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[Albion] Sheffield United vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***



peterward

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Was at game yesterday, so not read through this thread if its already been mentioned? But having just watched extended highlights on Albion player, what is Webster doing on their 2-2 equalising goal?

Just as Sheffield United player goes to cross it, Webster tries to forcefully shove the scorer into an offiside position, obviously fails...... but is he trying to compensate for his own poor positioning, and with VAR in the stadium, even if he'd succeeded, then shirley he's just given a way a pen if reviewed?

on/just after 7:55 minutes

 




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I keep saying it this season but that was one of the best away days ever. (I have seen us win 4-1, 3-2 and 5-2 and beat Ajax this season though so maybe not a surprise I keep saying it).

Seven goals, five for us including an absolute beauty and we didn’t play THAT well.

Off the field done tremendous high jinks that included feeding Jeff Stelling’s son tonic wine, drinking with a fancy dress pub crawl (theme; dead celebrities*), cracking atmosphere (apart from the weird Wednesday chants), some nawty Yorkshiremen picking on the wrong person and a great chat with a Sheffield United old boy on the train home who said “you were lucky………..lucky you drew us…).

*here’s Captain Tom telling me off.

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Please tell me you were not the one in the lurex tracksuit, I am guessing an infamous js, certainly dead but more notorious than celebrated surely! :)
 


Guinness Boy

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Dave the hatosaurus said:
Please tell me you were not the one in the lurex tracksuit, I am guessing an infamous js, certainly dead but more notorious than celebrated surely! :)
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Ha. No we were dressed “normally”. They were either a stag party or students that we bumped into just outside the Globe. Bar queue went from three people to three deep :lolol:
 








Worried Man Blues

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peterward said:
Was at game yesterday, so not read through this thread if its already been mentioned? But having just watched extended highlights on Albion player, what is Webster doing on their 2-2 equalising goal?

Just as Sheffield United player goes to cross it, Webster tries to forcefully shove the scorer into an offiside position, obviously fails...... but is he trying to compensate for his own poor positioning, and with VAR in the stadium, even if he'd succeeded, then shirley he's just given a way a pen if reviewed?

on/just after 7:55 minutes

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You're right that is absolutely pathetic and a complete fail which ever way you look at it!!!
 


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Ha. No we were dressed “normally”. They were either a stag party or students that we bumped into just outside the Globe. Bar queue went from three people to three deep :lolol:
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Did they have a Maradona and a Cruyff amongst them?

if so, we encountered them in the town centre. Just as we were walking through the square with the Ceasefire Now demo, they were making their way up the hill. They spotted the demo and launched straight into a couple of football-style songs - in support of Palestine to be fair - but a copper was on them in seconds to suggest it wasn’t really the time for bantz.
 


el punal

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Did anyone on here ever go to Bramall Lane when it also hosted cricket? Wish I’d seen it.

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That was the stand, the lower tier, that I watched the Albion play Sheffield Utd in the FA Cup third round in January 1987. It was f-f-f-freezing that day. We draw 0-0 and lost the replay. I’ve never been so cold at a game before or since. 🥶
 




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el punal said:
That was the stand, the lower tier, that I watched the Albion play Sheffield Utd in the FA Cup third round in January 1987. It was f-f-f-freezing that day. We draw 0-0 and lost the replay. I’ve never been so cold at a game before or since. 🥶
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You can't have been at the Notts County match the next season then. April - but icy cold and a 'lazy' wind.
 


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peterward said:
Was at game yesterday, so not read through this thread if its already been mentioned? But having just watched extended highlights on Albion player, what is Webster doing on their 2-2 equalising goal?

Just as Sheffield United player goes to cross it, Webster tries to forcefully shove the scorer into an offiside position, obviously fails...... but is he trying to compensate for his own poor positioning, and with VAR in the stadium, even if he'd succeeded, then shirley he's just given a way a pen if reviewed?

on/just after 7:55 minutes

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Webster is not technically a bad defender but he switches off, which I guess essentially does make him a bad defender at this level.
He lost his man completely, was caught wrong side and goes into Sunday morning mode. Not good enough. If we can see it then you can bet so can RDZ. I think this is likely Webbo’s last season with us. He’s ‘bottom 10’ EPL standard and we’ve moved on.
 


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Man of Harveys said:
Did anyone on here ever go to Bramall Lane when it also hosted cricket? Wish I’d seen it.

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I believe it used to be three-sided until quite recently. Well the late 1960s certainly - which is quite recently for me! I wonder what they did when they staged football? Had temporary stands?

(Also Northampton's old ground was also three-sided)
 




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el punal said:
That was the stand, the lower tier, that I watched the Albion play Sheffield Utd in the FA Cup third round in January 1987. It was f-f-f-freezing that day. We draw 0-0 and lost the replay. I’ve never been so cold at a game before or since. 🥶
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I went that day as if the cold wasn’t enough we had to endure Richard Tiltman’s debut for the Albion.
 


Man of Harveys

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Brovion said:
I believe it used to be three-sided until quite recently. Well the late 1960s certainly - which is quite recently for me! I wonder what they did when they staged football? Had temporary stands?

(Also Northampton's old ground was also three-sided)
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Yes - the last cricket match there was in 1973. And more’s the pity.
 


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I saw my first ever game at Bramall Lane in 1966 when it was also a cricket ground and a strange three sided football ground. They lost 1-0 at home to Newcastle. I was taken by my uncle, who lived in Rotherham, who was the only person in my family with any interest in football.. He gave me the choice of Rotherham v Millwall or Sheff Utd v Newcastle on the same night. A month later, I found my true love at the Goldstone...
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Yes - the last cricket match there was in 1973. And more’s the pity.
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Taking this thread O/T, but my interest was/is piqued. Apparently Bramall Lane was three-sided until 1975! I didn't realise it was that late. And like Northampton the last cricket match was in 1973.

@Auckland seagull what did they do with the 'fourth side'? Were there spectators? Their biggest crowd was 68,000 in 1936 against Leeds, so I'm guessing they must have used it somehow.
 




Thunder Bolt

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Peacehaven Wild Kids said:
Had this bastard thing stuck in my head all day….

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You fill up my senses,
Like a gallon of Magnet,
Like a packet of Woodbines,
Like a good pinch of snuff,
Like a night out in Sheffield,
Like a greasy chip butty,
Like Sheffield United,
Come fill me again
Na na na na na...Ooooohh!
 


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Brovion said:
@Auckland seagull what did they do with the 'fourth side'? Were there spectators? Their biggest crowd was 68,000 in 1936 against Leeds, so I'm guessing they must have used it somehow.
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They used removable 'duckboards' to stand on. Northampton I remember also had removable terracing 2 or 3 steps high behind that.
The ground disturbance from these must have affected the fast bowlers run-up, as the cricket square was only just behind this touchline.
 


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Was there anyone else playing in the fourth round?

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Brovion said:
Taking this thread O/T, but my interest was/is piqued. Apparently Bramall Lane was three-sided until 1975! I didn't realise it was that late. And like Northampton the last cricket match was in 1973.

@Auckland seagull what did they do with the 'fourth side'? Were there spectators? Their biggest crowd was 68,000 in 1936 against Leeds, so I'm guessing they must have used it somehow.
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On the night I went it was completely empty (which meant there was almost zero atmosphere). I'm no expert, but I don't think they ever used the fourth side because it was miles from the pitch.
 








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