davidpinder
Well-Known Member
Call it what you like bad luck, bad management, conspiracy theories, bad refereeing, Shitty FA, Love for London clubs. There are many things you could think of to describe what has happened to us over the last 20+ years but its never straight forward is it. Examples below
1993 Wembley v pigs. Twaddle fires a ball in from some 30 yards never hit a ball like it in his life and probably didn't again. We lose the FA cup semi final 2-1.
1994 Relegation from the premier league by a single point on the last day in the last minute sounds straight forward but we find out later that a certain goalkeeper in another game was betting on the outcome it just happened to be the team that stopped up.
1997 Playoff final Wembley became the place for wonder goals against united and this was no exception David Hopkin pops up not in the 30th minute or maybe the 60th minute but no the 90th minute with a wonder strike to win the game.
1997-1999 We get a mixture of managers some high profile some a waste of space.
2002 Battle of Bramall Lane Will never to be forgot in the history of football united get players sent off and some get injured leaving us with 7 men so the game can not continue, WBA are awarded the points. There manager happens to be much loved Gary Smegson. It was a perfect excuse for the papers to have a go they were loving it.
2003 FA Cup Semi final 2 championship sides and 2 premier league sides will contest the 2 semis funnily enough the prem sides are kept apart in the draw and we get Arsenal. During the game the ref decides to collide with Tonge as he is about to pick up the ball, Arsenal take it on and score the only goal of the game.
2003 Playoff final here we go again but this time we all thought different after 2 great cup runs and a good league campaign we went to the millenium stadium (not wembley) to play wolves. All season our midfield partnership of Brown, Tonge and McCall had done the business but on this day NW decides to disrupt this and play Mark Rankine why why why neil???? the game ended 3-0 to Wolves.
2006 We have a season in the premier league full of controversy, we are the first team to be relegated on the last day on goal difference by a single goal, then the tevez affair West spam field a player who is not properly registered and they stay up on the last day winning at Old Trafford through a tevez goal. We all know what happened next.
2009 Off we go to the playoff final AGAIN back at Wembley. After finishing 3rd in the league again we were favourites to go up but instead of coming with a strong side we turn up with one fit loanee striker Craig Beattie not James, Craig. Burnley our opponents on the day go on to win 1-0 with another cracking strike.
2010-11 We start the season with Mr Hoof still in charge he is sacked in August and we appoint Gary Speed, he wasn't pulling any trees up but we were starting to settle. He gets offered the Wales job and off he went, We appoint Micky Adams life long blade no one expected how bad a run he would have and down to the 3rd tier of English football we went.
2012 After what was a good end to 2011 we continued into 2012 with Danny Wilson in charge playing great football and we have a striker scoring for fun. Then with only 3 games to go in the season with us 2nd in the league that striker gets sent down for 5 years bye bye and we are left with the scraps to try and get us up.
There has been some ups and downs over the years lots of excitement normally followed by heartache, it is all part and parcel of being a blade and i wouldn't change it for the world.
However i just look and think god is the whole world against us the Tevez affair, now cheds trial if he gets off and we don't go up where does that leave us?? We get slagged in the papers when ever possible our local radio station seems to hate us and love the club down the road, as does the local newspaper. Why us? did we do something wrong? Everything seems a battle and you feel as though everyone wants you to fail.
1993 Wembley v pigs. Twaddle fires a ball in from some 30 yards never hit a ball like it in his life and probably didn't again. We lose the FA cup semi final 2-1.
1994 Relegation from the premier league by a single point on the last day in the last minute sounds straight forward but we find out later that a certain goalkeeper in another game was betting on the outcome it just happened to be the team that stopped up.
1997 Playoff final Wembley became the place for wonder goals against united and this was no exception David Hopkin pops up not in the 30th minute or maybe the 60th minute but no the 90th minute with a wonder strike to win the game.
1997-1999 We get a mixture of managers some high profile some a waste of space.
2002 Battle of Bramall Lane Will never to be forgot in the history of football united get players sent off and some get injured leaving us with 7 men so the game can not continue, WBA are awarded the points. There manager happens to be much loved Gary Smegson. It was a perfect excuse for the papers to have a go they were loving it.
2003 FA Cup Semi final 2 championship sides and 2 premier league sides will contest the 2 semis funnily enough the prem sides are kept apart in the draw and we get Arsenal. During the game the ref decides to collide with Tonge as he is about to pick up the ball, Arsenal take it on and score the only goal of the game.
2003 Playoff final here we go again but this time we all thought different after 2 great cup runs and a good league campaign we went to the millenium stadium (not wembley) to play wolves. All season our midfield partnership of Brown, Tonge and McCall had done the business but on this day NW decides to disrupt this and play Mark Rankine why why why neil???? the game ended 3-0 to Wolves.
2006 We have a season in the premier league full of controversy, we are the first team to be relegated on the last day on goal difference by a single goal, then the tevez affair West spam field a player who is not properly registered and they stay up on the last day winning at Old Trafford through a tevez goal. We all know what happened next.
2009 Off we go to the playoff final AGAIN back at Wembley. After finishing 3rd in the league again we were favourites to go up but instead of coming with a strong side we turn up with one fit loanee striker Craig Beattie not James, Craig. Burnley our opponents on the day go on to win 1-0 with another cracking strike.
2010-11 We start the season with Mr Hoof still in charge he is sacked in August and we appoint Gary Speed, he wasn't pulling any trees up but we were starting to settle. He gets offered the Wales job and off he went, We appoint Micky Adams life long blade no one expected how bad a run he would have and down to the 3rd tier of English football we went.
2012 After what was a good end to 2011 we continued into 2012 with Danny Wilson in charge playing great football and we have a striker scoring for fun. Then with only 3 games to go in the season with us 2nd in the league that striker gets sent down for 5 years bye bye and we are left with the scraps to try and get us up.
There has been some ups and downs over the years lots of excitement normally followed by heartache, it is all part and parcel of being a blade and i wouldn't change it for the world.
However i just look and think god is the whole world against us the Tevez affair, now cheds trial if he gets off and we don't go up where does that leave us?? We get slagged in the papers when ever possible our local radio station seems to hate us and love the club down the road, as does the local newspaper. Why us? did we do something wrong? Everything seems a battle and you feel as though everyone wants you to fail.
