The Good Old Days.

[GaryHamsonsLeftBootLace]

The team changes were chalked on a board and carried round the ground before the game. The Sheffield Transport brass band played before and at half time standing in front of the players tunnel on the John Street side.
Fans used to change ends at HT walking round the ground in front of the cricket pavilion usually to watch the Blades attacking.
If a team were winning late on they would often clear the ball by booting across the cricket pitch to slow the game down.

Just a few memories that come to mind.

UTB

I remember, during home games especially, the anticipation as the man made his way along the front of the BL stand as we wondered if it was a going to be a goal against the unclean from South Barnsley.

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

For a short while about 4 or 5 years ago I worked with a woman called Julia Bolus, who was a nice person and good fun. It never occurred to me that she might have been related to Brian till one day I mentioned Boycott and she said "His name is banned in our house". Brian is her dad, and he didn't, still doesn't and never will have a high opinion of Sir Geoffrey.

Yeah--have heard exactly the same from the wife of a former Yorkshire cricketer from the 1950s, and later a Committee member, who I knew well before his death several years ago. It's a shame !

 

[GaryHamsonsLeftBootLace]

My memories from the 70s, 80s and 90s:

1. Hanging about outside the players entrance on John Street to get autographs before and after the game and pretending you wanted the away team's autograph only to then ignore them;
2. Going onto the Kop as a group and leaving the adults to stand at the back while the kids congregated at the front;
3. Pitch invasion when Don Givens missed the penalty and we were relegated to Div 4. Bloke used my 9 year old brother's head as a platform to scale the fence and karma ran its course as when he jumped down the other side, his wedding ring got caught on the fence and he left his ring finger behind;
4. Going in the BL end when I first started going and being sick after eating those enormous bags of very salty ready salted crisps;
5. Slamming the seats down domino style at a reserve match in the corner seating area between John St and BL and being told off by the steward as a series of very loud bangs echoed around the ground during the game (I was only about 4 at the time);
6. Nicking the bog rolls from the toilets in the hole in the road to chuck on the pitch when the teams ran out;
7. On the Kop and also at Leicester (promotion) and Norwich (cup run) away and seeing who could crowd surf the farthest down the terracing when we scored and ending up standing on my own as it was impossible to make your way back up afterwards;
8. Standing outside pubs, bored and cold, at away games whilst the adults had a few inside;
9. Getting the bag of sweets, carton of juice and sarnies on the away coaches (can't remember which organisers);
10. Having one adult and one kid season ticket for the BL upper but taking my younger brother in too, him crawling under the turnstile as we showed our tickets and then sharing a seat with him;
11. My mild mannered, very polite and PC (and sadly much missed) dad suddenly becoming the most foul-mouthed angry man the minute the ref made any kind of decision (right or wrong);
12. Snowball fights at Mansfield;
13. Driving back from Port Vale on a Tuesday night in heavy snow and no windscreen wipers with the passenger hanging out the window and clearing the window by hand;
14. Gary Hanson and TK coming to see me in hospital when I had my appendix out as TK's girlfriend was the ward sister.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Yeah--have heard exactly the same from the wife of a former Yorkshire cricketer from the 1950s, and later a Committee member, who I knew well before his death several years ago. It's a shame !

Boycott did take his place in the side though.

 

[TBW57]

Boycott did take his place in the side though.

Aye, for both Yorkshire and England if memory serves me correctly. I also recall (I think) that they both used to bat wearing glasses.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Aye, for both Yorkshire and England if memory serves me correctly. I also recall (I think) that they both used to bat wearing glasses.

And England yes. Boycs certainly wore glasses initially.

 

[Dnblade]

I expect you saw so much scrapping in those days that you probably didn't notice any more. It was an eye-opener for me though, not coming from Sheffield and being used to much smaller attendances and very few away fans.

The Pigs sang "What's it like to be a twat, Alan Woodward?" No wonder there was some fist after that.

Fair enough TBW ,not doubting what you saw mate,just don't remember anything where I was...Blades were on their Kop for the return,so no surprise really back then.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Fair enough TBW ,not doubting what you saw mate,just don't remember anything where I was...Blades were on their Kop for the return,so no surprise really back then.

They were definitely on the Kop that day. Blades went on their Kop in big numbers for the return.

 

[Mad Mick]

From memory pigs used to get there really early so they could say they took the Kop. By around 2:30 the main Blades were in and pigs were kicked and pushed to the far right. We always seemed to get the middle and high part of their kop, but it may just me picking out memories.

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

Boycott did take his place in the side though.

Indisputably. What a player. And the history of the county club would be very different without him, for good or / and ill.

The most disturbing thing about him these days is that, however counterintuitive it may appear to say so, the bugger is usually right !

 

[georgebernardshaw]

I may be totally wrong here, but it seems that Boycs has an enormous amount of knowledge, talks a great deal of sense, but has had a complete disconnect with other cricketers due to his obsessive nature.

