I think our fan base has grown

[BladeFisher]

In the past 3 years, due to the feel good factor and attractive style of football we are playing. We seem to have expanded our fan base and recruited many who may have turned to sin - and aligned with Wednesday.

I've just edited that for you.

 

[BladeFisher]

What about watching them in division four?

Yep there for the 0-4 tonking at Layer Road complete with MOTD cameras.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

I’m a little pissed off I’ll never go to Rochdale for a while every time I tell people about going to Rochdale I always get the same response. “Did you go to the chippy”
Well I didn’t and I’m pretty pissed off about it, by all accounts it’s a very nice chippy

The chippy outside the away stand? Queue was always too big. Think it was that year when they ran out of pies in the away stand by half time.

I complained to their chief exec - he sent me a lovely email back though.

The chippy at Crewe was apparently better

UTB

 

[Moan? Nope-I saw Longhorn]

Yep there for the 0-4 tonking at Layer Road complete with MOTD cameras.

I take it you left early - it end up 5-2 (Edwards, Kenworthy (p) From alcohol ravaged memory

 

[Sean Thornton]

I think a balance has to be drawn - I hope the owner(s) remember who were there through the thick and thin in their quest to capitalise on the potential fanbase.

A full Bramall Lane is a good thing. But no jonny-come-lately should be jumping the queue for tickets to (hopefully) Premiership grounds.



Christ... Bury away. I'd almost managed to forget that one.

“I was at that Ipswich game, why can’t I get a ticket for Spurs away?”

 

[spongebobblade]

Well, we turned up.

"Watched" might be pushing it.

“Suffered” is the word I think your looking for

 

[Numpty's Dusty Ruts.]

I’m a little pissed off I’ll never go to Rochdale for a while every time I tell people about going to Rochdale I always get the same response. “Did you go to the chippy”
Well I didn’t and I’m pretty pissed off about it, by all accounts it’s a very nice chippy

T'chippy?!! T'club at Rochdale is (was!!!!!!) the place. Good beer, cheap, welcoming. Chips optional. Probably a better awayday experience than Etihad, Emirates, all that corporate shit. However, there are compensations!!!!!

 

[northsomersetblade]

Yeovil away mid week ?

Yes anyone not at this epic 1-0 reverse has no right to consider themselves a true blade

 

[GVBlade]

Don’t forget Port Vale away under Adkins

Don't forget Altrincham away, 1981?, I was there, 3-0 defeat as I recall. Low point for me.

 

[GrayBlade]

I wouldn’t mind if we had 5,000 new fans next season...as long as they are all

Don't forget Altrincham away, 1981?, I was there, 3-0 defeat as I recall. Low point for me.

Yes, I was there Moss Lane, I recall that they we doing well in non league football but we were absolutely crap. Porterfield out,

 

[spongebobblade]

I was that soldier!

The best thing I can say about the Bury game is that the Steak and Beer was nice in the Wetherspoons before the game.

We trudged back to the car in the pissing down rain having mustered a pathetic zero shots on target and saved from an absolute mauling by George Long. The whole journey home was so depressing and probably the lowest point in league 1 for me. Nobody feared Sheffield United anymore and we genuinely thought we would be stuck there for years. Amazingly that was 3 years and 2 months ago. Wilder, Knill and the players have given us our club back far more than I could have dreamt of on that shocking night

 

[Mumbo]

Two club city, already existing support, so that grey area referred to as floating voters, undecided and still willing to be convinced, would be influenced by the team who are on an upward curve.....I wonder who they'd prefer?

Our current success reflects the quality of football we play, so anyone still not committed won't have difficulty in selecting a team to support. I can recall us getting 15,000 per game, and the heady figure of 18,000 was discussed as something we should aim for. Now we're disappointed if we get below 25,000, so a sure sign that improvement is happening. The fact that we might be in the Premiership next season won't have gone unnoticed, so of course we can expect for larger crowds should we go up. As FATTYFOULKE has mentioned, sensible pricing makes attending a game a realistic experience. I anticipate a further rush for season tickets, especially as they're competitively priced, so things are looking up at BDTBL!

Back in the early 80’s could have been 80 to 82/83,15000 was wishful thinking,between 10 and 13k was the norm.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

So why haven't the attendances at the Sty fallen by very much ?
Genuinely curious

Their season tickets are more reasonably priced, especially the 3 year ones bought on the back of their galactico's Wembley appearance. They get very few POTG fans.

 

[stringjunior]

If you didn't experience Bury away or Colchester at home in the 2015/16 season and you want to call yourself a Blade now you can fuck reyt off.

Hurray. I'm in

 

[zablade]

But we were confidently told on here a few weeks back our home support was so shit and quiet that youngsters were attending in less numbers (despite all the visual evidence to the contrary) and the fan base was ageing and dying off?

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

We trudged back to the car in the pissing down rain having mustered a pathetic zero shots on target and saved from an absolute mauling by George Long. The whole journey home was so depressing and probably the lowest point in league 1 for me. Nobody feared Sheffield United anymore and we genuinely thought we would be stuck there for years. Amazingly that was 3 years and 2 months ago. Wilder, Knill and the players have given us our club back far more than I could have dreamt of on that shocking night

Yep. Was the lowest point for us, too. And a game we still regularly refer to when reminding ourselves how much things have changed, as well as how bad things once were.

