Dave Bassett

[DazBlade88]

Hopefully a short and sweet thread this....

Does anyone know if he's still here? I presume he left when Adams left or when Wilson came in, but I've not seen/heard anything about it?

 

[davidpinder]

Good point no idea, i am guessing he went with Adams like you say he would have been mentioned on the OS otherwise.

 

[raul]

I think Danny can answer his own phone, so guessing he's gone. Feel a bit sad that DB's involvement with us should have ended on such a sour note, but I daresay he's over it now.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

I think Danny can answer his own phone, so guessing he's gone. Feel a bit sad that DB's involvement with us should have ended on such a sour note, but I daresay he's over it now.

We'll always have Filbert Street. 25 minutes and the words dinosaur and hoofball still haven't hove into view. Is Pinchy having a day off?

 

[stannyblade]

We'll always have Filbert Street. 25 minutes and the words dinosaur and hoofball still haven't hove into view. Is Pinchy having a day off?

AH Filbert street. What a day out that was. Topped off by The unclean going down despite their announcer telling them they were safe

 

[Cheshire Cat]

AH Filbert street. What a day out that was. Topped off by The unclean going down despite their announcer telling them they were safe

He's still a hero of mine no matter what he says about mergers or his style of football. Filbert Street, Hillsborough the night of the double, paying for Gayle and the utterly barn-pot approach to delivering the most motivated and passionate United team I've ever seen. The night at Hillsborough in particular was the only time I've seen United players as hyped up as we were in the stands.

I'm sure he's big enough and ugly enough to know the score. He's parted with enough clubs to know how it works.

 

[stannyblade]

Bobby bobby bobby davison

 

[broomhillblade]

He's still a hero of mine no matter what he says about mergers or his style of football. Filbert Street, Hillsborough the night of the double, paying for Gayle and the utterly barn-pot approach to delivering the most motivated and passionate United team I've ever seen. The night at Hillsborough in particular was the only time I've seen United players as hyped up as we were in the stands.

I'm sure he's big enough and ugly enough to know the score. He's parted with enough clubs to know how it works.

What a memorable night that was! But boy, didn't it rain?

 

[Bladesway]

He was only employed until the end of last season by all accounts. He never really had the legs to be a secretary so its hardly surprising he didn't take to it

The memories of yesteryear are there for ever, be it Filbert Street, S6 that wet and wonderful night, Ruining Brian Cloughs farewell match, Away at The Dell, Brian Deane, Tony Agana etc etc etc. Last season wasn't his fault.

You see, Warnock has a long way to go to get close to DB.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

What a memorable night that was! But boy, didn't it rain?

I'd completely forgotten it rained! Bizarre really as my mate who sat in a different part of the Leppings Lane stand took a silly United brolly (it looked like baseball cap on a stick and made him look a complete twat) and I remember watching it bouncing around after every goal. My Dad couldn't make the game so we called him from the phone-box at the back of the Kop as we went to walk back to the car on Herries Road, I didn't speak to him and just held the handset out of the door - he reckons it's one of the best calls he's ever taken as a joyful chorus of "let's all laugh at Wednesday" and car horns were all he could hear.

 

[Muttley]

It didn't rain....it PEED it down!!

Did I care? Nooooooooooooooooooo!! Best evening of my life as a Blade. Filbert Street was fantastic, quite a surreal experience, followed by the best night out on Woodseats I ever had.

Seeing SHEFFIELD UNITED walk out onto the old Wembley pitch, the tears of emotion....then the tears of sadness as they furkt it up again...

 

[bricktop]

Dave Bassett only came back in to give Micky Adams a bit of a hand as Adams never realised how much of a mess the club was in, and needed a bit of hand with one or two bits, and Bassett was the man he turned to.

With the complete and utter mess the club was in, i struggle to think of anyone who could have made any real difference to the complete and unmitigated disaster zone this club was last season

 

[Bladesway]

With the complete and utter mess the club was in, i struggle to think of anyone who could have made any real difference to the complete and unmitigated disaster zone this club was last season

I can only think of one self appointed god who could have saved us and we let him go a few seasons ago after a glorious relegation which wasn't his fault.

 

[bricktop]

I can only think of one self appointed god who could have saved us and we let him go a few seasons ago after a glorious relegation which wasn't his fault.

Was that the same self appointed god whose relegation wasn't his fault because we failed to give him a bumper new contract before the last game of the season?

 

[LSF]

He was only employed until the end of last season by all accounts. He never really had the legs to be a secretary so its hardly surprising he didn't take to it

The memories of yesteryear are there for ever, be it Filbert Street, S6 that wet and wonderful night, Ruining Brian Cloughs farewell match, Away at The Dell, Brian Deane, Tony Agana etc etc etc. Last season wasn't his fault.

You see, Warnock has a long way to go to get close to DB.

And just like Sitters with SO'D you just can't resist a pop and go and spoil yourself....sad...

 

[oldblade]

You see, Warnock has a long way to go to get close to DB.

I know. After all, Warnock never managed to get us relegated twice, and never took us as low as division 3.

 

[judge]

I can only think of one self appointed god who could have saved us and we let him go a few seasons ago after a glorious relegation which wasn't his fault.

thanks for your contribution but havent you already lost this argument once ? why start it again ?

