rdf10
Academy Starlet
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Post by rdf10 on Nov 7, 2012 17:18:57 GMT
Would any of you older supporters care to tell the story of John Radford's goal when he was offside? Was it a programme seller or hot-dog man playing him onside?!
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Post by longtimestokie on Nov 7, 2012 17:27:42 GMT
pretty sure a hotdog seller with a red and white striped shirt on
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Post by thehoof on Nov 7, 2012 17:34:29 GMT
We played in all white. An Ice Cream seller (or programme seller) dressed in a long white overall was positioned about 15 yards inside our half when Charlie George picked up the ball and hared off down the wing before crossing into the box where Radford scored.
The linesman later admitted that he mistook the Ice Cream man as a Stoke defender and thought George was onside - when in fact he was a good 10 yards offside.!
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Post by AlanHansen on Nov 7, 2012 18:02:15 GMT
We played in all white. An Ice Cream seller (or programme seller) dressed in a long white overall was positioned about 15 yards inside our half when Charlie George picked up the ball and hared off down the wing before crossing into the box where Radford scored. The linesman later admitted that he mistook the Ice Cream man as a Stoke defender and thought George was onside - when in fact he was a good 10 yards offside.! |
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Post by werrington on Nov 7, 2012 18:04:42 GMT
We played in all white. An Ice Cream seller (or programme seller) dressed in a long white overall was positioned about 15 yards inside our half when Charlie George picked up the ball and hared off down the wing before crossing into the box where Radford scored. The linesman later admitted that he mistook the Ice Cream man as a Stoke defender and thought George was onside - when in fact he was a good 10 yards offside.! This |
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Post by march4 on Nov 7, 2012 18:06:26 GMT
We played in all white. An Ice Cream seller (or programme seller) dressed in a long white overall was positioned about 15 yards inside our half when Charlie George picked up the ball and hared off down the wing before crossing into the box where Radford scored. The linesman later admitted that he mistook the Ice Cream man as a Stoke defender and thought George was onside - when in fact he was a good 10 yards offside.! Spot on. |
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Post by sheikhmomo on Nov 7, 2012 18:08:00 GMT
Yeah football grounds are full of Ice Cream sellers aren't they!!  Programme Seller |
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Post by onlyonesirstan on Nov 7, 2012 18:08:14 GMT
I can't remember, I just cried my little eyes out as I left the ground. I was only 13
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Post by The Stubborn Optimist on Nov 7, 2012 18:25:34 GMT
We played in all white. An Ice Cream seller (or programme seller) dressed in a long white overall was positioned about 15 yards inside our half when Charlie George picked up the ball and hared off down the wing before crossing into the box where Radford scored. The linesman later admitted that he mistook the Ice Cream man as a Stoke defender and thought George was onside - when in fact he was a good 10 yards offside.! This +1, I know, I was there. Quite possibly the worst referring decision I've ever seen. If I remember it correctly the Arsenal players (George and Radford) hesitated for a second because they could see they were offside but neither the linesman nor ref did anything so they carried on and scored. Unbelievable.  |
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Post by penkvillepotter on Nov 7, 2012 18:33:21 GMT
My first 'away' game was the first match at Hillsborough. To think some people don't understand why we've despised Arsenal long before Arsehole Whinger crossed our path.
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Post by rubyonrails on Nov 7, 2012 18:41:52 GMT
Wasn't the ref Pat Partridge for that game? He was crap in the '71 semi as well I think.
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Post by greystokie on Nov 7, 2012 18:45:46 GMT
Wasn't the ref Pat Partridge for that game? He was crap in the '71 semi as well I think. Correct |
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Post by harryburrows on Nov 7, 2012 18:46:10 GMT
I can't remember, I just cried my little eyes out as I left the ground. I was only 13 Only time stoke made me cry and I was 18 , stood behind the goal as Radford fouled banksy got a corner then the pen |
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Post by harrysburrow on Nov 7, 2012 20:31:23 GMT
Oh man..... I'm all pissed off again now.
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Post by march4 on Nov 7, 2012 20:34:39 GMT
When we finally managed to beat Arsenal in the cup a couple of years' ago, I wept with joy and also with the memory of the deep seated injustice from decades before.
Younger fans who weren't around for the 70's are perhaps seeing from this thread that we truly were robbed.
