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Post by knowles on Jul 20, 2015 0:15:55 GMT
Here is a picture of five Oatcakers who, as far as I'm aware, hadn't met before this past week. In this day and age of depressing news, isn't it great that our football team can bring people from all parts of the globe together? There isn't much else bar sport that can create an instant bond between people. Sure, we may have our differences at times over the manager's selection, the form of our strikers or whether a corner should be filled in but when it comes down to it if there was a Stokie in trouble we'd be there to look out for them. One chap in this photo now has the offer of a bed in two separate cities in Australia as he travels the country in the coming months. Not bad after meeting a group of people an hour before. Another guy, who isn't in this photo (hello, darksideofthemoon), saw Stoke play for the first time in about 40 years this week. His trip from Down Under to Singapore was the closest he's probably going to get to a 'home' match. Avenues like The Oatcake are great for us to air our grievances, but through all the negativity come the really positive moments like this. So, gilberto, JoeinOz, ange1, franklin and pottersaurus, thank you for helping make the pub part of my 36 hours in Singapore better than the match itself. Hopefully our trip to Asia has begun the steps of creating a new breed of Stoke City fan. It was great to see the odd local wearing a Stoke shirt or scarf and whilst the shirt issue has been discussed, hopefully we will learn from any errors we made and get it right next time we're out in the region. Up The Potters and see you all soon. James  |
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Post by NassauDave on Jul 20, 2015 4:04:28 GMT
So who is who mate?
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Post by knowles on Jul 20, 2015 4:14:42 GMT
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Post by roostershair on Jul 20, 2015 4:16:07 GMT
Nice post my mate  |
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Post by Dallas Cowboy on Jul 20, 2015 4:27:04 GMT
Nice to be able to put faces to names of regular posters on here. Wish I had made the trip from Beijing.
Good job, James!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 5:31:48 GMT
Never seen such a motley crew. I'm pretty sure I saw those faces in a N40 photo once  Lovely thread  |
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Post by Northy on Jul 20, 2015 5:37:32 GMT
Always good to see Stokies meeting up and enjoying themselves
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Post by NG4POTTERS on Jul 20, 2015 6:11:40 GMT
Great pic. Gilberto is a top lad.
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Post by banburypotter on Jul 20, 2015 7:49:24 GMT
Hope joeinoz kept unsoiled sheets while he was there!!!!!!
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Post by metalhead on Jul 20, 2015 7:55:29 GMT
Brillint photo and brilliant story.
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Post by foster on Jul 20, 2015 9:49:08 GMT
Pottersaurus looks a bit like SJW, imo.
Hopefully there'll be a game closer to home at some point in the future so I can get to meet some of the other wankers on this forum.
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Post by darksideofthemoon on Jul 20, 2015 9:54:44 GMT
Here is a picture of five Oatcakers who, as far as I'm aware, hadn't met before this past week. In this day and age of depressing news, isn't it great that our football team can bring people from all parts of the globe together? There isn't much else bar sport that can create an instant bond between people. Sure, we may have our differences at times over the manager's selection, the form of our strikers or whether a corner should be filled in but when it comes down to it if there was a Stokie in trouble we'd be there to look out for them. One chap in this photo now has the offer of a bed in two separate cities in Australia as he travels the country in the coming months. Not bad after meeting a group of people an hour before. Another guy, who isn't in this photo (hello, darksideofthemoon), saw Stoke play for the first time in about 40 years this week. His trip from Down Under to Singapore was the closest he's probably going to get to a 'home' match. Avenues like The Oatcake are great for us to air our grievances, but through all the negativity come the really positive moments like this. So, gilberto, JoeinOz, ange1, franklin and pottersaurus, thank you for helping make the pub part of my 36 hours in Singapore better than the match itself. Hopefully our trip to Asia has begun the steps of creating a new breed of Stoke City fan. It was great to see the odd local wearing a Stoke shirt or scarf and whilst the shirt issue has been discussed, hopefully we will learn from any errors we made and get it right next time we're out in the region. Up The Potters and see you all soon. James I want to thank everyone for the warmth of their greeting and for the companionship over the five days in Singapore; I was close to NOT going when I had the accident with my lawn mower, but I am SO glad I did  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 10:21:17 GMT
Well guys I'm home now and will post up some photos soon, i was having the time of my life to be fair. I too would like to say thx to everyone i met far to many to mention the banter was excellent and i could not have asked for better company. I sang and laughed so much I lost my voice for two days ! Getting told off for singing Delilah at 1am in a hawker market must go down as a first but all good natured stuff. Cant wait for the next Asian adventure because Singapore was awesome.
