Woodward

[BladeByChoice]

Not see this one before.

 

[Bladesthorpe]

Not see this one before.

That brought a tear to my eye, every praise imaginable has been used to describe Woody and all richly deserved.
After Joe Shaw, Woody was my favourite player I've been watching the Blades for 74 years and along with Joe should have had lots of England caps.
Wonderful memories.

 

[shorehamview]

I was lucky enought to meet him at the 125th anniversary evening.

They say never meet your heroes, they are wrong. An absolute gentleman.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

Not sure about this Colkahoon fella.

 

[Bert]

He was born in Chapeltown, just like Bert, no doubt in the Hallamshire Maternity Home, but he wasn't from there.

 

[Lane Ender]

One of the greats at the lane

 

[BladeByChoice]

Not sure about this Colkahoon fella.

I did suspect it would be just another AI generated shitshow as I haven't seen anything else from the uploader, was plesently supprised.

 

[Bladesthorpe]

One to watch for halfway through for our younger supporters, the scoreboard on the cricket pavilion with the half time scores up.Great time when the man who put the scores up messed about with Wendy's score

 

[Freddie]

 

[Freddie]

 

[Silent Blade]

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My first away match, March 21st 1970. After the game my dad, my cousin David and I were outside the players entrance looking at our players signing autographs before they got into the coach. The mood didnt seem good as Eddie Colquhoun seemed to shout back at a group of Blades fans who said quite a few things. Alan Woodward signalled through the coach window to tell my dad to go round the other side of the coach and my dad lifted me up so that I could push through my match programme through the little sliding window. He then got the players in the coach to sign my programme before giving it back to me. I was awestruck and shaking like a leaf, got a nod and a wink from Dave Powell who was next to Woody. Have loved Woody since then.

 

[crucialkneeligaman]

Not see this one before.

my all time favourite player, no question.

 

[reedy63]

I do not think we will have a player that good at corners and free kicks ever again. Alan Woodward was legendary, a joy to watch.
I can picture it, the legendary Tony Currie gives a 30-yard pass to Woody in stride, then sends a shot like a rocket into the corner of the net.
The team was the best in my lifetime; to me, they were all legends.

 

[Constantly Optimistic...]

I would say probably the most underrated player in England in his prime. Met him once as a youngster. Perfect gentlemen and my forever favourite.

 

[HillStreet Blade]

Went to a fair at Bradfield school early 70's and paid 10p to take 3 penalties with Woody in goal. He saved all 3. What a privilege to watch him and TC.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Silver salver day for Alan.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

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Ref looks quite old.

 

[North Shields Blade]

Silver salver day for Alan.

There’s someone on here who, if I’m understanding it correctly, posts under a name which basically says that he’ll never criticise modern-day United teams because he watched us when a useless bloke called Longhorn was playing and nothing could be as bad as that. If I’m right in assuming that it’s the Longhorn who has a “shot” at goal at 4m53s on this video following an indirect free kick, I can see exactly what he means.