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Post by waddosnavy on Sept 30, 2022 12:05:08 GMT
I think the most significant one since I have been a supporter is Peter Osgood The missing piece in the jigsaw after Big John broke his leg I still dream about Shilton Marsh Pejic Mahoney Smith Dodd Robertson Greenhoff Osgood Hudson Salmons Dream Team! At the time of potential signing, Big John had not broken his leg (I think). By co-incidence didn't we play Southampton with Osgood watching, and Ritchie waltzed round the goalkeeper, stopped the ball on the goal line, kneeled and nodded it over the line?
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Post by thestatusquo on Sept 30, 2022 12:13:06 GMT
Who was that shithouse who snubbed us and chose Bristol City before Megson was appointed? Don't think it got to the empty chair stage, he just told us to fuck off! Anyway, Burley's cowardice led just one day later to the beginning of the period all Stoke fans know affectionately as the glory years. Surely all Stoke fans can get behind that? I’m sure he’d attended the game the previous evening and the press conference was all set for the next day. There was definitely a picture of the table and chairs. Can’t remember if it was in the paper or on local tv though.
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Post by nottsover60 on Sept 30, 2022 12:14:49 GMT
I think the most significant one since I have been a supporter is Peter Osgood The missing piece in the jigsaw after Big John broke his leg I still dream about Shilton Marsh Pejic Mahoney Smith Dodd Robertson Greenhoff Osgood Hudson Salmons Dream Team! At the time of potential signing, Big John had not broken his leg (I think). By co-incidence didn't we play Southampton with Osgood watching, and Ritchie waltzed round the goalkeeper, stopped the ball on the goal line, kneeled and nodded it over the line? I remember the goal but not the match. Didn't it complete a perfect hatrick? I'm sure I remember him saying after the match that he wasn't taking the mickey, just wanted to score with his head. I can't imagine a player having time to do that these days, shows how much the game has developed.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2022 13:34:58 GMT
Peter Beardsley player manager. Due to sign when he returned from France on holiday and changed his mind. Chic Bates got the job.
Gareth Taylor Sheff U striker. Was in the bar the Saturday game but turned us down. We signed Lightbourne instead.
Craig Short was it? Derby CB
Niall Quinn on loan. Ironically scored v us a few weeks later in the cup. His first goal I think
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Post by emery1985 on Sept 30, 2022 14:56:38 GMT
Not a player and not disappointed as such, as I don't think he'd have done any good but the Burley empty chair conference was a real low. The snubbing aficionados snub that was. Who was that shithouse who snubbed us and chose Bristol City before Megson was appointed? Cole Skuse?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2022 15:10:21 GMT
Cedric Soares
Zay Angola decided to go to Bristol City instead of rejoining us first time around
Axel Witsel Mark Hughes wanted, wasn't interested.
Joe Royle another one who turned us down for Bristol City.
Ruel Fox when at Norwich
Darren Huckerby
Alexei Lalas both Stoke and Coventry tried to sign, went to Italy.
Leigh Jenkinson
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Post by silsdenstokie on Sept 30, 2022 15:15:01 GMT
Was gutted when Inchy snubbed us to go to Villa in 1989. Not for long though as we signed Bertie instead
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Post by wrighter on Sept 30, 2022 15:16:34 GMT
George Burley [manager]
BUllet missed there
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Post by silsdenstokie on Sept 30, 2022 15:17:48 GMT
Cedric Soares Zay Angola decided to go to Bristol City instead of rejoining us first time around Axel Witsel Mark Hughes wanted, wasn't interested. Joe Royle another one who turned us down for Bristol City. Ruel Fox when at Norwich Darren Huckerby Alexei Lalas both Stoke and Coventry tried to sign, went to Italy. Leigh Jenkinson Did Leigh Jenkinson turn us down mate? Remember him ripping us a new one one year playing for Hull (3-2 home defeat). Thought hed be a good signing for us at the time
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2022 15:20:48 GMT
Cedric Soares Zay Angola decided to go to Bristol City instead of rejoining us first time around Axel Witsel Mark Hughes wanted, wasn't interested. Joe Royle another one who turned us down for Bristol City. Ruel Fox when at Norwich Darren Huckerby Alexei Lalas both Stoke and Coventry tried to sign, went to Italy. Leigh Jenkinson Did Leigh Jenkinson turn us down mate? Remember him ripping us a new one one year playing for Hull (3-2 home defeat). Thought hed be a good signing for us at the time Yep we tried to sign him twice think it was. Went to Coventry in the end seem to remember. Once was after that 2-3 game.
