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Sheffield United
Sheffield United Soapbox (another Sixer substitute): a shamefully feeble surrender
Monsieur Salut writes: Pete Sixsmith is making his return to post-Santa duties in a gradual sort of way, a Sixer’s Seven here, that smashing series on The First Time Ever I Saw Ground/Team there. I could hardly decline his invitation to step in with the Soapbox from Bramall Lane, painful as it is to write anything about what happened there on Boxing Day …
Anyone who has supported Sunderland home and away, even if their opportunities are limited, knows the wretched feelings of embarrassment inflicted by truly awful displays. When it’s away from home, the embarrassment is made all the more acute if snatched conversations between opposing supporters are overheard.
“Just coming away from the match,” said one man into his mobile phone as people made their way back towards Sheffield city centre. He added almost as an afterthought: “We won 3-0 but mind, the other team were absolute rubbish.”
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Ground: Sheffield United.
John McCormick writes: on Saturday Ed posted on his facebook page that it had been 378 days since he’d seen us win and then headed off to the SOL. Now you know who to blame.
But you can’t fault his loyalty. Stony broke, he and a mate once hitched down to Bramall Lane for an evening game. I’m not sure exactly when it was, or what the competition was but I think the weather was freezing and they were some of the very few who made the journey.
Pete Sixsmith had already been there, of course, and by an easier route:
Sheffield United vs SAFC Who are You?: ‘we’ll win 4-2 despite bad patch’
Monsieur Salut writes: in a 46-match season plus cup ties, it is a distinct possibility that there will be gaps …
Sheffield United vs Sunderland Guess the Score: blunt the Blades
It’s a frantic time for Salut! Sunderland over Christmas, with games on Saturday and again on Boxing Day followed by the visit to Forest next Saturday.
Everything that should appear on these pages will appear, so please keep coming back and checking for updates.
Christmas greetings to all Salut! Sunderland readers, contributors and editors. You’ll see the seasonal compliments more fully when you pop into the site on Christmas morning.
Wolves, Sheffield United, Cardiff and Bristol City keep out Leeds, Sheffield Wednesday and Fulham (and don’t mention Sunderland)
Four of our choices, it must be said, were queuing up on the boundary, ready to pounce on any slips from the leaders, and only one was languishing (with great languor) in the doldrums. That was just over a month ago, in which time there have been five games, potentially fifteen points, to contest.
With the arrival of another international weekend we have a chance to review the situation and see if the natural order (as defined by our readership) has been restored in those five games.
Leeds OK as Cardiff, Wolves, Sheffield United, Bristol City and Preston keep out Aston Villa, Fulham, Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday
You might remember they were, in no particular order, Fulham, Leeds, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland. How have they done?
(If you’re new to this series, or if you want to catch up, you can trot over to Mccormick’s dodgy numbers, find the first post in the series (27th June) and work your way up the page).
Sunderland opponents and their grounds: Sixer’s series as good as it gets
Put it this way. Pete Sixsmith gives a lot more to the football-supporting public than he gets back. …
Sixer’s Sheffield United Soapbox: death by a thousand cuts as the Blades take the spoils
Malcolm Dawson writes…….there were several reasons why I decided not to renew my season card over the summer. 1) The …
Sixer’s Sevens: SAFC 1 Sheffield United 2. Blades cut us to pieces.
For the second time in recent games we had more possession than our opponents, yet were beaten. I said the first time that the defeat had to be a message, for our players, for our manager and, above all, for our owner. They don’t appear to have understood, so Sheffield United obligingly repeated it.
If that’s not enough Pete Sixsmith’s seven word text, sent immediately after the final whistle, puts it simply: