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Post by stantheman on Nov 27, 2009 17:36:38 GMT
GAME TO REMEMBER
The mid-eighties saw The Potters relegated from Division One and in Manager Mick Mills first season in charge we faced a struggling Rovers side on the 29th March 1986 in a Canon Division 2 game.
A crowd of 5,408 were at Ewood to witness a 1-0 victory for Stoke - Carl Saunders netted a 76th minute winner with a superb strike.
Stoke team - Fox, Callaghan, Hemming, Mills, Bould, Berry, Adams, Saunders, Bertschin, Bonnyman(on loan from Grimsby), Heath.
Rumour of the day was that Mills was looking to sign Bury right-back Lee Dixon.
This was my 1st ever away match without my parents.
I was 15 and had nothing to do on the day. PMT bus from Stone to Stoke and turned up where the coaches were parked behind the Stoke End.
One spare seat on the 3rd of the 3 coaches we took that day!
Cracking goal by Saunders, cant believe the size of the crowd.
Back to Stoke, then the PMT bus back to Stone and my Mum thought I had been at my Nan's house all day ;D
Happy days!
STM
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2009 21:42:46 GMT
I went with about 3,000 stokies in 1978 after we had been relegated,Drew 1.1, with a crowd of about 11,000, very naughty day ,Stokies in three sides and rumpus throughout
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Post by NG4POTTERS on Nov 27, 2009 22:00:35 GMT
I went to blackburn for the first time in the 86/87 season, a 2-1 loss. I've just checked the results from that season and the 4-1 defeat at shrewsbury sticks out. Classic away end.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2009 22:09:43 GMT
Roots are you going to Blackburn tomorrow?
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Post by JoeinOz on Nov 28, 2009 4:34:57 GMT
I've just checked the results from that season and the 4-1 defeat at shrewsbury sticks out. One of the great away days. Well, one of the most funny away days!!  |
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Post by chinesedave on Nov 28, 2009 8:38:19 GMT
We came out of the station approximately fifty handed and a small mob of Blackburn were being quite obnoxious and throwing missiles at us from the top of a small embankment.
The gauntlet had been well and truly thrown down at us, so we justifiably steamed over and only a couple of their older heads stood (the rest had it on their toes). We dished out a few slaps before the Old Bill arrived en masse and nicked a few of our lads.
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Post by pejic on Nov 28, 2009 9:02:50 GMT
The game i remember most at Ewood was the 4-3 defeat,first half was a real ding dong affair.We were leading 3-2 at half time.
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Post by sonofbanks on Nov 28, 2009 9:08:54 GMT
Was that the game when Spider was playing in midfield, he picked the ball up deep and kept running and running past their players towards the away end before twatting the ball from outside the area into the goal? Can't believe there were only 5000 at the game  |
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Post by NG4POTTERS on Nov 28, 2009 13:19:02 GMT
Roots are you going to Blackburn tomorrow? No mate, i've only just in from work  Went last season, great day out shite performance. Better today let's hope. Enjoy. |
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Went last season, great day out shite performance. Better today let's hope. Enjoy.
