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Post by MUZZPERTH on Apr 6, 2009 22:08:44 GMT
any pics of the protest and can anyone remind about the protest after that game???
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2009 22:09:44 GMT
I remember it well.
We protested on the pitch more than once that season if I remember rightly.
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Post by DodgyDino on Apr 6, 2009 22:13:07 GMT
any pics of the protest and can anyone remind about the protest after that game??? Why the intrest, Seems a bit strange when everyones flying high.
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Post by dozintheseventees on Apr 6, 2009 22:13:46 GMT
The team that were relegated from the Top Division with 17 points and only 3 wins (Incredibly included Arsenal and Man United), were 50 times BETTER than that team on the pitch V Brum.
For me, the most embarrassing defeat EVER.
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Apr 6, 2009 22:15:53 GMT
Don't EVER remind me of that awful game.... And the pitch invasion and scramble up into The Directors Box afterwards... Terrible
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Post by trebor63 on Apr 6, 2009 22:17:44 GMT
I remember one fan confronting Andy Griffin (first spell) and throwing his shirt at him. I remember sitting in the Boothen in disbelief as Birmingham walked through our defence whenever they fancied it.
Trevor Francis said nobody would have lived with Birmingham that day! The truth is ANYBODY would have put at least five up us without breakintg sweat it was ferkin woeful!
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Post by MUZZPERTH on Apr 6, 2009 22:18:25 GMT
any pics of the protest and can anyone remind about the protest after that game??? Why the intrest, Seems a bit strange when everyones flying high. just something i've always been curious about. staying up north and lack of publicity at the time up here i never heard too much about it. brums game tonight made me think about it again for some reason.
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Post by MrDBrent on Apr 6, 2009 22:18:29 GMT
i remeber that also coats has certainly changed it around!
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Post by McLovin on Apr 6, 2009 23:46:18 GMT
I remember it well. We protested on the pitch more than once that season if I remember rightly. The sit-down vs QPR. heres a pic i found
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Post by barmystokie1 on Apr 7, 2009 0:03:21 GMT
A very depressing day ... probably the lowest I have ever felt as a stoke fan ... the scenes that day were horrendus
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2009 0:03:37 GMT
As the game went on and goal after goal went in I was shouting from across the field "Do something" to anyone in the directors box or on the bench but it just got worse.
At the final whistle, I remember a line of police horses on the pitch cordoning off the Brum fans as we all marched across the pitch, going nowhere near the Brummies and heading straight for where the director's sit.
As the invasion took shape, I thought, I've got to do this. It is unacceptable and I need to do my part to make that statement. I didn't so much invade the pitch as stroll across it, join everyone else and sing a few rousing choruses of 'sack the board' before heading out of the ground. I was planning to come straight back to Worcs, but made it as far as Stone before needing a beer. Went into the Star in Stone for a beer where some of the suits from Britannia were looking shell-shocked after the match. When we walked in wearing our colours, they obviously though we were going to beat them up - they actually bought us a drink and ended up having a really good chat with them.
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Post by barnscfc on Apr 7, 2009 3:48:39 GMT
It is the worst day of my life supproting Stoke. I was working in the West Mids at the time so the stick I got was unbeareable at times.
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Post by mark71 on Apr 7, 2009 7:14:51 GMT
We left at half time and walked to the gardeners. prob my saddest day as a Stoke supporter
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Post by GazMcNicol on Apr 7, 2009 7:23:14 GMT
Looking back do you think it did any good?
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Post by Smudge_SCFC on Apr 7, 2009 7:27:32 GMT
Looking back do you think it did any good? No, none whatsoever. It marked another new low for the club and signaled our downward descent towards another four years in the lower divisions. Nothing good came from it - it was neither the catalyst for change or improvement. I can still remember the day and being on the pitch at the end of the game with my eldest lad, just feeling numb. Perhaps the lowest ever moment in my Stoke supporting career.
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Post by Northy on Apr 7, 2009 7:37:54 GMT
It was 0-7 not 7-0 All's we got was keith humphries to step up as PC's puppet, nothing changed from it until the Icelanders came in
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Post by Davef on Apr 7, 2009 7:40:36 GMT
Looking back do you think it did any good? I can still remember the day and being on the pitch at the end of the game with my eldest lad, just feeling numb. Was that before or after you and your then 8 year old lad led the invasion into the Waddington Suite? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by jnb14 on Apr 7, 2009 8:22:01 GMT
That was the only match I ever felt frightened at. I can't remember the score at half time, but unusually, I went to the toilet in the Boothen concourse and you could tell it would kick off.
Strangely at the start of the second half, the match settled down for 10 minutes or so (ie. we didn't concede a goal!) and things seemed to calm down. It didn't last. In the end me and my mate were standing on the disabled bit in block 22 (all the users had long gone) booing when Birmingham missed chances, cheering when they scored.
Ironically, in view of our record against WBA, the next game was an FA Cup match against WBA and we lost!!
Just after Coates re-took over, a lad was standing next to me and my mate. He was rubbing his hands and saying how much he was looking forward to Coates splashing the cash. We just looked at him and said, "You obviously don't remember the 0v7".
Times have changed.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2009 8:32:42 GMT
Looking back do you think it did any good? I think it did a lot of good. I always understood this match to be the catalyst for the Icelandic takeover. I think Gudjon was there as Icelandic team manager watching Larus Siggurdson. It took him another season to get it together, but I am led to believe it was after this mach that he felt someone should put the wheels back under Stoke. I know many are not so positive about the Icelandic era, but I firmly believe they stopped the rot that started following the Birmingham match and (eventually) put us back in the Championship.
