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Post by somersetstokie on Nov 5, 2008 17:21:44 GMT
Just a bit of Philosophy here really. When I was very young I lived in Eccleshall and as a family we made regular trips into the potteries to see the Grandparents in the Meir. Usually we would travel via Newcastle for some reason, but on one memorable day we found ourselves in London Road, Stoke on a day when SCFC were at home. 1962, "Stan" was apparently back and we were clearly playing a team in blue and white (probably Huddersfield). I can still remember the noise and excitement and I just wanted to be a part of it. I was hooked and became a lifelong Stoke supporter and have attended hundreds of Stoke games home and away, at the Vic and the Brittannia. For some reason though I have never been near the Fail ground.
I now live and work in the West Country, but last week I had to visit a well known pottery factory in Sandbach Road, Cobridge.
Whilst there, being just up the road, I suddenly found myself looking towards Vale Park. OH MY GOD.
I feel that I'm still suffering from shock. When I think how different my life might have been if we had ever travelled through Burslem, perhaps turned a different corner and for some reason I had become a Vale fan.
Talk about life changing experiences and revelations of the meaning of life.
Now every morning I wake up and thank the Lord I was born to be a Stoke City Supporter.
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Post by stokie25 on Nov 5, 2008 17:33:24 GMT
its genetic...you would have had no control over it in the end  |
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Post by Picasso on Nov 5, 2008 18:46:06 GMT
Thought this was going to be about Stoke Reserves  |
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Post by Bick on Nov 5, 2008 18:51:58 GMT
The difference is, if you had driven past vale as a kid, you will have only seen about 8 people, who would be depressed rather than thousands of excited Potters! So you still would have ended up on the right side.
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Post by powchirper on Nov 5, 2008 21:38:20 GMT
The smell would have drove you away from Fail Pork.
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Post by scfc75 on Nov 5, 2008 21:40:13 GMT
There's another team in S.O.T.???
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Post by scfclifer on Nov 5, 2008 21:43:17 GMT
There's another team in S.O.T.??? yep the white horse in tunstall ;D |
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Nov 6, 2008 0:42:46 GMT
Meirite through and through, no chance of me becoming a Valeite.... But part of me wishes I did have that choice when I was in my childhood and picking allegiances... I'm not from a particularly footballing family so there'd be no influence, but if I had picked the mighty Potters I'd feel even prouder since Vale were our equals/betters around that time. . |
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Post by santy on Nov 6, 2008 0:47:15 GMT
I did have the choice up until I was about 3, then my dad took me to stoke every saturday lol.
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Post by boslemlad on Nov 6, 2008 1:08:02 GMT
Just a bit of Philosophy here really. When I was very young I lived in Eccleshall and as a family we made regular trips into the potteries to see the Grandparents in the Meir. Usually we would travel via Newcastle for some reason, but on one memorable day we found ourselves in London Road, Stoke on a day when SCFC were at home. 1962, "Stan" was apparently back and we were clearly playing a team in blue and white (probably Huddersfield). I can still remember the noise and excitement and I just wanted to be a part of it. I was hooked and became a lifelong Stoke supporter and have attended hundreds of Stoke games home and away, at the Vic and the Brittannia. For some reason though I have never been near the Fail ground. I now live and work in the West Country, but last week I had to visit a well known pottery factory in Sandbach Road, Cobridge. Whilst there, being just up the road, I suddenly found myself looking towards Vale Park. OH MY GOD. I feel that I'm still suffering from shock. When I think how different my life might have been if we had ever travelled through Burslem, perhaps turned a different corner and for some reason I had become a Vale fan. Talk about life changing experiences and revelations of the meaning of life. Now every morning I wake up and thank the Lord I was born to be a Stoke City Supporter. im thankfull your a stoke fan aswell as your sort non stoke on trent folk really should follow your home town club ,rather than jump to vale or stoke to support like a bad cling on go watch eccleshall town ;D |
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Post by mumf14 on Nov 6, 2008 1:17:09 GMT
Ermmm....An element of inverted snobbery is at play here I fear...
I on the other hand was born in the city...of (dubious parentage admittedly) but never the less, very proud of the City and keen to see both clubs doing well.
As a kid I couldn't afford to go to every game but I never looked down on Port Vale...and I still don't...but then again I'm from Fegg Hayes...Not Eccleshall.
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Post by boslemlad on Nov 6, 2008 1:22:16 GMT
Ermmm....An element of inverted snobbery is at play here I fear... I on the other hand was born in the city...of (dubious parentage admittedly) but never the less, very proud of the City and keen to see both clubs doing well. As a kid I couldn't afford to go to every game but I never looked down on Port Vale...and I still don't...but then again I'm from Fegg Hayes...Not Eccleshall. some of the shit that is spoken about vale on this site is laughable , from what i see a lot of it from stoke fans who dont even live in the area , i was just pointing out why not support your local club no matter who they are , but i guess theres no prestige to that when your local club is/was eccleshall hey |
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Post by mumf14 on Nov 6, 2008 1:28:23 GMT
Very true...
When I was young Eccleshall was somewhere you went on holiday...The kids had school uniforms,,Whereas we had Doc Martins boots or TUF shoes...!
They had hankies ...we had green sleeves...
They had ham sandwiches...we had cheese pieces snappin'.
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Post by boslemlad on Nov 6, 2008 1:37:15 GMT
Very true... When I was young Eccleshall was somewhere you went on holiday...The kids had school uniforms,,Whereas we had Doc Martins boots or TUF shoes...! They had hankies ...we had green sleeves... They had ham sandwiches...we had cheese pieces snappin'. haha spoken like a true fegg hayes bloke , i just find it funny how someone who has prob never lived or worked in stoke can hate a club (vale) because he has clung onto stoke . being a cling on doubt hes experienced a derby to justify his hate ;D |
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