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Haggis316 · 29-12-2007, 09:30

I remember going with Sheffield United fans on the away end for a league game at Oxford United.

United fans spent the game taunting "Specky eyed Oxford fans" - in fact most of them were from Cowley car works!!!

As Foley scored the second Oxford goal I remember the words "We've had it naaagh" gleefully coming out of my mouth. Those around me solemnly agreed. That was the start of the rot that saw Sheffield United in League 4 soon after.

By that time Sheffield Wednesday were basking in what is now the Championship but when the news came through that Notts County had beaten them 2-1 at Hillsborough I let out a loud involuntary groan and had to run the gauntlet of some hostile stares as I beat a hasty retreat from the terrace.

In 1984 I sat with Liverpool fans in the League Cup Quarter Final tie at Hillsborough and in the 1986 FA Cup Semi Final I sat with Everton Fans lauding their offside goal in the Trinity Road Stand through 120 minutes of Football at Villa.

I also remember being on the Stretford End with my United supporting mates as Sheffield Wednesday beat them 2-1. Under Wilkinson Wednesday epitomised the bludgeon and rapier approach unlike United's more cultured football and as the second goal went in I can remember my mates shouting "Suppose your satisfied now" as I prayed for the ground to open up.

29-12-2007, 09:30	#17
Haggis316 Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,745 Liked: 93 times Rep Power: 2398	Re: question from a lancastrian bantam I remember going with Sheffield United fans on the away end for a league game at Oxford United. United fans spent the game taunting "Specky eyed Oxford fans" - in fact most of them were from Cowley car works!!! As Foley scored the second Oxford goal I remember the words "We've had it naaagh" gleefully coming out of my mouth. Those around me solemnly agreed. That was the start of the rot that saw Sheffield United in League 4 soon after. By that time Sheffield Wednesday were basking in what is now the Championship but when the news came through that Notts County had beaten them 2-1 at Hillsborough I let out a loud involuntary groan and had to run the gauntlet of some hostile stares as I beat a hasty retreat from the terrace. In 1984 I sat with Liverpool fans in the League Cup Quarter Final tie at Hillsborough and in the 1986 FA Cup Semi Final I sat with Everton Fans lauding their offside goal in the Trinity Road Stand through 120 minutes of Football at Villa. I also remember being on the Stretford End with my United supporting mates as Sheffield Wednesday beat them 2-1. Under Wilkinson Wednesday epitomised the bludgeon and rapier approach unlike United's more cultured football and as the second goal went in I can remember my mates shouting "Suppose your satisfied now" as I prayed for the ground to open up. __________________ 6th March 1962 - They turned off the gas but nothing could extinguish the flame! Last edited by Haggis316; 29-12-2007 at 09:33.