Don't fear the Big Occasion
Or how I learned to stop worrying and make the best of a 5-3 defeat to Hull
Words: John Ashdown
Call it a revelation if you like. Or call it an epiphany. But I am not who I was. Stefan Scougall was my Baptist. A half-time £9 pint of Wembley Fosters was my holy water. Blades brothers and sisters gather round, for I am changed. I have seen the light. I'm not scared of the Big Occasion any more.
The fear had been there so long it ha…
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