Most Appearances For The Blades?

[Silent Blade]

Also bear in mind Joe played when there were no substitutes so what you see are starts not cameos from the bench.

Record books states that his last competitive appearance was in the 4-0 defeat at West Ham in February 1966 but i doubt if many can remember being an unused sub in the next game (1-1 draw at home to L**ds)

 

[Fiery Blade]

Joe Shaw Quality Player and perhaps Hodgy making the most appearances in goal?

 

[RedKite]

The thing about the team from the late 60s / early 70s was how settled it was.

Full of really good players, yes...but look at the list of who has played the most number of games and you'll find Hodgy, Badger, Woody etc all there with astonishing numbers of appearances. I bet there's a few others from then bubbling under too. It's quite an achievement playing that number of games for one club...for our club.

So we should celebrate Monty...the lad works his socks off in the cause week in and week out. He's a Blade. End of.

 

[Revolution]

Listing them chronologically by way of the seasons in which they made league appearances it goes:

Needham 1892-1910
Gillespie 1911-1932
Tunstall 1920-1932
Joe Shaw 1948-1966
Coldwell 1951-1966
Graham Shaw 1951-1967
Hodgkinson 1954-1971
Badger 1962-1976
Woodward 1964-1979

The last 6, I assume, may have all featured in the same game at one time or another in the mid 1960s, although of course Badger effectively replaced Coldwell.

Since Woodward left for the US in the early part of 1978-9, the only player to have made even 300 league appearances for United is Simon Tracey, with 332.

 

[Grecian2000]

The thing about the team from the late 60s / early 70s was how settled it was.

Full of really good players, yes...but look at the list of who has played the most number of games and you'll find Hodgy, Badger, Woody etc all there with astonishing numbers of appearances. I bet there's a few others from then bubbling under too. It's quite an achievement playing that number of games for one club...for our club.

Same for most clubs. That was a time when the clubs "owned" the players and they only moved when the clubs wanted them to. Transfers were big events.

We even had players who played huge amounts of games just for the reserves (Bob Widdowson springs to mind) who were simply understudies for the first team and only played when the first choice got injured.

 

[Fiery Blade]

Most appearances for the Blades

Even back in the sixties we managed to sell Jones and Birchenall in the same season both for £100,000 each, then Currie and Sabella to Weeds, Salmons to Stoke all for big money - United a selling club - always has been always will be! Thats the main reason we never win nowt