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Wasn't the legend that is Chris Basham a swap deal with Blackpool???
 



We signed Beattie for £4m from Evernton and sold Jags for £4m to Evernton.

I'd class that as a swap.
 
Weasel said:
I can't remember it exactly, but I do recall him going s bit over the top with his celebrations after scoring for them which was a kick in the bollocks for the fans and the club. I think Reg Brearley did his nut at Billy McEwan for allowing Withe to play on loan against us. No issue with PW being professional and doing his job if he was allowed to play (the clubs fault but normally he was really crap) but ther was no need for the rubber faced bastard to rub it in celebrating with real glee at our misfortune. Always thought he was a total twat after that and couldn't wait to see the back of him. Bassett soon moved him on.
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And we got relegated that year didn't we ?
 
JJBlade said:
And we got relegated that year didn't we ?
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Yes we did. We finished third from bottom a point behind WBA. Mind you, we still had a get out of jail card to play as it was the first season for play offs and we played Bristol Titties away and then at home in the two legged semi final. In true Blades style we fucked that up too, and let Carl Shutt who was a boyhood Blade equalise for them late on at the Lane (we lost the first leg 1-0 and there was plenty of trouble after the game at their place). We deserved relegation that season. The one thing that really fucked me off that game was watching Colin Morris playing like a man possessed in trying to win us that game and all of the others being fuckin shite or going through the motions. He was let down badly that night (as were us fans) and was released I think post season.
 
Weasel said:
Yes we did. We finished third from bottom a point behind WBA. Mind you, we still had a get out of jail card to play as it was the first season for play offs and we played Bristol Titties away and then at home in the two legged semi final. In true Blades style we fucked that up too, and let Carl Shutt who was a boyhood Blade equalise for them late on at the Lane (we lost the first leg 1-0 and there was plenty of trouble after the game at their place). We deserved relegation that season. The one thing that really fucked me off that game was watching Colin Morris playing like a man possessed in trying to win us that game and all of the others being fuckin shite or going through the motions. He was let down badly that night (as were us fans) and was released I think post season.
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yes remember that game and yes colin morris did play out of his skin that night might be wrong but didnt he hit the post late on in the game 🤔
 
Weasel said:
Yes we did. We finished third from bottom a point behind WBA. Mind you, we still had a get out of jail card to play as it was the first season for play offs and we played Bristol Titties away and then at home in the two legged semi final. In true Blades style we fucked that up too, and let Carl Shutt who was a boyhood Blade equalise for them late on at the Lane (we lost the first leg 1-0 and there was plenty of trouble after the game at their place). We deserved relegation that season. The one thing that really fucked me off that game was watching Colin Morris playing like a man possessed in trying to win us that game and all of the others being fuckin shite or going through the motions. He was let down badly that night (as were us fans) and was released I think post season.
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Shutt scored first in the 2nd leg. Morris equalised just half time and then Paul Williams missed a sitter.
 
Gaini Blade said:
I remember Bob. Quite nifty and all reyt at a party if you wanted to hear a bit of folk music with your beard dipped cider.
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Not so nifty at football though unfortunately. Check out his role in Hull's final goal at Wembley as a case in point, as well as his career after leaving Utd - a rapid drop through the leagues as teams signed him and quickly got rid. Tbh where he ended up (Northern Prem) was probably his true level all along - a truly awful player that somehow avoided criticism seemingly because he once did a wink and a smile before the Bradford game (the one where Scougal (another atrocious player) was on the end of a WWE suplex.
 
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Weasel said:
Roger Hansbury the keeper coming our way from Birmingham, with Peter Withe going the opposite way. Both loans. Hansbury was a really pretty good but I seem to remember he broke his leg playing for us and wasnt seen playing for us again. Withe came back and picked up where he had left of being shit for us (though be did manage to rock up at the Lane playing for Brum in a midweek match whilst still our player and score both goals for them in their 2-0 win at the Lane). Only United could allow their own player to go out on loan and then watch him come back and beat us and score the winning goals against us (his only 2 goals that he ever scored for Brum). How we chuckled when Peter Fuckin Withe wheeled away in celebration in front of the Brum fans. He wasn't too well received when he came back for a while.
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We went down that season after qualifying for the short lived relegation/promotion play offs by finishing third bottom and then losing to Bristol City. Had Withe not scored those two goals and had the Birmingham game ended goalless, we would have finished above them and they would have been third bottom.

Only United could be effectively relegated due to goals scored by their own player.
 
Programmechap2 said:
We went down that season after qualifying for the short lived relegation/promotion play offs by finishing third bottom and then losing to Bristol City. Had Withe not scored those two goals and had the Birmingham game ended goalless, we would have finished above them and they would have been third bottom.