Apart from Long, and DCL as a late sub, the whole team gave up by half time. I remember them looking like they might come over to the away end after the final whistle ... but deciding against it when the feelings of the crowd quickly became clear. It was also the game at which cockwomble Baxter tested positive for fuckwitpowder. Torrential pissing down. Shit cold pies. Freezing bloody cold. Not one redeeming factor to the whole dismal evening.

I took BadBuy Jr to that game for his birthday (still expecting the 3am knock at the door from social services as a result, all these years later).

Linz can recommend suitable therapy.

 

[FTPE]

If you've watched United for any amount of time before Wilder came you've officially persevered enough shit in my eyes to be in the same boat as the rest of us.

Are we really going to start singing to new fans 'where were you when we were shit!?"

 

[wizadry]

If you didn't experience Bury away or Colchester at home in the 2015/16 season and you want to call yourself a Blade now you can fuck reyt off.

If you decided to sell a season ticket half way through a season because you wasn’t willing to follow us through thick and thin then you can fuck reyt off.

 

[Pierre's PC]

If you decided to sell a season ticket half way through a season because you wasn’t willing to follow us through thick and thin then you can fuck reyt off.

Ooh shots fired

But memries of the greatest flounce

 

[wizadry]

Ooh shots fired

But memries of the greatest flounce

I’m sure he’ll take it in good humour.

 

[Isar]

What about watching them in division four?

A lot of our younger fans were only a twinkle in their fathers' eye back then

 

[Barney]

If you decided to sell a season ticket half way through a season because you wasn’t willing to follow us through thick and thin then you can fuck reyt off.

Lol, the reason I had many tantrums and flounces in an attempt to help remove Adkins from his position was because I care so much about the club.

Those who pop up following success having never been near BDBL can just do one.

 

[wizadry]

Lol, fair point you've got there lad.

The reason I had many tantrums and flounces in an attempt to help remove Adkins from his position was because I care so much about the club.

Those who pop up following success having never been near BDBL can just do one.

I know mate, I was only joshing with you.

I don’t entirely agree with your bottom statement as we as a fan base must try to grow as big as we possibly can. I do know though that there will be people there on Saturday who’ve barely been for the last 10 years and someone like myself will be missing out by being away on holiday for a few days and not realising we’d sell out this quickly. I should’ve known better and it’s my own fault but I won’t let it happen again.

 

[Tony]

I wouldn’t mind if we had 5,000 new fans next season...as long as they are all

Yes, I was there Moss Lane, I recall that they we doing well in non league football but we were absolutely crap. Porterfield out,

Me too. Pissed it down all day.

 

[Tony]

Their season tickets are more reasonably priced, especially the 3 year ones bought on the back of their galactico's Wembley appearance. They get very few POTG fans.

After the 2 near misses their season tickets sold well, plus the 3 year ones which finished this season. Even then thousands of S/T holders didn't go to the games until Jos left. The Bolton game gave an attendance of just over 21000 when there were less than 14000 in the ground.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

After the 2 near misses their season tickets sold well, plus the 3 year ones which finished this season. Even then thousands of S/T holders didn't go to the games until Jos left. The Bolton game gave an attendance of just over 21000 when there were less than 14000 in the ground.

They try to undermine our superior attendances by claiming we all use kids tickets, whilst ignoring the fact that their kids season tickets work out at £1/game and are seldom used when United aren't playing there.

 

[10-0 win]

We've never been live on tellie worldwide more than this season, Ipswich at home will be 21st livegame broadcasted abroad involving Blades(not all in all regions). Style of play, plenty of goals and good entertainment with attacking football get noticed and rightly so. Forums around the uk are mostle very positive towards watching our games due to good value. We've been live on sky more than most bar Leeds. Fanbase grown ? Watch out for Singapore blades,Malaysian blades,Ottawa blades. Google :Overlapping centrebacks a phrase connected to us

 

[Hamburg Blade]

People always think that a fanbase grows from brand new fans who're enticed to the Lane because of a better standard of football. They're labelled plastics but it's very hard to find one of these odd persons. But that's because they don't really exist. The fan base grows because Blades who go less often start to go more often. Anyone from Sheffield who likes football will already have aligned themselves to one team or the other, even if they're an armchair fan. When we play well or go up, those who get to a game or two start going regularly, or buy a half-season ticket. Those who used to go a fair bit get a season ticket. Those who only watch out for the results get talked into coming along to see how they play.
None of them are plastics, they're all Blades, there's just a stronger pull on everybody to go a little bit more often.
I might even bloody go.

 

[Linz]

People always think that a fanbase grows from brand new fans who're enticed to the Lane because of a better standard of football. They're labelled plastics but it's very hard to find one of these odd persons. But that's because they don't really exist.

Oh I dunno. Try sitting where I do.

It'll be interesting to see if the corporate side of United reward the loyalty of their longstanding sponsors and supporters or sell out to the highest bidders who only want to watch Harry Kane. There's some proper know nowts crop up. And hangers on.

Harry Gration and Dicky Bird will be there every week on their freebies. I don't know how Michael Vaughan has the cheek to show his face.

I think making hay while the sun shines has to be balanced with an acknowledgement that success is cyclical and the north remembers.

 

[PaulHalfway]

Without doubt there is a correlation between success, winning football matches, playing entertaining football
It’s expensive to attend these days, people have more choices to entertain them selves and families
But obviously in a big catchment area if you can continually provide success and winning football more and more people become interested
If you get hooked your in
The PL is massive and if we can do it the interest it will create will be on another level