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i was 13 ive only got three photos from that day, never seen so many fancy dresses in me life, and some darlo tried it on with a few blokes, but like 300 came around the corner.Only saw about four games on MOTD that year i remember.
I'm a Wolves fan and we had some really good battles against the blades in the late 80s and the 1990s). We had a great time when we were in Division 4 (and later in Div 3). After seasons of losing it was nice to start winning again. We were regularly taking thousands of fans away and it was a party atmosphere all the time. Being with 50,000 or more Wolves fans at Wembley vs Burnley to win the Sherpa Van Cup was really special. Wolves fans were close knit at the time and it was only when we were heading back to the premiership (I wish I could remember who we beat in the playoff final😉) that the glory hunters and boo boys turned up and spoilt the atmosphere.
I was there. I think we only lost four games all season. Must have been 10,000 Blades there. We went on the train as I remember and stood with some outnumbered Darlington fans who felt it prudent to applaud the efforts of our team , but there was no trouble as everyone was in festive mood We live for days like these.
Got stopped and was asked the way to the ground, it was Ian Porterfield. Brilliant day out, fans in fancy dress, the few Darlo fans in the ground were near us and they were loving it, and when we invaded the pitch I got hold of Kenworthy...
I went in the family Morris minor with my dad, I was 7 and remember it like it was yesterday, and seeing a load of pissed up blokes fall out of a van at the services before playing footie in the car park. We stood at the front of the terrace just to the left of that photo. Amazing day. I’ll never forget it
Unbelievable day. Was woken by my Father in Law to be told that the wheels on my Mark2 Escort were missing. Some toe rags had nicked them and left the car on bricks. Spent all morning racing round scrapyards with FIL to get 4 odd wheels that fitted. Then had to collect the 4 mates who I was driving to the game and charging up the A1at breakneck speed in order to make the game ,all the time worrying that I hadn't tightened the wheel nuts enough and one of the wheels might fly off at any second. Got to Darlington just in time, parked on the first bit of grass curb we could find and got in the ground just in time. Only Darlington fans we saw all day were outside throwing bricks into the ground. On the way home we followed a van with a Blade leaning out of the back waving Kieth Edwards stolen boot.🤣 Fantastic day, with perhaps only the Leicester game "Blades Glory Pigs Shame" that could come close to the ecstasy of that day. UTB
Without a doubt the best away day ever,we tried to buy champagne but had to settle for some other fizz as the beer off had sold out. It was supposed to be for full time but we supped it at half time. The A1 was a sea of red and white and I remember following a Luton van back,ithad the back door open and one of the lads had I presume Keith Edwards boot. I think he eventually got it back
My memories include an elephant chasing a nurse down the road holding a bottle of Newcy Brown and two nuns plastered outside an off licence, Darlington stewards telling 2 Darlington fans they couldn't come into the ground as this was "Sheffield United's day" ..... awesome day out
What a day, I drove a minibus full of mates up, remember the van had a sticker saying restricted to 65mph it did just manage to get to 70… Bro climbing the floodlight, the guy in kit fooling the linesman, till they checked his hog nail boots.. crossing the river before the match. The turnstiles being overwhelmed and the fancy dress parade/conga at halftime.. Memories I just love
Remembering the clock end Highbury with the semi that Arsenal forced us to replay, even after beating us.. when managers were honest.. Wenger the most honest manager ever?