Only United could be effectively relegated due to goals scored by their own player.
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And then 19 years later we sold Unsworth to Wigan who scored the penalty to send us down.
 
Paisley Blade said:
Indeed. The absolute King of all sitters.
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Was that the truly unforgettable sitter (very late in the game) from 2 yards out of the net, middle of the goal in front of the kop, ball coming to him slowly as he majestically (whilst unmarked also) somehow (and to this day I will never know how he physically managed it) spooned it over the bar....?

Time stood still as the rest of the ground held their breath and stared in pure disbelief or abject horror at what they had just witnessed... I was in therapy for months after that one.

If it was on that play off night then that is the minge hair on top of the shit cake that was Paul Williams - SUFC centre forward extraordinaire. Feckin hell. Paul Williams, what a guy.
 



Weasel said:
Was that the truly unforgettable sitter (very late in the game) from 2 yards out of the net, middle of the goal in front of the kop, ball coming to him slowly as he majestically (whilst unmarked also) somehow (and to this day I will never know how he physically managed it) spooned it over the bar....?

Time stood still as the rest of the ground held their breath and stared in pure disbelief or abject horror at what they had just witnessed... I was in therapy for months after that one.

If it was on that play off night then that is the minge hair on top of the shit cake that was Paul Williams - SUFC centre forward extraordinaire. Feckin hell. Paul Williams, what a guy.
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As I remember it, Richard Cadette went on a run and ended one on one with the keeper. The keeper parried his shot and it went to Williams on the right with an open goal about 8 yards out . It took so long for Williams to get the ball under control, that by the time he shot, there were around 4 defenders who had got back and the shot was easily blocked.
 
Programmechap2 said:
As I remember it, Richard Cadette went on a run and ended one on one with the keeper. The keeper parried his shot and it went to Williams on the right with an open goal about 8 yards out . It took so long for Williams to get the ball under control, that by the time he shot, there were around 4 defenders who had got back and the shot was easily blocked.
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That is how I remember it too
 
Programmechap2 said:
As I remember it, Richard Cadette went on a run and ended one on one with the keeper. The keeper parried his shot and it went to Williams on the right with an open goal about 8 yards out . It took so long for Williams to get the ball under control, that by the time he shot, there were around 4 defenders who had got back and the shot was easily blocked.
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Ah. So not the same sitter missed them and his glorious attempt that I can recall was from another game then and not the play off semi final v BC. He did build up a fine collection of fluffed chances and unbelievable misses. He was like a shit Barry Butlin.
 
Revolution said:
www.s24su.com

“With Bob Harris moving in the opposite direction” - a look at United player exchange deals

I do not enjoy transfer windows. Their approach gives a feeling of dread, as you start to think it’s inevitable that United will sell their best player for a bag of magic beans or, even worse, an “undisclosed fee”, and as for incomings, there’s not a lot of entertainment in watching what seems...
www.s24su.com www.s24su.com

Something I wrote on this topic a while back.
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Good read that.

Swap deals or player plus cash feel a very retro concept.

I suppose the loan market is used much more intensively these days for clubs to fill gaps and wages are so high clubs will prefer to recruit from a lower league rather than a reserve player from a league above who will still be on a massive wedge.
 
I still have memories of him struggling to get the ball out from under his feet with the goal gaping...
Weasel said:
Ah. So not the same sitter missed them and his glorious attempt that I can recall was from another game then and not the play off semi final v BC. He did build up a fine collection of fluffed chances and unbelievable misses. He was like a shit Barry Butlin.
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Weasel said:
Was that the truly unforgettable sitter (very late in the game) from 2 yards out of the net, middle of the goal in front of the kop, ball coming to him slowly as he majestically (whilst unmarked also) somehow (and to this day I will never know how he physically managed it) spooned it over the bar....?

Time stood still as the rest of the ground held their breath and stared in pure disbelief or abject horror at what they had just witnessed... I was in therapy for months after that one.

If it was on that play off night then that is the minge hair on top of the shit cake that was Paul Williams - SUFC centre forward extraordinaire. Feckin hell. Paul Williams, what a guy.
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Along with Daryl Westlake he’s the worst to wear the shirt imo.
 
Borbokis for Jon Hunt and Kozluk.
Marcus Bent for James Thomas.

Great business.
 
Charlieblade said:
Would anyone swap Berge to a top six club in exchange for a baller at the end of his shelf life?

I’m thinking of someone in the Ray Wilkins, baller last transfer situation. Stuart McAll turned out to be good value for us.

No need for a silly sell on clause for Berge either. :)
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What Ray the crab Wilkins?
 
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