Blades randoms

[Staffs_Blade]

Before the tension of the big match build up tomorrow thought I'd post an anecdote - it relates to a night match a few years ago when a young Mitch Ward was playing sporting a longer, unkempt hairstyle popular at the time. I was stood on the old John Street terrace and we had a close view of Mitch as he ran up and down the wing from defence. During a lull in proceedings on the pitch and just as Mitch was level with where we were one bloke stood nearby piped up strangulating vowels in the process "Wahhhddd, get thi eer cut and if tha carnt geddit cut, geddit weshed."

Anyone else with an amusing Blades random - players, matches, supporters, grounds etc etc?

UTB

 

[raul]

What was it like standing next to Ollie?

 

[JJ Sefton]

I took a few mates to see the last match of the season at Watford in 2003. The fancy dress theme was Star Wars and one of my mates, a sci fi geek, came out of the gents and walked straight into two blokes dressed as Imperial Storm Troppers. "Fuck me" he said "securities tight"

 

[super_pig]

I took a few mates to see the last match of the season at Watford in 2003. The fancy dress theme was Star Wars and one of my mates, a sci fi geek, came out of the gents and walked straight into two blokes dressed as Imperial Storm Troppers. "Fuck me" he said "securities tight"

not .. 'these aren't the blades you're looking for'
when i was a kid my mum took me to a game.. Martin Peters was right at the kop and and appealed for a corner.. 'cownah'.. the entire kop in unison shouted 'bollocks'.. she nearly collapsed laughing .. she still goes on about it

 

[Large Mendonca]

One that sticks in my mind was a pointless cup game in the early 90s - Wigan at home and we won 1-0, i think Jamie Hoyland scored. Crowd was around 6K, so you could hear every word said on the pitch, and we were quite low down in the old John St terracing........

Ball goes out of play near us, and along bounces Carl Bradshaw who quite clearly told the linesman that it was "our ball bastard"

Made me laugh for weeks after......

 

[BusheyBlade]

Wimbledon away in 2003 the Monday night before we played the Cup Semi Final against Arsenal at Old Trafford. It was a ridiculously low attendance, far more Blades than Wimbledon fans, about 1500 in total. You could hear every sound uttered by the players it was that empty. When United were attacking the goal we were sat behind, my cousin and I decided to spend the entire half winding up Kelvin Davis who was in goal for Wimbledon that day. After having to endure 45 minutes of two guys in their early twenties constantly shouting "Kelvin, Kelvin, Kelvin" he turned round at the final whistle, came over to us and wished us luck for the semi and thanked us for the banter. Top bloke!

 

[metalblade]

Always remember a copper dragging a youth out of a turnstile by his collar,
copper says "tha not a juvenile"
youth says "I am I'm only 15"
copper says "arrgh thall be int pub tonite"
youth says "depends if your bastards are comin round dunnit I'm only 15"

 

[mattbianco1]

Not me but my dad said he was once on A1 going north (coulda been v Darlington) and they saw an Ice Cream van with chimes playin and loads blades inside eating Ice Cream.

He also saw a car with 5 inside and 1 clinging to the roof rack on top. Not sure if it was same game

 

[jockdodds]

My favourite happened in the 60's during a particularly bad Blades performance. The stadium announcer gave out a message "Will Mr Baddeley please return home as his wife has been taken ill". Some wag on the Kop shouted "Let's all goo ooam, we're all badly watchin' this lot!"

 

[William Large]

Brian Deane in front of the Kop for his first appearance back at the lane following transfer to Leeds, old bloke behind us shouts 'Na then Deane, hope thi next shit's an edgehog!'

I also recall travelling down to Wembley for the 97 final and passing a double decker bus on the hard shoulder of the M1 just south of junction 34, clearly having broken down with disgruntled Blades fans spilling out. Not one of your modern comfy (ish) coach style buses, a proper South Yorkshire Transport, rickety one with rock hard seats. A double decker all the way to Wembley and back (maybe)! Much respect.

 

[metalblade]

I remember back in the 70's going to Derby on a Friday night, something the Derby plod wasn't too happy about after breaking up numerous fights the last one with a Welsh rugby team and their mates who were slowly backing us down the main street at around 2:00am. In the end plod rounded us up and gave us the choice a night in cells or a car scrapyard near the station.............. 60 or so pissed up Blades chose the scrapyard and slept it off on the back seats of a load of old wrecks.

 

[Geordie Blade]

A game in the late 1990s, just after the rules stating that the 4th official had to show a board with the added time. The board came up just before half-time, showing that there would be one minute of injury time. For whatever reason, the game went on for about three more minutes before loads of fans (and I mean the entire Kop and a good section of the rest of the ground) started singing "One added minute! There's only one added minute! One added mii-iiiinute! There's only one added minute!". Not funny particularly, but I've always remembered it as a random and unique chant.

 

[1973_Blade]

Many years ago, I was stood in the old John Street next to the tunnel that, at that time, the ball boys would come out of. The ref of the game was having a typical poor game and as the ball went out of play he moved within earshot. One guy near us shouted 'Did you ever find out who your father was ref?' which the ref heard and turned to look into the crowd and gave a wave.