People who "watch both teams"

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broomhillblade said:
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
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And probably because most fans would have worked long hours or shifts during the week and then worked till 12 on a Saturday. What else was there to do in this humdrum existence other than to go to the match with the lads - whichever match!

Aye and they were nearly all played at 3pm on a Saturday....
 



I've not been to Hillsbprough since 2001, we won 2-1 , and thats 'cos Wendy's who I work with paid for me
 
BornOnShoreham said:
And probably because most fans would have worked long hours or shifts during the week and then worked till 12 on a Saturday. What else was there to do in this humdrum existence other than to go to the match with the lads - whichever match!

Aye and they were nearly all played at 3pm on a Saturday....
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You were doing ok until the last bit. In the pre-floodight era kick off times in the winter were much earlier. At this time of year they would kick off around 1.45pm
 
norfolkblade said:
Weird, there's a Felbrigg Park here in Norfolk as well, well it's actually Felbrigg Hall and a massive woodland and lake but us locals call it the park anyway!
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It's not weird. It's deliberate. Norfolk Park actually has lots of locations named after places in Norfolk. Cf Kenninghall drive etc. That's because the area was owned by the Duke of Norfolk and he sold it to the Council who created a park there. Hence the name.
 
Darren said:
It's not weird. It's deliberate. Norfolk Park actually has lots of locations named after places in Norfolk. Cf Kenninghall drive etc. That's because the area was owned by the Duke of Norfolk and he sold it to the Council who created a park there. Hence the name.
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You're a rather knowledgable chap aren't you Darren (I'm too grateful to say "bloody show off :D"), seriously though, thank you, I (obviously!) never knew that so there's another string to my bow!
 
norfolkblade said:
You're a rather knowledgable chap aren't you Darren (I'm too grateful to say "bloody show off :D"), seriously though, thank you, I (obviously!) never knew that so there's another string to my bow!
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The Dukes of Norfolk were lords of the manor of Sheffield for a long time, they inherited that title from the Earls of Shrewsbury who inherited it from the Lords Furnival (hence Furnival Gate).

The only time Sheffield is mentioned in Shakespeare is in Henry VI Pary 1, when Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, has been killed by the French and someone recites all his titles, amongst which is "Lord Furnival of Sheffield".

Show off? Me?
 
broomhillblade said:
You were doing ok until the last bit. In the pre-floodight era kick off times in the winter were much earlier. At this time of year they would kick off around 1.45pm
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True enough I suppose - bit before my time...
I'm sure we had floodlights in 1959 ;) and TBF, there were people even then who did both grounds
 
norfolkblade said:
Weird, there's a Felbrigg Park here in Norfolk as well, well it's actually Felbrigg Hall and a massive woodland and lake but us locals call it the park anyway!
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Think it's a church or something now ? could be wrong thought i saw it on another thread that along with capitive queen heading down towards granville rd area.
 
I'm sure I'm going to be assaulted for saying this, but on a certain level I can actually understand someone wanting to enjoy watching football without getting involved in the whole Pigs/Owls/Blades side of it. While the rivalry obviously adds an extra level to the banter and is part of the fun, at times it gets childishly embarrassing. Some people take it too far (on both sides) and you just have to wonder if they realise how stupid they look.

It's good to have someone to laugh at (like that twat in a onesie), but personally, I only know a few Wednesday fans and they're actually great guys. Much to their misfortune, they just happen to support a club that isn't Sheffield United - and that's how I see the pigs.
 
If I lived in, for example, Glasgow, or Madrid, I'd happily go and watch both teams without supporting either of them. Perhaps those who watch both are not just fans of one team in particular but fans of football in general. I'll never go to Hillsborough to watch any team other than Sheffield United, but I can understand people who do.

In the past when there was far less away travel, mainly due to expense, one of my relatives went to watch Wednesday when United were away. He just loved to watch football, from Sunday League to professional standards.
 
TarquinDelouche said:
It's good to have someone to laugh at (like that twat in a onesie), but personally, I only know a few Wednesday fans and they're actually great guys. Much to their misfortune, they just happen to support a club that isn't Sheffield United - and that's how I see the pigs.
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I agree on this one - I miss the up close and personal banter being across the pennines on Missionary work. It does however allow me to watch City and United fans play up to their various stereotypes. Contrary to myth, not every City fan wears stone-wash denim, has blonde streaks and lives in Hazel Grove. Similarly, the majority of Man Utd fans live within the M60 and not in Surrey. However, just as both sides try to prove their case, there's always some nob who looks like Paul Calf being a bitter blue or some tool from Surrey who's never been to a match complaining that Fergie's lost the plot.

I've never had it explained to me what the stereotypical Blade is from a Wednesday standpoint - there was something about scruffs with moustaches, but as that was being explained by a pig in a pig shirt with ginger hair and glasses to a group of us wearing no colours and designer gear I thought that summed up my stereotype of a pig fan. Clueless, deluded, shirt-wearing - possibly with accompanying visual impairment, facial disfigurement and (not that there's anything wrong with ginger hair - Mr Kitson) a curly carrot top.

Of course, they're not all like that. Some of my best mates are Pig fans. It just seems to be that when there's one making a tit of himself a lot of the stereotypical boxes are ticked.
 
I live and work in the States and all the folks who know me know that there's two teams in Sheffield, Blades and Pigs. Blades = Good, Pigs = Bad. The days of the week are Monday, Tuesday, Day after Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. We don't use the "W" word, unless it's in a derogatory song about them. We wish them nothing but ill, we'd never watch them unless there's a guaranteed hammering and we would never give them credit for anything.

Quite simply they're the shit of Sheffield and the world should know that. Come on lads and lasses, stop this "I like to watch two teams " business. Spread the word, Love United hate the W*******y na na nah nah na nah etc.....
 
Watching both teams is a thing of the past when there was little else for the working man to do with his Saturdays, myself I can't even drive past the sty without uttering under my breath "pig bastards" or some other curse or rolling down the window and extending an arm and middle finger in the general direction of the theatre of rust.
 



When my dad was a kid in the 60s and he couldn't afford to see United away he used to go to the Sty and cheer the opposition.

I've never understood this 'both teams' thing, my grandad does it. I was always so conflicted about wearing an Enfield Town shirt that I used to send the club a cheque for the value of a shirt.
 
"Yeah, well... I'm so big a Blade that in my house we don't even have W*dnesday in our week. I've lost almost two months this year, and celebrated Christmas at the start of November. Pussies."
 
GAZBLADE said:
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
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Why the Blades then? Parents or Friends brainwash you? haha
 
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