What a day, what a memory. I was only 10 at the time and with my scarf round my neck and proudly wearing my red, white and black Baker boy style cap, my Dad took us in his trusty old Datsun. I Vividly remember the journey up the A1, it was just full of buses, vans & cars packed with Blades. The town centre itself was a sea of red and white and when we made our way through the turnstiles and round the cricket pitch to the ground, I couldn't believe this was an away match!! Every stand was just red, white & fancy dress!! We stood right behind the goal on the far terrace, all the younger lads were sat on the perimeter of the pitch and I remember one lad in front of me weaving SUFC into the net with the lengths of toilet roll that had been thrown onto the pitch when the team came out. It was just a great atmosphere throughout, we spoke to a couple of older Darlington fans stood just behind us and they thought it was great, they'd never seen anything like it. To top off the day, my boyhood hero Keith Edwards scored. He kindly signed a replica of the yellow & brown shirt for me a few years ago. I've still got the match programme tucked away safely and the average attendance that season was over 17,000 with every home team getting their biggest attendance of the season when the Blades rolled into town. Although we've had some great away days since, I personally don't think it will ever be beaten for an occasion. The weather & the result was perfect and we actually won some silverware. But when again will an away team ever be able to take over the entire ground for a celebration party?? Thanks fella's for a great video and for bringing back some great memories with my late dad. If there is any chance of getting a copy of the colour photo which shows Edwards scoring please let me know, it would be gratefully appreciated. I've been trying to find one for years.
then the next one in the list, going to the hull and burnley game,,ommgggggggg 2.0 needed 3 goals to go up, 1984 in the days when there were still games played after the final satday
I have mixed feelings about that season, mainly because I consider it to be a stain in the history of the club that we ever got relegated to division 4. Only two years previously, we had never been lower than division 2!! I was one of the 16001 at Bramall Lane on 2nd May 1981 and I agree with the bloke in the video. It was the worst (football supporting) day of my life. It was made worse by the fact we didn't just lose, we had to do it in such excruciating fashion. Having said all that, we were where we were and where we deserved to be. And as stated in the video, we didn't mope about feeling sorry for ourselves, we really got stuck in after a dodgy start. On the face of it, looking at the end of season league placing and stats you could be forgiven for thinking it was an easy and stress free promotion. It wasn't. We did only lose 4 games, but promotion was not a formality until very late in the season. There were quite a few touch and go moments and mathematical certainty was only achieved after our 44th game (against Rochdale) and then only because Peterborough lost on the following evening to Hereford. I recall feeling very depressed after the first match against Hereford. 2-0 up after about 5 minutes and absolutely playing them off the park. Then ending up drawing 2-2, with a second half collapse. All our frailties of recent seasons still seemed to be there. Then after 5 games we had won 2, lost 2 and drawn 1. Firmly mid table. A long unbeaten run followed, but ended abruptly with the 5-2 thrashing at Colchester. I was at the home game against Port Vale. It followed the defeat at Scunthorpe and another draw against Hereford. In recent seasons our form had seemed to disintegrate during the second half of the season and nerves were jangling that this would happen again. We went a goal down in the first half. If memory serves me right it was from a twice taken penalty. Waugh saved the first attempt. We were all elated, but the referee ordered a retake (not sure why. Possibly encroachment?). They duly scored and it appeared that events were conspiring against us again. However, we put in a very good second half performance and won 2-1. Rightly or wrongly, I have always regarded that match as a pivotal moment in our history. It was the first match in an unbeaten run to the end of the season and the team showed real character in the way they turned it around. There was still much to be done and points were gained or rescued with late goals. Aldershot away springs to mind. Not a great performance and we went a goal down, but equalised through Morris and ground out a (possibly undeserved) draw. I think it was only after the 4-0 away thrashing of promotion rivals Peterborough that most of us really began to believe that we were actually going to do it.
Bloody hell Ian Porterfield..! After the debarkle of this season and having an owner who’s a complete fucking arsehole we will soon be back down in those depths again ..! 😤
Were you at Darlington? What are your memories? Not old enough to have been there? We want a game from your generation that you think should be featured! Let us know what Day you’d like to see next!
i was 13 ive only got three photos from that day, never seen so many fancy dresses in me life, and some darlo tried it on with a few blokes, but like 300 came around the corner.Only saw about four games on MOTD that year i remember.
The 4th Division how embarrassing 😂
Sir Donald of Givens we salute you 🫡
Me to a copper outside feethams "excuse me, which is the Sheffield end? "
"All of it" 😂
It remains my favourite-ever season watching the Blades. Every away game was a carnival! And, yes, I was at Darlington.
