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Post by snazzer on May 16, 2011 18:14:00 GMT
The gas engineer came to my student house earlier and asked what I was going to do once I'd graduated.
He said that I should think about working abroad, but I said I don't know whether I'd like doing that as I don't know if I can stand not being able to go to Stoke every week, to which he was fairly surprised to say the least.
Would not being able to go to Stoke stop anyone else from going and living abroad, or is it just me, who needs to loosen the obsession with football?
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Post by sorethumbs on May 16, 2011 18:18:35 GMT
Be like leaving your kids behind.
Thing is, kids grow up to be little bastards but my love for Stoke gets greater!
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Post by robwahlmann on May 16, 2011 18:22:05 GMT
Living in Norway you could of course watch every Stoke game on TV if you want to, but it's nothing compared to actually being there! My dream would be to live in Stoke for a year and follow the team, but this is not likely because of my job. Anyway an appealing thought! ;D
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Post by sheikh al dubai bin stokie on May 16, 2011 18:24:09 GMT
do it... it will make you see the world in a new light, and you can always come back.
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Post by Afrojack on May 16, 2011 18:35:16 GMT
Personally, no matter how much I love Stoke I think it would be stupid to use not being able to watch Stoke as a reason not to explore in life and give yourself a better life
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2011 18:39:12 GMT
I would move to Finland in a heart beat (just somewhere that is special to me) but I would make sure I kept track of Stoke and made it back to the UK for a few games each season - at the very least for what will be our annual visits to Wembley  ;-). |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2011 18:52:58 GMT
i've just finished my degree and im moving out to magaluf tomorow no matter how much i love stoke ill always put personal goals etc with more priority than stoke.
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on May 16, 2011 18:57:55 GMT
Interesting point, i have the opportunity to move to Italy with relative ease (because I speak the language and have contacts over there) but the problem is i couldnt live without Stoke. Its what keeps me going every week, and whilst i love the way of life over in southern italy, the summer air, the sea, the mountains, the ridiculously fine ass chicks, its just not something i can bring myself to do because of Stoke.
If we were guarenteed to play Palermo, Napoli, Roma and Lazio on an annual basis in the Europa league then I might consider it.
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Post by youareallwrong on May 16, 2011 19:18:30 GMT
I'm moving out of Stoke when I retire, but I'll still have my ST. It will give my wife the chance to spend a day with her sister etc, while I go to the match. I doubt whether I'll ever spend more than a day back here after that. Football means Stoke, but football isn't my whole life, I could live without it altogether if doing so meant I could move to somewhere really special.
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Post by The Number 20 on May 16, 2011 19:20:11 GMT
More to life than watching Stoke, you can do that layer in life, you may only get one chance to do what you want to do
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Post by stokeyhunter on May 16, 2011 19:22:19 GMT
Its a good point i really want to move abroad but then you think about your team and it would be werid but i suppose it is something you get used to not watching them weekly.
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Post by polofrance on May 16, 2011 19:36:28 GMT
Simple answer Yes and I did it over 20 years ago
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Post by nikola zigic on May 16, 2011 19:44:34 GMT
yes and it would be to florida
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Post by southstanddan on May 16, 2011 19:46:47 GMT
i would only move away for a couple of months during the summer when there are no games on, you would end up spending a fortune flying back for games as you would miss it so much mate
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Post by wearestoke10 on May 16, 2011 19:49:01 GMT
not quite the same i suppose but after finishing my degree last month i took up a job down london and its going well so far more worried about missing family than stoke as such cause of watching it on tele and that. Also its only 1 n alf hours on train for coming back up
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Post by Dallas Cowboy on May 16, 2011 19:56:12 GMT
yes and it would be to florida Why Florida? I have lived in northeast Florida since 2007 and would move back to Texas in a heartbeat. Florida has got no soul. |
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Post by u2oxeterstokie on May 16, 2011 19:59:44 GMT
I was a season ticket holder for years in the 70's but work took me overseas in 1981, 83 countries later I am now retired and living back in the UK, loved the experience and would do it again given my time again.
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Post by onlyonesirstan on May 16, 2011 20:29:44 GMT
Having done 3 years in Berlin & Naples which I loved, No. Love England and coming back to see my parents in Stoke-on-Trent is the best feeling ever.
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Post by Gunslinger on May 16, 2011 20:33:09 GMT
Yes, I would love to if possible. As a Norwegian I would love to live in Stoke-on-Trent. Or Northern Italy - think I could survive living there as well...
