Which team have we had the most memorable matches against?

[Clyde1998]

Just a thought I had: which team have we had the most amount of memorable matches against?

Of course, different people will have different interpretations of 'memorable' - and certain matches may only be memorable for personal reasons.

My first thought has to be West Ham: the 9/11 penalty-shootout; the two Mad Stad games when they had Pardew; the 6-0 in the Premier League; the 3-0 with Kebe's sock antics; the 4-2 at Upton Park. Given we haven't played them that often, I'd think they're the highest proportion of memorable matches compared to total matches against them.

[RG30]

Sheffield United for me. The matches between 2002-2007 were box office stuff.

[AthleticoSpizz]

‘Tips hat’ to the Wet Sham and Sheff U coming togethers.

For me Derby feature quite highly (for good and bad reasons) that away game when we “weren’t worthy” of playing on their hallowed ground…..the 2006 5-0 pummelling we gave them pre-champion confirmation celebrations….another thrashing dished out one evening with Robbie Savage having to go in goal etc etc.

Sheff Weds, Blackpool and Pompey have provided us with some fun too.

[Once were Biscuitmen]

Sheffield United for me. The matches between 2002-2007 were box office stuff.

Yes the one where their sub was almost immediately sent off still amuses me.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Sheffield United for me. The matches between 2002-2007 were box office stuff.

Yes the one where their sub was almost immediately sent off still amuses me.

Keith Gillespie after 0 seconds of match-play participation…still a Prem record I believe….been done to death here…..and rightfully so

[WestYorksRoyal]

Sheffield United for me. The matches between 2002-2007 were box office stuff.

Our record against them matches our wider fortunes. When we were good, we beat them all the time. Then in 2017, after a few seasons apart, they started beating us consistently and we've been shit ever since.

[windermereROYAL]

Memorable, but for completely the wrong reason would be Arsenal, can we just play them once without losing please?
4-0 up we lost and Feds letting a simple shot go under him were the nearest we`ve come.
Not likely to be playing them in the foreseeable future though unless it`s in the cup.

[Royal Ginger]

Sheffield United for me. The matches between 2002-2007 were box office stuff.

Our record against them matches our wider fortunes. When we were good, we beat them all the time. Then in 2017, after a few seasons apart, they started beating us consistently and we've been shit ever since.

Smashed them in the FA cup, signed Nick Blackman the next week and lived the curse ever since.

[Clyde1998]

Memorable, but for completely the wrong reason would be Arsenal, can we just play them once without losing please?
4-0 up we lost and Feds letting a simple shot go under him were the nearest we`ve come.
Not likely to be playing them in the foreseeable future though unless it`s in the cup.

Decent shout.

Remember the 4-0 defeat in the first Premier League season as that was the most outclassed we were in any Premier League game under Coppell, IIRC.

We also took our largest ever away following (excluding finals) to Highbury in the 2005-06 season (to my knowledge) - roughly 7,200.

[Clyde1998]

Sheffield United for me. The matches between 2002-2007 were box office stuff.

Yes the one where their sub was almost immediately sent off still amuses me.

Seem to recall a mass brawl on the bench and Ulises de la Cruz running the length of the pitch to score in that game.

[Gandalf Presley]

Wolves must be the mid-90s equivalent Every home game from 94/95 to the league cup win in 97/98 fits the bill here.

[Fox Talbot]

Wolves, Chelsea, Palace and,er, Aldershot!

[JedMaxwell]

West Ham immediately sprang to mind, as we so often seemed to memorably beat them. Those games in 11/12 had everything.

Sheff U as well, it felt for a few years that we were the best teams outside the Prem and every time we met it was a bit of a blockbuster.

[RG30]

Sheffield United for me. The matches between 2002-2007 were box office stuff.

Our record against them matches our wider fortunes. When we were good, we beat them all the time. Then in 2017, after a few seasons apart, they started beating us consistently and we've been shit ever since.

It all seemed to start when Mackie racially abused Asaba in that December 02 fixture and ever since then we just played some really good matches with them in that period and in most cases us coming out on top. I remember the 3-1 win at Bramall Lane on Valentine's Day in 2003 when they had been a very good team at home that season and it was one of the best team performances in my time following. Obviously we had the 2 matches in 05/06 where Kenny should have been sent off in the first fixture only for us to win 2-1 with Gunnarsson's late header. The return match Kitson missed the penalty when we drew 1-1 and as mentioned the year after with Gillespie getting sent off seconds after coming on.