150th anniversary match

[littledorsetpotter]

Anyone else heard if the anniversary match is our last home match this season against spurs?

[stockportstokie]

Our centenary season has been deeply underwhelming, especially when you factor in we're the 2nd oldest club in the world.

It's been so underwhelming I'm not even sure if the club have officially incorporated it as part of their strategy. Next season could technically fall under the anniversary banner, hopefully the club have something up their sleeve.

[ST5-POTTER]

Yep think Stoke have failed in a lot of respects to celebrate this. such a shame

[unknown182]

What anniversary?

[Roy Cropper]

We're so far behind other clubs in terms of marketing and sales, from the website to the club shop.

[nik80]

Mar 7, 2013 10:43:53 GMT stockportstokie said:

Our centenary season has been deeply underwhelming, especially when you factor in we're the 2nd oldest club in the world.

It's been so underwhelming I'm not even sure if the club have officially incorporated it as part of their strategy. Next season could technically fall under the anniversary banner, hopefully the club have something up their sleeve.

If that was the case though, why would they have bothered with the badge amendments and the founding year on the back of the shirt this season?

I reckon we should prepare to be underwhelmed.

[wolvesstokie]

This wouldn't surprise me given that the game which saw the opening of the Britannia Stadium was a League Cup tie v Rochdale, or officially a league game v Swindon. Even Notts County played Juventus to celebrate their anniversary. Still time though, so optimistically hoping for another Real Madrid game.

[s8to]

Well didnt they say not so long back they wouldnt do it like this!!! Unreal!!

[johnsmithsupper]

I'm afraid as was discussed at length, on knot fm a few weeks ago the club don't appear bothered about it and are doing low key things until spurs when you pray nothing rides on the game. Malcolm Clarke was on the case though

[salopstick]

knowning stoke it will be the curtain raiser away to newcastle town or maybe the reserves at newport county

[StokieBoy31]

Tony Scholes said that "they are doing something special for the anniversary against Spurs" I'm not holding my breath.

[fegghayze]

Mar 7, 2013 18:25:01 GMT StokieBoy31 said:

Tony Scholes said that "they are doing something special for the anniversary against Spurs" I'm not holding my breath.

I'll tell you exactly what that is without even knowing - parading some older players around the pitch in the same manner that they do with the current squad at the final home game

From the meeting minutes of the Fans Council 24th November 2012

150 Celebrations:- Adrian Hurst and Steve Buxton gave an update with regard celebrating the Club’s 150th Anniversary, They noted the following initiatives:-

- Celebration match – as discussed at the last meeting it was felt that it was not appropriate for the Club to have a separate celebration match, whilst playing “big games” every week against Premier League opposition. Accordingly the Club had identified one of the Premier League home matches in the second half of the season around which the celebration would be held.

- Community Projects – The Club are extremely keen that 150 anniversary should be inclusive and should be centred around community activities. In this regard, a community project has been set up to work with any of the 41 council wards – not just in 2013, but then moving forward as a legacy to the 150 celebrations. The Club’s community fund will allocate various amounts to projects which are proposed from the council wards.

- Directional Sign Post - The sign post outside of the Q-railing stand, which was used to celebrate the Club’s Europa League campaign, will be changed to show supporters 5 favourite moments in the Club’s history.

- Celebration Tile – Adrian Hurst explained that the presentation of the commemorative tile to opposition teams Board and supporter’s groups was progressing very successfully. In particular, he noted and many in the room agreed that opposition fans were receiving the presentation of the tile (carried out in front of the away fans) at each home game, extremely warmly. The individual tiles which are presented to the away teams are then combined to form a large mosaic which will be retained by the Club. Adrian further explained that a commemorative mug representing the full tile will be available for purchase sometime in the New Year.

So in short

1) A walk around the pitch
2) Throwing money around as it's easier than using effort and thought (and it's something they were going to do anyway regardless of 150 year anniversary)
3) A signpost
4) 2 dozen or so tiles given to away teams

It has been an absolute disgrace in most of the backroom departments at the club. Marketing, promotion etc. I would have loved a special edition home shirt or an iron on badge (like the Europa league one) you could have on your shirt etc.

