Jimmy Sirrel Dies

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Yet more sad news :(

R.I.P
 
Two blades in a week. R.I.P Jimmy make sure you get sat with Bernard in the South stand in the sky
 
according to wikipedia

"Sirrel is the designer of the present Sheffield United club badge. Up until Sirrel's tenure in charge at Bramall Lane, the Blades used Sheffield's coat of arms. This was until Sheffield City Council copyrighted it forcing the Blades to look elsewhere for a badge. Sirrel sat down and designed the badge that is still used today."

RIP
 
geezza1978 said:
according to wikipedia

"Sirrel is the designer of the present Sheffield United club badge. Up until Sirrel's tenure in charge at Bramall Lane, the Blades used Sheffield's coat of arms. This was until Sheffield City Council copyrighted it forcing the Blades to look elsewhere for a badge. Sirrel sat down and designed the badge that is still used today."

RIP
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The ogrinal idea for a badge like the current one goes back to the days of Jimmy Hagan! He wanted something for the badge on the club blazer and reputedly came up with a design very similar to the current one. Jimmy was certainly the manager when the badge was changed to the current one!
 
Wondered what had happened to Raddy Avramovic after I saw him in the Chelsea v Notts County match on the Big Match Revisited this morning so I looked at his Wiki. The below entry surprised me as I hadnt known how hard Jimmy Sirrel was!

At the beginning of the player's career at Notts County, there was a social function at which Avramović went around and bought all his new teammates a drink as a friendly gesture. A local reporter saw this and wrote a newspaper article about Avramović being a "boozer" and a "big-time-Charlie". The next time that same reporter went to Meadow Lane, Sirrel physically caught hold of him and had him thrown off the premises and banned from the ground.
 
Silent Blade said:
Wondered what had happened to Raddy Avramovic after I saw him in the Chelsea v Notts County match on the Big Match Revisited this morning so I looked at his Wiki. The below entry surprised me as I hadnt known how hard Jimmy Sirrel was!

At the beginning of the player's career at Notts County, there was a social function at which Avramović went around and bought all his new teammates a drink as a friendly gesture. A local reporter saw this and wrote a newspaper article about Avramović being a "boozer" and a "big-time-Charlie". The next time that same reporter went to Meadow Lane, Sirrel physically caught hold of him and had him thrown off the premises and banned from the ground.
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Sirrel definitely didn't look like a bloke you'd fuck wi!
 
My memory of Jimmy Sirrell was at a time when we were on a downward slide and youngsters were being introduced. Stainrod, Edwards, Kenworthy, Hamson. Moncriefe House at Nether Edge was developed as a residential centre for (I believe) these young players.

Didn't quite work out for him with us but at leasr he seemed to have a strategy.

RIP.
 



Jimmy SIrrels Tooth.JPG

RIP Jim. And your tooth.

Can you imagine some distant episode of Time Team jemmying the box lid off to find Sirrell's skull grinning back at them with THAT tooth?

Tony Robinsons Great-great-great grandchild (a non-hexadecimal self-identifying cross-breed with a rare full blood female woman who identifies as a hippo on Thursdays and is called 8?-90-BASALT): "Our experts analysed the tooth to see if another animal was actually buried with Mr James SIrrell."

pommpey
 
bornablade said:
My memory of Jimmy Sirrell was at a time when we were on a downward slide and youngsters were being introduced. Stainrod, Edwards, Kenworthy, Hamson. Moncriefe House at Nether Edge was developed as a residential centre for (I believe) these young players.

Didn't quite work out for him with us but at leasr he seemed to have a strategy.

RIP.
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Another thing Sirrel pioneered was wearing a dark-coloured shirt with a suit and tie.

Well ahead of his time.
 
pommpey said:
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RIP Jim. And your tooth.

Can you imagine some distant episode of Time Team jemmying the box lid off to find Sirrell's skull grinning back at them with THAT tooth?

Tony Robinsons Great-great-great grandchild (a non-hexadecimal self-identifying cross-breed with a rare full blood female woman who identifies as a hippo on Thursdays and is called 8?-90-BASALT): "Our experts analysed the tooth to see if another animal was actually buried with Mr James SIrrell."

pommpey
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Is it the heat?
 
pommpey said:
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RIP Jim. And your tooth.

Can you imagine some distant episode of Time Team jemmying the box lid off to find Sirrell's skull grinning back at them with THAT tooth?

Tony Robinsons Great-great-great grandchild (a non-hexadecimal self-identifying cross-breed with a rare full blood female woman who identifies as a hippo on Thursdays and is called 8?-90-BASALT): "Our experts analysed the tooth to see if another animal was actually buried with Mr James SIrrell."

pommpey
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i was a kid when Jimmy Sirrel was manager and we always remembers his tooth.

At school we called him “Jimmy Squirrel” because of his squirrel teeth.
 
SouthEssexBlade said:
The ogrinal idea for a badge like the current one goes back to the days of Jimmy Hagan! He wanted something for the badge on the club blazer and reputedly came up with a design very similar to the current one. Jimmy was certainly the manager when the badge was changed to the current one!
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Jimmy Hagan’s son was on this forum a few years ago.

He explained that his dad was involved in the making suits and he used to draw and design emblems to sew onto the jacket pocket.
He said he actually remembers his dad sketching out several versions of the famous “crossed schimitars“ badge on his kitchen table when he was a child.

Years later he apparentky showed some of his designs to the current manager Jimmy Sirrell.
JS iked our current badge so much he persuaded the powers at Sheff Utd to adopt it as the new club badge.

Personally I think our badge is a classic design ahead of its time.
For decades football badges were often over complicated coats of arms.
The current trend is that badges should be more simpler and instantly recognisable.
I often think that when there’s a small graphic of badges on tv……our badge is a simple design, simple colour scheme and instantly stands out.
Also most clubs have changed and evolved their badge over the decades….whereas apart from very minor changes ours has been the same since 1976.
 
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Sheffsteel said:
Jimmy Hagan’s son was on this forum a few years ago.

He explained that his dad was involved in the making suits and he used to draw and design emblems to sew onto the jacket pocket.
He said he actually remembers his dad sketching out several versions of the famous “crossed schimitars“ badge on his kitchen table when he was a child.

Years later he apparentky showed some of his designs to the current manager Jimmy Sirrell.
JS iked our current badge so much he persuaded the powers at Sheff Utd to adopt it as the new club badge.

Personally I think our badge is a classic design ahead of its time.
For decades football badges were often over complicated coats of arms.
The current trend is that badges should be more simpler and instantly recognisable.
I often think that when there’s a small graphic of badges on tv……our badge is a simple design, simple colour scheme and instantly stands out.
Also most clubs have changed and evolved their badge over the decades….whereas apart from very minor changes ours has been the same since 1976.
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Seem to recall Sheffield council weren't best pleased with us profiting off their coat of arms on the merch of the time, including the newfangled replica kits, so that's what influenced the change.

Nevermind, this got mentioned up thread already! Still an example of the council being twats anyway.
 
Silent Blade said:
Wondered what had happened to Raddy Avramovic after I saw him in the Chelsea v Notts County match on the Big Match Revisited this morning so I looked at his Wiki. The below entry surprised me as I hadnt known how hard Jimmy Sirrel was!

At the beginning of the player's career at Notts County, there was a social function at which Avramović went around and bought all his new teammates a drink as a friendly gesture. A local reporter saw this and wrote a newspaper article about Avramović being a "boozer" and a "big-time-Charlie". The next time that same reporter went to Meadow Lane, Sirrel physically caught hold of him and had him thrown off the premises and banned from the ground.
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Sirrell was a case of bad timing for us as he was a good manager. I watch a few of those Big Match Revisited and Notts County always played really good football under him. His gargoyle-looks disguise that in many ways he was a bit ahead of his time.

On the subject of that Chelsea v Notts County game though, Silent Blade I also saw it and there was something that really stuck out. Given how many TV shows are heavily edited these days for the most banal of reasons (C4 even edit innuendos out of Frasier, FFS) it was noticeable that when Richards or Benjamin got the ball for Notts there were really audible monkey noises. Of course there were, this was Stamford Bridge in 1980. At one point the camera even cut to one twat actually doing the actions.

Apart from the potential for triggering ITV4s current audience it was a reminder of the difference between how things were then and the moral panic that filled the media last week.
 
RIP Jimmy. Seem to recollect he was Scottish. Not difficult to visualise Jimmys face.

RIP lad
 
Sheffsteel said:
i was a kid when Jimmy Sirrel was manager and we always remembers his tooth.

At school we called him “Jimmy Squirrel” because of his squirrel teeth.
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We did too. He's the first Blades manager I remember
 
gordoncharles said:
Sirrell was a case of bad timing for us as he was a good manager. I watch a few of those Big Match Revisited and Notts County always played really good football under him. His gargoyle-looks disguise that in many ways he was a bit ahead of his time.

On the subject of that Chelsea v Notts County game though, Silent Blade I also saw it and there was something that really stuck out. Given how many TV shows are heavily edited these days for the most banal of reasons (C4 even edit innuendos out of Frasier, FFS) it was noticeable that when Richards or Benjamin got the ball for Notts there were really audible monkey noises. Of course there were, this was Stamford Bridge in 1980. At one point the camera even cut to one twat actually doing the actions.

Apart from the potential for triggering ITV4s current audience it was a reminder of the difference between how things were then and the moral panic that filled the media last week.
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Some Chelsea fans gave the same treatment to their own Paul Cannoville and no doubt others.
 



Rocetmark66 said:
😳😳😳 bloody hell i always thought he was a squirrel 😂😂😂
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I never thought having a look at a 13 year old thread would bring any joy.
Someone thinking BB was a squirrel proves how wrong I was, made my day right there.

It'll take some explaining next time he's on telly and I say "Not that fucking squirrel again . . .".
 
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