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Post by jestershat on Dec 14, 2023 16:50:38 GMT
Can't recall WHO we played at The Vic for my first game, probably because I hit myself on the head with the wooden rattle that my old man had made for me. I know that John Ritchie was playing for us - BEFORE he left for Sheffield Wednesday in '66......so maybe I was seven or eight or so. That would make it 55+ years ago. Can I have a badge?
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Dec 14, 2023 17:07:17 GMT
first game was a home draw with Burnley - circa 1971. However like Groucho I refuse to join any club that will have me as a member I mean, I know it was Chico, but you might have hit on the N50 strapline: "Sanity Clause? Why, there ain't no Sanity Clause". Sanitary clause? Why, there ain't no sanitary clause!
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Post by Lesalanos on Dec 14, 2023 21:58:35 GMT
Looks like I’ll be in the U6’s 😂
2nd October 1976, Stoke City 1 v Aston Villa 0, Terry Conroy scorer, as I recall sat in the corner of the Butler street towards the stoke end.
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Dec 15, 2023 9:57:21 GMT
Will you be chucking Werthers' at the way fans?
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Post by leicspotter on Dec 15, 2023 10:37:19 GMT
We used to have "Zigger, Zagger" now we've got Zimmer frames
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Post by str8outtahampton on Dec 15, 2023 12:54:09 GMT
Will you be chucking Werthers' at the way fans? Excellent idea. Sucking them so they are gratifyingly sticky before launching them.
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Post by atillathehoneybee on Dec 15, 2023 13:06:32 GMT
Does your Carer, Does your Carer, Does your Carer know you're here, Does your Carer know you're here.
Your going home on a nice Mobility Scooter.
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Post by march4 on Dec 15, 2023 13:10:15 GMT
Does your Carer, Does your Carer, Does your Carer know you're here, Does your Carer know you're here. Your going home on a nice Mobility Scooter. Matron, they’re picking on me!
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Post by Eggybread on Dec 15, 2023 13:15:50 GMT
Over 50 yes ,first game = dont know,I dont want to be part of an old peoples clubs so Ill give it a miss.Off to play with my Subbuteo..
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Post by str8outtahampton on Dec 15, 2023 13:18:14 GMT
Does your Carer, Does your Carer, Does your Carer know you're here, Does your Carer know you're here. Your going home on a nice Mobility Scooter. Matron, they’re picking on me! Fret ye not. Matron is either a Hattie Jacques figure or else a clone of Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Either way she's our Top Girl and not to be trifled with.
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Post by atillathehoneybee on Dec 15, 2023 13:29:38 GMT
Matron, they’re picking on me! Fret ye not. Matron is either a Hattie Jacques figure or else a clone of Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Either way she's our Top Girl and not to be trifled with. Mmmmm...Trifle...With Sherry and Custard... My teeth can cope with copious amounts of that...
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Post by 1948fitch on Dec 15, 2023 15:00:44 GMT
We used to have "Zigger, Zagger" now we've got Zimmer frames zigger zagger kissed me when we scored at the cup final. He hadn't shaved, it felt a bit rough!
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Post by brinsleymaclagan on Dec 15, 2023 17:29:13 GMT
First match April 1968 vs Dirty Leeds - we won 3-2 with Peter Dobing scoring a hat trick! Still remember that first sight of the floodlit pitch as we walked up the Boothen End steps. Thanks Dad!
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Post by str8outtahampton on Dec 15, 2023 22:17:45 GMT
Ha! Aga Saga Louts. I wonder if Joanna Trollope is a closet Stokie?
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Post by stokienorthants on Dec 16, 2023 9:04:59 GMT
My first game was Sir Stan’s last game against Fulham in February 1965 where we won 3-1. Please count me in. You're definitely in. Other members will be fascinated to hear, in great detail, how some of us bowled up at the house of a friend, whose parents were "hosting" Paul Randall after he signed from Bristol Rovers, and while he found permanent accommodation. As I recall it was the Friday night before his first game and he was watching TV in our friend's living room. Might easily have been Nationwide, presented by Frank Bough. Someone asked him a lame question like "Do you think we'll win tomorrow, Paul?" The living room became engulfed in tumbleweed. Unbelievable Geoff - unbelievable! We all like to live life to the Max!
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Post by waddosnavy on Dec 16, 2023 10:12:42 GMT
First match April 1968 vs Dirty Leeds - we won 3-2 with Peter Dobing scoring a hat trick! Still remember that first sight of the floodlit pitch as we walked up the Boothen End steps. Thanks Dad! We desperately needed points to avoid relegation and a bright faced, blonde haired youngster on the right wing for Leeds really made me nervous as he rained in shots just wide of the post or over the bar. It was of course Jimmy Greenhoff who joined around 15 months later!!
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Post by mallorcanstokie on Dec 16, 2023 10:52:55 GMT
First game loosing at home to Fulham in late 60’s should have told me it was going to be a bumpy ride, but guess that gets me into the nifty fifty, what’s the agenda ????
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Post by stokecitytalke on Dec 16, 2023 11:10:12 GMT
First game 63 a night game against Chelsea with my dad.
Amazed when I walked up the steps to the seats that everything was in colour as I'd only see football matches in black and white on the telly!