The current regime have wrecked the perfect excuse to be proud as punch, the club is 150 years old. Many of us wont be here to see the current playing squad hobble around the pitch for the 200 year celebration, but if the current lot are in charge are still here, that's the only celebration we will have

This is how seriously they are taking it for God's sake - this is the only item in the 150 year range on scfcdirect and at £20 too



An absolute fuck-up of the highest order at the club and a disgrace to the founders of this team, the area and it's heritage. We get a fucking flask and away teams get a commemorative tile!!!

A pure unadulterated disgraceful shambles and something the club should acknowledge is shameful

[boskampsflaps]

Mar 7, 2013 13:09:18 GMT wolvesstokie said:

This wouldn't surprise me given that the game which saw the opening of the Britannia Stadium was a League Cup tie v Rochdale, or officially a league game v Swindon. Even Notts County played Juventus to celebrate their anniversary. Still time though, so optimistically hoping for another Real Madrid game.

Wont happen, we wont pay the 2mil it would cost, and rightly so.

[Deleted]

Mar 7, 2013 18:25:01 GMT StokieBoy31 said:

Tony Scholes said that "they are doing something special for the anniversary against Spurs" I'm not holding my breath.

Playing with two wingers?

[johnsmithsupper]

Mar 7, 2013 18:48:13 GMT fegghayze said:

Mar 7, 2013 18:25:01 GMT StokieBoy31 said:

Tony Scholes said that "they are doing something special for the anniversary against Spurs" I'm not holding my breath.

I'll tell you exactly what that is without even knowing - parading some older players around the pitch in the same manner that they do with the current squad at the final home game

From the meeting minutes of the Fans Council 24th November 2012

150 Celebrations:- Adrian Hurst and Steve Buxton gave an update with regard celebrating the ClubÂ’s 150th Anniversary, They noted the following initiatives:-

- Celebration match – as discussed at the last meeting it was felt that it was not appropriate for the Club to have a separate celebration match, whilst playing “big games” every week against Premier League opposition. Accordingly the Club had identified one of the Premier League home matches in the second half of the season around which the celebration would be held.

Why use the plural "initiatives" where there is only 1 idea, that has been used many times before, people walking around a pitch being clapped (if my guess is correct).

It has been an absolute disgrace in most of the backroom departments at the club. Marketing, promotion etc. I would have loved a special edition home shirt or an iron on badge (like the Europa league one) you could have on your shirt etc.

The current regime have wrecked the perfect excuse to be proud as punch, the club is 150 years old. Many of us wont be here to see the current playing squad hobble around the pitch for the 200 year celebration, but if the current lot are in charge are still here, that's the only celebration we will have

This is how seriously they are taking it for God's sake - this is the only item in the 150 year range on scfcdirect and at £20 too



An absolute fuck-up of the highest order at the club and a disgrace to the founders of this team, the area and it's heritage

A pure unadulterated disgraceful shambles

This

[leicspotter]

It is really sad that we don't have more "150" activity and typical of my luck that I will be in Germany for the Spuds game! Doh!!

[zephyr]

I would of hoped for a celebration match against a European team; somebody like Real Madrid or even Juventus would be decent.

[fegghayze]

Mar 7, 2013 19:05:01 GMT zephyr said:

I would of hoped for a celebration match against a European team; somebody like Real Madrid or even Juventus would be decent.

According to the club we play the likes of Southampton, Wigan and Reading so we don't need any kind of symbolic match to mark our anniversary. It's not like we are 150 or anything....... oh wait

At least we get to use a £20 flask with a transfer on it that we are not allowed to take into the ground by rights

[fegghayze]

I seriously worry at how out of touch the club is with it's supporter base. This is both at team management level and the marketing/promotional level

I want to know how one of the shambolic 4 pitiful excuses for a 150th anniversary celebration will be judged

- Directional Sign Post - The sign post outside of the Q-railing stand, which was used to celebrate the Club’s Europa League campaign, will be changed to show supporters 5 favourite moments in the Club’s history.

