More Blades fans than home fans for an away game

[cahill]

Rotherham United.
2-1
October 1979.
20,355

Was that the game when the wall collapsed or when Trusson scored at the end

 

[cahill]

My old man was at both these games you recall though he and the entire family (we are all Blades) no longer frequent that utter shit hole as we refuse to hand over our money to those wankas.

In our many chats about the Blades impending world domination (was a bit forced admittedly when we slid to heavy defeats v stevenage and crewe) we also used to chew the wendy crackling about previous Pork v Blades derbies.

He maintains that there were more Blades fans in the home of pork back on BD in 79 as he was in the north stand that day and as you said the lepers lane end was packed out. When they scored he said half of each stand didnt 'go up' nor did a fair few pockets on the pork chop kop. He mentioned that he got to see this 4 times unfortunately but there was no denying there was huge amounts of Blades in attendance that day. Will never know the numbers of each but probably a split of 50 50 wouldnt be far off the mark. Doesnt really matter though as he said he would have took being the only Blade in the ground with the Blades winning 4 nil instead. Thankfully he didnt allow me to go to that one as he was out with the lads and knew even young uns werent safe from a piggy trotter slap when the numbers were well in their favour - the classless bstards.

Easter 71 - the pork chop kop was awash with Blades, though no doubt that was airbrushed out of history by our Porcine friends.

Their kop was packed with Blades that day, I was one of them

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Hows about the Palace away game a few years back, last of the season when we took something like 8k in that stand down the side.

My group, and many more blades, were in the Holmesdale end, behind the goal with the home fans so certainly more blades in attendance than the publicised number. The home fans were very welcoming, not at all unhappy to have their end half taken by blades, although the sheer number of Sheffield accents may have put them off saying anything!

MK Dons away this year could be a record breaker - I seem to remember them giving someone as many tickets as they wanted, didn't Coventry or some other club take nearly 10k this or (end of) last year? Considering MK Dons is our last away game, promotion will hopefully either be in the bag or almost in the bag by then so it could be a party

The MK Dons game could be the celebration game that we were denied the last time we took a big crowd down there.

 

[Boxer Blade]

Glad one or two (who were actually there, rather than not even born at the time!) have backed up what was always my hunch that they're were more Blades at the sty on boxing day than snorters, or at least 50/50.

As for the game in 71 I was only two at the time so remember nothing of the game but great to read that we vastly outnumbered the snorters on their own patch on the way to promotion.

We were on the kop, around twelve of us, 8 blades, 4 Wendy.there were loads of United fans on the kop.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Technically both away sides, but the FA cup semi v Hull was embarrassing for the East Yorks Premiership club. We sold out plus some, they sold 50% of their allocation - as always fantastic Blades and another reason why we should be in the Prem ahead of these poxy clubs.

 

[Grappler]

My old man was at both these games you recall though he and the entire family (we are all Blades) no longer frequent that utter shit hole as we refuse to hand over our money to those wankas.

In our many chats about the Blades impending world domination (was a bit forced admittedly when we slid to heavy defeats v stevenage and crewe) we also used to chew the wendy crackling about previous Pork v Blades derbies.

He maintains that there were more Blades fans in the home of pork back on BD in 79 as he was in the north stand that day and as you said the lepers lane end was packed out. When they scored he said half of each stand didnt 'go up' nor did a fair few pockets on the pork chop kop. He mentioned that he got to see this 4 times unfortunately but there was no denying there was huge amounts of Blades in attendance that day. Will never know the numbers of each but probably a split of 50 50 wouldnt be far off the mark. Doesnt really matter though as he said he would have took being the only Blade in the ground with the Blades winning 4 nil instead. Thankfully he didnt allow me to go to that one as he was out with the lads and knew even young uns werent safe from a piggy trotter slap when the numbers were well in their favour - the classless bstards.

Easter 71 - the pork chop kop was awash with Blades, though no doubt that was airbrushed out of history by our Porcine friends.

"..knew even young uns werent safe from a piggy trotter slap when the numbers were well in their favour - the classless bstards...."

Very true, when we played The Pigs at The Sty (O'Grady scored for them and we lost), we were stood outside the ground, waiting to go in, just chatting, and my mates lad got separated from us (he was on his phone, texting, with his Blades shirt on), he would have been about 14 or 15 at the time. Four big, fat grunters walked past, aged about mid to late 30's. One slowed down as they passed him and said in a menacing voice, "taking a bit of a risk wearing that around here aren't you?", to which we all turned round, Blades shirts on show, and I said "no he is fuckin not.......", they crapped themselves and quickly walked away. I do know some good lads who support the scum, but they have some real wankers.

 

[tedster]

As JJBlade says, practically every game in a Division 4. York City that season was the first away match that I went to and United fans were on all 4 sides of the ground. The few Home fans that there were, were in the main (only) stand where I was sat. The gate that day was 5,560 when York were averaging barely 2,000.

There were loads of away games like that in 81/82 season:

Stockport were just about managing 2,000 or so, but even on a midweek match the travelling Blades pushed the gate to 5,450.
Port Vale were averaging 3,000 but United had loads there and the gate was over 7,000 (Edwards got a screamer).
Bradford were averaging 4-5,000 but United took hordes there and the gate was nearly 14,000 (another Edwards special).
Scunthorpe were barely scraping 2,000 at the Old Show Ground but United took the ground over in a gate of 8,105. We lost - the last time we did that season.
Same at Mansfield who were also scraping 2,000. Further to what JJ said, Field Mill was always a favourite trip for Blades. 8,951 there that day; Blades everywhere.
As mentioned elsewhere, Halifax at Easter was a cracker. Halifax generally got less than 2,000 in those days but United descended on mass. Over 8,000 there to see us win 5-1.
United filled the tiny ground at Crewe (gate over 6,000) and we're on all 4 sides. Last minute winner from Jeff King. Thousands went to Bournemouth giving them a gate of almost 10,000 which was unheard of for them.
We had a huge following for the midweek game at Peterborough when the gate of 13,439 was the highest gate they'd had in 15 years. Posh were getting 3-4,000 on average at the time.

Great days.

I was at that game when I lived in peterborough.That was the year I watched the posh lots with old schoomates n got me addicted to footy.Blades everywhere

 

[tedster]

Technically both away sides, but the FA cup semi v Hull was embarrassing for the East Yorks Premiership club. We sold out plus some, they sold 50% of their allocation - as always fantastic Blades and another reason why we should be in the Prem ahead of these poxy clubs.

Agree blades have fantastic support but no divine right to be anywhere just because of big crowds

 

[1973Blade]

3157 Blades fans in a crowd of around 6100. Well done Blades!

 

[Northyorksblade]

3157 Blades fans in a crowd of around 6100. Well done Blades!

That was in the away end I presume? Obviously a lot more than that there unofficially.

 

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[Groucho Blade]

What about the Burnley v Hull match in the 83/84 season? Hull had to beat Burnley by three clear goals otherwise we got promoted. So, loads of us Blades fans turned up to see what happened. The crowd was about 8,000, I'd say with a very high percentage of Blades in the crowd...I don't know for sure but I'd say there were more Blades than either the home or the away fans.

Anyone else have a view on that amazing evening? Is my memory playing tricks with me?

 

[CarlMcBlade]

If we keep this up, I think we might break all records at MKDons for fans at a away match.
What does Stad MK hold?

 

[PTBlade]

Holds over 30,000....