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Blades 3 Southampton 1 in Sept 1972. Reece's last game for us. He stormed out of the hotel at Workington a few days later after discovering that he wasnt to be in the starting line up in the League Cup match. He got transfer listed and not long after that he was transferred to Cardiff.

Good job none of the current squad are likely to react in the same way...

 

[XM657]

What a waste of my favourite ever Blade.

Now I know, always wondered why Gil Reece left. Very integral part of that promotion side and a player that never gave up and scored some important goals chasing lost causes and was a delight to watch. So thanks SB and can understand why he was your favourite player sitwell, good choice. Very sad what he went through before he died.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

 

[Addison]

Did you go to that? Just wondering how Tudor's goal was received by the fans on the Kop.

Not very well as there were Geordies on the Kop and it kicked off again. One of the lads I'd gone with managed to get arrested at 2.45 as we encountered them when we walked in . They were all completely bladdered and had a little trick of saying they only wanted to talk as we're all skinheads before pulling small hammers from inside the coat of their crombies on those that were daft enough to believe them.

 

[Silent Blade]

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Blades 1 (Woodward pen) Man U 0 in Sept 1972. Len Badger (playing in midfield and wearing number 8 shirt because he had just come back to the team after an injury and Steve Goulding still had the number 2 shirt), Alan Warboys, Steve James, Willie Morgan (not sure if it is George Best or Ian Storey-Moore just behind him). I was shocked at the penalty decision and no one seemed to know why the ref made the decision. Man U manager Frank O'Farrell said after the match that he felt that the ref was trying to "right a wrong" . The below is what the Morning Telegraph wrote of the goal

GOAL - v Manchester United (h) 30.9.72. Certainly, Woodward's mean shot from the penalty spot smacked of a man who still felt the earlier injustice. Twelve minutes earlier Manchester United were lucky not to concede a more obvious penalty when Woodward was felled by Dunne.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

 

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Was doing my regular lament earlier for old Sheffield architecture, sadly no longer with us and suddenly remembered the old Gaumont theatre. I only remember going a couple of times in the early 80s as a young lad, and it didn't last for too long after that. What I don't remember much about is the interior, the picture below shows it at its grandest, but was that before it was converted into multiple rooms?

In any case, another criminal piece of town planning, or whatever you might call it to demolish it.

 

[sitwell]

Was doing my regular lament earlier for old Sheffield architecture, sadly no longer with us and suddenly remembered the old Gaumont theatre. I only remember going a couple of times in the early 80s as a young lad, and it didn't last for too long after that. What I don't remember much about is the interior, the picture below shows it at its grandest, but was that before it was converted into multiple rooms?

In any case, another criminal piece of town planning, or whatever you might call it to demolish it.


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First film I saw in there was The fox and the hound ,best film I saw in there was Rollerball ,last film I saw in there was Ghost.

 

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First film I saw in there was The fox and the hound ,best film I saw in there was Rollerball ,last film I saw in there was Ghost.

I can't remember whether I saw Superman 3 or Return of the Jedi there last, as I saw one of them at the Classic in Rotherham and one at the Gaumont.

I also think my mum took me to see Condorman there as well. Happy times.

 

[BerksBlade]

Burnley at home 1st game of 73/74. Lost 2-0

My first visit to BDTBL I think.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

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One of the best headers of a ball United have ever had

 

[Silent Blade]

One of the best headers of a ball United have ever had

Warboys??

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Warboys??

Yes, that was his one best header......

 

[Hamburg Blade]

Was doing my regular lament earlier for old Sheffield architecture, sadly no longer with us and suddenly remembered the old Gaumont theatre. I only remember going a couple of times in the early 80s as a young lad, and it didn't last for too long after that. What I don't remember much about is the interior, the picture below shows it at its grandest, but was that before it was converted into multiple rooms?

In any case, another criminal piece of town planning, or whatever you might call it to demolish it.


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I remember walking round the corner from Leopold Street to find them demolishing it, in the dark, as if it was being done on the sly. I stopped with a small group of people, stayed until the Gaumont wreath came crashing down. Very sad. Saw Star Wars there, first film without my parents.
I don't remember the inside being as grand as that, but I bet most of it was still there behind some cladding. So good they replaced it with a glass box - to match the glass box they built across the road to replace another beautiful piece of architecture.

