George Aimer

“Football’s hardest away days”, featuring Rocky, the Burnley fan! 🤣😭

When Vinnie Jones joined Sheffield United in 1990, he found himself playing alongside a man who had an even bigger reputation for being a hard man than he did. Billy Whitehurst had been a bricklayer before becoming a professional footballer, and by the time Jones arrived at Bramall Lane, he had frightened some of the biggest defenders in the country. Neil Ruddock admitted Whitehurst “scared the life out of me.” Years later, when Jones was asked what it was like being the hardest man in football, he pointed towards Whitehurst sitting in the audience. “You best ask that man.” The two had played together at Sheffield United, where nights out occasionally brought them into contact with supporters from their biggest rivals. There was a bar called Henry’s on Cambridge Street where the players regularly went drinking. “Sheffield Wednesday players never went out.” “They didn’t go out in case they bumped into us.” But one night, Whitehurst and Jones were drinking in Henry’s with some of their teammates when a group of around 30 Sheffield Wednesday supporters came into the bar. They started giving Jones stick, and eventually a confrontation developed between the two groups. Whitehurst looked across at them. “What?” “What is it?” The Wednesday supporters were more than happy to respond. “You can turn back around as well, you ugly b******.” Billy was never going to take that lightly. “Come on then.” “Your best two against our best two.” The confrontation moved outside the bar, with Jones and Whitehurst taking on two of the Wednesday supporters. It did not last very long. “They pasted them.” “Just laid them out.” Whitehurst caught one of the men with a punch that left him on the ground. “I floored him with one punch.” “I thought I’d killed him.” Even though Jones was a “self-confessed creator of havoc”, he had never seen anything quite like the punch Billy threw. “Billy threw one of the best right-handers I’ve ever seen.” “Inside or outside a prize-fight ring.” And rather than making a big fuss about what had just happened, the two footballers walked straight back into Henry’s. “Two pints please!” #football

Jim Henry of Dundee United and the Scottish League

United guested that summer as Dallas Tornadoes and adopted their tangerine strip when they returned to Scotland.

Never sent that one before. A very young Wattie Smith there.

is this the worst tackle in the history of football?

Happy birthday, Darron Gibson! best remembered for this long range strike against Hull.

Be a volunteer they said. It’ll be fine they said. Wetter than a fishes wet bits.

"He is to our team what Barry Ferguson is to Rangers" ~ Jim Duffy on Georgi Nemsadze 💙

This Sunderland tattoo was done by an artist in Musselburgh, Scotland. Some detail in this. 👏 Credit: David Jay Kai Tattoos

We’re delighted it didn’t work at Chelsea and Wee Jim paid £165,000 to bring Eamonn Bannon to @dundeeunitedfc - a Scottish transfer record at the time.

This was UK television not even that long ago 😭

On behalf of his family, Conner has asked if fans can participate in a minute's applause (67) on Saturday in memory of his Dad, Robert Fraser who sadly passed away recently. Please share if you can.

Great day out in Perth yesterday celebrating a couple of birthdays and a good away point for United.

Ian Redford of Dundee United