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Post by mickmillslovechild on Mar 10, 2024 23:19:23 GMT
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Mar 10, 2024 23:30:49 GMT
Huddy what a wonderful player and on such shit pitches. And Greenhoff? Just fabulous. |
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Post by pb1863 on Mar 11, 2024 4:46:50 GMT
You would want to be subbed with 5 to go to get into that nice warm clean bath early. No showers back then
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Post by wagsastokie on Mar 11, 2024 6:38:58 GMT
When footballers weren’t overpaid fannies
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Post by dadofsam on Mar 11, 2024 7:25:55 GMT
proper players
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Post by wakeypotter on Mar 11, 2024 7:53:03 GMT
What a header by jimmy.
What a player
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Post by maninasuitcase on Mar 11, 2024 7:56:04 GMT
You would require a different level of fitness to play on pitches like that as they must have been energy sapping
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Mar 11, 2024 8:34:52 GMT
You would require a different level of fitness to play on pitches like that as they must have been energy sapping Yes at least 10 pints the night before needed to play on that. |
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Post by boweryboy on Mar 11, 2024 8:55:57 GMT
Oh for a Jimmy Greenhoff type of player now ,and a Hudson who could pass a ball to a Stoke player no problem !!
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Post by tqstokie on Mar 11, 2024 9:01:56 GMT
I was actually there that day. Right behind the goal where Greenhoff scored his brilliant brace quite late in the game. The forwards were Greenhoff, Hurst, Salmons, Moore and Hudson. The Baseball Ground was always a quagmire in those days and football was a man’s game. You did not see much back passing then. Stoke we’re near the top of the old first division at that time.
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Post by nott1 on Mar 11, 2024 9:11:38 GMT
I was actually there that day. Right behind the goal where Greenhoff scored his brilliant brace quite late in the game. The forwards were Greenhoff, Hurst, Salmons, Moore and Hudson. The Baseball Ground was always a quagmire in those days and fotball was a man’s game. You did not see much back passing then. Stoke we’re near the top of the old first division at that time. The seventies were golden years for SCFC |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Mar 11, 2024 9:14:59 GMT
I was actually there that day. Right behind the goal where Greenhoff scored his brilliant brace quite late in the game. The forwards were Greenhoff, Hurst, Salmons, Moore and Hudson. The Baseball Ground was always a quagmire in those days and football was a man’s game. You did not see much back passing then. Stoke we’re near the top of the old first division at that time. How come you were in the Normanton End mate? |
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Post by premieraj on Mar 11, 2024 9:37:35 GMT
Went on the train that day. It was fantastic. I remember the team bus driving past us on the walk from the station. Popside!
Running up and down those terraced streets after the game on the way back to the station.
Memories!
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Post by deeside2 on Mar 11, 2024 10:04:26 GMT
Yes, I was there as well. Popside brings back "memories" 😁
Hudson and Greenhoff, and the rest, were brilliant.
Great day !
I remember Huddy breaking his leg at Derby following an "agricultural" tackle by Bruce Rioch - I think it was a night match wasn't it.
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Post by tqstokie on Mar 11, 2024 10:10:41 GMT
I was actually there that day. Right behind the goal where Greenhoff scored his brilliant brace quite late in the game. The forwards were Greenhoff, Hurst, Salmons, Moore and Hudson. The Baseball Ground was always a quagmire in those days and football was a man’s game. You did not see much back passing then. Stoke we’re near the top of the old first division at that time. How come you were in the Normanton End mate? They did not segregate fans in those days. I just went in the first turnstile I came to. I did not even think about being in any trouble. The Derby fans in there were alright. |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Mar 11, 2024 10:30:41 GMT
How come you were in the Normanton End mate? They did not segregate fans in those days. I just went in the first turnstile I came to. I did not even think about being in any trouble. The Derby fans in there were alright. Ok mate,I was in the opposite end(Osmaston End) with my Grandad,great day👍 |
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Mar 11, 2024 10:38:14 GMT
Sad to say (from a years gone by aspect) I was there.
