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Post by Staffsoatcake on Sept 8, 2023 15:14:50 GMT
Who were the players we lost that season through serious injures, a few with broken limbs?
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Post by BuzzB on Sept 8, 2023 15:40:28 GMT
74/75 wasn't it? All a bit faded now but remember Smithy and Robertson breaking legs around then.
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Post by spitthedog on Sept 8, 2023 15:52:26 GMT
74/75 wasn't it? All a bit faded now but remember Smithy and Robertson breaking legs around then. Mike Pejic, John Ritchie and I think Alan Bloor also broken legs? Jimmy Greenhoff broken nose. Terry Conroy also got a bad injury Injuries cost us the title no doubt about it. Despite this we were so close. |
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Post by AlliG on Sept 8, 2023 15:57:08 GMT
Who were the players we lost that season through serious injures, a few with broken limbs? Ritchie, Robertson, Pejic and Smith all broke their legs. Alan Bloor had a very serious knee injury and only played 2 games all season. Terry Conroy had a number of niggling injuries that meant he wasn't really fully fit until around February. |
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Post by stokefanone on Sept 8, 2023 16:04:13 GMT
No doubt someone will correct me if i'm wrong, but I think it was Smith, Ritchie, Dobing, Bloor and Pejic all with broken legs and Greenhoff broken nose, and I think Conroy was also injured for a long spell.
We would certainly have won the league had we have not suffered so many injuries,
We were only 3 or 4 points off top at the end of the season.
As Stoke fans knew we were the best team that season, unfortunately the gods were against us.
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Post by Linx on Sept 8, 2023 16:27:22 GMT
They reckon we’d have won the league in 1940 or 41. Blame Adolf for that one.
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Post by RF10 on Sept 8, 2023 16:52:37 GMT
Makes you wonder without the series of unfortunate events like this and the Butler Street stand what would have happened? Would we have had success in Europe with the Likes of Villa and Forest.
I can't imagine many other clubs having such bad luck that determines there future for years to come.
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Post by JoeinOz on Sept 8, 2023 22:41:45 GMT
Makes you wonder without the series of unfortunate events like this and the Butler Street stand what would have happened? Would we have had success in Europe with the Likes of Villa and Forest. I can't imagine many other clubs having such bad luck that determines there future for years to come. The bank had started demanding the loan money back. There's every chance we'd have had to do the firesale if the stand hadn't blown off. |
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Post by generationex on Sept 8, 2023 22:48:38 GMT
Wasn’t this 46/47?
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Post by FranktheRabbit on Sept 8, 2023 23:43:57 GMT
74/75 wasn't it? All a bit faded now but remember Smithy and Robertson breaking legs around then. 1974 isn’t it? Far cry from small boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts. Rush goalie. Two at the back, three in the middle, four up front, one's gone home for his tea. Beans on toast? Possibly, don't quote me on that. Marvellous. |
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Post by stokefanone on Sept 8, 2023 23:46:46 GMT
We did nearly win the league in the late 40’s had Stan not fallen out with the manager and buggered off to Blackpool.
Concesus of opinion was that Stoke had one of the best teams in the late thirties with half a dozen top youngsters coming to their prime, and would have been contending for the title in the forties.
The fact that we nearly won the title in the late forties proves that they were right.
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Post by canadianmoose on Sept 9, 2023 0:50:11 GMT
That’s what I thought this thread would be about. |
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Post by jokker on Sept 9, 2023 1:01:06 GMT
Who were the players we lost that season through serious injures, a few with broken limbs? Ritchie, Robertson, Pejic and Smith all broke their legs. . Geoff Salmons also broke his leg. |
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Post by redstriper on Sept 9, 2023 10:18:52 GMT
We went top with a great win at St Andrews, I was there with my dad (RIP). It was 3-0 by half time I think, Greenhoff scored a worldly volley on the half turn. At that moment I started to believe we would do it, then Greenhoff broke his nose....
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Post by march4 on Sept 9, 2023 10:32:32 GMT
I wonder how many fans are left from Brammall Lane in 1947. A dwindling group I imagine. I don’t know anyone who was there and is still with us.
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Post by AlliG on Sept 9, 2023 11:38:02 GMT
Ritchie, Robertson, Pejic and Smith all broke their legs. . Geoff Salmons also broke his leg. He played all 42 games that season! |
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Post by jokker on Sept 9, 2023 18:55:39 GMT
Geoff Salmons also broke his leg. He played all 42 games that season! You would expect a Stokie to play through the pain barrier, wouldn't you lol. After all that's what Smith did all the time. Well Salmons did break his leg, but it must have been in a later season. |
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Post by suck_the_mop. on Sept 9, 2023 19:00:50 GMT
Heady days as a 7/8 year old i thought it was always like this...
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Post by emmbrook1956 on Sept 10, 2023 9:29:38 GMT
Who were the players we lost that season through serious injures, a few with broken limbs? Have you purchased the book ‘The year we nearly won the League?’ it is a great read. |
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Post by cotswoldstokie on Sept 10, 2023 12:43:52 GMT
Interesting how in the 1970s it was broken legs and cartlidge
replacement that took players out whereas now it’s ACL and hamstring 🤔
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