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Post by Eggybread on Jan 20, 2018 9:58:35 GMT
Chell (hell) High say no more.
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Post by dutchstokie on Jan 20, 2018 10:07:48 GMT
Alsager Comprehensive in the early to mid eighties, we had a good team Always had battles with Holmes Chapel mainly because of Andy Porter who went on to play for the fail, Shavington and Kingsgrove.
Oh and our coach got bricked by some bell ends when we battered Biddulph High one time
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2018 10:08:01 GMT
15 a-side, no fouls, no offsides - games ending 34-15. Sometimes we had to play with a tennis ball, fucking quality.
Best days of my life.
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Post by wagsastokie on Jan 20, 2018 10:09:09 GMT
Rare
More egg chasing ,cricket and cross country
Let us have a go at hockey once two in the sick bay in the first ten minutes they decided not wise to give lads lumps of wood
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Post by riproaring on Jan 20, 2018 10:09:23 GMT
Chell (hell) High say no more. Top school mine aswell
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Post by loosestools on Jan 20, 2018 10:24:23 GMT
Biddulph Grammar school throughout the sixties had a few talented players. Played the old style formation. I don't think we played in a league as such but I remember playing against teams like Hanley High, Chell high school, Cheddldeton. If there's anyone on here from Biddulph from around that time you might know a few players I used to play with. John Caddy, Steve Stubbs, Rob Salt, Andrew Walczak, John Cornwell, Dave Hart. A few of those lads went on to play for Stoke schoolboys All of those lads were in the year above me, I think Rod Eckersley was a bit older but he wasn't bad either. I remember playing against Hanley High School and it was fantastic in Mondays assembly as Mr Jones the HM read out the results from Saturdays matches. Every year got battered by at least 11-0. The record in my year was 22-0.
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Post by bangorstokie on Jan 20, 2018 11:08:48 GMT
Chell (hell) High say no more. Top school mine aswell They were shit at football tho.
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Post by bangorstokie on Jan 20, 2018 11:23:38 GMT
Biddulph Grammar school throughout the sixties had a few talented players. Played the old style formation. I don't think we played in a league as such but I remember playing against teams like Hanley High, Chell high school, Cheddldeton. If there's anyone on here from Biddulph from around that time you might know a few players I used to play with. John Caddy, Steve Stubbs, Rob Salt, Andrew Walczak, John Cornwell, Dave Hart. A few of those lads went on to play for Stoke schoolboys All of those lads were in the year above me, I think Rod Eckersley was a bit older but he wasn't bad either. I remember playing against Hanley High School and it was fantastic in Mondays assembly as Mr Jones the HM read out the results from Saturdays matches. Every year got battered by at least 11-0. The record in my year was 22-0. Who was your pe teacher. It must of been Eric Biddle. Used to kick lumps out of us in training. One year, 4th year I think, we won every game andgot to a cup final against Hanley High. Can't remember what cup it was but it was played at Leek Town. Had Vale player as referee (twat) and we lost two nil. We thought we were going to walk it. Absolutely gutted. Fighting amongst rival schools supporters as well.
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Jan 20, 2018 11:42:16 GMT
I was at Park Hall Primary, back in the 70s. Mr Collns ran the football team, complete with tactics talks on a chalkboard and everything. He was a big proponent of 4-2-4; it wouldn't work at any other level but for ball-chasing kids, it worked well. I played right back, was utter crap, but kept my place based on a knack for goal line clearances and a shortage of boys. Yes that lovely all weather, innovative, redgra pitch! The goalkeeper was whoever could kick it the furthest! Charlie Hughes learned everything he knew! alster I'm guessing Gentleman, John and Belfield! Gentleman enjoyed smacking kids on the arse with a pump the dodgy evil jock git!
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Post by reuben on Jan 20, 2018 12:06:40 GMT
1970's gravel 'all weather pitch' that stripped your skin to the bone if you weren't careful. For some reason St Joseph's only allowed us to use their playing field for rugby and cricket, not footie. Nasty pitch that was better down the tip
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Post by stokiejoe on Jan 20, 2018 12:18:49 GMT
1970's gravel 'all weather pitch' that stripped your skin to the bone if you weren't careful. For some reason St Joseph's only allowed us to use their playing field for rugby and cricket, not footie. Trent Vale recreation ground with stones set into the surface to mark the penalty spot. Lived by the bottom gate in Alder Walk, gutted when they restored the railings ( late 50's I think) Happy days.
