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Post by Marc01 on Jun 29, 2023 22:03:38 GMT
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 29, 2023 22:04:49 GMT
You don't get bicycle clips anymore.
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Post by redstriper on Jun 29, 2023 22:05:17 GMT
His bike looks new though...the show off!...
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Post by landodboy on Jun 29, 2023 22:25:23 GMT
I know it's easy for old blokes like me to go on about the old days and how much better they were etc. But looking at this lovely pic and thinking about the likes of John, and Jimmy Greenhoff and Terry Conroy and the gang it actually makes me feel really sad to think that we will never again see the likes of this simpler and somehow more wholesome form of football. Or maybe I'm just being a silly old fool...
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Post by PotterLog on Jun 29, 2023 23:20:36 GMT
You don't get bicycle clips anymore. Literally wearing a pair right now! |
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Post by J-Roar on Jun 29, 2023 23:31:37 GMT
You don't get bicycle clips anymore. Literally wearing a pair right now! Diarrhea? |
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Post by nott1 on Jun 30, 2023 6:49:14 GMT
He had a nice Ford Cortina Ghia 2 litre black late 60's or 1970 model in the day, supplied by Chatsworths in Hanley and he was very proud of that car! I had a similar company car, only the 1300 engine but it was brilliant. Edit. I think he bought that when he came back again from Sheffield Wednesday. |
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Post by lordb on Jun 30, 2023 7:17:39 GMT
Vinny Overson used to cycle to the Vic too
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Post by lagwafis on Jun 30, 2023 9:10:26 GMT
Vinny Overson used to cycle to the Vic too If I remember right the man of the match prize in the Coca Cola Cup was a sponsored mountain bike. I think Overson kept winning them. There was photo in the programme of him getting one when we knocked Chelsea out in 1995. |
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Jun 30, 2023 10:36:50 GMT
His bike looks new though...the show off!... Obviously arrived at The Vic via Swynertons on Victoria Road as he fancied some dapper pedal power  John Ritchie, a bicycle & a hat for all occasions Its the perfect combo |
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Post by somersetstokie on Jun 30, 2023 11:32:05 GMT
I know it's easy for old blokes like me to go on about the old days and how much better they were etc. But looking at this lovely pic and thinking about the likes of John, and Jimmy Greenhoff and Terry Conroy and the gang it actually makes me feel really sad to think that we will never again see the likes of this simpler and somehow more wholesome form of football. Or maybe I'm just being a silly old fool... Robert Huth used to cycle into training along the A34! |
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Post by bloodtypered on Jun 30, 2023 11:38:26 GMT
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Post by bloodtypered on Jun 30, 2023 11:39:26 GMT
One i coloured in
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Post by 1948fitch on Jun 30, 2023 14:48:32 GMT
His bike looks new though...the show off!... must be first time in Stoke on it, still got the pump! |
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jun 30, 2023 15:22:42 GMT
I think this was in the programme circa 1975, and he’s riding the cycle as part of recovering from a broken leg….if I recall correctly.
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Post by mastermind on Jun 30, 2023 16:02:41 GMT
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Post by mastermind on Jun 30, 2023 16:04:32 GMT
He also played well on the piano !!!
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Post by Bagwash on Jun 30, 2023 17:44:40 GMT
Spoke to Big John many moons ago at a family do at Wolstanton Golf club.
To say he was a gentlemen is a massive understatement.
Very,very nice bloke.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jun 30, 2023 18:50:00 GMT
Vinny Overson used to cycle to the Vic too Robert Huth used to cycle to Clayton wood long story |
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Post by lordb on Jun 30, 2023 20:38:26 GMT
Vinny Overson used to cycle to the Vic too Robert Huth used to cycle to Clayton wood long story Go on |
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jun 30, 2023 21:14:31 GMT
Robert Huth used to cycle to Clayton wood long story Go on Allegedly the great man was cycling to training after his family moved back south to pass the time etc still able to hold his own in training |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jul 1, 2023 6:32:35 GMT
White walled tyres and 3-speed Sturmey Archer hub gears. Top of the range in those days.
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Post by Scouse on Jul 1, 2023 6:58:16 GMT
White walled tyres and 3-speed Sturmey Archer hub gears. Top of the range in those days. I’ll go for a Raleigh Esquire |
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Post by 1948fitch on Jul 1, 2023 9:13:08 GMT
White walled tyres and 3-speed Sturmey Archer hub gears. Top of the range in those days. I’ll go for a Raleigh Esquire not a Rudge?  |
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 1, 2023 9:23:30 GMT
White walled tyres and 3-speed Sturmey Archer hub gears. Top of the range in those days. I’ll go for a Raleigh Esquire Triumph Traffic Master I’d go for. |
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Post by owdestokie2 on Jul 1, 2023 12:40:43 GMT
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Jul 1, 2023 13:03:33 GMT
The word ‘legend’ is bandied about so freely these days, but big John was a real legend.
Devastated when he left us for Sheffield Wednesday
Elated when he returned.
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Post by pmjh on Jul 1, 2023 13:04:29 GMT
Just imagine him as the target man in AN's proposed 4.3.3 system.
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Jul 1, 2023 13:12:24 GMT
Just imagine him as the target man in AN's proposed 4.3.3 system. Yes but if he hadn’t sadly passed away he’d be too old I think. |
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Post by nott1 on Jul 1, 2023 13:23:47 GMT
Just imagine him as the target man in AN's proposed 4.3.3 system. He has NEVER been replaced, our best ever centre forward! |
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