Who is best all time left sided Blades player?

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Lane Ender said:
Always popped up regularally at the back stick with a goal
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I always remember him making darting runs to the front post, meeting a Woody corner with his head and the ball finding itself in the back of the net.

Silent Blade said:
He wasnt really often on the left wing to take players on. I am struggling to remember if he ever made a cross from the left that resulted in a goal. When Salmons attacked on the left Reece would go inside and was good at finding space in the box to head or hit the ball with his foot. He was excellent at reading Woody's crosses. A difficult man to mark and despite being slightly built he was quite strong in challenges. Sometimes Woody would take players on the left wing before crossing
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He never shirked a challenge. Remember him breaking his leg through not pulling out of a challenge. Can't remember who it was against. Blackpool(?)

Better get ready to put a tin hat on..... I always thought Stephen Quinn could have been an outstanding left sided Blades player. I believe if he could have had a full back to the same quality as Naughton, Walker, Lowton on the left side then he would have benefited enormously.
 
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Shalalalafenoughty said:
Althoughplayer, Tommy Craig was a good footballer. I saw plenty of him while he was at Hillsborough as there was a lad on our street who was a Wednesday fan and I often went with him to their home games and he in turn was a regular at Bramall Lane - he thought Currie was wonderful. Craig was a neat player - he could pass a ball and he had a good shot on him from distance - but there was far too much expectation on his shoulders for a young lad, especially in a poor team which Wednesday were at the time. He was also unfortunate in that he had the same initials as Currie and was about the same age and he suffered by comparison as any midfield player would have done at the time. He wasn't in Currie's league because nobody was.
he was much more a central midfielder than a left-sided
Back to the subject under debate. I think I'd side with Hodges on account of his wonderful left foot. Salmons was excellent, particularly during the 1971 promotion push when he hit a real vein of form at just the right time. He was good at picking the ball up deep and running with it at speed. I'm sorry to say I met him once and he was pretty rude and ignorant, truth be told. I liked Whitehouse - who didn't? He always raised his game against Wednesday and I think they had a grudging respect for him.
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Going to watch Wednesday on their Kop (the East Bank as they liked to call it) with your Owls mates was generally a better afternoon than going down the ten pin. Highlight of those years when they got relegated losing at home to Man City in a night match.
 
stateonstainrod said:
Going to watch Wednesday on their Kop (the East Bank as they liked to call it) with your Owls mates was generally a better afternoon than going down the ten pin. Highlight of those years when they got relegated losing at home to Man City in a night match.
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Yeah, I went to that one. Got absolutely soaked on their roofless Kop, watched Man City try unsuccessfully to throw the game, had to walk all the way back into town afterwards because there weren't enough special buses laid on and still ended up thinking I'd had a really good night. I had to sympathise with my mate but I think he could tell my heart wasn't really in it...
 
I loved watching Dane Whitehouse, esp his goal vs the fowls at the cop.
Hodges was immense as well.

Really though the award has to go to Simon Lappin..........
 
I loved Salmons, a very talented player, but if pushed I'd plump for Hodges, not seen a better left foot at the Lane before or since. When he was in the mood he could conjure something out of nothing, he also had a niggly side which I liked, he could take care of himself as well as being gifted. Underestimated player in my book.
 
Shalalalafenoughty said:
Yeah, I went to that one. Got absolutely soaked on their roofless Kop, watched Man City try unsuccessfully to throw the game, had to walk all the way back into town afterwards because there weren't enough special buses laid on and still ended up thinking I'd had a really good night. I had to sympathise with my mate but I think he could tell my heart wasn't really in it...
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I read that Sub Ian Bowyer was the only City player that tried really hard in that match and scored twice in between Tony Coleman's goal. Also I read thay City were awarded a penalty but Mike Doyle "passed" the ball to keeper Peter Grummitt
 
itsinyerblood said:
I loved Salmons, a very talented player, but if pushed I'd plump for Hodges, not seen a better left foot at the Lane before or since. When he was in the mood he could conjure something out of nothing, he also had a niggly side which I liked, he could take care of himself as well as being gifted. Underestimated player in my book.
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Hodges had better skill but Salmons had more engine in him
 
BornOnShoreham said:
Played left side though - you're getting picky in your old age! ;)
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Our formation in last few months of 1970-71 was usually like this
Hope
Badger----------------------------- Colquhoun--------------Flynn--------------Hemsley
--------------------------------------------------------Hockey
------------------------------------------ TC
Woody---------------------------------------------------------------Salmons
------------------------------------------------------------- Reece
----------------------------------------------------- Dearden
 
These were the games very late on that season when Reece finally recaptured the form from before he broke his leg a long time earlier and a big factor in seeing up.
 
