We've got no "foreign" players, do we have any "foreign" forum members?

[Maidenhead]

There are more than one hundred Scandinavian Blades, some of them here:

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if ever a picture justified the Desso

 

[SwissBlade]

Isn't there a Turkish guy on here too?

The legendary Kazarre13 : found the blades, found love, dumped her, came back to the blades, found love again and then disappeared...

Come back Kaz lad, football is greater than the love of a good woman

 

[Deaneandagana]

I came across the match day programme from when we played Man Utd in the Prem (06/07) in it Rob Kozluk was doing the usual player focus Q&A.....

Q. If you weren't a footballer where in the world would you be?

A. Probably in cloud cuckoo land, where I would more than likely bump into Colin Kazim Richards!

Epic

 

[shorehamview]

The legendary Kazarre13 : found the blades, found love, dumped her, came back to the blades, found love again and then disappeared...

Come back Kaz lad, football is greater than the love of a good woman

Last seen two weeks ago according to his profile thingy.

 

[BushBlade]

St Pauli's tunnel has got to be one of the cringiest things in football. (And that includes tango man)

It's as if they set up a focus group to identify clichéd graffiti - looks like Bart Simpson's bedroom wall.

Is that the players' tunnel? If I was playing there I'd bring a can of paint and tag it.

 

[sitwell]

I was in Toronto yesterday and off to Syracuse later ,does that count ?

 

[Jesus_was_a_Blade]

Stick to Hamburger Berg as I said, Grosse Freiheit which runs parallel and the Hans Albers Platz across the road. It's been a while since I was out on the Reeperbahn but the Ex-Sparr half way down the Hamburgerberg was always one of my faves. Good Irish bar at the bottom of the Grosse Freiheit and another excellent one called Molly Malones on the Platz which is tiny and always crammed but has brilliant live music, in fact keep your ear out for music and just follow it. Avoid anywhere too quiet that looks too much like a prossy hang-out because you'll be approached by their pimps who may not let you go before you've purchased something, though that usually only applies to the quieter days, not weekends. Don't get talked into anywhere by someone on the street offering free drinks and lesbian muff diving, the places are dumps, empty and a total rip off. You'll be lucky to get out without having to empty your wallets.
If you want to go somewhere like that, I mean, if your mates make you go somewhere like that, make sure you go somewhere bright and on a main street. I would suggest the Dollhouse at the bottom of the Grosse Freiheit.
If you need a nightclub, even though the bars will see you through to daylight, I recommend the Molotov on the Reeperbahn for a grungy, indie / punk type feel. If you want a more mainstream club the Grosse Freiheit 36 is a safe bet for a good night, although there are several on the Reeperbahn.
Don't forget - after the match proper Pauli fans will head over to the Jolly Roger, which has a great atmosphere for an after-match beer and is a good starting point for the night. Also, you can live off kebabs on and around the Reeperbahn, made from fresh stuff and with bread that's actually edible.
Have a great weekend.

Thanks mate, appreciate the advice.

 

[cal the blade]

Before they won the title ???

What happened ?
Did the Sheffield United percentage of you reject the success

no i meen i didnt just start following them this season because they won the title like a glory hunter type been about 3 years now

 

[JJBlade]

no i meen i didnt just start following them this season because they won the title like a glory hunter type been about 3 years now

Ha ha...I know what you meant

But it sounded like you supported Feyenoord until they won the title

It sounded like once they'd won the title you stopped supporting them.....lol

 

[Isar]

According to Ancestry.co.uk I'm 62% German and 20% Irish. Only 11% English in fact.

I am 50% Hungarian and 100% Yorkshireman.

 

[mancunianblade]

I've seen a bigger influx of Chinese spectators at Bramall Lane in the past couple of years, and with the business and student links that Sheffield currently has with China, it's great for our numbers.

Really crap interview on BBC Radio sheffield site about Chinese fans, sounds like a work experience lads project..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05cqkbr

 

[cal the blade]

Ha ha...I know what you meant

But it sounded like you supported Feyenoord until they won the title

It sounded like once they'd won the title you stopped supporting them.....lol

just tryna clarify thats all

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Anybody recall that foreign chap Onmi Edson who joined one of the forums a few years ago?

He did. Played for Sao Paulo fc a few years since.

 

[Espania blade]

I only know of German Blade who is a "foreign" fan of the Mighty Blades, is anyone on the forum from another country who is a Blade?

Just interested to know how you came to Follow Follow Follow the Blades?

I for some reason have attached my self to Hajduk Split (before recent media coverage) and St Pauli (purely because they are cool!!). Has anyone seen their players tunnel? its amazing.

Sorry forum police if this has been mentioned before, in the wrong section or crimes I have commited writing this.

Ta

Does Attercliffe count as a foreign country?

 

[Aston max]

I am 50% Hungarian and 100% Yorkshireman.

Are you Granville off open all hour's? ?

 

[Jonboy60]

Does Attercliffe count as a foreign country?

It should do.

 

[JOEYDEE]

According to Ancestry.co.uk I'm 62% German and 20% Irish. Only 11% English in fact.

Watch out for the brexit police coming for you !

 

[dynamoblade]

Craft beer walking tour and brewery tour my friend! Im a complete beer tourist. There is some reit merch in their club shop aswell! we could learn a thing or two from their shop.

This sums up St Pauli, just a big money making scam.

Majority of their fans are spoilt brat students playing anarchist. I used to be attracted to them for the left wing reputation, but its mostly bollocks.

Its the same with Union Berlin bunch of Anglophone hipsters, most of whom have never been to football before but now walk round putting the stickers up and tagging FCU all over Berlin cos its now 'cool'.

I follow BFC Dynamo, proper club with tradition (beat Forest once in 80s for one) and got some proper hardcore working class support and not a few old Communists. Of course they get described as being nazis by all the hipsters cos they tend to have short shaved hair and look like actual blokes instead of boys on a daytrip for the instagram photos.

Rant over. Just gets me how many people get taken in by St Pauli/Union

 

[dublin 10 blade]

On the Irish Blades Facebook page , there's close to 60 of us
Although some ( like myself are from Sheffield ) , but reside in the Emerald Isle .
A far few are dyed in the wool paddies , Beggora .

 

[Hamburg Blade]

This sums up St Pauli, just a big money making scam.

Majority of their fans are spoilt brat students playing anarchist. I used to be attracted to them for the left wing reputation, but its mostly bollocks.

Its the same with Union Berlin bunch of Anglophone hipsters, most of whom have never been to football before but now walk round putting the stickers up and tagging FCU all over Berlin cos its now 'cool'.

I follow BFC Dynamo, proper club with tradition (beat Forest once in 80s for one) and got some proper hardcore working class support and not a few old Communists. Of course they get described as being nazis by all the hipsters cos they tend to have short shaved hair and look like actual blokes instead of boys on a daytrip for the instagram photos.

Rant over. Just gets me how many people get taken in by St Pauli/Union

Have to defend my second club here. I go because I lived in Hamburg for a while and have friends who are life long supporters. The overall political leanings are genuinely held, can't say I agree with it all but most fans are working class true football supporters. There are a few anarchist groups that attach themselves to the club, but I would take issue with the realism of their politics rather than how genuine their support is. St. Pauli get good support even when in lower divisions and doing shite, because it's about supporting Pauli, not about winning everything in sight - a bit like SUFC - the glory hunters and posers head over to HSV.
Ignoring the out-of-town and international hangers-on, there is a genuine community surrounding the club and while modern life has moved people away from the sort of anti-establishment lifestyles that some used to be able to lead, there is nothing plastic about their football support or their politics.

 

[forte]

I think we are a few Scandinavian Blades on here. I am from Stockholm but have been following United since the early 2000s. Been across several times to the Lane and also a few away games, but since I have been living in Brazil for a few years I have not been able to follow as much as I'd like to. One thing about being back in the Championship is that it's a lot more televised games which makes it a lot easier to have a decent feeling about what's going on. Deadbat's match reports have been a true savior many times though