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Post by J-Roar on Nov 4, 2023 6:55:33 GMT
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Post by teenagefanclub on Nov 4, 2023 10:01:16 GMT
Now don't judge....
Son is a vale fan (his grandad is) so he wanted some vale stuff for his birthday.
I had to venture into deepest darkest Burslem one Saturday morning to get the stuff, but I have to say 2cthings:
1. Their shop is excellent with a massive range of merchandise, some bespoke things, about 10 different mugs etc. I was really impressed.
2. The staff there were all really cheerful and couldn't have been more helpful.
But I'm never going again obviously.
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Post by somersetstokie on Nov 4, 2023 12:32:45 GMT
I would be well up for a mug hand painted in red stripes on white, like a Cornish blue, but red. But not ruined by the badge. I don't want a mug with the badge on it. Just the stripes. T G Green, the original maker of Cornish Ware at Church Gresley in Derbyshire, revived production about 15 years ago, and moved operations to Stoke. They now do striped mugs in several colours including Red/White, and its the sort of thing you'll probably find in Trentham Shopping Village.
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Post by callas12 on Nov 6, 2023 12:03:17 GMT
Coincidental? Or has someone been reading this thread?! ๐ค๐
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Post by skip on Nov 6, 2023 12:05:47 GMT
View AttachmentCoincidental? Or has someone been reading this thread?! ๐ค๐ I don't know about an online store, but the real one at the ground needs a refit on the level of Delilah's into Ricardo's. In its current guise the club shop couldn't look more low rent. It's just full of generic tat with the club badge sewn/glued/printed on. Oh, and replica kits.
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Post by bunnyscfc on Nov 10, 2023 15:18:09 GMT
Might as well get my moan off my chest.....
1. Any U9-16 academy lads don't get a warm coat as part of their kit. A massive bugbear of mine as that's the most essential bit in ST4. Anyway, what it means is that every year we get my lad one from the club shop. Last year and this year they have done no kids Macron big coats - indeed, no adult ones this year. Are they having a laugh? No bench coats in our lovely microclimate?????? Many academy parents did the same - October onwards, we'd get our kids coats from the club shop - it's literally turning money down, and I know many Stoke fans love a bench coat during the winter. Sorry, but Leek Town do kids and adults Macron bench coats to buy, but the areas biggest club can't or won't.
2. To the day last year my daughter went off to Australia for a year's backpacking and work. Before she flew, I went to get her a size 10 women's home top. Guess what? They didn't do women's kits - this despite the women's game being more popular than ever! Got her a men's small with her name on, but it simply didn't fit right. A year later? Now women's kits - still! It's absolutely pathetic, and again, we are turning down easy money.
There are more women at Stoke matches than there's ever been in the 49 years I've been going.
Do we have a marketing department or a marketing plan? It's ok putting meet Bojan on in our shiny new bar, but we still get the easy stuff so wrong. The club shop is full of absolute tat, I'm afraid. No imagination at all.
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Post by skip on Nov 10, 2023 15:23:17 GMT
Might as well get my moan off my chest..... 1. Any U9-16 academy lads don't get a warm coat as part of their kit. A massive bugbear of mine as that's the most essential bit in ST4. Anyway, what it means is that every year we get my lad one from the club shop. Last year and this year they have done no kids Macron big coats - indeed, no adult ones this year. Are they having a laugh? No bench coats in our lovely microclimate?????? Many academy parents did the same - October onwards, we'd get our kids coats from the club shop - it's literally turning money down, and I know many Stoke fans love a bench coat during the winter. Sorry, but Leek Town do kids and adults Macron bench coats to buy, but the areas biggest club can't or won't. 2. To the day last year my daughter went off to Australia for a year's backpacking and work. Before she flew, I went to get her a size 10 women's home top. Guess what? They didn't do women's kits - this despite the women's game being more popular than ever! Got her a men's small with her name on, but it simply didn't fit right. A year later? Now women's kits - still! It's absolutely pathetic, and again, we are turning down easy money. There are more women at Stoke matches than there's ever been in the 49 years I've been going. Do we have a marketing department or a marketing plan? It's ok putting meet Bojan on in our shiny new bar, but we still get the easy stuff so wrong. The club shop is full of absolute tat, I'm afraid. No imagination at all. Yup. x
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2023 16:00:29 GMT
As said above Moorland Pottery ones are brilliant. I've got little collection with my favourite being Besiktas Europa League one. Not so long ago my dick of cat knocked one off side and broke, it had players from Banks, Matthews, Stein, Fuller and Crouch on it not been able find replacement since. Always said that cats are the wankest of all pets, it seems I was spot on.
