Previous 4-3 home/away win?

[Micalijo]

I can recall 4-4 with Birmingham, 4-2 v Man City, Chelsea. 5-3 v Cardiff, 6-3 v Orient, 5-4 v Brighton, 7-4 v Northampton - but I can't remember a 4-3.

Must have been one in last 25 years?

 

[Pinchy]

The first league game I ever saw at The Lane was a 4-3 win over West Brom. I stood on the old John Street terrace. I left the match, with my dad, blissfully thinking it would always be like this......

 

[Linz]

We lost 3-4 to Cardiff earlier on in the season obviously. And there was the 2-5 v. Charlton last season.

The last 4-3 I can see is the Play-Off Semi Final v. Forest (AET obviously). We also beat Ipswich 4-3 in normal time in the FA Cup that season.

If you're just talking league games, we beat Portsmouth 4-3 in the 01/02 season.

 

[Darren]

The first league game I ever saw at The Lane was a 4-3 win over West Brom. I stood on the old John Street terrace. I left the match, with my dad, blissfully thinking it would always be like this......

Can't resist....

1st October 1966 - Woodward 2, Jones, Reece.

 

[Darren]

I can recall 4-4 with Birmingham, 4-2 v Man City, Chelsea. 5-3 v Cardiff, 6-3 v Orient, 5-4 v Brighton, 7-4 v Northampton - but I can't remember a 4-3.

Must have been one in last 25 years?

Northampton was 7-3

 

[Pinchy]

Can't resist....

1st October 1966 - Woodward 2, Jones, Reece.

Don't ever resist Darren. I regard Silent and yourself as the Time Lords of the board and my personal diary - keepers.

 

[Silent Blade]

The first league game I ever saw at The Lane was a 4-3 win over West Brom. I stood on the old John Street terrace. I left the match, with my dad, blissfully thinking it would always be like this......

That was in October 1966. Jimmy Hagan was West Brom's manager at that time. When I was reading match reports from the 1960s about 10 years ago at the Sheffield Library I remember noticing that the Blades wore white shorts in that 4-3 against West Brom and we continued to wear these "lucky" white shorts for the next few home games until December or January and then reversed to black shorts. In the following season we decided that we wear the white shorts as our first choice for the whole of the 1967-68 season but we reversed to black shorts in the last home game against Chelsea.

I think the first time we wore white shorts in 1966 was in the midweek home game against Spurs in September and Spurs were wearing dark shorts so the ref ordered the Blades to wear white shorts. We won 2-1 and we were unbeaten at home until the end of November (lost 2-1 to Leicester). I think we did wear white shorts in the 3-2 home deafeat against Birmingham in the league cup quarter final in December

 

[IOM Blade]

Ipswich at the Lane in the FA Cup in the Triple Assault season. Went 3 nil up only for Ipswich to get 3 back in a 15 min spell in the second half. Super sub Pesch then nicked the win in the 90th minute.

 

[scouseblade]

I can recall 4-4 with Birmingham, 4-2 v Man City, Chelsea. 5-3 v Cardiff, 6-3 v Orient, 5-4 v Brighton, 7-4 v Northampton - but I can't remember a 4-3.

Must have been one in last 25 years?

4-3 v Portsmouth under Warnock. Paul Furlong scored winner from penalty spot...

Maddess games had to be the 5-3 vs Cardiff. It was 0-0 at half-time...has there been a game like that before??!

 

[Grecian2000]

4-3 v Portsmouth under Warnock. Paul Furlong scored winner from penalty spot...

Maddess games had to be the 5-3 vs Cardiff. It was 0-0 at half-time...has there been a game like that before??!

Torquay at home in the 4th was as bizarre.

0-0 on 40 minutes. 4-0 at half time. 4-0 at full time. That would have been a bad match to go for a piss and a pie 5 minutes before half time!

 

[Darren]

Torquay at home in the 4th was as bizarre.

0-0 on 40 minutes. 4-0 at half time. 4-0 at full time. That would have been a bad match to go for a piss and a pie 5 minutes before half time!