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Post by takeshikovacs on Jan 20, 2018 12:28:41 GMT
Played football, but was primarily a rugby school/
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Post by bathstoke on Jan 20, 2018 12:33:40 GMT
30 a side with a tennis ball 🎾
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Post by scfc75 on Jan 20, 2018 12:38:30 GMT
Blurton High in the 80's, our school team was fantastic. Also played ladsandads at Milton on a Sunday. Always remember one game at Milton in a hailstorm, I've never been so cold.
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Post by spitthedog on Jan 20, 2018 12:40:02 GMT
What I remember
1. PE teachers who clearly had hangups about not making it as pro footballers and took out all their frustrations on the kids
2. We always seemed to play games when it was wet, freezing and windy on muddy pitches
3. Playing on full sized pitches with full sized goals with hard, heavy footballs
4. No coaching of technical skills.
5. You were ok if you could run fast and knock people off the ball with your weight.
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Post by tuum on Jan 20, 2018 12:46:12 GMT
Funnily enough, our P.E teacher was always telling me off for scoring too many goals and the only way he could stop me was by putting me in goal. Selfish bastard.
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Post by medwaypotter on Jan 20, 2018 12:49:52 GMT
Painful, got plenty of kicks being the only Stoke fan surrounded by glory hunting fuckers.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2018 13:28:52 GMT
Yeh, pretty much just like Kes Teacher was a right arsehole.
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Post by ltj386 on Jan 20, 2018 17:12:49 GMT
American here, so no soccer in school until high school. I had stopped playing by age 11, but what I do remember was there only ever being two defenders and if you were one of them you booted the ball as far as you could if it got to you. Most youth league coaches had little to no experience with the game, so not much emphasis on formation or what exactly your specific role on the pitch was. Keeper was my favorite position, but as I grew up to only be 5'8" there wasn't much of a future in it for me.
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Post by baystokie on Jan 20, 2018 17:48:56 GMT
Was at Hanley High from 1950-1957
Remember it was only 5 years since WW2 had ended. Kit was scarce, rarely did all team members match each other, not everyone had proper football boots and the few balls we had looked as though they were PV/SC rejects. At Chell - pitches behind school were 95% ashes and rubble, 1% grass; pitches at Sprink Bank(?) were slightly better but there was the long walk along High Lane to get there and back to the showers after.
At Bucknall - pitches 90% soil/mud, 10% grass so an improvement of sorts. Those were the days when the goalposts had nets on ONLY during inter-house matches and inter-school games, otherwise, goalies had to go and retrieve the ball whenever it went behind (or through) the goalposts!
However, we knew no better, happy days.
Teacher from 1952 was Dennis Wilshaw - he hid his frustration at our attempts to mimic Tom Finney and Puskas etc!!
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Post by xchpotter on Jan 20, 2018 17:52:13 GMT
Meir Middle....made to run to Pinewood School to play on grass by Mr Platt.....knackered before we got there. Then Longton High....recall two games lessons per week split between rugby and footy in the winter. Happy, happy days.
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Post by chesterfieldstokie on Jan 20, 2018 17:57:18 GMT
I went to Longton High - we didn’t play football, in fact you weren’t allowed to mention it. At the start of “games” we sat in lines in the gym and the PE Teachers would emerge from their room at the front. After standing and dropping our shorts to demonstrate we weren’t wearing underpants (!!!) we had to declare any forgotten kit. If you said “Sir I’ve forgotten my football boots” for example you were called down to the front of the gym ,bent down and whacked with a “padder bat”. You were asked what you had forgotten again - you soon learned to say “I’ve forgotten my rugby football boots Sir”. Being small I hated rugby but after the first year you could choose hockey and once I had a stick I was the same size as anyone else but soccer was never an option. Was the teacher Arnold Copeland or Mountford?
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Jan 20, 2018 19:16:10 GMT
5 mins into the second half of a game I got upended and broke my arm. The PE teacher told me to go sit down in the changing room while he carried on ref'ing. About half an hour after the game finished and everyone had gone home he noticed I was still sitting there looking a bit peaky (that and my hand was pointing the wrong way) so drove me to the hospital to get my arm set and plastered.
Happy days....
