 

[oldblade]

That was a very entertaining match. Oxford were a very good side at the time and until they got their first goal it had looked like being a disappointing day for us. We were all over the place. But after they scored we pulled ourselves together and played some good football.

I seem to remember that Morris caused them problems throughout the afternoon. At 2-1 and with time ticking away we were all singing "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all thye way, oh what fun it is to see United win away." Unfortunately that proved to be a bit premature as they equalised late on. I think it was deep into injury time.

After the initial disappointment of having the win snatched away, I remember being pretty satisfied with a point from this fixture. They had a very good home record and most of us would have settled for that before the start of play.

 

[Muttley]

Ah, Peter Jenkins! A true star! He was Mrs HH II's PE teacher, you know .... I remember the days of Hallam FM commentaries (which were much better than the Radio Sheffield ones) with Peter as Steve Banyard's sidekick.

(When Fulham were in Division Four* with Donny about 12 years ago)

Steve: "If you were Sammy Chung, Peter, what would your approach to Fulham be?"
Peter: "M1 South, and take all signs for Hammersmith!"

Like Bennett or Giddins would come up with anything even vaguely like that.

*Well, Three, but you know what I mean.

I had a teacher called Peter Jenkins. Surely not the same?

 

[Silent Blade]

Looked up the bible to find out the line up for the day

Waugh
Heffernan
Bolton
Arnott
Stancliffe
Kenworthy
Morris
Philliskirk
Edwards
McHale
Brazil

 

[Paulus]

Thanks for posting that - I was at that game but I don't think I have ever seen the goals apart from at the game - I was living in a bedsit in London at the time with no telly.

 

[NN6]

great clip Coily

without wishing to be controversial did our Colin take a bit of a dive for the pen

if you watch it again he seemed to ride the goalies challenge beefore going down a second later

tin hat on waiting for the abuse

 

[Darren]

great clip Coily

without wishing to be controversial did our Colin take a bit of a dive for the pen
if you watch it again he seemed to ride the goalies challenge beefore going down a second later

tin hat on waiting for the abuse

It looks a bit of a dive, but to be fair if he hadn't fallen over he would have had a simple tap in to the goal as he had got past the keeper, so he didn't have anything to gain from diving.

On the Oxford equaliser in injury time, I remember Porterfield being livid with Kevin Arnott as we had had a free kick deep in injury time just inside the Oxford half and, instead of just knocking the ball back and keeping possession, Arnott knocked a long ball into the Oxford area, which they cleared and then broke away to equalise.

 

[happyhippy]

I had a teacher called Peter Jenkins. Surely not the same?

Possibly. He taught up Ecclesfield way somewhere. You wouldn't have been able to mistake his Southern accent either.

 

[oldblade]

great clip Coily

without wishing to be controversial did our Colin take a bit of a dive for the pen

if you watch it again he seemed to ride the goalies challenge beefore going down a second later

tin hat on waiting for the abuse

Very diffucult to tell. From my vantage point 100 yards away at the other end of the pitch I thought it was a stonewall penalty!!

It was certainly a rash challenge by the goalkeeper. He's come flying out at a rate of knotts feet first. And Morris is also motoring, and looking at it the faintest of touches would have caused him to lose balance.

In todays world the goalkeeper would have been sent off, so on balance just conceding a penalty isn't too bad.

 

[Samantha]

One of the few away games my dad has missed..... my mum was in labour with me when this game was being played. I sprung into the world the morning after

 

[oldblade]

On watching the footage yet again, if you watch Edwards you can see how he checks his run to move into space to get the ball. And at the same time prior to receiving the ball he is already turning slightly to get the best line for the shot.