4-1 at full time

3rd April 1982 (the day after the Argentinian invasion of the Falklands as it happened). I was there and it was weird. Started off with a soft long range shot from John Matthews that the goalie fumbled into the net. Next up was a close range finish from Morris (his first goal for United); then Edwards was sent clean through on goal and finished as he should. Last of all was a headed goal from Trusson which (I think) ked to him being injured and substituted. All at the Lane end.

United sat back in time honoured style in the 2nd half, allowing Torquay to come at them and get one back. Porterfield was pretty pissed off with the second half performances and let everyone know it.

 

[Grecian2000]

4-1 at full time

3rd April 1982 (the day after the Argentinian invasion of the Falklands as it happened). I was there and it was weird.

You were in the Falklands Dazzler?

Even now you've said it was 4-1 I can't remember Torquay scoring. In fact other than that 5 minutes (and Torquay playing in yellow) I remember nothing at all of the match.

 

[Darren]

You were in the Falklands Dazzler?

Even now you've said it was 4-1 I can't remember Torquay scoring. In fact other than that 5 minutes (and Torquay playing in yellow) I remember nothing at all of the match.

You will see that the "I was there" came after the end bracket - as such it is clear I was at the Lane, not in the Falklands

I can still vaguely see Torquay's goal. At the Lane end after about 65 mins and some sort of header from a corner that eluded Waugh and a defender on the line. All in deathly silence, given there were only around 4 Torquay fans and most United fans had gone to sleep by that point.

 

[bladesadviser]

I was also there at the Torquay match and remember talking to people about would Ardilles stay at Spurs and was he getting booed that afternoon. I was sure it was 4-0 as well!!!

 

[Darren]

I was also there at the Torquay match and remember talking to people about would Ardilles stay at Spurs and was he getting booed that afternoon. I was sure it was 4-0 as well!!!

As I said, everyone was asleep (except me apparently) in the second half

 

[bladesadviser]

I also think it was Grand National day as well because someone round me had a big win! How sad is my life that I can remember a complete stranger winning on the horses nearly 30 years ago!

 

[wardlowwanderer]

just for general interest - it was the first 4-3 in the CCC this season. Wonder what the odds were ( and wished I'd had a tenner on it)?

 

[Santos]

4-3 v Portsmouth under Warnock. Paul Furlong scored winner from penalty spot...

Maddess games had to be the 5-3 vs Cardiff. It was 0-0 at half-time...has there been a game like that before??!

4-3 under Warnock was a funny game, I remember Monty scoring at the Kop and maybe Jaffo got one too. Can't recall the other scorer other than Furlong but I recall Crouch being Keith Curle's bitch, Tracey chucking one in and some amazing experienced foreign player for Pompey bossing it and scoring atleast one.

 

[SE1Blade]

4-3 under Warnock was a funny game, I remember Monty scoring at the Kop and maybe Jaffo got one too. Can't recall the other scorer other than Furlong but I recall Crouch being Keith Curle's bitch, Tracey chucking one in and some amazing experienced foreign player for Pompey bossing it and scoring atleast one.

Remember it well. Furlong got 2 that day including a last-minute winner in front of the kop. Shaun Derry got sent off for Pompey. Crouch played and scored with a header at the Lane end Robert Prosinecki was the foreign player who was absolutely head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch. I would have loved a player like him at The Lane.

 

[Santos]

Remember it well. Furlong got 2 that day including a last-minute winner in front of the kop. Shaun Derry got sent off for Pompey. Crouch played and scored with a header at the Lane end Robert Prosinecki was the foreign player who was absolutely head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch. I would have loved a player like him at The Lane.

Cheers, however I am positive that the last minute penalty was infront of the bramall lane end.

I think Furlong only played one other game for us, away at Grimsby a few games later which we lost 1-0 (and were woeful).

 

[Silent Blade]

Robert Prosinecki was the foreign player who was absolutely head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch. I would have loved a player like him at The Lane.

He strolled around the pitch (he had a free role) without breaking sweat and our players found it hard to get near him everytime he had the ball. Glad I saw a player of his class. I remember "nasty" Curle frustrating Crouch for most of the game with his niggly tactics too

 

[Silent Blade]

Cheers, however I am positive that the last minute penalty was infront of the bramall lane end.