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Post by bathstoke on Jan 20, 2018 19:26:09 GMT
If you weren't any good or footie at our school you played rugby, a game for fat kids & bullies. I was both 🙁
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Post by loosestools on Jan 20, 2018 19:34:05 GMT
All of those lads were in the year above me, I think Rod Eckersley was a bit older but he wasn't bad either. I remember playing against Hanley High School and it was fantastic in Mondays assembly as Mr Jones the HM read out the results from Saturdays matches. Every year got battered by at least 11-0. The record in my year was 22-0. Who was your pe teacher. It must of been Eric Biddle. Used to kick lumps out of us in training. One year, 4th year I think, we won every game andgot to a cup final against Hanley High. Can't remember what cup it was but it was played at Leek Town. Had Vale player as referee (twat) and we lost two nil. We thought we were going to walk it. Absolutely gutted. Fighting amongst rival schools supporters as well. Yes it was Eric Biddle and his missus taught music, then we had a new PE master who allegedly played pro footy for someone and I cant remember his name, he was quite handy as I recall. I do remember the pitches were diabolical, used to come in absolutely covered in mud. I do remember that cup match as we were encouraged to go and support the lads. We did have to stay behind after assembly as Mr Jones endeavoured to find the culprits who had embarrassed the school. I didn't let on as my mother would have thrashed me. Bet you remember Barry Sherwin, a role model for me.
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Post by penkvillepotter on Jan 20, 2018 19:39:43 GMT
Biddulph Grammar school throughout the sixties had a few talented players. Played the old style formation. I don't think we played in a league as such but I remember playing against teams like Hanley High, Chell high school, Cheddldeton. If there's anyone on here from Biddulph from around that time you might know a few players I used to play with. John Caddy, Steve Stubbs, Rob Salt, Andrew Walczak, John Cornwell, Dave Hart. A few of those lads went on to play for Stoke schoolboys I remember John Caddy and Andy Walczak. I went there in 1969. We got to the final of the SOT U16 Cup in 1974 but were beaten 2-0by Endsor High. They had Kenny Beech playing for them. We were pretty decent but Knypersley Hall were thought to better but we never played them as we played Staffs Moorlands schools.
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Post by loosestools on Jan 20, 2018 19:42:54 GMT
Biddulph Grammar school throughout the sixties had a few talented players. Played the old style formation. I don't think we played in a league as such but I remember playing against teams like Hanley High, Chell high school, Cheddldeton. If there's anyone on here from Biddulph from around that time you might know a few players I used to play with. John Caddy, Steve Stubbs, Rob Salt, Andrew Walczak, John Cornwell, Dave Hart. A few of those lads went on to play for Stoke schoolboys I remember John Caddy and Andy Walczak. I went there in 1969. We got to the final of the SOT U16 Cup in 1974 but were beaten 2-0by Endsor High. They had Kenny Beech playing for them. We were pretty decent but Knypersley Hall were thought to better but we never played them as we played Staffs Moorlands schools. Les Lowe was decent at footy and cricket and played for Knypersley. All round good sportsman. I think he played for Stoke boys.
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Post by slicko on Jan 20, 2018 19:46:06 GMT
22 a side on a tarmac netball pitch. A tennis ball replaced the casey as it wouldn’t bust the art class windows.
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Post by alster on Jan 20, 2018 19:48:00 GMT
I was at Park Hall Primary, back in the 70s. Mr Collns ran the football team, complete with tactics talks on a chalkboard and everything. He was a big proponent of 4-2-4; it wouldn't work at any other level but for ball-chasing kids, it worked well. I played right back, was utter crap, but kept my place based on a knack for goal line clearances and a shortage of boys. Yes that lovely all weather, innovative, redgra pitch! The goalkeeper was whoever could kick it the furthest! Charlie Hughes learned everything he knew! alster I'm guessing Gentleman, John and Belfield! Gentleman enjoyed smacking kids on the arse with a pump the dodgy evil jock git! Nah Willfield the rugby basketball bloke was nicknamed Sharky think his real name was goodwin or good something. The lazy bastard was known as Jimmy Edwards he was either Scottish or a Geordie they both liked whacking you with a massive pump or a bat that was nicknamed Jaws had like a face painted on it with big teeth.
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Post by stokiednk on Jan 20, 2018 19:54:33 GMT
I went to Thistley Hough I loved the football and other sports but the only bad thing was the way our PE teacher Mr Jones used to enjoy watching us getting in and out of the showers :-(
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