Morley Owl Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Hi. I’m new to this site, a Sheffield Wednesday fan stranded in Leeds. Can anyone help me with a question. I was asked the other day what the first live Wednesday match was. It might be me mis-remembering but did we play an African National team in a friendly around the mid eighties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Can't see any African team friendlies in that period in the almanac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 v Nigeria, 15th August 1981. Won 3-1 in front of 4,116. Scorers, Curran, Mellor, Bannister. Courtesy of The Complete Record not my memory by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wawaw Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Welcome to the site Morley owl I work in Leeds now so feel your pain (slightly) Sadly, no help about your question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 1 minute ago, cheat said: v Nigeria, 15th August 1981. Won 3-1 in front of 4,116. Scorers, Curran, Mellor, Bannister. Courtesy of The Complete Record not my memory by the way. And a tour of South Africa in 92ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley Owl Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 15 minutes ago, cheat said: v Nigeria, 15th August 1981. Won 3-1 in front of 4,116. Scorers, Curran, Mellor, Bannister. Courtesy of The Complete Record not my memory by the way. Thanks, been bugging me for weeks. Remember being gutted when Bannister left. Guess he just never fit in to Wikinsons style of play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 19 minutes ago, cheat said: v Nigeria, 15th August 1981. Won 3-1 in front of 4,116. Scorers, Curran, Mellor, Bannister. Courtesy of The Complete Record not my memory by the way. If anyone has the chance to buy that book they should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 13 minutes ago, Reesh said: If anyone has the chance to buy that book they should. Agreed. That and The Wednesday Boys are my favourite points of reference. Both are ready for an update. The Complete Record goes to 2011, The Wednesday Boys to 2005. Although given the turnover of players these days the latter would be about three times thicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, cheat said: Agreed. That and The Wednesday Boys are my favourite points of reference. Both are ready for an update. The Complete Record goes to 2011, The Wednesday Boys to 2005. Although given the turnover of players these days the latter would be about three times thicker. We tried to do the update from the Adrian Bullock site once, was very very hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrySpeakup Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 The first Complete Record book went up to 1987 I am in the list of Subscribers in the back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, HarrySpeakup said: The first Complete Record book went up to 1987 I am in the list of Subscribers in the back Was that by Keith Farnsworth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 15 minutes ago, Reesh said: We tried to do the update from the Adrian Bullock site once, was very very hard work. I can imagine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrySpeakup Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Yes Reesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Morley Owl said: Hi. I’m new to this site, a Sheffield Wednesday fan stranded in Leeds. Can anyone help me with a question. I was asked the other day what the first live Wednesday match was. It might be me mis-remembering but did we play an African National team in a friendly around the mid eighties. Welcome aboard MorleyOwl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Blimey zero re-collection of that - though looking at the date guess there was a good chance I was on holiday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 I was just 7 months old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 (edited) best I can do I'm afraid Edited April 11, 2022 by Skamp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl4ever1867 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Earliest memory of a friendly for me was in 89 when Wednesday visited Witney Town in Oxford, went with my Dad.... If anybody was there & remembers a young 6 year old getting the ball smacked straight into the face... that was me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrySpeakup Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Whitney Town 27th July 1989 Won 5-0 Shakespeare, Atkinson, Hirst, Whitton, Bennett - Attendance 462 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrySpeakup Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 On 10/04/2022 at 17:03, Owling_Wolf said: Me too. I'm number 123 That 2011 book is awful to look anything up - i've no idea how it got published like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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