Have we sold a player to Liverpool, Manchester United or Arsenal?

[1973Blade]

Reading the rumours about Brooks going to Liverpool got me thinking. Liverpool, along with Manchester United and Arsenal are the three most successful clubs in English football. I can't recall us ever selling a player to these clubs?

 

[Barney]

Right, that's confirmed it then. Cya Brooks

 

[Sean Thornton]

Reading the rumours about Brooks going to Liverpool got me thinking. Liverpool, along with Manchester United and Arsenal are the three most successful clubs in English football. I can't recall us ever selling a player to these clubs?

I'm sure at one point all three were trying to sign Barry Butlin from us......

 

[1973Blade]

I'm sure at one point all three were trying to sign Barry Butlin from us......

More chance that they would sign a Butlins redcoat

 

[Norderner]

And Bourne

 

[Sean Thornton]

More chance that they would sign a Butlins redcoat

I might be thinking of Paul Williams then

 

[Bayingblade]

I don't believe so and I also don't understand why some of our supporters seem so intent on ensuring Brooks will be the first.

 

[Sean Thornton]

I don't believe so and I also don't understand why some of our supporters seem so intent on ensuring Brooks will be the first.

They have the cash. Then when no one will pay the £25m it's been decided hes worth, it's a free shot at the board.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Our record league goalscorer in a season, Jimmy Dunne, was transferred to Arsenal for £8,250 in September 1933.

 

[knowsnowt]

So we have a sell on clause?

 

[blade67]

I'm sure at one point all three were trying to sign Barry Butlin from us......

As they say on the internet "laugh out loud". Fuck me, Barry Butlin was a name I'd hoped I'd never hear again.

 

[Silent Blade]

Our record league goalscorer in a season, Jimmy Dunne, was transferred to Arsenal for £8,250 in September 1933.

Kevin Lewis was Bill Shankly's first signing when he left us for Liverpool in 1960

Alex Forbes was a good left half for us according to my dad. He then went to Arsenal

We signed Billy Boyd from Clyde in 1933, he scored 30 goals in 42 appearances before moving to Man U in 1935

 

[stringjunior]

We signed Billy Boyd from Clyde in 1933, he scored 30 goals in 42 appearances before moving to Man U in 1935

He must have been good at heading the ball

 

[coaxingstar71]

The story behind why we sold Dunne to Arsenal is that it was due to the great depression in the 30's. Apparently crowds at games at Bramall Lane dipped from around 25,000 to around 12,000 as there was very high unemployment in Sheffield at the time. We were relegated for the first time ever at the end of that season.

 

[Sean Thornton]

He must have been good at heading the ball

Actually no. He had a normal sized head but a very tiny body and legs.

 

[Bladesman]

They have the cash. Then when no one will pay the £25m it's been decided hes worth, it's a free shot at the board.

Maybe we should just take £2 million now and be thankful it isn't less.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Maybe we should just take £2 million now and be thankful it isn't less.

There's been a bid of two million?

 

[Houston_Blade]

There's been a bid of two million?

The bid was £5m but they get a "big 4" discount.

 

[stringjunior]

Actually no. He had a normal sized head but a very tiny body and legs.

You're probably right - it must have been a perspective illusion....

 

[N20 Blade]

Well let's hope it's a repeat of the 'Michael Tonge to Liverpool' story of early 2003 that never happened.

 

[1973Blade]

Come to think of it, have Wednesday sold a player to these three clubs? I can only assume that they are so massive that the likes of Arsenal think that they can't compete.

 

[snootyfenooty]

Our record league goalscorer in a season, Jimmy Dunne, was transferred to Arsenal for £8,250 in September 1933.

And Jock Dodds.

Once upon a time we used to buy players from these clubs. Colin Addison anyone?

 

[Sean Thornton]

And Jock Dodds.

Once upon a time we used to buy players from these clubs. Colin Addison anyone?

He's here, he's there.........


John Connaughton

 

[snootyfenooty]

He's here, he's there.........


John Connaughton

I think he was Simmo in a previous life.

 

[JJ Sefton]

Rab Howell went from us to Liverpool.

 

[snootyfenooty]

Rab Howell went from us to Liverpool.

And Kevin Lewis. He was the Brooks of his day and it didn't work out. Just saying.

 

[Revolution]

And Jock Dodds.

Once upon a time we used to buy players from these clubs. Colin Addison anyone?

We sold Jock Dodds to Blackpool...

 

[1973Blade]

Rab Howell went from us to Liverpool.

Didn't know about him. Just looked him up on Wikipedia, apparently he was the first Romani to play for England.

 

[snootyfenooty]

We sold Jock Dodds to Blackpool...

Yeah, realised that, mixed him up with Dunne. Hoped no-one would notice...

 

[Revolution]

Come to think of it, have Wednesday sold a player to these three clubs? I can only assume that they are so massive that the likes of Arsenal think that they can't compete.

Off the top of my head, the Pigs sold Albert Quixall to Man Utd in the 1950s (for a British record fee if memory serves), Siggi Jonsson to Arsenal in the 1980s, and Bob Bolder to Liverpool in the 1980s.