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Post by jeycov on Nov 23, 2020 15:40:21 GMT
R I P
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Post by prestwichpotter on Nov 23, 2020 15:45:26 GMT
RIP to another great Stoke servant x
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Post by lancer on Nov 23, 2020 16:08:13 GMT
Hard as nails, never shirked a tackle, but a bit rough on John Farmer in goal. RIP, Maurice, plenty happy memories of you in red and white.
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Post by jimmygscfc1234 on Nov 23, 2020 16:13:53 GMT
Surely he was too tough to die. If he was playing in late 65 against Sunderland at home, which was my first game (or was it 66???!!) I may have seen him in the flesh. RIP.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2020 16:51:35 GMT
Gritty defender who certainly put himself about a bit. Opposing forwards always knew when Maurice was marking them !
Don't know how we would have fared in today's game but he was a real asset to our team back in the 60's.
RIP Maurice !
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2020 16:58:11 GMT
Great servant as coach for the Republic also under big Jack who he follows. Setters told chuck Norris what to do by all accounts
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Post by lordb on Nov 23, 2020 16:58:17 GMT
Big part of RoI set up under Jack Charlton I believe
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Nov 23, 2020 16:58:45 GMT
Gritty defender who certainly put himself about a bit. Opposing forwards always knew when Maurice was marking them ! Don't know how we would have fared in today's game but he was a real asset to our team back in the 60's. RIP Maurice ! Like a few defenders from back in the day he'd have got a yellow or a red card most games these days. But, of course, if he played now he'd find a way of playing without breaking the rules too often. As has been said, he was hard as nails and one of my favourite players. I liked players who WERE hard to LOOK hard - and Maurice fitted the bill!  |
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Post by silsdenstokie on Nov 23, 2020 17:20:16 GMT
This year just keeps getting worse
RIP Maurice
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Post by loosestools on Nov 23, 2020 17:42:20 GMT
Maurice was a terrifying defender, would have lasted about 5 minutes on the pitch in todays game, always getting sent off, and that was in the sixties and seventies when men were men and nobody gave any theatrics. If you went down after after a Setters challenge you were probably pretty badly injured. RIP.
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Post by towraytek on Nov 23, 2020 17:49:02 GMT
So sad to hear this. One of my first heroes. Boxing day at home, 1965: bone-hard grassless pitch, one none down to Burnley at half time so Waddo asks Setters to change position from centre half to centre forward and we win 3-1. Hard as nails. RIP.
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Post by superpej on Nov 23, 2020 17:56:41 GMT
RIP Maurice - comments above sum him up well I recall his nickname affectionately was "bandy" on account of his legs. In a footie annual of the time there was a opic of him doing sit ups on the "Stoke City Torture Board" I guess he could do a few.
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Post by marylandstoke on Nov 23, 2020 18:27:17 GMT
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Post by maninasuitcase on Nov 23, 2020 18:33:45 GMT
RIP
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Post by spitthedog on Nov 23, 2020 18:44:13 GMT
RIP
He was very decent on the ball I seem to remember though best known for his ability to stop others.
Never realised he was captain of Man Utd for 2 seasons eventually being replaced by Nobby Stiles in the team
He was also in the initial 30 man England squad for the 1958 World Cup Finals.
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Post by boweryboy on Nov 23, 2020 18:48:41 GMT
RIP ,Yes he could stop any forward from playing by what ever means,but couldn't stop a pig in a entry š hence the nickname !!
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Post by ballboytoday on Nov 23, 2020 19:04:08 GMT
Old school, the likes of we dont and wont see again, when football was a physical sport.
RIP
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Post by Linx on Nov 23, 2020 19:11:15 GMT
Terry Conroy, a fellow Irishman, seemed rather ambivalent about him in his autobiography. Mind you, Conroy was a newcomer and Setters was a big scary senior pro when he arrived. RIP big fellah.
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Post by onepara on Nov 23, 2020 19:52:43 GMT
I remember him taking a throw-in & Denis Law coming across the pitch to stand right in front of him. Maurice just hit him with the ball. They would have played together at Man. Utd.
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Post by AlliG on Nov 23, 2020 20:00:50 GMT
Sad to see another of our players from my childhood gone.
RIP
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Post by pretzel on Nov 23, 2020 20:09:30 GMT
I only have vague recollections of seeing him play but just hearing the stories about him from my Dad was enough to make me realise what a monster of a player he was.
Even the name 'Setters' sounds hard as nails
RIP
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Post by march4 on Nov 23, 2020 20:11:27 GMT
He was a really tough customer and a decent footballer.
RIP.
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Post by skip on Nov 23, 2020 20:58:40 GMT
Anecdote from a late friend of mine who was a Coventry City fan and friend of Maurice. At the beginning of a game (forgive me because I cannot recall the opposition or the specific player), within the first few minutes, a bright young thing on the opposition made a beeline for Maurice, by then in his twilight years, attempting to dance past him. Maurice sent him up into the air, and then proceeded to help him back to his feet but said "if you think you're going to make a name for yourself by making me look a cunt, think again."
RIP Maurice.
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Post by woodstein on Nov 23, 2020 21:14:31 GMT
Rip. They don't make em like him nowadays.
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Post by Okie Stokie. on Nov 23, 2020 21:35:09 GMT
R.I.P.
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Post by spitthedog on Nov 23, 2020 21:52:07 GMT
Terry Conroy, a fellow Irishman, seemed rather ambivalent about him in his autobiography. Mind you, Conroy was a newcomer and Setters was a big scary senior pro when he arrived. RIP big fellah. I don't think Conroy and Setters ever played in the same Stoke team. Maybe 2 or 3 games if that. Conroy arrived in March 67, Setters got an injury at the beginning of that month and got replaced by Bloor, failed to regain his place and was then sold in November. They may well have both been at Cleveland Stokers for a short while though in 67? |
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Post by tosh on Nov 23, 2020 21:59:01 GMT
Donāt know if Iāve ever seen a tougher player in the red and white stripes. A bit of competition came from Eddie Clamp maybe. A real character with a great sense of humour, and a very popular figure with his teammates. He was Bobby Charltonās best man. Sadly another footballer who fell victim to Alzheimerās. RIP
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Post by raythesailor on Nov 23, 2020 22:20:23 GMT
Donāt know if Iāve ever seen a tougher player in the red and white stripes. A bit of competition came from Eddie Clamp maybe. A real character with a great sense of humour, and a very popular figure with his teammates. He was Bobby Charltonās best man. Sadly another footballer who fell victim to Alzheimerās. RIP Setters and Clamp. Awesome. Showing my age but they were both something else. I suspect a young Dennis Smith may have learnt a few skills off them !! RIP and total respect. |
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Post by bucknall67 on Nov 24, 2020 13:18:02 GMT
RIP.
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Post by waddosnavy on Nov 24, 2020 16:20:05 GMT
Fearless defender RIP Mogga
As I mentioned on another thread recently about the goal we conceded at Watford when Gunn was bundled over the line.
It was about 1965 and shoulder charging the keeper was allowed. We were playing Forest at home and they had a decent keeper in Peter Grummit.
The game was progressing to a 0-0 stalemate when we got a corner at the Boothen End.
The ball comes over into the crowded goalmouth and Grummit rises above everyone to collect the ball cleanly.....
As he is coming down with ball firmly gripped, Maurice charges through the crowd knocking Grummit and ball into the back of the net - 1-0 to the Potters (the final score too).
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