 

[bricktop]

Guys, Woody's right. He's gone on an "independent traveller's" holiday (sounds suspiciously like code for "Billy No-Mates" to me) and yet here you all are, forcing him to trek daily to the local Internet cafe and keep a tally of the content of all 260 posts on this thread when he could be out in the sunshine seeing the sights.

SHARK ATTACK SHARK ATTACK

 

[Rodders]

SHARK ATTACK SHARK ATTACK

 

[Sean Thornton]

Guys, Woody's right. He's gone on an "independent traveller's" holiday (sounds suspiciously like code for "Billy No-Mates" to me) and yet here you all are, forcing him to trek daily to the local Internet cafe and keep a tally of the content of all 260 posts on this thread when he could be out in the sunshine seeing the sights.

Sticking strictly to the Good Old Days idea, I can remember when it was only likes analysed to posters advantage and posts and threads were simply "good" or "poor" and not subject to offsure scrutiny in the search for non intellectual comment.

Life was much simpler then.

 

[Lord Bos of Eckington.]

My memories from the 70s, 80s and 90s:

1. Hanging about outside the players entrance on John Street to get autographs before and after the game and pretending you wanted the away team's autograph only to then ignore them;
2. Going onto the Kop as a group and leaving the adults to stand at the back while the kids congregated at the front;
3. Pitch invasion when Don Givens missed the penalty and we were relegated to Div 4. Bloke used my 9 year old brother's head as a platform to scale the fence and karma ran its course as when he jumped down the other side, his wedding ring got caught on the fence and he left his ring finger behind;
4. Going in the BL end when I first started going and being sick after eating those enormous bags of very salty ready salted crisps;
5. Slamming the seats down domino style at a reserve match in the corner seating area between John St and BL and being told off by the steward as a series of very loud bangs echoed around the ground during the game (I was only about 4 at the time);
6. Nicking the bog rolls from the toilets in the hole in the road to chuck on the pitch when the teams ran out;
7. On the Kop and also at Leicester (promotion) and Norwich (cup run) away and seeing who could crowd surf the farthest down the terracing when we scored and ending up standing on my own as it was impossible to make your way back up afterwards;
8. Standing outside pubs, bored and cold, at away games whilst the adults had a few inside;
9. Getting the bag of sweets, carton of juice and sarnies on the away coaches (can't remember which organisers);
10. Having one adult and one kid season ticket for the BL upper but taking my younger brother in too, him crawling under the turnstile as we showed our tickets and then sharing a seat with him;
11. My mild mannered, very polite and PC (and sadly much missed) dad suddenly becoming the most foul-mouthed angry man the minute the ref made any kind of decision (right or wrong);
12. Snowball fights at Mansfield;
13. Driving back from Port Vale on a Tuesday night in heavy snow and no windscreen wipers with the passenger hanging out the window and clearing the window by hand;
14. Gary Hanson and TK coming to see me in hospital when I had my appendix out as TK's girlfriend was the ward sister.

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Item 14 . Driving back from Port Vale . Was that the night of heavy snow and freezing fog , when we lost a Blade in a horrific car crash. Puts things into perspective .

In the good old days people were more caring and not so obsessed . People who came to Sheffield to study or work invariably finished up following the blades .


It's wasn't in the good old days , with the Co Op bank though .

Dogs chase cars , Done chases the ball , some chase keeping a thread going as long as possible or likes . Funny old world Saint .

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

Sticking strictly to the Good Old Days idea, I can remember when it was only likes analysed to posters advantage and posts and threads were simply "good" or "poor" and not subject to offsure scrutiny in the search for non intellectual comment.

Life was much simpler then.

This thread was created soley as a vehicle for the ego of its originator.
As ultimately they all are.

#flounce

 

[bricktop]

This thread was created soley as a vehicle for the ego of its originator.
As ultimately they all are.

#flounce

Shark Attack

I think that is grossly unfair on the originator of this thread as he created this thread for people to discuss the good old days, and he has kindly requested that people stick to the original topic, and play the post not the poster.

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

Shark Attack

I think that is grossly unfair on the originator of this thread as he created this thread for people to discuss the good old days, and he has kindly requested that people stick to the original topic, and play the post not the poster.

#satireisnotdead

 

[Sean Thornton]

Shark Attack

I think that is grossly unfair on the originator of this thread as he created this thread for people to discuss the good old days, and he has kindly requested that people stick to the original topic, and play the post not the poster.

Maybe he posted this to divert attention from his smug" I set a trap" thread for which he was admonished? Maybe not.

 

[Woodwardfan]

1. quality score cards with the score updated during the game using cutting edge technology.
2. people sat on the terrace watching behind the wicket also just a few on the loo - used to say we were going to the cricket to watch the grass grow on the football pitch!
3. collecting cushions as people left. Building barracades and ammo piles for a big cushion fight.
4. Collecting Tizer and Jusoda bottles for the 3d deposits, made big money for us kids.
5. Mum knitting watching the game, big bag of food and drinks.
6. Going to games for days on end from maybe 10 or 11, no thought of danger., from people or traffic.

There was a blond ? fast bowler who succeeded Appleyard, anybody know his name?

