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Champions League for United? Don’t rule it out!
It wasn’t quite the result we were looking for against Charlton Athletic, who look like they will be playing their football a tier higher in the Championship next season.
It’s a nervously close but exciting time to be a Blade at the moment or any team sat in the fragile positions at the top of League One.
I am sure I don’t need to point out the placing of both Huddersfield Town and Sheffield Wednesday.
I’ve spent the last few weeks as a guest presenter out in Asia, with a sneaky holiday hooked on the back.
My Sheffield United shirt travelled with me neatly folded, sort of, in my suitcase.
But it won’t be travelling back with me, today.
It has a new owner and United has a new Blade in Malaysia. It will all make sense shortly.
I appeared on a show called Bola@Mamak, a football chat debate show where anything goes, in football of course.
My Blades shirt made an appearance, although I’m sad to say, it was confused with various different strips including Sunderland and Stoke.
I know, I wasn’t happy either.
I was asked by a viewer on the show why people in Sheffield or such like support the local teams and not, in their words, Manchester United or Liverpool, the good teams.
I explained how it is part of our up bringing, our families, our pride of where we are from and for me going to Bramall Lane since I was four years old.
I talked about the passion of the Sheffield derby, our crowd numbers and I guarantee there our now plenty of people in Asia that really want to go and watch United play Sheffield Wednesday.
In one section of the show, I had to come up with a future newspaper headline.
It gets mocked up to look like a front page, all a bit tongue in cheek. One of the other guests said the January transfer window is cancelled.
I said Sheffield United qualify for the Champions League. Can you imagine? Is there more chance of the January transfer window getting cancelled than United playing Champions League football?
The presenter gave me some serious stick. As Adidas rightly say though: ‘Nothing is Impossible.’
Back to my shirt. Another guest on the panel was a celebrity in Asia called ‘Orange Man’ not the Tango man as I first thought, but a great football personality who wears Orange.
He was looking at my Blades top with interest rather than wondering why I don’t support Manchester United.
I said he could have it; this season’s an all. His eyes lit up, no joke. I signed the shirt ‘a new Blade, UTB…’
There will be a few football fans in Asia keeping an eye on the Blades in coming weeks.
Hopefully United’s FA Cup tie this weekend will demonstrate our quality and my love for the Blades, if not we’ve always got Colchester next week.
Colchester, who? I can imagine echoing around Asia.
Here’s to Champions League football! Er, I mean Championship football, sorry.
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curtisblades
Friday, January 27, 2012 at 03:10 PMhate to say it but he only wanted to see under your blades top charlie and as for us been pigs we might av been called owls once upon a time but our ground wasn't built on a pig sty and we dont need a boat to get round bdtbl every few years jog on porkie
CB1889
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 08:18 PMIt's quite an interesting story about Asia football interest in England. It's quite well known that bar your Man Utd's, Liverpools, Arsenal's etc. that the general insight into English football is little. Some places more than others are aware of other clubs and some even take an interest in clubs such as Blackburn Rovers or even the blades given McCabe's business links with Asia and Chengdu. If the interest in the English game started 30-40 years ago though, it would have been much different. Teams such as Spurs, Leeds, Forest, Derby, all won the title and cup games were even more unpredictable. Both Sheffield teams has periods of relative success in the top division and in general the game was more even than it is now... It's why Man United is so popular in Asia, that and they market themselves heavily knowing the financial gain....... As for (0v0) comment about them knowing who Wednesday were, I wouldn't even be surprised if they hadn't heard of Sheffield some of them let alone either of our clubs...
(0v0)
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 05:01 PMManor speak English bot pig
diΞsΞł 簡 dΦｇｇ
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 10:20 AMOINK!
Donny Blades
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 10:03 AMhahaha did ctually make me laugh there pig20! N who are the real mardy pork boys?? Are u mistaking sheff utd for real madrid there? easy mistake. But why should i get a grip? I didnt write it your the one comparing us to real
doggtheveryspecialdeputy
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 09:53 AMCharlie..... hey Charlie......HEY CHARLIE .... DISHES!!! NOW!!!
(0v0)
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 09:38 AMDonna put your hand bag down
(0v0)
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 09:37 AMDonny the gay blade cannot resist commenting you go girl. Champions league should never be mentioned with the Real Mardy pork boys. In any context. It's just wrong. Get a grip of your self Donna pig.
Donny Blades
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 09:26 AMCan you actually read pig20?? Your comment makes no sense!! Who said anything about winning champ league? Why would they no who SWFC are? Do u really think you are as big as man u or liverpool? hahaha another massive deluded pig!!
Donny Blades
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 09:18 AMU really are a very stupid person pig 20! And you make no sense at all! Im sooo glad you not a Blade
(0v0)
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 08:56 AMStop eating cheese and drinking wine late at night, its not good for you, pigs wIn Champions league. Some poor Asian is now getting laughed at and abused for wearing a pig skin. I bet you did not have to explain who Wednesday are and our shirt would not be mistaken for another clubs. Did you have to explain why the pigs sued WestHam. Did you also explain Tevez was responsibile for the 3rd world debt and resesion. Only at the stain classic.
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