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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 15:49:22 GMT
was it as cold as the brit in winter? and what was parking like?
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Post by trickydicky73 on Aug 27, 2015 15:52:09 GMT
No, it was constant sunshine; everything was great, I was young and had hair.
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Post by bringmesunshine on Aug 27, 2015 15:54:36 GMT
Parking was worse, it wasn’t as cold and the atmosphere was amazing it was just a truly special place
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 16:13:32 GMT
Great memories. I had hair as well. The smell of pipe tobacco and Bovril in the boothen stand will linger forever. Met George Graham in the tea bar once. Took dixon and bould off us later.Kept that quiet the sneaky bastard.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Aug 27, 2015 16:14:38 GMT
Wish I could remember it more as well. I'd been going on and off for the two seasons before, but I was only 8 when it closed and I've got a dogshit memory anyway.
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Post by stokiejoe on Aug 27, 2015 16:16:58 GMT
Also had hair, parking was crap but transport far better. Not cold, standing allows you to move and stay warmer.
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Post by bertiestan on Aug 27, 2015 16:17:15 GMT
My old man used to park on the steep hill just down from penkhull by the allotments, used to love night matches n see the vic under the floodlights, will never forget that image.
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Post by sufolkstokie on Aug 27, 2015 16:20:33 GMT
Parked at Town Hall - 20 min walk I think
Bourne Sports may have added time
Then the snooker pub on the corner (old age makes me forget)
Still remember some coming out of their houses next to the ground in slippers to watch the game, 5 mins before the start
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Aug 27, 2015 16:34:35 GMT
Parking was worse, it wasn’t as cold and the atmosphere was amazing it was just a truly special place Disagree about the parking fella - used to park in Penkhull New Road - could be in the motor with the wheels turning within 10 minutes of the final whistle - only cost a quid as well (free evenings and Sundays). Definitely agree there was more of a community feel about it - it did feel like "home". You got the tingle as you walked through the streets that you simply don't get walking up Stanley Matthews Way. Would happily go to reserve matches just to be there (though the Central League genuinely did feel like a league - unlike the U21 games). Miss it - but then it was of an era that we've all moved on from. 20 years ago I wouldn't have batted an eyelid at the state of Kenilworth Road - on Tuesday it really did look like a shit tip.
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Post by hartzchoco on Aug 27, 2015 16:39:52 GMT
I don't think I've ever read a bad word about the Vic on here. Why did we move?
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Post by bertiestan on Aug 27, 2015 16:42:20 GMT
I don't think I've ever read a bad word about the Vic on here. Why did we move? That's the million dollar question mate, I'd have us back there tomorrow.
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Aug 27, 2015 16:46:59 GMT
I don't think I've ever read a bad word about the Vic on here. Why did we move? Because the costs of complying with the requirements of the Taylor Report were more effectively met by moving rather than redeveloping.
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Post by redandwhitetundra on Aug 27, 2015 16:47:53 GMT
To comply with league rules would have cost more than £15m. Most of which came from Government grants which we wouldn't have had for redeveloping the Vic.
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Post by PotterLog on Aug 27, 2015 16:48:31 GMT
I don't think I've ever read a bad word about the Vic on here. Why did we move? It was old and knackered and near impossible to properly do up without spending mega $$$.
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Post by shawi on Aug 27, 2015 16:49:12 GMT
Always went by train, easy walk to Uncle Tom's Cabin or The Wharf & Red Lion before one got demolished & the other got uplifted to God knows where !
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Post by PotterLog on Aug 27, 2015 16:51:22 GMT
15-minute walk down Campbell road for me. Watch the game from the Boothen, pack of chips for the walk back, home in time to watch the goals on whatever that show was called.
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Post by wrighter on Aug 27, 2015 16:56:26 GMT
Parking was great for me, Used to park in Campbell Road right opposite the Boothen End, Got to know an old man who lived there, who used to put out " No Parking " bollards for me on match days, and in return id bring him up veggies/fruit from my garden, it worked a treat for both of us. Got there about 1, time to go and get my meat/potato pies, quick BJ at Fingertips Massage in Glebe St, then back to the Vic I never felt it cold there, everyone was packed in tight in the Boothen, always stood in the same place, same fans always there, never knew their names, but always a " Hi, how are you " etc Can NEVER forget the awful stench in the bogs !!! Miss the Vic very much
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 16:58:05 GMT
was it as cold as the brit in winter? and what was parking like? Yes, and it stunk of piss
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Post by nott1 on Aug 27, 2015 17:00:03 GMT
I used to park in Hill street just above the cafe beloved of some Stoke players (Cafe Rima?). I remember Gerry Bridgewood used to order burnt toast before training most mornings.Loved the Vic in any part of the ground.
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Post by stokeharry on Aug 27, 2015 17:01:11 GMT
It will always be home and the Brit will never compare
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 17:07:24 GMT
For years my old man would arrive at 2.30 and dump his car on waste land by the police station
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Post by hartzchoco on Aug 27, 2015 17:26:20 GMT
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Post by Skankmonkey on Aug 27, 2015 17:31:45 GMT
I don't ever remember it being cold in the ground. Occasionally on the Boothen you might find one leg suspiciously warmer than the other now and again.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 17:34:57 GMT
Great great place.proper football ground...and terraces (god footy isn't the same without them!). Watch the game then few minutes walk down campbell road to my granny's for a proper big tea afterwards.them were the days!
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Post by Boothen on Aug 27, 2015 17:37:54 GMT
Parking was worse, it wasn’t as cold and the atmosphere was amazing it was just a truly special place Parking may have been bad, but it wasn't as bad as having the cops banging on the door at six in the morning on a Saturday asking us local residents to move our cars so they could put the yellow 'no parking' bollards out in our street.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Aug 27, 2015 17:44:21 GMT
My old man used to park on the steep hill just down from penkhull by the allotments, used to love night matches n see the vic under the floodlights, will never forget that image. I remember this walk well from the sixties. When you got to the bottom the smell of boiled onions wafted down from the hot dog sellers at the top of London Rd. The crowd and sense of anticipation swelled as you approached the ground. On a Satdee afternoon the aroma of Bass and cigar smoke on the old Stoke end was heady stuff for this eight year old. A few years later I could be finishing my pint off at 3.05 in plenty of time to be on the Boothen for the 3.15 KO. <smiley>
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Post by bertiestan on Aug 27, 2015 17:48:01 GMT
That's exactly how I recall it mate
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 17:49:52 GMT
I used to park in Hill street just above the cafe beloved of some Stoke players (Cafe Rima?). I remember Gerry Bridgewood used to order burnt toast before training most mornings.Loved the Vic in any part of the ground. Proper greasy spoon the Rima was
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Post by clarkeda on Aug 27, 2015 17:51:23 GMT
Wish I could remember it more as well. I'd been going on and off for the two seasons before, but I was only 8 when it closed and I've got a dogshit memory anyway. You'll be about the same as me and I only went the Vic a few times before it closed, and I too, have a truly awful memory.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 18:08:56 GMT
Parking was never a problem. Most people had their own streets that they used - I used to park up in the street that runs around the back of St Peter's church. Short walk to the ground (via the Glebe, Vic, Uncle Toms Cabin ....), and a quick getaway onto the D Road after the match.
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