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Post by biancoscudo on Mar 7, 2012 17:34:12 GMT
hi potters. i'm a stoke fan from padova,veneto, northern i**ly.
last year we were in wembley for the semifinal against bolton.
does anyone remember of a padova stoke played in 1994 anglo italian cup?
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Post by PotterLog on Mar 7, 2012 17:37:00 GMT
Is there any reason you view "Italy" as a swear word? ;D
I do remember Padova, vaguely.
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Post by alansuddick on Mar 7, 2012 17:42:35 GMT
and me think we beat em
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Post by stennyman on Mar 7, 2012 17:50:30 GMT
hi potters. i'm a stoke fan from padova,veneto, northern i**ly. last year we were in wembley for the semifinal against bolton. does anyone remember of a padova stoke played in 1994 anglo italian cup? I went that game,the venue was moved late on in the day to a ground which i can only describe as being like Lyme Valley.We spent the day in Venice,met Nick Hancock and had a beer with him.Remember Maureen Hudson being there,she was with Lee Sandford at the time.George Andrews was also there and have to say came across as total knob. We lost 3-0,played awful.Around 500-600 Stokies travelled. We met Joe Jordan at the airport on the way out,miserable git. |
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Post by The Stubborn Optimist on Mar 7, 2012 18:02:55 GMT
I do indeed remember the game v Padova, I was there.
Four of us drove there, (take a bow, Ada, Phil and Simes).
The game was moved from Padova's ground to another venue at the last minute, a place called Bassano Del Grappa (apologies for the spelling). It was about half an hour away by train
Those of us who'd made our own way there (including Mr. J's contingent) caught the train from Padova to Bassano. Unbeknown to us the last train back to Padova left before the game had finished. There must have been about 60 -80 of us stuck in this one horse town with no way of getting back.
After much shenanigans with the local old bill they corralled us by the station and organised for 2 taxis to ferry us all back 4 at a time. It would have taken for ever so 4 of us sneaked off from the clutches of the police, we found a little hotel and asked the receptionist to ring for a taxi for us, which thankfully she did.
We got back to Padova to find that those who'd travelled with the official trip had got back straight after the game and had some trouble with the locals, one Stoke fan being stabbed.
Some of the lads missed Mr. J's coach the next day so were stranded in Padova. Some made their way back to Stoke by train, others set off for Bologna where England were playing San Marino and cadged lifts back from England fans.
We drove back via Lyon and Poitiers (another long story, but Ada trying to order our meals in the restaurant in Lyons was pure comedy gold.)
A pretty eventful trip, can't even remember the score.
Sure I remember Werrington going that one.
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Post by werrington on Mar 7, 2012 18:25:11 GMT
I do indeed remember the game v Padova, I was there. Four of us drove there, (take a bow, Ada, Phil and Simes). The game was moved from Padova's ground to another venue at the last minute, a place called Bassano Del Grappa (apologies for the spelling). It was about half an hour away by train Those of us who'd made our own way there (including Mr. J's contingent) caught the train from Padova to Bassano. Unbeknown to us the last train back to Padova left before the game had finished. There must have been about 60 -80 of us stuck in this one horse town with no way of getting back. After much shenanigans with the local old bill they corralled us by the station and organised for 2 taxis to ferry us all back 4 at a time. It would have taken for ever so 4 of us sneaked off from the clutches of the police, we found a little hotel and asked the receptionist to ring for a taxi for us, which thankfully she did. We got back to Padova to find that those who'd travelled with the official trip had got back straight after the game and had some trouble with the locals, one Stoke fan being stabbed. Some of the lads missed Mr. J's coach the next day so were stranded in Padova. Some made their way back to Stoke by train, others set off for Bologna where England were playing San Marino and cadged lifts back from England fans. We drove back via Lyon and Poitiers (another long story, but Ada trying to order our meals in the restaurant in Lyons was pure comedy gold.) A pretty eventful trip, can't even remember the score. Sure I remember Werrington going that one. I was there mate.......3 fooking days it took to get home  The score was 0-2 or 0-3 i think? I remember our black players getting a rough ride from him with the foghorn |
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Post by The Stubborn Optimist on Mar 7, 2012 18:35:40 GMT
I do indeed remember the game v Padova, I was there. Four of us drove there, (take a bow, Ada, Phil and Simes). The game was moved from Padova's ground to another venue at the last minute, a place called Bassano Del Grappa (apologies for the spelling). It was about half an hour away by train Those of us who'd made our own way there (including Mr. J's contingent) caught the train from Padova to Bassano. Unbeknown to us the last train back to Padova left before the game had finished. There must have been about 60 -80 of us stuck in this one horse town with no way of getting back. After much shenanigans with the local old bill they corralled us by the station and organised for 2 taxis to ferry us all back 4 at a time. It would have taken for ever so 4 of us sneaked off from the clutches of the police, we found a little hotel and asked the receptionist to ring for a taxi for us, which thankfully she did. We got back to Padova to find that those who'd travelled with the official trip had got back straight after the game and had some trouble with the locals, one Stoke fan being stabbed. Some of the lads missed Mr. J's coach the next day so were stranded in Padova. Some made their way back to Stoke by train, others set off for Bologna where England were playing San Marino and cadged lifts back from England fans. We drove back via Lyon and Poitiers (another long story, but Ada trying to order our meals in the restaurant in Lyons was pure comedy gold.) A pretty eventful trip, can't even remember the score. Sure I remember Werrington going that one. I was there mate.......3 fooking days it took to get home The score was 0-2 or 0-3 i think? I remember our black players getting a rough ride from him with the foghorn Didn't you go to Bologna and get a lift back with some England fans? |
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Post by werrington on Mar 7, 2012 18:38:49 GMT
I was there mate.......3 fooking days it took to get home The score was 0-2 or 0-3 i think? I remember our black players getting a rough ride from him with the foghorn Didn't you go to Bologna and get a lift back with some England fans? Yeah....some lads from Watford and we spent the first night on the Swiss Italian border getting grief from the Italian border guards( as was back then ) and the next in Frankfurt......An Irish lorry driver finished off our hitch hiking when he picked us up from Scratchwood |
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Post by biancoscudo on Mar 7, 2012 20:00:29 GMT
yes the match was played in bassano, a small town near vicenza.poor decision. in padova at"appiani" there would have been a much better atmosphere. i know there were some problems but nothing special for that time.
