Unitedite or Blade?

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For what it's worth I seem to think that Wednesdayites would normally be more likely to describe themselves as a Wednesdayites instead of an owl, whilst we would be more likely to say we was a Blade rather than a Unitedite.

If anyone asks me who I support, if I believe they are from Sheffield or the local environs I would self identify as a Blade, and then if they wasn't I would tell them I support United and then correct them when they wrongly assume that I support the generic Manchester variety.

I also prefer to call Wednesdayites Gruntlets, I think the world implies a sense of lack of physical and mental capability of the fool it is aimed at,
 
Maybe It's weird that I prefer to identify as a Unitedite despite being only 30. I like the Blades nickname but if someone shouts "Come on Blades" at the match I cringe a bit for some reason.

As a side point, does anyone outside Sheffield use the "ite" suffix at the end of W*******y or United? I can't think of anyone else who uses the term.
 
Tyler Durden said:
Maybe It's weird that I prefer to identify as a Unitedite despite being only 30. I like the Blades nickname but if someone shouts "Come on Blades" at the match I cringe a bit for some reason.

As a side point, does anyone outside Sheffield use the "ite" suffix at the end of W*******y or United? I can't think of anyone else who uses the term.
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Chesterfield - Spireites. Does that count?
 
Boxer Blade said:
Bob socks, was your Leicester mate back in the sixties a lad with blond hair
and always wore a leather jacket with his teams name on the back and often
went on the kop and supprted the blades
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That's the one pal, he never supported the Blades though. We met up a few times when we played each other. until 1969 when we played
Leicester in the league cup (night match) we kicked the gates open and stormed their kop, bad move, 100s of skins were waiting (Greg was now one of them) and we took a bit of a kicking.
 
BushBlade said:
Yes my Grandad always said 'unitedite'
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My Grandad always said Unitedite as well. To him (and I guess his generation), Blades was a nick name for the team, Unitedite was the given name for fans/supporters.

It was my Grandad who first took me to watch the Blades, when I was about seven or eight years old, he would go to watch the first team and the reserves.

He was a Blade for 91 years, and even up until his death, he would always read the sports section of newspapers for any news on United, and it was usually one of the first things he asked when I called round to see him, "how did United look the other night?", "What did that new player seem like, was he any good?".

For some strange reason, whenever I think back to those early match days, I never seem to recall Summer, the first thing I think of is coming out of BDBTL on a dark, cold winters afternoon, sleet or rain, all wrapped up with a United scarf on, holding my Grandad's hand as we made our way to London Road to the bus stop.

Sorry for rambling, I owe that old man so much.
 
Grappler said:
My Grandad always said Unitedite as well. To him (and I guess his generation), Blades was a nick name for the team, Unitedite was the given name for fans/supporters.

It was my Grandad who first took me to watch the Blades, when I was about seven or eight years old, he would go to watch the first team and the reserves.

He was a Blade for 91 years, and even up until his death, he would always read the sports section of newspapers for any news on United, and it was usually one of the first things he asked when I called round to see him, "how did United look the other night?", "What did that new player seem like, was he any good?".

For some strange reason, whenever I think back to those early match days, I never seem to recall Summer, the first thing I think of is coming out of BDBTL on a dark, cold winters afternoon, sleet or rain, all wrapped up with a United scarf on, holding my Grandad's hand as we made our way to London Road to the bus stop.

Sorry for rambling, I owe that old man so much.
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When did he start watching the Blades? My uncle (on my mother's side) said that my great grandfather, John Coulbeck, watched the Blades from 1890s until his death in 1954
 
Silent Blade said:
When did he start watching the Blades? My uncle (on my mother's side) said that my great grandfather, John Coulbeck, watched the Blades from 1890s until his death in 1954
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I don't know the exact date pal, my older brother may remember, so will ask when I next speak to him.

I would guess sometime between 1905 and 1910, but it is only a guess.
 
Grappler said:
I don't know the exact date pal, my older brother may remember, so will ask when I next speak to him.

I would guess sometime between 1905 and 1910, but it is only a guess.
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Did he go to the FA Cup Finals in 1915 (unlikely),1925 and 1936?
 

Depends how old you are, to me it has always been Unitedite the term Blades is for the younger end and probably started in the 80's as did the term pigs. In the 70's if you worked with a pig fan as you passed them you would spit out the words fuckin wednesdayites just to let them know they were not well liked.
 
Is this kid a blade or a unitedite?
jackarcher1975.jpg
 
blade too long said:
players entrance
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wasnt that impressive was it
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I was often there after matches in the 1970s! So many memories! Paddy Crerand wasnt nice towards me after a reserves match in September 26th 1970. Nobby Stiles and Ian Ure was furious with him for his attitude towards me. Mark Lazarus of Orient told me to get in the coach to collect autographs of the Orient players on 16th October 1970. Getting to know John Tudor, John Hope, Alan Woodward, TC, Ted Hemsley, Jim Brown and some players. Speaking to Roger Kirkpatrick and Dick Wragg after the 3-0 win against Watford that clinched us promotion on 1st May 1971. Having my scarf and hat nicked by a hooligan after the Newcastle match in April 1st 1972. My dad got furious when he found out (he had been collecting his car to park it on John Street while two older girls were looking after me) and stormed into a minibus to get my scarf back (it wasnt the same scarf as he took it off someone else!). Seeing the River Plate players, getting their autographs, seeing Sabella in a car sitting on the back with Daniel Passarella in August 1978
 
I was a reular by the tunnel on the terrace in the Currie years, and remember an Everton player calling Willie Carlin lofty, was quite close when he broke Alan Balls leg in two-
Had a great view of John Tudor poking home the winner in a 3-2 thriller over the deluded blues a few years earlier
 
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