Thanks, Andrew – what a bitter-sweet trip down memory lane (or up Wembley Way).
“This is my life now. Doomed to watch footballers kick the ball in the net from twelve yards for all eternity, as the sun slowly cooks me.” - I remember being concerned about my train, too, and wondering if it would be okay to leave!
Some grand old Sheffield United names there, too – Stephen Quinn, Kevin McDonald, Richard Cresswell, Chris Porter and of course Ched Evans. And I remember, after the Tranmere game, supporters going up the escalator at Liverpool Lime Street singing “were you there when Monty scored?”!! That was, indeed, a landmark occasion.
But back to Huddersfield and those penalties. Of course, we never win at Wembley, but we can always hope, can’t we? And then it got to the thirteenth and I suppose we’re all still waiting for Simonsen’s ball to come back into orbit. I’ve always softened the occasion to myself, though, by thinking it rather unfair that goalkeepers should be asked to take penalties (with probably no practice apart from stopping them), as their instinct with a ball at their feet is to boot it half way down the pitch . . . still, no excuse!
I wonder why Wembley is so against us; I’ve always longed for the Blades to get to an FA Cup Final, but then I think what’s the point? We wouldn’t win . . .
And can you believe it took us 6 seasons to get out of that league . . . ?
Thanks, Andrew – what a bitter-sweet trip down memory lane (or up Wembley Way).
“This is my life now. Doomed to watch footballers kick the ball in the net from twelve yards for all eternity, as the sun slowly cooks me.” - I remember being concerned about my train, too, and wondering if it would be okay to leave!
Some grand old Sheffield United names there, too – Stephen Quinn, Kevin McDonald, Richard Cresswell, Chris Porter and of course Ched Evans. And I remember, after the Tranmere game, supporters going up the escalator at Liverpool Lime Street singing “were you there when Monty scored?”!! That was, indeed, a landmark occasion.
But back to Huddersfield and those penalties. Of course, we never win at Wembley, but we can always hope, can’t we? And then it got to the thirteenth and I suppose we’re all still waiting for Simonsen’s ball to come back into orbit. I’ve always softened the occasion to myself, though, by thinking it rather unfair that goalkeepers should be asked to take penalties (with probably no practice apart from stopping them), as their instinct with a ball at their feet is to boot it half way down the pitch . . . still, no excuse!
I wonder why Wembley is so against us; I’ve always longed for the Blades to get to an FA Cup Final, but then I think what’s the point? We wouldn’t win . . .
And can you believe it took us 6 seasons to get out of that league . . . ?
Still, keep the faith!
Sue.