Ex blade Bruce Dyer

[foggy72]

Hardly a blades legend and certainly better know for being a Barnsley player l, but I've just listened to an interesting interview on radio Sheffield this morning where he gave an open and frank account into how bad his life was. Drink, drugs and depression were all mentioned before he turned to religion and helping out the less fortunate. Worth a listen on catch up if you get chance.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

One of the forgotten men of our 2005-06 promotion season.

He scored more goals against us that season than he did for us.

Two for Millwall against us at Bramall Lane and then one for us against Reading at Bramall Lane.

They were the only three goals he scored in that entire season.

 

[RossoDeltic]

Very good interview. Openly talking about booze and ecstasy etc. He also talked about having 'made it' as a footballer by the time he was 21, different life to his brother who was locked up. The stuff about depression was interesting too.

 

[bornablade]

I remember going to Chesterfield (old Saltergate) in January 2006 to see our reserves play Stoke City. Dyer was playing for Stoke. By the end of the month Warnock had signed him. He played a part in the promotion campaign.

 

[Blade in Cordoba]

He was a guest speaker a few months ago at the school where I work. He spoke from the heart to 1100 kids about his life and how he turned it round when he found Jesus. He was doing okay until he caught a touch of the Neil Kinnocks/DeliaSmiths at the end ( 'so kids...let me hear you say YEAH....x3) which fell flat on its arse and it kind of petered out, until he was rescued by the Principal.

 

[Booker4]

As a Christian myself I particularly enjoy hearing from Bruce Dyer and other Christians in football and Bruce's story is worth a listen. He still lives locally I believe but he's more attached to Barnsley whereas for us he was only briefly with us of course.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

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Biggest club you played for and we did pay your wages for a time. Weird post.

 

[Dougie]

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Biggest club you played for and we did pay your wages for a time. Weird post.

Thanks Luke

 

[WorkingtonBlade]

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Biggest club you played for and we did pay your wages for a time. Weird post.

I don’t understand what he’s done wrong. Football is all about supporting your team, and he’s clearly adopted Barnsley as his team, after so many years playing for them. Exchanging a bit of banter at another club’s ground - whether you played for them or not - seems completely fine.

Personally I think this growing tendency to accuse anyone who has the slightest dig at us of being ‘disrespectful’ makes us look a bit billy-big-bollocks.

 

[mattbianco1]

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Biggest club you played for and we did pay your wages for a time. Weird post.

Many will recognise that name on here

 

[steve26272]

I don’t understand what he’s done wrong. Football is all about supporting your team, and he’s clearly adopted Barnsley as his team, after so many years playing for them. Exchanging a bit of banter at another club’s ground - whether you played for them or not - seems completely fine.

Personally I think this growing tendency to accuse anyone who has the slightest dig at us of being ‘disrespectful’ makes us look a bit billy-big-bollocks.

Agree

He played 5 years at Barnsley (181games)
He played 5 games for us

If Del Geary posted this about the Blades having survived a visit to the death trap, we’d love it

Blokes having a bit of banter, drop the ‘massive, only team ever’ bollox and leave it to them scrubbers in s6

 

[CrookesBlade]

One of the forgotten men of our 2005-06 promotion season.

He scored more goals against us that season than he did for us.

Two for Millwall against us at Bramall Lane and then one for us against Reading at Bramall Lane.

They were the only three goals he scored in that entire season.

This is a great bit of Trivia.

Remember he had a blinder at the Theatre of Rust. Him and Akinbiyi could have had a hatrick each that day.

 

[Guesty]

This is a great bit of Trivia.

Remember he had a blinder at the Theatre of Rust. Him and Akinbiyi could have had a hatrick each that day.

Both of them tore through Wednesday like a hot knife through butter, both of them laid on sitters for the other.

Sadly, neither of them could finish a bag of crisps (bar that one glorious anomaly from Akinbiyi) so all their good work went to waste.

 

[Stu_Blade]

This is a great bit of Trivia.

Remember he had a blinder at the Theatre of Rust. Him and Akinbiyi could have had a hatrick each that day.

I thought someone had spiked my drink after seeing that fly in and realising it was Akinbiyi it was the chest and volley to perfection.