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  1. Dave Burgess

    BEEZ WINGER

    Any owd twats like me on ere remember Blades and England winger Colin Grainger? the singing winger.Used ta beez wing on the Workingmens Clubs ta mek is akers up fer iz beer money, gud player that as usual wuz sold by the Blades ta Sunderland. Eee ad digs on Cemetery Roo-ad weer a pig dwarf...
  2. Dave Burgess

    CROWDS

    Remember the crowds in the owd all standin on the terraces days, lookin across from the kop, the swaying on the owd John Street Terrace wuz a sight ta behold. Biggest crowd a stood in down at Beautiful Downtown Bramall Lane wuz 60,000, sadly wi lost ta the pig mob in a FA cup 6th round tie...
  3. Dave Burgess

    CUT UP.

    A can ear ya all sayin, "Eer eee guz agee-an, that owd twat on about the past!" but summat az allus stuck in mi craw about season 67/68 n the way it ended fer uz Bladesmen. Last match o the season Blades 3rd from bottom, same points az Coventry but better goyle difference. Blades 3pm kick off at...
  4. Dave Burgess

    WHEREVER YOU MAY WANDER

    Marvelous innit? weerever tha guz in this great big World thaz allus likely ta bump inta a fella Blade. Avin served in far flung places av often come across geezers wearin the Red n White Wizard Blades shirt. Hong Kong weer wi wo tasked ta patrol the split link boorder a local wearin our famous...
  5. Dave Burgess

    BAR

    Am sure many will remember "Iron Bar Jack". Jack Hewitt same skoyle az me n fella Blade, sadly now fried bread R.I.P. A Shoreham hooligan from yesteryear, owd Jack got lobbed in the slammer fer twattin one o the opposition fans wi an iron bar on John Street durin after match playtime. A wuz away...
  6. Dave Burgess

    APPY ARRY

    Remember the days o Appy Arry Haslam at Beautiful Downtown Bramall Lane? Owd Arry ad connections wi the Argentinian Assasin o 66 World Cup fame who gid Arry the ee-ads up on a young 16 year owd Diego Marradona who played fer Boca Juniors. Reckon that the Blades ad first dibs at a price o 250K ...
  7. Dave Burgess

    TOWD SONGS

    Greasy Chip Butty toon universally known az the anthem o The Red N White Wizards, but often get the owd toons swimmin around in mi crust from yesteryear when a youth on the Shoreham Kop. The toon prompted by the fiddlin piggy twats, Arse flasher Swan, Blood Nut Kaye n thick az a bulls lug Layne...
  8. Dave Burgess

    STANDIN WI THE ENEMY

    Promotion season 70/71 last chance ta see the Red N White Wizards befoor a 19 month deployment across the water. A Platoon mate o mine "Snapper" big Millwall fan so off ta Cold Blow Lane, Millwall V Blades wi Snapper leadin the way n wants ta introduce mi to iz Bruv n mates. So inta the home end...
  9. Dave Burgess

    SEMI EXCITEMENT

    Season 60/61 Blades first FA CUP SEMI FINAL in mi life, great excitement in ours n many other Red n White gaffs! First tho, tricky away 6th round tie in Geordie land, ( Best way ta wind em up iz tell em that they,re only Jocks wi their ee-ads kicked in!) A know cos a married one, still can,t...
  10. Dave Burgess

    AT THE DOUBLE!

    Season 61/62, Red n White Wizards back in the top division wi great anticipation o meetin the piggys oo-am n away. September, derby day arrives playin the snorters down a the Lane, also a big day fer me playin in a Sheffield Boys trial in the mornin on a pitch at the bottom o Eastern Avenue just...
  11. Dave Burgess

    BLACK

    Season 65/66 FA Cup 4th round at Wolves. Gets theer head fer the nearest battlecruiser, Kin Ell! no wonder thi call it the Black Country! Big ground, massive kop so mek uz sens at oo-am n get ready fer kick off. Blades lookin the beez kneez, red n white stripes, red shorts n red socks but sadly...
  12. Dave Burgess

    STRANGE

    Puzzlin az tha gets owder the strange dreams thy az, Alzheimers? PTSD, doubt that, just one week mid 60s at the slaughter house owd Aldershot, Maida Barracks Parachute Regiment Academy for young hooligans enuff ta freeten the most hardy ta dee-ath! Out of 50 young hopefulls only 13 of uz med it...
  13. Dave Burgess

    WOUNDED IN ACTION

    Not long back from the Arseoyle Of Arabia sweatin mi bollox off in 50c temp, n dodgin bullet n genade from Ahab the A-rab geezers, glad ta back oo-am on leave freezin mi balls off in Shiny Sheff! Early 68 Derby day down at the pig sty n altho ad arranged ta meet a bird 6pm at Coyles Corner...
  14. Dave Burgess

    FIRST

    Stickin wi the gud owd FA Cup, me owd man who wuz born in 1919, wuz just 6 years owd when wi last won it! Patiance iz a Virtue, so thi reckon! Mi first away match follerin the red n white wizards wuz 1958, 4th round away match at Spurs aged 11. It all started wi mi owd man comin in gypsies...
  15. Dave Burgess

    UP FUT CUP

    Ope the younger Blades on ere aren,t gerrin pissed off wi the memory lane recollections of an owd Blades coffin dodger like me! Back in the day, highlight o the season wuz the FA Cup n ow far we cud gu. Season 60 -61 season a gud un fer uz Blades n we also won promotion ta the 1st. Division ta...
  16. Dave Burgess

    SWEET SPOT

    Early 60s, away match at the Elland Roo-ad choppin block. 17 year owd Alan Woodward puts the Blades in front, guin berserk till miniscule midfielder Bobby Collins levels, thought things wo guin well! Young Len Badger picks the ball up n tear arses down the reight follered by hooligan Jim Storrie...
  17. Dave Burgess

    IT,S A KNOCKOUT!

    Brill on ere, relivin mi memories az a youth wetchin the red Red N White Wizards! Early 60s F A Cup 3rd round at Lincoln City. Footy Special from the owd Victoria Station n oft we jolly well go! Get theer, first stop poork pie shop then steady bimble up ta the ground, but ta get theer thy ad ta...
  18. Dave Burgess

    GUD OWD AWAY DAYS.

    Duz tha remember the owd British Railways Footy Specials? Befoor them two snakes Beccham n Marples got their crusts together, Beeching to decimate the railways and Marples to head the Motorways construction. The pair of em med some reight backanders wi that little scheme, Politicians, as bent az...
  19. Dave Burgess

    YESTERYEAR

    Postin mi first thread on ere, a coffin dodger wi plenty o great memories az well az the number o times av sed, "Neer Mind Diz Allus Next Year!" First match 1953 age 6 when mi owd man took mi, Once A Blade, Allus A Blade! Worse memory, loysin ta the pigs at Wembley in 1993, nowt can bi worse...
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