Shalalalafenoughty said:
Although he was much more a central midfielder than a left-sided player, Tommy Craig was a good footballer. I saw plenty of him while he was at Hillsborough as there was a lad on our street who was a Wednesday fan and I often went with him to their home games and he in turn was a regular at Bramall Lane - he thought Currie was wonderful. Craig was a neat player - he could pass a ball and he had a good shot on him from distance - but there was far too much expectation on his shoulders for a young lad, especially in a poor team which Wednesday were at the time. He was also unfortunate in that he had the same initials as Currie and was about the same age and he suffered by comparison as any midfield player would have done at the time. He wasn't in Currie's league because nobody was.

Back to the subject under debate. I think I'd side with Hodges on account of his wonderful left foot. Salmons was excellent, particularly during the 1971 promotion push when he hit a real vein of form at just the right time. He was good at picking the ball up deep and running with it at speed. I'm sorry to say I met him once and he was pretty rude and ignorant, truth be told. I liked Whitehouse - who didn't? He always raised his game against Wednesday and I think they had a grudging respect for him.
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Did Tommy Craig ever play against us in a league match? We played them Easter 1971 at Hillsborough (0-0) in our promotion season. I don't think we then played them in the league until the BDM 1979.Anyway I cannot remember Tommy Craig playing against us. Paled into insignificance against the real TC.

Just as an aside. When they lost the other night against Charlton I felt they hadn't the bottle to face us at BDTBL in the quarter finals. Similarly they ran scared through the Seventies. If we had played them in a league match 1972 - 1976 they wouldn't have been able to live with us.
 
Silent Blade said:
I read that Sub Ian Bowyer was the only City player that tried really hard in that match and scored twice in between Tony Coleman's goal. Also I read thay City were awarded a penalty but Mike Doyle "passed" the ball to keeper Peter Grummitt
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That's exactly how it went. There were plenty of us Blades kids on their kop including a girl from our school, High Storrs, with a Man City rosette on! City were in those red and black stripes.

Wilf Smith said something to Doyle as he was about to take the pen and he just rolled it at the keeper much to our fury. Bowyer didn't seem to be in on the general plan not to be nasty to Wednesday and did them virtually single handed.
 

bornablade said:
Did Tommy Craig ever play against us in a league match? We played them Easter 1971 at Hillsborough (0-0) in our promotion season. I don't think we then played them in the league until the BDM 1979.Anyway I cannot remember Tommy Craig playing against us. Paled into insignificance against the real TC.

Just as an aside. When they lost the other night against Charlton I felt they hadn't the bottle to face us at BDTBL in the quarter finals. Similarly they ran scared through the Seventies. If we had played them in a league match 1972 - 1976 they wouldn't have been able to live with us.
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Craig definitely played in the game at Bramall Lane in October 1970 which we won 3-2 as he scored one of their goals! I've a book called "The Blades and the Owls - a Pictorial History of the Sheffield Derby Matches" and there's a picture of him turning away after scoring at the Kop end with Hodgy and Eddie Colquhoun looking as sick as the proverbial parrots. I'd be pretty sure he played in the return game at Hillsborough the following April as I'd remember if he'd been injured or left out given that he was generally regarded as Wednesday's best player at the time. I recall that game as a tense encounter in which Len Badger was outstanding.

As for Wednesday running scared through the seventies, that's a bit harsh. They were so far inferior to us at the time that the only way they were going to play us was in a cup game and that never happened.
 
itsinyerblood said:
I loved Salmons, a very talented player, but if pushed I'd plump for Hodges, not seen a better left foot at the Lane before or since. When he was in the mood he could conjure something out of nothing, he also had a niggly side which I liked, he could take care of himself as well as being gifted. Underestimated player in my book.
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One of Hodges' greatest individual moments was that cross from near the corner flag at the Leppings Lane end in the April 1993 Derby. There didn't seem to be much on then one sublime swing of his left foot left Deano with a straightforward header from inside the six-yard box.