 

[Bladesway]

thanks for your contribution but havent you already lost this argument once ? why start it again ?

Wading in with the groovy gang Judge? Naa, didn't think there were any winners or losers just those who are wiser than others and like to patronise eh LSF? Sad......

 

[LSF]

Wading in with the groovy gang Judge? Naa, didn't think there were any winners or losers just those who are wiser than others and like to patronise eh LSF? Sad......

Fast getting a name for yourself Mr BW! (loser maybe?

 

[Oreyt]

Wading in with the groovy gang Judge? Naa, didn't think there were any winners or losers just those who are wiser than others and like to patronise eh LSF? Sad......

The Groovy Gang! I like the sound of that.

Personally I can't wait for the Blackwell's Funky Jigsaw boxed set due out any day.

 

[Liaminho9]

Well Bassett was in the SSN studio at 11pm last night, i'd guess if he was still with the club he'd of been at the club when the deadline closed last night... I'm not a detective, but i'd guess no, he's not still with us.

 

[geekblade]

In hindsight it all looks a bit like one massive PR stunt on Adams' part. He was in over his head and Bassett was there to make it look like Adams had an iota of power as manager. Quite sad really. As manager of the blades when I first went to a match I'll always love him.

 

[tonytonycurrie]

The Promotion Season was the very best Season I ever watched at BDTBL. Every week was special and the build up towards the end of the Season was incredible. It was full on excitement. Harry Basset was and still is a DEMI GOD. I can't remember the team we played but it was a home game on Saturday afternoon about 3 or 4 games from the end. Utd were loosing as stoppage time approached but were doing everthing possible except put the ball in the net. Then it happened - Ball was crossed into the box where Deano was waiting to connect. There was a mele and Deano went down on the floor. The ball bounced around and miraculously ended back to Deano who's still on the deck. BANG - It's in the net - 1-1. -- Whistle goes. We have the point we needed to stay in contention. KOP & STANDS ERUPT and for a good 10 minutes after the whistle has gone - all you can hear is DEANO - DEANO DEANO. Nobody left the stadium - - Best few minutes of my young life then. Will never forget the emotion of every man woman and child - Sensational.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

The Promotion Season was the very best Season I ever watched at BDTBL. Every week was special and the build up towards the end of the Season was incredible. It was full on excitement. Harry Basset was and still is a DEMI GOD. I can't remember the team we played but it was a home game on Saturday afternoon about 3 or 4 games from the end. Utd were loosing as stoppage time approached but were doing everthing possible except put the ball in the net. Then it happened - Ball was crossed into the box where Deano was waiting to connect. There was a mele and Deano went down on the floor. The ball bounced around and miraculously ended back to Deano who's still on the deck. BANG - It's in the net - 1-1. -- Whistle goes. We have the point we needed to stay in contention. KOP & STANDS ERUPT and for a good 10 minutes after the whistle has gone - all you can hear is DEANO - DEANO DEANO. Nobody left the stadium - - Best few minutes of my young life then. Will never forget the emotion of every man woman and child - Sensational.

The blind passion of those 3-4 years probably peaked at that time. The Kop was just a great place to be in the last third of that promotion season - Watford at home is the game that stands out for me, it seemed like the game where everyone moved from thinking promotion could happen to believing it would and should. The following year saw bigger crowds but the passion was intermittent - the stand-out for me being the first game we won against Forest. That game saw 3, possibly 4 pitch invasions out of nothing other than pure release of frustration and tension as well as the first in a series of epic Bradshaw vs Pearce bouts. The first time Bradders landed a tackle on Psycho I don't think he could believe it - particularly as he got up to go and have words with him and found him standing over him looking for some action!

 

[Darren]

The Promotion Season was the very best Season I ever watched at BDTBL. Every week was special and the build up towards the end of the Season was incredible. It was full on excitement. Harry Basset was and still is a DEMI GOD. I can't remember the team we played but it was a home game on Saturday afternoon about 3 or 4 games from the end. Utd were loosing as stoppage time approached but were doing everthing possible except put the ball in the net. Then it happened - Ball was crossed into the box where Deano was waiting to connect. There was a mele and Deano went down on the floor. The ball bounced around and miraculously ended back to Deano who's still on the deck. BANG - It's in the net - 1-1. -- Whistle goes. We have the point we needed to stay in contention. KOP & STANDS ERUPT and for a good 10 minutes after the whistle has gone - all you can hear is DEANO - DEANO DEANO. Nobody left the stadium - - Best few minutes of my young life then. Will never forget the emotion of every man woman and child - Sensational.

I think you are thinking of the Port Vale game on 21/4/90. After being first or second all season, we had dropped to 3rd after we lost 4-0 at Leeds on the Easter Monday on 16/4/90 and Newcastle had leapfrogged us into second. There were 4 games left after the Leeds game and so a win in the Vale game was vital.

Vale went ahead in the second half, but Bryson equalised about 10 minutes from the end. In the last minute Deane scored the scrappy goal you seem to recall to give us the win. Newcastle only managed a draw that day and we went back to second where we stayed to the end