Hoarding Blades stuff - when does it become a problem?

[Linz]

I've been staging somewhat of an intervention this morning, as it appears that my house is being overrun by Blades stuff - collected by hoarder-in--chief, Foxy. Currently, two bedrooms of my three bedroom house are taken up by football stuff (and computer bits - old cases, old HDs, about a dozen broken Xboxes... the list goes on. He can't thrown anything away).

We have almost every home and away shirt since the early 90s (sometimes duplicated, where we both bought one). Football scarves from our travels (shoved in a bag). About a thousand programmes (and counting). Most books about the Blades ever published. Almost every ticket stub from every game. Paper clippings, pictures, photos, menus from the directors box, magazines, old merchandise catalogues... the list goes on.

I don't mind all this stuff (some of it is mine) but is it too much to ask that it fits into one 8 x 9 foot bedroom?!

If you are a Blades hoarder, how do you organise your collection so that you can actually get some pleasure out of owning it, instead of having it strewn all around the house driving your wife mental?

 

[sitwell]

So ,you want an ironing room or is to be used for something more sinister ?

 

[JohnDenver]

http://www.bigyellow.co.uk/storesearch/searchresults?location=s8

Happy to help.

 

[Linz]

So ,you want an ironing room or is to be used for something more sinister ?

No, I'd quite like the 16 x 18 foot loft that we have to be our bedroom, not a storage location for Swansea handbooks from 2001, Trevor Francis annuals (yes), an Xbox graveyard and Nokia museum. However, it's a bit of a pipedream at the moment as the joists need levelling and there's too much shit in there to be able to see the floor.

 

[Linz]

http://www.bigyellow.co.uk/storesearch/searchresults?location=s8

Happy to help.

The piles of stuff that are here are annoying me enough as it is, as most of it is never looked at. I'm not paying to store the stuff, for it also not to be looked at.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Never been one to keep loads of memorabilia and other shit, so I don't have these problems. The missus collects loads of shit though (clothes, a squillion pairs of shoes, handbags etc.) and it's all essential and needed, incredible.

 

[South London Blade]

I've been staging somewhat of an intervention this morning, as it appears that my house is being overrun by Blades stuff - collected by hoarder-in--chief, Foxy. Currently, two bedrooms of my three bedroom house are taken up by football stuff (and computer bits - old cases, old HDs, about a dozen broken Xboxes... the list goes on. He can't thrown anything away).

We have almost every home and away shirt since the early 90s (sometimes duplicated, where we both bought one). Football scarves from our travels (shoved in a bag). About a thousand programmes (and counting). Most books about the Blades ever published. Almost every ticket stub from every game. Paper clippings, pictures, photos, menus from the directors box, magazines, old merchandise catalogues... the list goes on.

I don't mind all this stuff (some of it is mine) but is it too much to ask that it fits into one 8 x 9 foot bedroom?!

If you are a Blades hoarder, how do you organise your collection so that you can actually get some pleasure out of owning it, instead of having it strewn all around the house driving your wife mental?

I had to chuck all my Blades shit away when I left home in 1997. Whilst it was sad at the time, I don't remember ever hankering to read old programmes from reading away in 1992 since.

It's going to be hard to do but gerrit all binned. If you pick through it you'll chuck virtually nothing away

 

[South London Blade]

Double post

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Never been one to keep loads of memorabilia and other shit, so I don't have these problems. The missus collects loads of shit though (clothes, a squillion pairs of shoes, handbags etc.) and it's all essential and needed, incredible.

Take her out tonight at short notice and she'll have nowt to wear.

 

[metalblade]

Simple box it all up Linz, get a van and dump it in the "Hall of Fame" thingy, that way you can go have a look at it on matchday's should you feel the need.

 

[Goodpinchofclough]

Any old shirts you want rid of just let me know Linz

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Take her out tonight at short notice and she'll have nowt to wear.

You've got one as well then...

 

[shorehamview]

Get stuff that you want to look at framed, and get some decent shelving for other stuff you want to save. And hire a skip

 

[Bladepicker]

I never have got the saving every programme/ticket stub thing, I have mates who keep everyone, I read the programme then chuck it.
Only ticket stub I have ever kept is a non Blades one. Went with my ex's family to watch Bolton v Walsall with pre bought tickets on 11 September 2001. Just kept it as the date resonates and the entire day was just the most surreal event.

