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Post by marcofstoke on Feb 5, 2018 6:45:05 GMT
Stoke City 2 Blyth Spartans 3
Monday 6th February 1978
FA Cup 4th Round,
Victoria Ground, Stoke.
Attendance: 18,765
Stoke City: Roger Jones, Jackie Marsh,
Alec Lindsay, Howard Kendall, Alan Dodd,
Alan Bloor, Steve Waddington, Geoff Scott,
Viv Busby, Terry Conroy, Garth Crooks.
Sub: Jeff Cook.
Blyth Spartans: Dave Clarke, John Waterson,
Ron Guthrie, Eddie Alder, Ronnie Scott,
Tommy Dixon, Rob Carney, Keith Houghton,
Steve Carney, Alan Shoulder, Terry Johnson.
Sub: Dave Varty.
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Post by werrington on Feb 5, 2018 6:46:45 GMT
40 years ago!! ....Jesus
Yep I was there bottom left of the boothen
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Post by stokieinaus on Feb 5, 2018 6:47:09 GMT
Don’t go down that path - it was the lowest of low and will never be forgot
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Post by dexta on Feb 5, 2018 6:47:24 GMT
I was there time soon goes
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Post by marcofstoke on Feb 5, 2018 6:51:07 GMT
I had never before and have never since seen so many discarded season tickets and scarves!
A truly awful night, if you look at the footage pitch maintenance has certainly improved since those days!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 7:13:28 GMT
I was there with my four teenage mates in the Boothen. 40 years ago - where have the years gone ?
Totally expecting to win comfortably only for it all to go disastrously wrong. Unbelievable watching us lose and seeing and feeling the crowd reaction.
Most probably the worst result of my life as a Stoke fan, although there's plenty of terrible results and performances to choose from over the years.
Only Birmingham 0-7 comes close to it for me personally.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 7:13:38 GMT
Stoke City 2 Blyth Spartans 3 Monday 6th February 1978 FA Cup 4th Round, Victoria Ground, Stoke. Attendance: 18,765 Stoke City: Roger Jones, Jackie Marsh, Alec Lindsay, Howard Kendall, Alan Dodd, Alan Bloor, Steve Waddington, Geoff Scott, Viv Busby, Terry Conroy, Garth Crooks. Sub: Jeff Cook. Blyth Spartans: Dave Clarke, John Waterson, Ron Guthrie, Eddie Alder, Ronnie Scott, Tommy Dixon, Rob Carney, Keith Houghton, Steve Carney, Alan Shoulder, Terry Johnson. Sub: Dave Varty. Boothen. Middle. |
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Post by werrington on Feb 5, 2018 7:20:27 GMT
Don’t go down that path - it was the lowest of low and will never be forgot Are you mad ?....surely this moment in time is lower than anything we’ve ever seen That’s what I keep reading on here anyway |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 7:21:48 GMT
Yep, I was there. My 1st ever game, and never looked back.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 7:22:17 GMT
Don’t go down that path - it was the lowest of low and will never be forgot Are you mad ?....surely this moment in time is lower than anything we’ve ever seen That’s what I keep reading on here anyway Apparently the club is “rotten to the core” mate? Not sure how we would have described it back then in that case... |
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Post by crapslinger on Feb 5, 2018 7:24:44 GMT
Don’t go down that path - it was the lowest of low and will never be forgot Are you mad ?....surely this moment in time is lower than anything we’ve ever seen That’s what I keep reading on here anyway Lowest since we gained PL status. |
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Post by harryh157 on Feb 5, 2018 7:30:52 GMT
I was there with my dad but was probably a little young and so the memory has faded. I was at both legs of the defeat by Telford and my best mate at the time was a Telford season ticket holder - no chance of forgetting that one!
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Post by dutchstokie on Feb 5, 2018 7:31:12 GMT
Awful night .... Just awful
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Post by crapslinger on Feb 5, 2018 7:33:50 GMT
Block C under sign.
