i have to admit due to my mums side of the family being wednesdayites and my dads side not being footy fans at all i was kinda brought up thinking i was a blue,thank god by the time i was 14 i saw the light.luckily i only suffered the humiliation of attending the sty once (boxing day 1971) 6 years later i attended the home off football and was instantly hooked :D:D:D

C'mon Shami ....

The home of football?
Have you ever switched clubs?

Are you bonkers?

C'mon Shami ....

The home of football?




ok then i'll refrase that.....the home of sheffield football :D

You're still bonkers! ;)

You're still bonkers! ;)


yep so the wife keeps telling me :)

agreed earwiggo:thumbsup: i have never and will never switch sides. my brother though(the one that knows nothing about it) had a time when he switched between wednesday and barnsley:loopy: but whether he can be classed as even a wednesdayite is debatable

agreed earwiggo:thumbsup: i have never and will never switch sides. my brother though(the one that knows nothing about it) had a time when he switched between wednesday and barnsley:loopy: but whether he can be classed as even a wednesdayite is debatable

being 8 and football mad i jumped at the chance to go to a proper game it was a boring 1-1 draw with hull city and the excitment i had expected just didn't happen unlike the 1977/78 game between blades and mansfield 2 - 0 blades a very young sub called keith edwards and an ageing alan woodward were the scorers :cool::cool::cool::cool: brilliant!

never change sides , UP THE BLADES.

Nope although I know a number of people who have.

That have gone from having everything to do with Wednesday to having everything to do with United.

They are not proper fans and would no doubt switch to supporting another local team if both Wednesday and United dropped into the confrence.

Nope although I know a number of people who have.

That have gone from having everything to do with Wednesday to having everything to do with United.

They are not proper fans and would no doubt switch to supporting another local team if both Wednesday and United dropped into the confrence.

completely agree. its understandable changing when your young but any adults that change sides arent true fans

no and never would. blades are for life.

once took a wednesday friend to watch united back in the 80's. was'nt a big game wimbledon at home. he never went to hillsbrough again completly hooked on bramall lane.

u r all bonkers..... UP THE IRONS.

u r all bonkers..... UP THE IRONS.

scunthorpe are crap.

scunthorpe are crap.

Agreed, now Lawsy's left 'em, they are crap.

Agreed, now Lawsy's left 'em, they are crap.


i went to scunny v lincoln (play off semi) a few years ago it was brilliant....proper footy lads watching their teams and kickin 7 bells out of each other before during and after..:)

A mate of mine Robbo was a blade when we were kids then changed to an owl. now his son plays for united he is a blade again.

You can’t change sides, if you do you were never a real fan in the first place, blood is thicker than water and football comes a close second.

i have to admit due to my mums side of the family being wednesdayites and my dads side not being footy fans at all i was kinda brought up thinking i was a blue,thank god by the time i was 14 i saw the light.luckily i only suffered the humiliation of attending the sty once (boxing day 1971) 6 years later i attended the home off football and was instantly hooked :D:D:D

I had a guided tour of the Lane when i was a kid as i was brought up on the Arbouthorne we went with the school.
I absolutly loved it to be honest as i loved watching footy matches, but was an Owl already having been brought up by a prodominently Wednesday family.
I could never change it would be like somewhere along the lines of a sex change lol.
Not only that id have to have a lot of laser treatment before i could go on the Kop at United lol.:)

born into a family of wednesdayites and will die a wednesdayite:thumbsup:

born into a family of wednesdayites and will die a wednesdayite:thumbsup:

Blimey fella u must have smoking fingers, ive just realised how many posts you have made on here, can't believe it lol :o

First match I went to was Wednesday with my Dad. Then my second match was at Bramall lane with my uncle. Wednesday had hold of me though, through that first match and I would never change.
Did help that Hillsborough was packed and we beat Man Utd. Saw United lose to West Brom in an empty Bramall lane so it wasn't a good comparison. But I was only ever going to be an Owl, due to my immediate family.

family was always red & white but as a kid used to like liverpool (when they won everthing, which might be why i liked em) went to the lane couple of times but not until i was 17 got really into it, now over 20 years later still going!!!!
do know of a ex season ticket holder at the lane who is now on the board at hillsborough though!!

family was always red & white but as a kid used to like liverpool (when they won everthing, which might be why i liked em) went to the lane couple of times but not until i was 17 got really into it, now over 20 years later still going!!!!
do know of a ex season ticket holder at the lane who is now on the board at hillsborough though!!

Who may that be?

