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Post by longtonstokie on Mar 6, 2015 13:35:31 GMT
Just thinking about the semi final - reminded me about the first ever FA Cup match to be played on a Sunday.
Bolton v Stoke 1973 - We lost the game 3 - 2 but as I remember did not go without incident. Remember going in the open end and finding that some of our fans had gone in their end and were having quite a rough time of It. The next thing I knew seemed like hundreds of us scaling the perimeter wall and running the entire length of the pitch like the cavalry to the rescue.
When I got to the other end can remember a Policeman trying to grab hold of me but in doing so I slipped down the edge of the pitch and he went arse over face, managed to scale the wall with just a few grass stains down my staypress.
With the numbers now evened up, we got the upper hand and gave them a right battle. Also If I remember rightly some twat from their side were throwing darts.
Oh those were the days!!
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Post by prestonstokie on Mar 6, 2015 20:22:08 GMT
Yes, the Sunday kick off was in response to the three day week and the need for the game to be played without the use of floodlights. I remember driving to the ground with a load of mates and also going into the open end. The whole event became a free for all, no regulation or control and I would be interested to know how many Stoke supporters travelled - from memory it was over five thousand. Despite the defeat the positive impact was that in the need to change direction Waddo moved subsequently to sign Alan Hudson and very nearly Peter Osgood.
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Post by stokeyabroad on Mar 10, 2015 17:59:42 GMT
First ever Cup match maybe , but were we not the first ever club to play a League match on a Sunday ? Against Chelsea , or is my memory playing tricks with me ? I seem to remember Church goers protesting all the way up to the ground , or was that my dislike to Catholics in my dreams playing in ? And before the PC correct lot start on me , I was christened a Catholic !
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Post by str8outtahampton on Mar 12, 2015 9:57:10 GMT
First ever Cup match maybe , but were we not the first ever club to play a League match on a Sunday ? Against Chelsea , or is my memory playing tricks with me ? I seem to remember Church goers protesting all the way up to the ground , or was that my dislike to Catholics in my dreams playing in ? And before the PC correct lot start on me , I was christened a Catholic ! The Chelsea and Liverpool matches were the following season - the latter being Huddo's debut I think. The Bolton match was just as you both recall. There were 39,000 there that day - the fixture today would be lucky to attract one third of that. I reckon Stoke had at least 8,000, although that is just a guess. The cavalry charge over the pitch before k/o looked like several hundred - we were in the stand to the left of the open end. There was a lot of criticism from the church(es) as you suggest. We were hot favourites - which meant the result was a foregone conclusion. |
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