The Sheffield Wednesday Saltiness

[Chico Hamilton III]

I'm another one who considers Sheffield Wednesday to be a big club, based on my own intangible definition of big. Compare them to, say, Chelsea and Man City, pre their injections of dodgy overseas cash and Wednesday are up there for me. Probably biased by some great days at Hillsbrough with Villa.

plus you’d probably never get through Foody’s front door again if you said otherwise!

yep, also he's promised to lend me his VW camper van this summer so I'm being nice to his team

[Drummond]

I've always thought of Wednesday as a big club who should really be in the top division.
I reckon our perception of clubs are mostly based on where they were when you started following football as a kid.
Both the Sheffield clubs are top division clubs, Brighton and Swansea are 3rd division. Barrow, Workington, Darlington, Bradford PA should all be in the 4th division.
 

Sheffield United don't belong in the top division. They aspire to it though.

[robbo1874]

It’s a similar scenario with wolves and Albion being for the most part of history in our shadow, the two Sheffield clubs being in Leeds’ shadow. For what it’s worth I really don’t like Leeds but quite like both The Blades and the Owls.

[cdbearsfan]

Sheffield United and Wednesday haven't spent most of their histories in Leeds' shadow. The idea that Leeds are a massive club is one of football's great myths.

Three League titles, one FA Cup, one League Cup. Even those were mostly won by cheating. Mickey Mouse.

[Diablo]

Sheffield United and Wednesday haven't spent most of their histories in Leeds' shadow. The idea that Leeds are a massive club is one of football's great myths.

Three League titles, one FA Cup, one League Cup. Even those were mostly WON BY CHEATING. Mickey Mouse.

As this piece from their former goalkeeper Gary Sprake suggests (besides the dodgy Revie it also has Jim Barron in it)

[Bad English]

When collecting football cards at primary school I always used to end up with about five Gary Sprakes. This was when he played for the Rags. Luckily, I went to school on Chelmsley Wood so they were easy to swap.

[Diablo]

When collecting football cards at primary school I always used to end up with about five Gary Sprakes. This was when he played for the Rags. Luckily, I went to school on Chelmsley Wood so they were easy to swap.

They paid a small fortune for him too (world record for a goal keeper at the time?) and he only played for them just over a dozen times. You did well getting rid of them.

[Pat McMahon]

I have absolutely no recollection of Sprake ever playing for Blues. But I do recall getting loads of his football cards when he was at Leeds.

[Damo70]

When collecting football cards at primary school I always used to end up with about five Gary Sprakes. This was when he played for the Rags. Luckily, I went to school on Chelmsley Wood so they were easy to swap.

When I left school I did six months at a YTS training centre in Chelmsley Wood and Gary Sprake was one of the senior members of staff there. I would love to tell you I once saw him drop something but sadly that wouldn't be true.

[Bad English]

I might be thinking of Gary Pendrey though. They all look the same though, don't they?

[cdbearsfan]

Sheffield United and Wednesday haven't spent most of their histories in Leeds' shadow. The idea that Leeds are a massive club is one of football's great myths.

Three League titles, one FA Cup, one League Cup. Even those were mostly WON BY CHEATING. Mickey Mouse.

As this piece from their former goalkeeper Gary Sprake suggests (besides the dodgy Revie it also has Jim Barron in it)

Good find. Interesting video, thanks.

[Diablo]

Sheffield United and Wednesday haven't spent most of their histories in Leeds' shadow. The idea that Leeds are a massive club is one of football's great myths.

Three League titles, one FA Cup, one League Cup. Even those were mostly WON BY CHEATING. Mickey Mouse.

As this piece from their former goalkeeper Gary Sprake suggests (besides the dodgy Revie it also has Jim Barron in it)

Good find. Interesting video, thanks.

You're most welcome. It supports your argument in spades ;-)

[PeterWithe]

Leeds are a big club, one of the biggest. Top 10 id say

[cdbearsfan]

Top ten in Yorkshire.

Perhaps.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Leeds had no significant history or success until Revie arrived in the 60s. He put together a bunch of cheating fouling bullying henchmen who fouled, spat, kicked and fought their way to some success with a series of mostly 1-0 and 0-0 results being followed by some of the most crass knuckle dragging troublemaking gobshite fans who took their cue from the anti football being served up on the pitch.
As much as I dislike Smethwick who have had their own fair share of career ending moments with opposition players, I still remember this game when Leeds had a particularly bad day at the office and their response which summed up perfectly just what a complete and utter shite football institution they are.
Dirty Leeds.