Your favourite 70's Blades moments

[blade too long]

tony curries superb winner in an away game at bristol city

talking with god he still reckons it was his best goal ever , including the goal v west ham

and a goal woodward scored at west ham , a volley from a Currie corner to the edge of the 18 yard box , they had to repair the net

 

[Silent Blade]

tony curries superb winner in an away game at bristol city

talking with god he still reckons it was his best goal ever , including the goal v west ham

 

[Silent Blade]

and a goal woodward scored at west ham , a volley from a Currie corner to the edge of the 18 yard box , they had to repair the net

GOAL - v West Ham (a) 10.11.73. Woodward's second was a terrific volley from some twenty yards that might have gone anywhere. It was hardly seen until it flashed into the net. He met a Currie corner a foot above ground and crashed it home.

 

[Speedracer]

Great days them & so many brilliant memories, for atmosphere the 5-1 win over Cardiff takes some beating, think ex piggy Warboys broke John Hope's nose in a "challenge" that night too. The 5-0 beating of Arsenal with TC taking revenge over Alan Ball by sitting on the ball himself & blowing kisses to the crowd, something he did regularly running down the wing beating players with his step over trick, what a player. The 3-0 promotion win against Watford & seeing everyone piling in the fountain outside the station. Bloody hell what I wouldn't give to see more of that kind of excitement back at the 'Lane.

 

[blade too long]

it was the excitement of going up out of tier 2 70 71 that surpassed everything else

if we can get in the play offs from where we are now this could match it , with a play off final win


I reckon to win in a plyoff final would match anything weve seen

 

[JJ Sefton]

 

[snootyfenooty]

THAT team.

Fucking superb.

pommpey

It's not THAT team, it's THE team!!

 

[snootyfenooty]

GOAL - v West Ham (a) 10.11.73. Woodward's second was a terrific volley from some twenty yards that might have gone anywhere. It was hardly seen until it flashed into the net. He met a Currie corner a foot above ground and crashed it home.

Didn't that one ricochet off Bobby Moore's head into the roof of the net whilst he was standing on the goal line? Nearly decapitated him!

 

[South Bucks]

There were many changes to the Cardiff team on the programme in the night we thrashed them 5-1. Not sure what was their line up when they won 2-1 at Norwich a few days earlier



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Interesting in those days there was only one sub allowed and it was expected if a sub was needed there might need to be a reshuffle with one or two out of position and for the next game we might need to dip into the reserves.

We seemed to manage OK most of the time with this which is why I have a problem with all those now who say we need a big squad with cover in every position, effectively a first team twice over which ultimate means being more dilute over a bigger squad instead of more potency with fewer players and making do for the few games when there might be a problem.

 

[dublin 10 blade]

My first game was 1977 so I missed out on so much, including the great TC but my 70s highlight was beating the European champions Liverpool at the Lane 1-0. Wasn’t exactly a classic game but the atmosphere was electric and the game poised on a knife edge. I still can’t believe we actually won it.

Was at that game on a heaving kop
Pity we got pasted in next round by them fuckers from West Yorkshire

 

[Rufus Smalls]

Managing to sneak under the fencing from the Ed’s pen onto the kop to join the big lads !!

 

[Dongivensmademecry]

Was at that game on a heaving kop
Pity we got pasted in next round by them fuckers from West Yorkshire

Not one of our better goalies from memory .. Nicky Johns v dirties ..... Remember Cammacks goal , didn't,t see it but heard it sat on steps of my uncles on Daresbury.... Woodys record breaker v Bristol Rovers , remember their oddball quarters shirt , and a young Sir Keith's run of goals in a poor team

 

[dublin 10 blade]

Not one of our better goalies from memory .. Nicky Johns v dirties ..... Remember Cammacks goal , didn't,t see it but heard it sat on steps of my uncles on Daresbury.... Woodys record breaker v Bristol Rovers , remember their oddball quarters shirt , and a young Sir Keith's run of goals in a poor team

Pity he went on to play so well for Charlton though Nicky johns that is

 

[super_pig]

Great days them & so many brilliant memories, for atmosphere the 5-1 win over Cardiff takes some beating, think ex piggy Warboys broke John Hope's nose in a "challenge" that night too. The 5-0 beating of Arsenal with TC taking revenge over Alan Ball by sitting on the ball himself & blowing kisses to the crowd, something he did regularly running down the wing beating players with his step over trick, what a player. The 3-0 promotion win against Watford & seeing everyone piling in the fountain outside the station. Bloody hell what I wouldn't give to see more of that kind of excitement back at the 'Lane.

yes that was the Hope incident i was on about earlier, he never had the same confidence after that

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

So many ...... but the 1970's memories start on January 3rd 1970 and our third round FA Cup win over Everton.

....

Unfortunately the 'fond' memories really dried up at the end of the 1975 season.

Perfect timing, that's exactly when I started going to United games, think the first was the 4-0 v Leicester, Currie and Birchenall.

