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For non Blades football fans Ian Rush is a player they'd have no idea he played for us, but he was that bad for us he's seared into our conscious despite his few appearances.
 



Swannyblade said:
How about Jean Calve, David McAllister & Lee Evans as a "would have been forgotten if they hadn't scored screamers" niche category.

Any others?

* Trai Dellas doesn't count as he'd still have been memorable because of his post Blades career.
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McAllister.Opening game in 2012 v Shrewsbury?
 
Revolution said:
Players who made a single league appearance for United, 1991-2 to 2019-20

Nathan Peel 1991-2 v Tottenham (sub)
Mervyn Day 1991-2 v Wimbledon
Carl Muggleton 1995-6 v Reading (sub)
John Ebbrell 1996-7 v Reading
Chris Bettney 1996-7 v Tranmere (sub)
Brian Launders 1999-2000 v Stockport
Manu Thetis 2000-1 v Gillingham (sub)
Ryan Mallon 2001-2 v Grimsby (sub)
Lewis Killeen 2001-2 v Walsall (sub)
Richard Edghill 2002-3 v Ipswich (sub)
Gary Kelly 2002-3 v Watford
Lee Baxter 2003-4 v Burnley
Phil Barnes 2004-5 v Rotherham
Tommy Johnson 2004-5 v Rotherham
Emmanuel Gabrieli 2004-5 v Gillingham (sub)
Danny Batth 2010-11 v Swansea (sub)
Graham Kelly 2015-16 v Coventry (sub)
Nathan Thomas 2017-18 v Norwich (sub)
Regan Slater 2017-18 v Preston (sub)
Jake Eastwood 2017-18 v Wolves (sub)
Ravel Morrison 2019-20 v Leicester (sub)
Jack Rodwell 2019-20 v Burnley (sub)

The bolded players also featured in at least one cup game.
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It’s already been mentioned, but who on earth is Graham Kelly!?
 
Just tuning into the new ep now. Still remember the utter confusion all over the pitch when that goal went in.
 
I still get angry about this game and would much rather we had walked off and stayed off
Great pod again really enjoying these
 
Loved this. Great to hear Beans again!

I may be misremembering this (I was only 10/11) at the time but I feel like on the match of the day dissection of the game afterwards that Lynam asks the others ‘what if Sheffield United had equalised in the game’ and it might have been Brooking replying ‘well they would have probably thought justice had been done’ and I distinctly remember thinking well no justice wouldn’t have been done because if we scored again we should have won!!
 
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Roygbiv said:
New episode out with Beans as we go back to 1999 to talk about the Arsenal game that never was

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Memory Lane #007 | "CATCH ME IF YOU KANU" – When Arsenal asked us to do it again, with Ben Meakin

Kanu, controversy, and a re-match. Were Sheffield United involved in football’s strangest acts of cheating and sportsmanship?
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As said on the pod, Overmars is the real villain here - Kami received that throw in and didn't really look like he knew what was going on (I suspect he did) - MO then sprints 50 yards to put the ball in the net.

Kanu was a handy excuse (first game etc) but I also felt there was a little bit of a colonial attitude to the incident - i.e. how could a savage from Africa possibly understand the nuance of the game? Very distasteful for a play who had played in both Italy and the Netherlands at the time.

A PR masterclass from Arsenal. And as noted it what is forgotten is they got to have a crack at us a second time, at home, and put out a significantly stronger side.

It makes me irrationally angry how well they are thought of about that incident. They should have put the ball in their own net immediately.
 
Roygbiv said:
New episode out with Beans as we go back to 1999 to talk about the Arsenal game that never was

www.thepinch.uk

Memory Lane #007 | "CATCH ME IF YOU KANU" – When Arsenal asked us to do it again, with Ben Meakin

Kanu, controversy, and a re-match. Were Sheffield United involved in football’s strangest acts of cheating and sportsmanship?
www.thepinch.uk www.thepinch.uk
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My main memory of the match was Bruce’s half hearted attempt to get the players to walk off. I remember my dear mother taking the piss, “off you come chaps”.

The other memory was Bergkamp scoring a fantastic goal in the re -arranged game.

Looking back. Shit season. By April we’d sold anyone decent. Revolving doors of players. That Italian guy on the board.
 