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Post by crapslinger on Feb 5, 2018 7:35:46 GMT
I was there with my dad but was probably a little young and so the memory has faded. I was at both legs of the defeat by Telford and my best mate at the time was a Telford season ticket holder - no chance of forgetting that one! Stood in the Telford end the away leg, lad I worked with at the time played for Telford, Billy Whitehurst  |
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Post by carlisleexile on Feb 5, 2018 7:38:25 GMT
I was there with a couple of mates from Uni. One from Newcastle and one from Sheffield. Neither expected to see what we saw that night. I was down by the tunnel area. Boy did they get some abuse at the end.
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Post by Northy on Feb 5, 2018 7:42:13 GMT
Unfortunatley  |
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Post by pb1863 on Feb 5, 2018 7:57:33 GMT
I remember listening to it on radio Stoke as it was a school night . I wax there for the previous round when we beat Tilbury and was so excited we had drawn another non league team.
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 5, 2018 7:57:59 GMT
Tuesday is the anniversary isn't it? 😁
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Post by bathstoke on Feb 5, 2018 7:59:34 GMT
Yep, I was there. My 1st ever game, and never looked back. So you're the albatross! |
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Post by gregstokie on Feb 5, 2018 8:01:01 GMT
I’m not sure if I did, so many cup games over the years.
Regards,
Greg
Age 36
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Post by Northy on Feb 5, 2018 8:10:31 GMT
Tuesday is the anniversary isn't it? 😁 I bet you were primed and ready to post 'significant anniversary'  |
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 5, 2018 8:20:05 GMT
Tuesday is the anniversary isn't it? 😁 I bet you were primed and ready to post 'signifivant anniversary' Whyever would you think that? 😃😃😂 |
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Post by owdestokie2 on Feb 5, 2018 8:22:21 GMT
Stoke City 2 Blyth Spartans 3 Monday 6th February 1978 FA Cup 4th Round, Victoria Ground, Stoke. Attendance: 18,765 Stoke City: Roger Jones, Jackie Marsh, Alec Lindsay, Howard Kendall, Alan Dodd, Alan Bloor, Steve Waddington, Geoff Scott, Viv Busby, Terry Conroy, Garth Crooks. Sub: Jeff Cook. Blyth Spartans: Dave Clarke, John Waterson, Ron Guthrie, Eddie Alder, Ronnie Scott, Tommy Dixon, Rob Carney, Keith Houghton, Steve Carney, Alan Shoulder, Terry Johnson. Sub: Dave Varty. yep. I was there. |
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Post by wuzza on Feb 5, 2018 8:25:42 GMT
I remember the disbelief (I was young!) when I was gazing on from the Butler St paddock and a days worth of incessant mockery of my schoolmates the following day - I really should have got round to seeing a psychiatrist about this !!!
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Post by reddipotter on Feb 5, 2018 8:27:25 GMT
I was there, in the Paddock. Still the lowest point (the match, not the Paddock). I still cringe when I hear Blyth Spartans mentioned on football results.
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Post by LiverpoolStokie on Feb 5, 2018 8:28:44 GMT
Yeah, back of the Boothen. I was a student in Wolverhampton in those days and spent the morning and early afternoon phoning Stoke to see if the game was going to go ahead because of a waterlogged pitch. It was, I came back up from Wolves and the rest is history as they say  |
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Post by barnscfc1 on Feb 5, 2018 8:34:41 GMT
Near block c sign by the barrier |
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Post by elystokie on Feb 5, 2018 8:35:40 GMT
Yup, I was in the Boothen, probably via door X, usually was.
Awful.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 8:53:17 GMT
Middle Boothen as an idialistic 16 year old . Really should have collected all the scarves etc that was thrown onto the pitch. made a fortune on ebay now Probably my worst feeling as a Stoke supporter as everthing at that age was way more important. My field of fucks at this present day ineptitude of idiocy is pretty much barren GD |
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