Boozing, Betting & Brawling, The Autobiography of Mel Sterland (Autobiography/Personalities)

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In 1981–82, when the Owls emerged as promotion challengers but were eventually beaten out of the top three, Sterland was selected in the league on 27 occasions. He remained a regular player as the Owls continued to progress, reaching the FA Cup semi-finals in 1983 and winning promotion to the First Division a year later after a 14-year exile. In 1985–86 he enjoyed arguably the finest season of his time at Sheffield Wednesday, if not his whole career, when he played 38 league games and scored eight goals for a side who finished fifth in the First Division but were denied UEFA Cup action due to the ban on English clubs in European competitions following the Heysel disaster of May 1985. There is a cameo role in the training session for a permanently fuming Mel Sterland, whose near-400 appearances for Sheffield Wednesday qualified him perfectly as a convincing captain for their cross-city rivals. Simon Treanor travelled to the lower reaches of the German league for this tale of domination. “It wasn’t a top-flight title, but Tennis Borussia Berlin won the Regionalliga Nordost (then the third tier of German football) with 92 points in 1998, 32 points clear of Dynamo Dresden on 60 – they were unbeaten all season and conceded only seven goals. Even after that, they had to enter a play-off to get promoted, which they won.” Can you help? Not sure how this nugget has eluded me for 13 years, but I’ve only just discovered that Darlington legend Matty Appleby became a qualified deep sea diver after he hung up his boots in 2008,” writes Michael St John-McAlister. “Makes a change from running a pub, I suppose. Any other unusual or out of the ordinary post-playing or managing careers?” The football choreography is refreshingly unspectacular – there are no impractical flying volleys here – and that works to the film’s credit. Bean himself recognises the problems directors have always faced with trying to depict the game on the big screen:

I said, ‘The taxi cost me fifty quid’. Ally said, ‘I think you might’ve been robbed there, it should’ve only been about a fiver or a tenner’. I think he must’ve been a Celtic fan.’” The Owls were promoted to the Second Division a year later, but Sterland was still very much a fringe player, making just two league appearances. However, he emerged as a regular player in 1980–81, when still only 19 years old, playing 22 league games and scoring once in the Second Division. Fast forward to the present day and Sterland says he’s been impressed with the team assembled by his former Whites teammate and Steven Gerrard. Melvyn Sterland (born 1 October 1961 in Sheffield) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United and in the Scottish Football League Premier Division for Rangers, and was capped once for England. [1] [2] Club career [ edit ]They were very difficult times for me and I just thought – that’s it I’m going to do something stupid. I nearly did it. It got to me. I was depressed and I went out somewhere and set myself up to kill myself. Jimmy bundles his way through the Premier League defence to slam home the equaliser, and the lads in the pub – with the exception of Embittered Father (below, left) – can’t contain themselves. Lee Carsley’s young players join the likes of Mark Hateley, Steve Hodge and Mel Sterland as winners of the tournament from when England had previously won in 1984. Gareth Southgate was watching on from the stands and he will have seen a positive future for the senior team, not least with their goalkeeper. On he comes – and his first contribution is to go straight through what looks vaguely like Phil Neville. The referee, for some reason, already had his yellow card out:

All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. We present them here for purely educational purposes. I’m in Sheffield now but people still ask, ‘What’s it like to play in an Old Firm game?’ You talk about Man United v Man City, Everton v Liverpool, Sheffield Wednesday v Sheffield United, you can forget that, nothing compares to Rangers v Celtic, the atmosphere was absolutely frightening.” Sports Reference Purpose: We will be the trusted source of information and tools that inspire and empower users to enjoy, understand, and share the sports they love.Wilkinson needed warriors and he got one in Sterland, who took to the task at Leeds United with an emotional and a professional commitment. He revelled in the Elland Road atmosphere and played with the sense that every day was the best of his life. Mel’s career started at Sheffield Wednesday and he went onto play for Leeds United for four years and then went to Glasgow Rangers for a short period. He also played for his country, England in his career.

In this game they showed streetwise maturity to see off the tournament’s top scorers. They were as adept at the dark arts as the Spaniards who are deep-rooted in clever game management. When it mattered, they had the skill level that Trafford showed to finish off the job. We start with Young Jimmy Muir: untouchable in the playground, but still liable to receive a clip round the ear from his gambling-addict father.After a cagey first half, the final burst into life with Jones’ fortuitous opening goal, sparking the ugly mass brawl that also involved both benches. Palmer was the creator of the opener, drawing a foul from Manchester City team-mate Sergio Gomez on the edge of the area to give himself sight of goal. I was injured and I couldn't play. The manager Howard Wilkinson didn’t let me travel up to Rangers for the first leg and I was absolutely gutted I couldn’t get fit for the second leg as well. They were great games, Gary McAllister scored a spectacular goal up there and it was Hateley and McCoist who put the ball in the net at Elland Road.” I was in the process of buying a house, we were renting at the time and in the papers down south it said that I was up for sale so I went to see Graeme Souness and he told me that I wasn't for sale.

There was barely anything between the teams before that point. England had started brightly by getting Anthony Gordon on the ball, with the Newcastle forward having a shot saved when he ran through, then almost setting up Gibbs-White with another run behind the Spanish defence.Running out at Ibrox with a full house was absolutely magnificent and it was a pleasure to play for them. I couldn’t believe it when the ball came to me, to be honest, but it was nice to score on my debut. New season, new journey. Subscribing to iFollow today means you'll get even more access to Sheffield Wednesday content, including: