I did meet a nice Scunthorpe fan once. He was sat between me and my mate on the coach back from Wembley 2008. Only a young lad, maybe 20 yrs. He came on his own and said he just wanted to see how we went on. He genuinely enjoyed the game and looked forward to seeing how we went on in the Prem. It was good to talk to a young lad that held no bad feelings toward a supposed rival club and I thought he showed some balls to travel with a load of pissed up City fans.
For the record since 2003 we've played Scunts - 8 times Lincoln - 3 times Grimsby - 0 times Blunts - 13 times. Grimsby have been below us in the football pyramid since 2004/5 coming down at the end of the 2003/2004 season as we passed them on the way up. Sheff Utd have always, even in modern history, being bigger rivals than the Scunts, Cods & Lincoln. Do you need to play a team for them to be a rival? Are you only a love rival if the rival is also getting his dick wet? Grimsby, are just an itch when it comes to rivalries. Scunts would like to be us. Lincoln are just Lincoln, used to be a good away day but as soon as you got home they were forgotten.
Why not share your memories of the Sheff Utd rivalry? Or come to that, GY? Come on, you know you want to...
Never met a Scunthorpe fan in real life. Think they are a very well run club and leave us standing in that regard. There was a time when they had Forrester/Eyre, Beagrie, Andy Dawson and we were like a donkey sanctuary in comparison. Even when they won games against us on merit, they were not a 'rival', just well-organised local upstarts who defeated a local club on its uppers due to years of **** management. Same more or less applies to GY, except they have a bag of chips on their shoulder as well as a smell of Bessie.
On 5live radio fighting talk they had to name best goal at the new Wembley so obviously Deanos got a mention.
I think they were coming up as we were coming down. Could be wrong, but I reckon it was the season we relegated 'em - 86/87.
Yeah probly right, seem to remember they were always above in the 90s so assumed they were in our division at the start of the decade. I recall that night game in 87 at Cleethorpes and there being little in the way of Chardonfroid as we relegated em on their own midden courtesy of the massively underrated Andy Saville (btw, unaware of any Andy Saville songs/chants ever despite him being a goalscoring hometown kid) in front of a paltry 6,757 payees After the match the daft Grimsby ****s trashed Cleethorpes High street as we buckled up and motored back to the bridge. The general consensus was one of minor amusement rather than major glee in having relegated a deadly foe. Think that was my third and last visit to Blundell Park. Fingers crossed I won't be going there again. Ditto Boston, Lincoln and Scunthorpe. Of course other posters may differ, and may actually relish the chance to cross swords with these doughty adversaries once more.
Agreed. I liked Saville and was a bit gutted when he was sold (Walsall I think). Also, seem to remember Daglish's Liverpool apparently looking at him when he was there too. Naturally, a bit past-it when he returned in the 90s. Last time I went to Blundell Park was in the 90s too (maybe 96/97 time) - Autoglass Cup. Might be the last 'competitive' match between us?
Sav sometimes involved at the KCOM doing hospitality stuff. Humble likable local lad as is of course Andrew Flounders who ticks all the boxes that Andy Saville does.
The smaller squads back then (plus only 1 or 2 subs on bench) were restrictive for such players. The Central League (or whatever it was called) was more respected, but obviously wouldn't have kept players like that content. Perhaps with the inflated squads of today and the big bench, more opportunity would have been there.
"Not like Sheffield United to turn in a couple of half arsed performances when so much is riding on it. Spineless, bottleless useless bunch of total and complete ****ing ****ers. I would say they got what they deserved, but that wouldn't be true because they deserved **** all" Oh dear. Rare moment of objectivity from some random swine on Bladeschat
The Reverend Bagshawe stood in front of us that night, he heard a few word that he wouldn't hear at his Sunday services! The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
https://www.s24su.com/forum/index.p...sphere-hull-v-blades-fa-cup-semi-final.74059/ Plucky minnows score 3 against goliath club and still haven't got over it
My three pennyworth, for what its worth. As a lad our rivalry with Grimsby Town was something special or the 'Humber Derby' as the HDM and Green Sports Mail used to headline it. It was also my first away game in 1965 ( could have been 1964) and it was something special because the trip meant sailing across the Humber on the ferry and catching a train at the other side. I can still remember the excitement as I approached Nelson Street and saw thousands, and I mean thousands of black and amber clad City fans waiting to board the Humber Ferry. Nearly 20,000 in Blundell Park for a game we lost 1-0, and that was some crowd for the old 3rd division. There was a fierce rivalry with GY in those days because of our fishing fleets and of course the football. Before that and before my time our rivals seemed to be Rotherham and Donny Rovers, I would guess because of their closeness and the ease to get here. City broke Donnys home crowd record on more then one occasion back in the day, and we were still taking thousands there as recently as 1975 when we had one of our biggest away followings for a number of years at a League Cup game, and lost 2-1. City v Rotherham at BP during Carters day sold 58,000 tickets for a Div 3 North game although 'only 50,000 plus' actually turned up on the day, over Christmas, possibly Christmas Day itself. A colossal crowd for the day and a reflection of the then rivalry. The GY rivalry ended for us when they spent several seasons above us on the FL ladder and our paths never crossed. I believe they had three appearances at Wembley during a time we thought reaching the FA Cup 3rd round was 'success'. But GY still see us as rivals, not on the football field so much but commercially as a city and a region. They think 'we' get everything on this side of the Humber and the awarding us the CoC title really convinced them that the chips they all carry on both shoulders are fully justified. Today the HDM poll that lufc are our rivals is insulting. We have very little history with them. I'd say Sheff Utd come nearest because of some meaty clashes on and off the field we have been involved in since and after the infamous 'Battle of Bramall Lane' during the 70/71 season, still remembered by older Blades when we beat them convincingly in the FA Cup Semi Final at Wembley. Having said that I doubt if many Blades fans see us as rivals and fans of lufc certainly don't. For me it's a team we have never played who are our biggests rivals, who the majority of their fans wish us nothing but failure and that club is Hull FC.
It's pleasing that on the eve of the PL season that some Sheffield fans still gush about some throwaway comments by Chester and Curtis D on their fans on a day when we put 5 past them and our PL reserve side crushed them after their tow breakaway goals. I look forward to Billy Sharp tormenting defences this season.
