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Post by PotterLog on Mar 14, 2012 18:24:25 GMT
Having lived in Santiago for about six years now, and during that time followed Universidad de Chile as my team here, I was astonished to discover recently that in 1964 a friendly was played between U. de Chile and Stoke in the National Stadium about 10 minutes' walk from my house – and in front of 80,000 people! Apparently it was part of some huge out-of-season tour the club did back then. I found these two links with scanned copies of a very detailed newspaper write-up, including pictures, from the game… mas-alla-del-horizonte.blogspot.com/2010/07/1964-universidad-de-chile-0-0-stoke.htmlwww.gigallery.com/view.php?idgal=1b5959f90b8e4966b8ea257c4352ebe9&num=0Irving, McIlroy, Ritchie, Dobing, Violett all played and the game ended goalless. The article is very complimentary about what difficult opponents Stoke were – a lot more difficult than they had imagined apparently… this '60s U. de Chile team now has legendary status. Can anyone remember this, and any other details about where we went and who we played?? |
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Post by baystokie on Mar 14, 2012 18:40:01 GMT
Stoke's end of season tour in 63/64 was to Portugal, Colombia, Chile and Argentina.
Results were a 0-0 against Belenenses( Portugal), 3-2 defeat against Santa Fe and 3-0 win against Medelin (Colombia), 0-0 against Universidad (Chile), 2-1 win against Boca Juniors, 2-1 defeat against San Lorenzo, 5-0 defeat against River Plate and 3-0 win against San Luiz (Argentina).
The Santa Fe club in Bogota was the club that Neil Franklin and George Mountford played for in their ill-fated trip.
Stoke's visit to Argentina was the first by an English club for 35 years!
Cetainly makes a change from Austria, Newport and Newcastle Town!
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Post by murphy on Mar 14, 2012 18:43:09 GMT
I do know that we played Boca Juniors in Argentina during that tour, not sure of the score, but my family were big friends of Alan Bloor's family around that time, and knowing that I was a fanatical Stoke supporting young boy, were able to get me a Boca Juniors pennant and other memorabilia which I still have (somewhere).
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Post by lordb on Mar 16, 2012 22:44:12 GMT
sounds great
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Post by PotterLog on Apr 12, 2017 1:16:44 GMT
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Post by roosterscomb on Apr 12, 2017 7:50:15 GMT
Having lived in Santiago for about six years now, and during that time followed Universidad de Chile as my team here, I was astonished to discover recently that in 1964 a friendly was played between U. de Chile and Stoke in the National Stadium about 10 minutes' walk from my house – and in front of 80,000 people! Apparently it was part of some huge out-of-season tour the club did back then. I found these two links with scanned copies of a very detailed newspaper write-up, including pictures, from the game… mas-alla-del-horizonte.blogspot.com/2010/07/1964-universidad-de-chile-0-0-stoke.htmlwww.gigallery.com/view.php?idgal=1b5959f90b8e4966b8ea257c4352ebe9&num=0Irving, McIlroy, Ritchie, Dobing, Violett all played and the game ended goalless. The article is very complimentary about what difficult opponents Stoke were – a lot more difficult than they had imagined apparently… this '60s U. de Chile team now has legendary status. Can anyone remember this, and any other details about where we went and who we played?? A story of that tour here. Pulled off one of the biggest results in the club's history ... and the manager had to let supporters know by postcard. |
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Post by lordb on Apr 12, 2017 9:46:37 GMT
Washington took Stoke all over the world and not just in the close season either.
Paid dividends re squad harmony and raised the clubs profile.
Made money too I believe.
Next time we are thinking of going to Dubai let's go somewhere else and play a friendly in front of a big crowd instead.
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Post by jonnynico on Apr 12, 2017 13:45:08 GMT
I remember setters being interviewed at a baseball game on tv, he was asked if we had anything like this in England his answer was yes its called rounders and the women play it. Thought it was funny at the time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 18:02:55 GMT
Waddington took Stoke all over the world and not just in the close season either. Paid dividends re squad harmony and raised the clubs profile. Made money too I believe. Next time we are thinking of going to Dubai let's go somewhere else and play a friendly in front of a big crowd instead. .. trip to SA for a friendly(s) would be a dream come true .. long hoped for , though Nth America , Far East and to a lesser extent Australia ( somewhere Waddo also took us to, including N Zealand ) are the current in-vogue commercial destinations for clubs- so not sure it'll ever be repeated |
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Post by djduncanjames on Apr 12, 2017 18:46:56 GMT
Happy Birthday Potterlog what a great gift!  |
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Post by PotterLog on Apr 12, 2017 19:39:27 GMT
Waddington took Stoke all over the world and not just in the close season either. Paid dividends re squad harmony and raised the clubs profile. Made money too I believe. Next time we are thinking of going to Dubai let's go somewhere else and play a friendly in front of a big crowd instead. .. trip to SA for a friendly(s) would be a dream come true .. long hoped for , though Nth America , Far East and to a lesser extent Australia ( somewhere Waddo also took us to, including N Zealand ) are the current in-vogue commercial destinations for clubs- so not sure it'll ever be repeated Long hoped-for... are you in S. America too? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 21:03:15 GMT
No not in SA...visited Argentina , Brazil ( Curitiba) ..where I saw my only SA game to date Athletico v Palmeiras , Paraguay and Uruguay in 2006 ( how time flies) .& hope to return
Been doing friendlies since 78 so Stoke touring there would be fantastic .. missed a few tours / overseas friendlies over the years pre Internet era due to lack of info , awareness of games or logistics etc ..mostly solved by the age of the Internet
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Post by crowey on Apr 13, 2017 14:44:54 GMT
PottetLog my dad organised all the tours in those days. Numerous countries visited. Still have some photos from South America stored somewhere
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Post by PotterLog on Apr 13, 2017 15:10:11 GMT
PottetLog my dad organised all the tours in those days. Numerous countries visited. Still have some photos from South America stored somewhere  bloody hell that's a good lead. Would love to see the photos if you ever got round to uploading them... any good stories? |
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Post by crowey on Apr 13, 2017 15:25:24 GMT
My dad & Waddo would have been on the piss as per usual. Would have to get the photos from my stepmum in Stafford to Oz. Have the coffee set from the Real Madrid game proudly displayed at home. Got it from my sister in Canada shortly before she died in 2016
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Post by nott1 on Apr 13, 2017 16:43:22 GMT
I remember the game but had forgotten most of the details, we had a great team then!Thanks for posting PotterLog.
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bloody hell that's a good lead. Would love to see the photos if you ever got round to uploading them... any good stories?
