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Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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Tuesday 16th December. Game before is Burnley away and the game after is Everton at home.

 

Think I could be in line for my first visit to Sheffield here!

 

Definitely played on that day? I know we're almost certain not to be picked for TV but don't want to book holiday just yet in case...

Winger

Winger

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Did anyone notice Pearce say 5 under his breath before pulling out the 5 ball giving Sheffield United the home draw, watch the draw again, very suspicious.

Whitey Grandad

Whitey Grandad

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Definitely played on that day? I know we're almost certain not to be picked for TV but don't want to book holiday just yet in case...

 

Might be the a Wednesday but we're getting close to the Christmas period. Depends on the TV I suppose.

Saint Garrett

Saint Garrett

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Went to Sheffield Uni so delighted at this. Looking forward to returning!

 

Same we'll went to Hallam staying there this weekend while we go to Hull, but this is excellent. Student night in Sheffield just before Christmas. Excellent. Should get both top and bottom tiers at Sheff Utd too.

CWD

CWD

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Should win, but by no means a foregone conclusion. Good atmosphere at Bramall Lane which should lift them, they've done well in cups of late

Wirral saint

Wirral saint

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Should win, but by no means a foregone conclusion. Good atmosphere at Bramall Lane which should lift them, they've done well in cups of late

 

Been to Bramall Lane a couple of times in the past with Saints and it will be a good atmosphere.

Always liked Sheff Utd. for no other reason than the stripes!

Should be a good match as they will certainly raise thier game so have to agree with no foregone conclusion

whelk

whelk

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Can someone explain why people are not embarrassed calling them Bompey? I can only put it down to this place being littered with 14 yo boys.

wild-saint

wild-saint

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Can someone explain why people are not embarrassed calling them Bompey? I can only put it down to this place being littered with 14 yo boys.

 

also explains why you are here too then!

whelk

whelk

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also explains why you are here too then!

 

Humour. Like it.

Can't wait til we play Manure, WetSpam and Liverhampton can you?

100%Red&White

100%Red&White

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Another long haul midweek but will be a 'proper' cup tie. One thing's for sure, their crowd will be the leveller, noisy f*ckers on their day. Been there a couple of times, their 'kop' is a cracker, we should have a few up there so can add to the atmosphere.

 

Optimism understandable (on paper but this IS the cup) but let's not get complacent.

dellboypete

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http://www.s24su.com/forum/index.php?threads/saints.36634/ They seem to be happy enough. Their confidence rather reminds me of ours when we had Utd in the FA Cup.

 

I don't normally read through other forums, but a lot of the comments on there were really good and funny, such as this ****-take on the press

 

"Second placed Southampton, who won the FA Cup in 1976 and used to have BBC bell-end Alan Shearer and Sky ****whistle Matt le Tissier playing for them sometime back travel up into the grim north to play Welsh-born Ched 'RAPIST' Evanseses's team (if he signs for them) Sheffield Wednesday ... hang on ... Sheffield United. United, who also play in red and white stripes and are called The Blades (I think) and are managed by former England manager Brian Clough.

 

Southampton, from the south of England beat other northern ****s Sunderland 10-0 last week and are that confident they'll win everything, they sold all their players, for a laff. They play in a big, beautiful stadium whereas Sheffield Wedn ... United play on a piece of land near the town centre where men in flat caps race whippets, bum sheep and dig coal. It says on Wikipedia that Sheffield used to be famous for knives and stuff and Olympic sprinter Jessica Rabbit comes from there but she lives in LONDON now with her boyfriend. My forecast for this game is Sheffield 0 - 31 SAINTS."

 

Looking forward to this one - I really like sheffield - great real ale city - and there is an excellent Industrial museum together with a great brewery at Kelham Island - last time I was there was when we played wednesday in the championship and league 1 (them were t'days!!)

LGTL

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Anyone else planning dentist/doctors/anything else (delete as appropriate) to get the afternoon off work? Love a midweek jaunt up north.

stevegrant

stevegrant

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Our game is almost certain to be on the Tuesday, along with Derby v Chelsea.

 

On the preceding Sunday, it's Man United v Liverpool and Swansea v Spurs, so both Liverpool and Spurs will probably be given the extra day. All the other 6 teams in the quarter-finals play on the Saturday.

