Jubilation and Heartbreak

[JasonEllis]

Jubilation: Reading scoring late on at Leeds to send us up to the premier league. Was out in the car as it came in over the radio.

Heartbreak: 1. Wade Elliot bending the ball in at Wembley for Burnley (soon as it went in you just new from past experience it was a write off. 2. The phone call from my relative to tell me that Evans had been sent down (I was journeying home having been out of the country at the time). The journey back to Sheffield was as bad as after any of the play offs.

 

[bartman]

I have a vague memory of a pic of him virtually horizontal in the air as he made contact.

that's how I remember it. Thinking back,didn't Pesky try and chip the keeper from out 35 yards and when Asaba headed it it,there wasn't a defender near him ?

This was the first time I'd took all of the kids together to an away game(the wife went Xmas shopping at Merry Hill). We scored and the celebrations went mental. I ended up hugging a couple of blokes in celebration and them i looked round to see the kids (then aged 12,9 and 7) looking at me and pointing (they still do that ) .Just before the goal I am sure Santos cleared one off the line

worse one for me was Hopkins

 

[Snowman]

Heartbreak:- Again, for me, Hopkin. As mentioned in another post, time stood still as the ball sailed towards the net and all I could think was "keep going ball, keep going" because I knew that if the ball kept on flying it meant it had missed. If it stopped, there was only one thing that was gonna stop it and that was the net cos Tracey was beat all ends up. As we all now, the little round bastard stopped. As did my heart.
It was my first taste of a play off final and we had had a brilliant weekend on the South coast in the lead up to it. To lose in the last minute of such an important match is heartbreaking

Jubilation:- Our 4th goal at Leicester on May 5th 1990. Wilf Rostron, out of the zone lashed one in from outside the area. About 4 mins in here:-

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The crowd reaction behind him in the low stand is amazing to watch and I was right in the middle of that. Myself and my Brother had spent a fortune following the Blades everywhere that season and it came down to the last day. As most of you know, we went 1-0 down and Newcastle could still catch us. I said to my Brother "that's it, all we've gone through this season and we're gonna fuck it up at last minute".
Then the goal-fest started. When Wilf's went in I seriously didn't know what to do with myself, it's a good job I was only 19 or I think I would have had a heart attack!!! I was jumping up and down but couldn't cheer, I was making some sort of strangled high-pitched whimpering noise
And the rest, as they say, is history.

24 years later I still don't know who was in the zone or why. All I remember is losing my hat on the pitch, my lucky penguin from down my shorts and the ability to speak some time later in the Red or White Lion. However, my favourite was the goal at home which prompted many banners stating "if Chris Woods can play for England so can I". The radio commentary was I think, "OH! and it's gone through Woods legs". Scrappy goal but God I loved that.

 

[Silent Blade]

I was jubilant when the very popular Willie Carlin, a real favourite of mine, smashed a twenty-yarder into the roof of the net at the Shoreham Street end to seal a 2-0 victory over Brian Clough's Derby County in August 1968. It soon turned to heartache when a few days later Clough had a £60k bid for Carlin accepted and I well remember a mournful Kop singing (to the tune of Baby Come Back by The Equals, which had been Number One earlier that summer) "Willie Come Back" at the game with Fulham the following week. Derby went up as champions that season whereas we finished a poor ninth and Willie Carlin played a big part in their success. I went to the FA Cup match at Derby the following year and it nearly broke my heart to see him have a fine game as they beat us 3-0. At the age of 11, these things hurt.

I read in one of the Derby history books and Willie Carlin was recalling the night Clough first spoke to him, it was before the Blades v Derby match. Clough came up to him saying "I hear your boss (Arthur Rowley) doesnt fancy you". Carlin was worried that Clough was trying to bribe him or something like that! As you say Carlin scored in the 2-0 win. Two weeks later (his last game for us was the 1-0 win against Millwall) John Harris (general manager) told him that he is wanted at the manager's office. Carlin was worried that he may have done something like that but got a surprise that Rowley had a visitor in the office. It was Clough who said to Carlin "Fancy coming to Derby?", Carlin replied "what do you mean, now? I have just moved house in Sheffield and I need to speak to my wife about this" Clough said he will drive him to his house so that he (Carlin) can speak to his wife. On the way to Carlin's house, Clough was singing in the car "who wears the trousers? Who wears the trousers?". On their arrival, Carlin introduced Clough to his wife and asks her if he should sign for Derby. Wife responded "Now? we have only just moved to this house!" Clough then started talking to Mrs Carlin. Carlin then said "it is me you are trying to sign" Clough responded "I have already signed you, now I am talking to your wife!"

 

[dublin 10 blade]

Jubilation .
Saturday 21st July 1989 , 24 minutes past 5 . The birth of my Daughter and hearing her first cry .
Heartbreak .
Monday 19th May 2014 as she boards the plane for a new life in the USA .
Heartbrake.
palace , burnley , wolves , huddersfield , chelsea away , walsall at home , wigan at home , Boxing day .
Jubilation
promotion from the 4th , Every promotion after that , Sir Dave taking over and the years that followed , EVERY win against the pigs , 3-1 away was very , very , very sweet . Deano's first goal in premiership history and the victory that followed . Cloughy's first promotion next year

 

[Billyblade]

24 years later I still don't know who was in the zone or why. All I remember is losing my hat on the pitch, my lucky penguin from down my shorts and the ability to speak some time later in the Red or White Lion. However, my favourite was the goal at home which prompted many banners stating "if Chris Woods can play for England so can I". The radio commentary was I think, "OH! and it's gone through Woods legs". Scrappy goal but God I loved that.

