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Post by Aunty Ruth's Wig on Mar 19, 2008 12:33:35 GMT
Does anyone know what the earliest images of the Victoria Ground are? Are there any images of when it was an oval?
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Post by ben88 on Mar 19, 2008 12:36:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2008 12:38:57 GMT
;D
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Post by ben88 on Mar 19, 2008 12:47:35 GMT
sorry, i couldent help myself
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Post by Kenilworth_Stokies on Mar 19, 2008 13:45:04 GMT
There's nothing I can find online. I've seen pictures in Stoke City history books my dad has of the Vic with the old terraced Stoke End, the old barrel roofed Butler Street and even the old wooden roofed Boothen Stand. Whether there's any older pictures of the Boothen End before it was roofed, or the oval ground I dunno. It would have to be going back a bit because the Boothen was 1930s or so, and the old Stoke end must have been older than that as it was a proper old school cinder bank. Check out the YouTube link in my footer for Wally's video of my 1970s Vic Halflife map though!  |
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Post by lordb on Mar 19, 2008 13:57:31 GMT
the Sentinel occasionaly print a pre 1930's pic showing the Stoke End before it was made into a large terrace.
It had a little barrel roof over the middle.
The Boothen Road (main stand) used to be quite diddy too.
when/if you go to the site now (quick before they build house/boxes on it) its amazing how they managed to fit such a relativly big stand on that side in the 60's.
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Post by Kenilworth_Stokies on Mar 19, 2008 14:17:13 GMT
There is a "View and order photos" link on the Sent website, but it blatantly doesn't work so I can't search it.
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Post by NYCP on Mar 19, 2008 15:03:34 GMT
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Post by lancer on Mar 19, 2008 15:03:40 GMT
Love the pitch, ben. Who's the bird?
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Post by ben88 on Mar 19, 2008 15:10:39 GMT
her names vickey, shes a right slag, gave me a blowy under the castle turrets
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Post by BrianLeicsStokie on Mar 19, 2008 15:22:31 GMT
Anyone got any "under construction" photos circa 1877 - 78, would be interesting to see!
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Post by wardrobe monster on Mar 19, 2008 20:03:57 GMT
Ive found a picture of the old Sweetings Fields, which pre-date the Victoria Ground....bear with me though, as Im not great at links.  Its a Game between Stoke and a squad of referees, selected by the FA. Can you imagine that happening now?????? Hers the site I got it from, might be of interest. www.mrsmith.dircon.co.uk/stokecity.net/stokecity.htm |
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Post by wardrobe monster on Mar 21, 2008 11:45:19 GMT
Just out of interest, does anyone know where Sweetings field is/was? I might just do a bit of historical research.
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Post by njkk on Mar 21, 2008 12:05:59 GMT
I'm sure I've read that Sweetings field was the land on which the Victoria Hotel was built, and Stoke moved on to the Vic site which was donated/rented or bought off the Glebe of Stoke.
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Post by davel on Mar 21, 2008 12:34:03 GMT
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Post by powchirper on Mar 21, 2008 13:00:30 GMT
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