 

Tuesday 16th:

Derby v Chelsea (TV)

Sheffield United v Saints

 

Wednesday 17th:

Bournemouth v Liverpool (TV)

Tottenham v Newcastle

the saint in winchester

the saint in winchester

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Some of their fans have some odd ideas, from our formation to our recruitment policy.

 

Posted 30 Oct 2014 07:01

re: Blades home v Saints.

great tie against top side I am sure our 4-6-0 against their 3-1-6 will give them something to think about as said keep the price down and lets fill the lane

 

 

e: Blades home v Saints.

Saints preseve us from any further involvement in any other competition apart from the league and our promotion ambitions. Having said that I've a long standing grudge against Saints as they were the 1st club to employ that disabled people hating git, Glen Hoddle after he was sacked from the England job

 

I think it's a great tie.

 

Southampton lie in 2nd but we have them at home.

 

West Ham are now 3rd and we beat them away.

 

Never underestimate the home crowd.

 

It's QF time. We're in the third tier. We were always going to get a challenging tie.

 

Saints are the team of the moment. Far more interesting than getting Chelsea or Liverpool for me.

Bucks Saint

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Really looking forward to this one. Decent ground and night out. A good mate is a Blade and so can stay with him; that said he was not too happy the last time I did that, in the Championship when we had the "oh Christian Dailly....curly hair" song and beat them

StDunko

StDunko

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Might go to this one.

 

Currently have a 100% win record watching Saints at Brammall Lane after our 2-0 win on the first game of the season back in 1991ish?

 

Hope we take a big following up there.

100%Red&White

100%Red&White

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The last time we played a cup quarter final up in Sheffield, 10,000 Saints fans turned up and it was live on the BBC. 'kinell, that was over 30 years ago!

 

Right near Xmas but guess it will be more like 3-4,000 this time?

Sheaf Saint

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I know it's early but a couple of bits of advice for those planning on driving up...

 

There are ongoing roadworks on the M1 at the moment between junctions 28-32, with average speed cameras and no hard shoulder, so avoid this if you can. Best bet is to come off at junction 29 and head into Chesterfield on the A617, then pick up the A61 into Sheffield. This brings you in to town right near Bramall Lane anyway.

 

Avoid any of the pubs in the immediate vicinity of the ground. They are all complete sh*tholes and not very away-fan-friendly. The ground is only a short walk from the city centre and there are lots of good boozers there, although stay away from West Street or Division Street as most of the bars in that area will not let you in wearing football colours. The Old Monk, off the square right next to the Crucible theatre is a decent option. Alternatively, there are a couple of really good pubs in Heeley which are away fan friendly. The Sheaf View and the newly re-opened Brothers arms just up the hill are both only about a 15 minute walk from the ground, and both have a very good range of reasonably-priced beers.

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stevegrant

stevegrant

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Has our game been confirmed for the Tue? (not seen that anywhere, just the TV games)

Not yet, but Sheffield United play midweek games on Tuesdays where possible, and even if they were being dictated to by the Football League in order to keep an even balance for Tuesday and Wednesday, the Spurs game will be on Wednesday as they play on the preceding Sunday.

 

I've booked my train and hotel for the Tuesday already.

Lallana's Left Peg

Lallana's Left Peg

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Any idea what sort of allocation we'll get for this? From memory Sheffield United usually give away fans the entire bottom tier behind a goal. At least they did the last time I was there (the 2-1 win back in around 2007 (I think!) with Viafara and Rasiak scoring and Beattie getting all manner of stick from the Saints fans :lol:)

stevegrant

stevegrant

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Any idea what sort of allocation we'll get for this? From memory Sheffield United usually give away fans the entire bottom tier behind a goal. At least they did the last time I was there (the 2-1 win back in around 2007 (I think!) with Viafara and Rasiak scoring and Beattie getting all manner of stick from the Saints fans :lol:)

The lower tier holds 3000, and can't be segregated, so we should get at least that. In theory, they're supposed to offer us the upper tier for cup games as well, which would take it to 5000, but that's probably unrealistic given the time of year and location.

TUS

TUS

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May as well get a train booked up then! For once I can get home after the game, so will skip the overnight stop on this occasion.

