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Isaw Joeshaw

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Just returned to our hotel from a beach bar in Rhodes where the owner asked me ( as he brought a free snack of cheese, salami, cucumber, celery and homemade breadsticks ' cos we'd had a couple of glasses of wine )

" Where are you from in England " ? When I replied Sheffield, he exclaimed " Ah, SHEFFIELD UNITED !!"

It prompted me to wonder where else in the world other Blades have had a similar reaction or recognition of our great club. Answers please ?

PS. I'm posting this after an arduous day at the beach with a temperature of 75 F, a slight breeze and not a cloud in the sky and I hope that forum members will recognise the sacrifices I make on their behalf.
 

Isaw Joeshaw said:
Just returned to our hotel from a beach bar in Rhodes where the owner asked me ( as he brought a free snack of cheese, salami, cucumber, celery and homemade breadsticks ' cos we'd had a couple of glasses of wine )

" Where are you from in England " ? When I replied Sheffield, he exclaimed " Ah, SHEFFIELD UNITED !!"

It prompted me to wonder where else in the world other Blades have had a similar reaction or recognition of our great club. Answers please ?

PS. I'm posting this after an arduous day at the beach with a temperature of 75 F, a slight breeze and not a cloud in the sky and I hope that forum members will recognise the sacrifices I make on their behalf.
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As this is another blatant holiday boast thread, I'll join in and will ask at the 10 Islands in Caribbean I'm visiting over the Christmas period. :)
 
Isaw Joeshaw said:
PS. I'm posting this after an arduous day at the beach with a temperature of 75 F, a slight breeze and not a cloud in the sky and I hope that forum members will recognise the sacrifices I make on their behalf.
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Have you got a jumper? You are missing a right heat wave here. It was 88F earlier in S11 and I had to come back inside as the beer was warming up too quickly. No breeze now to speak of and clear blue skies overhead. Oh to be in England when the sun shines.

BTW if the owner is Nick the Greek, he comes from Camden and is a pig. He is well known for pretending to know about the Blades but secretly has a desire for the unclean.

Enjoy Rhodes and give my love to Cecil.
 
Living and working in central Europe, the "I'm from Sheffield" is often met with "ja, Sheffield United!", which is pleasing.

Most recently after meeting some Sturm Graz fans, I've had the pleasure of discussing the midfield maestro Johnny Ertl over a few beers on the train. A surprising number of football fans out here follow the Championship and are aware of the Blades successes. People are always impressed by our attendances, especially the last few years in Div 3 (Graz only get 9,000 ish per game, despite being the second biggest city).

However, I went for a job interview a few years back where the interviewer was an Austrian piggy. Really wanted the job so had to bite my lip. I don't work there any more!
 
I was in the Malaysian Jungle and some bloke with no clothes and a leaf covering his modesty wondered over, i said "Sheffield United", he ignored me, so i shouted in his face, "SHEFFIELD UNITED", he still ignored me so i rabbit punched him in the throat.

He definitely didn't know anything about the Blades, lovely place though.
 
I should coco said:
Have you got a jumper? You are missing a right heat wave here. It was 88F earlier in S11 and I had to come back inside as the beer was warming up too quickly. No breeze now to speak of and clear blue skies overhead. Oh to be in England when the sun shines.

BTW if the owner is Nick the Greek, he comes from Camden and is a pig. He is well known for pretending to know about the Blades but secretly has a desire for the unclean.

Enjoy Rhodes and give my love to Cecil.
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Cecil says he remembers you well, but will never forgive you for forgetting to bring the KY jelly.
 
ashsufc1889 said:
Abu Dhabi - In the bar in the hotel watching a ManUre game and a local asked me if i was a "United.
To which i replied "I am, but the real original United".
His reply "You responded like a true Blade".
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Video or it didn't happen.
 
I was backpacking through the amazon rainforest about five years ago somewhere between Peru and Ecuador and came across a bloke in a 92/93 Wednesday sanderson shirt. I would've loved to have had a chat with him but he was more interested in trying to spear me in the face so i left it. As for blades well plenty seem to know who we are in Turkey. Met a few Fenerbahce fans that recognised the shirt and badge.
 
