Here’s Ted Hemsley opening the batting for “My Sporting Life” … & the bowling … & playing football for Sheffield United.
You might think it can’t happen but it did!
Ted’s remarkable tale told via Worcestershire CCC & #SUFC …
youtu.be/FlzCR7Qv9LM
My Sporting Life.
A series of in-depth profiles. All these are on my YouTube channel now -
Gary Megson
Ted Hemsley
Carlton Palmer
Kevin McCabe
Chris Turner
Richard Kettleborough
Carla Ward
Lee Bullen
Keith Hackett
John Helm
Enjoy!
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Have given plenty of views elsewhere on #SWFC takeover collapse, which I don’t think is a bad thing apart from the time wastage. I’m not a great believer in multi-investor multi-club models. Others are back in the running including Mike Ashley, who I’d make favourite at this stage.
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My lesson from Wilko - & why #SWFC’s luck just has to turn sometime.
Also in today’s Sheffield Star.
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
My Blades column on the Hamer-O’Hare combo - among other attacking options.
Also in today’s Sheffield Star.
#SUFC
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
It’s a free hit in some ways. You can’t exactly say #SWFC have “nothing to lose” … but I think approaching it in that manner is their best & only hope.
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
Chris Wilder’s “dangerous game” message will be a much harder sell this time. Maybe that’s all the more reason for it?
But I’m standing by the headline to my #SUFC column …
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
Some of these points from last week’s column starting to press home.
#SUFC #SWFC
An unimaginable, unthinkable sight awaits. Barry Bannan in opposition to #SWFC for Millwall tomorrow.
My recent tribute to an Owls great.
Two special talents in tandem … Brooks & Seriki. But no longer “youngsters.” Expectations of both are big & rightly so. My #SUFC column.
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
Just like him, I haven’t got the ammunition … to attack a superficially appalling record. In empathy with Henrik Pedersen.
My #SWFC column
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
Just like him, I haven’t got the ammunition … to attack a superficially appalling record. In empathy with Henrik Pedersen.
My #SWFC column
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
Two special talents in tandem … Brooks & Seriki. But no longer “youngsters.” Expectations of both are big & rightly so. My #SUFC column.
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Not much of a silver lining right now but it might bring gold if #SWFC take it as a pointer to the future. My Owls column
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
“A clear example of Chris Wilder being trusted by novice owners he’s trying to steer in the right direction.”
My #SUFC column
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
Lucky to have been around long enough to cover the ‘90s greats. Never known a player stand taller for #SWFC than this wee Scot.
My column tribute to Barry Bannan 👏
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
“A huge player for us who hasn’t been lately.”
Chris Wilder’s prod for Gus Hamer in the hope of keeping his match-winning midfielder.
My #SUFC column
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
Lucky to have been around long enough to cover the ‘90s greats. Never known a player stand taller for #SWFC than this wee Scot.
My column tribute to Barry Bannan 👏
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
“A huge player for us who hasn’t been lately.”
Chris Wilder’s prod for Gus Hamer in the hope of keeping his match-winning midfielder.
My #SUFC column
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
It’s complicated to say the least.
My #SUFC column
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
Column this week.
A #SUFC transfer jigsaw with all the pieces airborne.
No end in sight to the misery at #SWFC - & why I’m all about the operational side of ownership, not the money.
Extremes in both camps.
#SWFC #SUFC
(The order will change around btw. Just a topical snapshot)
EFL, you know the rules but you need to have empathy for the game. Your duty of care to help #SWFC.
My Owls column
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
Playing catch up is Catch 22 for the manager - but he’s going for it all the same.
My #SUFC column
www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Hey less of the old 😂
(Agree on the rest!)
I hope to be proven wrong should Bord take over. As you say - & as I also say in the article - he’s “clearly a clever guy” & seems well funded. In the meantime, a level of scrutiny & opinion is healthy. As per mine, not a tablet of stone. This has to be right to make all those sacrifices worth it.
13.01.2026 11:25 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Probably not &, as you say, there’s this conflict in football between money & methods. Admin can’t help money winning if it’s there. Methods only seen later - as per DC. That’s what worries me with ownership generally. You need to know football & if not, fine, just delegate. Too many go ego first.
13.01.2026 11:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I’d also argue that the fan base, through the Trust, had plenty of control over removing DC. They forced it. The Trust may have less influence over who replaces him but it shouldn’t just stop.
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