what about the worst game ,should be more popular :)

[sitwell]

Mine was 1-2 at home v Wimbledon div 3 1984 , crowd of about 20k and we were shit ,terrible atmosphere after the game.

 

[Wards]

0-3 home to Cov, think it was 91/92 season if memory serves correct. Only game I've ever left early!

 

[TwoHeadedSexBeast]

I remember a 0-0 draw away at Coventry in 1993 which was a real endurance test.

 

[Northyorksblade]

Surely Port Vale home followed by Heath sacking. Misery followed by joy

 

[Cheshire Cat]

There was a set of fixtures at the back-end of McEwan's reign that were absolutely dire. The Oldham game that finally did for him was obviously bad, but at least there were some goals and something happened. I think it was a game against Fulham at the Lane when they scored early doors and absolutely nothing of note happened for the next 85 minutes. At one point I ended up counting stuff just to alleviate the boredom.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

After being 3-0 up at half time at the end I really dissapointed and was missing Warnock; the players wouldn't have let that one slip to 3-2, I truly believe to this day that the pigs would have had a real pasting that day under Neil.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Walsall, the game that sent us to Div 4. Grown men crying on the kop of my dad and grandads generation. The worst of the worst and the lowest ever point as a Blade.

 

[scouseblade]

Remember a league cup match against watford, finished 0-0, lost 4-2 on pens (nothing new there!), there was about 5000 on, freezing cold. Even Chris Kamara doing the commentary on sky was bored to bits, I was reliable informed by Mrs Scouseblade.

 

[1889]

I remember back in the mid eighties whilst on a romantic weekend break in London, sneaking off to watch Utd play Charlton when they played at Upton Park. I travelled across London changed tube trains more times than I care to remember or probably needed to, the game was absolutely shite and ended 0-0, leaving me to trudge back across London in a similar haphazard route to that I'd arrived by, finally stumbled upon the hotel about 8 pm. Oh how she laughed....

 

[Latters]

Plymouth away a few years ago. Jags had to go in the net, Monty came on, we lost 3-0. An absolutely awful game and a real shitter of a journey there and home after when some prick on the coach decided to have numerous loud conversations on his mobile, all of which began and ended with the word "ciao".

The highlight of the otherwise shit day was that said prick fell in a puddle on the way back to the coach and had to travel home wet and covered in mud. Tosser.

 

[Ashtonsmashton]

Burnleyvs Sheffield Utd 1-0 play -off final first time I saw them lose and the feeling at the end was dreadful.

 

[Highbury_Blade]

Watford 3 sheffield utd 0 march 2011 Not only was the game shit, it was also the day I met Ollessendro .


Fuck me.

 

[super_pig]

Watford 3 sheffield utd 0 march 2011 Not only was the game shit, it was also the day I met Ollessendro .
Fuck me.

not all bad then
has to be Walsall for me although seeing my lad in a state of shock because he'd been working in the Sheaf on the Wigan day and spent most of the day consoling 'grown men crying their eyes out' was a bit of an eye opener

 

[Revolution]

Worst game in terms of how it made me feel: Chelsea 3 United 2, 7 May 1994
Worst performance by United: United 0 Oldham 5, 2 January 1988.

 

[lawlessdan]

One has always stood out as a proper boreathon for me was a few years back we played Gillingham at home on the first day of the season I think it was 03/04. Boiling hot day and one of the most boring matches I can remember. I'm sure I remember Jason Brown being a knobhead for them as well.

Another one thinking about it was when we played Watford away and the ticket was a quid and the coach was free. Couldn't help thinking I'd been over priced.

 

[South London Blade]

One has always stood out as a proper boreathon for me was a few years back we played Gillingham at home on the first day of the season I think it was 03/04. Boiling hot day and one of the most boring matches I can remember. I'm sure I remember Jason Brown being a knobhead for them as well.

Another one thinking about it was when we played Watford away and the ticket was a quid and the coach was free. Couldn't help thinking I'd been over priced.

that Gillingham game was a shocker, but Real Madrid wouldn't have beaten them that day...

It must have been one of the hottest days ever in Sheffield, well into the 30s Celsius, and the daft twats had warm air blasting out of the vents on the south stand concourse.

Also remember a game at Wolves early season in the late 90s. Another scorching day, sat in a shadeless stand to watch a 0-0 borathon and then run the gauntlet with their 'fans' on the way out.

 

[Racy]

Walsall, the game that sent us to Div 4. Grown men crying on the kop of my dad and grandads generation. The worst of the worst and the lowest ever point as a Blade.

Surely for blades of that era it dont get any worse than that game.

Don Givens was in josephines night club on the Saturday night after the match drinking champagne in the top bar needless to say he wasn't their long when the word got round.

 

[Darren]

There was a set of fixtures at the back-end of McEwan's reign that were absolutely dire. The Oldham game that finally did for him was obviously bad, but at least there were some goals and something happened. I think it was a game against Fulham at the Lane when they scored early doors and absolutely nothing of note happened for the next 85 minutes. At one point I ended up counting stuff just to alleviate the boredom.

You're radically out as to when that game was. It was on 6th April 1985 when Porterfield was manager. We had had a good run which had pulled us fairly clear of the relegation places and the players ahd lost interest.

