Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[Tunstall Fred]

Superb photo Silent,what year was this please?

 

[Silent Blade]

Who's the bloke in the suit on the left? He looks like an extra from Peaky Blinders.

Jock Dodds

 

[Silent Blade]

Superb photo Silent,what year was this please?

January 1935. Lost 7-1 at the Hawthorns in the FA Cup 4th round

 

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Jock Dodds

I thought it looked like Jock, was puzzled as to why he was in civvies!

 

[Silent Blade]

I thought it looked like Jock, was puzzled as to why he was in civvies!

Must be injured?

 

[Tunstall Fred]

January 1935. Lost 7-1 at the Hawthorns in the FA Cup 4th round

Obviously over indulged New Years Eve 1934,7-1,7 bloody one!!!!.

A lot of these lads will have gone on to play in the 1936 FA Cup final would`nt they?

 

[Silent Blade]

Obviously over indulged New Years Eve 1934,7-1,7 bloody one!!!!.

A lot of these lads will have gone on to play in the 1936 FA Cup final would`nt they?

Six of them including Jock Dodds

 

[Silent Blade]

From left to right back row; Jock Dodds, Tommy Johnson, Harry Hooper, Roy John (Welsh international), Bill Anderson, Jack Pears, Alec Stacey.
Front row; Archie McPherson, Harold Barton, Bobby Barclay (English international), Harry Gooney, Billy Boyd (scored a hat trick against Wendy) and Jack Pickering

Dodds, Johnson, Hooper, McPherson, Barton, Barclay and Pickering played in the 1936 FA Cup final

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Porterfield was already looking down at his feet saying .. eh I don't know in the pic .. but we had Glenn Cockerill pulling the strings then in midfield .. liked to leave it late with the promotion celebrations though .. I needed Imodium extra family pack at Burnley !!

 

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Porterfield was already looking down at his feet saying .. eh I don't know in the pic .. but we had Glenn Cockerill pulling the strings then in midfield .. liked to leave it late with the promotion celebrations though .. I needed Imodium extra family pack at Burnley !! View attachment 29640

Promotion 1984, Cockerill was signed on deadline day

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Promotion 1984, Cockerill was signed on deadline day

Yeh SB , quality player wish we'd signed Gordon Hobson also from Lincoln at same time he eventually went to So'ton for £100k as did Cockerill from us .. I was gutted

 

[bornablade]

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Wonder if it's possible to narrow that photo to a particular season or seasons. The South stand is there on the right so it's after 1975. There appears to be no pens on the kop. Does anyone know when they were installed?

 

[Silent Blade]

Yeh SB , quality player wish we'd signed Gordon Hobson also from Lincoln at same time he eventually went to So'ton for £100k as did Cockerill from us .. I was gutted

Gordon Hobson supported the Blades when he was a boy

 

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From left to right back row; Jock Dodds, Tommy Johnson, Harry Hooper, Roy John (Welsh international), Bill Anderson, Jack Pears, Alec Stacey.
Front row; Archie McPherson, Harold Barton, Bobby Barclay (English international), Harry Gooney, Billy Boyd (scored a hat trick against Wendy) and Jack Pickering

Dodds, Johnson, Hooper, McPherson, Barton, Barclay and Pickering played in the 1936 FA Cup final

An 'is it just me question?' I know plenty about United post-war, and quite a bit about United pre-WW1 (not as much as you though!); I know very little about them in the 1920s and 1930s (when my dad and grandad were watching them). Is this period generally less known, and if so, why?

 

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Gordon Hobson supported the Blades when he was a boy

So did I, but you wouldn't have wanted them to spend good money on me.

 

[Silent Blade]

An 'is it just me question?' I know plenty about United post-war, and quite a bit about United pre-WW1 (not as much as you though!); I know very little about them in the 1920s and 1930s (when my dad and grandad were watching them). Is this period generally less known, and if so, why?

Attendances had dropped because of the 1930s depression? I remember Denis Clareborough telling me that he found it hard to find photos from the 1920s. 1934-35 was our first season out of the top division in 41 years but I do not know much about that season

 

[LS16Blade]

Does anyone remember Taggy's Ice-Cream van that used to do the rounds in Highfield and Heeley?
Couldn't find a photo of one so here's another local van....
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Any other Blades who use the car park on Edmund Street, might also be aware that Tony Manfredi (now in his 80's) and his lads are to be found in the vicinity of BDTBL every matchday.

 

[JJ Sefton]

 

[Silent Blade]

2-1 win in FA Cup 5th round at West Ham in February 1968. 4th right is Phil Cliff the unlikely hero after getting our goals

 

[snootyfenooty]

January 1935. Lost 7-1 at the Hawthorns in the FA Cup 4th round

Trust you to go and spoil things

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Gordon Hobson supported the Blades when he was a boy

Played football with my best mate SB before signing pro .. big Blade apparently .. would have walked from Lincoln to sign for us

 

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To be fair probably more efficient than today's ticket office.

 

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