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Post by Mason_Stokie on May 16, 2011 20:34:23 GMT
yes and it would be to florida Why Florida? I have lived in northeast Florida since 2007 and would move back to Texas in a heartbeat. Florida has got no soul. I'll second that Florida is a dump. Everywhere is very busy (roads, restaurants, golf courses!!). Been twice and was very underwhelmed each time (although Key West was pretty cool). Ohio is cool. No one wants to live here  |
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Post by barmystokie1 on May 16, 2011 20:40:45 GMT
I lived in NZ on a gap a year and absolutly loved it. But I defo missed stoke a lot, especially as it was the season we got promoted.
I would highly recoommend trying it though for the experience
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Post by TheBra1n on May 16, 2011 20:57:45 GMT
i had the chance to leave for america in 1990, i was single, had a sponsor for work permit and a job in seatle. i turned it down as i couldnt stand the thought of not watching Stoke home and away. the thing is im now married have 6 children and lost my job a year ago through no fault of my own and havent got a pot to piss in, let alone go and watch stoke, although family rallied round to get me to the final not sure if i have a point if im honest as i love my family and almost all parts of my life, never know if id have been better off overseas and you wont either, but you can always come home if you dont like it |
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Post by dorsetpotter on May 16, 2011 21:04:00 GMT
although i don't live abroad, living down here in Dorset with my work i don't get many chances to come up and watch Stoke play, i love living down here it is agreat place to live, but the one thing i have always missed is going and watch the lads play, they don't get football down here they don't understand the passion.
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Post by PotterEd on May 16, 2011 21:13:55 GMT
Do it. If you don't like it, you can come back but I've lived outside the UK for most of my life and, if anything, it's made my support for Stoke even stronger as you're in a massive minority abroad. Plus, with football being the way it is nowadays, you can still watch every single game online. Granted, it's not the same as being there but life's about having a variety of different experiences and (tin hat firmly on) staying in horrible, shitty England just for Stoke is not enough. That's just my opinion though... I bloody love Stoke but my experiences overseas are the ones I'll tell my grandchildren about before my experiences of football.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2011 21:23:03 GMT
Yes I would.
Canada ,USA , or Australia.
I certainly wouldn't wait around for the upturn in fortunes of Stoke on Trent because it hasn't happened in my lifetime and is not likely to in yours either.
Why....Its schools ,its job prospects , it's delapidated state, poor housing , crime rates and probably half a dozen other factors which I could think of.
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Post by Dallas Cowboy on May 16, 2011 21:28:50 GMT
Why....Its schools ,its job prospects , it's delapidated state, poor housing , crime rates and probably half a dozen other factors which I could think of. You have been to Jacksonville then, mumf? |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2011 21:30:35 GMT
Why....Its schools ,its job prospects , it's delapidated state, poor housing , crime rates and probably half a dozen other factors which I could think of. You have been to Jacksonville then, mumf? You do have a point , but at least the weather is better...   |
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Post by Cupid Stunt on May 16, 2011 21:55:18 GMT
I love Stoke, and it's bad enough living in Norwich and only being able to have been to about 12-15 games this season instead of the usual 30-35 which I do. Next year however, (2012-13), I'm hopefully doing a year in the States. This will be a life changing experience and whilst it'll be annoying to miss a whole season of Stoke games, in the long run, it will be worth it. I will always follow Stoke, but I wouldn't restrict making myself a better person and living a better life because I want to watch them every week.  |
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Post by Meggsy on May 16, 2011 22:07:09 GMT
Do it- bloody do it. I am moving back to Stoke in the next 2 weeks but hopefully only for a year. Then I am taking a year out of this country and going to travel a bit and try and get stuck into some charity work ( building schools etc ). If you get the chance do it- let's be realistic here; What has Stoke-On-Trent really got to offer somebody these days? Wages are not great the city is ours but it is not great- go out and see the world. I love Stoke as much as the next person but given the chance I would be on a plane/boat/train (this has the makings of a film )out. |
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Post by tassiepotter on May 16, 2011 22:11:46 GMT
Yep, did it and would do it again in a heartbeat.
You you mates and going to the football, and this weekend was a killer for me to not be there, but I have a better life, and my kids have a better life, you get one shot at being here, and you have got to make the most of it.
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;-).
