Blades spotting on your jollies

[KeyffSmyff]

I was sat on a bench overlooking the beach in the car park trying to get some data connection for the first 20mins. Then had a poorly tuned am radio in the flat. I saw a piggy the day before, I was wearing a red blades training top I grinned at him said morning.

 

[benn5712]

Saw one of the unweshed in a chasireh shirt at Brid car boot today.
He bought an Elvis quartz clock.

As they keep saying, class is permanent.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Perhaps it's because I don't live in Sheffield, but I get an enormous amount of pleasure seeing any fellow Blade unexpectedly and always greet them with a Blades related comment.
Unexpectedly being the thing. I don't rush up to every Blade at Bramall Lane and at away games. That would be silly wouldn't it?

Not at all! Do it. Do it Borat style as well! That would be very amusing! Wonder how many you could hug and kiss before someone twatted you?

 

[LondonBlade89]

Perhaps it's because I don't live in Sheffield, but I get an enormous amount of pleasure seeing any fellow Blade unexpectedly and always greet them with a Blades related comment.
Unexpectedly being the thing. I don't rush up to every Blade at Bramall Lane and at away games. That would be silly wouldn't it?

I get the same in London. The odd occasion I see someone wearing a shirt, or they spot me in mine when I’m on a run or something, I still go a bit mad. I pity the kid with the McGoldrick shirt who looked petrified when I shouted up the blades at him while running on Wandsworth Common. When he didn’t reply, exasperated, I replied “McGoldrick?!”. Again, no reply. Must have thought who’s this weird bloke!

 

[Fulwood Blade]

(BTW - I'm assuming you must know about the splendid food on offer down at Grindleford Station Cafe - if you're in that area? A fine place for a breakfast sandwich if ever there was one.

Just for you, yer grumpy bugger !

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Just for you, yer grumpy bugger !

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That’s brilliant! Not seen that before!

pity they couldn’t get the sarcastic notices in as well...

“This is a serving hatch - not a viewing gallery”.

And above the fireplace...

“If you want to be a fire guard, join the fire brigade”

 

[Robby Blade]

I may have seen one or two - on my travels around Europe. Mostly at the airports drinking pints of lager at 6am in the morning. On our last family holiday, last year, I didn't see any. Then again, I didn't expect to see any here...

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I will report back though if I should bump into a Blade on holiday in the future because I know how important it is to some supporters. It's a kind of kinship, an extension of the tribe to foreign lands and gives a feeling of being a modern day footballing conquistador.

That's if, we are ever allowed to have holidays again in the future?

Went there last year at the start of our Vietnam travels. Bit of a trek up from Hanoi but we'll worth the effort.

 

[Upton_Blade]

We did a Ceefax job some years ago. Something like £180 for 10 days in Turkey, including flights and hotel. It was one of these where you get assigned your resort and hotel on arrival, we'd no idea where we were going exactly. Turns out we went to Olu Deniz - which is actually quite a nice place - beautiful lagoon, but we didn't think much to the hotel. It was a single storey building, half way up a bloody mountain! Nothing nearby. We checked in to the room, two small, hard single beds. Not great! Then we got changed and went around the pool and it was full of Brits with their various football shirts on, playing loud music on their portable radios, smoking and playing cards and making a hell of a racket.

All the hotels in Olu Deniz are half way up a mountain. Beautiful lagoon though.

 

[BarlboroughBlade]

The kids wear their footy shirts on holiday sometimes, for casual wear during the day, not for going out in the evening though. I've never worn a footy shirt for anything other than playing footy. I can't think of anything worse than people shouting at me in the street, or wanting to get into a conversation about football, when I'm on my holidays. I go on holiday to see places, soak up the local culture, enjoy the food and drink, and relax. Not to chat "Blades" with folks from Sheffield - I can do that any night of the week.

