Your favourite Blades

[SteveBlade]

For me the ones that stick with me are the players who I saw play as a kid, this is probably true for most of us.

I always saw Peter Ndlovu as one of our best players and always admired him. How I now recognise world class players like Ronaldo, was how I used to think of Ndlovu. Always used to shout his name after shooting in dinner time football matches on the playground.

Michael Brown goes without saying for how he played, obviously in the same team as Ndlovu.

Another was Geary, although his past mistakes, you could see just how much he put into every match. Very rarely had anything bad to say about his performances.

A player who wasn't with us long but I thought was utter class was Sun Jihai.

As you can probably tell, I fell in love with the Blades in the early 00's.

 

[Shalalalafenoughty]

Hope, Badger, Hemsley, Powell, Colquhoun, Hockey, Woodward, Salmons, Dearden, Currie, Reece.

 

[Nade]

Christian Nade

#obvious

 

[maxtheblade]

Mine was Glyn Hodges - fat and lazy but incredibly talented. Bit like me really...

 

[BushBlade]

Morris and Edwards for me. Plenty of others in the Bassett sides but those two were the big players when I was an impressionable youth. Tony Kenworthy too.

 

[blade too long]

mick jones and alan birchenall were my first love

then billy dearden , the quiet assassin

Currie was different gravy more worship

 

[Nade]

I really liked Javary. I met him when he was warming up for his debut and he was a really nice bloke. Gutted when we got rid of him.

Edit: Turns out he only ever played 69 games of professional football, according to Wikipedia.

 

[Bladebri]

Currie and Woodward.

This is my other favourite blade

 

[Tyler Durden]

Dane Whitehouse, always. Hometown lad, Blade through and through, refused to leave when offers came in and had a knack for scoring against the piglets.

What more do you need?

 

[JJ Sefton]

I started watching United at about the time Bassett took over so, for me, almost anyone who played for us between 1988 and 1993 qualifies. The only time I ever cried at a football match was at the Palace match at the end of the 2006-2007 season when they interviewed Deane on the pitch at the end.

 

[wizadry]

Vas Borbokis was pure class and very exciting to watch, closely followed by Dane Whitehouse who always gave 100% and had quality with it.

Gareth Ainsworth is a complete wanker.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Hope, Badger, Hemsley, Powell, Colquhoun, Hockey, Woodward, Salmons, Dearden, Currie, Reece.

This.

Plus Dane, Mike Trusson, Keith Edwards, Deane and Agana

 

[Sean Thornton]

Vas Borbokis was pure class and very exciting to watch, closely followed by Dane Whitehouse who always gave 100% and had quality with it.

Gareth Ainsworth is a complete wanker.

I enjoyed his tears after the play off defeat.
Pity Sid Vicious didn't manage to get him.

 

[boo radley]

Currie and Woodward.

This is my other favourite blade
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Not Sheffield Steel though.

 

[boo radley]

It'd been nice to have a bit longer of McCall s culture.

 

[FTPE]

My first ever favourite was Hodges, I grew up wanting to be Fjortoft, but my all time hero is still Brown.
*honourable mention to Devlin and Borbokis.

 

[Bugboyblade]

Bob Hatton and Colin Morris. My late dad's favourite was Mick Jones.

 

[DanOundogg]

Mine was Peter Ndluvd, although i always remember Petr Katchouro been my 1st favourite player. Overall though i'd say Jags

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Tony Tony Currie

 

[HighfieldBlade]

I'd go for Currie, Woodward, Edwards, Deane, Agana

 

[HillmortonBlade]

Can't decide between Glyn Hodges and Brain Deane. But I'll always go for Mel Rees anyway.

 

[Cyprus Blade]

Alan Hodgkinson, Joe Shaw, TC, Len Allchurch, "Doc" Pace, Alan Woodward, Trevor Hockey, Billy Dearden, Brian Deane, Gerry Summers, Geoff Salmons, Mick Jones, "Sherman" Birchenall, Laughing Ted Hemsley, Dave Powell, sure I've missed a few.

 

[metalblade]

Anybody who scored for us against the pigs.

 

[Jan Age]

Fjortoft - just had so much talent it was great... I remember him being a bit lazy but that didn't matter, he saw things others didn't

Hutchinson - was just crazy and also a talented midfielder.

Carl 'put him on kop' Bradshaw

Shaun Murphy was a great defender.

 

[loyalblade95]

Michael brown, jags, steve kabba, Stuart mall, paddy Kenny, Chris Morgan, tonge all from when I was growin up watchin the blades

 

[Pinchy]

Fjortoft - just had so much talent it was great... I remember him being a bit lazy but that didn't matter, he saw things others didn't

Hutchinson - was just crazy and also a talented midfielder.

Carl 'put him on kop' Bradshaw

Shaun Murphy was a great defender.

I really liked Jan's middle name. That extra "a" in Aage gave him a real Nordic mystique.

Hutchison came with a huge reputation as a quality goal-scoring midfielder. Unfortunately he left the quality and goal-scoring at his previous clubs. He was rhubarb for us.

 

[DifferentClass]

Favourite player as a kid was Alan Kelly. Loved Brian Deane as well, Paddy Kenny, Steve(n) Kabba, Morgs... current favourite got to be Che!

 

[coaxingstar71]

Unfortunately I'm just a bit young to have seen Currie and Woodward etc. When I started going, Tony Kenworthy was my favourite. I also liked King Keith, Bob Hatton and also Mike Trusson and Keith Waugh, who seemed to save a lot of penalties and had an unbelievable game v Arsenal in the League Cup.

Later it was Deane. Funnily enough my fondest memory of Deano was not him scoring but a sublime piece of skill which was incredible for a player of his build. FA Cup 4th Round replay v Charlton at the Lane. It was a very wet night with a greasy pitch, Deano chased a high ball heading towards the touchline with a defender right on top of him, in one movement he trapped the ball and spins leaving the defender on his arse and keeps the ball in play right on the touchline.... then puts in a great cross and we all then wished we had another Brian Deane to get on the end of it!

Safest keeper I've seen is Alan Kelly.

 

[Pinchy]

Unfortunately I'm just a bit young to have seen Currie and Woodward etc. When I started going, Tony Kenworthy was my favourite. I also liked King Keith, Bob Hatton and also Mike Trusson and Keith Waugh, who seemed to save a lot of penalties and had an unbelievable game v Arsenal in the League Cup.

Later it was Deane. Funnily enough my fondest memory of Deano was not him scoring but a sublime piece of skill which was incredible for a player of his build. FA Cup 4th Round replay v Charlton at the Lane. It was a very wet night with a greasy pitch, Deano chased a high ball heading towards the touchline with a defender right on top of him, in one movement he trapped the ball and spins leaving the defender on his arse and keeps the ball in play right on the touchline.... then puts in a great cross and we all then wished we had another Brian Deane to get on the end of it!

Safest keeper I've seen is Alan Kelly.

Absolutely agree about Kelly. He was head and shoulders above Tracey, who was also very good apart from the days his head was not right. Kenny was not fit to be mentioned in the same breath as either.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Absolutely agree about Kelly. He was head and shoulders above Tracey, who was also very good apart from the days his head was not right. Kenny was not fit to be mentioned in the same breath as either.

Kelly is the only keeper in my memory, albeit only to 1980, that when a cross or corner came over, I was always confident he was going to claim it and usually catch it too. With every other keeper we've had, my heart has been in my mouth.