Celebrating in front of former clubs

[Silent Blade]

My dad and I met John Tudor, his wife and his mother in law before the Blades v Newcastle match in August 1972.We had a chat and when it was time for John to get in the changing room he asked me and my dad to meet outside the players entrance in John Street after the match. As it happened, he scored the winner for Newcastle which upset me (see video below from 58 secs). At the end of the match my dad said "Lets go and meet John". I shouted "No!". My dad then sat me down for a few minutes to explain that John is a professional and is paid to score goals for his club. I then calmed down and agreed to go and meet John. On meeting John again, my dad told him that he has to persuade me to come over to meeting him. John smiled and said "I am sorry" or something like that!

 

[Jehovah]

I have no problem celebrating at a former club. I think Sharp has been guilty of going too far though. Ripping his shirt off for Donny v Scunny and then blowing kisses at us after scoring for Donny.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Deane ran the entire length of John St airplane style smiling at us

He grew up a Leeds fan though.

 

[Sean Thornton]

The one that springs to mind about treating us with dignity and respect was David Unsworth. He scored the goal that sent us down, but if he didn't take that penalty, or deliberately fluffed it then that would have been unprofessional, and disrespectful to his own club.

The fact that his celebrations both when he scored the penalty and at full time were low key, oozed class.

Quinny, for Hull at Wembley.

 

[Cheets]

What about players who celebrate after scoring against their PRESENT club? Like Peter Withe did in front of the Kop in 1986?

 

[Silent Blade]

What about players who celebrate after scoring against their PRESENT club? Like Peter Withe did in front of the Kop in 1986?

October 1987

 

[s4-blade]

A lot of old stories but John Fleck doing a belly slide and getting the gaffer to pull off a klinsman against covpot last year has got to be up there.

 

[Hamburg Blade]

I don't understand why it isn't enough to have a firm handshake and a "nicely played old boy" from a fellow player.

 

[Cheets]

October 1987

Aaarrrgghh!! I've been out-pedanted by the Master Pedant!

 

[zablade]

Would you celebrate scoring against Utd ? I agree with what you say actually but I just couldn't.

I think I would find an excuse to say my bad back was playing up before the fixture.

 

[Cheets]

Mitch Ward didn't celebrate when he scored at the Lane for the Dingles.

 

[Sheff de party]

I don't mind what the player does as long as they have good reason. If you played years at a team or they gave you your big break or something fair enough if you do or don't want to celebrate, but I think some players use it to look good.

If you've played 5 games on loan somewhere, a refusal to celebrate scoring against them is all about you trying to boost your popularity with a group of fans who probably don't even remember you.

 

[CarlingBlade]

Mitch Ward didn't celebrate when he scored at the Lane for the Dingles.

I don't think either of these things ever happened!

 

[sitwell]

I don't think either of these things ever happened!

I confirm he did celebrate getting served in the golden lion on Saturday though

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Sky are currently running a poll on should players celebrate if they score in front of former clubs, 44% are saying no!

In respect of Blades which players of ours have scored v former clubs and given it to opposition fans?

And against us which players who used to play for us have celebrated wildly?

Sharp for Doncaster at Lane in our last relegation season.

 

[Danny_Boy]

I think you should celebrate every goal but maybe a muted more respectable celebration against a former club. A simple finger in the air and a hug with your team mates should suffice.

When we were in league one we had a lot of no marks who decided they wanted to celebrate and try to wind the fans up. I get that if you've been getting abuse all game but half the time in league one I didn't even know who these players were.

 

[elgoog44]

Loyalty, not much of it about these days, Kyle Walker is one of the few who still is active and shows his support for the club and how much he loves the blades, which is great, but he has played for teams who don't face us in the league or in regular games, and I appreciate the gesture when Spurs played us.

these days the game is pretty much on most levels driven by money, so who pays gets the loyalty Rooney a die hard Everton Fan?



I think its fair to say if you are a club legend or child hood fan and then play for the other lot and score and then celebrate wildly I could say that would be a shit thing to do, Imagine Billy scoring for them against us Kop end and celebrating wildly I don't even want to conjure the image in my head.

over all scoring for another team is going to be part and parcel of the game, local loyalty as long since died, when you would pick players with in a certain radius area wise, now squads are made up from guys born all over the place so have no hardened affection with the place or club, sorry to say it but look at John Brayford, said he would do everything for the club and seem to live that while on loan then the passion for United slowly waned and finally he gave not two fucks about us as he did not want to stay loyal and fight for a place in the team, and yes I know Chris Wilder will have played a part but if he wanted to stay he would still be here, and he is sure enough going to celebrate if he scores against us for Burton.

 

[Cheets]

I don't think either of these things ever happened!

Yes- I seem to remember him scoring at the Lane end and being surrounded by Barnsley players after scoring but having checked Wikipedia he never scored for Barnsley! I think the match I'm thinking of was our 2-1 defeat on 7 April 2001 but having checked the records it was Bullock and Shipperley who scored for them. Maybe Ward got an assist or something?

 

[CarlingBlade]

Yes- I seem to remember him scoring at the Lane end and being surrounded by Barnsley players after scoring but having checked Wikipedia he never scored for Barnsley! I think the match I'm thinking of was our 2-1 defeat on 7 April 2001 but having checked the records it was Bullock and Shipperley who scored for them. Maybe Ward got an assist or something?

I don't even remember Mitch Ward playing for the Dingles.

 

[Scooter_mcgavin]

I for one hopes Leon plays Saturday, scores a hat-trick and then celebrates his third by windmilling tango and his boy band.

A 10 game ban would be worthwhile

 

[snootyfenooty]

Too many people get upset at the slightest thing these days. Need to grow a pair in my opinion.

 

[TJB.]

I'd love to see Leon Clarke do this on Sunday.

Doubt he'd be quite as fast

 

[Garibaldi]

I don't even remember Mitch Ward playing for the Dingles.

Played for 'em for a few seasons after his spell at Everton.

 

[Cheets]

I don't even remember Mitch Ward playing for the Dingles.

Yeah he made 77 appearances for them from 2000-2003.

 

[Garibaldi]

Yeah he made 77 appearances for them from 2000-2003.

Dont remember him scoring for them though. Did he ?

 

[CarlingBlade]

Dont remember him scoring for them though. Did he ?

Well i never, in all fairness i'd forgotten Harry was their manager.

 

[Cheets]

Dont remember him scoring for them though. Did he ?

No, he never scored for them.

 

[Garibaldi]

Well i never, in all fairness i'd forgotten Harry was their manager.

Someone reminded me the other day he was also assistant to Wise at Leeds. Completely forgot about that too.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

I confirm he did celebrate getting served in the golden lion on Saturday though

Took bloody long enough. Finally got to the front of the queue and the barmaid says "the outside bar's open now if you want to go there".

 

[SwitchBLADE Smiles]

Adebayor's celebration against Arsenal changed my opinion on celebrating goals against former teams. He got absolute dogs abuse from pretty much the first minute in his Arsenal career, basically because he wasn't Thiery Henry. Still got dogs abuse from the Arse lot after his transfer. Smashed one in in his first game against them. Made a point about thoroughly enjoying it! Seeing it now still brings a massive smile to my face. A massive proverbial middle finger to the haters. Brilliant

Used to hate seeing players celebrate against former teams. Doesn't bother me one iota anymore.