 

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I remember walking round the corner from Leopold Street to find them demolishing it, in the dark, as if it was being done on the sly. I stopped with a small group of people, stayed until the Gaumont wreath came crashing down. Very sad. Saw Star Wars there, first film without my parents.
I don't remember the inside being as grand as that, but I bet most of it was still there behind some cladding. So good they replaced it with a glass box - to match the glass box they built across the road to replace another beautiful piece of architecture.

I get so mad when I think about the buildings that were taken from us in Sheffield! Some for legitimate reasons of course, or during the war, but others because it was deemed cheaper to demolish and replace with modernist shit!

The Grand Hotel too, whilst I don't actually mind the Fountain Precinct, why on Earth couldn't they keep the front section and build around it?

Don't even get me started on the vast swathes of stuff that went behind the Town Hall and around where the Crucible is now.

 

[Hamburg Blade]

I get so mad when I think about the buildings that were taken from us in Sheffield! Some for legitimate reasons of course, or during the war, but others because it was deemed cheaper to demolish and replace with modernist shit!

The Grand Hotel too, whilst I don't actually mind the Fountain Precinct, why on Earth couldn't they keep the front section and build around it?

Don't even get me started on the vast swathes of stuff that went behind the Town Hall and around where the Crucible is now.

I know. The preservation of beautiful old buildings is something I'm quite passionate about. That I come from a city that has done so much to destroy such beauty is something I'm ashamed of.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Our teacher at the time (Bill McKie - Eckington Junior School) was ex-RN and a nice bloke. Despite that, he was a porker and would spend large parts of the afternoon lessons berating TC and Hockey for the length of their hair and shirts-out styling. Even at the age of 10 we knew that this was pure envy.

Went to the same school, Bill McKie was my form teacher too and I can vouch for that. Although this was a few years before Hockey. Late 1960’s.

He used to spend time talking about how Wednesday were superior and how Hillsborough was a clean ground and Bramall Lane the opposite.

I didn’t follow Sheffield football at the time but it struck me this was very biased and propaganda. Mr Montgomery was a Blade but he was such a prat that no-one likes him anyway. Whereas Bill was funny and likeable, despite being an Owl.

No doubt these guys are all long gone now. Nice memories though.

Never thought I’d read about my old school teachers on here!.

Enjoyed that!

 

[sitwell]

Yes, that was his one best header......

When I was a kid I couldn't pronounce Warboys ,and always said Morboys.
My mum must have though I was going to be a priest.

 

[bromtom]

I get so mad when I think about the buildings that were taken from us in Sheffield! Some for legitimate reasons of course, or during the war, but others because it was deemed cheaper to demolish and replace with modernist shit!

The Grand Hotel too, whilst I don't actually mind the Fountain Precinct, why on Earth couldn't they keep the front section and build around it?

Don't even get me started on the vast swathes of stuff that went behind the Town Hall and around where the Crucible is now.

I didn't get to see most of it in real life unfortunately, they've done generations a disservice.

Barker's Pool now, just crap, some red scaffold and a glass box, a brown glass box and a couple of beige office buildings with shops in.

It's tragic.

 

[Hari Vex]

Went to the same school, Bill McKie was my form teacher too and I can vouch for that. Although this was a few years before Hockey. Late 1960’s.

He used to spend time talking about how Wednesday were superior and how Hillsborough was a clean ground and Bramall Lane the opposite.

I didn’t follow Sheffield football at the time but it struck me this was very biased and propaganda. Mr Montgomery was a Blade but he was such a prat that no-one likes him anyway. Whereas Bill was funny and likeable, despite being an Owl.

No doubt these guys are all long gone now. Nice memories though.

Never thought I’d read about my old school teachers on here!.

Enjoyed that!

Yes. Sorry to say that they have all gone now - along with Ted Lomas (thankfully one of us and a part-time utd scout, I think). I was in Monty's class for one year. The slow learners always had remedial lessons in the morning and rejoined the year group after lunch. After taking the register he would always announce "its so nice to see the wooden heads are back with us this afternoon!" So much for the paternalistic Scottish school master stereotype.

 

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I didn't get to see most of it in real life unfortunately, they've done generations a disservice.

Barker's Pool now, just crap, some red scaffold and a glass box, a brown glass box and a couple of beige office buildings with shops in.

It's tragic.

What makes it worse [imo] is that noone has ever had the vision or inclination to make the best of the old architecture that we have left. The old buildings on Cambridge street and Bethel Walk could have made a lovely shopping arcade or restaurant /bar area with some work. The same could also be said for the [rare] host of buildings left behind, and down the sides of the Cathedral. The problem there being that they have all been sold to Solicitors, Accountant and Estate Agents, none of whom will feel the need to move on any time soon. One of the rare exceptions to this cluster f u ck is Leopold Square.