He got sent off later, of course. There was an off-the-ball incident and a Wednesday player went down. The ref didn't see it and he looked at the linesman for assistance and he clearly indicated he hadn't seen it either. The crowd carried on howling, however, and the ref bottled it and sent him off, presumably on the basis that "something must have happened."
 
Shalalalafenoughty said:
Craig definitely played in the game at Bramall Lane in October 1970 which we won 3-2 as he scored one of their goals! I've a book called "The Blades and the Owls - a Pictorial History of the Sheffield Derby Matches" and there's a picture of him turning away after scoring at the Kop end with Hodgy and Eddie Colquhoun looking as sick as the proverbial parrots. I'd be pretty sure he played in the return game at Hillsborough the following April as I'd remember if he'd been injured or left out given that he was generally regarded as Wednesday's best player at the time. I recall that game as a tense encounter in which Len Badger was outstanding.

As for Wednesday running scared through the seventies, that's a bit harsh. They were so far inferior to us at the time that the only way they were going to play us was in a cup game and that never happened.
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Tommy Craig was a good player, one of the best Wendy players I have seen. He was similar to Jack Wilshire is now
The line ups for our derby matches in 1970-71 were

3/10/70 Blades 3 (Colquhoun, Dearden, Tudor) Wendy 2 (Colquhoun og/Craig, Sinclair)

Blades; Alan Hodgkinson, Len Badger, Ted Hemsley, Dave Powell, Eddie Colquhoun,Frank Barlow, Alan Woodward, Gil Reece, Bill Dearden, Tony Currie, Geoff Salmons. sub John Tudor
Wendy; Peter Grummitt,Allan Thompson, Gerry Young, Sammy Todd, Sam Ellis, Tommy Craig, Jackie Sinclair, Mick Prendergast, Steve Downes, Alan Warboys, Johnny Sissons. sub Graham Pugh

Easter Monday 1971 Wendy 0 Blades 0
Wendy; Peter Grummitt, Peter Rodrigues, Kenny Burton, Allan Thompson, Colin Prophett, Graham Pugh, Jackie Sinclair, Dave Sunley, Mick Prendergast, Tommy Craig, Johnny Sissons. sub Jimmy Mullen
Blades; John Hope, Len Badger, Ted Hemsley, Frank Barlow, Eddie Colquhoun, John Flynn, Alan Woodward, Trevor Hockey, Bill Dearden, Tony Currie, Gil Reece. sub David Ford
 
Shalalalafenoughty said:
He got sent off later, of course. There was an off-the-ball incident and a Wednesday player went down. The ref didn't see it and he looked at the linesman for assistance and he clearly indicated he hadn't seen it either. The crowd carried on howling, however, and the ref bottled it and sent him off, presumably on the basis that "something must have happened."
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It was John Harkes that went down, then there was a mini brawl with David Hirst attacking Mitch Ward at the back, Charlie Hartfield quickly came on the scene punching Hirst out of the way
 
Silent Blade said:
Tommy Craig was a good player, one of the best Wendy players I have seen. He was similar to Jack Wilshire is now
The line ups for our derby matches in 1970-71 were

3/10/70 Blades 3 (Colquhoun, Dearden, Tudor) Wendy 2 (Colquhoun og/Craig, Sinclair)

Blades; Alan Hodgkinson, Len Badger, Ted Hemsley, Dave Powell, Eddie Colquhoun,Frank Barlow, Alan Woodward, Gil Reece, Bill Dearden, Tony Currie, Geoff Salmons. sub John Tudor
Wendy; Peter Grummitt,Allan Thompson, Gerry Young, Sammy Todd, Sam Ellis, Tommy Craig, Jackie Sinclair, Mick Prendergast, Steve Downes, Alan Warboys, Johnny Sissons. sub Graham Pugh

Easter Monday 1971 Wendy 0 Blades 0
Wendy; Peter Grummitt, Peter Rodrigues, Kenny Burton, Allan Thompson, Colin Prophett, Graham Pugh, Jackie Sinclair, Dave Sunley, Mick Prendergast, Tommy Craig, Johnny Sissons. sub Jimmy Mullen
Blades; John Hope, Len Badger, Ted Hemsley, Frank Barlow, Eddie Colquhoun, John Flynn, Alan Woodward, Trevor Hockey, Bill Dearden, Tony Currie, Gil Reece. sub David Ford
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That was my first away match ,could have sworn Eric Potts played for them , I just remember thinking despite how impressive their kop looked full and uncovered ,it had no atmosphere and my real hatred of them started that day.
Anyway who played down our left that day Silent ?.
 