I remember my dad saying wait till you hear the roar from the crowd when Stoke score - it was a nil all draw!
Oh well it set me up for the rest of my life supporting Stoke.
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Post by SamB_SCFC on Dec 16, 2023 11:14:07 GMT
First game was 1988 so 15 years short. Another club I'm excluded from
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Post by loveducknoatcakes on Dec 17, 2023 15:01:33 GMT
Early games with my father I remember
Stoke 6 Northampton 2 Feb 66 Stoke 6 Villa 1 Dec 66.
Last match my dad attended, was Leicester away this year he is 91
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Post by str8outtahampton on Dec 17, 2023 16:00:02 GMT
Early games with my father I remember Stoke 6 Northampton 2 Feb 66 Stoke 6 Villa 1 Dec 66. Last match my dad attended, was Leicester away this year he is 91 Superb. If he's interested, the position of President of the Nifty 50 is his. Of course he may regard most of us as glory-hunting Johnny-come-latelies, entirely understandable.
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Post by Northy on Dec 17, 2023 16:14:13 GMT
I'm in as well, first game was 69/70 v Ipswich 0-0, start as you mean to go on 😁
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Post by str8outtahampton on Dec 18, 2023 11:48:22 GMT
First game loosing at home to Fulham in late 60’s should have told me it was going to be a bumpy ride, but guess that gets me into the nifty fifty, what’s the agenda ???? As almost certainly mentioned above, the agenda is to be grumpy about pretty much everything (for example young people wearing jeans ludicrously low to show off their designer under-crackers). And wittering on endlessly about how players in the olden days were much better than today (see Huddo*), definitely much harder (see Maurice Setters) - and could perform miracles despite playing on pitches that looked like a Somme battlefield, and the fact that they were partial to a half-time Senior Service (see Roy Vernon). (*Obviously he was indeed better).
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Post by mallorcanstokie on Dec 18, 2023 11:54:52 GMT
First game loosing at home to Fulham in late 60’s should have told me it was going to be a bumpy ride, but guess that gets me into the nifty fifty, what’s the agenda ???? As almost certainly mentioned above, the agenda is to be grumpy about pretty much everything (for example young people wearing jeans ludicrously low to show off their designer under-crackers). And wittering on endlessly about how players in the olden days were much better than today (see Huddo*), definitely much harder (see Maurice Setters) - and could perform miracles despite playing on pitches that looked like a Somme battlefield, and the fact that they were partial to a half-time Senior Service (see Roy Vernon). (*Obviously he was indeed better). Good suggestion, but it’s ripped designer jeans worn by anyone but especially those who qualify for nifty fifties, should know better ……
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Post by str8outtahampton on Dec 18, 2023 12:00:14 GMT
As almost certainly mentioned above, the agenda is to be grumpy about pretty much everything (for example young people wearing jeans ludicrously low to show off their designer under-crackers). And wittering on endlessly about how players in the olden days were much better than today (see Huddo*), definitely much harder (see Maurice Setters) - and could perform miracles despite playing on pitches that looked like a Somme battlefield, and the fact that they were partial to a half-time Senior Service (see Roy Vernon). (*Obviously he was indeed better). Good suggestion, but it’s ripped designer jeans worn by anyone but especially those who qualify for nifty fifties, should know better …… You've just been voted the Nifty 50 Style Counsellor. No pre-distressed clothing of any kind. Jeans to be worn in bath after purchase in order to shrink-to-fit.
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Post by atillathehoneybee on Dec 18, 2023 13:52:56 GMT
First real memory of a match was Stoke v Carlisle, when Home and Away fans stood together on The Stoke End, prior to the upper tier being built, and if I remember right BSL Clare Steels had the big board at the back that showed full time scores...
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Post by northstaffycher on Dec 20, 2023 12:49:17 GMT
Ha! Aga Saga Louts. I wonder if Joanna Trollope is a closet Stokie? Yes, I would think so. You can spot the Aga Saga louts in their corduroy trousers, Barbour jackets and with Volvo tattooed across their knuckles.
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Post by str8outtahampton on Dec 20, 2023 14:02:17 GMT
Ha! Aga Saga Louts. I wonder if Joanna Trollope is a closet Stokie? Yes, I would think so. You can spot the Aga Saga louts in their corduroy trousers, Barbour jackets and with Volvo tattooed across their knuckles. Blimey you've just described virtually everyone who lives in my neighbourhood. Not that far from Joanna Trollope central - Coln St Aldwyns - as it happens. Next time I am down there I'll take protection - my slobbering, arthritic, chocolate labrador, Poppy.
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Post by thepirehillpoet on Dec 20, 2023 14:51:07 GMT
Best suggestion has been, NT50+ theINFIRM
Could I suggest the Moto: We only Sing With Our Teeth In.
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Post by loosestools on Dec 20, 2023 17:02:30 GMT
First game 63 a night game against Chelsea with my dad. Amazed when I walked up the steps to the seats that everything was in colour as I'd only see football matches in black and white on the telly! I remember my dad saying wait till you hear the roar from the crowd when Stoke score - it was a nil all draw! Oh well it set me up for the rest of my life supporting Stoke. That's exactly what I thought when I used to go as a lad with me dad and grandad - the colours were amazing especially under the floodlights. God we has a drab life in the 50's and early 60's
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