My last season

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Scargill said:
After supporting the Blades since 1967 I’ve decided to make this my last season going to the Lane , I don’t enjoy it anymore we won’t win a major Trophy in my lifetime if we go up we’ll struggle to survive, the Gap is just too big now. Football as changed so much over the years. We scored a goal and some people around me didn’t cheer they just stood there with their phone in hand filming it. Maybe I’m getting old but I’ve fallen out with the Game. And you can’t even get a pint and a pie now unless you’ve got a fucking credit card, anyway I’ll always have memories of Darlington and Leicester to take with me . Cheers.
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Don’t give up! you need to change seats bud……everyone around me went ape shit when Billy scored young and old.
 
SwissBlade said:
Didn’t millwall play it at the end of the game last week? Not sure if they sing it too or they were trolling us?
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It's one of those chants that has spread like wildfire. First time I heard it was Arsenal fans at Anfield in the Carabao Cup.
 
Scargill said:
After supporting the Blades since 1967 I’ve decided to make this my last season going to the Lane , I don’t enjoy it anymore we won’t win a major Trophy in my lifetime if we go up we’ll struggle to survive, the Gap is just too big now. Football as changed so much over the years. We scored a goal and some people around me didn’t cheer they just stood there with their phone in hand filming it. Maybe I’m getting old but I’ve fallen out with the Game. And you can’t even get a pint and a pie now unless you’ve got a fucking credit card, anyway I’ll always have memories of Darlington and Leicester to take with me . Cheers.
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Hi pal. Appreciated your post and what a brilliant supporter you’ve been.

It’s not for me to tell you what to do. But maybe a break from the Lane might do you good and you can recharge. That’s what my Dad did for several years before he started going again during the Clough tenure.

His expectations were lower but he was able to relax much more as a result with me and other friends. The result didn’t really matter as much anymore, he was fine if we lost but thrilled if we won. It’s all about perspective, and my old man just loved being out of the house on a Saturday afternoon again.

He passed away in July and I miss him terribly. But he loved his final years watching the lads and we had some great times together, win or lose, with a few ales in the Cophorne afterwards.
 
Scargill said:
After supporting the Blades since 1967 I’ve decided to make this my last season going to the Lane , I don’t enjoy it anymore we won’t win a major Trophy in my lifetime if we go up we’ll struggle to survive, the Gap is just too big now. Football as changed so much over the years. We scored a goal and some people around me didn’t cheer they just stood there with their phone in hand filming it. Maybe I’m getting old but I’ve fallen out with the Game. And you can’t even get a pint and a pie now unless you’ve got a fucking credit card, anyway I’ll always have memories of Darlington and Leicester to take with me . Cheers.
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can i have your points ?

too late
 
Scargill said:
After supporting the Blades since 1967 I’ve decided to make this my last season going to the Lane , I don’t enjoy it anymore we won’t win a major Trophy in my lifetime if we go up we’ll struggle to survive, the Gap is just too big now. Football as changed so much over the years. We scored a goal and some people around me didn’t cheer they just stood there with their phone in hand filming it. Maybe I’m getting old but I’ve fallen out with the Game. And you can’t even get a pint and a pie now unless you’ve got a fucking credit card, anyway I’ll always have memories of Darlington and Leicester to take with me . Cheers.
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Use a debit card if it bothers you that much
 
Scargill said:
After supporting the Blades since 1967 I’ve decided to make this my last season going to the Lane , I don’t enjoy it anymore we won’t win a major Trophy in my lifetime if we go up we’ll struggle to survive, the Gap is just too big now. Football as changed so much over the years. We scored a goal and some people around me didn’t cheer they just stood there with their phone in hand filming it. Maybe I’m getting old but I’ve fallen out with the Game. And you can’t even get a pint and a pie now unless you’ve got a fucking credit card, anyway I’ll always have memories of Darlington and Leicester to take with me . Cheers.
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🐖 🐷 🐽

What a load of old hog-wash
 
Lightsoot said:
Hi pal. Appreciated your post and what a brilliant supporter you’ve been.

It’s not for me to tell you what to do. But maybe a break from the Lane might do you good and you can recharge. That’s what my Dad did for several years before he started going again during the Clough tenure.

His expectations were lower but he was able to relax much more as a result with me and other friends. The result didn’t really matter as much anymore, he was fine if we lost but thrilled if we won. It’s all about perspective, and my old man just loved being out of the house on a Saturday afternoon again.

He passed away in July and I miss him terribly. But he loved his final years watching the lads and we had some great times together, win or lose, with a few ales in the Cophorne afterwards.
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You always miss your parents.........................always
 
metalblade said:
I can't say I enjoy the match day experience as much as I use to do, could be that I'm just getting old but today's supporters are just horrible, a growing number have to be pissed up or drugged up to attend and act like knobheads without a thought for anyone but themselves. Just as likely today to get in a fracas with your own supporters as away fans. The insistence of standing up all game in seated areas the obligatory chucking beer about on the concourses flares and smoke bombs make attending away games distasteful and it is creeping in at home games, twice I have seen blokes having to be dragged apart to stop fights this season. I really can't be doing with much more of this shit, and that is without factoring in the cost. The rise in water rates as taken away the rise in my pension without energy bills, petrol, council tax and just the plain cost of food being taken into account. Probably will be my last season with a season ticket too.
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It's a thousand times better than it used to be.
I remember the death trap stadiums, and being more likely to be beaten to death by the police than the other fans.

