Wembley Heartaches - How many are you on?

[Alfiesdad]

Apart from Huddersfield when we were in Portugal I've done them all, plus the 2 Old Trafford semis and Cardiff.
Swore I'd never do another playoff final in my life, and yet despite the fact that I'm wearing a cast on my leg, I'll be at Wembley next week.

 

[Fjortoft's Aeroplane]

Pretty mad to think some folks spent their entire football going lives following the Blades between1926 to 1992 (66 years!) and never got to go to Wembley with us. I hope the fans following between 2026 and 2092 have a bit more to shout about. I guess it's better to have had the excitement of getting there (and lose) than not experience getting there at all.

 

[Frank the tank]

Can't remember most of them i was that spannered

 

[Silent Blade]

Pretty mad to think some folks spent their entire football going lives following the Blades between1926 to 1992 (66 years!) and never got to go to Wembley with us.

We did play at Wembley in 1936

 

[Selly]

Pretty mad to think some folks spent their entire football going lives following the Blades between1926 to 1992 (66 years!) and never got to go to Wembley with us. I hope the fans following between 2026 and 2092 have a bit more to shout about. I guess it's better to have had the excitement of getting there (and lose) than not experience getting there at all.

Under the criteria for getting to Wembley between 36 and 92, we still wouldn't have got there. Play off finals and semis being there were not a thing.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Yep got the full shitty house

Bristol City 88. Play Off SF
Pigs 93 FA Cup SF
Palace 97. Play Offs Final
Newcastle 98. FA Cup SF
Sunderland 98. Play Off SF
Arsenal 03. FA Cup SF
Liverpool 03. LC SF
Wolves. 03. Play Off Final
Burnley 09. Play Off Final
Hudders 12 Play Off Final
Yeovil 13 Play Off SF
Hull City 14. FA Cup SF
Spurs 15. LC SF
Swindon 15. Play Off SF
Forest 23. Play Off SF
Man City 24. FA Cup SF

Other than that it’s been just peachy

 

[MagnifiqueShorehamStreet]

Enough now Blades.This is getting like the Yorkshireman sketch from Monty Python.
I’ve been to every single play off and Wembley final since, the Battle of Hastings.We used to live in a shoebox in the middle of the road, work 29 hours a day down’t mill, have to drink a cup of cold poison at half-time, lose every match 36-0, and when we got home, our Dad’s would thrash within an inch of our lives, singing Hi ho silver lining.
And you try and tell the young people of today, that, and they won’t believe you!

 

[Booker4]

I missed '93 because it was a case of do I want to spend my money on one day at Wembley as a skint 14 year old or put that money to a season ticket for the 1992 - 93 season. I went with the latter. We then sold the irreplaceable Brian Deane and replaced him with Jostein Flo! That worked out well!

I still maintain that we should have got Lee Chapman as a makeweight for Deane as Chapman has scored 14 PL goals for a struggling Leeds side in the 92 - 93 season where we actually finished above Leeds. Chapman knew the target man role really well at Leeds, he made a career out of that. Flo was nesh and better as a right forward in a system we didn't play.

 

[Jan Age]

You can’t say it’s bland supporting us.

Although we always seem to be the bridesmaid and never the bride at least we are in these games.

I’d much rather have all the big games we’ve been over the decades than be say a Preston or QPR or even a palace in the prem.

 

[Dkc]

Might there be anyone still alive who was at the 1936 final? It's possible someone could have attended as a child and be in their 90s now.

 

[mattbianco1]

Just wondering how many of our Wembley heartaches (1993 onwards) folks on here have been in attendance for? I've been to all 6 and I'm praying 7 is the lucky number!

1997 (Palace)
2007 (Burnley)
2012 (Huddersfield)
2014 (Hull)
2023 (Man City)

Plus Old Trafford (Arsenal) and Millennium Stadium (Wolves).

I wasn't at the Pigs or Newcastle semi finals

 

[BadgersBigToe]

Not missed any……need to see a win soon…..at 67 I’m running out of time

 

[Isar]

Done 5 of the six and Cardiff.
Missed the Hull City FA Cup semi final due to being stuck in a beer garden in Munich.

Also we went to the Swindon vs Millwall play-off final at Wembley, we lived in Swindon at the time. Millwall won 1:0.
Again backed the losing side. However because it wasn't United it didn't feel to bad.

 

[SB_90]

im on 4 wembley defeats i think as 12 year old my 1st 2 away games were Old Trafford & Cardiff in 2003. i do remember watching 1997 as a 6 year old on tv

but also 3 heartaches because i dont count Hull at wembley as a heartache as thats as happy as it has got to be a united fan at neutral venue the last 100 years & we expected to lose to man city

 

[Silent Blade]

Might there be anyone still alive who was at the 1936 final? It's possible someone could have attended as a child and be in their 90s now.