I can still see John Tudor rising for the winner. What a sweet moment that was.

Hallelujah.

Shalalalafenoughty said:
Craig definitely played in the game at Bramall Lane in October 1970 which we won 3-2 as he scored one of their goals! I've a book called "The Blades and the Owls - a Pictorial History of the Sheffield Derby Matches" and there's a picture of him turning away after scoring at the Kop end with Hodgy and Eddie Colquhoun looking as sick as the proverbial parrots. I'd be pretty sure he played in the return game at Hillsborough the following April as I'd remember if he'd been injured or left out given that he was generally regarded as Wednesday's best player at the time. I recall that game as a tense encounter in which Len Badger was outstanding.

As for Wednesday running scared through the seventies, that's a bit harsh. They were so far inferior to us at the time that the only way they were going to play us was in a cup game and that never happened.[/quote

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I can still see John Tudor rising for the winner. God, that was a sweet moment.

Hallelujah.
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sitwell said:
That was my first away match ,could have sworn Eric Potts played for them , I just remember thinking despite how impressive their kop looked full and uncovered ,it had no atmosphere and my real hatred of them started that day.
Anyway who played down our left that day Silent ?.
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Looked up for Potts debut but it states in Adrian Bullock's website that Potts played one league game plus 3 sub appearances during the 1970/71 season. Dont know who he played against in his debut. As for the Easter Monday match I have little memory of it, I am afraid. I remember me and my dad going to sit on our seats then my dad's attention went to a friend of his who was sat some rows behind us and he shouted "we will get 5 goals!!". Probably you will have a better memory than me on who played on the left that day!
 
Silent Blade said:
Tommy Craig was a good player, one of the best Wendy players I have seen. He was similar to Jack Wilshire is now
The line ups for our derby matches in 1970-71 were

3/10/70 Blades 3 (Colquhoun, Dearden, Tudor) Wendy 2 (Colquhoun og/Craig, Sinclair)

Blades; Alan Hodgkinson, Len Badger, Ted Hemsley, Dave Powell, Eddie Colquhoun,Frank Barlow, Alan Woodward, Gil Reece, Bill Dearden, Tony Currie, Geoff Salmons. sub John Tudor
Wendy; Peter Grummitt,Allan Thompson, Gerry Young, Sammy Todd, Sam Ellis, Tommy Craig, Jackie Sinclair, Mick Prendergast, Steve Downes, Alan Warboys, Johnny Sissons. sub Graham Pugh

Easter Monday 1971 Wendy 0 Blades 0
Wendy; Peter Grummitt, Peter Rodrigues, Kenny Burton, Allan Thompson, Colin Prophett, Graham Pugh, Jackie Sinclair, Dave Sunley, Mick Prendergast, Tommy Craig, Johnny Sissons. sub Jimmy Mullen
Blades; John Hope, Len Badger, Ted Hemsley, Frank Barlow, Eddie Colquhoun, John Flynn, Alan Woodward, Trevor Hockey, Bill Dearden, Tony Currie, Gil Reece. sub David Ford
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The filth were embarrassingly bad for 10 years from 1969 and we enjoyed total supremacy for that period especially in the mid seventies.
Enjoyed those days
 
Dane Whitehouse for me, was at Vale Park when Gareth Ainsworth finished his career ,,,,,,,,,twat
 
Silent Blade said:
It was John Harkes that went down, then there was a mini brawl with David Hirst attacking Mitch Ward at the back, Charlie Hartfield quickly came on the scene punching Hirst out of the way
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I remember Charlie Hartfield grabbing hold of Carlton Palmer live on sky in corridor at the lane before Blades v Wendy derby in 90's :)
 
brownie said:
Glyn Hodges and Dane Whitehouse are the best left footers I have seen.
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And to add to that (which I am 100% in agreement with), Dane would confirm Hodges as the best left footed player he ever saw. Take from that what you will.

UTB.
 

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