I wouldn't be surprised if a former chariman was a United season ticket holder at one time. Would explain a few things.

born into a family of wednesdayites and will die a wednesdayite:thumbsup:

from reading the board i understand you dont attend. so not really a supporter are you.

not sure if he's still there, heard that lee stafford might have got rid!!!!!
but only rumours so don't shoot me down. has he moved some of the board on?

not sure if he's still there, heard that lee stafford might have got rid!!!!!
but only rumours so don't shoot me down. has he moved some of the board on?

Ashley Carson left recently, he is a Wednesdayite though. Don't think any others have gone, apart from the certain ex-chief executive.

he is a wednesdayite now!!! he wasn't.............

he is a wednesdayite now!!! he wasn't.............

Really? Rather strange if true. Even though stupid, I see why blades and Owls changes code when the other is doing well ( I don't, but you get my drift). Why would Carson come on board when Wednesday are on a downer and United were on the up?

The most famous person to change sides is Derek Dooley! Do not blame him at all. Great player, great bloke and someone the whole of Sheffield will never forget. Don't think many people could get away with it mind, just shows the respect the man had.

as i recall he did exactly that, many years back he supported united but when wednesday started doing better he swapped,but he has been blue ever since!

Alan Quinn and Leigh Bromby were recent jumpers, they did well since didnt they, proper premiership players like they were touted!

as i recall he did exactly that, many years back he supported united but when wednesday started doing better he swapped,but he has been blue ever since!

Don't know how or why people do it. Even if United were constant premiership Champions and Wednesday were in the conference, I'd still go to watch the Owls. I couldn't change.

Alan Quinn and Leigh Bromby were recent jumpers, they did well since didnt they, proper premiership players like they were touted!

They were never Wednesday supporters though, even though there's a myth that Quinn has an Owl tattoo.

Alan Quinn and Leigh Bromby were recent jumpers, they did well since didnt they, proper premiership players like they were touted!

i thought they were sold on,didn't want to leave but had no choice.
went to a united game in the box when they played and where given joint man of match awards. when they collected them they had a photograph with a firms md who had sponsored the match.
he said "should never have let them go"
oh forgot he was also on the board at hillsborough!!!!!!

i thought they were sold on,didn't want to leave but had no choice.
went to a united game in the box when they played and where given joint man of match awards. when they collected them they had a photograph with a firms md who had sponsored the match.
he said "should never have let them go"
oh forgot he was also on the board at hillsborough!!!!!!

When all is said and done, in words two wednesday players went to United at the same time, poor poor pr m8y.

scunthorpe are crap.

now try again and read it slower if its unclear.

UP THE IRONS, not the iron :rolleyes: :loopy:

now try again and read it slower if its unclear.

UP THE IRONS, not the iron :rolleyes: :loopy:


ah dont know if you've heard but away from east london there known as shammers or cheats. thats what threw me... :thumbsup:

People who switch clubs can never be called genuine supporters, my respect for them as fans is on par with all those Surrey based Man Utd and Liverpool gloryhunting saddos.

People who switch clubs can never be called genuine supporters, my respect for them as fans is on par with all those Surrey based Man Utd and Liverpool gloryhunting saddos.

And fat bald headed saddos from wolverhampton.

The most famous person to change sides is Derek Dooley! Do not blame him at all. Great player, great bloke and someone the whole of Sheffield will never forget. Don't think many people could get away with it mind, just shows the respect the man had.
Rather a unique set of circumstances that caused him to, but having read his auto-biography it is clear that he never lost his allegiance with Wednesday, except when they were playing his new employers; and there have been plenty of others put in a similar position.

Never switched allegiance to clubs myself; always Blue; but occasionally went to the Lane with school or work mates; if there was no, or it was impractical to get a Wednesday away game.

I admit to wearing "red" on two occasions:-
The first when I went to Feyenoord with some Dutch friends; and the second in support of the Czechs in the 1996 Euro Championship final, having made friends with some of them after their quarter final..

Rather a unique set of circumstances that caused him to, but having read his auto-biography it is clear that he never lost his allegiance with Wednesday, except when they were playing his new employers; and there have been plenty of others put in a similar position.

Never switched allegiance to clubs myself; always Blue; but occasionally went to the Lane with school or work mates; if there was no, or it was impractical to get a Wednesday away game.

I admit to wearing "red" on two occasions:-
The first when I went to Feyenoord with some Dutch friends; and the second in support of the Czechs in the 1996 Euro Championship final, having made friends with some of them after their quarter final..

Derek Dooley had a huge grudge against Wednesday following his sacking on Christmas Eve, he didn't visit Hillsborough again until Sir Bobby Davison night when he was made guest of honour (or something like that!!) by Dave Richards who presented him with a signed Joe Scarborough painting of Hillsborough on the pitch before the match.

