Took my grandson to Hillsboro on Saturday..........could you.?

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Just to add to my visit to the Sty, i was amazed at the lack of noise in the ground. If you think the Lane is sometimes quiet, then i can tell you our supporters get a lot more behind the team than that lot. It really was dull until Barry Banana scored. How i contained myself when QPR scored i'll never know. Felt for the boy but inside i was bursting. A moment to treasure in their own back yard.:D
 

I took my 14 year old grandson to the Sty as his dad who is also from the dark side, had to work. My grandson has a form of Autism so needs to be with someone when he goes out although he is getting better as he gets older and he asked me to take him so without hesitation i said yes.
I am 70 and have followed the Blades here there and everywhere in my time. I told a friend of mine who's a Blade and he said no way would he have taken anyone to Hillsboro under any circumstances.
I was amazed at his reaction. Surely love for your family comes before love for your football team.
We really enjoyed our day but i kept secret from him that i had a Blades vest under my shirt :).
Would you do what i did?
TBF I wouldn't ask such a question on an Internet forum looking out for family and friends doesn't need to be endorsed by anyone. I haven't read the thread responses but I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest that someone will be telling you were wrong in doing what you did.
 
Good on you pal. Respect 👍. Our lass is a Wednesday ite. She once surprised me and bought me tickets for me and her to watch United v Reading. Sure it was 3-0 and Gary Madine scored. She even cheered and got involved (closet Blade in the making). The same season she won 2 tickets to a game at Hillsborough and she pestered me to go with her. I turned her down but felt a reyt shit house for days after. Wish I'd have gone now because they got stuff 3 nowt. Id have been grinning like you was.
 
I took my 14 year old grandson to the Sty as his dad who is also from the dark side, had to work. My grandson has a form of Autism so needs to be with someone when he goes out although he is getting better as he gets older and he asked me to take him so without hesitation i said yes.
I am 70 and have followed the Blades here there and everywhere in my time. I told a friend of mine who's a Blade and he said no way would he have taken anyone to Hillsboro under any circumstances.
I was amazed at his reaction. Surely love for your family comes before love for your football team.
We really enjoyed our day but i kept secret from him that i had a Blades vest under my shirt :).
Would you do what i did?
Yes of course I would, especially if I didn’t have to pay…But, watching that comedy equaliser and the snorters reaction to it would have been priceless.
 
Without hesitation

My four grandchildren are all Wednesday supporters , two of them played for Weds academy - their dad / my son in law is a Wednesday fan , as is his dad and his dad .

My own dad (bless him) was a Wednesday fanatic and I used to go with him to Hillsboro back in the day . Great memories .

All my family on my mums side were all Blades , and after visiting Rotherham utd , Weds and Utd at the start of the 1970 season I fell in love with the Blades and travelled near and far to watch them ever since .

It’s in your blood 🩸
My dad was a Rovrum fan and used to take me to Millmoor late 60s early 70s, even odd game at sty as his mate worked on stand there and would let us in.
Then.... April 17th 1971 came and my cousin (Cooperman) and my uncle to me to BDTBL and a 3-0 vs Birmingham ensued. From then on SUFC has been my mistress & I her slave.
 
I took my 14 year old grandson to the Sty as his dad who is also from the dark side, had to work. My grandson has a form of Autism so needs to be with someone when he goes out although he is getting better as he gets older and he asked me to take him so without hesitation i said yes.
I am 70 and have followed the Blades here there and everywhere in my time. I told a friend of mine who's a Blade and he said no way would he have taken anyone to Hillsboro under any circumstances.
I was amazed at his reaction. Surely love for your family comes before love for your football team.
We really enjoyed our day but i kept secret from him that i had a Blades vest under my shirt :).
Would you do what i did?
I'd have quite happily took my grandson because of the love I have for him

But would have showered in domestos and scrubbed myself down with wire wool
And this when I got home

self-flagellation-noo.gif
 
No, as my son/daughter would not be a supporter of them and neither any potential grandchildren. Wouldn't let it happen.
 
