Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

I burst into tears soon after! Still hurts!

I was at the sty collecting money for the blind that day, I’ll never forget the pigs staying behind at the final whistle to cheer the result from Old Trafford. The bus journey home was a miserable affair.

 

[Silent Blade]

I saw this picture in today's Star of United players at the 1989 Lord Mayor's Parade. Which players were they?
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Some of the ladies I remember that worked in the ticket office such as Donna, Marcia and maidmarion 's sister. Chico Hamilton is third from left at the bottom and TC is far right but dunno about the rest of the bottom row

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[vorpal blade]

hang on, is that a ramp over the rail that the hare whizzes round at a dog track?

I didn't know Watford used to have a dog track round the pitch?

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

hang on, is that a ramp over the rail that the hare whizzes round at a dog track?

I didn't know Watford used to have a dog track round the pitch?

No it’s for the electric fence to stop the wheelchair fans getting on to the pitch and causing bollocks.

 

[Silent Blade]

hang on, is that a ramp over the rail that the hare whizzes round at a dog track?

I didn't know Watford used to have a dog track round the pitch?

Last race meeting there was in 1978. The photo was Watford 0 Blades 1 FA Cup 3rd round 1968. Tony Currie didnt understand why he got dropped from the Watford team. He wasnt aware that Watford and the Blades had agreed a deal for him to move to the Blades. He joined the Blades a few days later

 

[vorpal blade]

had it been snowing Silent?

I thought that was straw on the ground and what with the yellow ball ... but apart from Badger, I must say, no one else seems to be feeling the cold.

 

[Silent Blade]

had it been snowing Silent?

Not sure, the match was 27th January and if you see the footage of Arsenal v Blades match two weeks earlier and the Clock End was closed due to heavy snow

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[maidmarion]

Some of the ladies I remember that worked in the ticket office such as Donna, Marcia and maidmarion 's sister. Chico Hamilton is third from left at the bottom and TC is far right but dunno about the rest of the bottom row

Yes she is on there. They had great fun doing the parade from what I can remember.

 

[vorpal blade]

Without Currie there were only 3 (fairly) soon to be United players in the Watford team (as published in the programme) + a manager.

27th January 1968- FA Cup Third Round, Watford 0 Sheffield United 1

The People, 28 Jan 1968

oldwatford.com

I still couldn't find out if it had been snowing.......

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

had it been snowing Silent?

I thought that was straw on the ground and what with the yellow ball ... but apart from Badger, I must say, no one else seems to be feeling the cold.

I think it will just be a warm up ball. In those days the only pre match routine was a quick kick around with a few old balls before the ref brought the match ball out and blew for the captains to make the toss.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

Without Currie there were only 3 (fairly) soon to be United players in the Watford team (as published in the programme) + a manager.

27th January 1968- FA Cup Third Round, Watford 0 Sheffield United 1

The People, 28 Jan 1968

oldwatford.com

I still couldn't find out if it had been snowing.......

Plus the sub.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

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The best full back Sheffield ever produced

 

[vorpal blade]

Sorry - I woke up far too early this morning, in my befuddled state - I thought Furphy was the manager, not the substitute.

Watford fans must have hated us a couple of years later, they had a great cup run and we went and hoovered up a third of the team. Currie being the first.

 

[Tunstall Fred]

The best full back Sheffield ever produced

And a gentleman of the highest order

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

How did working down the pit make him grow a foot taller? And you’d think it would be a disadvantage really.

His Mother was a mushroom.

 

[BushBlade]

His Mother was a mushroom.

Or rhubarb

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

Sorry - I woke up far too early this morning, in my befuddled state - I thought Furphy was the manager, not the substitute.

Watford fans must have hated us a couple of years later, they had a great cup run and we went and hoovered up a third of the team. Currie being the first.

A bit like leeds and us in the sixties to eighties, whenever we had a decent player those twats bought them.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

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I’d love us to wear shirts like those again, just update the badge and you’ve got a classic.

 

[Blade1959]

Plus the sub.

And the referee

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

And the referee

Well spotted.

 

[I should coco]

The best full back Sheffield ever produced

Even better than the 'flying pig'?

Yes, I get your point although a certain Mester Walker esq still plying his trade in the Rainy City, might give him a run for his money...

 

[Oreyt]

Not old, but what a day when we beat Forest and Wigan beat Leeds...... ranks right up there for me.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Billy Barnes replaced the injured Walter Bennett for the replay. He played only 23 games in his 3 years with us. Scored the winning goal of the final but that was his last game for us and returned to West Ham

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Your knowledge of past Blades history is second to none. I’m guessing you must be a football historian?

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Your knowledge of past Blades history is second to none. I’m guessing you must be a football historian?

I hope you can make some money out of it. You deserve to!

 

[Silent Blade]

Your knowledge of past Blades history is second to none. I’m guessing you must be a football historian?

Went to the Sheffield Library from the early 1980s to look at Morning Telegraph and Green Un reports of Blades matches from the 1970s and then I was hooked on the first 100 Years written by Denis Clareborough in 1989 and my visits to the Sheffield Library became more frequent when the back issues could be viewed on microfilm so I learned more about Blades matches from the other decades but not the war years. Since 2002 I hardly go to the library.

 

[Silent Blade]

I hope you can make some money out of it. You deserve to!

Thanks but I am happy to share my knowledge and photos with anyone who is interested. Not bothered about not being paid really.

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

The best full back Sheffield ever produced

And the best slide tackler I ever saw .

 

[Silent Blade]