We did a Ceefax job some years ago. Something like £180 for 10 days in Turkey, including flights and hotel. It was one of these where you get assigned your resort and hotel on arrival, we'd no idea where we were going exactly. Turns out we went to Olu Deniz - which is actually quite a nice place - beautiful lagoon, but we didn't think much to the hotel. It was a single storey building, half way up a bloody mountain! Nothing nearby. We checked in to the room, two small, hard single beds. Not great! Then we got changed and went around the pool and it was full of Brits with their various football shirts on, playing loud music on their portable radios, smoking and playing cards and making a hell of a racket.

We stayed just the one night. The next day we hired a car and went touring and we didn't come back. We visited some really interesting places and found some great hotels, where we had peace and quiet and luxury. Of course, it was an additional cost to do that, but having paid next to nothing for the holiday (the flights alone would have normally been £180) we just thought, sod it! Let's enjoy our holiday and take the hit, because we wouldn't have enjoyed it staying in that place with all the raucous footy fans.

I am one of course. But I've no desire to let the whole world know about that when I go on holiday. It's not a positive image imo.

I bet you are a right laugh to bump into in a bar. Lighten up mate - we are all Sheffield.

 

[1889]

I may have seen one or two - on my travels around Europe. Mostly at the airports drinking pints of lager at 6am in the morning. On our last family holiday, last year, I didn't see any. Then again, I didn't expect to see any here...

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I will report back though if I should bump into a Blade on holiday in the future because I know how important it is to some supporters. It's a kind of kinship, an extension of the tribe to foreign lands and gives a feeling of being a modern day footballing conquistador.

That's if, we are ever allowed to have holidays again in the future?

Where’s that then, is it ‘OS Map land’ I’ve heard about it but I’ve never been?

 

[Cerberus Blade]

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Where’s that then, is it ‘OS Map land’ I’ve heard about it but I’ve never been?

Near Sapa, North Vietnam. Hill-tribe trekking country. I enjoy a bit of that.

I also enjoy "OS Map land" as well! That's a brilliant app to have on your phone. I use it a lot, especially this year. You can just bring up a map of anywhere in the country and find all the local paths/bridleways, plot your route, measure it, then go out and start walking or cycling it. Means you can go to areas you may not really know too well and plot a very nice circular walk, taking in the things that are worth seeing locally.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I bet you are a right laugh to bump into in a bar. Lighten up mate - we are all Sheffield.

I may be - you never know?

If that's your kind of holiday, sitting around a poxy little pool, smoking, playing cards and listening to loud music, talking about football, for a fortnight, then good luck to you. I don't think any the worse of you for that - I just wouldn't want to do that myself. So I didn't. I don't think that has much bearing on what kind of company I am, but it probably has a bearing on what kind of company I wish to keep on holiday.

 

[Russ]

The kids wear their footy shirts on holiday sometimes, for casual wear during the day, not for going out in the evening though. I've never worn a footy shirt for anything other than playing footy. I can't think of anything worse than people shouting at me in the street, or wanting to get into a conversation about football, when I'm on my holidays. I go on holiday to see places, soak up the local culture, enjoy the food and drink, and relax. Not to chat "Blades" with folks from Sheffield - I can do that any night of the week.

We did a Ceefax job some years ago. Something like £180 for 10 days in Turkey, including flights and hotel. It was one of these where you get assigned your resort and hotel on arrival, we'd no idea where we were going exactly. Turns out we went to Olu Deniz - which is actually quite a nice place - beautiful lagoon, but we didn't think much to the hotel. It was a single storey building, half way up a bloody mountain! Nothing nearby. We checked in to the room, two small, hard single beds. Not great! Then we got changed and went around the pool and it was full of Brits with their various football shirts on, playing loud music on their portable radios, smoking and playing cards and making a hell of a racket.

We stayed just the one night. The next day we hired a car and went touring and we didn't come back. We visited some really interesting places and found some great hotels, where we had peace and quiet and luxury. Of course, it was an additional cost to do that, but having paid next to nothing for the holiday (the flights alone would have normally been £180) we just thought, sod it! Let's enjoy our holiday and take the hit, because we wouldn't have enjoyed it staying in that place with all the raucous footy fans.