I'm a Wolves fan and we had some really good battles against the blades in the late 80s and the 1990s). We had a great time when we were in Division 4 (and later in Div 3). After seasons of losing it was nice to start winning again. We were regularly taking thousands of fans away and it was a party atmosphere all the time. Being with 50,000 or more Wolves fans at Wembley vs Burnley to win the Sherpa Van Cup was really special.
Wolves fans were close knit at the time and it was only when we were heading back to the premiership (I wish I could remember who we beat in the playoff final😉) that the glory hunters and boo boys turned up and spoilt the atmosphere.
I was there. I think we only lost four games all season. Must have been 10,000 Blades there. We went on the train as I remember and stood with some outnumbered Darlington fans who felt it prudent to applaud the efforts of our team , but there was no trouble as everyone was in festive mood We live for days like these.
Got stopped and was asked the way to the ground, it was Ian Porterfield. Brilliant day out, fans in fancy dress, the few Darlo fans in the ground were near us and they were loving it, and when we invaded the pitch I got hold of Kenworthy...
Brilliant memories when final whistle went and the pitch invasion began and the Legend that is Sir Keith Edwards ended up in just his pants ⚔️⚔️
Lucky to get off with his pants on
What a day that was simply brilliant.
I went in the family Morris minor with my dad, I was 7 and remember it like it was yesterday, and seeing a load of pissed up blokes fall out of a van at the services before playing footie in the car park. We stood at the front of the terrace just to the left of that photo. Amazing day. I’ll never forget it
This was the first away match my dad took me to and my god that was the day Kieth Edwards became my hero that season.
Unbelievable day. Was woken by my Father in Law to be told that the wheels on my Mark2 Escort were missing. Some toe rags had nicked them and left the car on bricks. Spent all morning racing round scrapyards with FIL to get 4 odd wheels that fitted. Then had to collect the 4 mates who I was driving to the game and charging up the A1at breakneck speed in order to make the game ,all the time worrying that I hadn't tightened the wheel nuts enough and one of the wheels might fly off at any second. Got to Darlington just in time, parked on the first bit of grass curb we could find and got in the ground just in time. Only Darlington fans we saw all day were outside throwing bricks into the ground.
On the way home we followed a van with a Blade leaning out of the back waving Kieth Edwards stolen boot.🤣 Fantastic day, with perhaps only the Leicester game "Blades Glory Pigs Shame" that could come close to the ecstasy of that day. UTB
Without a doubt the best away day ever,we tried to buy champagne but had to settle for some other fizz as the beer off had sold out. It was supposed to be for full time but we supped it at half time.
The A1 was a sea of red and white and I remember following a Luton van back,ithad the back door open and one of the lads had I presume Keith Edwards boot. I think he eventually got it back
Never forgotten
My memories include an elephant chasing a nurse down the road holding a bottle of Newcy Brown and two nuns plastered outside an off licence, Darlington stewards telling 2 Darlington fans they couldn't come into the ground as this was "Sheffield United's day" ..... awesome day out
it’s funny but i’d still feel hard done by being a darlington fan only trying to watch his team 😂🤣
What a day, I drove a minibus full of mates up, remember the van had a sticker saying restricted to 65mph it did just manage to get to 70…
Bro climbing the floodlight, the guy in kit fooling the linesman, till they checked his hog nail boots.. crossing the river before the match. The turnstiles being overwhelmed and the fancy dress parade/conga at halftime..
Memories I just love
Remembering the clock end Highbury with the semi that Arsenal forced us to replay, even after beating us.. when managers were honest..
Wenger the most honest manager ever?
The good old days of football
What a day, what a memory.