I took my 14 year old grandson to the Sty as his dad who is also from the dark side, had to work. My grandson has a form of Autism so needs to be with someone when he goes out although he is getting better as he gets older and he asked me to take him so without hesitation i said yes.
I am 70 and have followed the Blades here there and everywhere in my time. I told a friend of mine who's a Blade and he said no way would he have taken anyone to Hillsboro under any circumstances.
I was amazed at his reaction. Surely love for your family comes before love for your football team.
We really enjoyed our day but i kept secret from him that i had a Blades vest under my shirt :).
Would you do what i did?
Fair play to ya Fred hope to see ya soon
 
Went to Hillsborough to watch Leicester beat the Pigs in 2012 (around October), my Leicester fan mate got me the ticket so a few of us went.

Probably the worst trip home from a match I've ever had, stood waiting for over an hour for a tram back to city centre with what must have been a few hundred fans.

Never been to the sty since, even when I wanted to go on derby day as I usually can't afford most away ticket prices.
 
My Dad, (a lifelong Blade) took me as a 7 year old to the Sty for my first ever match, 2-2 draw v Oxford. Don't know why he did but I had been nagging him to go to a game for ages and we happened to be visiting Sheffield to see relatives and United were away.

Thankfully I wasn't scarred for life although if you read my comments on the Mental Health thread, maybe I was.... 😂

Would I do the same as the OP for my son/grandson, absolutely.
 
No, as my son/daughter would not be a supporter of them and neither any potential grandchildren. Wouldn't let it happen.
But how is he going to learn about the dark side,he needs to take him to BDTBL one round of greasy chip butty will snap him out of his childhood delusion

Or I would have suggested "yes I'll take you but you come to a game with me " chuck in a Xbox game as well 😂 😂
 
No, as my son/daughter would not be a supporter of them and neither any potential grandchildren. Wouldn't let it happen.
Not always possible, I bet my in-laws swore that their grandkids would be pigs but I was obviously never going to let that happen with my kids.

The best thing is that I can see the upset it causes them and it’s a bit pathetic if I’m honest. My eldest used to wear any Blades attire when he was going to their house just to wind them up.
 
I've only ever been to Hillsborough twice and we lost 2-0 both times.

As we were walking out the second time my Dad said to me, "We're never coming here ever again".

And we never have.
 
Only managed to see United their twice in my lifetime, ZDS defeat and the Sir Bobby Davison night, (which I watched from their South Stand).
 

But how is he going to learn about the dark side,he needs to take him to BDTBL one round of greasy chip butty will snap him out of his childhood delusion

Or I would have suggested "yes I'll take you but you come to a game with me " chuck in a Xbox game as well 😂 😂
Can learn when we play them in derby, that's only time it's acceptable to step foot in that death trap and even that is debatable, I even shudder on away end when I go when we have and do play them.
 
Not always possible, I bet my in-laws swore that their grandkids would be pigs but I was obviously never going to let that happen with my kids.

The best thing is that I can see the upset it causes them and it’s a bit pathetic if I’m honest. My eldest used to wear any Blades attire when he was going to their house just to wind them up.
It is for me lol, all my family and friends are blades and we go to matches, Mrs isn't into football and we have young un in kits already which she has an obsession with already. In laws are not a problem and are blades anyway lol.

Some of us are the lucky ones ;)
 
Absolutely the right thing to do and if I ever find myself in your position, will do the same albeit through gritted teeth.
Even though he’s chosen the dark side, if he keeps going he will get a lifetime of memories to enjoy and endure.
Credit to you for not laughing your bollocks off when the equaliser went in.
 
My non-United related visits to the sty..

1. Away end with Huddersfield fans
2. Testing crush barriers in an empty stadium as a 16-year old...giving Sterland the rods when he waved to us
3. On Kop with Forest fans on that fateful day...
4. On away end testing crush barriers the day after that fateful day...
5. On their South Stand '88 when they played Arsenal...they were winning 3-0 but drew 3-3....flying pig Sterland did score a good goal TBF...however that was insignificant as 17-year old me spent 80-minutes staring at Leslie Ash just behind us when she was pre-lip bloat...
 