At Carlisle in 1980 several hundred fans got off the train and we were frogmarched to the stadium along a pavement that was two feet wide

I was on the edge near the road struggling to keep both feet on the pavement, my right foot touched down on the road and I got absolutely smashed in the side of the head by some bastard of a copper.

My head was spinning all day, blood coming out of my mouth and nose, and in a fair bit of pain, but I got my thoughts together and just stood and stared at him.

He gave it the "Don't you fucking eyeball me boy" probably after seeing the latest American film on video the night before.

I continued to eyeball him all the way to the stadium but he didn't hit me again even though with every step I put my right foot down on the road instead of on the pavement.

Maybe he realised what he'd done and how serious it could have been.

If he'd hit me like that today, God knows what could have happened
 
metalblade said:
I can't say I enjoy the match day experience as much as I use to do, could be that I'm just getting old but today's supporters are just horrible, a growing number have to be pissed up or drugged up to attend and act like knobheads without a thought for anyone but themselves. Just as likely today to get in a fracas with your own supporters as away fans. The insistence of standing up all game in seated areas the obligatory chucking beer about on the concourses flares and smoke bombs make attending away games distasteful and it is creeping in at home games, twice I have seen blokes having to be dragged apart to stop fights this season. I really can't be doing with much more of this shit, and that is without factoring in the cost. The rise in water rates as taken away the rise in my pension without energy bills, petrol, council tax and just the plain cost of food being taken into account. Probably will be my last season with a season ticket too.
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Understand this. How about start going to Handsworth or Hallam or whevere your local team is? Entry pie and pinf for about £12. Make some new friends or take some old friends with you
 
Sorry to hear that JJ
Regrettably all that would happen now is it would get filmed - Few years ago but in a night cup game at the sty, the one where Bent missed a pearler to beat the truffle sniffers I was set on straight off the tram and all the way to Leppings
Old Bill was everywhere- just filming
My request for proper policing was met with an invitation of a night in the cells
Similar has happened since ( not always involving me but me witnessing it also)
I have some sympathy with the OP
Things have changed- if you are in a group of mates, enjoying the craich - all good - but as a parent bringing young ones as I used to before I lost my daughter- last time at Wembley against Huddersfield when set on by some drunken’Blade’ for not singing loud enough- and now as a lone traveller in my 60’s the Halcyon days are behind me
Love of the club is still there and will never go anywhere but love of the football day??? - very much watered down now
 



I have said similar before and have had a couple of hiatuses from watching any sort of football over the years.

Last season almost did me again, and whilst I still watch us play, I haven't been to the Lane much this season and have watched virtually no other games as neutral.

It will come back though, always does.
 
Might be wrong but I assumed the OP was jokingly meaning the high prices meant needing to use a credit card, rather than not being willing to pay by card.
 
I understand how the op feels. There was a time when I went home and away every week and absolutely loved it. Was nothing like the feeling of a match day then win lose or draw.

The Ched Evans saga was really the final straw for me. I remember going to those away games in the weeks just before his trial when we scored 5 at Notts County and Rochdale and he was scoring for fun. Think he got an hatrick in at least one of those games. I just couldn’t bring myself to cheer any of his goals meanwhile Morons all around me were chanting his name and singing ‘there’s only one Ched Evans and he’ll shag who he wants’ and even encouraging their kids to join in with them. I carried on going to games for a little while after that but when McCabe resigned him I decided that was it for me. I didn’t renew my season ticket for the first time since I left school and emailed the club to tell them why I had had enough and to demand that they remove all my information from their systems as I no longer wanted to support the club whilst McCabe was in charge. They probably couldn’t have cared less but it was cathartic for me to send it.

I did go back for one match in the first prem season with a friend who lives abroad now and was really keen to get a game whilst he was over her. It was a good day and nice to actually go to the lane during that season with a cracking atmosphere that was the lane at its best. Even so it was not enough to keep me coming back. Partly for financial reasons as without a season ticket it now a pretty expensive business going to games and I’d rather save the cash and spend it on other things.

I was tempted to go to few games this season but then you read stuff on hear about all the morons throwing flares and the carry on in the away end at Forest and I just thought really can’t be bothered. Don’t really want to listen to or watch some coked up chavs kicking off and having a go at anyone who dare stand up to them. They would say ‘we are all Blades aren’t we?’ I would yes, sadly we are.