 

[Woodwardfan]

Maybe he posted this to divert attention from his smug" I set a trap" thread for which he was admonished? Maybe not.

Sad comment. However this thread has equally demonstrated the instincts of some of the said sharks including the most dangerous one. .

Brownie, personally I save my "shark attack" just for my Troll and only when he gets really personal and aggressive. Carry on though, it's so very effective!

More relevant to Ignominy 2 and 3 on Comments, suggestions forum.

 

[Woodwardfan]

Maybe he posted this to divert attention from his smug" I set a trap" thread for which he was admonished? Maybe not.

As you say, "maybe not" , however it was a timely test of any lessons learned and went well for over 200 posts.

Do you really think it was just me who was "admonished"? Don't regard that as a question on here. There is still the relevant open thread on the other forum.

 

[Sean Thornton]

As you say, "maybe not" , however it was a timely test of any lessons learned and went well for over 200 posts.

Do you really think it was just me who was "admonished"? Don't regard that as a question on here. There is still the relevant open thread on the other forum.

Read the thread and the site owners comments. Wasn't only you as you say but your motive of setting "traps" - which I don't buy for one minute btw - received official criticism.




The fast bowler. Was it Pickles?

 

[Sean Thornton]

Sad comment. However this thread has equally demonstrated the instincts of some of the said sharks including the most dangerous one. .

Brownie, personally I save my "shark attack" just for my Troll and only when he gets really personal and aggressive. Carry on though, it's so very effective!

More relevant to Ignominy 2 and 3 on Comments, suggestions forum.

How many people agreed? How many mocked you? Lot of sharks on here it seems.

You're in Vietnam on holiday and you sit analysing " shark" posts? Self awareness is something you need to be aware of before crying foul at every opportunity.

 

[Woodwardfan]

1. quality score cards with the score updated during the game using cutting edge technology.
2. people sat on the terrace watching behind the wicket also just a few on the loo - used to say we were going to the cricket to watch the grass grow on the football pitch!
3. collecting cushions as people left. Building barracades and ammo piles for a big cushion fight.
4. Collecting Tizer and Jusoda bottles for the 3d deposits, made big money for us kids.u
5. Mum knitting watching the game, big bag of food and drinks.
6. Going to games for days on end from maybe 10 or 11, no thought of danger., from people or traffic.

There was a blond ? fast bowler who succeeded Appleyard, anybody know his name?

1. quality score cards with the score updated during the game using cutting edge technology.
2. people sat on the terrace watching behind the wicket also just a few on the loo - used to say we were going to the cricket to watch the grass grow on the football pitch!
3. collecting cushions as people left. Building barracades and ammo piles for a big cushion fight.
4. Collecting Tizer and Jusoda bottles for the 3d deposits, made big money for us kids.
5. Mum knitting watching the game, big bag of food and drinks.
6. Going to games for days on end from maybe 10 or 11, no thought of danger., from people or traffic.

There was a blond ? fast bowler who succeeded Appleyard, anybody know his name?

" on the loo" indeedThis PREDICTIVE TEXT,can't cope with it, t here have been loads of near misses worse than that!!

Cunningly enough at Sydney cricket ground there's a window above the urinal so you don't miss any of the game.( for the Long Room)

"Loo" should read 'kop '

 

[Woodwardfan]

How many people agreed? How many mocked you? Lot of sharks on here it seems.

You're in Vietnam on holiday and you sit analysing " shark" posts? Self awareness is something you need to be aware of before crying foul at every opportunity.

Go to bed Sean., the sharks could start saying things about you.

 

[Woodwardfan]

Can silent neutral observers not see how there is a fantastic thread here struggling to continue through with all this senseless, childish shrapnel flying around?

If I were egocentric and lacked self awareness, why should it bother members who should always play the" post not the poster "as the forum rules insist!!

This is a Good Old Days thread.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Go to bed Sean., the sharks could start saying things about you.

You do know you aren't remotely funny don't you?

Nor get irony.

Saying things about me? It happens all the time. I try to take it on the chin, sometimes it's difficult but It's a forum, not everyone agrees Doesn't make me cry or beg for support trying to claim the high moral ground whilst hiding under the bed.

#invietnampreparingspreadsheetanalysisoflikesbackhome.sad.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Can silent neutral observers not see how there is a fantastic thread here struggling to continue through with all this senseless, childish shrapnel flying around?

If I were egocentric and lacked self awareness, why should it bother members who should always play the" post not the poster "as the forum rules insist!!

I rest my case Blanche. Laughable call to arms. People think you're a pompous arse. That pist proves it.

You can always PM me and stop the "Help me im a pensioner" posts.

PM or ignore. Let's make everyone happy even your "silent supporters". Deal?

 

[Woodwardfan]

I rest my case Blanche. Laughable call to arms. People think you're a pompous arse. That pist proves it.

You can always PM me and stop the "Help me im a pensioner" posts.

PM or ignore. Let's make everyone happy even your "silent supporters". Deal?

SHARK ATTACK.HELP!! Right back to posts in the 200's an obsessive stream of nonsense.