Yes, you are correct

 

[Wards]

He strolled around the pitch (he had a free role) without breaking sweat and our players found it hard to get near him everytime he had the ball. Glad I saw a player of his class. I remember "nasty" Curle frustrating Crouch for most of the game with his niggly tactics too

Portsmouth seemed to do well getting the odd luxury player. Of course, Prosinecki sticks out from that season but also remember them having Merson who was ridiculously talented even at his age. I'm sure they had another inbetween but can't remember for the life of me who it was! :fishbowl:

 

[happyhippy]

Torquay at home in the 4th was as bizarre.

0-0 on 40 minutes. 4-0 at half time. 4-0 at full time. That would have been a bad match to go for a piss and a pie 5 minutes before half time!

I can get close to that. When we played Wycombe in the League Cup in 2002/3, sufclucy and I got in the ground very late, and missed the first goal. A certain person (me, I admit it) was a bit thirsty, and so it was off to the bar to queue at half time.

Finishing off the third half time pint took longer than expected, so the second was missed as well. We saw the red card, and the third (Monty, as I recall), but not only was it a school night, but I also used to run a quiz in the local Anti-Social Club on Tuesdays at the time, so I'll admit that we were early leavers and missed our fourth. In fact, we were still on the concourse of the South Stand as it went in :blush:

When I got to the club to wrap up proceedings, I was told Wycombe pulled one back. Five goals, we saw one. And at home as well.

Then again, when I was a kid, we got to Colchester fifteen minutes in to find we were three down in Division Four, and we missed the entire first half at Selhurst Park in the final match of 1991/2. The only reason we got there in the first place was because I knew the shortcuts at the time after we'd got stuck for ages at Northampton. God(TM) alone knows what the shortcuts are like these days .

 

[happyhippy]

Portsmouth seemed to do well getting the odd luxury player. Of course, Prosinecki sticks out from that season but also remember them having Merson who was ridiculously talented even at his age. I'm sure they had another inbetween but can't remember for the life of me who it was! :fishbowl:

And look where they are now

 

[Darren]

Cheers, however I am positive that the last minute penalty was infront of the bramall lane end.

I think Furlong only played one other game for us, away at Grimsby a few games later which we lost 1-0 (and were woeful).

The game was on 9/2/02. It was Furlong's debut and the scorers were Montgomery, Furlong 2 (1 pen) and Asaba.

Furlong played 3 further games - away at Grimsby and Palace and at home to Stockport. He was injured in his last game and we then shipped him back to Birmingham.

 

[Longtime Blade]

I saw it too

The first league game I ever saw at The Lane was a 4-3 win over West Brom. I stood on the old John Street terrace. I left the match, with my dad, blissfully thinking it would always be like this......

I saw this one too. I also recall that one of the following days' newspapers

waxed lyrical about the match saying that "it was just like games use to be".

 

[ghandi]

I saw this one too. I also recall that one of the following days' newspapers

waxed lyrical about the match saying that "it was just like games use to be".

I was also there and I think Woodward got the winner at the BL end with an angled rising drive from the right hand side on the edge of the penalty area. However time takes it toll and it may well have been a scrappy tap in at the Kop end

 

[scouseblade]

Must admin the Forest 4-3 was probably my favourite goalfest. I thought we were dead and buried when Reid made it 2-0. I remember Peschi mazy run in extra time to put us 3-2 up and then good old Des Walker banging a cracking header in front of the Kop.

 

[Lt. J Dangle]

He strolled around the pitch (he had a free role) without breaking sweat and our players found it hard to get near him everytime he had the ball. Glad I saw a player of his class. I remember "nasty" Curle frustrating Crouch for most of the game with his niggly tactics too

This was an amazing match. I remember the strong wind that day. Pompey kept hitting it to Prosinecki on the left wing because he was skinning Ben Doane as if he wasn't there. Nigel Quashie put them in front and gave us all the shhhhh! I thought, "What's his beef with us?" Curle caused Peter Crouch to lose the plot after winding him up so much and there was brilliant red card at the end for Shaun Derry. He picked up a divot and threw it towards the kop (from the centre circle, it went about 3 feet). At the end I was screaming " Ha! Quashie! Quashie! Yer not fuckin shushin us now are yer!" I don't think he heard me.