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Post by str8outtahampton on Dec 12, 2023 11:18:05 GMT
ted1965 and his excellent plea for more smiles has prompted me to suggest a new "firm". Its membership would be confined to those of us that have endured this misery for over half a century. We could be called The Nifty 50. And we'd scare the bejayzus out of fans across the land - who would shudder in fear at the prospect of us banging on about the price of stamps and how all modern music sounds the same.* Any takers? (* Which it generally does btw).
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Post by lordb on Dec 12, 2023 11:19:47 GMT
Is this 50 years from first game?
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Post by skip on Dec 12, 2023 11:20:15 GMT
The Infirm, surely.
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Post by mistergumby on Dec 12, 2023 11:21:20 GMT
First game Everton Feb 1970: a 0-0 draw if I recall. Does that qualify? If so, count me in.
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Post by str8outtahampton on Dec 12, 2023 11:25:19 GMT
First game Everton Feb 1970: a 0-0 draw if I recall. Does that qualify? If so, count me in. It absolutely does. The fact that you have to ask if 53 is over 50 confirms you as one of the "top boys". |
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Post by trincostokie on Dec 12, 2023 11:25:29 GMT
I'm in...if supporting Stoke from distance over the past 50+ years counts.
The thread of disappointment runs just as painfully through my years in Scotland, London, and for the past 20 years, Asia.
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Post by str8outtahampton on Dec 12, 2023 11:30:11 GMT
I'm in...if supporting Stoke from distance over the past 50+ years counts. The thread of disappointment runs just as painfully through my years in Scotland, London, and for the past 20 years, Asia. You're in. Our boy in Sri Lanka perhaps? The fact that you've moved several thousand miles to distance yourself from the pantomime is more than sufficient. |
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Post by str8outtahampton on Dec 12, 2023 11:32:46 GMT
Is this 50 years from first game? It is. Although unless you can produce a programme from that game, and "Football League Review" insert, your membership may be provisional. |
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Post by lordb on Dec 12, 2023 11:33:32 GMT
Is this 50 years from first game? It is. Although unless you can produce a programme from that game, and "Football League Review" insert, your membership may be provisional. Nope first game 1978 so don't qualify |
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Post by trincostokie on Dec 12, 2023 11:35:19 GMT
I'm in...if supporting Stoke from distance over the past 50+ years counts. The thread of disappointment runs just as painfully through my years in Scotland, London, and for the past 20 years, Asia. You're in. Our boy in Sri Lanka perhaps? The fact that you've moved several thousand miles to distance yourself from the pantomime is more than sufficient. It's been Bangkok for the past 12 years str8outta... The fact that the 7 hour time difference means I lose out on a night's kip every midweek game just adds to the misery.  |
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Post by trincostokie on Dec 12, 2023 11:37:33 GMT
It is. Although unless you can produce a programme from that game, and "Football League Review" insert, your membership may be provisional. Nope first game 1978 so don't qualify Just in time for Blythe Spartans then |
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Post by stokiejoe on Dec 12, 2023 11:40:27 GMT
I'm in and suitably grumpy
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Post by creweoatcake1 on Dec 12, 2023 11:42:32 GMT
Me To, First Game Cardiff FA Cup 1968
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Post by sealion100 on Dec 12, 2023 11:47:52 GMT
What year did we beat the Leeds invincible’s???
Was it 72/73 season … (1st match) if so I’m in !
….. we are the nifty fifty’s… no one likes us
We don’t care
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Post by sealion100 on Dec 12, 2023 11:48:14 GMT
What year did we beat the Leeds invincible’s???
Was it 72/73 season … (1st match) if so I’m in !
….. we are the nifty fifty’s… no one likes us
We don’t care
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Post by tcdobinghoff on Dec 12, 2023 11:54:55 GMT
Well I definitely qualify. My first match was October 1952. My memory was of a 3-0 defeat but I have just checked and it was a 3 -1 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday. I hadn’t a clue what was going on and was confused as to why a team was called Wednesday when it was a Saturday !! I went with an older boy who lived next door, I was five years old.
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Post by jonnynico on Dec 12, 2023 12:03:10 GMT
1958 first game, no idea who it was against. Went with my dad, I didn't even like football
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Dec 12, 2023 12:03:15 GMT
1st. Game v Huddersfield,61/62
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Post by Clayton Wood on Dec 12, 2023 12:04:55 GMT
7.4.69 Stoke 0-0 Liverpool
Turned out everything was in colour not black and white like on tv!
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Post by louis11 on Dec 12, 2023 12:05:15 GMT
Count me in - 1st game 62/63 season v Sheff Utd
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Post by vicarious on Dec 12, 2023 12:06:30 GMT
There certainly will be ‘takers’, if that’s what you’re really scouting for 👀
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Post by str8outtahampton on Dec 12, 2023 12:12:03 GMT
Well I definitely qualify. My first match was October 1952. My memory was of a 3-0 defeat but I have just checked and it was a 3 -1 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday. I hadn’t a clue what was going on and was confused as to why a team was called Wednesday when it was a Saturday !! I went with an older boy who lived next door, I was five years old. I think you possibly qualify as the N50 leader. Unless "the older boy" is still with us... However, can I just check - do you shout at bins and hedges? And when you watch a thriller/drama on telly (eg Vigil) do you say out loud, even if there's no-one else in the room, "I have literally no idea wtf is going on"? If so, you're probably our head honcho |
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Post by anchorman on Dec 12, 2023 12:19:45 GMT
It is. Although unless you can produce a programme from that game, and "Football League Review" insert, your membership may be provisional. Nope first game 1978 so don't qualify Look forward to welcoming you in 2028…. |
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Post by tqstokie on Dec 12, 2023 12:29:23 GMT
I'm in circa 1956 to present day.
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Post by jukeboxjury on Dec 12, 2023 12:34:17 GMT
Been watching them since 1963, admittedly the last 5 years hiding behind my sofa, with my fingers in my ears.
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Post by mistergumby on Dec 12, 2023 12:37:16 GMT
First game Everton Feb 1970: a 0-0 draw if I recall. Does that qualify? If so, count me in. It absolutely does. The fact that you have to ask if 53 is over 50 confirms you as one of the "top boys". A 'top boy'? Can I have a nickname like some of the legendary N40 then? You can call me Gumby. That's Mister Gumby to you, sunshine. |
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Post by ange1 on Dec 12, 2023 12:38:20 GMT
Count me in, parents took me along at 10 months old.... I must have been naughty even then!!! Can remember games from 1960 onwards...
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Post by str8outtahampton on Dec 12, 2023 12:40:42 GMT
It absolutely does. The fact that you have to ask if 53 is over 50 confirms you as one of the "top boys". A 'top boy'? Can I have a nickname like some of the legendary N40 then? You can call me Gumby. That's Mister Gumby to you, sunshine. Absolutely. Everyone will have one of those fancy nicknames. Ee-by-Gumby? |
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Post by loosestools on Dec 12, 2023 12:45:14 GMT
1969 - Boothen Paddock with all the old moaners wearing flat caps. Now I am one myself.
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Post by suck_the_mop. on Dec 12, 2023 12:48:48 GMT
Yeah first game in 1970 pretty confident it was against the arse.
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