My Earliest memorys of SUFC.....

[stringjunior]

First Blades related memory is of my mum and dad coming back from the match to pick me up from nans. Mum always, always wore black leather gloves in the winter and the smell of cold air mixed with leather and cigarette smoke lives in my memory so clearly.

First match? Early /Mid 80's I imagine. I have a vivid memory of being at an away game, sat the front of one of the side stands, surrounded by Blades and my Dad tells me it was the first time he heard the GCB.

 

[sitwell]

Dearden and Tudor put us up a two goal lead at half time. Late goals from Chris Balderstone and Stan Ternent levelled the game

Bloody Ternent ,typical How do you know these things Pete ?

 

[Ecco1889]

Think it was v nottm forest Aug 67
Lost 1-3 Mick Jones scored for us
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What I vividly remember is the huge area of green stretching over to the pavilion,and the horrible smell that sometimes came from the nearby wards brewery
I'm sure later that season(we ended up being relegated)mr Currie scored his first away blades goal at anfield?
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[1888to1889]

Can't exactly remember my first game at BDTBL but was once selected to be a ball boy for a Enland youth game in the early 70s
Empty ground,didn't touch the ball,freezing cold.the ball boys changing room as wide as a gennel on a terraced house on the John St side ,but the selected lads did get their photos took ,made headlines on the the back of the evening star
Bit of a tenuouse thread but here you go

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[sitwell]

My Grandad took me on Bramall Lane upper tier with a friend October Carlisle 1970. As a an 8 year old I remember the excitement ,being ready at 10'oclock and watching out of the window for 4 hours to get picked up. I remember parking near my old nursery on Denby Street and then climbing up the stairs in the stand. The steepness of the stand going down to the pitch was breathtaking as a kid and a bit scary. I remember my Grandad having about 10 layers of vest ,shirt , tie,cardy ,jumper ,coat and flat cap on even though it wasn't really cold ,he looked like a Lowry figure and he had a dewdrop hanging off the end of his nose but it didn't bother me. Typically we drew 2-2 but I was hooked from that moment. My Grandad died a few months later ,the most important person in my life ,he would still be going now if he could ,he loved Gil Reece and told me that's how he used to play.
Ive lost my programme collection but would pay good money for a programme of that game and the following one.

I know Im replying to my own post but ,just acquired said programmes. Thanks Donut1889 ,there are some great people on this top forum

 

[Silent Blade]

I'm sure later that season(we ended up being relegated)mr Currie scored his first away blades goal at anfield?
We won 2-1 att 50422

Yes TC scored the equaliser at Anfield in Good Friday 1968. Below is of Gil Reece scoring the winner. BornOnShoreham has a tale or two to tell about that day

 

[Deaneandagana]

Mine is a strange story, Dad & eldest brother were / still are Wed fans & I used to get taken to S6 as a nipper, but on 9 March 1971 my uncle came back to Sheffield from Rhodesia & took me to see the mighty Blades play Hull City & from that day onwards I was hooked - BTW we lost 1-2 something's never change!

 

[Silent Blade]

Mine is a strange story, Dad & eldest brother were / still are Wed fans & I used to get taken to S6 as a nipper, but on 9 March 1971 my uncle came back to Sheffield from Rhodesia & took me to see the mighty Blades play Hull City & from that day onwards I was hooked - BTW we lost 1-2 something's never change!

Battle of Bramall Lane. After 30 minutes of the match the ref blew his whistle, asked all the players to go to the centre circle asking them to cut out the rough stuff. It didnt make much difference afterwards!

 

[Deaneandagana]

Battle of Bramall Lane. After 30 minutes of the match the ref blew his whistle, asked all the players to go to the centre circle asking them to cut out the rough stuff. It didnt make much difference afterwards!

Correct remember it, was sat in BL stand front row - Ken Knighton & Barry Wagstaffe hatchet merchants

 

[Fulwood Blade]

ahha - those first memories............

My granddad and uncles lived on Margaret Street, really close to BDTBL (uncle was Bob Horton - anyone know him?) - anyway, being that close always had to be a Blade - Derby at home 1st game - stood on Bramall Lane, the "away" end (yes, that's what happened in those days) and we won 2 nil. Well that was it...........do we ALWAYS win uncle????? Hmmmm..................could have been worse, could have been Leppings Lane I suppose!

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[Fulwood Blade]

we lost 2-0 at home to L**ds in August 1972 also in April 1974 (they were getting closer to clinching the league title and many L**ds fans were in all parts of the ground)

remember the Weeds game in 74', sure it was a night match and Leeds fans must have all come down straight from work and were at the ground when the turnstiles opened - no segregation or "all ticket" in those days. We had taunted the Weeds fans for years with "You'll NEVER take the Shoreham" - well, they had a fucking good go that night....let says they brought a fair few!

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[PeterNdlovu081]

Mid 90s, a home league match under the floodlights. No idea who we were playing.

My Dad sat me on that white wall that used to be at the front of the Kop so I could see better. A jobsworth steward told him to get me off.

 

[Silent Blade]

Correct remember it, was sat in BL stand front row - Ken Knighton & Barry Wagstaffe hatchet merchants

I was in BLUT front row too! Ken (not Barry) Wagstaffe scored the winner (always scored against us) but wasnt really a dirty player. Ken Knighton, Bill Baxter and Chris Simpkin (scored the equaliser) were the dirty players

 

[HighfieldBlade]

I've never seen this photo before. The stand looks strange. Is this the Bramall Lane end? What year?

 

[Silent Blade]

ahha - those first memories............