Take opportunity to introduce him to non league game instead? Different, safer, chance to talk, expand his football experience and always a way better type of football fan than seen at the sty..
 
I've young Wednesday nephews. Course I'd take em, family above all else. But.... still astounds me how you can 'just tell' the little sods are Wednesday fans. Twats basically 😁
 
I took my 14 year old grandson to the Sty as his dad who is also from the dark side, had to work. My grandson has a form of Autism so needs to be with someone when he goes out although he is getting better as he gets older and he asked me to take him so without hesitation i said yes.
I am 70 and have followed the Blades here there and everywhere in my time. I told a friend of mine who's a Blade and he said no way would he have taken anyone to Hillsboro under any circumstances.
I was amazed at his reaction. Surely love for your family comes before love for your football team.
We really enjoyed our day but i kept secret from him that i had a Blades vest under my shirt :).
Would you do what i did?
Couldn’t you have dipped into your bank and took him to Orlando Florida? Hawaii? Trip to the moon and told him a white lie about how Wednesd*ys pitch is made of sand so there’s a 99% chance it’d get called off? Surely spending your life savings on him would’ve been better?
 
I saw Fulham v Birmingham 1975 semi final there. Bobby Moore was supreme. Never realised how good he was until then.
 
I took my 14 year old grandson to the Sty as his dad who is also from the dark side, had to work. My grandson has a form of Autism so needs to be with someone when he goes out although he is getting better as he gets older and he asked me to take him so without hesitation i said yes.
I am 70 and have followed the Blades here there and everywhere in my time. I told a friend of mine who's a Blade and he said no way would he have taken anyone to Hillsboro under any circumstances.
I was amazed at his reaction. Surely love for your family comes before love for your football team.
We really enjoyed our day but i kept secret from him that i had a Blades vest under my shirt :).
Would you do what i did?


Yup.

Kids before anything.
 
Historically this was the ‘norm’ in Sheffield for many. Many a Sheffield family with split allegiance often meant that some would go and watch one team one week and the next the other. My old grandad used to go to the lane with his dad, but then his uncle used to take him down the piggery the next week…

Family first and I salute you for enduring that for the young un. A game of football doesn’t change your love for The Blades
 
I am from the era where quite a few times in the early 70s myself and 6-8 mates would go to a match at either the Lane or the dark side and when I think about it now it was very bizarre. I would never do that today and thank god my sons and grandsons are all Blades so it wouldnt even be a thought process.

It was weird though when for example the Wendys scored at their place they would all celebrate etc and Blades would just sit and feel really awkward. If the oppo scored you would refrain from going nuts and just clap politely.

We were all mates though with not much else going on for a Saturday afternoon so thats what we did,

I do remember also rivalry / scrapping etc as opposed to banter and insults seemed to start to ramp up more as well around that time.
 
I have to go to Elland Road to see Leeds United who my wife supports. When they play us have to keep quiet when we score whilst secretly inside I`m doing cart wheels. Elland Road pies are 100% better than the BL ones though. Silver linings and all that.

Worst ever was when my wifes mate wanted to go to Leeds v B'ham and we had to sit in the away end as wife's mate supported B'ham. Leeds won too. It was horrendous. Had to walk through a bit of a gauntlet on way out as Leeds fans trying to throw stuff at B'ham fans. Scary as hell that was.

Things we do for love.
I’ve got a few tales like that from Bellend road all
my mates growing up were Leeds fans. Rough old place
 

My dad was a Rovrum fan and used to take me to Millmoor late 60s early 70s, even odd game at sty as his mate worked on stand there and would let us in.
Then.... April 17th 1971 came and my cousin (Cooperman) and my uncle to me to BDTBL and a 3-0 vs Birmingham ensued. From then on SUFC has been my mistress & I her slave.
I remember that Brum game, towards the end of the season I believe. There used to be a chippy close to where the Howard is, got talking to Brum fans in there post match. They were obsessed with Villa
 

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