1963
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Post by 1963 on Jan 26, 2022 0:05:38 GMT
Second replay of League Cup Semi Final at Old Trafford. Very wet night. I went there by train with £1 in my pocket which along with my wallet was pick pocketed outside the ground. Lot of money then for a 17 year old. Had my ticket in my hand so managed to get on the Stretford End.
Wonderful result and we were off to Wembley.
Bit of film from that tempestuous night:
Steve
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jan 26, 2022 0:38:33 GMT
What a night 9myears old and one of the best ever was wired for days afterwards
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jan 26, 2022 0:40:33 GMT
What a night 9 years old and one of the best ever was wired for days afterwards
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Post by kustokie on Jan 26, 2022 0:42:58 GMT
I was there too and got my nose busted by a west ham fan. The plod had everything well organized before the game, but after we all left from the same station. Total shambles, but who cares? We won.
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Post by kustokie on Jan 26, 2022 0:48:40 GMT
Most people consider Banks’s save against Pele in the 1970 World Cup was the greatest save of all time. However, Banks himself maintained this one was better. It is hard to argue with that.
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Post by JoeinOz on Jan 26, 2022 2:19:26 GMT
History that was. What a time.
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Post by dirtclod on Jan 26, 2022 2:59:01 GMT
Banks - the world's first ninja goalkeeper.
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Post by deeside2 on Jan 26, 2022 6:11:24 GMT
I was there at Old Trafford with my dear (long since departed) old dad. That game had everything, a truly brilliant night for our club. My dad often talked about that game as one of the standout games for Stoke.
Great times, great memories.
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Post by mickstupp on Jan 26, 2022 6:21:14 GMT
Fantastic night and great memories standing on the Stretford End even the pouring rain didn’t put a dampener on it. Maybe the biggest ever Stoke following to a league ground.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2022 8:18:30 GMT
Great year was 72. Stoke were shit hot and I was born  |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jan 26, 2022 8:49:42 GMT
What a night 9 years old and one of the best ever was wired for days afterwards Fibber. I know how old you are. 😉 |
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Post by neddy on Jan 26, 2022 8:55:53 GMT
I was 15 what a wet night in the Stretford End! Great few years!
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Post by chad on Jan 26, 2022 9:31:16 GMT
Second replay of League Cup Semi Final at Old Trafford. Very wet night. I went there by train with £1 in my pocket which along with my wallet was pick pocketed outside the ground. Lot of money then for a 17 year old. Had my ticket in my hand so managed to get on the Stretford End. Wonderful result and we were off to Wembley. Bit of film from that tempestuous night: Steve Right at the end. The loon with the long hair running on the pitch trying to jump on the players That was me 😊 |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2022 9:39:37 GMT
Second replay of League Cup Semi Final at Old Trafford. Very wet night. I went there by train with £1 in my pocket which along with my wallet was pick pocketed outside the ground. Lot of money then for a 17 year old. Had my ticket in my hand so managed to get on the Stretford End. Wonderful result and we were off to Wembley. Bit of film from that tempestuous night: Steve Right at the end. The loon with the long hair running on the pitch trying to jump on the players That was me 😊 “Loon with the long hair” doesn’t really narrow it down. It’s like saying “I’m the one with the head”. |
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jan 26, 2022 13:02:10 GMT
What a night 9 years old and one of the best ever was wired for days afterwards Fibber. I know how old you are. 😉 Oohps 😉 |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jan 26, 2022 13:23:02 GMT
Fibber. I know how old you are. 😉 Oohps 😉  |
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Post by march4 on Jan 26, 2022 13:40:35 GMT
Stratford End for me that night.
Wonderful memories.
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Post by Malcolm Clarke on Jan 26, 2022 15:22:34 GMT
I wasn't there - something which even to this day I regret. I was on Newcastle Borough Council and was Vice-chair of the Highways Committee. The Borough Engineer had produced a highly controversial proposal for a new road, called the East-West Road which would have demolished loads of houses and had a viaduct over the Lyme Valley. It was said that if it wasn't built, by 1990 ( which seemed an age away ! ) the Town centre would be gridlocked twice a day with commuter traffic from the west of the town going to/from Hanley/Stoke. A public information meeting was organised for the night of the game at Old Trafford. The Leader of the Council said that as Vice-chair of the Highways Committee I absolutely had to be there and not at OT, or else !! Perhaps due to the weather or everyone being either at OT or listening on Radio Stoke, the public meeting was very poorly attended, which made it even worse. The road of course was never built. The predicted traffic chaos by 1990 never happened, but I missed one of the most dramatic and important Stoke games ever.  I still feel it ! |
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Post by Naughtyfarty on Jan 26, 2022 15:33:09 GMT
I was 11 and in the paddock near the Streford end
Remember when the final whistle blew loads of seat cushions from the upper seating ended up on the pitch, never saw that before
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Post by tpholloway1 on Jan 26, 2022 16:28:13 GMT
I remember the persistent rain. We were in the Stretford End which was covered but the West Ham fans were in the open end and must have been soaked lol. Remember being in a packed pub at the end of the road after and having fought my way to the bar my throat was so sore with all the shouting I couldn't tell them what I wanted and had to just point. Great night and great memories.
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Post by Gods on Jan 26, 2022 16:35:34 GMT
A time it was, and what a time it was, it was
A time of innocence
A time of confidences
Long ago it must be
I have a photograph
Preserve your memories
They're all that's left you
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Post by emmbrook1956 on Jan 26, 2022 16:43:34 GMT
Living in South London at the time and being only 15 at the time there was no way I was allowed to catch a train up from Euston on my own with West Ham fans! Then get back at 1:30am to bike it back to South London and go to school the following morning.
I was enjoyed being able to tell all the other kids who supported London clubs that we were at Wembley.
What a period to be a Stoke Supporter!
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Post by brinsleymaclagan on Jan 26, 2022 16:46:17 GMT
A time it was, and what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They're all that's left you Are you Simon or Garfunkel? |
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Post by Gods on Jan 26, 2022 17:43:52 GMT
A time it was, and what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They're all that's left you Are you Simon or Garfunkel? Ha! Definitely Simon, what a song 'Bookends' is? I can never get the words out of my head, I think they will follow me for ever! |
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Post by 1963 on Jan 26, 2022 21:56:54 GMT
Remember queuing all night in freezing weather to get a ticket for the final. Queue snaked from Boothen End, across the car park behind Butlet Street stand and in the alley behind Stoke End. Apart from the cold were the occasional renditions of "Hey You, back of the queue". Don't suppose a repeat albeit with new geography any time soon?
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Post by Northy on Jan 26, 2022 22:07:20 GMT
7 years ago tonight, Rochdale 4-1 away in the cup, must be a good date for us 😁
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Post by cerebralstokie on Jan 26, 2022 22:27:54 GMT
"Heaven inspire me to find some new superlatives. Even if I live to 100 I shall never see a game such as this" Eric Todd, writing in the Guardian. I think it was the best game I have ever seen. At the very least it is in the top3. Bloody freezing and wet though.
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I still feel it ! 
