Was there a time when you (almost) gave up

[NAnstonblade]

Looking at what the pigs are discussing- not going to games etc. Was there ever a time when you came close to saying 'enough is enough'? For me the obvious one was the Walsall game in 81. I remember riding the 75 bus back to Woodseats with grown men crying and supporters throwing their scarves out the windows. A real down day. But, the other side of the coin, the following season was wonderful as we wazzed the 4th Division and felt so good. I guess my point is that sometimes we forget that we just want to see our team doing well and feeling good about it. Getting too wrapped up in chasing the Liverpools of this world is not good. Lesson over. The 2025 'me' is saying yes let's get on up and f*ck those Prem bastards! Oh isn't football the best thing ever created (apart from music and sex)!

 

[Rochdaleblade]

I would have given up if Gary Megson had been appointed manager after Heath.

 

[Cheesebored]

No

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

I stopped going when Blackwell was in charge as I hated giving up my Saturday to travel to and from Sheffield to watch God awful football. Win, lose or draw we were dire. I pay to watch an entertaining game of football. The result is a bonus. If all I was bothered about was the result then I'd stay at home and look it up at full time.

Last season I watched very little after the New Year. There was no point. It was obvious that we had no chance of staying up and that we weren't even putting up a fight. The games had been dire to watch and were getting worse and there was no sign that anything would change. It was humiliating. I started to watch the live stream development games instead and started to enjoy watching matches again.

If you watch a game on TV as a neutral and the game is poor, you end up turning it off. But as a fan of a club people convince themselves to stay and keep going or keep watching. It's weird. The unwritten rulebook of "true fans." It's a bizarre concept where people convince themselves that they're more superior to other fans, same with never saying anything negative about their club. The "I'm bladier than thou" attitude.

If you're watching a movie and you realise that it's a load of crap and not going to get better you turn it off. Simple. Do you need to get grief or justify your decision to others?

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Not until I read this thread.

 

[Norwood's 6 iron]

Last season I watched very little after the New Year. There was no point. It was obvious that we had no chance of staying up and that we weren't even putting up a fight.

If you're watching a movie and you realise that it's a load of crap and not going to get better you turn it off. Simple. Do you need to get grief or justify your decision to others?

Last season was like going to the cinema to watch Titanic, what was the point, everyone new it sank and so did we.

 

[Northyorksblade]

Last season was the closest I've come.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

Last season was like going to the cinema to watch Titanic, what was the point, everyone new it sank and so did we.

A fine analogy. Like Titanic we saw some right t*ts!

 

[TJ blade]

Looking at what the pigs are discussing- not going to games etc. Was there ever a time when you came close to saying 'enough is enough'? For me the obvious one was the Walsall game in 81. I remember riding the 75 bus back to Woodseats with grown men crying and supporters throwing their scarves out the windows. A real down day. But, the other side of the coin, the following season was wonderful as we wazzed the 4th Division and felt so good. I guess my point is that sometimes we forget that we just want to see our team doing well and feeling good about it. Getting too wrapped up in chasing the Liverpools of this world is not good. Lesson over. The 2025 'me' is saying yes let's get on up and f*ck those Prem bastards! Oh isn't football the best thing ever created (apart from music and sex)!

And beer

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

No. And I have never left before the end of a match.

 

[Shirty Blade]

Lost 5 0 to Oldham at home when Billy McEwan was manager. They were grim times.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

The nightmare of Don Givens' last minute penalty miss v Walsall still sends shivers down the spine!

 

[MKY]

It’s always darkest before the dawn….. but the Adkins season nearly did it for me.

 

[Ranmoorblade]

I seriously thought about not renewing my season ticket for this season. Would have still come to games. I ended up buying them on the final day for renewals.

 

[COME BACK CHED]

Never the up`s far outweigh the bad times , A Simple na na na na he`s A Blade and he`s a Blade re-sets my feelings .

 

[bornablade]

Giving up on the Blades is like asking if I'd ever give up on my kids.

It will never happen.

 

[Cappy]

No

I was worried how last season would impact my lad. Going to every home game and every away game we could get tickets for (majority) and it just being shit and expensive. Also with him knowing he was moving abroad 2 seasons later, I wondered if he’d have the attitude of “what’s the point”, but my lad and his generation is still right there following the team home and away, full of passion. That kept me going when I’d driven hours to watch us get fisted every week

Other than that, I lost a lot interest in football during Covid, but that wasn’t down to the blades.

 

[Varkanoid]

No

 

[Cheets]

Not giving up but 1988 we were awful, got relegated to Division 3 and I was going to uni in Autumn so thought I'd become a bit more detached from SUFC, less emotionally involved. Then in the summer Dave Bassett revamped the team and signed some bloke called Brian Deane...

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

I’ve not enjoyed it anything like I did before Covid. But I think that’s more a me and my mental health thing. And the Wilder effect second time round doesn’t seem the same.

 

[Cheeky Blade]

No.

Because it’s always been more about the people, culture and city rather than any temporary triumphs or failures.

 

[BalticBlade]

Never gave up but the relegation to Leaugue One coincided with becoming a dad so the mixture of new priorities and a low point in my time following United meant I became pretty ambivalent about it for a while.

 

[NAnstonblade]

The nightmare of Don Givens' last minute penalty miss v Walsall still sends shivers down the spine!

Geez, it was awful.

 

[NAnstonblade]

No

I was worried how last season would impact my lad. Going to every home game and every away game we could get tickets for (majority) and it just being shit and expensive. Also with him knowing he was moving abroad 2 seasons later, I wondered if he’d have the attitude of “what’s the point”, but my lad and his generation is still right there following the team home and away, full of passion. That kept me going when I’d driven hours to watch us get fisted every week

Other than that, I lost a lot interest in football during Covid, but that wasn’t down to the blades.

That's a great story. Never give up.

 

[alcoblade]

It's not just the football, it's the life around it. So no, never.

Even when the football was shite last season, the added bonus was I got an extra hour in the boozer. An expensive way of doing a weekend in London, but fucking brilliant none the less.

 

[VictoryBlade]

Looking at what the pigs are discussing- not going to games etc. Was there ever a time when you came close to saying 'enough is enough'? For me the obvious one was the Walsall game in 81. I remember riding the 75 bus back to Woodseats with grown men crying and supporters throwing their scarves out the windows. A real down day. But, the other side of the coin, the following season was wonderful as we wazzed the 4th Division and felt so good. I guess my point is that sometimes we forget that we just want to see our team doing well and feeling good about it. Getting too wrapped up in chasing the Liverpools of this world is not good. Lesson over. The 2025 'me' is saying yes let's get on up and f*ck those Prem bastards! Oh isn't football the best thing ever created (apart from music and sex)!

I would have given up if Gary Megson had been appointed manager after Heath.

Apparently he did apply for the job? God

 

[VictoryBlade]

Not giving up but 1988 we were awful, got relegated to Division 3 and I was going to uni in Autumn so thought I'd become a bit more detached from SUFC, less emotionally involved. Then in the summer Dave Bassett revamped the team and signed some bloke called Brian Deane...

Didn't he cost something daft like 40K?

 

[Pedro Verde]

No Never give up

You have to go through the bad times to really appreciate the good times UTB

 

[John Cutsbushes]

Travelling back from a Tuesday night defeat at Yeovil under Clough
We were absolutely woeful and I remember questioning what I was doing with my life
It got worse!
The loss at Bury under Adkins when it looked like we would never get out of League One
Then Wilder arrived

 

[Stretch]

Last season was the worst I have ever felt supporting this club, until it wasn't when I simply stopped caring. So I am not sure if I gave up as such, but it was probably quite close.