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Post by kevan45 on Aug 1, 2013 20:58:08 GMT
Just dug out a prog' from 1980, and to be honest, never heard of him, Wiki says "just under 50 appearances for the club" (is that 49?!)
"Ursem became the first foreign player to play for Stoke City" - Dutch master? or not...?
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Post by lordb on Aug 1, 2013 21:00:10 GMT
he'd get in the current side
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 21:00:43 GMT
Lived in Cheadle. Blond hair.
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Post by andystokey on Aug 1, 2013 21:02:39 GMT
Good bloke, honest pro, tricky on the byline good crosser, always liked him myself. Nothing bad to say, eventually just overshadowed by Chambo.
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Post by alanjh on Aug 1, 2013 21:10:47 GMT
One of my favourite players, probably because me and my mates used to sing to the tune of Hersham boys by Sham 69
Uresem Boys, Ursem boys, laced up boots and courderoys
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Post by NG4POTTERS on Aug 1, 2013 21:10:53 GMT
I started a similar thread a fair while back mate. I remember his name and what he looked like but just cannot remember him as a player. There is a real lack of footage from the first two seasons of the 80's which doesn't help.
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Post by lancashirelad on Aug 1, 2013 21:53:50 GMT
A tall blonde winger but thin hair (balding) at a young age. Skillful and good crosser of a ball, not gifted with pace. Also injury prone (Stoke DNA).
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Post by Gods on Aug 1, 2013 22:23:26 GMT
A tall blonde winger but thin hair (balding) at a young age. Skillful and good crosser of a ball, not gifted with pace. Also injury prone (Stoke DNA). That's it. He seemed quite exotic at the time. All the way from Holland with its recreational hashish and whore infested waterways  |
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Post by swampySCFC on Aug 1, 2013 22:34:27 GMT
The construction of the Stoke End
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Post by johnnypotter on Aug 1, 2013 22:43:35 GMT
Decent winger. He asked my sister for a date, she declined the offer.
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Post by swampySCFC on Aug 1, 2013 22:47:45 GMT
Decent winger. He asked my sister for a date, she declined the offer. She could have gone Dutch |
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Post by takeshikovacs on Aug 1, 2013 22:56:33 GMT
I used to 'be' him in the schoolyard when we played footie lunchtime!
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Post by sheikhmomo on Aug 1, 2013 23:17:43 GMT
I'll swap you for Stuart Boam of 'Boro   Filled me first Panini with that bit of business. |
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Post by johnfarmersmum on Aug 1, 2013 23:53:33 GMT
As above..but swopped for Irving Nattrass  |
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Post by jaybee on Aug 2, 2013 6:56:33 GMT
Would we say he was a poor man's Peter Hoekstra on the right wing?? Difficult really as Ursem played in the top division for us whereas Hoekstra didn't Durban (like Pulis) wasn't really fond of him as he was a 'flair' player, but then promptly took him with him to Sunderland when he went there!!  |
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Post by tayterz on Aug 2, 2013 7:48:31 GMT
Remember reading an old programme from that time that said that Mr Durban had gone scouting several young Dutch prospects and had selected Ursem over the others including Ruud Gullit And Frank Rijkaard !
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Post by Hamburgstokie on Aug 2, 2013 7:53:04 GMT
Scored when I was mascot |
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Post by JoeinOz on Aug 2, 2013 7:59:58 GMT
Ace player. Skillful. He used to tell me how pissed off he was with Durban that he wouldn't pick him and once asked me to 'Kick him up his arse". At the start of a new season I asked what he thought of the manager and got the reply "He's still fucking crap" Weirdly when Durban was at Sunderland he took Ursem from us on loan. Ursem was popular with the fans and at the end of 80/81 got chairlifted by fans at the end of the season.
He also had smooth hands.
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Aug 2, 2013 9:13:30 GMT
He also had smooth hands.  Go on........ |
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Post by JoeinOz on Aug 2, 2013 9:14:49 GMT
Handshakes!!
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Post by rogerjonesisgod on Aug 2, 2013 9:20:22 GMT
Tricky dribbler. Crowd pleaser. Exotic foreigner. Blond hair. Whipped balls into the box pretty well.
I'm a little surprised he made almost 50 appearances tbh. He seemed to be in and out of first team quite a bit as I recall.
The original Brek Shea??
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Post by JoeinOz on Aug 2, 2013 9:37:36 GMT
Scored a good goal v Leeds
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Post by njkk on Aug 2, 2013 9:45:05 GMT
He almost got us killed at Maine Road by scoring a wonder goal that wedged in the apex of the net, we'd managed to keep ourselves incognito when Chapman scored the 1st, but oh no up steps Ursem with the winner it was quite frightening
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Aug 2, 2013 10:22:38 GMT
1st player autograph I ever had.
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Post by buddha on Aug 2, 2013 10:24:38 GMT
Cracking overhead kick against leeds in 1980 . Was a decent player and well liked by most .
Sent from my GT-I9300 using proboards
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Post by maine on Aug 2, 2013 12:17:20 GMT
Good player-neglected by Durban. Saw him turn out for the reserves (Steve Parkin played RB) at Swansea once. Team lost but those two were a class apart.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2013 12:35:22 GMT
He almost got us killed at Maine Road by scoring a wonder goal that wedged in the apex of the net, we'd managed to keep ourselves incognito when Chapman scored the 1st, but oh no up steps Ursem with the winner it was quite frightening The Platt Lane End got very interesting when Ursem scored. |
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Post by ihaveadream on Aug 2, 2013 12:46:33 GMT
A tall blonde winger but thin hair (balding) at a young age. Skillful and good crosser of a ball, not gifted with pace. Also injury prone (Stoke DNA). He seemed quite exotic at the time. I thought the same. Durban signed him the summer after we had been pronmoted |
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Post by loekursemsrightpeg on Aug 2, 2013 18:52:12 GMT
Was a cracking player, always gave 110% and as previously stated on this thread an excellent crosser of the ball.
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Post by The Stubborn Optimist on Aug 3, 2013 9:51:15 GMT
Always liked Loek, you never knew quite what he was going to do next. Particularly remember the goal at Maine Road, Stoke didn't often win away at Man City in those days so both the goal and the win came as a welcome surprise that day, though as mentioned, the Platt Lane End wasn't the best place for me to have a mental as the ball hit the back of the net.
Happy days.
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