Happy 80th birthday Dave Bassett

[Sithblade]

Can't see our biggest ever win in the Premier League been beaten any time soon.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Our oldest surviving manager too.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Can't see our biggest ever win in the Premier League been beaten any time soon.

Scorer of the 6th was Simon Roger? Paul Rogers, he meant.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Can't see our biggest ever win in the Premier League been beaten any time soon.

Very typically, Look North reporting that Simon Rodger, who I don't think ever played for us but was known as a centre half for Crystal Palace, scored the sixth goal. It was of course Paul Rogers.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Scorer of the 6th was Simon Roger? Paul Rogers, he meant.

Tha jus beat me to it! doh!
How's it going mate? Still playing?

 

[kop blade]

happy 80th m8 kop blades legend all the best dave bassett great gaffer good memories with my pop on the kop your a winner pal ,,utb..

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Tha jus beat me to it! doh!
How's it going mate? Still playing?

Yes mate still playing, normally twice a week!
I'm pushing 60 so it's not easy keeping up with the young lads in their 20s.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Yes mate still playing, normally twice a week!
I'm pushing 60 so it's not easy keeping up with the young lads in their 20s.

I had to pack up at 50 and now paying for playing for too long with osteo-arthritis in left ankle.
Ankle replacement surgery next month.
However, playing days definitely over

 

[HighfieldBlade]

I had to pack up at 50 and now paying for playing for too long with osteo-arthritis in left ankle.
Ankle replacement surgery next month.
However, playing days definitely over

Sorry to hear that mate, all the best for the surgery & here's to a speedy recovery.

 

[Davalon]

We've had some good years recently but two threads near the top the last few days cover the manager and player who are still my respective favourites to this day.

 

[Weasel]

Dave Bassett still my favourite Blades manager of all time. Loved him and the never say die attitude he installed in us.

Will also never forget how broken he looked after we had got relegated at Chelsea with the last minute goal ehen he had so nearly kept us up again with a scratch team and after the board had flogged Deano to Leeds in the previous summer. He was as gutted as any born and bred Blades fan. On the flip side I have so many happy memories of his United teams as a young man and following the team around the country, before I signed up and served overseas on and off for a while. After all the mid 80s dross United served up, he was like a breath of fresh air for the majority of us Unitedites and gave our club its respect back. What a bloke. Living legend.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Will also never forget how broken he looked after we had got relegated at Chelsea with the last minute goal...

Mark Stein - what a soul-destroying goal that was. Football can be a cruel mistress sometimes.

 

[Gimli]

I’m sure Pinchy would love to send his warmest regards to Harry on his birthday…

 

[FATTYFOULKE]

Scary to think the young manager I remember being carried aloft by jubilant fans on the pitch celebrating promotion is now eighty.

 

[ATL Recs]

Mark Stein - what a soul-destroying goal that was. Football can be a cruel mistress sometimes.

The worst drive home ever

 

[Tickhill Blade]

The worst drive home ever

tbf, since then United have had a few good goes at beating that day as the worst ever

 

[Bradfordblade]

Absolutely loved that period under Bassett. United, in my lifetime have been at their best when managed by a big, larger than life personality, with a tight group of players with a strong team ethic, no dickhead in the dressing room policy and a big, "nobody rates us or likes us" chip on the shoulder. Harry managed to create such a strong team ethic. I remember Jimmy Armfield commentating on us and saying, " You can see the commitment to the cause is total". That is my kiind of United. The John Harris team that went up in 1971 had some technically brilliant footballers but they were a very group who all lived locally and connected with the fans. The best Warnock teams were really good when they were underdogs and up agains it. Wilder's team that first went upto the Premier League were a really good group. Dean Henderson called them " a band of brothers" when he left. Bassett was a fantastic fit for United at that time and how I wish we had someone like him managing the team now

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

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He's not wrong. Snails pace is sometimes a bit optimistic.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Photo caption: "Bassett does not like the direction football is going in".

Totally agree - it's going in the direction of our goal far too often at the moment!

 

[Gimli]

If anything is going to get Pinchy back onto the forum, this is it…

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[LS16Blade]

I agree with pretty much every word of what Harry says.

I have long since stopped watching any football other than United, and increasingly even United is only important to me for the memories of what it has been in the past rather than anything that happens now. I’ve been a season ticket-holder for 40 years but last season I missed 9 home matches, and only went to the playoff matches as a last minute decision because my son was desperate to go.

So far this season, I remember the Bristol City game because for the first time ever, I didn’t even cheer our goal (perhaps I might have done had I known then that it would be the best part of 2 months before we would see another); remember the Millwall game for turning to my brother 20 minutes in and saying, “God, this is boring” and thinking what a waste of a Saturday it was; and I gave the Charlton match a miss.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

So far this season, I remember the Bristol City game because for the first time ever, I didn’t even cheer our goal (perhaps I might have done had I known then that it would be the best part of 2 months before we would see another); remember the Millwall game for turning to my brother 20 minutes in and saying, “God, this is boring” and thinking what a waste of a Saturday it was; and I gave the Charlton match a miss.

And if you are travelling from Leeds to watch this rubbish, even more of a pain. No home matches in effect.

 

[Cheeky Blade]

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Enjoying watching non-league football more struck a chord…he’s bang on with most of his points.

 

[54yrblade]

Dave Bassett still my favourite Blades manager of all time. Loved him and the never say die attitude he installed in us.

Will also never forget how broken he looked after we had got relegated at Chelsea with the last minute goal ehen he had so nearly kept us up again with a scratch team and after the board had flogged Deano to Leeds in the previous summer. He was as gutted as any born and bred Blades fan. On the flip side I have so many happy memories of his United teams as a young man and following the team around the country, before I signed up and served overseas on and off for a while. After all the mid 80s dross United served up, he was like a breath of fresh air for the majority of us Unitedites and gave our club its respect back. What a bloke. Living legend.

Totally agree with this. Great post!

With DB it was always about the club, not him.

It can be so much better. It was under him.

 

[TJ blade]

Well said Harry and so say most of us! Boring fckg rubbish is what it is! I've been watching football 60 odd years (utd) and I'm not getting the same feeling about the game as when I first start watching in the sixties, God knows what he would make watching this present side at the lane! There enough to send a glass eye to sleep!

 

[54yrblade]

Well said Harry and so say most of us! Boring fckg rubbish is what it is! I've been watching football 60 odd years (utd) and I'm not getting the same feeling about the game as when I first start watching in the sixties, God knows what he would make watching this present side at the lane! There enough to send a glass eye to sleep!

Glad it's not just me

Club on bang average, rinse & repeat mode right now

 

[Grey Blade]

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I could have written that! One thing he picked up on re jostling prior to corners being taken - why is it never punished? It has bemused me for years - is it because the ball isn't yet in play? As DB says handing out a few bookings would soon stop it.