What Year Was This?

[silver blade]

For a start, there’s the start. Leeds United were forced to play their first eight games away from home after crowd trouble saw them penalised by the FA, while Old Trafford was closed for two weeks after a knife-throwing incident. On the pitch, defending champions Arsenal, perhaps impacted by the departure of coach Don Howe for West Brom, lost three games in August and didn’t draw until November, whereas newly-promoted Sheffield United were the early pace-setters, winning their first four games, remaining unbeaten and top of the table until early October. In the end the Blades fell away, a run of defeats in October then a complete collapse in form after the turn of the year, their blistering beginning never likely to last.

 

[Blackheath Blade]

Start of the 1971 season?

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

1963.

 

[raul]

71-72

 

[Tunstall Fred]

1971/72 season,unbeaten until we ran into a genius in one of the last great highlights of his career in October

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

My first season watching the Blades. Southampton at home first game 3-1, then Leeds at home 3-0. Great introduction that was.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

1963.

Don't mention 1963. That's when Hodgy broke his thumb!

 

[Fanny magnet]

Was it when Pinchy suffered severe head trauma or passed through a life on mars type wormhole

 

[georgebernardshaw]

[QUOTE........ then Leeds at home 3-0. Great introduction that was. [/QUOTE]

What a night that was, Bremner, Clarke, Charlton et al giving the ref seven shades of shit, with United up the other end scoring another goal - I laughed till the tears ran down both legs.

 

[Pinchy]

We took nothing like the numbers to away games, then. I was one of not many who saw Woody score a late winner at Everton.

Heady days. Brian Moore on World of Sport advised the nation "If Sheff Yoo are in ya yard, check 'em out" or whatever the contemporary equivalent was.

 

[Ballinpigpubs13]

1971 the George Best goil

 

[Silent Blade]

[QUOTE........ then Leeds at home 3-0. Great introduction that was.

What a night that was, Bremner, Clarke, Charlton et al giving the ref seven shades of shit, with United up the other end scoring another goal - I laughed till the tears ran down both legs.[/QUOTE]
Our second goal scored by Bill Dearden. Paul Madeley was about the only outfield player who was trying to stop our counter attack while many of his team mates were surrounding the ref