Sheffield United vs Tottenham Hotspur

UTB 45
Again, the final went to a
replay – it was 1-1 on April
19th (Alf Common scoring
first for United in front of
a crowd of 74,479) and
goals from George Hedley
and Billy Barnes won it
2-1 a week later in front of
33,068 fans.
The other two FA Cup
ties between Blades and
Tottenham Hotspur ended
as follows...
29th February 1936:
BLADES 3-1 SPURS
– en route to losing 1-0
to Arsenal in our last
appearance in the final (at
Wembley on April 25th,
attendance 93,384). Our
scorers were Jock Dodds
(2) and Bobby Barclay.
25th January 1958:
SPURS 0-3 BLADES –
our scorers were Derek
Pace, Billy Russell and
Derek Hawksworth.
was Sheffield United vs
Tottenham Hotspur, where
a crowd of 20,176 turned
out on May 2nd 1973 for the
last Football League match
before our famous ground
was changed forever.
Blades won that one 3-2
with an own goal and a
couple for Billy Dearden to
clinch a final place of 14th
in the First Division table.
United’s team that
day: McAlister, Badger,
Hemsley, Mackenzie,
Colquhoun, Woodward,
Scullion, Salmons,
Dearden, Currie, Bone.
Featured in the
programme is a farewell
from Star writer Peter
Howard, a picture of Ted
Hemsley (a neighbour
in Dronfield, where his
late full back partner Len
Badger and TC once lived)
getting a Player of the Year
award from another (late)
legendary Star reporter
Tony Pritchett.
JONATHAN
& SPURS –
HOME & AWAY
Some personal asides:
Anyone else here tonight
who was at White Hart
Lane to see Spurs beat
Ipswich Town 5-0 on
Boxing Day when snow
fell to launch the big
freeze of 1963? The
season which ended
with Spurs winning the
European Cup Winners’
Cup after a 5-1 win
against Atletico Madrid.
A decade on – my first
match at Bramall Lane for
the Morning Telegraph
▲ The programme cover from Jonathan’s first game at Bramall Lane in 1973
SHEFFIELD UNITED vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR