For visitors to the site who are not familiar with the Crossed Blades, it started out as a forum thread running on the BBC 606 website. A group of fans came together to talk about football, and more specifically Sheffield United, during a time when fans from every other club were trying to wind Blades up about a certain Mr Carlos Tevez. The Crossed Blades became a haven from a sea of WUM's (wind up merchants). The community feeling grew and a couple of predictions  competitions also started, which prompted the start of this website. This is your 'Virtual Boozer'!