My advice would be pick out any special ones, get one storage cupboard in your smallest room and when that is full, chuck the rest. You wont miss it and from the sound of it your house would be 50 per cent bigger!

 

[super_pig]

ikea.. shelf unit..
rest..old xboxes .. hd's .. skip.

 

[Trigger Blade]

Move to somewhere larger.

Brilliant, simple and flawless advice, I should get a consultancy fee for that

 

[Silent Blade]

I've been staging somewhat of an intervention this morning, as it appears that my house is being overrun by Blades stuff - collected by hoarder-in--chief, Foxy. Currently, two bedrooms of my three bedroom house are taken up by football stuff (and computer bits - old cases, old HDs, about a dozen broken Xboxes... the list goes on. He can't thrown anything away).

We have almost every home and away shirt since the early 90s (sometimes duplicated, where we both bought one). Football scarves from our travels (shoved in a bag). About a thousand programmes (and counting). Most books about the Blades ever published. Almost every ticket stub from every game. Paper clippings, pictures, photos, menus from the directors box, magazines, old merchandise catalogues... the list goes on.

Foxy is the new Mr Trebus!

 

[DI36O]

I only do kits and programmes. The kits have shamefully lived in a giant plastic back on the floor of the spare room since my dad dumped them on me.

The programmes began with part of a single shelf on a bookcase, seemed reasonable. A couple of years ago, long after I graduated to cardboard boxes, I bought one of those large plastic storage containers from Wilkos. Pack them in there, shove in the loft, simple. I managed to just squeeze them all into the plastic box with a few merlin sticker albums on top - it took me the whole time until that point to realise there's no way I could ever lift it off the floor, never mind get in the loft. What a tit.

 

[Hartley Hare]

I keep my ticket stubs in a diary, one for each season. I also make notes of each trip, where I parked, trains, hotels etc. so if I should go back I can look up what I did last time.

Don't bother with programmes, bit of a waste of money, unless for a special occasion.

Don't bother with shirts as I am too old and don't like the advertising logo's which are generally crap.

One decent sized bookcase and a chest of draws for the shirts, neatly folded away, and you will have plenty of room.

HH

 

[Hartley Hare]

Just thought, at work we have taken to scanning all archive files. I wonder if this would work for programmes?

 

[Worksop II]

Just thought, at work we have taken to scanning all archive files. I wonder if this would work for programmes?

Excellent idea, and well volunteered

Let us have the address and we can get everyones dropped off

Very community spirited

 

[essex blade]

job done !!

 

[WhiteHawk]

it took me the whole time until that point to realise there's no way I could ever lift it off the floor, never mind get in the loft. What a tit.

At one time I accumulated a cupboard full of magazines. (Top Gear, FHM etc etc) and decided I needed to get rid. Thought the sensible idea would be to bring the blue wheely bin upstairs then wheel it back down again once I'd done.

Well, the magazines filled the bin from top to bottom, almost pulled my arms out of their sockets trying to get it downstairs.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

I never have got the saving every programme/ticket stub thing, I have mates who keep everyone, I read the programme then chuck it.
Only ticket stub I have ever kept is a non Blades one. Went with my ex's family to watch Bolton v Walsall with pre bought tickets on 11 September 2001. Just kept it as the date resonates and the entire day was just the most surreal event.

My advice would be pick out any special ones, get one storage cupboard in your smallest room and when that is full, chuck the rest. You wont miss it and from the sound of it your house would be 50 per cent bigger!

I've saved all the stubs from the winning play off finals.

 

[FleaPitBlade]

I once watched a programme on hoarders and one guy had set the spare room up like a supermarket with a couple of floor to ceiling aisles of shelving for his star wars tat. It actually worked pretty well.

 

[Blade82]

I have boxes and boxes of old programmes, green un's, shirts, signed stuff. Cant bring myself to get rid so it's in the atic until my young boys will hopefully want em.

The old green un's are good to look back on, the letters pages especially.