People who "watch both teams"

[KenMcnaughtsNuts]

i've met a few of these. they say "well...i watch united when they're at home, and watch (******) when they're at home"

how in the name of jostein flo's bandage does that work?

it's like being a vegetarian one week, then a cannibal the week after.

 

[alcoblade]

i've met a few of these. they say "well...i watch united when they're at home, and watch (******) when they're at home"

how in the name of jostein flo's bandage does that work?

it's like being a vegetarian one week, then a cannibal the week after.

I thought that was a thing of the past. I don't know anyone who does that.

My lad's football team is off the The Sty this weekend. Needless to say, he isn't.

UTB

 

[GAZBLADE]

Yeh, don't understand it myself.
I respect this even more as somebody who is born and bred a Norfolk bumpkin!!!
I'm not, 'Norwich' one week the, 'Blades' the next.
Sheff U has been my all time love since the age of 10!!!
Oh, AND I FUCKIN LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UTB
COYRWW

 

[kingston RAWW]

My parents are originally from Liverpool. they are in their 70's. It seems common in that generation to watch both teams. They watched Liverpool and Everton in their youth. They moved to Sheffield and took my brother and I to see both United and Wendy. He is now a Wendy fan and I am a Blade. The split came on the famous boxing day game of the 70's. I declared myself United and he Wendy. That was it. Hated Wendy ever since.

 

[BladeFisher]

i've met a few of these. they say "well...i watch united when they're at home, and watch (******) when they're at home"

how in the name of jostein flo's bandage does that work?

it's like being a vegetarian one week, then a cannibal the week after.

Yeah there is one on here who likes to slag certain people off but has been known to watch (*****).

I think the best comment was from the late (great?) Bill Shankly.

During a Football Focus interview probably preceding a Saturday when Liverpool weren't playing for some reason he was reminded that Everton were playing at Goodison and would he watch them?

Following a protracted stare at Motson/Davies or whoever he said "I wouldn't watch Everton even if they were playing in the back garden".

The only excuse for watching (******) is if United are playing the bastards!

 

[thevoot]

My boss in Madrid watches Atletico one week, and Real the next, and doesn't understand why I think he is a complete loon.

BTW From the thread title I thought this was going to be about people who 'are light on their feet', or 'open both the batting and the bowling' etc etc

UTB

 

[KenMcnaughtsNuts]

My boss in Madrid watches Atletico one week, and Real the next, and doesn't understand why I think he is a complete loon.

BTW From the thread title I thought this was going to be about people who 'are light on their feet', or 'open both the batting and the bowling' etc etc

UTB

haha! licks both sides of the cornetto?? or am i just being daft now?

 

[Paulus]

A pal of mine who is a mackem told me a good tale about this sort of thing recently. His dad was a mackem as well but when he was a kid they were living in Wallsend which is most definitely Toon country. Surrounded at school by hoardes of fanatical Newcastle fans my pal's dad was deeply concerned that his lads would be seduced by the dark side. His strategy was to take his boys to Newcastle one week and Sunderland the next but the twist was that when they went to Sunderland they would play football on the beach and get ice-creams and generally make a kids paradise of the day wheras when they went to St James' it was straight in and out and no trimmings. Guess where the kids wanted to go most.

 

[kingston RAWW]

United and United reserves you mean?

 

[kingston RAWW]

I went to this game in the 70's at Swillsboro. all the Wendy fans must have been at our game. Notice both ends celebrating for Man U goals. The Man U fans took both ends. Thats when I knoew I had to go to Bramall lane.
My last game at Wendy.

 

[travellingblade]

Back in the 1960s, when I was a slip of a lad, it was fairly common place, because few people had cars, and most travel was by "tram".

I was taken by an Uncle to watch both teams, Wednesday first and United second, and I made a clear and swift choice, I was a Blade, and only a Blade, however my dad happened to get me a Saturday job working at Hillsborough, so I got paid (handsomely) to attend the Sty every other week, whilst on the alternate weeks or Tuesday nights, I paid to watch the Blades.

That all changed when I went to University in 1967, and I came home every other weekend to watch the Blades, and the only time since when I visited the Sty is when the Blades are playing there.

