good boxing day memories

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no doubt as usual our neighbours will be out celebrating a match from 44 years ago when 2 poor sides clogged away in division 3

but
theres been plenty of really good boxing day wins in our history

one of my all time memories and the first match I really started to enjoy football was this one

Monday 26th December 1966
	League Division One Matchday 22
	1966-1967
	A
	Bramall Lane
	42752
	Match 67 of 98 vs Sheffield United

It ended in a 2-1 for us in front of a packed house

GK Alex Stepney
	Dunne, Tony
	Noble, Bobby
	Crerand, Pat
	Foulkes, William
	Sadler, David
	Best, George
	Law, Denis
	Charlton, Bobby
	Herd, David				44'
	Aston Jnr, John

they were probably the best mufc side of that era

 

[Foxy]

inb4 someone mentions getting home from Port Vale

 

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Bircnhall opened the scoring on 42 minutes only for Herd to equalise right on half time
but as happened quite frequently then Mick Jones notched the winner second half

 

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Bircnhall opened the scoring on 42 minutes only for Herd to equalise right on half time
but as happened quite frequently then Mick Jones notched the winner second half

 

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6 d a programme, some are 6 quid now

 

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View attachment 176748 6 d a programme, some are 6 quid now

point being this is a boxing day memory worth recalling , not some scrubby div 3 game

 

[XH536]

1950-51
Dec26th
Score 1-1 Hagan
Transportation by Sheffield United Tours
Aged 9years 8 months together with Grandfather aged 61 and his youngest son, mi uncle and my avatar as a lad 1930's. aged 22.
Blades had beaten Hull, Christmas day, 3-1 HT0-0. FE Smith, Hagan & Jones, not Mick but George Henry.
Not an auspicious Div. 2 season finished eighth on 44pts thirteen points behind PNE eventual champions.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

This was the match that kickstarted our promotion that season.

 

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Bircnhall opened the scoring on 42 minutes only for Herd to equalise right on half time
but as happened quite frequently then Mick Jones notched the winner second half

best headed goal ive ever seen by mick jones at the shoreham end that day nearly broke the back of the net behind which about 10k man utd fans were mixed in with our lot

 

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best headed goal ive ever seen by mick jones at the shoreham end that day nearly broke the back of the net behind which about 10k man utd fans were mixed in with our lot

played 2 days later at old trafford lost 2-0, neary got crushed on the stretford end

 

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played 2 days later at old trafford lost 2-0, neary got crushed on the stretford end

wasnt that the game all the light bulbs were smashed on the football special train coming back from old trafford ?

 

[Bell4]

Utd 3-0 Millers