Sheffield United's Low Sock Brigade
HOTFM: During the Blades' last home match, there were six players with their socks rolled low. Is this a sign of a new era at Bramall Lane?
My mind has never been particularly good at staying in one place. It’s a blessing and a curse, a bonus and a hindrance in a fast-paced, fact-led (ideally) industry like journalism. There are particular situations in which distraction is at its most potent: when I don’t have a specific deadline for an article, when I need to do anything around the house, and if a game of football isn’t very good.
You can tell Sheffield United’s last home match, against Plymouth Argyle, wasn’t the most enthralling by how quickly my attention was dominated not by the play (Gus Hamer’s wonderstrike notwithstanding), but by a trend that, besides the odd cameo, I thought had avoided Bramall Lane.
The Low Sock Brigade has set up camp at Shirecliffe.
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