Did United play the day you were born?

[spongebobblade]

Yep. Beat Coventry at home 2-0 (Addison & Woodward) & the only time I've known them (not that I can obviously remember) play on my birthday, though I'll stand corrected.
Potential match next season as my birthday falls on a Saturday this year but it doesn't guarantee a match.

 

[blade too long]

Gave you a like, but I'm not sure about the day you were born.

my birth certificate is pretty conclusive

 

[YouFUMS]

This has just cheered me up, we beat Wet Spam 1-0 23rd March 1974 - bet my Dad was there instead of Jessop's!

We share a birthday dronny ...unfortunately for me, mine was 9 years before your arrival.
We didn't play on my birthday, but did the day before...losing 3-0 at Chelsea on 22nd March 1965.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

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A minor point, but in the last paragraph, why was the Development Fund buying 7 model railway sets?

 

[spongebobblade]

Despite being born on the shittiest day of the week we hosted the weeds 3 days later which gave me the chance to pop down to the lane and purchase a ticket for the match proving I'm the biggest blade ever

 

[spongebobblade]

A minor point, but in the last paragraph, why was the Development Fund buying 7 model railway sets?

Over to Silent....... that one will test him!

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Despite being born on the shittiest day of the week we hosted the weeds 3 days later which gave me the chance to pop down to the lane and purchase a ticket for the match proving I'm the biggest blade ever
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I can't compete with that one. Mind you, if that's a kid's ticket, I think you were ripped off. Perhaps we need a new thread - Was anyone born on a day United played a match that spongebobblade hasn't got the programme of?

 

[Silent Blade]

Over to Silent....... that one will test him!

 

[Danny_Blade]

Just for you HBT

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They called shorts 'knickers' back in them days did they lol!?

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Another thread to while away the long summer months. In answering a different thread, I realised for the first time that United played on the day I was born - at home to Preston at the end of the 46-47 season, at a time when cricket should have been the sport going on. We lost 3-2. If only I had been told this earlier, I could perhaps have been spared years of misery and stress. Would be interested to know the Blades-related events that happened on the day others on here were born.

Sat November 27th 1976

Millwall 0 Blades 1

Alan Woodward (RIP)

I have the programme, not sure what else was going off then?

Didn't we have a leftie Government that had everything nationalised and unions ruled the roost?

 

[Bridge Blade]

No

 

[UnitedBlade]

No but they were probably preparing the wicket for the visit of the South Africans 3 days later.

 

[ucandomagic]

16th September 1953.

Lost 2-0 away at Cardiff.

Only made the second half though (!) - maybe Silent can remind me of the teams and scorers.

Wish I could go back and watch that team.

Magic Days but the Magic is Back

 

[Silent Blade]

16th September 1953.

Lost 2-0 away at Cardiff.

Only made the second half though (!) - maybe Silent can remind me of the teams and scorers.

Wish I could go back and watch that team.

Magic Days but the Magic is Back

Burgin
Furniss
G Shaw
Toner
Johnson
Rawson
Ringstead
Hagan
Browning
Wragg
Hawksworth

The previous Saturday we beat Wendy 2-0 (Hagan, Hawksworth)

10 days later Browning played his last game for us and had to retire from football due to TB

 

[stringjunior]

Nope. But we lost to Ipswich at home 3-0 the next home game 12/3/74

 

[Silent Blade]

Nope. But we lost to Ipswich at home 3-0 the next home game 12/3/74

Kick off was in the afternoon because of the power cuts

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

Born in July.....and on a Thursday.
Not much chance of a game there then!!

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Nope, I was born on Cup Final day. Scousers lifted it!

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Woodward and Dearden scored. TC missed a penalty (did the same in the previous week at home to Luton). Don't know the attendance! That day I was watching Blades v Wolves reserves match. Hodgy was in goal. Don't think he played in another reserves match after this one

Amazing depth of knowledge. I can't even remember what I had for dinner today.

 

[Wooden Blade]

Not on my birth date which was Thursday 11th Feb 1971, but 2 days later on the 13th we beat Charlton Athletic away 2-0.

Come on Silent Blade , who scored, what was the attendance and who was the ref?

Attendance was 12,562, don't know refs name though.

Had to look this up, although I was there !

 

[Silent Blade]

Attendance was 12,562, don't know refs name though.

Had to look this up, although I was there !

You from Dronfield and I spoke to you in the bus last month?

 

[ucandomagic]

Burgin
Furniss
G Shaw
Toner
Johnson
Rawson
Ringstead
Hagan
Browning
Wragg
Hawksworth

The previous Saturday we beat Wendy 2-0 (Hagan, Hawksworth)

10 days later Browning played his last game for us and had to retire from football due to TB

That's absolutely brilliant Silent.

Typically I managed to miss us beating Wendy and arrived just in time for us to lose at Cardiff.

How I would love to see that Hagan goal.

Absolutely Magic

 

[DaveBassettsgoneonholiday]

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I have that somewhere in the archive

 

[bladesrus]

Born on July 16th so Blades were away on holiday. But at least Yorkshire beat Gloucestershire by an innings and 64 runs that day.

 

[BanbridgeBlade]

2 days before we drew to Barnsley. 2 days after we lost to the mighty Carlisle. 27th March 1980. Thankfully wasn't around for the earlier Boxing Day game!!

 

[cahill]

born wednesday 3rd feb 1954

full circle , Chelsea won the league that year

good season , united finish mid table top league as wednesday get relegated as bottom club with 26 points, well adrift


1 Chelsea 42 20 12 10 81 57 1.421 52
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 19 10 13 89 70 1.271 48
3 Portsmouth 42 18 12 12 74 62 1.194 48
4 Sunderland 42 15 18 9 64 54 1.185 48
5 Manchester United 42 20 7 15 84 74 1.135 47
6 Aston Villa 42 20 7 15 72 73 0.986 47
7 Manchester City 42 18 10 14 76 69 1.101 46
8 Newcastle United 42 17 9 16 89 77 1.156 43
9 Arsenal 42 17 9 16 69 63 1.095 43
10 Burnley 42 17 9 16 51 48 1.063 43
11 Everton 42 16 10 16 62 68 0.912 42
12 Huddersfield Town 42 14 13 15 63 68 0.926 41
13 Sheffield United 42 17 7 18 70 86 0.814 41
14 Preston North End 42 16 8 18 83 64 1.297 40
15 Charlton Athletic 42 15 10 17 76 75 1.013 40
16 Tottenham Hotspur 42 16 8 18 72 73 0.986 40
17 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 8 18 76 96 0.792 40
18 Bolton Wanderers 42 13 13 16 62 69 0.899 39
19 Blackpool 42 14 10 18 60 64 0.938 38
20 Cardiff City 42 13 11 18 62 76 0.816 37
21 Leicester City 42 12 11 19 74 86 0.86 35 Relegated to the Second Division
22 Sheffield Wednesday 42 8 10 24 63 100 0.63 26

Born 5th Feb 1954. YOU old barsteward

 

[Willglynning]

When I was born we lost 1-0 to Norwich in the first season of the Premier League.

 

[Martino]

I was born Saturday 21st Nov 1959
Blades 3-3 Swansea. 2nd Division.
There were two 8-0 scores in the football league that day also.

 

[Silent Blade]

When I was born we lost 1-0 to Norwich in the first season of the Premier League.

Earlier in the day the players were told that Mel Rees wasnt going to get better, It was no surprise they didnt play well that night

 

[Willglynning]

Earlier in the day the players were told that Mel Rees wasnt going to get better, It was no surprise they didnt play well that night

Didn't know about that, how horrible