Selly said:
As said on the pod, Overmars is the real villain here - Kami received that throw in and didn't really look like he knew what was going on (I suspect he did) - MO then sprints 50 yards to put the ball in the net.

Kanu was a handy excuse (first game etc) but I also felt there was a little bit of a colonial attitude to the incident - i.e. how could a savage from Africa possibly understand the nuance of the game? Very distasteful for a play who had played in both Italy and the Netherlands at the time.

A PR masterclass from Arsenal. And as noted it what is forgotten is they got to have a crack at us a second time, at home, and put out a significantly stronger side.

It makes me irrationally angry how well they are thought of about that incident. They should have put the ball in their own net immediately.
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Yeah, the talk was definitely about how Kanu was basically too much of a simpleton to understand what was happening. As you say, the guy had come from what was then the best league in the world!
 
Gin&Juice said:
My main memory of the match was Bruce’s half hearted attempt to get the players to walk off. I remember my dear mother taking the piss, “off you come chaps”.

The other memory was Bergkamp scoring a fantastic goal in the re -arranged game.

Looking back. Shit season. By April we’d sold anyone decent. Revolving doors of players. That Italian guy on the board.
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The interview with McCabe in the programme post Arsenal is wild in hindsight. Talks about how we don't need to sell anybody. Few months later, everybody was off
 
Revolution said:
Players who made a single league appearance for United, 1991-2 to 2019-20

Nathan Peel 1991-2 v Tottenham (sub)
Mervyn Day 1991-2 v Wimbledon
Carl Muggleton 1995-6 v Reading (sub)
John Ebbrell 1996-7 v Reading
Chris Bettney 1996-7 v Tranmere (sub)
Brian Launders 1999-2000 v Stockport
Manu Thetis 2000-1 v Gillingham (sub)
Ryan Mallon 2001-2 v Grimsby (sub)
Lewis Killeen 2001-2 v Walsall (sub)
Richard Edghill 2002-3 v Ipswich (sub)
Gary Kelly 2002-3 v Watford
Lee Baxter 2003-4 v Burnley
Phil Barnes 2004-5 v Rotherham
Tommy Johnson 2004-5 v Rotherham
Emmanuel Gabrieli 2004-5 v Gillingham (sub)
Danny Batth 2010-11 v Swansea (sub)
Graham Kelly 2015-16 v Coventry (sub)
Nathan Thomas 2017-18 v Norwich (sub)
Regan Slater 2017-18 v Preston (sub)
Jake Eastwood 2017-18 v Wolves (sub)
Ravel Morrison 2019-20 v Leicester (sub)
Jack Rodwell 2019-20 v Burnley (sub)

The bolded players also featured in at least one cup game.
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Honourable mentions for a couple who made the headlines but never played in the first team...

- Dmitris Markos - Greek international from Panathanikos. Signed the same season as Borbokis and Dellas. Played in the reserves but contractual issues meant he wasn't able to sign properly. This is insipite of support from a certain Sepp Blatter.

- Ville Lehtinen - Finish player who was in the reserves. Was on the front of the News of The World as part of the Leicester City "La Manga" incident. So called "Ex-Sheffield United star".
 
Aganarama said:
Honourable mentions for a couple who made the headlines but never played in the first team...

- Dmitris Markos - Greek international from Panathanikos. Signed the same season as Borbokis and Dellas. Played in the reserves but contractual issues meant he wasn't able to sign properly. This is insipite of support from a certain Sepp Blatter.

- Ville Lehtinen - Finish player who was in the reserves. Was on the front of the News of The World as part of the Leicester City "La Manga" incident. So called "Ex-Sheffield United star".
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Danny Wainwright, a youth teamer, was on the bench as the goalkeeper substitute in our 2-0 home win v Southampton in the first PL season. He was not needed and was released before he made a first team appearance, and I don't think he played a league game for anyone.
 



CrookesBlade said:
View attachment 235116Idea for future pod - Villians XI

Thinking your Muscats, Tarricos and maybe your Hammonds and Currans
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One for us and one for opponents.

And distinct from rubbish players, villains i.e. those who dropped a complete bollock (e.g. Kieffer Moore) but we're otherwise fine
 
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