I think now that you can watch all games live on tv, at least with the help of a VPN and SUTV, i am pretty happy to do that to be honest. I look forward to watching games again even though I’m not in the ground. Can’t see me going back on a regular basis unless the league make the club stop encouraging people to use VPNs to watch Saturday games. Even then maybe not. I’ll always be a Blade and watching United even on tv is completely different to watching other games where I don’t support either side so that suits me.

I used to hate arm chair fans. Always used to take the piss out of friends who just watched games on sky and never went to games. Now I think they have the right idea to be honest.
 
Clicked on this fearing someone had some bad news.

Instead it's someone deciding just not to go anymore.
 
Bill puntin said:
When I first started going with my dad in1959 he said to me the only thing the blades will do is break your heart, think he’s right but still keep going .
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My dad said virtually the same to me when I first started going in 77, only he said let you down instead of break your heart.
Wish I had listened to him would have saved me a bloody fortune. 😆
 
Earlier this season i also said to the wife that i would not renew my season ticket, i fell out of love with watching football, it was all the covid stuff, premier league var rubbish , losing our identity, never having a 3 oclock kick off, i could accept losing and playing crap, after watching us since 69/70 season, seeing rubbish seems the norm but we always had an identity. Now with hecky in charge if the tickets came out tommorrow i would be purchasing mine and lads. I can see where the OP is coming from but think when the time comes he may change his mind, what else is there to do at his age
 
Scargill said:
After supporting the Blades since 1967 I’ve decided to make this my last season going to the Lane , I don’t enjoy it anymore we won’t win a major Trophy in my lifetime if we go up we’ll struggle to survive, the Gap is just too big now. Football as changed so much over the years. We scored a goal and some people around me didn’t cheer they just stood there with their phone in hand filming it. Maybe I’m getting old but I’ve fallen out with the Game. And you can’t even get a pint and a pie now unless you’ve got a fucking credit card, anyway I’ll always have memories of Darlington and Leicester to take with me . Cheers.
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I think you just about summed it up , best of luck to you !
 
Scargill said:
After supporting the Blades since 1967 I’ve decided to make this my last season going to the Lane , I don’t enjoy it anymore we won’t win a major Trophy in my lifetime if we go up we’ll struggle to survive, the Gap is just too big now. Football as changed so much over the years. We scored a goal and some people around me didn’t cheer they just stood there with their phone in hand filming it. Maybe I’m getting old but I’ve fallen out with the Game. And you can’t even get a pint and a pie now unless you’ve got a fucking credit card, anyway I’ll always have memories of Darlington and Leicester to take with me . Cheers.
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Don’t do it.
 
Wards said:
If it were all about winning trophies I'd have stopped going a long time ago. It's more about enjoying the football when we're decent, seeing mates, getting out the house and around the country etc

Don't think I could ever stop going.
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I’m 50 odd - my trip / weekend to Milwall last weekend was fucking magic, as good as I’ve had including the good old days. Football’s about everything you say - the plastification can’t stop that.
 
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derfblade.3 said:
I did the same this season. I also wasn't enjoying the matchday experience either. I think it depends on how fit you are for your age. At almost 70 i have found i don't miss going much at all. I got a Firestick and watch all the games anyway . I have seen all the up's and down's since i first went in the early 60s and it's been fantastic but now it's time to hand on the baton to the new Blades on the block, Although if we get to the play-off final i will be there like a shot!
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You are far too young to end your attendance on match days and "hand over the baton". My father went until he was in his 80s and he was from Kent! The club can often cause stress, disappointment and anger; but, at 65, I am still addicted and those moments of triumph are that much sweeter because we Blades never take success for granted.
 
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Scargill said:
After supporting the Blades since 1967 I’ve decided to make this my last season going to the Lane , I don’t enjoy it anymore we won’t win a major Trophy in my lifetime if we go up we’ll struggle to survive, the Gap is just too big now. Football as changed so much over the years. We scored a goal and some people around me didn’t cheer they just stood there with their phone in hand filming it. Maybe I’m getting old but I’ve fallen out with the Game. And you can’t even get a pint and a pie now unless you’ve got a fucking credit card, anyway I’ll always have memories of Darlington and Leicester to take with me . Cheers.
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Are you a fan of the re-useable cups or is this no good too?

People do film too much on their phones but around me we all celebrated thinking we'd been 2nd best and took the lead.
And yeah being able to use card payments is personally much better than cash only, can't understand why this would be a negative.
 
pommpey said:
No matter what we do, you, me and everyone on here will always be Blades

I'd fucking hate to be a PL top six supporter and own that sense of entitled knobheadry

Fuck 'em

pommpey
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Well said pommpey
 



derfblade.3 said:
I did the same this season. I also wasn't enjoying the matchday experience either. I think it depends on how fit you are for your age. At almost 70 i have found i don't miss going much at all. I got a Firestick and watch all the games anyway . I have seen all the up's and down's since i first went in the early 60s and it's been fantastic but now it's time to hand on the baton to the new Blades on the block, Although if we get to the play-off final i will be there like a shot!
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Shurrup get yourself there.
 
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