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Post by lagwafis on Oct 8, 2016 18:11:12 GMT
A bit of local history here. The last Potteries derby at the Victoria Ground from April 1997 (Stoke 2 Port Vale 0)
Quite a bit of drama surrounding the game. Vale were actually an outside bet for the play-offs while Lou Macari had just announced he was standing down to fight his court case against Celtic.
The final match at the Vic against West Brom felt more like a party, this one a few weeks before had a lot more hanging on it.
The two goals turned out to be Shezza's last for the club. On a different note I always thought Aspin was a fantastic player for the Vale, he had a hell of a battle with Sheron that afternoon.
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Post by Waggy on Oct 8, 2016 18:19:39 GMT
Marvellous viewing.
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Post by dexta on Oct 8, 2016 18:32:17 GMT
A bit of local history here. The last Potteries derby at the Victoria Ground from April 1997 (Stoke 2 Port Vale 0) Quite a bit of drama surrounding the game. Vale were actually an outside bet for the play-offs while Lou Macari had just announced he was standing down to fight his court case against Celtic. The final match at the Vic against West Brom felt more like a party, this one a few weeks before had a lot more hanging on it. The two goals turned out to be Shezza's last for the club. On a different note I always thought Aspin was a fantastic player for the Vale, he had a hell of a battle with Sheron that afternoon. some cracking memories there fella played in front of proper fans....we need a razor wallace and sheron now...and the vale didnt sell all there tickets for that game somethings have never changed |
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Post by Gods on Oct 8, 2016 18:40:16 GMT
Voluminous shirts, tucked in  Has Andy Townsend really been doing this punditry thing for 20 years ?  Cheerleaders at the Vic  'Big' Ron Atkinson providing the spiky anlysis before n*gger gate drove a coach and horses through his media career  |
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Post by Cast no shadow on Oct 8, 2016 18:48:21 GMT
That delilah
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Post by stokebloke on Oct 8, 2016 18:49:44 GMT
God I used to hate the Vale.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 19:01:28 GMT
Mike Sheron, you stupid b*****d. Why did you go to QPR?*
*I probably know the answer (Wasn't it to help pay for the Stadium?)
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Post by mattador78 on Oct 8, 2016 19:02:41 GMT
Where did it all go wrong
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Post by mattador78 on Oct 8, 2016 19:03:21 GMT
Mike Sheron, you stupid b*****d. Why did you go to QPR?* *I probably know the answer (Wasn't it to help pay for the Stadium?) Not according to moxey |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 19:09:41 GMT
Mike Sheron, you stupid b*****d. Why did you go to QPR?* *I probably know the answer (Wasn't it to help pay for the Stadium?) Not according to moxey Confirmed then!  |
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Post by chuckrocky on Oct 8, 2016 19:10:43 GMT
My first ever match this was. Think we beat them again the following season at the Brit, can't remember us beating them since?
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Post by bolly_premprem on Oct 8, 2016 19:50:08 GMT
thanks for that, that was 20 minutes great viewing
I dont remember Mike Macari being that good, but he was unlucky not to score a couple in that game
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Post by RichJonesy on Oct 8, 2016 19:54:01 GMT
That guy 2:10 in with the suspect curtains waving the wanker sign. Hahahaha
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Post by NG4POTTERS on Oct 8, 2016 20:41:19 GMT
Mate! Wonderful. The era when i was there week in week out. Superb video. Thank you!!
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Post by NG4POTTERS on Oct 8, 2016 20:52:18 GMT
I'm telling ya. Watching that back. All the riches and kudos of being up in the premier league. Its great but that video is what football is all about. A blood and thunder local derby. That intense roar to take the side forward. A younger generation of fans won't know a stoke vale game but they were absolute quality. Especially the away games. Look at the boothen end from a distance. Absolutely beautiful. Love you city!!!!
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Post by gilberto on Oct 8, 2016 21:11:54 GMT
Yes. THAT is how you sing Delilah. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 21:27:03 GMT
Mate! Wonderful. The era when i was there week in week out. Superb video. Thank you!! I was there but I'll be fucked if I can remember anything about that game at all  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 22:53:11 GMT
Wasn't there that day. I ripped the living room door off when Sheron scored just before halftime.
Great highlights.
--Edit--
I also ripped the same door of its hinges when QPR came back from 4-0 down to equalise against the Burslem dog botherers.