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Post by ruts66 on Jul 20, 2015 10:35:41 GMT
Well done all - very jealous I couldn't have been there.
See you on the Liverpool matchday thread in 20 days time...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 11:35:03 GMT
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Post by knowles on Jul 20, 2015 11:38:54 GMT
Absolutely fantastic photos!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 11:38:46 GMT
Thanks for sharing those pics franklinLooks like you had a great time. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 11:41:32 GMT
bloody hell!!!! the offer of beds in Oz and Slogger wasn't there trying to grab one????!!!!!
great thread knowesly!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 11:42:03 GMT
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 20, 2015 11:47:08 GMT
Here is a picture of five Oatcakers who, as far as I'm aware, hadn't met before this past week. In this day and age of depressing news, isn't it great that our football team can bring people from all parts of the globe together? There isn't much else bar sport that can create an instant bond between people. Sure, we may have our differences at times over the manager's selection, the form of our strikers or whether a corner should be filled in but when it comes down to it if there was a Stokie in trouble we'd be there to look out for them. One chap in this photo now has the offer of a bed in two separate cities in Australia as he travels the country in the coming months. Not bad after meeting a group of people an hour before. Another guy, who isn't in this photo (hello, darksideofthemoon), saw Stoke play for the first time in about 40 years this week. His trip from Down Under to Singapore was the closest he's probably going to get to a 'home' match. Avenues like The Oatcake are great for us to air our grievances, but through all the negativity come the really positive moments like this. So, gilberto, JoeinOz, ange1, franklin and pottersaurus, thank you for helping make the pub part of my 36 hours in Singapore better than the match itself. Hopefully our trip to Asia has begun the steps of creating a new breed of Stoke City fan. It was great to see the odd local wearing a Stoke shirt or scarf and whilst the shirt issue has been discussed, hopefully we will learn from any errors we made and get it right next time we're out in the region. Up The Potters and see you all soon. James I look as if I just missed a penalty. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 11:54:45 GMT
Well guys I'm home now and will post up some photos soon, i was having the time of my life to be fair. I too would like to say thx to everyone i met far to many to mention the banter was excellent and i could not have asked for better company. I sang and laughed so much I lost my voice for two days ! Getting told off for singing Delilah at 1am in a hawker market must go down as a first but all good natured stuff. Cant wait for the next Asian adventure because Singapore was awesome. That was funny. One bit of fun you missed when that idiot cop wouldn't let us out was a photo with a local Liverpool fan. We had 6 Stokies and 1 Liverpool fan in the pic. Will post it later. He took it in good spirit. Another highlight was the Tiger Beer Bird, Sophia....Yum Yum. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 12:00:20 GMT
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Post by gilberto on Jul 20, 2015 12:23:17 GMT
Great photos Franklin. Couldn't have timed that visit to Sentosa any better!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 12:28:49 GMT
Great photos Franklin. Couldn't have timed that visit to Sentosa any better! Too true and as you can see the players were happy a pose for photos mate very happy day out lol. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 12:42:49 GMT
As you can see I gave my and my childrens old shirts away there are two happy children from China among others who now have England and Stoke tops :-)
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Post by danceswithclams on Jul 20, 2015 12:50:28 GMT
Great photos Franklin. Couldn't have timed that visit to Sentosa any better! Gilberto - last of the famous international playboys. |
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Post by darksideofthemoon on Jul 20, 2015 13:32:22 GMT
Absolutely fantastic photos!!! Thanks franklin !! Glad to see you and Brad got home safe & sound !!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 13:42:43 GMT
Absolutely fantastic photos!!! Thanks franklin !! Glad to see you and Brad got home safe & sound !!! Yep back home at 9am after a cracking journey home seamless and easy credit to Air France top flights both ways. |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 20, 2015 13:45:23 GMT
Hope joeinoz kept unsoiled sheets while he was there!!!!!! Shhets were shiny bright and unsoiled☺ |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 14:04:49 GMT
After that fab experience deffo gonna do next season pre tour.
Gonna bring the Singa Beer girl with me Darkside...
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