The last time we

[Never be mastered]

Nearly qualified for Europe went to the last match away at Birmingham needing to win and other results go for us ( que silent to give us the exact details ) wonder if we may need to do the same at Southampton ⚔ UTB NBM

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Nearly qualified for Europe went to the last match away at Birmingham needing to win and other results go for us ( que silent to give us the exact details ) wonder if we may need to do the same at Southampton ⚔ UTB NBM

If losing there and not qualifying for Europe is the worst that the 13-year curse can do to us this season, then things are looking up...

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Nearly qualified for Europe went to the last match away at Birmingham needing to win and other results go for us ( que silent to give us the exact details ) wonder if we may need to do the same at Southampton ⚔ UTB NBM

But won't we need a point to stay up?

 

[wavy-blade]

That last match a Southampton a fuckin baller ! You couldn't pick a worse away match for the last game .

Mind you if we do well in the FA cup it may not be the last match of the season like

 

[Never be mastered]

If losing there and not qualifying for Europe is the worst that the 13-year curse can do to us this season, then things are looking up...

yep agree totally hodgy be nice if we did though , did you go to the birmingham game

 

[Never be mastered]

But won't we need a point to stay up?

yep that makes a change bruce , at chelsea there was just a feeling in the air and a weird atmaosphere dont you think even when things were going our way

 

[Never be mastered]

That last match a Southampton a fuckin baller ! You couldn't pick a worse away match for the last game .

Mind you if we do well in the FA cup it may not be the last match of the season like

like your thinking there wavy

 

[Jim Chimmerney]

Nearly qualified for Europe went to the last match away at Birmingham needing to win and other results go for us ( que silent to give us the exact details ) wonder if we may need to do the same at Southampton ⚔ UTB NBM

and we ended up in Div 4 about 6 years later

 

[Doormat]

I went to Brum that night.
they just lumps out of T.C. all night, think it finished 0-0 and we missed out.

 

[benn5712]

Was mulling this over recently. Comparing today's team and that one,started by JH carried on by Furphy, which one?
All things being equal with the sports science, training and facilities would it be them boys or these?
Would any be swapped around?

 

[Revolution]

At the time, it was thought that failing to win at Birmingham had cost us a place in the UEFA Cup, but this proved not to be the case because:

1. We finished 6th, Stoke 5th, Everton 4th.
2. As Liverpool were runners up, it was assumed that Everton would not qualify because of the "one city one club" rule in force for the UEFA Cup at the time. Hence it was thought that all we had to do was finish above Stoke to qualify.
3. As it turned out, the one City one club rule was abolished in the close season, so Everton qualified anyway, and Stoke missed out, which meant that we would also have missed out even if we had beaten Birmingham.

 

[Never be mastered]

and we ended up in Div 4 about 6 years later

we did Jim was the last big highlight for many years upto Darlington

 

[Never be mastered]

I went to Brum that night.
they just lumps out of T.C. all night, think it finished 0-0 and we missed out.

it did doormat think TC also put one over the bar late on which would have made it 1-0

 

[Never be mastered]

At the time, it was thought that failing to win at Birmingham had cost us a place in the UEFA Cup, but this proved not to be the case because:

1. We finished 6th, Stoke 5th, Everton 4th.
2. As Liverpool were runners up, it was assumed that Everton would not qualify because of the "one city one club" rule in force for the UEFA Cup at the time. Hence it was thought that all we had to do was finish above Stoke to qualify.
3. As it turned out, the one City one club rule was abolished in the close season, so Everton qualified anyway, and Stoke missed out, which meant that we would also have missed out even if we had beaten Birmingham.

ahhh so now i know rev , expected silent to give us the details do you know why it was midweek as i remember mi owd dad coming to take me out of school to go

 

[Never be mastered]

Was mulling this over recently. Comparing today's team and that one,started by JH carried on by Furphy, which one?
All things being equal with the sports science, training and facilities would it be them boys or these?
Would any be swapped around?

its very hard to say two totally different era,s they were both great teams , i think all things considered it was more of a level playing field then , so on that i would say this team

 

[DaveBassettsgoneonholiday]

I went to Brum that night.
they just lumps out of T.C. all night, think it finished 0-0 and we missed out.