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Post by skip on Nov 10, 2023 17:05:10 GMT
Update on that mug I bought from eBay: I am drinking an afternoon brew out of it and it is wonderful. Hand painted stripes that go around the middle are a wonderful shade of red and the mug itself is a beautiful creamy pale off white colour. It's perfect. And it was made in SoT.
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Nov 10, 2023 18:54:02 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Nov 10, 2023 18:54:02 GMT
Billionaire owners wonโt give the academy lot big jackets.
Madness.
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Post by bunnyscfc on Nov 10, 2023 20:55:29 GMT
Billionaire owners wonโt give the academy lot big jackets. Madness. Itโs fine mate. Not like they spend up to 20 hours a week there, stood at bus stops on day release in the depths of winter in North Face, Man United, Nike etc coatsโฆ.not like many grass roots seem to be able to sort it.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Nov 10, 2023 22:10:03 GMT
As said above Moorland Pottery ones are brilliant. I've got little collection with my favourite being Besiktas Europa League one. Not so long ago my dick of cat knocked one off side and broke, it had players from Banks, Matthews, Stein, Fuller and Crouch on it not been able find replacement since. Always said that cats are the wankest of all pets, it seems I was spot on. Tortoises were rubbish The odd one would make a break for freedom and a week later a neighbour would bring it back after it managed to reach the dizzy heights of next door. What was the point of them?
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Post by danceswithclams on Nov 10, 2023 22:22:16 GMT
As said above Moorland Pottery ones are brilliant. I've got little collection with my favourite being Besiktas Europa League one. Not so long ago my dick of cat knocked one off side and broke, it had players from Banks, Matthews, Stein, Fuller and Crouch on it not been able find replacement since. Always said that cats are the wankest of all pets, it seems I was spot on. I have a 1 year old Tuxedo cat called Zico and I'm 100% certain that he has a better first touch* and close control than Jacob Brown. One is playing in the Premier League whilst the other is having Asda own-brand cheese balls crisps flicked at him by a bloke who's drunk x6 bottles of Leffe. Where's the justice in that? *You should see him bring down a high ball over the shoulder - Arnoutovic-esque in both finesse and execution.
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Post by flea79 on Nov 10, 2023 22:37:30 GMT
As said above Moorland Pottery ones are brilliant. I've got little collection with my favourite being Besiktas Europa League one. Not so long ago my dick of cat knocked one off side and broke, it had players from Banks, Matthews, Stein, Fuller and Crouch on it not been able find replacement since. Iโm pretty sure that for the right price Jon and his staff would do you another or may have one knocking about For those interested they are always up for showing folk around the facility and meeting people. It really is a credit to them how they keep the buildings and the work done by such a small team
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Nov 10, 2023 23:21:55 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2023 23:21:55 GMT
Always said that cats are the wankest of all pets, it seems I was spot on. Tortoises were rubbish The odd one would make a break for freedom and a week later a neighbour would bring it back after it managed to reach the dizzy heights of next door. What was the point of them? Tortoises, albeit wank, don't possess the ability to bring shit loads of dead or half dead animals into your house, fuck up all of you carpets and furniture, scratch fuck out of your legs and face, knock out the wankest smelling shits known to mankind, spray some sort of horrific scent in your house and break your Stoke City based mugs. Tortoise's were really fucking wank though, you're not wrong.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Nov 10, 2023 23:41:09 GMT
Tortoises were rubbish The odd one would make a break for freedom and a week later a neighbour would bring it back after it managed to reach the dizzy heights of next door. What was the point of them? Tortoises, albeit wank, don't possess the ability to bring shit loads of dead or half dead animals into your house, fuck up all of you carpets and furniture, scratch fuck out of your legs and face, knock out the wankest smelling shits known to mankind, spray some sort of horrific scent in your house and break your Stoke City based mugs. Tortoise's were really fucking wank though, you're not wrong. Blue Peter would make a big deal of putting one in a box for winter. Let's be honest, they were as much fun sleeping in a box for 3 months as they were awake
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Post by stokienorthants on Nov 11, 2023 9:07:28 GMT
Update on that mug I bought from eBay: I am drinking an afternoon brew out of it and it is wonderful. Hand painted stripes that go around the middle are a wonderful shade of red and the mug itself is a beautiful creamy pale off white colour. It's perfect. And it was made in SoT. What do you do for fun? Go and watch the traffic lights change colour? ๐
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Nov 11, 2023 9:18:29 GMT
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Post by stiggerstackle on Nov 11, 2023 9:18:29 GMT
I went in the club shop yesterday to buy my lad a walk-on jacket (heโs a mascot in a couple of weeks) and I was really impressed - it was pretty well stocked and I think the quality of the leisure gear (which was always appalling) has come in leaps and bounds.