Who will be defining the supporters 5 favourite moments as if you leave it up to the likes of the commercial department you will end up with a collage of pictures depicting the proud moments of:

1) Michael Owen's first MOTD appearance
2) The roof blowing off the Victoria Ground
3) The signing of Rikki Daddason
4) James Beattie's "Christmas Do" photos
5) The unveiling of Chris Kamara as manager

[Deleted]

Mar 7, 2013 19:18:59 GMT fegghayze said:

I seriously worry at how out of touch the club is with it's supporter base. This is both at team management level and the marketing/promotional level

I want to know how one of the shambolic 4 pitiful excuses for a 150th anniversary celebration will be judged

- Directional Sign Post - The sign post outside of the Q-railing stand, which was used to celebrate the Club’s Europa League campaign, will be changed to show supporters 5 favourite moments in the Club’s history.

Who will be defining the supporters 5 favourite moments as if you leave it up to the likes of the commercial department you will end up with a collage of pictures depicting the proud moments of:

1) The moment Andy Billingham was appointed
2) The roof blowing off the Victoria Ground
3) The signing of Rikki Daddason
4) James Beattie's "Christmas Do" photos
5) The unveiling of Chris Kamara as manager

I read that as first as 'James Beattie blowing off the Victoria Ground'!!

[fegghayze]

From the Fans Council meeting 15th September

8 - Club’s 150th anniversary:- Richard Bestwick gave feedback from supporters which included friendly’s matches versus Port Vale, Ajax (European links from the 70’s); Notts County (as the oldest club) and how they had suggested that these matches be free of charge.

Tony Scholes explained that the club had looked at Big Games and asked what would be worthy to celebrate our 150 years. He suggested that we already play at least 19 big home games each year it was difficult to identify a game that would catch the imagination of everyone, baring perhaps a very small number of clubs, e.g. Barcelona or Real Madrid, which would be cost prohibitive.

He also explained that our working group at the club was arranging initiatives to celebrate the anniversary, but particularly wanted to focus on embracing and giving something back to the community.

So the year the club get's the largest amount of money it ever will have should we stay in the league, a special celebratory match is "cost prohibitive" in our 150th year

Tony Scholes explained that the club had looked at Big Games and asked what would be worthy to celebrate our 150 years. [/i]

A football game against Vale, Ajax, Notts County etc. is not worthy but a £20 Thermos flask is and we pass it off as a "150 year range"

Tony Scholes says they are keen to give something back to the community. My first request is that they give the club back to the community and listen to what we want

At a time where the club and supporters are becoming even further divorced a celebration of 150 years would surely bring us closer. Yet again this has been passed over.

[fegghayze]

Reading the Centenary Celebration match thread where a poster is talking about the match and his programme etc.

All we are going to look back on in years to come is reminisce about a fucking flask and a bastard fake road sign

[Deleted]

I was really gutted that we didn't have a special strip this year with no sponsor at least.

Would have loved us to have changed our home kit to a hooped version of the away kit. Would have really stood out and put us on the map as one of the oldest clubs in the world.


As it stands the kits are nice, but not because they are for the anniversary, and nobody knows that it is our anniversary, the badge hasn't changed enough for people to take note.


We should be very proud this year of our great football club, but it seems the club don't think so.

[Olgrligm]

It would have been dead easy to have this put rather noticeably in the middle of our shirts somewhere:



We should then have invited the other ten of the eleven remaining Founder Members to have the original Football League logo on their shirts as well.

[sheikhmomo]

Mar 7, 2013 19:41:02 GMT fegghayze said:

From the Fans Council meeting 15th September

8 - Club’s 150th anniversary:- Richard Bestwick gave feedback from supporters which included friendly’s matches versus Port Vale, Ajax (European links from the 70’s); Notts County (as the oldest club) and how they had suggested that these matches be free of charge.

Tony Scholes explained that the club had looked at Big Games and asked what would be worthy to celebrate our 150 years. He suggested that we already play at least 19 big home games each year it was difficult to identify a game that would catch the imagination of everyone, baring perhaps a very small number of clubs, e.g. Barcelona or Real Madrid, which would be cost prohibitive.

He also explained that our working group at the club was arranging initiatives to celebrate the anniversary, but particularly wanted to focus on embracing and giving something back to the community.