Where was Matthew Syed when you needed him ?
Possibly sat in his high chair sucking ping pong balls.

 

[MobileBlade]

Nearly qualified for Europe went to the last match away at Birmingham needing to win and other results go for us ( que silent to give us the exact details ) wonder if we may need to do the same at Southampton ⚔ UTB NBM

I remember what happened the following season*

*for all the pessimistic Blades.

 

[Never be mastered]

I remember what happened the following season*

*for all the pessimistic Blades.

so do i , i had only known good times up to then

 

[MobileBlade]

it did doormat think TC also put one over the bar late on which would have made it 1-0

Silent Blade explained this on another thread. It had been postponed earlier in the season. Last game of the season should have been last weekend of April but some postponed games were played after this. Used to happen quite often in those days before foreign managers/martin samuels complained about integrity of the game that had served it fine for best part of 100 years.

 

[Never be mastered]

Silent Blade explained this on another thread. It had been postponed earlier in the season. Last game of the season should have been last weekend of April but some postponed games were played after this. Used to happen quite often in those days before foreign managers/martin samuels complained about integrity of the game that had served it fine for best part of 100 years.

thanks mobile i was only young then

 

[BushBlade]

Silent Blade explained this on another thread. It had been postponed earlier in the season. Last game of the season should have been last weekend of April but some postponed games were played after this. Used to happen quite often in those days before foreign managers/martin samuels complained about integrity of the game that had served it fine for best part of 100 years.

Wasn’t the Burnley game the turning point, when we had to wait beyond the ‘end’ of the season to see if we were promoted? I seem to recall it changing quite soon after and remember people saying how ridiculous it was that the issue of promotion was delayed beyond the end of the season and it wasn’t fair on clubs.

 

[Revolution]

Wasn’t the Burnley game the turning point, when we had to wait beyond the ‘end’ of the season to see if we were promoted? I seem to recall it changing quite soon after and remember people saying how ridiculous it was that the issue of promotion was delayed beyond the end of the season and it wasn’t fair on clubs.

The following season in Division One was even worse, when Coventry played 3 games after the originally scheduled end of the season, won them all, including beating Everton reserves 4-1, and relegated Norwich by one point.

It is much fairer to have everyone finish at the same time.

 

[Silent Blade]

ahhh so now i know rev , expected silent to give us the details do you know why it was midweek as i remember mi owd dad coming to take me out of school to go

Silent Blade explained this on another thread. It had been postponed earlier in the season. Last game of the season should have been last weekend of April but some postponed games were played after this. Used to happen quite often in those days before foreign managers/martin samuels complained about integrity of the game that had served it fine for best part of 100 years.

When the 1974-75 fixtures came out, we were scheduled to play at Birmingham on 5/4/75. Birmingham reached the semi final of the FA Cup and played against Fulham on 5/4/75 which was why our fixture at St Andrews was re-arranged for midweek.

 

[Never be mastered]

When the 1974-75 fixtures came out, we were scheduled to play at Birmingham on 5/4/75. Birmingham reached the semi final of the FA Cup and played against Fulham on 5/4/75 which was why our fixture at St Andrews was re-arranged for midweek.

Thanks Silent your a fountain of all blades knowledge

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

yep agree totally hodgy be nice if we did though , did you go to the birmingham game

No, didn’t go, as kids were very young. Good investment, though - they take me to the Lane now!

 

[Never be mastered]

No, didn’t go, as kids were very young. Good investment, though - they take me to the Lane now!

Haha nice one , me mi bro dad n grandad went , I remember there being loads of trouble and it not being a good game and there being thousands of blades on that big side terrace and the main thing that wouldn't happen now that my dad came and took me out of school to go to the match , I loved those days UTB NBM

 

[VictoryBlade]

Went to Birmingham that night and didn't see much of the game tbh….more worried about the Zulu Warriors as there was no segregation in those days...…………….rough *unts they were