GeneralMelchett

The lads looked after himself and you can't blame him - huge talen and i have enjoyed watching his progress at Foxhall

only for the playoffs!🙃

To give old Kelv his due when he rode for Arena at the back end of his career despite having a bad hip etc we was very effective, suspect he might just be too old now!

That happens a lot at Sheffield!

Have to say I can't see that myself but there you go. Of course Charles Wright possibly has a different view but Brennan comes across really well and gives his all, to my mind nothing to even compare with Perdersen (who fo course was going to be a Tiger in 2020!)

based on your summary of value Sheffield will be paying people to buy the club!!!

just googled this as had no idea who this chuff or the spouse was - oh!!! 😅

153 times!!😆

It's the same in football - the days of the local wealthy businessman owing a club are long gone now its all million or billionaires - in fact Millionaires propbably can't own a club outside the top 2-3 divisions now as they are not rich enough! It was very telling that when the Blades last got into the premiership their owner the only Sheik who seemed potless immediately put them up for sale as I suspect he realised he couldn't bankroll a premiership team!

Reading through this its clear we have had a few characters over the years - Simmo going missing seems to be a theme as he quit Arena mid way through 1989 after his ankle injury, never to be seen again. Always had a soft spot for leaping Len when Andrew was riding for Arena he was usually around. I always had a lot of time for Peter Thorogood - down to earth fella and they ran a tight ship at Arena - mainly cos they had too! When Terry Russell and Ivan Henry came in i felt he was cast aside somewhat (unfairly) and then when they quit to head off to Hackney - he was back rescuing us in 1996! By all accounts the Northern tours were very much what happens on tour stays on tour!

well run clubs don't call off a fixture cos the pit gate needs fixing!

Define badly or well run? By virtue of what you have typed here virtually every sports club in the UK is badly run as virtually none of them can operate on gate receipts alone! That's from Man U all the way down to the Sheffield Sharks Basetball team!

I think Wed usually do a pre season match there - we have a few other local sides Sheffield FC and Stocksbridge in the local county FA cups they always ensure a sell out which is 1500 However Hallam are on the up - i went Xmas 2007 i think it was and saw tem play in front of crowds of about 90-100 - they now average well over 500 per game - I am sure they picked up some diasaffected Owls but overall they are well up on ten years ago

There is, I saw a worldy of a free scored for Hallam FC the other week, as good as any you will see in the Premier League - however that was dispatched in front of 549 fans which for an non league football match is healthy - but a somewhat dull and unspiring Steel City derby yesterday was attended by 32k and we didn't see a stunning free kick! In some respects all sports need a bit of a reset as costs have been outweighing revenues for years.

yes or Emil show his complete mastery of the throttle, or even Danny pull off a outside pass, if Ipswich and Sheffield dont come to the tapes in 2026 then it will have to be just the occasional trip to either Scunthorpe or Belle Vue