 

[Darren]

Worst game in terms of how it made me feel: Chelsea 3 United 2, 7 May 1994
Worst performance by United: United 0 Oldham 5, 2 January 1988.

Can't argue with that.

 

[Grecian2000]

Boxing Day 1979. Makes me feel sick just typing it in.

Abbey Stadium Cambridge 1979. Getting relegated to the 3rd division for the first time in our history. Felt worse than going down to the 4th as we'd sunk to an unthinkable low that our disgusting neighbours had already managed.

What with another dreadful event I look back to 1979 and see the worst year in this countries history.

 

[Racy]

Boxing Day 1979. Makes me feel sick just typing it in.

Abbey Stadium Cambridge 1979. Getting relegated to the 3rd division for the first time in our history. Felt worse than going down to the 4th as we'd sunk to an unthinkable low that our disgusting neighbours had already managed.

What with another dreadful event I look back to 1979 and see the worst year in this countries history.

Went to Cambridge and Chelsea obviously Boxing Day in them days it used hurt so bad it actually traumatised me for a while.

These days it not so bad I get over it in half a day.

 

[Ollessendro]

Watford 3 sheffield utd 0 march 2011 Not only was the game shit, it was also the day I met Ollessendro .


Fuck me.

We met in the George pub whilst watching Blades away at Barnsley, some time before that. I know because I have not been the same since. that evening vs Dingles was another awful game where we got battered, but spozzed a draw. The Watford game is one of my worst also. Truly pathetic and inept. Away at Palace, Watford, Ipswich and QPR under Adams were all thoroughly depressing affairs and stunningly shite performances too.

I think the one I would single out the Palace away game under Adams as my worst. We were truly awful. We needed to get a result to remain above them in the table. We were absolutely gash and a wonder goal from Ambrose settled it. It was a dull, dire game. Afterwards everyone was so depressed they all went home. I was in the need of a drink, so I met my Palace mat for a couple of ales. I walked towards one of the train stations (cannot remember if it was Thornton Heath or Norwood Junction) looking for this ale house. I walked up a high street that only a year ot so before United had completely filled. The street that was full of 7k Blades, in a carnival type atmosphere for the game that might send us up (if Brum did not beat Reading and we won), was now completely empty. I trundled along this deserted street knowing full well that we were heading to the 3rd tier (even though it was only February) and just wanted to cry.

Another close call is the Wolves play off final at Cardiff which was awful on so many levels: performance, result, long drive back etc

 

[Geordie Blade]

My worst game was Carlisle away, around 1986 (not sure of the exact season, Darren will obviously be able to tell me the date, what I had for lunch and which service station I stopped at to fill up on the way back).

It was drizzly, cold and miserable, and we lost 1-0, as a result of an indirect free-kick awarded against us in the area, because John Burridge took more than four steps with the ball in his hands.

 

[Darren]

My worst game was Carlisle away, around 1986 (not sure of the exact season, Darren will obviously be able to tell me the date, what I had for lunch and which service station I stopped at to fill up on the way back).

It was drizzly, cold and miserable, and we lost 1-0, as a result of an indirect free-kick awarded against us in the area, because John Burridge took more than four steps with the ball in his hands.

Saturday 29th March 1986

It was McEwan's first game in charge, Porterfield having been sacked the previous Wednesday.

 

[Bath Blade]

Walsall at home at the beginning of 2002/03. We drew 1-1 but were completely devoid of any ideas on how to play football. It was atrocious, and there was definitely no inkling of what was to come that season.

 

[Conroy]

Losing away 1-0 at Plymouth, night match 1986 'ish'. Highlights were passing Tony Pritchett on way home and making it in under 4-hours squashed into an Opel Manta

....and worst for weather was away at Mansfield with an Arctic snow storm full in the kite for 2-hours.....how cold was that?

 

[Ashtonsmashton]

Watford 3 sheffield utd 0 march 2011 Not only was the game shit, it was also the day I met Ollessendro .


Fuck me.

i went to that game two red cards

 

[Darren]

Losing away 1-0 at Plymouth, night match 1986 'ish'. Highlights were passing Tony Pritchett on way home and making it in under 4-hours squashed into an Opel Manta

....and worst for weather was away at Mansfield with an Arctic snow storm full in the kite for 2-hours.....how cold was that?

We had two 1-0 defeats at Plymouth in night matches the mid eighties - one on Tuesday 14th October 1986 and the other on Monday 31st August 1987 (bank holiday Monday).

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Quite a few - as a Blade, you'd expect nothing else.

Thanks Givens Day

Play-off final v Palace - the lad in front of me said to his mate "well, it's looking like extra ti..oh fucking hell"

Blackwell's Play-off final - wish I'd stayed at Stanmore and ate me sarnies there.

Various other relegations, including a certain dodgy Dutch keeper's efforts.

Boxing Day

A cuptie at Mansfield. Eddy Colquhoun fouled their striker, and walked all the way up his body on the way to the referee to pick up a booking.

Loads more, but if I list them, I'll be on the way to B &Q for a rope.

George.

 

[grafikhaus]

Swindon away 0-0 in, I think 1994. Absolutely nothing happened all game.