Heart of the City 2 is something I suppose, in so much as it will tidy up that area behind Cole Bros, and [hopefully] make the most of the old facades that aren't demolished. Sadly, though polishing a turd is the prevailing thought as things stand. Such a shame.

 

[bromtom]

What makes it worse [imo] is that noone has ever had the vision or inclination to make the best of the old architecture that we have left. The old buildings on Cambridge street and Bethel Walk could have made a lovely shopping arcade or restaurant /bar area with some work. The same could also be said for the [rare] host of buildings left behind, and down the sides of the Cathedral. The problem there being that they have all been sold to Solicitors, Accountant and Estate Agents, none of whom will feel the need to move on any time soon. One of the rare exceptions to this cluster f u ck is Leopold Square.

Heart of the City 2 is something I suppose, in so much as it will tidy up that area behind Cole Bros, and [hopefully] make the most of the old facades that aren't demolished. Sadly, though polishing a turd is the prevailing thought as things stand. Such a shame.

You end up relying on student housing and the universities really to make use of the good stuff, I like what they did with Laycocks, compare it to the horrible 90's leisure centre style turquoise cladding office building thing across the road from it. Kept the fascia, did it up inside, added a complimentary structure to the side.

Also the old Post Office with the Hallam institute of arts gallery.

But you have buildings like the old Citadel and court house rotting, although someone's bought the courthouse last I heard.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Yes. Sorry to say that they have all gone now - along with Ted Lomas (thankfully one of us and a part-time utd scout, I think). I was in Monty's class for one year. The slow learners always had remedial lessons in the morning and rejoined the year group after lunch. After taking the register he would always announce "its so nice to see the wooden heads are back with us this afternoon!" So much for the paternalistic Scottish school master stereotype.

Wow! I feel like I've been whizzed back in time reading these comments. I'd forgotten Monty's "catchphrase" for the remedial kids, but yes I remember that well now. He was such a bully - and remember these were kids aged 7-11 he was teaching. Mr Lomas was my favourite teacher there, I really liked him a lot. Tweed jacket, pipe and shoes with great thick soles that squeaked on the floor - oh, and a maroon coloured Ford Squire van - with the reg plate "W" something. "W" denoted Sheffield on number plates back in the day (as did other permutations of course - but even back then it was unusual to see just a single letter on a plate).

I didn't know Lomas was a Blade, or if I did, I'd forgotten it. And I didn't know he was a scout for United. I do know that he was instrumental in me getting a chance to play for the school football team, in their fabulous light blue and dark blue quartered shirts, with red numbers on the back. There are certain days in my life that really stand out as being very special. Being selected for the school football team was definitely one of them. Climbing aboard "Chippy" Barker's bus after school in the full kit, heading off to Whitwell for my debut. A debut that didn't quite go as well as I would have liked - I was frequently "offside" in my desperation to score a goal - but I'd no idea what "offside" was tbh! All I know is the ref kept blowing his whistle and stopping the game every time I got the ball. And my team mates were going..."Gerronside" - which meant nothing. Then I got in the way of a thunderbolt shot from our Captain, which was destined for goal. The wet casey hit me in the small of the back and stung like bloody hell! I had all on holding back the tears and my teammates were shouting "Gerrartaway".

In "Arithimetic" lesson the following day, I was having a little laugh about something and Montgomery spotted me. He asked, "What's funny?" and I said, "Nothing Sir" and he replied, "I'll tell you what's funny, watching you playing football at Whitwell the other night lad!". And the whole class burst out laughing at me. I was hurt by that. But at least he could never accuse me of being a "Wooden head" - thankfully, as I was always in the "A" class.

I am disappointed though that Mr Lomas never recommended me to United!

 

[XM657]

It looks like Alan Hudson to the right of Joe Royle

Believe your right there and is it Hudson in Highfield's post #12367. No wonder Badger was sent off looks one of those games with the tackle on field. Feet first, side on never a good way.

 

[Tickhill Blade]

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Hemsley, Chivers, Colquhoun

 

[Tickhill Blade]

 

[Tickhill Blade]

On the theme of old buildings being demolished:


to be replaced with:

 

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[Silent Blade]

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Hemsley, Chivers, Colquhoun

Spurs 1 Blades 2 (Woodward, Bone) in Sept 1973