I thought that the good folk of Rhodes might identify with the pigs, given their famous "Collosus" (which sank)
 

Was in Santiago, Chile, and looking at a restaurant menu. One of the waiters comes over and hears me speaking in English and asks where I'm from. I said Sheffield and he says "ah, Sheffield United"! I just looked at the Mrs and said "yes mate, we'd like a table for two please"! Fantastic meal too thankfully!

I guess the 2006/7 season in the Prem raised the profile of United. Hopefully we'll get back there before the pigs!
 
Isaw Joeshaw said:
Just returned to our hotel from a beach bar in Rhodes where the owner asked me ( as he brought a free snack of cheese, salami, cucumber, celery and homemade breadsticks ' cos we'd had a couple of glasses of wine )

" Where are you from in England " ? When I replied Sheffield, he exclaimed " Ah, SHEFFIELD UNITED !!"

It prompted me to wonder where else in the world other Blades have had a similar reaction or recognition of our great club. Answers please ?

PS. I'm posting this after an arduous day at the beach with a temperature of 75 F, a slight breeze and not a cloud in the sky and I hope that forum members will recognise the sacrifices I make on their behalf.
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Where in Rhodes?
 
Booker4 said:
Was in Santiago, Chile, and looking at a restaurant menu. One of the waiters comes over and hears me speaking in English and asks where I'm from. I said Sheffield and he says "ah, Sheffield United"! I just looked at the Mrs and said "yes mate, we'd like a table for two please"! Fantastic meal too thankfully!

I guess the 2006/7 season in the Prem raised the profile of United. Hopefully we'll get back there before the pigs!
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WE played in a tournament there in 1966. In one of the matches we beat AC Milan by 4-0
 
Early 1980s, with family visiting friends in Madrid. Me and Mrs HBT went sight-seeing for the day, and returned in the evening to hear a crowd of kids round the swimming-pool in the complex all singing 'We are the Sheffield United, we play in the red white and black...' Not bad for a team not long out of division 4. Our friends' kids could still sing it a couple of years later (but I imagine they rarely did).:(
 
Silent Blade said:
WE played in a tournament there in 1966. In one of the matches we beat AC Milan by 4-0
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Didn't know that! I always thought we just played the likes of Chesterfield and Rotherham pre-season back then or the Watney Cup!
 
I got stopped by a guy in the street in Bangkok in May who asked me where i'm from, I said the UK, and he shouts "Tottenham Hotspur!" I told him that i didn't watch the premier league, as my team were in the third tier, but had just won the league. He shouts "Sheffield United. 100Pts!".

I was amazed. He then asked for some money.
 
silver blade said:
When I was in Paris I chap asked me if I was English, I replied yes, he then asked me if I was from London, I replied no Sheffield, he said he hadn't heard of it.
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I bet if you’d have said Sheffield Wednesday he’d have heard of it. Apparently, they’ve got more fans in Paris than Saint-Germain.
 
I was in deepest, darkest Mombassa once when a local lad wandered up and asked me who I supported. "Sheffield United" I replied. At which point he whipped out a pencil and piece of paper and promptly drew the badge. I was gobsmacked.............

Until he did the same with the Derby fan who was accompanying me.

Still mightily impressive though and I bought the wood carving he was ultimately selling. As did the Derby fan:)
 
Bayingblade said:
I was in deepest, darkest Mombassa once when a local lad wandered up and asked me who I supported. "Sheffield United" I replied. At which point he whipped out a pencil and piece of paper and promptly drew the badge. I was gobsmacked.............

Until he did the same with the Derby fan who was accompanying me.

Still mightily impressive though and I bought the wood carving he was ultimately selling. As did the Derby fan:)
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Fair play to the lad. True entrepreneurial zeal.
 

I was once in Cairo and decided to walk to the Great Pyramid of Giza, which turned out being about 20 miles away despite being visible at the end of the street. When I was about 3/4 of the way there a bloke with a camel asked me where I was from. "Aaaaah, Sheffield United" he said when I told him. "For you, the ride is free".

I took his word for it and got on board. However, when we got to the pyramid the bastard wouldn't let me get down off the camel until I gave him a tenner "tip".
 
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