I was only 10 at the time and with my scarf round my neck and proudly wearing my red, white and black Baker boy style cap, my Dad took us in his trusty old Datsun. I Vividly remember the journey up the A1, it was just full of buses, vans & cars packed with Blades. The town centre itself was a sea of red and white and when we made our way through the turnstiles and round the cricket pitch to the ground, I couldn't believe this was an away match!! Every stand was just red, white & fancy dress!! We stood right behind the goal on the far terrace, all the younger lads were sat on the perimeter of the pitch and I remember one lad in front of me weaving SUFC into the net with the lengths of toilet roll that had been thrown onto the pitch when the team came out.
It was just a great atmosphere throughout, we spoke to a couple of older Darlington fans stood just behind us and they thought it was great, they'd never seen anything like it. To top off the day, my boyhood hero Keith Edwards scored. He kindly signed a replica of the yellow & brown shirt for me a few years ago. I've still got the match programme tucked away safely and the average attendance that season was over 17,000 with every home team getting their biggest attendance of the season when the Blades rolled into town. Although we've had some great away days since, I personally don't think it will ever be beaten for an occasion. The weather & the result was perfect and we actually won some silverware. But when again will an away team ever be able to take over the entire ground for a celebration party??
Thanks fella's for a great video and for bringing back some great memories with my late dad. If there is any chance of getting a copy of the colour photo which shows Edwards scoring please let me know, it would be gratefully appreciated. I've been trying to find one for years.
I was there 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Excellent stuff chaps, see ya in the corner 👏
I was at Darlington
then the next one in the list, going to the hull and burnley game,,ommgggggggg 2.0 needed 3 goals to go up, 1984 in the days when there were still games played after the final satday
Brilliant video.... from an owl
I have mixed feelings about that season, mainly because I consider it to be a stain in the history of the club that we ever got relegated to division 4. Only two years previously, we had never been lower than division 2!!
I was one of the 16001 at Bramall Lane on 2nd May 1981 and I agree with the bloke in the video. It was the worst (football supporting) day of my life. It was made worse by the fact we didn't just lose, we had to do it in such excruciating fashion.
Having said all that, we were where we were and where we deserved to be. And as stated in the video, we didn't mope about feeling sorry for ourselves, we really got stuck in after a dodgy start.
On the face of it, looking at the end of season league placing and stats you could be forgiven for thinking it was an easy and stress free promotion. It wasn't. We did only lose 4 games, but promotion was not a formality until very late in the season. There were quite a few touch and go moments and mathematical certainty was only achieved after our 44th game (against Rochdale) and then only because Peterborough lost on the following evening to Hereford.
I recall feeling very depressed after the first match against Hereford. 2-0 up after about 5 minutes and absolutely playing them off the park. Then ending up drawing 2-2, with a second half collapse. All our frailties of recent seasons still seemed to be there. Then after 5 games we had won 2, lost 2 and drawn 1. Firmly mid table. A long unbeaten run followed, but ended abruptly with the 5-2 thrashing at Colchester.
I was at the home game against Port Vale. It followed the defeat at Scunthorpe and another draw against Hereford. In recent seasons our form had seemed to disintegrate during the second half of the season and nerves were jangling that this would happen again. We went a goal down in the first half. If memory serves me right it was from a twice taken penalty. Waugh saved the first attempt. We were all elated, but the referee ordered a retake (not sure why. Possibly encroachment?). They duly scored and it appeared that events were conspiring against us again. However, we put in a very good second half performance and won 2-1. Rightly or wrongly, I have always regarded that match as a pivotal moment in our history. It was the first match in an unbeaten run to the end of the season and the team showed real character in the way they turned it around.
There was still much to be done and points were gained or rescued with late goals.
Aldershot away springs to mind. Not a great performance and we went a goal down, but equalised through Morris and ground out a (possibly undeserved) draw.
I think it was only after the 4-0 away thrashing of promotion rivals Peterborough that most of us really began to believe that we were actually going to do it.
Bloody hell Ian Porterfield..! After the debarkle of this season and having an owner who’s a complete fucking arsehole we will soon be back down in those depths again ..! 😤
Doing the double over posh as Well 4-0 both games
Up the Blades.