what is the nearest airport from stoke?
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Post by awrypotter on Mar 7, 2012 20:10:10 GMT
Manchester Airport is the nearest big airport  |
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Post by vahl on Mar 7, 2012 20:19:13 GMT
If you're a good pilot, you can land at Meir Aerodrome fields.
Better keep an eye on your plane wheels though.
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Post by jonnybravo on Mar 7, 2012 21:18:43 GMT
you can get a train from manchester airport to stoke on trent train station
and there's a hotel just outside the station,the stadium is less than 10 minutes
taxi ride,hope to see you down the brit soon biancoscudo.
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Post by meirman61 on Mar 7, 2012 21:25:58 GMT
If you're a good pilot, you can land at Meir Aerodrome fields. Better keep an eye on your plane wheels though. Naughty  |
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Post by stokiejoeofalsager on Mar 7, 2012 21:51:00 GMT
yes the match was played in bassano, a small town near vicenza.poor decision. in padova at"appiani" there would have been a much better atmosphere. i know there were some problems but nothing special for that time. what is the nearest airport from stoke? why are you planning to come over?? would be great to see you down the brit! bring an italy flag with a stoke badge on so we know who you are |
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Post by stokie_back_in_notts on Mar 8, 2012 11:28:52 GMT
biancoscudo I visited Venice last week and didn't realise there was a fellow stokie down road. Was told by a guy outside a restaurant that his place was like the Stoke City FC stadium inside but as I said to my partner I didn't travel all the way to Venice to have a meat pie for my dinner
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Post by biancoscudo on Mar 8, 2012 14:24:04 GMT
yes the match was played in bassano, a small town near vicenza.poor decision. in padova at"appiani" there would have been a much better atmosphere. i know there were some problems but nothing special for that time. what is the nearest airport from stoke? why are you planning to come over?? would be great to see you down the brit! bring an italy flag with a stoke badge on so we know who you are yes i'm planning to come to stoke next year. i've a big st.george's flag (since the middle age it is the flag of padova) with the name of my borough and the flag of veneto in a quadrant. i will take it |
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Post by dieguito88 on Mar 8, 2012 16:02:56 GMT
Hi Everybody! I am a Venice Stoke Fan and hope to be welcome here! @ Biancoscudati: sei di Padova? io sto a Venezia magari qualche volta ci si può beccare |
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Post by dieguito88 on Mar 8, 2012 16:05:55 GMT
biancoscudo pardon |
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Post by alanhudsonsdad on Mar 8, 2012 17:37:51 GMT
Drove from my then home in Milan (3.5 hours) we were 3-0 down in the first 30 ish minutes and I think it was Joe Jordans first games in charge. I also remember thinking well at least I have seen Stoke in Europe!! 18 years later and we finally got ther again in a proper competition
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Post by stennyman on Mar 8, 2012 18:25:08 GMT
Drove from my then home in Milan (3.5 hours) we were 3-0 down in the first 30 ish minutes and I think it was Joe Jordans first games in charge. I also remember thinking well at least I have seen Stoke in Europe!! 18 years later and we finally got ther again in a proper competition Jordan had only just taken over as manager but his 1st game was at home against Leicester City in a 1-0 win.Padova was his 2nd game.As i mentioned earlier on in this thread we met Jordan at the airport and he came across as very dour.Which is how i would describe the football we played during his tenure. |
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Post by alanhudsonsdad on Mar 8, 2012 18:33:16 GMT
Thanks for that I meant to write one of his first games (Jordans). We didn't get much Stoke coverage on Italian TV and only the odd reference in the Gazzetta dello Sport in them days so never saw much of that team tbh
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Post by stokiejoeofalsager on Mar 8, 2012 19:07:29 GMT
why are you planning to come over?? would be great to see you down the brit! bring an italy flag with a stoke badge on so we know who you are yes i'm planning to come to stoke next year. i've a big st.george's flag (since the middle age it is the flag of padova) with the name of my borough and the flag of veneto in a quadrant. i will take it great! try and get tickets on the back row of one of the seddon, boothen or south stand and take some parcel tape if you want to hang it up. thats the only place you can ;D  |
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Post by richardparker on Mar 8, 2012 21:24:12 GMT
I have Italian ancestry on my mum's side. Do I qualify?
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Post by NG4POTTERS on Mar 8, 2012 21:32:51 GMT
I remember the fixture but didn't go the game. I also remember some folk from the pub going to an away game at reggina ( i think) and it got snowed off? Anyone remember this.
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Post by minty1964 on Mar 8, 2012 22:18:10 GMT
bianco... i went ... mint trip....
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