I think after that he mellowed towards the club but i got the impression he was very bitter about how he was treated by the club (never been Wednesdays thing a bit of good PR has it!!!).

ah dont know if you've heard but away from east london there known as shammers or cheats. thats what threw me... :thumbsup:

bless, u need to move on. live in the now :D

Blimey fella u must have smoking fingers, ive just realised how many posts you have made on here, can't believe it lol :o

Benny boy was mending one of his old football trophy's wi' superglue, and couldn't resist repling to one of BB's posts months ago.
Not been able to drag hizssen away from the keyboard since! :hihi:
The world's most prolific poster. :thumbsup:

He'll do for me! :hihi:

bless, u need to move on. live in the now :D

£25m - SSSWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!

Derek Dooley had a huge grudge against Wednesday following his sacking on Christmas Eve, he didn't visit Hillsborough again until Sir Bobby Davison night when he was made guest of honour (or something like that!!) by Dave Richards who presented him with a signed Joe Scarborough painting of Hillsborough on the pitch before the match.

I think after that he mellowed towards the club but i got the impression he was very bitter about how he was treated by the club (never been Wednesdays thing a bit of good PR has it!!!).
I only quoted , and again quote what he wrote in his auto-biography (which I have read recently)

Yes he was bitter.
But that was towards certain officials (i.e the band of five who dismissed him, totally unfairly as unanimously agreed by every Wednesdayite) , not the club itself or other people he knew there..

He went back once in the interim period to which you refer, as a neutral for a semi final, but even that was awful and a mistake, because he knew so many people there, an it invoked so many memories.

I suggest you read the book, it is excellent.
The only reason it took me so long to after buying it seven or eight years ago, was it was painful to me personally, as my Father who had played in the same teams alongside Dooley at the YMCA, died around the same time that the book came out, and it took me a long time to get past that chapter.

I found the book very informative about his time both at Hillsborough and at the Lane.

Blimey fella u must have smoking fingers, ive just realised how many posts you have made on here, can't believe it lol :o

I was waiting to see what wonderful inspiration he came up with for his twenty thousandth post in six months, but he slipped it in when I blinked yesterday afternoon.

The forum administrators have had to extend the disc capacity of the computer system housing it twice already, to keep up with his posting rate.

I think his aim is to get up to an average of 500 a day!

Derek Dooley had a huge grudge against Wednesday following his sacking on Christmas Eve, he didn't visit Hillsborough again until Sir Bobby Davison night when he was made guest of honour (or something like that!!) by Dave Richards who presented him with a signed Joe Scarborough painting of Hillsborough on the pitch before the match.

I think after that he mellowed towards the club but i got the impression he was very bitter about how he was treated by the club (never been Wednesdays thing a bit of good PR has it!!!).

Can't argue with you on the PR front. What we need is someone in their early 30's, with an abundence of knowledge relating to the running of a football club. The successful applicant should be highly intelligent and have a good sense of humour.

So other than the age that lets you out, do you know of anyone who fits the bill? :P

Derek Dooley had a huge grudge against Wednesday following his sacking on Christmas Eve, he didn't visit Hillsborough again until Sir Bobby Davison night when he was made guest of honour (or something like that!!) by Dave Richards who presented him with a signed Joe Scarborough painting of Hillsborough on the pitch before the match.

I think after that he mellowed towards the club but i got the impression he was very bitter about how he was treated by the club (never been Wednesdays thing a bit of good PR has it!!!).
In the book Paul Woolhouse doesn't come out smelling of roses, the way he treated Dooley at your place.
Where as Reg Brearley comes out in a far better light.

I think it highlights that how one bad chairman can destroy a club, and one thing that Owls and Blades can share, is we have both had our fair share of them.

The book is worth reading.
Having done so I am more knowledgable about your club, and probably have more respect as a result.

AS an aside, one thing that comes over, is the amazing numvber of Sheffield derby results which have gone against the form book, since the end of WW2.

ah dont know if you've heard but away from east london there known as shammers or cheats. thats what threw me... :thumbsup:

:nono:

I hope you're on the receiving end of your club's favourite hobby (sueing people) for that libellous post ..... (Dave Allen? Paul Scally @ Gillingham?)

Up The Hammers.

:wave:

Benny boy was mending one of his old football trophy's wi' superglue, and couldn't resist repling to one of BB's posts months ago.
Not been able to drag hizssen away from the keyboard since! :hihi:
The world's most prolific poster. :thumbsup:

He'll do for me! :hihi:

brilliant mate :thumbsup::D

:nono:

I hope you're on the receiving end of your club's favourite hobby (sueing people) for that libellous post ..... (Dave Allen? Paul Scally @ Gillingham?)

Up The Hammers.

:wave:

nice to see the hammers talking about breaking their transfer record again .
no need to thank us for making this possible.
Maybe they are buying the player on the drip the same as they pay their admitted debt to us.