Unique stat about the Blades

[drblade]

According to The Guardian and in relation to Liverpool: “there is only one other club in history who has reached the new year unbeaten and not gone on to win the league – and that was Sheffield United in the 1899-1900 season.”

Never knew this.

Typical United

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[PeterNdlovu081]

It'll soon be two.

 

[boo radley]

Bet we lost in the play offs that year too.

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

Bet the chairman sold our 2 strikers in the same day for peanuts

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

We only lost 4 games that season. Villa, who won the league lost 6. But in contrast we drew 12 to their 6. We lost out by 2 points in the end. If only we had turned them draws into wins...

 

[Revolution]

We were unbeaten in the first 22 games, tying the record Preston set in the leagues first season. This remained the record until Leeds extended it to 29 games in 1973-4. Arsenal hold it today, of course.

 

[Boxer Blade]

It'll soon be two.

Got that right

 

[8lade]

We only lost 4 games that season. Villa, who won the league lost 6. But in contrast we drew 12 to their 6. We lost out by 2 points in the end. If only we had turned them draws into wins...

Yeah but once teams realised how good we were they turned up and parked the horse and cart.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

According to The Guardian and in relation to Liverpool: “there is only one other club in history who has reached the new year unbeaten and not gone on to win the league – and that was Sheffield United in the 1899-1900 season.”

Never knew this.

Typical United

UTB

Has anyone yet compiled a list of 'The seasons we turned certain success into abject failure, often in a unique or unusual way'? Could be the basis for a depressing book.

 

[diode_blade]

Yeah but once teams realised how good we were they turned up and parked the pig and trough .

Corrected....

 

[Dkc]

We're also, I think, the biggest club in Europe (in terms of support) never to have qualified for European competition via our domestic league - and never played in any major European competition.

 

[Bayingblade]

Relegated with a positive goal difference.

Score 6 goals over 2 legs in the play offs and still lose.

If anyone can find a way to fuck things up in a unique way, it's us.

 

[Revolution]

Relegated with a positive goal difference.

Score 6 goals over 2 legs in the play offs and still lose.

If anyone can find a way to fuck things up in a unique way, it's us.

Failure to win the playoffs despite keeping 3 clean sheets out of 3 is also up there.

 

[bornablade]

We only lost 4 games that season. Villa, who won the league lost 6. But in contrast we drew 12 to their 6. We lost out by 2 points in the end. If only we had turned them draws into wins...

Same as 1994.

 

[The Vicar]

O Happy days are here again!

MTLBWY

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[Guesty]

Relegated with a positive goal difference.

Score 6 goals over 2 legs in the play offs and still lose.

If anyone can find a way to fuck things up in a unique way, it's us.

Star striker sent down with three games left. Conviction later overturned.

Relegated thanks to an extremely soft goal conceded by a 'keeper later done for 'betting irregularities'.

 

[benn5712]

Beattie flu.

 

[Bladey McBladeface]

We're also, I think, the biggest club in Europe (in terms of support) never to have qualified for European competition via our domestic league - and never played in any major European competition.

Ahhh, but who can forget the Anglo-Italia Cup...