Probably the greatest result in recent Sheffield United history. Storming into the lead, Brooks announcing himself and Duffy silencing the bouncing masses. In fact, go and watch the highlights now. I’ve already watched them twice writing this, and I think there’s something absolutely fantastic about the Wednesday YouTube posting the extended highlights. Their social media folk must be extremely masochistic.

What a game, what an absolutely incredible game.

Where was I? I was at Wembley, watching the Jacksonville Jaguars vs the Baltimore Ravens. I was watching the NFL in London, because my girlfriend had a spare ticket and is a massive NFL fan. I was watching the NFL because Sky decided to move the Sheffield derby to a Sunday lunch time to appease TV viewers, and I was watching the NFL because otherwise the Bouncing Day Massacre would never have happened.

I distinctly remember the last Sheffield derbies, prior to 2o17. One of my best mates is a Wednesdayite, and we were both poor students, unable to get tickets to either match. We listened to the first at the Lane on a radio for some reason. It was a real throwback, and I still remember his joy after we threw away a two goal lead in the last ten minutes. That was a proper sickener. The second derby that season sticks in my memory a little less clearly, probably because I try to forget every loss, especially as if those two results had gone our way we’d have been promoted…

… but then we’d never have got Wilder, nor would we have scored 4 at Hillsborough. I remember this game vividly. Wembley was a sellout, 89,999 people watching the NFL and me desperately trying to get signal, unsuccessfully. I resigned myself to watching a sport I didn’t care about and sinking a few pints to forget about what was happening a couple of hundred miles north.

I remember being in the queue for another couple of drinks and getting a bar of signal. 0-2, Blades. I went mad, to the confusion of the fans and concessions staff around me. So followed the most agonising hour of my life as I was unable to get any further update by any means. My phone shit the bed, basically. I was in the dark, but I was elated!

Eventually, just before the NFL finished (a match I got much more into thinking the Blades were cruising to a win, despite it finishing in an equally one sided result) I got the buzz through. 4-2 Blades. At Hillsborough! 4-2 Blades! I looked at the goalscorers, Fleck, Clarke, Duffy, Clarke. I saw how soon after them Duffy had scored. I raced home and I watched the match through twice, absolutely thrilled. The greatest moment in a match in my Blades watching history and I missed it live.

I haven’t missed a derby since, whether on TV down in London or actually there in Sheffield, and they’ve all been terrible. We’ve dominated, they’ve been awful and they’ve all been 0-0. It won’t happen any time soon, but I think I’ll give the next derby a miss as well.

If you didn’t before – give the highlights a watch, you know you want to!