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Mar 11, 2024 10:49:23 GMT
They did not segregate fans in those days. I just went in the first turnstile I came to. I did not even think about being in any trouble. The Derby fans in there were alright. Ok mate,I was in the opposite end(Osmaston End) with my Grandad,great day👍 I was there with my mate and his dad. We were in the opposite end to Jimmy's goals, whatever end that was. We were desperate to go on our own as we were 15 but he wouldn't let us. |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Mar 11, 2024 10:59:45 GMT
Ok mate,I was in the opposite end(Osmaston End) with my Grandad,great day👍 I was there with my mate and his dad. We were in the opposite end to Jimmy's goals, whatever end that was. We were desperate to go on our own as we were 15 but he wouldn't let us. Same end as I was in mate but I was in the seats at the age of 12😊 I also remember going to a night game in the same seats when we won 3-0 as well and what sticks out in my mind from that game is that Derby fielded a black player(a rarity then) called Tony Parry |
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Post by nottsover60 on Mar 11, 2024 11:04:44 GMT
I was actually there that day. Right behind the goal where Greenhoff scored his brilliant brace quite late in the game. The forwards were Greenhoff, Hurst, Salmons, Moore and Hudson. The Baseball Ground was always a quagmire in those days and football was a man’s game. You did not see much back passing then. Stoke we’re near the top of the old first division at that time. So was I. I remember Hudson's strength and skill in that mud (that back heal in the build up to the second goal) and Greenhoff's finishing. Happy days. Never thought after that match that Derby would go on to win the league and really thought we stood a chance but I think the broken leg Smith suffered the following week was the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm pretty sure we already had Richie, Robertson and Pejic out with broken legs which in those days of small squads was devastating. |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Mar 11, 2024 11:07:28 GMT
The book of clichés about how brilliant old football was on every old clip
On the other hand, not one of those players would cope with the pace of today's game
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Mar 11, 2024 11:10:24 GMT
Sad to say (from a years gone by aspect) I was there. Said it before my first away game and it’s been downhill ever since. 😉 but I honestly can’t think fo better result may be spurs away 0-1 whelan but this’s result should have set us up for our only ever title win |
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Mar 11, 2024 11:16:37 GMT
My fondest recollections of that day were two-fold -
Walking away from the ground in the pouring rain totally convinced that we were on the verge of becoming English champions
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Standing in the said pouring rain from about 2:15 when a fellow Stoke fan about 6’-7” tall wearing a pacamac came in late and stood right in front of me and my mate, Frank. Frank told him to shift, which he ignored. He asked him again to move and again he ignored him.
Frank said ‘if thee dunna shift, I’ll shift yer”. Again said giant ignored Frank, at which point Frank got out his cigarette lighter and set fire to his pacamac! At this point the giant bloke managed to douse the flames and crucially shifted!
This is a true story by the way.
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Mar 11, 2024 11:17:41 GMT
I was there with my mate and his dad. We were in the opposite end to Jimmy's goals, whatever end that was. We were desperate to go on our own as we were 15 but he wouldn't let us. Same end as I was in mate but I was in the seats at the age of 12😊 I also remember going to a night game in the same seats when we won 3-0 as well and what sticks out in my mind from that game is that Derby fielded a black player(a rarity then) called Tony Parry Like Benji it was my first away match. I just remember thinking what a dump it was round the Baseball ground and how glad I was really that my mates dad had insisted on accompanying us.  |
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Post by nottsover60 on Mar 11, 2024 11:20:15 GMT
The book of clichés about how brilliant old football was on every old clip On the other hand, not one of those players would cope with the pace of today's game Hudson and Greenhoff would be great players today. Neither were the fastest but their skill, strength and understanding of each other was a delight. I have never seen another finisher of Greenhoff's quality especially on the volley. |
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Post by premieraj on Mar 11, 2024 11:25:55 GMT
This game was up with the 3 0 away at Birmingham.
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Post by nottsover60 on Mar 11, 2024 11:26:10 GMT
Same end as I was in mate but I was in the seats at the age of 12😊 I also remember going to a night game in the same seats when we won 3-0 as well and what sticks out in my mind from that game is that Derby fielded a black player(a rarity then) called Tony Parry Like Benji it was my first away match. I just remember thinking what a dump it was round the Baseball ground and how glad I was really that my mates dad had insisted on accompanying us. Surroundings of the old Baseball Ground were very similar to both our Victoria Ground and Maine Road. Remember you parked your car up outside those sort of grounds and a kid would shout "Look after yer car Mr" and you'd give him 50p cos you knew his mates would be letting the tyres down or smashing the light if you didn't. The thing which I found strange at Derby was how the home fans were down one side in the paddock underneath a stand where they couldn't see anything that went above eight feet high. It's probably where Clough developed his philosophy of playing along the ground. |
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Post by premieraj on Mar 11, 2024 11:26:59 GMT
Sad to say (from a years gone by aspect) I was there. Said it before my first away game and it’s been downhill ever since. 😉 but I honestly can’t think fo better result may be spurs away 0-1 whelan but this’s result should have set us up for our only ever title win I was there that day and a great great win but spurs absolutely battered us and could have won easily 5 1 lol 😂. |
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Post by bassmaster on Mar 11, 2024 11:29:37 GMT
I was there and that team formed my first proper memories of Stoke City. What a team. Greenhoff was my love (I was only 7 and didn’t understand just how good Huddy actually was) but what a first love to have. My two earliest traumas were Banks’s crash and Jimmy being sold to the Shit. Been plain sailing since then…
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Mar 11, 2024 11:35:53 GMT
Like Benji it was my first away match. I just remember thinking what a dump it was round the Baseball ground and how glad I was really that my mates dad had insisted on accompanying us. Surroundings of the old Baseball Ground were very similar to both our Victoria Ground and Maine Road. Remember you parked your car up outside those sort of grounds and a kid would shout "Look after yer car Mr" and you'd give him 50p cos you knew his mates would be letting the tyres down or smashing the light if you didn't. The thing which I found strange at Derby was how the home fans were down one side in the paddock underneath a stand where they couldn't see anything that went above eight feet high. It's probably where Clough developed his philosophy of playing along the ground. Yes Maine Road was horrible too. I never thought the Vic was that bad around the ground. But then I was never ambushed in or chased around the church yard. |
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