They played for both!

[Wards]

Jamal Blackman (although not sure he ever made a first team appearance for them)

 

[DifferentClass]

Jamal Blackman (although not sure he ever made a first team appearance for them)

Neither did Derek Richardson, but that was more due to the, ahem, composition of the fanbase in the late 70s/early 80s...

 

[Blade1959]

Team19. They played for The Blades & Aston Villa:
1. Mark Bunn
2. Kevin Gage
3. Alan Wright
4. Paul McGrath
5. Ken McNaught
6. Trevor Hockey
7. Dean Saunders
8. Bobby Campbell
9. Peter Withe
10. Gordon Cowans
11. Dennis Mortimer
12. Simon Stainrod

So many more to pick from!

 

[joe casey]

Lee Hendrie

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

Lowton, Walker, Enda, Carruthers, Ehiogu, C. Robinson.

 

[aBladeInTheNorthernSky]

Ciaran Clarke, Gary Cahill

 

[Greenwich Blade]

Chico Hamilton

 

[Guesty]

This has got to be our strongest Played For Both side, right? Especially if you take a lot of the players from their Villa prime, such as all the European Cup winners, and Paul McGrath.

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

McGrath and Cowans were class even at the end of their careers

 

[I should coco]

Bruce Rioch
John Burridge
Franz Carr

 

[mattbianco1]

Cameron Archer

 

[coaxingstar71]

Doc Pace.

 

[Silent Blade]

Doc Pace.

Scored a hat trick for them against us then a few years later scored a hat trick for us against them

 

[Racing Blade]

Especially with the subs others have added, Blades/Villa has to be the best of the season.

13th in PL with that side.

Might celebrate it by getting one of those crappy half and half scarves for the home game.

 

[mancunianblade]

Sheffielder Carl Tiler

 

[Blade1959]

Team 20: They played for The Blades & Luton
1. Mervyn Day
2. John Ryan
3. Rhys Norrington-Davies
4. Alex Baptiste
5. Cameron Carter-Vickers
6. Bruce Rioch
7. Peter Anderson
8. Matthew Spring
9. Barry Butlin
10. Bob Hatton
11. Don Givens
12. Kingsley Black

 

[Blade1959]

Team 21: They played for The Blades & Manchester City ( part 2 )
1. John Burridge
2. Earl Barrett
3. Terry Phelan
4. Andy Morrison
5. Michel Vonk
6. Ken McNaught
7. Tommy Doyle
8. Imre Varadi
9. Gareth Taylor
10. James McAtee
11. Peter Beagrie
12. John Ryan

 

[Blade1959]

Managed both, Joe Mercer & Howard Kendall

Played for City & managed The Blades, Adrian Heath & Nigel Clough

 

[The Crab]

Michael Brown

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Team 21: They played for The Blades & Manchester City ( part 2 )
1. John Burridge
2. Earl Barrett
3. Terry Phelan
4. Andy Morrison
5. Michel Vonk
6. Ken McNaught
7. Tommy Doyle
8. Imre Varadi
9. Gareth Taylor
10. James McAtee
11. Peter Beagrie
12. John Ryan

David White. Jamie Hoyland

 

[Greg.]

Sun Jihai!

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Might celebrate it by getting one of those crappy half and half scarves for the home game.

Crappy?

 

[CarlMcBlade]

…I‘ve got a job lot of Man C/Man U half n half scarves I can’t shift.

 

[Sithblade]

Paul Beesley, used to see him in Dronfield Civic centre in his Man City track suit in mid 90s.

 

[Blade1959]

Team22: They played for The Blades & Gillingham.
1. Phil Kite
2. Nyron Nosworthy
3. Darren Carr
4. Steve Bruce
5. John Egan
6. Gary West
7. Paul Shaw
8. Terry Nicholl
9. Carl Asaba
10. Darius Henderson
11. Mel Eves
12. Iffy Onoura

 

[Gimli]

Danny Cullip

 

[Blade1959]

Team 8. They played for The Blades & West Ham:
1. Tom McAlister
2. David Unsworth
3. Jon Harley
4. Don Hutchison
5. Simon Webster
6. Joe Cockroft
7. Ravel Morrison
8. David Kelly
9. Brian Deane
10. Martin Peters
11. Kyel Reid
12. Henri Camara

Team23: They played for The Blades & West Ham part 2
Not many more to pick from so 4 changes from the first team
1. Mervyn Day
2. David Unsworth
3.Jon Harley
4. Don Hutchison
5. Simon Webster
6. Joe Cockcroft
7. Franz Carr
8. Billy Barnes
9. Brian Deane
10. Martin Peters
11. Wayne Quinn
12. David Kelly

 

[wavy-blade]

Team23: They played for The Blades & West Ham part 2
Not many more to pick from so 4 changes from the first team
1. Mervyn Day
2. David Unsworth
3.Jon Harley
4. Don Hutchison
5. Simon Webster
6. Joe Cockcroft
7. Franz Carr
8. Billy Barnes
9. Brian Deane
10. Martin Peters
11. Wayne Quinn
12. David Kelly

Brian Deane really, couldn’t remember that one !

 

[Blade1959]

Team 24: They played for The Blades & Brighton part 2
1. Paul Crichton
2. Greg Halford
3. Joe Mattock
4. George Santos
5. Danny Cullip
6. Dennis Mortimer
7. Tony Towner
8. Paul Wood
9. Billy Paynter
10. Chris O’Grady
11. Oliver Norwood
12. Dean Hammond

 

[Jon B]

Well, apart obviously from Oli and Dennis Mortimer, we do seem to have shared some real .