Great Blades Penalty Takers

[Sithblade]

Duffs 2 v Portsmouth were on Halloween night 89, Portsmouth were their usual shithousing mode and had taken the lead.
A player you'd thought wouldn't be that good but did well was Cotterill, never looked confident but passed them straight into the corner just out of the keepers reach.

 

[VwBlade]

Speedo

 

[I should coco]

WARNING - INCOMING HILARIOUS JOKE !!!!!!!!


Simonsen

er, or was it the fax machine......




The memory plays tricks at my age

 

[madeinsheffield]

Best one taken, Michael Doyle, Upton Park.

I certainly remember the 2 worst.....Givens & Simonson

 

[Kevin Arnott]

Apart from the one he ballooned over the bar on his debut

Going back to TK, I'm going to attempt a 'Silent' and can vaguely remember a real pressure penalty he took, I think, away at Tranmere in the 4th Division promotion season run-in. If memory serves, he'd missed his last 1, v Mansfield ???, and we were 2-1 down with minutes left, he put it away and we picked up a valuable away point. Over to people with better memories than me (or stats )

Especially because Tranmere went down the other end and got a last gasp pen of their own. Waugh saved it, a Tranmere player followed through on him, got sent off, then their fans came on to the pitch and we're chased off by Blades. Eventful days

 

[benn5712]

Edwards?

Silent will have to correct me on this, but he didn't take penalties. Also took corners.
His goalscoring record, 300 odd, is superb with no penalty goals.

 

[Kevin Arnott]

He got one away at Scunthorpe when they played at the old show ground ! Right foot into top corner. I remember cos me and my mate were there and he detested Allan Clarke who was their manager at the time

 

[Revolution]

He got one away at Scunthorpe when they played at the old show ground ! Right foot into top corner. I remember cos me and my mate were there and he detested Allan Clarke who was their manager at the time

yes, he also got one against Hull in 1985-6, completing his Hattrick, after Morris had been subbed off. Morris missed the Scunthorpe game due to injury.

 

[Revolution]

Duffield’s the best I’ve seen. 7 out of 7 and never in doubt. Michael Brown was also 7 out of 7 in the League but missed in the playoffs of course.

Colin Morris holds the following penalty records for the Blades:

Most taken overall: 54
most taken in league: 47
most scored overall 42
Most scored in league 35
Most missed overall and in league (both 12 - he scored 7 out of 7 in Cups)

of players who took more than 10, Tony Kenworthy has the best scoring percentage - 17/19 in the league, 20/22 overall.

 

[Stanthemanfan]

Baxter for all his faults took a good pen
Never put em in the same place

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

Duffield’s the best I’ve seen. 7 out of 7 and never in doubt. Michael Brown was also 7 out of 7 in the League but missed in the playoffs of course.

Colin Morris holds the following penalty records for the Blades:

Most taken overall: 54
most taken in league: 47
most scored overall 42
Most scored in league 35
Most missed overall and in league (both 12 - he scored 7 out of 7 in Cups)

of players who took more than 10, Tony Kenworthy has the best scoring percentage - 17/19 in the league, 20/22 overall.

OK Duff was good, but TK`s record, for the number taken, is exceptional.

 

[JJ Sefton]

Duffield.

Thread closed.

 

[Bladesthorpe]

Never thought Duffield would miss when he was on them.

As truly terrible a player as he was, I also had the same confidence whenever Chris Porter was about to take them.

Why was Porter a terrible player, scored some great goals for us and is still knocking them in for Crewe.

 

[Mouth of the South]

Why was Porter a terrible player, scored some great goals for us and is still knocking them in for Crewe.

Is that a serious question?

 

[Bladesthorpe]

Is that a serious question?

Yes.Porter scores were on the pitch.

 

[FreePaulRodgers]

Never missed.

For the reet old farts, I'd chuck in Keith Eddy and TK too.

I saw Eddy & TK and I’m not old.

 

[BladeTillIDie]

Unsworth
Speed
Beattie
Blackman
Baxter
Porter

 

[Jim Chimmerney]

Especially because Tranmere went down the other end and got a last gasp pen of their own. Waugh saved it, a Tranmere player followed through on him, got sent off, then their fans came on to the pitch and we're chased off by Blades. Eventful days

Forgot that bit

 

[Stanthemanfan]

I thought Blackman had the best technique
That run up always did the keeper!

 

[Silent Blade]

Have a like for mentioning the wonderful Woody, but he did miss one:

Alan Woodward - Penalty goals

This is the detailed penalty statistic of Alan Woodward of ---. The statistic shows in detail how many penalties the player took in his career.

www.transfermarkt.co.in

Missed 4 times. The other three were v Man City (Ken Mulhearn) in January 1968, v Coventry (Bill Glazier) in November 1971 and v West Ham (Bobby Ferguson-twice taken) in March 1973

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Any spring to mind? Saw a thread on twitter.

I’d have James Beattie and Nick Blackman from recent times. Always remember Dane Whitehouse being decent from the spot and John Pemberton?

Woodward, Kenworthy, Blackman, Beattie, Simmonsen...

no scrub that!

let me have another go?

 

[Silent Blade]

I remember my Dad telling me that about Peter Duffield, never missed for us, and I believe in his career as a whole?

For Darlington, he did

 

[Paisley Blade]

WARNING - INCOMING HILARIOUS JOKE !!!!!!!!


Simonsen

er, or was it the fax machine......




The memory plays tricks at my age

Simmo occurred to me so I thought I best check back to make sure wag hadn't got in there already ....grrrr ...

OK then ..... Wayne Quinn..... shins really did take a week or two to heal .

 

[HillStreet Blade]

Keith Eddy was very good. Remember when he stepped up to take his first pen. Everyone expected Woody to take it and he was booed. Still scored.

 

[tomtheblade]

Another one from recent times, perhaps forgotten, is Andy Gray. Seem to remember he had a good record.

 

[Antarctic Monkey]

Mitch Ward? Or have I completely made this up???

 

[Revolution]

Mitch Ward? Or have I completely made this up???

took 6, scored 6. Second best record to Duffield.

plus he got one in the Blackburn shootout in 1993.

 

[Silent Blade]

Keith Eddy was very good. Remember when he stepped up to take his first pen. Everyone expected Woody to take it and he was booed. Still scored.

That was in the 2-2 home draw against Spurs in January 1974. Woody was the leading marksman in the first division at the time. Everyone were expecting Woody to add another goal to his impressive tally but were shocked to see Eddy step up to take the penalty. After the match Eddy said he felt "narked" by the booing.

 

[Silent Blade]

took 6, scored 6. Second best record to Duffield.

plus he got one in the Blackburn shootout in 1993.

Missed one in a pre season match abroad.

 

[N20 Blade]

7 out of 7. They were all put in the same spot too - low to the keeper's right. Including two in one game (vs Portsmouth, I think).

That was a terrible game and from memory both Francis and bradders dived blatantly. We created nothing all night and Portsmouth were even more physical than us.
I can’t write about duffield without mentioning his bravery in scoring the winner at Swindon a few games later and breaking his leg in the process. I think his next game was as striker away at villa the next season?