Derby at home 1st game - stood on Bramall Lane, the "away" end (yes, that's what happened in those days) and we won 2 nil.
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August 1968. Willie Carlin scored our second goal but a few weeks later he was off to Derby

 

[Silent Blade]

I've never seen this photo before. It looks strange. Is this the Bramall Lane stand? What year?
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The Dell, Southampton

 

[Fulwood Blade]

This shirt and this man.

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Indeed - I have 2 photos of me with Blades players (treasured) - 1 is TC, because it was my era as a kid and Deano.
Sounds like Deano was yours?

never liked the shirt though - the one from the late 60's was mine - simple R&W, black shorts, white socks. The photos of TC in that kit with the No 10 and shirt out, whilst Wood, all prim and proper..................just magic.

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[HighfieldBlade]

The Dell, Southampton

No wonder it looked strange. I looked at the advertising (steel fabrication, London Rd) and thought it was SUFC.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

I've never seen this photo before. The stand looks strange. Is this the Bramall Lane end? What year?
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Yes , Saints old ground - it was a weird stand - think before they moved to9 where they are now it was rebuilt for sitting. Really small, poxy ground.

Go and dig out some of the old Swansea ground - that had a weird carbuncle of a stand too.

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[Grey Blade]

remember the Weeds game in 74', sure it was a night match and Leeds fans must have all come down straight from work and were at the ground when the turnstiles opened - no segregation or "all ticket" in those days. We had taunted the Weeds fans for years with "You'll NEVER take the Shoreham" - well, they had a fucking good go that night....let says they brought a fair few!

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I also remember that game. The Leeds fans were at the back and I was in front of them ( with one of your neighbours and a group of uni friends who between them supported Spurs, Everton and Leeds as it happened). It was the one and only time I've been hit by a missile - luckily just an empty drinks can. It must have been shortly after that segregation became necessary.

 

[Silent Blade]

No wonder it looked strange. I looked at the advertising (steel fabrication, London Rd) and thought it was SUFC.

There was a Southampton fan at my boarding school. I used to take the mickey about The Dell, I said that the floodlights seemed to have been bought from the Army Barracks

 

[Fulwood Blade]

I also remember that game. The Leeds fans were at the back and I was in front of them ( with one of your neighbours and a group of uni friends who between them supported Spurs, Everton and Leeds as it happened). It was the one and only time I've been hit by a missile - luckily just an empty drinks can. It must have been shortly after that segregation became necessary.

Indeed - and United even segregated the kop into pens with railings after those sort of problems - painted cream from memory. Anyone remember when that was?

Remember getting in the kop early once and a couple of dozen Newcastle fans started causing mayhem - thought at the time where the fuck were the "Shoreham boot boys" when you wanted them..........probably still in the pub!

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[SamRodgers]

My first SUFC game was the week I turned 2, it was a friendly against Whitby Town on a Tuesday night in 1999, unsurprisingly I have absolutely no recollection of the game. The first game I went to at Bramall Lane was a 0-1 loss to Watford in January 2001, I just remember being overwhelmed by the whole thing and falling in love.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Yes TC scored the equaliser at Anfield in Good Friday 1968. Below is of Gil Reece scoring the winner. BornOnShoreham has a tale or two to tell about that day

Oh yes Silent Blade I have! Probably bored everyone to death by now

 

[HighfieldBlade]

This is my earliest memory of SUFC.
I used to walk to my friend's house on Cherry St.
I was fascinated by all the work going on there.

 

[SB_90]

Sat in what was the laver stand, sat the otherside of directors box Jan 1998 marcelo scoring the winner. Loved it still remember him running down the touchline

 

[Tyler Durden]

Indeed - I have 2 photos of me with Blades players (treasured) - 1 is TC, because it was my era as a kid and Deano.
Sounds like Deano was yours?

never liked the shirt though - the one from the late 60's was mine - simple R&W, black shorts, white socks. The photos of TC in that kit with the No 10 and shirt out, whilst Wood, all prim and proper..................just magic.

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Deane and Whitehouse were the heroes of the day in my younger years.

It's funny, like many of your era you had the likes of TC and Woodward as yours, those growing up in the 80's had the likes of Edwards and Stancliffe.

Do kids today have the same thing? Do they knock the ball about in the playground dreaming of being Conor Sammon or Billy Sharp? I doubt it. It's all about about your Ronaldos and Messi's these days I suspect.

 

[1888to1889]

remember the Weeds game in 74', sure it was a night match and Leeds fans must have all come down straight from work and were at the ground when the turnstiles opened - no segregation or "all ticket" in those days. We had taunted the Weeds fans for years with "You'll NEVER take the Shoreham" - well, they had a fucking good go that night....let says they brought a fair few!

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Remember it well,not my first game at lane,first and last time I got beat up at a game
Walked through turnstiles scarf,hat gone within second and a bloody nose topped to watch match after I stopped rooring weeds every where and one picked me up to show me Lorimer smash a pen in at Kop end

 

[sitwell]

My first game against Leeds at the Lane was the first time I was really aware of violence ,my Grandad made me a wooden stool to stand on and we would get in early to bag a place just under the roof on the wall that ran down the length of the kop. I had a silk scarf on each wrist and a Leeds fan grabbed one and ran towards the middle of the Kop ,my Dads mate chased him and cracked him before loads of other steamed in ,scarfs still in my Mums attic with all the players names on it. We won 3-0 to go top of the league.

 

[CarlingBlade]

Sat in what was the laver stand, sat the otherside of directors box Jan 1998 marcelo scoring the winner. Loved it still remember him running down the touchline

Qpr I think, just after spackman had left and Fjortoft and Deano were sold.