Nice one fella.
Can you remember the tense stand-off in the White Lion around the bar football table? Wednesday one side, us the other?
The tense stand off was broken by a Blade singing at the top of his voice:-
"The Forest went to Hillsborough and they beat the pigs, you're down Ron, Ron ,Ron, you're down Ron Ron"?

 

[Jehovah]

That wasn't heartbreaking for me because I knew as soon as it went to penalties we had lost. Being ahead on the penalties to begin with didn't help before Simmo eventually skied it.

It was when Lowton missed for me. I knew we'd blown our chance at that moment.

 

[Swanseablade]

Jubilation:

Deano vs Leicester, the 2nd goal that seemed destined never to go in despite numerous efforts prior to Deano tapping in from a yard. Madness!!!

Bob Atkins at Millmoor.

Two good away day choices, both of which were very dodgy afterwards outside the ground...........
Happy days )

 

[Sirius]

I was jubilant when the very popular Willie Carlin, a real favourite of mine, smashed a twenty-yarder into the roof of the net at the Shoreham Street end to seal a 2-0 victory over Brian Clough's Derby County in August 1968. It soon turned to heartache when a few days later Clough had a £60k bid for Carlin accepted and I well remember a mournful Kop singing (to the tune of Baby Come Back by The Equals, which had been Number One earlier that summer) "Willie Come Back" at the game with Fulham the following week. Derby went up as champions that season whereas we finished a poor ninth and Willie Carlin played a big part in their success. I went to the FA Cup match at Derby the following year and it nearly broke my heart to see him have a fine game as they beat us 3-0. At the age of 11, these things hurt.

They hurt at 11 mate.!!! They still cut deep when your'e so much older. They do it to us throughout our lives. There is a consolation, once in a while they lift us up and it could be far worse ;pity those who support the pigs

 

[Snowman]

Nice one fella.
Can you remember the tense stand-off in the White Lion around the bar football table? Wednesday one side, us the other?
The tense stand off was broken by a Blade singing at the top of his voice:-
"The Forest went to Hillsborough and they beat the pigs, you're down Ron, Ron ,Ron, you're down Ron Ron"?

All I remember is I got left there because I couldn't express a sensible opinion or walk. Everything else passed me by. If you saw me I was the one slumped in the back wearing very tight azure blue football shorts. Same theory as the lucky penguin!

 

[bornablade]

I was jubilant when the very popular Willie Carlin, a real favourite of mine, smashed a twenty-yarder into the roof of the net at the Shoreham Street end to seal a 2-0 victory over Brian Clough's Derby County in August 1968. It soon turned to heartache when a few days later Clough had a £60k bid for Carlin accepted and I well remember a mournful Kop singing (to the tune of Baby Come Back by The Equals, which had been Number One earlier that summer) "Willie Come Back" at the game with Fulham the following week. Derby went up as champions that season whereas we finished a poor ninth and Willie Carlin played a big part in their success. I went to the FA Cup match at Derby the following year and it nearly broke my heart to see him have a fine game as they beat us 3-0. At the age of 11, these things hurt.

Brian Clough's signing of Willie Carlin was IMO the most important Cloughie ever made. He was into his second full season at the Baseball and Derby were about 3rd from bottom. (we were 3rd from top). As soon as Willie Carlin left us our season fell apart and Derby's kicked-on. They won the 2nd division (now the Championship) that year and I think we finished 9th. The book and film 'Damned United' refers to the importance of Dave Mackay signing for Derby from Spurs and yet to me Willie Carlin was the catalyst for Derby's success and of course Clough senior. In today's climate Clough's job would have been under threat and all the success he eventually had may not have happened.

I've thought recently that maybe it's time history repeated itself and Nigel ought to return to Derby and buy a 5 foot nothing player who can weigh in with a few goals. Any ideas?

 

[grafikhaus]

Jubilation:

Beating Forest in the play-off semi in 2003. Simply the finest game and finest goal (Pesch) that I've ever seen. On that night, the fans, Warnock and the team came together and were truly United.

Heartbreak:

Shortly afterwards, in the final in Cardiff, a total no-show. Over by half time. How much has that cost us over the years?

That's United!

 

[BusheyBlade]

It was unbelievably hot and we'd been in the sun for about 8 hours straight. I remember thinking in the 89th minute, 'I don't think I can take extra time'......bang.

I blame myself

It's always bloody hot when we're at Wembley. Palace, Burnley and Huddersfield.

 

[grafikhaus]

It's always bloody hot when we're at Wembley. Palace, Burnley and Huddersfield.

A bit off-topic, but the cockeyed way that Wembley has been designed (with the tunnel, ponces seats etc. in the baking sun when they should have been in the shade - and the unedifying sight on TV of those ponces taking their seats well into the second half) has other ramifications.

After getting near-third degree burns at the Burnley game, when I went for Huddesfield tickets, the ticket office tried to fob me off that 'only seats in that (sunny area) were available.' Knowing this was bollocks, I got seats in the shady side.

Fact is, they try and fill the seats in the sunny area first as those are the ones most visible on TV, therefore creating the illusion of a packed stadium.