Obviously mid 70's to Walsall 1981 was a big slide down the divisions. However, for a young 'un there was still one or two highlights,
beating European Champions Liverpool at the Lane 1-0 in the League Cup in 1978,
beating Chelsea 1-0 at the Lane about 1976 a Friday night before Christmas,
a great 2-2 against Spurs on New Years Day 1978, from 2-0 down,
and 1-1 against Fulham at the Lane, 28k plus crowd and they had Bobby Moore, George Best and Rodney Marsh in their line up.
Sabella signing in the Argentinean summer of 1978 was another high point and even though we got relegated that season, seem to recall we hammered West Ham 3-0 and Notts County 5-1 late on in the season.

 

[bornablade]

Season 1970/71. Pigs had just come down and told us they would go straight back up. Blades 3 Pigs 2 at the Lane. They then kicked us all over the park in the return and got away with a 0-0 draw. They finished 15th with a minus 18 goal difference we got automatic promotion in 2nd with the best goal difference in the league plus 34. All those Pigs who'd crawled out of the woodwork from '66 onwards suddenly disappeared and went into hiding for the next 10 years.

Of course at the beginning of next season in the Top Rank on a Tuesday night with the mates trying to pull and getting told by the DJ the Blades had won 0-1 at Arsenal to go top of Division 1 wasn't a bad feeling either.

We only played Wednesday three times in the whole decade. We were so superior that word has it that they actually deliberately avoided being in the same league as us because of the embarrassment they would have suffered.

That team would have destroyed them.

 

[Silent Blade]

Didn't that one ricochet off Bobby Moore's head into the roof of the net whilst he was standing on the goal line? Nearly decapitated him!

Dont know, wasnt there. I was in my first year at boarding school in Berkshire

 

[pommpey]

yes that was the Hope incident i was on about earlier, he never had the same confidence after that

The John Hope incident - was that 'through his legs'?

pommpey

 

[super_pig]

The John Hope incident - was that 'through his legs'?

pommpey

harsh.. yeah that happened didn’t it!

 

[spongebobblade]

There were many changes to the Cardiff team on the programme in the night we thrashed them 5-1. Not sure what was their line up when they won 2-1 at Norwich a few days earlier



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If you look carefully Silent they actually only made three changes. The rest were either shirt number/ positional changes. Obviously this is what caused the thrashing. Nowt to do with how brilliant the Blades were!

 

[Lane Ender]

Birmingham away 75 what a night that was.

 

[tonytonycurrie]

So many ...... but the 1970's memories start on January 3rd 1970 and our third round FA Cup win over Everton.

Our promotion in 1971
The unbelievable start to the next season with free flowing football and the press giving us so much attention.
Beating Arsenal 5-0 and TC sitting on the ball in 1973.
TC's goal against Liverpool
His quality goal against West Ham
7-0 against Ipswich
Being so close to Europe in 1975.
Going to the Lane and not being in fear of any team.
You Can Do Magic, Rose Garden
Going to far more away matches than I do nowadays.

Unfortunately the 'fond' memories really dried up at the end of the 1975 season.

Beating Arsenal 5-0 and TC sitting on the ball in 1973.
Remember it well, in fact will never forget it. T.C (and the cop) tortured Charlie George. Remember the chant from the cop "Charlie's on the rag" Ha Ha

 

[tonytonycurrie]

Football's first kiss - Bramall Lane, 1975



Nice Read: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/may/22/seven-deadly-sins-football-lust-football-first-kiss

 

[Cerberus Blade]

How did they know what the team was going to be when the programme was printed? Especially the opposition!?
Presumably guesswork based on the previous match and therefore usually not accurate?
And why not have a guess at the sub if they're going to guess the rest of the team?
Those crazy 70's dudes!

The squad size was very small back then, compared to now. There was only 1 substitute allowed. The number on the shirt meant something. 1 was goalkeeper. 2 was right back. 3 was left back. etc. We knew who the first 11 would be every week, it was rare for it to change. The only thing I noticed was that John Harris would sometimes alternative Barlow with Flynn, as the home crowd didn't seem so keen on Frank Barlow. 12 was substitute. It was the same for most teams, so it was easy to know the team when the programme was printed a few days before the game. Back then, an "injury" usually meant a broken leg, something serious that would keep someone out of the team. None of this "hamstring" and "calf-strain" nonsense. Players played 3 times a week regularly, on pitches that resembled ploughed fields at times. They didn't get "tired" and need to be "rested". Squad rotation wasn't an option.

I'd say the team listed in the programme was accurate more often than not, however, it was routine to take a pen to the game, buy a programme, and cross out the names of any player who wasn't playing, and write in the name of the substitute.

The programme was worth buying back then. It wasn't a mass produced multi-paged glossy thing full of adverts - it was a simple journal of the events of our club as the season unfolded. And in addition to the team sheet, it had a list of all that days fixtures in the back, and each one had a letter. Sheffield Wednesday's fixture was always "A". If you bought a programme you would be able to check the scores as they came in by referring to your programme and watching the man carry the numbered tiles to the manual scoreboard at the Bramall lane end.