We certainly do seem to be getting our act together off the pitch imo.
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Nov 11, 2023 15:50:04 GMT
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Post by pretzel on Nov 11, 2023 15:50:04 GMT
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Post by skip on Nov 12, 2023 14:57:06 GMT
Update on that mug I bought from eBay: I am drinking an afternoon brew out of it and it is wonderful. Hand painted stripes that go around the middle are a wonderful shade of red and the mug itself is a beautiful creamy pale off white colour. It's perfect. And it was made in SoT. What do you do for fun? Go and watch the traffic lights change colour? ๐ Spookily enough, in a design workshop I delivered last Thursday, I included visuals of traffic lights, and the research being undertaken at the North Carolina State University into the possibility of a fourth colour (white) in response to the driverless vehicle.
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Post by stokienorthants on Nov 12, 2023 17:41:01 GMT
What do you do for fun? Go and watch the traffic lights change colour? ๐ Spookily enough, in a design workshop I delivered last Thursday, I included visuals of traffic lights, and the research being undertaken at the North Carolina State University into the possibility of a fourth colour (white) in response to the driverless vehicle. Now that does sound interesting, just call me Mystic Meg!
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Post by Northy on Nov 12, 2023 17:42:07 GMT
take a look at Moorland Potteries offerings of stoke themed mugs, not just stoke city mugs but general stokie themed mugs too! Just ordered some from there, ey up duck etc
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Post by skip on Nov 12, 2023 21:21:45 GMT
Spookily enough, in a design workshop I delivered last Thursday, I included visuals of traffic lights, and the research being undertaken at the North Carolina State University into the possibility of a fourth colour (white) in response to the driverless vehicle. Now that does sound interesting, just call me Mystic Meg! Read on: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10038635
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Post by stokienorthants on Nov 13, 2023 9:10:51 GMT
A very impressive body of work ๐
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Nov 25, 2023 10:48:30 GMT
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Post by carruthers1on1 on Nov 25, 2023 10:48:30 GMT
Has anyone been in the shop this week? Just looked online for junior kits and home and away are both sold out
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Nov 25, 2023 11:26:07 GMT
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Post by greenhoff on Nov 25, 2023 11:26:07 GMT
Has anyone been in the shop this week? Just looked online for junior kits and home and away are both sold out They are sold out. The lady said they expected new away tops next week. She said tops only. No shorts or socks expected.
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Nov 25, 2023 13:57:34 GMT
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Post by carruthers1on1 on Nov 25, 2023 13:57:34 GMT
Has anyone been in the shop this week? Just looked online for junior kits and home and away are both sold out They are sold out. The lady said they expected new away tops next week. She said tops only. No shorts or socks expected. Cheers mate, thank you
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Post by nott1 on Nov 25, 2023 14:08:53 GMT
Now don't judge.... Son is a vale fan (his grandad is) so he wanted some vale stuff for his birthday. I had to venture into deepest darkest Burslem one Saturday morning to get the stuff, but I have to say 2cthings: 1. Their shop is excellent with a massive range of merchandise, some bespoke things, about 10 different mugs etc. I was really impressed. 2. The staff there were all really cheerful and couldn't have been more helpful. But I'm never going again obviously. Obviously none of the staff were indigenous!
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Nov 25, 2023 16:33:16 GMT
Always said that cats are the wankest of all pets, it seems I was spot on. I have a 1 year old Tuxedo cat called Zico and I'm 100% certain that he has a better first touch* and close control than Jacob Brown. One is playing in the Premier League whilst the other is having Asda own-brand cheese balls crisps flicked at him by a bloke who's drunk x6 bottles of Leffe. Where's the justice in that? *You should see him bring down a high ball over the shoulder - Arnoutovic-esque in both finesse and execution.
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