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Post by Davef on Oct 8, 2016 23:27:32 GMT
A bit of local history here. The last Potteries derby at the Victoria Ground from April 1997 (Stoke 2 Port Vale 0) Quite a bit of drama surrounding the game. Vale were actually an outside bet for the play-offs while Lou Macari had just announced he was standing down to fight his court case against Celtic. The final match at the Vic against West Brom felt more like a party, this one a few weeks before had a lot more hanging on it. The two goals turned out to be Shezza's last for the club. On a different note I always thought Aspin was a fantastic player for the Vale, he had a hell of a battle with Sheron that afternoon. some cracking memories there fella played in front of proper fans....we need a razor wallace and sheron now...and the vale didnt sell all there tickets for that game somethings have never changed Ray Wallace isn't fit to lace Glenn Whelan's boots. We had one good season season out of Wallace. Whelan has given us nine seasons - eight of them in the Premier League. Honestly... |
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Post by mickstupp on Oct 9, 2016 0:27:16 GMT
Great footage, amazing to think that's nineteen years ago. I have to say Mike Macari looked a much better player in those highlights than I remember him being. When you consider how utterly crap we were the following season, you have to wonder what happened to him and also the likes of Neil Mackenzie
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2016 0:30:06 GMT
some cracking memories there fella played in front of proper fans....we need a razor wallace and sheron now...and the vale didnt sell all there tickets for that game somethings have never changed Ray Wallace isn't fit to lace Glenn Whelan's boots. We had one good season season out of Wallace. Whelan has given us nine seasons - eight of them in the Premier League. Honestly... Ray Wallace was gash. |
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Post by mickstupp on Oct 9, 2016 0:35:02 GMT
Ray Wallace isn't fit to lace Glenn Whelan's boots. We had one good season season out of Wallace. Whelan has given us nine seasons - eight of them in the Premier League. Honestly... Ray Wallace was gash. He benefited enormously from being alongside Nigel Gleghorn in 95/96. Once Nige retired, he was crap. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2016 0:43:19 GMT
Was that when Robbie was Vale's guest of honour, and had just left Take That, and we sang " You're not singing anymore"...and " There's only one Gary Barlow"
And was he due to do a penalty shoot out at half time, but interviewed on Sky ( maybe) said he was so intimidated he fucked off home...
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Post by danceswithclams on Oct 9, 2016 0:44:53 GMT
Ray Wallace may have degenerated into a pedestrian plodder after this season but he was responsible for one of the best comedy moments I've experienced following this club...
During the tail end of the abysmal Chic Bates/Chris Kamara/Alan Durban relegation season (1997/98) we played Reading away at Elm Park, not long into Kamara's ill-fated reign. After a load of fighting talk and hubris from new manager Chris in the press leading up to the game, Stoke started the game in an unusual (and potentially more positive) manner with Paul Holsgrove (or someone equally as shit and forgettable) spraying the ball out wide from the kick-off to Razor.
Wallace clearly hadn't been briefed on this revolutionary new forward-thinking tactic and miss-controlled the ball, watching it helplessly as it trickled into touch, then releasing an audible-above-the-sombre-crowd torrent of invective culminating in the enduring phrase:"Cunt Fuck Bolllocks!"
This is the thing that sticks in my mind most about that abortion of a season (in spite of the 7-0 vs. B'ham etc), so much so that Razor's utterance from that day has become somewhat of catch-phrase in my family that is still used nearly 20 years later.
As a result, I am no longer invited to weddings and christenings.
Nice one Raymond.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2016 4:01:08 GMT
I don't even remember remembering the 90's. Good times. |
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Post by bigcashprizes on Oct 9, 2016 6:34:08 GMT
Ray Wallace may have degenerated into a pedestrian plodder after this season but he was responsible for one of the best comedy moments I've experienced following this club... During the tail end of the abysmal Chic Bates/Chris Kamara/Alan Durban relegation season (1997/98) we played Reading away at Elm Park, not long into Kamara's ill-fated reign. After a load of fighting talk and hubris from new manager Chris in the press leading up to the game, Stoke started the game in an unusual (and potentially more positive) manner with Paul Holsgrove (or someone equally as shit and forgettable) spraying the ball out wide from the kick-off to Razor. Wallace clearly hadn't been briefed on this revolutionary new forward-thinking tactic and miss-controlled the ball, watching it helplessly as it trickled into touch, then releasing an audible-above-the-sombre-crowd torrent of invective culminating in the enduring phrase:"Cunt Fuck Bolllocks!" This is the thing that sticks in my mind most about that abortion of a season (in spite of the 7-0 vs. B'ham etc), so much so that Razor's utterance from that day has become somewhat of catch-phrase in my family that is still used nearly 20 years later. As a result, I am no longer invited to weddings and christenings. Nice one Raymond. Fun times! That Reading game was the one where the Stokies wouldn't throw the ball back when it landed on that minging open terrace. I seem to remember 4 or 5 match balls being chucked about at one point. I used to love Razor by the way. "Bollocks!!!" |
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Oct 9, 2016 7:41:18 GMT
All I remember of that game, if it was that game, was laughinging so hard and trying to join in the singing of 'Shit on the Vale!' Didn't this result fuck up their season?  |
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Post by bristolpotter on Oct 9, 2016 7:57:21 GMT
This when Vale got it at the Bell and Bear before the game, ahh when football was football, the air of violence hanging over it , what happened on the pitch was always a sideshow back then, how times have changed we have well and truly morphed into everything we so despised back then in glorious irony zzz
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Post by Waggy on Oct 9, 2016 8:55:44 GMT
I don't even remember remembering the 90's. Good times. I was in my prime in the late 90's. I remember the mayhem as a 18-20 year old. Going out on a weekend starting off bird watching and a short walk in the afternoon , home tea with mother and father and then hit a country pub and chat to folk |
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 9, 2016 9:45:41 GMT
I remember Justin Whittle (in this game) in front of the dug outs, about to intercept then clear a tricky bouncing ball. Ray Wallace was just to his left clearly beckoning for a pass, at which point, Whittle volleyed the ball at a 100mph into razors bollocks. Well it made me laugh |
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