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Post by lordb on Sept 30, 2022 16:47:02 GMT
Was gutted when Inchy snubbed us to go to Villa in 1989. Not for long though as we signed Bertie instead Or did we sign Ian Scott instead?
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Post by silsdenstokie on Sept 30, 2022 16:54:57 GMT
Was gutted when Inchy snubbed us to go to Villa in 1989. Not for long though as we signed Bertie instead Or did we sign Ian Scott instead? Think we got both mate……it was the summer of promise with Cranny and Statham bought in aswell! Shame it all went pete tong, but ultimately Bertie and Cranny turned out to be great signings for us
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Post by callas12 on Sept 30, 2022 17:46:05 GMT
Just wondering, did David James snub us or were there greater powers that be going on there behind that potential deal that was spoke about at the time?
Davesviews always mentioned he'd reveal all one day about that saga but not sure the real reasons ever surfaced?!
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Post by silsdenstokie on Sept 30, 2022 17:55:38 GMT
Just wondering, did David James snub us or were there greater powers that be going on there behind that potential deal that was spoke about at the time? Davesviews always mentioned he'd reveal all one day about that saga but not sure the real reasons ever surfaced?! Rings a bell that. Did we end up with Bego instead?
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Post by Veritas on Sept 30, 2022 18:47:46 GMT
I think the most significant one since I have been a supporter is Peter Osgood The missing piece in the jigsaw after Big John broke his leg I still dream about Shilton Marsh Pejic Mahoney Smith Dodd Robertson Greenhoff Osgood Hudson Salmons Dream Team! Most certainly Osgood was the big miss
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Sept 30, 2022 18:58:06 GMT
I think the most significant one since I have been a supporter is Peter Osgood The missing piece in the jigsaw after Big John broke his leg I still dream about Shilton Marsh Pejic Mahoney Smith Dodd Robertson Greenhoff Osgood Hudson Salmons Dream Team! Most certainly Osgood was the big miss We didn't needs Shilton. Farmer was a very good and very underrated keeper. In hindsight if we'd used the money we spent on Shilts to tempt Osgood I'm convinced we'd have won the league. Although at the time as a 13 year old I thought Shilton was fantastic signing.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2022 18:58:41 GMT
Was a Leicester centre back...Larry or Laurie. Travelled to Stoke, said he saw the place and went back home...says something coming from Leicester or maybe he then signed for Leicester. Apparently he had the opposite problem at Brighton, Saw house prices and went home. Remember a column re him in the paper as a kid saying why he went where he did.
One for Google
Edit... Larry May.
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Post by Veritas on Sept 30, 2022 19:22:42 GMT
Most certainly Osgood was the big miss We didn't needs Shilton. Farmer was a very good and very underrated keeper. In hindsight if we'd used the money we spent on Shilts to tempt Osgood I'm convinced we'd have won the league. Although at the time as a 13 year old I thought Shilton was fantastic signing. World record fee for for a goalkeeper, yes we really did pay a world record fee for a goalkeeper!! We all thought it was a fantastic signing.
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Post by callas12 on Sept 30, 2022 21:08:20 GMT
Just wondering, did David James snub us or were there greater powers that be going on there behind that potential deal that was spoke about at the time? Davesviews always mentioned he'd reveal all one day about that saga but not sure the real reasons ever surfaced?! Rings a bell that. Did we end up with Bego instead? Indeed, timing would definitely suggest so.. If the case we definitely ended up with the better deal at that point, Begovic was fresh into his career whilst James was drawing to a conclusion. Although do remember him joining Bristol City & just checked and suprised to see he play 80 odd times for them. www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/david-james-set-to-join-stoke-1867974.html
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Post by onionman on Sept 30, 2022 21:26:30 GMT
Was a Leicester centre back...Larry or Laurie. Travelled to Stoke, said he saw the place and went back home...says something coming from Leicester or maybe he then signed for Leicester. Apparently he had the opposite problem at Brighton, Saw house prices and went home. Remember a column re him in the paper as a kid saying why he went where he did. One for Google Edit... Larry May. About the same time as the Kevin Moran saga? Every centre back in the country turned us down and we ended up playing Tony Henry and Carl Beeston at centre back. Then Mark Higgins hobbled up to fill the gap, about five years after he had retired through injury.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2022 21:32:42 GMT
Was a Leicester centre back...Larry or Laurie. Travelled to Stoke, said he saw the place and went back home...says something coming from Leicester or maybe he then signed for Leicester. Apparently he had the opposite problem at Brighton, Saw house prices and went home. Remember a column re him in the paper as a kid saying why he went where he did. One for Google Edit... Larry May. About the same time as the Kevin Moran saga? Every centre back in the country turned us down and we ended up playing Tony Henry and Carl Beeston at centre back. Then Mark Higgins hobbled up to fill the gap, about five years after he had retired through injury. I can't ever remember Kevin Moran being linked which is odd as saw him play GAA for Dublin before he was a...well footballer. You're right though...we tried to sign a CB and were offered and made offers for just about any breathing one it seemed.