I'm not going to say football was better then, because I think the standards of football are much higher today and the footballers are more athletic. But some things were better. It was certainly much more atmospheric, with bigger crowds. The way the game was played was very different back then. Tackles and punches were flying in all over the place. It was a more gladiatorial and engaging experience and very unrefined compared to today. The toilets at the top of the kop were often swimming 6 inches deep in urine at half-time. We learned to walk on the side of our shoes in order to go for a piss. There was little or no choice in terms of half-time food, apart from pies. There were no telly's to watch, no mobile phones to check. It was all about being there and being totally involved in the experience.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

Gosh......far too many to list here.

Last 2 games of promotion season - Blades 5, Cardiff 1 - Blades 3, Watford 0. Those were the days when ITV flashed up the scores "live" on the TV during the game - so people at home could see - Blades 1, Cardiff 0, then Blades 2, Cardiff 0...........etc)

First 4 games of the season in the top division where we beat S'ton/Leeds/Arsenal and Everton.

After 10 games we had the record of P10, W8, D2, L0 and then only beaten at Old Trafford by one of the best Georgie goals of all time.

The one and only "gentleman" John Harris putting together that team.

They were great days - repeated in a small way by CW and last years team - especially from January to April 2017 which was equally as good imho.

UTB

 

[speedymcgeady]

Going to my first game, v Tottenham,in our relegation season 75/76, being frightened but excited in equal measure, everyone seemingly towering above me.
We lost 2-1, but I was hooked, despite being from Parson Cross, with no other Blades in the family,on either side.
Now, 43 years on, we have our own little enclave of Blades at family Do's.

 

[benn5712]

Some one else must remember this. Or else I'm going daft(er).
Satdeh dinner, football focus or similar the BBC went to the training ground. Myrtle rd ?
Feature was about Woody's shooting ability and the presenter stood with him, outside the penalty area, whilst some unfortunate was placed
in goal.
Righto sez Woodward. Top right corner. Bang - gerrin. Bottom left - gerrin. bottom right - gerrin. Sent maybe ten netbusters 100%
He was lethal.

 

[Silent Blade]

Some one else must remember this. Or else I'm going daft(er).
Satdeh dinner, football focus or similar the BBC went to the training ground. Myrtle rd ?
Feature was about Woody's shooting ability and the presenter stood with him, outside the penalty area, whilst some unfortunate was placed
in goal.
Righto sez Woodward. Top right corner. Bang - gerrin. Bottom left - gerrin. bottom right - gerrin. Sent maybe ten netbusters 100%
He was lethal.

In 1967 a photographer at the Ball Inn had his nose busted when taking photos of Woody's shooting. On the back page of the Morning Telegraph there was a photo of the man with the bloodied nose being taken to the Lane for treatment (might have had to go to the hospital?)

 

[benn5712]

In 1967 a photographer at the Ball Inn had his nose busted when taking photos of Woody's shooting. On the back page of the Morning Telegraph there was a photo of the man with the bloodied nose being taken to the Lane for treatment (might have had to go to the hospital?)

Served him right. Daft place to stand and take photos!

 

[super_pig]

The squad size was very small back then, compared to now. There was only 1 substitute allowed. The number on the shirt meant something. 1 was goalkeeper. 2 was right back. 3 was left back. etc. We knew who the first 11 would be every week, it was rare for it to change. The only thing I noticed was that John Harris would sometimes alternative Barlow with Flynn, as the home crowd didn't seem so keen on Frank Barlow. 12 was substitute. It was the same for most teams, so it was easy to know the team when the programme was printed a few days before the game. Back then, an "injury" usually meant a broken leg, something serious that would keep someone out of the team. None of this "hamstring" and "calf-strain" nonsense. Players played 3 times a week regularly, on pitches that resembled ploughed fields at times. They didn't get "tired" and need to be "rested". Squad rotation wasn't an option.

I'd say the team listed in the programme was accurate more often than not, however, it was routine to take a pen to the game, buy a programme, and cross out the names of any player who wasn't playing, and write in the name of the substitute.

The programme was worth buying back then. It wasn't a mass produced multi-paged glossy thing full of adverts - it was a simple journal of the events of our club as the season unfolded. And in addition to the team sheet, it had a list of all that days fixtures in the back, and each one had a letter. Sheffield Wednesday's fixture was always "A". If you bought a programme you would be able to check the scores as they came in by referring to your programme and watching the man carry the numbered tiles to the manual scoreboard at the Bramall lane end.

I'm not going to say football was better then, because I think the standards of football are much higher today and the footballers are more athletic. But some things were better. It was certainly much more atmospheric, with bigger crowds. The way the game was played was very different back then. Tackles and punches were flying in all over the place. It was a more gladiatorial and engaging experience and very unrefined compared to today. The toilets at the top of the kop were often swimming 6 inches deep in urine at half-time. We learned to walk on the side of our shoes in order to go for a piss. There was little or no choice in terms of half-time food, apart from pies. There were no telly's to watch, no mobile phones to check. It was all about being there and being totally involved in the experience.

amen brother