I find it amazing that some people still do this - perish the thought!

 

[broomhillblade]

I certainly remember this happening in the 1950s, though I never did it.

The reason may have been:
a) Admission prices were cheap
b) Fans were more open-minded - virtually no violence and no need for segregation
c) Both teams had some good players who were worth watching

 

[georgebernardshaw]

I certainly remember this happening in the 1950s, though I never did it.

The reason may have been:
a) Admission prices were cheap
b) Fans were more open-minded - virtually no violence and no need for segregation
c) Both teams had some good players who were worth watching

Spot on, broomhill - my grandad had a season ticket at both clubs during the fifties - when it came to Derby day, he'd cause all sorts of ructions in the main stand at Hillsborough whenever United scored. It was made quite clear to my parents, however, that the old boy would take me fishing, to watch cricket at Millhouses and Bramall Lane, but never to watch football anywhere else but at the Lane - "he's got to be brought up right".

Can still see him now on all fours searching for his flat cap after a United goal, and explaining to my nan that the spilt Bovril stain was not an inside job. Proud to say that his name is on the wall at BDBL.

 

[Hodgyman]

I had a brother -in-law who supported Wednesday who had a car when I didn't. I was the only one with a full driving license. I gave him driving lessons. We used to go to United one week and Wendy the other week as part of the deal. I had many enjoyable Saturday afternoons watching Wendy lose, especially when scores came through that United were winning away.

There is no animosity between us but some great banter and wind-up sessions (both ways). I have always felt sorry for the people who live in a place where there is only one team (like Leeds) and little opportunity to have banter between rival supporters. In contrast, I have cousins who are divided between Celtic and Rangers and their supporter's rivalry goes beyond banter and into true hatred.

 

[GAZBLADE]

I had a brother -in-law who supported Wednesday who had a car when I didn't. I was the only one with a full driving license. I gave him driving lessons. We used to go to United one week and Wendy the other week as part of the deal. I had many enjoyable Saturday afternoons watching Wendy lose, especially when scores came through that United were winning away.

There is no animosity between us but some great banter and wind-up sessions (both ways). I have always felt sorry for the people who live in a place where there is only one team (like Leeds) and little opportunity to have banter between rival supporters. In contrast, I have cousins who are divided between Celtic and Rangers and their supporter's rivalry goes beyond banter and into true hatred.

It always makes me laugh around our way how Norwich and Ipswich fans hate each other. Local derby my arse, Portman Road is 44 miles from Carrot Road!! Different county for fucks sake!!

 

[Revolution]

I went to this game in the 70's at Swillsboro. all the Wendy fans must have been at our game. Notice both ends celebrating for Man U goals. The Man U fans took both ends. Thats when I knoew I had to go to Bramall lane.
My last game at Wendy.

That game was Boxing Day 1974, and was a 4-4 draw.

Wednesday went to Southampton on 28 December, and won 1-0. That was their last win of the season. They managed only 4 more goals in their remaining fixtures.

Good times!

I knew a couple of people who had season tickets for both teams, but that was 20 years back. I used to go to the Sty on odd occasions when I had a free ticket, when a mate of mine was a fan of the away side, or when we had no game, but I stopped that behaviour as (a) it got too expensive (b) I started to go away more and (c) I have never seen the Pigs lose there, and wanted to stop being a jinx.

 

[Russ]

haha! licks both sides of the cornetto?? or am i just being daft now?

Yes, very. That's in Milan.

 

[PandaCola]

Dr Hill used to go both then gave her detailed analysis on Grumble and Praise every Saturday.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Had an uncle (thinking about it, great uncle) who used to go to both, but was more pig than blade. When my Dad arrived from Devon he was taken to both, but because more of the family were Blades he opted to go there every week. I was and always will be Blade only. Never understood going to both, maybe it was a different era, partisanship was something else and people just liked to watch a game, but the kinship and identification with your team is the essential part of it for me.

 

[raul]

18 posts in and no debate about Michael Palin. I despair.


Magnet btw

 

[2ndtenorblade]

We once went to see Spurs play at the sty, this must be about 16 years ago, we went just because my son wanted to see Jurgen Klinnsman play. Does that count?

