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Post by Smudge_SCFC on Apr 7, 2009 12:32:03 GMT
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.  Si, Has your memory failed you a little mate? The March from The Vic to The Brit took place well over a year later, during the reign of Brian Little. It was actually before the Lincoln City game if I remember correctly? We had to endure an awful lot more crap after the Birmingham defeat before the fans got as mobilised as they did. |
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Post by lordb on Apr 7, 2009 12:33:25 GMT
mmm
for me,shockingly,the Brain Little era of regular 4 goal home defeats was the lowest of the low.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2009 12:37:31 GMT
Enough! I had all but erased the memory. Now, during our first year back in the Premiership this subject gets raised. Next you'll be recounting the Stenhousemuir 'incident' in all its gory detail
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Post by skiptanbroonacari on Apr 7, 2009 12:37:31 GMT
Strange thing happened that day, Steve Bruce earned an awful lot of respect from those around us.
We used to sit at the back of the lower tier, but moved forward to sit behind the dugout before half time. Steve Bruce spent the second half sitting outside their dugout and we had a bit of banter with him. As the game went on and the goals rained in Bruce became more and more uncomfortable and didn't celebrate the last few goals. You could sense that he had sympathy for us, there was no gloating and he left quietly at the end.
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Post by lordb on Apr 7, 2009 12:41:42 GMT
Bruce goes up in my estimation there.
having said that maybe he sensed the probabilty of trouble & was just keeping his head down?
lets give him the benefit of the doubt though.
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Post by mikeyb99 on Apr 7, 2009 13:20:31 GMT
Tone would cry if he saw defending as bad as us in that game, the highlights are (almost) comical from our perspective.
On a related issue, Paul Furlong is STILL playing professional football at age 63 - scored last weekend for someone if I remember correctly.
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Post by Menorca Stokie on Apr 7, 2009 15:50:05 GMT
Smudge, Yes you are quite right and yes it was the Lincoln game.
I think where I've got confused is that shortly after this game Coates resigned as chairman and handed the reigns to Humpty.
This as we are all aware quite funny as we could all se the strings as Peter moved them and Keith moved.
I can't remember the disastorous result that preceded the march but I can remember it being a low point also.
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