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Post by Rt Hon Reverend Luvpump on Sept 30, 2022 21:43:06 GMT
For a quarter of a million pounds as well and he was less fit than Hurricane Higgins. Remember seeing him in the players lounge at the Victoria ground and asking who he was was told he apparently had been at stoke for 2 years can’t remember him playing at all.
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Post by Rt Hon Reverend Luvpump on Sept 30, 2022 21:49:45 GMT
For a quarter of a million pounds as well and he was less fit than Hurricane Higgins. Remember seeing him in the players lounge at the Victoria ground and asking who he was was told he apparently had been at stoke for 2 years can’t remember him playing at all. Actually don’t think it was the players lounge it was the room where they kept the pottery cup they share a drink from before the season starts apparently.
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Sept 30, 2022 22:28:37 GMT
Nathan Redmond, went Saaf'ampton instead
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Post by spitthedog on Sept 30, 2022 22:52:51 GMT
Most certainly Osgood was the big miss We didn't needs Shilton. Farmer was a very good and very underrated keeper. In hindsight if we'd used the money we spent on Shilts to tempt Osgood I'm convinced we'd have won the league. Although at the time as a 13 year old I thought Shilton was fantastic signing. We all loved John Farmer as he was a local lad, and he had been a fine keeper, but it seems Waddo had lost faith in him after some poor performances and that's why he looked at bringing Shilton in. Farmer was brilliant as an understudy for Banks but somehow couldn't handle the responsibility of being a first choice keeper. He just used to switch off at times in games. See the Chelsea game with the howler that gifted them a last minute goal on youtube. He was known as a confidence player, he was known for that even when he played for Northwich Vic the season after he left us and I think lost his place there. I don't really know the full story but it seemed his heart wasn't really in football by that time and that's probably why he retired at 26/27. Shilton's debut for Stoke was one the best Ive seen from a keeper. The problem with Shilton was more his personality, he didn't fit in and the fact that a few of our players didn't take to him. We could have had Osgood and Shilton if Osgood hadn't have turned us down it wasn't a choice between the two as far as I can recall.
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Sept 30, 2022 23:01:31 GMT
We didn't needs Shilton. Farmer was a very good and very underrated keeper. In hindsight if we'd used the money we spent on Shilts to tempt Osgood I'm convinced we'd have won the league. Although at the time as a 13 year old I thought Shilton was fantastic signing. We all loved John Farmer as he was a local lad, and he had been a fine keeper, but it seems Waddo had lost faith in him after some poor performances and that's why he looked at bringing Shilton in. Farmer was brilliant as an understudy for Banks but somehow couldn't handle the responsibility of being a first choice keeper. He just used to switch off at times in games. See the Chelsea game with the howler that gifted them a last minute goal on youtube. He was known as a confidence player, he was known for that even when he played for Northwich Vic the season after he left us and I think lost his place there. I don't really know the full story but it seemed his heart wasn't really in football by that time and that's probably why he retired at 26/27. Shilton's debut for Stoke was one the best Ive seen from a keeper. The problem with Shilton was more his personality, he didn't fit in and the fact that a few of our players didn't take to him. We could have had Osgood and Shilton if Osgood hadn't have turned us down it wasn't a choice between the two as far as I can recall. Like I say I was 13 so looked at it through a very youthful and naive lens but that's not how I remember it. I thought we failed with Osgood because we couldn't meet his wage demands having used our budget on Shilton. But it is 50 odd years ago and you may well be right.
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Post by Gary Hackett on Oct 2, 2022 8:22:55 GMT
Imre Varadi
David Prutton
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Post by lordb on Oct 2, 2022 8:37:57 GMT
Don’t remember Stoke being in for Varadi He would have been good
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Post by Gary Hackett on Oct 2, 2022 8:57:18 GMT
Don’t remember Stoke being in for Varadi He would have been good Yeah I was gutted about that at the time
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Post by lordb on Oct 2, 2022 9:22:41 GMT
Don’t remember Stoke being in for Varadi He would have been good Yeah I was gutted about that at the time When was it? Mills presumably Please don't tell me we signed Bamber instead
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