Origins of support

[yorkshirecoast]

 

[coaxingstar71]

I'm sure I've read that Wednesday were formed by the members of a cricket club, which is about as middle class as you can get, who played on a Wednesday (hence the name) and wanted to play footie on a Saturday.

True that Blades are one of the few clubs where the ground existed first, for cricket, but the committee realised they could generate more income by forming a football team after Bramall Lane staged an FA Cup semi final (1887?) which attracted a crowd of around 22,000.

Originally, the bad feeling was created between the two clubs because The Wednesday were regularly using Bramall Lane for home games and they had to find another home, which ended up being at Owlerton.

Nevertheless, generally football was seen as the sport of the working classes. A place for them to let off steam after work on a Saturday. So in terms of the original fan bases, it's highly likely that the majority of both sets of fans were working class.

Interestingly both clubs were called 'The Blades' or 'The Cutlers' in those early years.

 

[BushBlade]

I'm sure I've read that Wednesday were formed by the members of a cricket club, which is about as middle class as you can get, who played on a Wednesday (hence the name) and wanted to play footie on a Saturday.

True that Blades are one of the few clubs where the ground existed first, for cricket, but the committee realised they could generate more income by forming a football team after Bramall Lane staged an FA Cup semi final (1887?) which attracted a crowd of around 22,000.

Originally, the bad feeling was created between the two clubs because The Wednesday were regularly using Bramall Lane for home games and they had to find another home, which ended up being at Owlerton.

Nevertheless, generally football was seen as the sport of the working classes. A place for them to let off steam after work on a Saturday. So in terms of the original fan bases, it's highly likely that the majority of both sets of fans were working class.

Interestingly both clubs were called 'The Blades' or 'The Cutlers' in those early years.

I’ve always considered golf and tennis to be middle class sports because you usually need lessons to be able to play it properly and tennis or golf lessons aren’t cheap.

 

[metalblade]

We all know the pigs were followed by the posh of Sheffield when they formed they even chose the blue colours of the Conservative party. Then again they never did represent Sheffield as they didn't add Sheffield to their name until1929 not really surprising as when they moved to the sty it was outside the city boundaries.
Back to present day nationwide and globally they have largely been forgotten about having not been in the Premier League for 21 years and counting. There are actually blokes with families who have never seen a top flight game at the theatre of rust.
The whole world knows this city is Red n White.