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Post by harryburrows on Nov 7, 2012 20:47:47 GMT
Went to them all , villa park , the Goodison game , terrible anti climax . The only one I couldn't get the time off for was the league cup semi at old Trafford
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Post by richardparker on Nov 7, 2012 20:48:50 GMT
Hot dog seller? Ice cream seller? Programme seller?
Think I might have bought some popcorn (salted) from him about 5 mins before he played George on side. He also sold carton drinks for 1 shilling and 6d, and choc ices if I remember rightly. Didn't see any programmes mind, but that might have been cos he'd already sold them all.
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Post by march4 on Nov 7, 2012 21:01:18 GMT
Went to them all , villa park , the Goodison game , terrible anti climax . The only one I couldn't get the time off for was the league cup semi at old Trafford I still haven't got my clothes dry from the game at Old Trafford. ;D Never since have I not noticed being absolutely soaked right through to the skin. The thought of going to Wembley was enough to subdue any feeling of the cold and the damp. |
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Post by marcofstoke on Nov 7, 2012 21:39:20 GMT
In the replay at Goodison, Arsenal converted a penalty awarded after an innocuous aerial challenge and a goal that was "10 to 15 yards offside", Greenhoff says ruefully. "We were thinking: 'What's going on?' The linesman mistook someone on the track in a white coat for a defender. I'm not sure if he was selling programmes, peanuts or ice cream. What I do know is he wasn't a Stoke City footballer."
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Post by johnnypotter on Nov 7, 2012 21:43:27 GMT
The ''Seller'' in question wore a long white Butchers type coat. He had a attachment round his neck in the same manner as the old style cinema usherettes have. All his goodies were in the attached box, so the fans could see what was selling. They sold packs of two biscuits, crisps, chocolate bars and cartons of drinks etc. They walked endlessly around the perimeter track selling their products. The short sighted linesman not only confused the white coat for the all white Stoke strip, but also could not see the big box of refreshments attached to the bloke concerned. We had them at the Victoria Ground too.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2012 22:26:58 GMT
No it's fourty years ago and i still can't get over it !  |
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Post by scfcrmagic on Nov 7, 2012 22:51:55 GMT
An incident that has never been forgotten in our household...I still can't believe it happened.
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Post by swampySCFC on Nov 7, 2012 23:36:54 GMT
It was peanuts I recall. Thick cunt. Partridge that is. And the Fa for letting a fuckwit walk round the track in a white coat
In fairness Big John looked imense in all white
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Post by mica on Nov 8, 2012 2:10:00 GMT
My memory is that we were unlucky/robbed in both semis (71 and 72?) It took me nie on thirty years for my hatred for the Arse to drop just a tiny amount. Then they appointed Arsehole Whinger... |
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Nov 8, 2012 9:16:25 GMT
It was the 1st. game I took Marlady to see,needless to say,I never took her to another one.
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Post by RAF on Nov 8, 2012 9:50:54 GMT
Yeah football grounds are full of Ice Cream sellers aren't they!! Programme Seller Yeah football grounds are full of programme sellers walking up and down the perimeter of the pitch aren't they? I don't know when you first starting going to games, but refreshment sellers were common place on the sidelines for some time. H |
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Post by BigKahunaBurger on Nov 8, 2012 10:04:37 GMT
I can't believe what I've just read. It was 19years before I was born and I'm still pissed off
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Post by sheikhmomo on Nov 8, 2012 11:09:37 GMT
Yeah football grounds are full of Ice Cream sellers aren't they!! Programme Seller Yeah football grounds are full of programme sellers walking up and down the perimeter of the pitch aren't they? I don't know when you first starting going to games, but refreshment sellers were common place on the sidelines for some time. H Ice fucking Cream my arse, where was the game played, the ABC? I know because I was about minus 4 months old when the game was played! |
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Post by nott1 on Nov 8, 2012 11:24:57 GMT
The horrible injustice of this tie has rankled with me for all this time and I still hate Arsenal for it!
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Post by lordb on Nov 8, 2012 12:13:44 GMT
Whats less known is we also had (in same Goodision game) had a goal not given despite being well over the line
Boss's barbers in Newcastle is SCFCtastic & if you ask they will tell you they ahve a picture of this incident
double robbed
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