Unbelievable Jeff

Unbelievable Jeff

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Not yet, but Sheffield United play midweek games on Tuesdays where possible, and even if they were being dictated to by the Football League in order to keep an even balance for Tuesday and Wednesday, the Spurs game will be on Wednesday as they play on the preceding Sunday.

 

I've booked my train and hotel for the Tuesday already.

 

I was thinking of doing that now too.

Pat from Poole

Pat from Poole

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Not yet, but Sheffield United play midweek games on Tuesdays where possible, and even if they were being dictated to by the Football League in order to keep an even balance for Tuesday and Wednesday, the Spurs game will be on Wednesday as they play on the preceding Sunday.

 

I've booked my train and hotel for the Tuesday already.

It's my wife's 40th birthday on the Tuesday, so had very been much been hoping for the game to be played on the Wednesday. Damn and twice damn.

Bucks Saint

Bucks Saint

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It's my wife's 40th birthday on the Tuesday, so had very been much been hoping for the game to be played on the Wednesday. Damn and twice damn.

 

Woah there. Without any major effort for you Pat, there on a plate is a big part of her birthday present. You are welcome

Saint Garrett

Saint Garrett

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I know it's early but a couple of bits of advice for those planning on driving up...

 

There are ongoing roadworks on the M1 at the moment between junctions 28-32, with average speed cameras and no hard shoulder, so avoid this if you can. Best bet is to come off at junction 29 and head into Chesterfield on the A617, then pick up the A61 into Sheffield. This brings you in to town right near Bramall Lane anyway.

 

Avoid any of the pubs in the immediate vicinity of the ground. They are all complete sh*tholes and not very away-fan-friendly. The ground is only a short walk from the city centre and there are lots of good boozers there, although stay away from West Street or Division Street as most of the bars in that area will not let you in wearing football colours. The Old Monk, off the square right next to the Crucible theatre is a decent option. Alternatively, there are a couple of really good pubs in Heeley which are away fan friendly. The Sheaf View and the newly re-opened Brothers arms just up the hill are both only about a 15 minute walk from the ground, and both have a very good range of reasonably-priced beers.

 

Sheaf View is a top pub. Used to go there loads when I lived in Sheffield, great for ale drinkers and also has some great European beers.

 

Would stay away from the ones by the station, apart from the Globe which is pretty decent for a yellow card pub.

 

Staying up there this weekend and going to hull on the train, fully intending on visiting the bars on division street, some nice pubs down there.

 

Not yet, but Sheffield United play midweek games on Tuesdays where possible, and even if they were being dictated to by the Football League in order to keep an even balance for Tuesday and Wednesday, the Spurs game will be on Wednesday as they play on the preceding Sunday.

 

I've booked my train and hotel for the Tuesday already.

 

They play Tuesday nights so they can all go to Crystal on a Tuesday night! Recommend it for any younger people intending in staying up for the night. And Spearmint Rhinos is cheap on a Tuesday night. Haha

Saint Garrett

Saint Garrett

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Any idea what sort of allocation we'll get for this? From memory Sheffield United usually give away fans the entire bottom tier behind a goal. At least they did the last time I was there (the 2-1 win back in around 2007 (I think!) with Viafara and Rasiak scoring and Beattie getting all manner of stick from the Saints fans :lol:)

 

It's the full stand, so about 5k if necessary, 2/3k would be decent turnout from our boys.

ericb

ericb

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Looking forward to this one - I really like sheffield - great real ale city - and there is an excellent Industrial museum together with a great brewery at Kelham Island - last time I was there was when we played wednesday in the championship and league 1 (them were t'days!!)

 

No offence mate but who the **** goes to a museum on an away day?

Sheaf Saint

Sheaf Saint

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Sheaf View is a top pub. Used to go there loads when I lived in Sheffield, great for ale drinkers and also has some great European beers.

 

Would stay away from the ones by the station, apart from the Globe which is pretty decent for a yellow card pub.

 

Staying up there this weekend and going to hull on the train, fully intending on visiting the bars on division street, some nice pubs down there.

 

The Sheffield Tap right next to the main entrance of the station is OK. Serves some nice beers anyway.

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