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2-2 draw against Everton in the league cup in 1984 I think.
Top tier of the old John Street.
Instantly hooked.
Top tier of the old John Street.
Instantly hooked.
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We didn't play Burnley at the Lane between 1967 and 1973, so I reckon this must have been the opening game of the 73-4 season on 25th August when we lost 2-0.
1972, Chelsea Home won 2-0
First with a season ticket, 1975, Derby at home, 1-1 draw........went down that season.
1984. Home v Orient. A win for the Blades 6-3. Old Division 3 i think.
Sat on the BL upper tier and cheered for all 9 goals as i was 6 and retarded.
The major memory i have of that time is that there were not a lot of other people about i suspect because we were usually rubbish and my dad didn't want to take me in the kop where there were ruffians. I didn't pursuade him to stand at a match until i was well into my teens and we were away agaisnt Burnely in the snowy cup replay in the mid 1990's (Darren ???) and Adrian Littlejohn was racially abused. I remember a fat Blade turning up very late in that Burnley match with a rucksack full of hot sausage rolls that he appeared to have stolen from a buttie shop / tea canteen and handing them out.
Back to the orient game, darren, could you let me know who scored and if i'm right about the year and division? Ta mate.
1976 ish against Fulham, who had Best, Marsh (and maybe Moore), we won 2-0 or 2-1 i think. We were in the New South Stand and presented with our Star soccer coaching certificates at half time.
2 January 1978 aged 4. Old Second Division, and a 2-2 draw v Tottenham. Don't remember much about it, except it was cold, and a long journey from London.
First match was in the late 70's. Think it might have been against Bury but not sure.
The thing that stuck in my mind was entering from the back of the kop & seeing this massive green pitch. Started going regular when we were in the 4th division. Used to get there about 1.30pm. Didn't see much when game started when all the bigger lads had turned up. Plenty of surges! Those were the days... jumpers for goalposts!
Mine was 1989/90 season (I think). It was the last home game against Bournmouth which we won 5-2 (i think).
Cant remember that much detail, I remember standing on the kop near the front corner (south stand side), the fences were still up for this game because at the end they opened the gates so we could walk across the pitch. I also remember being picked up and thrown around everytime we scored. Ever since that game I pestured my brother to take me again.
Don't remember goal scorers.
If Darren has anymore info let me know please.
Also if anyone happens to have a programme from that match and willing to part with it let me know.![]()
Blades Norwich in 1992 (I think). They licked us 2-1. Robert Fleck was on fire for Norwich at the time and scored both there goals.
2-2 draw against Everton in the league cup in 1984 I think.
Top tier of the old John Street.
Instantly hooked.
Thanks Darren! I must've got the teams mixed up, because it was definitely no later than 71. I remember the claret and blue and, only being just 7 at the time, I'd always figured it was Burnley. Might have been West Ham or more likely Aston Villa. Also although I think we lost we definitely scored because I remember being totally amazed at how bonkers everyone went, especially the kop.
Any thoughts from the forum Statto?![]()
My dad said my first match was against Blackpool in the mid 1960s but I have no recollection of that match nor the Spain v Switzerland world Cup match at the sty (I was 4). I attended a few games in the late 1960s and remember the 1-0 wins against Norwich and Cardiff in Sept 1969 but I didnt know any of the players names. I became a committed Blade after watching the YTV highlights of us beating Everton by 2-1 in the FA Cup in Jan 1970. My first match as a committed Blade (and starting to learn the names of our players etc) was the 2-0 win against Preston two weeks later
there was a corner and Stancliffe (I think) headed towards goal only to see the Defender on the line catch the ball! (the next programme had a pic of this with the Defender holding the ball on the ground with a wry smile on his face).
It was Stancliffe. that's a terrifc photo. I think Barry Silkman caught the ball.
Cue a continuation of the siege and Edwards eventually put us 4-3 up. As was usual in those days, United allowed Orient back into the game and there were some worrying moments until, with about 5 mins left, Tom Heffernan picked up the ball at right back and ran the length of the pitch down the right wing before blasting the ball past (I think) Mervyn Day in the Orient goal.
That was that, but there was still time for Edwards to be brought down in the area in injury time and for Morris to score the pen
Heffernan's was the fifth but I think you've got the Edwards and Morris goals the wrong way round. Edwards got the last, I think, cutting in from the left and bending the ball round the keeper. Morris got 2 penalties in about 10 minutes.
"26/9/84. Morris pen and Edwards for us - Edwards' goal looked suspciously offside."
There's film of this on one of the club videos - Edwards was about 10 to 15 yards offside. A shocking decision, but no one was complaining...
v Watford 13.08.94 won 3-0
My Grandad's last match, some 70 or so years after his first.
Edwards definitely got the 4th goal and Morris the last.
I think you're wrong, but nothing turns on it...
manchester city.. 3-3 draw.. 1974 (ish) one nil up .. two one down three two down.. three three draw.. someone told me its on youtube somewhere.. i'll get round to looking at some point
suitably inspired..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLs0cKm1ETE&feature=related
1972! seven years old.. turns out we were two down.. i remember it being topsy turvy..check out the kop when woody scores the pen.. happy days![]()
Silent- I remember for that Everton match having to buy a ticket (Large and pink - ooh er missus) which prior to that all cup games were pay on the gate for the Kop. Do you know if this was the first all ticket game I would have attended.
It can't have been Villa as we didn't play them at the Lane between 1969 (when we won 5-0) and 1976. Games v West Ham at the Lane in the early 70's were a 3-0 win on 29/2/72 (Dearden 3 - played on a Tuesday afternoon during the 3 day week) and a 0-0 draw on 10/3/73 (when Woodward missed a pen).
Didnt realise that the Everton match in 1970 was all ticket. I read that tickets for the Sheffield derby match in Feb 1967 (Bill Punton scoring in our 1-0 win) were sold out days before the match. Did you go to that one?
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