Newbury Blade 's uncle went to that match but died a few years ago.

 

[MKY]

Just the one for me Vs Hull. Found Wembley to be a dreadful, soulless experience….. probably because we lost!

 

[Eskimo]

All of them for me, plus Wolves plus Newcastle & Arsenal at OT. Also the 2 LC semis at Anfield and the Spurs one.

In terms of other playoff defeats, I was at the 2nd leg vs Bristol City in 88, was at Sunderland in 98, didn't go to Yeovil, Swindon or Forest.

Fun times...

Jeez Bristol relegation play off was a bad un. We got followed from the ground to where we’d parked the car, crossed the road at the last minute jumped in we were off. I don’t know what was the biggest surprise; that we hadn’t been jumped or that the Vauxhall Chevette started first time. Anyway we’d lost and we were down.

 

[JD88]

I didn't go in 93 but the other 2 we where huge underdogs tbf. Huddersfield play off defeat was by far the worst for me, that's the lowest I have ever felt leaving a game.

 

[Mattblade68]

Yep got the full shitty house

Bristol City 88. Play Off SF
Pigs 93 FA Cup SF
Palace 97. Play Offs Final
Newcastle 98. FA Cup SF
Sunderland 98. Play Off SF
Arsenal 03. FA Cup SF
Liverpool 03. LC SF
Wolves. 03. Play Off Final
Burnley 09. Play Off Final
Hudders 12 Play Off Final
Yeovil 13 Play Off SF
Hull City 14. FA Cup SF
Spurs 15. LC SF
Swindon 15. Play Off SF
Forest 23. Play Off SF
Man City 24. FA Cup SF

Other than that it’s been just peachy

That's almost a semi or final every two years!

 

[Dkc]

That's almost a semi or final every two years!

Not bad going to reach all those finals and semis.

 

[Rufus Smalls]

Missed the Hull semi and the Huddersfield debacle, as I was on another continent at the time.

 

[Guesty]

Enough now Blades.This is getting like the Yorkshireman sketch from Monty Python.
I’ve been to every single play off and Wembley final since, the Battle of Hastings.We used to live in a shoebox in the middle of the road, work 29 hours a day down’t mill, have to drink a cup of cold poison at half-time, lose every match 36-0, and when we got home, our Dad’s would thrash within an inch of our lives, singing Hi ho silver lining.
And you try and tell the young people of today, that, and they won’t believe you!

Well of course I had it tough...

 

[SwitchBLADE Smiles]

3 plus Cardiff & Old Trafford. Palace, Burnley & Huddersfield.

Have yet to see us score a goal live, that wasn’t in a penalty shoot out.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

That's almost a semi or final every two years!

You could never accuse us of being boring but fk me it would be nice to see one success in lifetime!

 

[Carlton Blade]

Play offs. BC, Palace, Sunderland, Wolves, Hudds, Yeovil, Swindon. FA Cup. Pigs, Newcastle, Arsenal, Hull, City. League Cup. Liverpool, Spurs

 

[ashsufc1889]

5 - Wasn't at the Hull game as flying back from the middle east. Was flying over London at kick off time, caught the second half on TV once we'd landed.

Edit: Not Wembley - But also Wolves at that shithole in Wales.

Edit Edit: And the semi's at Old Trafford

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Jeez Bristol relegation play off was a bad un. We got followed from the ground to where we’d parked the car, crossed the road at the last minute jumped in we were off. I don’t know what was the biggest surprise; that we hadn’t been jumped or that the Vauxhall Chevette started first time. Anyway we’d lost and we were down.

Loads of trouble that night with smaller groups of Blades getting ambushed.. they got paid back with interest the following season last away game

 

[Paul1963]

All of the play off finals and cup semis, after 97 I still can’t listen to Glad All Over and turn it off as soon as I hear the intro. Only good memory of that day was some Palace fans turning up in a tank

 

[ForgeBlade]

Put 5 cos I forgot one was at Cardiff. 4 at Wembley, 1 at Cardiff. Missed the Man City game the other year.
1997 Palace 0-1
2003 Wolves 0-3
2009 Burnley 0-1
2012 Huddersfield pens
2014 Hull 3-5

Also 2 FA Cup semis at Old Trafford, and 2 league cup semis that I went to both legs of.
1998 Newcastle 0-1
2003 Arsenal 0-1
2003 Liverpool 2-3 (agg)
2015 Spurs 2-3 (agg)

 

[Lane Ender]

All of the fuckers, Pigs, Palace, Burnley, Huddersfield, Hull, Man City - plus Wolves, Arsenal, Newcastle, Spurs….Yeovil, Swindon

Ditto but I’m missing this one