So the year the club get's the largest amount of money it ever will have should we stay in the league, a special celebratory match is "cost prohibitive" in our 150th year

Tony Scholes explained that the club had looked at Big Games and asked what would be worthy to celebrate our 150 years.

[/i]

A football game against Vale, Ajax, Notts County etc. is not worthy but a £20 Thermos flask is and we pass it off as a "150 year range"

Tony Scholes says they are keen to give something back to the community. My first request is that they give the club back to the community and listen to what we want

At a time where the club and supporters are becoming even further divorced a celebration of 150 years would surely bring us closer. Yet again this has been passed over.[/quote]

Of all the reasons to sack the useless cunt this is right up there. As tepid a celebration you'll struggle to find. I've known people celebrate the anniversary of their first wank with more gusto.

[fegghayze]

Mar 7, 2013 22:04:48 GMT sheikhmomo said:

Mar 7, 2013 19:41:02 GMT fegghayze said:

From the Fans Council meeting 15th September

8 - Club’s 150th anniversary:- Richard Bestwick gave feedback from supporters which included friendly’s matches versus Port Vale, Ajax (European links from the 70’s); Notts County (as the oldest club) and how they had suggested that these matches be free of charge.

Tony Scholes explained that the club had looked at Big Games and asked what would be worthy to celebrate our 150 years. He suggested that we already play at least 19 big home games each year it was difficult to identify a game that would catch the imagination of everyone, baring perhaps a very small number of clubs, e.g. Barcelona or Real Madrid, which would be cost prohibitive.

He also explained that our working group at the club was arranging initiatives to celebrate the anniversary, but particularly wanted to focus on embracing and giving something back to the community.

So the year the club get's the largest amount of money it ever will have should we stay in the league, a special celebratory match is "cost prohibitive" in our 150th year

Tony Scholes explained that the club had looked at Big Games and asked what would be worthy to celebrate our 150 years.

[/i]

A football game against Vale, Ajax, Notts County etc. is not worthy but a £20 Thermos flask is and we pass it off as a "150 year range"

Tony Scholes says they are keen to give something back to the community. My first request is that they give the club back to the community and listen to what we want

At a time where the club and supporters are becoming even further divorced a celebration of 150 years would surely bring us closer. Yet again this has been passed over.[/quote]

Of all the reasons to sack the useless cunt this is right up there. As tepid a celebration you'll struggle to find. I've known people celebrate the anniversary of their first wank with more gusto. [/quote]

Thanks Sheik,

I make a well articulated (despite the odd profanity), well researched and rounded argument and you trump it with Percy Filth ;D

[unknown182]

Tony Scholes explained that the club had looked at Big Games and asked what would be worthy to celebrate our 150 years. He suggested that we already play at least 19 big home games each year it was difficult to identify a game that would catch the imagination of everyone, baring perhaps a very small number of clubs, e.g. Barcelona or Real Madrid, which would be COST PROHIBITIVE.

This sums up Tony Scholes for me. If there's no money to be made it's not worth doing. He's at the club to make profit and doesn't give two shits about the history of the club.

[sheikhmomo]

Mar 8, 2013 0:10:14 GMT fegghayze said:

Mar 7, 2013 22:04:48 GMT sheikhmomo said:

Of all the reasons to sack the useless cunt this is right up there. As tepid a celebration you'll struggle to find. I've known people celebrate the anniversary of their first wank with more gusto.

Thanks Sheik,

I make a well articulated (despite the odd profanity), well researched and rounded argument and you trump it with Percy Filth ;D

Sorry mate. I have rather negative feelings about our Chief Executive!

[mynamesnotmark]

Even a game against the vale would of been a good idea, relatively cheap in comparison with madrid etc and would of given the fans something to get excited about. WTF have Spurs got to do with our 150th anniversary?!



The club is letting itself down badly over this.

[Stoke70]

Mar 7, 2013 10:20:23 GMT littledorsetpotter said:

Anyone else heard if the anniversary match is our last home match this season against spurs?

www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/story-18355478-detail/story.html#axzz2MwdhTfdh

???