 

[Rustyblade]

I used to go to both, mainly 'cos all my mates were piggies. Bloody night and day really, standing on their open atmosphere free cop and then back to the roofed one at the Lane the following week. Loved it, really loved it when they lost. 'Kin Tommy Craig. Never was fit to lace the real TC's boots.

And yes, it was a whole hell of a lot cheaper then.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

We once went to see Spurs play at the sty, this must be about 16 years ago, we went just because my son wanted to see Jurgen Klinnsman play. Does that count?

It counts as going to a dive - to see a dive.

 

[dublin 10 blade]

mother,father, and one of younger brothers all seduced by the ''vile'' even though the old man is a dub.As he said to me lord rest his soul i'm not going to watch them while there in 3rd division and utd are in div 1, and always used to take me to lady's bridge to see his paddy mates before going to united's game, always used to leave early to go up to fellbrig in norfolk park,Thats why i'm a blade, and you'd one a be a right sado to pay to watch them fuckers every second week after watching the masters of the universe the week before. coyraww.

 

[Zanzibar]

I certainly remember this happening in the 1950s, though I never did it.

The reason may have been:
a) Admission prices were cheap
b) Fans were more open-minded - virtually no violence and no need for segregation
c) Both teams had some good players who were worth watching

A better reason than any was an impending defeat by a better team.
When i was much, much younger I saw many away victories there.
Can't be bothered now.

 

[TopBoy]

The people who do this are obviously the target audience of the "half and half" scarves you see. Just wrong.

 

[Silent Blade]

My Uncle who supported Wendy since that famous FA Cup tie against Man City in 1934 would watch both teams on alternate weeks (with his dad) but in the mid 1950s he stopped watching the Blades cos the admission prices had gone up when Joe Mercer became our manager also cos Jimmy Hagan was playing less games.

My dad took me to watch matches at BDTBL, Saltergate and the sty when I started following football with interest in 1970. My attendances for Jan, Feb, March and April were like this

Jan
17 Blades 2 Preston 0
24 Chesterfield 4 Lincoln 0
31 Wendy 2 Ipswich 2

Feb
9 Blades 1 Swindon 2
24 Blades 2 QPR 0
25 Chesterfield 2 Wrexham 0
28 Wendy 2 Burnley 0

March
13 Missed the Friday night win against Carlisle as I was in bed with flu
21 Leicester 2 Blades 1
28 Blades 0 Bolton 1
30 Wendy 0 Spurs 1 (missed Mullery's goal as we arrived late)
31 Blades 3 Millwall 1

April
4 Wendy 0 Everton 1
15 Blades 5 Oxford 1
17 Chesterfield 4 Bradford Park Avenue 0
27 Chesterfield 3 Peterborough 1 (after the game I ran on the pitch to follow the players running round the pitch parading the 4th div Champions Trophy)

On August 15th my dad decided that our first game at Orient "was too far to travel" so we went to watch a good match between Chesterfield and Aston Villa (yes, Villa were in div 3 then) and Villa won 3-2. Since then our visits to Saltergate and the sty became less as we went to more Blades away matches or watch Blades reserves at the Lane

 

[KenMcnaughtsNuts]

Dr Hill used to go both then gave her detailed analysis on Grumble and Praise every Saturday.

oh yeah i remember that. is she still alive? i haven't listened to radio sheffield in 10 years.

 

[fishpie]

Dr Hill used to go both then gave her detailed analysis on Grumble and Praise every Saturday.

Dr Hill.. Now that's a blast from the past!..She was indeed a regular on P or G. Back in the day when callers and presenters had a bit of respect for each other.

 

[Bladesman]

Never been inside Hillsborough and to be honest I have always found the place a spooky place. As a youngster when we passed the place on the way to the SuperBowl bowling alley for birthday parties I saw it as a creepy place. Probably because I had also seen snippets of the news of the Hillsborough disaster on TV which never made me want to go there.

My father is a little like what people describe he does sort of prefer to see both clubs do well. He is mainly a Blade but just likes to see both clubs doing well for some reason. I always force the importance of Sheffield United first though and tell him to forget about Wednesday.