I am one of course. But I've no desire to let the whole world know about that when I go on holiday. It's not a positive image imo.

I bet you was wearing your United underpants though...

 

[Fulwood Blade]

That’s brilliant! Not seen that before!

pity they couldn’t get the sarcastic notices in as well...

“This is a serving hatch - not a viewing gallery”.

And above the fireplace...

“If you want to be a fire guard, join the fire brigade”

It's an original done by Isabel Blincow - she teaches art in Sheffield and obviously does decent pictures to sell.

Think at one time she organised Sheffield Art show which is where this was bought from

UTB

 

[Blade56]

Only players we met on holiday were McPhail and Kenworthy in the Bahamas. We had an apartment (1 of 6) in a block with a pool. Walked down to the private pool first morning with sons all in our Utd shirts and was met by then shouting up the Blades from across the pool.
Had a quiet chat but gave them their space. Didn’t see them again so assumed they went home. Lads were to young to appreciate who they were.
Would post pics but in those days they came in 12/24/36 rolls and cost a bomb.

 

[Seanshoreham]

Saw one of the unweshed in a chasireh shirt at Brid car boot today.
He bought an Elvis quartz clock.

As they keep saying, class is permanent.

Just had a week in Brid myself - decent pint, good fish n chips and both grandkids on the pirate boat wearing their Blades shirts - what's not to like, well seemed like hundreds there wearing Leeds Utd shirts ☹

 

[benn5712]

Bird bay chip oyal

 

[Kelso]

First night in Stalis Crete last night, in a bar thought I recognised a Blades badge on a T shirt, my eyesight not so good so wasn’t sure. As we were leaving I put on my Blades face mask, ( compulsory over here whilst in the street). This chap saw the mask, started singing Nah Nah He’s a Blade, which I joined in with , fist bumped and walked off into the night, Might get a chat if he is in The same bar tonight. Wife wasn’t impressed as I am well into my sixties

 

[S64 Blade]

Not on my jollies, but I was taking my missus to Leeds Bradford airport earlier this afternoon (what a shit airport btw) and was driving behind a black VW along the A65 past Kirkstall, with a Blades sticker in the back. I’m hoping they spotted my United air freshener when they checked in their rear view mirror.

 

[Northyorksblade]

Not on my jollies, but I was taking my missus to Leeds Bradford airport earlier this afternoon (what a shit airport btw) and was driving behind a black VW along the A65 past Kirkstall, with a Blades sticker in the back. I’m hoping they spotted my United air freshener when they checked in their rear view mirror.

Shit airport? Just because you had to pay a fiver to drop her off? Thirty minutes from home, cheap off airport parking, cheap Ryan air flights. What's not to like.

 

[S64 Blade]

Shit airport? Just because you had to pay a fiver to drop her off? Thirty minutes from home, cheap off airport parking, cheap Ryan air flights. What's not to like.

It took an hour and a half to get there from Nether Edge, thanks to it being located in the worst possible location in the Leeds area.

Flew out of there in December and the terminal is awful. Needs rebuilding.

 

[Northyorksblade]

It took an hour and a half to get there from Nether Edge, thanks to it being located in the worst possible location in the Leeds area.

Not if you live in Harrogate. You leave my local airport alone. At least we've got one.

 

[S64 Blade]

Not if you live in Harrogate. You leave my local airport alone. At least we've got one.

fair enough in that case!

 

[SwissBlade]

Silver haired blade in Pafos, CY harbour area today in the USG sponsored home shirt. Anyone on here?

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Silver haired blade in Pafos, CY harbour area today in the USG sponsored home shirt. Anyone on here?

It's not me. I'm in Lincoln. Also don't have silver hair or that shirt and I'm afraid of water.

Hope that's narrowed it down a bit.