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Post by walrus on Apr 7, 2009 8:37:08 GMT
Awful day. I wasn't a part of the protest because I'd walked out long before that, the only time I can ever remember doing that. By the way, the title's the wrong way round.
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Post by Menorca Stokie on Apr 7, 2009 9:05:01 GMT
Looking back do you think it did any good? No, none whatsoever. It marked another new low for the club and signaled our downward descent towards another four years in the lower divisions. Nothing good came from it - it was neither the catalyst for change or improvement. I can still remember the day and being on the pitch at the end of the game with my eldest lad, just feeling numb. Perhaps the lowest ever moment in my Stoke supporting career. I'm sorry Smudge but I'd have too disagree. Coates and Humphries were " living the dream" as Directors of our football club and at the time raping us season after season. They lived on another planet and in the words of the then chairman" It's a minority of fans who are unhappy and they are out too cause trouble" On the way home from the Birmingham game the idea was born for the march from the Victoria ground to the Britannia. This march United the fans in a peaceful way and sent a message to the then board of Directors that the majority of fans were not happy. Following this march the group S-O-S started and I believe forced the club to publicly seek new investment. The Icelanders came in and as we know the rest is history. Has Mr Coates changed? The proof is in the pudding as they say. I tip my hat too him for taking the club into the Premiership and supporting the manager however I will never trust him.For me, the 0 -7 drumming by Birmingham was the turning point and a time when many fans said enough was enough. Some chose with their feet and other chose too protest. All in all it was the feeling following this match that prompted the reaction for change. Lets pray that we never return to such dark days again.
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Post by mark71 on Apr 7, 2009 9:55:25 GMT
Looking back do you think it did any good? I think it did a lot of good. I always understood this match to be the catalyst for the Icelandic takeover. I think Gudjon was there as Icelandic team manager watching Larus Siggurdson. It took him another season to get it together, but I am led to believe it was after this mach that he felt someone should put the wheels back under Stoke. I know many are not so positive about the Icelandic era, but I firmly believe they stopped the rot that started following the Birmingham match and (eventually) put us back in the Championship. Malvern, All the spin that was dished out when the Icelanders took over is the biggest crock of shit ever spoken. The only reason the Icelanders took over was to make money nothing else. Gudjon was brought in as manager to get the Icelandic money men on side, no other reason. Your spot on about them stopping the rot, I dread to think where we would be now if they hadn't taken over, You could probably ask the same question as to where we would be now without peter Coates. We needed the Icelanders when they came, we also needed Coates when he came. Talk about a stroke of luck!
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Post by Titan Uranus on Apr 7, 2009 10:02:39 GMT
Agree.
Can't understand why the Icemen get so much shit on here.
Breath of fresh air that rejuvenated the Club in my opinion.
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Post by MarkWolstanton on Apr 7, 2009 10:31:40 GMT
I can still remember the day and being on the pitch at the end of the game with my eldest lad, just feeling numb. Was that before or after you and your then 8 year old lad led the invasion into the Waddington Suite? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D As anyone living in Essex at the time, hadn't yet attended a single Stoke home match or had yet to decide they were a Stoke supporter would tell you, that and the protests were an affront to the universally popular Coates and Humpty MkI regime. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by mikeyb99 on Apr 7, 2009 10:53:55 GMT
I think I left at goal 6, I certainly remember being on the bus back into town hearing the Birmingham fans cheering another goal. There were also some some Icelandic Stoke fans who'd come over for the game with a huge stack of Stoke City crested plastic beer cups. Thankfully this is all I can remember from the game, being 10 years old at the time ;D
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Post by yoc on Apr 7, 2009 12:09:21 GMT
Didn't the board impose a 'pay as you play' scheme or similar on the players and that was their reply? Man management at its best.
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Post by truckerged on Apr 7, 2009 12:21:32 GMT
very depressing both the match and the aftermath why are you bringing this up now when we have a club to be proud of ffs get a life!
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Post by Smudge_SCFC on Apr 7, 2009 12:29:08 GMT
I can still remember the day and being on the pitch at the end of the game with my eldest lad, just feeling numb. Was that before or after you and your then 8 year old lad led the invasion into the Waddington Suite? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Even the thought of running up a flight of steps would be enough to persuade me not to run up a flight of steps.
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Post by Harpoon Louie on Apr 7, 2009 12:29:36 GMT
I can actually watch this now without swearing -
It totally ruined my 'goodbye to Stoke' weekend, I was moving down south the day after and instead of a great pissup and send off we spent the whole evening shaking our heads and muttering 7 f**king 0, especially against those inbreeders in the biggest shithole in the country. I had all the jokes as well (7-up was v.popular) and it took me months to get over it, literally, although it never shook my allegance to the mighty Potters
Hopefully things will never be as bad as this again!
The futures bright fellow Stokies
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Post by lordb on Apr 7, 2009 12:31:09 GMT
hows this for stupid:
I walked out after the seventh goal.
possibly the most pointless walk out ever,any sensible Stokie either walked out at H/T (or before!) or stayed to the end & protested.
Moxey placed 9 (I think or was it the whole squad?) players on the transfer list a few days before & the players found out courtesy of reading it in the paper. no one they decided to lie down & die v Blues.
a good side would have put 17 past us.
didnt realise that was the game Gudjon saw Laurus for Stoke,always thought it was the year before at the Vic.
of course the Icelanders wanted to make money but imho Gudjon wanted glory.
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