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Post by trebor63 on Oct 10, 2009 14:15:27 GMT
Always makes me feel good when I see a re-run of probably the greatest Stoke game I have ever seen. Unless you were about in the 70s I guess you wouldn't realise what an enormous achievement it was to beat Leeds but it was!
This must be one of the greatest ever games played at the Vic imo
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Post by mumf14 on Oct 10, 2009 14:27:27 GMT
I was there too....Fantastic.
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Post by dozintheseventees on Oct 10, 2009 14:41:18 GMT
Me too. I don't know if it's the best game I've ever seen at the Vic but it was certainly one of them.
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Post by polofrance on Oct 10, 2009 15:10:24 GMT
I was in the Boothen that day, you could have heard a pin drop when Bremner put his free kick in, the silence was defening I don't think anyone could believe what he had just done. In sharp contrast the mental after Smithy's goal was immense found my self some 30 steps further dowm the boothen whe I found my feet again.
For me I would rate this match in my top 3 all time matches at the vic
1st v Luton 4-4
2nd V Leeds
3rd v Man U CUP REPLAY we won 2-1 don't know if it was the League cup or the Fa cup my memory is fading but what an atmosphere, in all we played Man u seven times that season and only lost 1 match!!!!!
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Post by trebor63 on Oct 10, 2009 15:20:26 GMT
and I've just found the highlights of my first ever visit to the Vic. What a game to start with!
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Post by rambo61 on Oct 10, 2009 15:21:14 GMT
I was there but had managed to talk my dad into letting me go into the Boothen that season!! Before that I used to stand on the concrete block at the bottom of the R.H floodlight in the stoke end!!! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2009 16:15:06 GMT
Rambo, you have just described exactly where i was when i watched this Leeds game, if you werent fully grown it was one of the only places you could see when the terrace was full
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Post by jonnynico on Oct 10, 2009 16:26:53 GMT
beating arsenal 5-0 was best for me.
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Post by donaldingleton on Oct 10, 2009 17:01:08 GMT
Ah, yes I remember it well! Talk us through those goals then Bob (Wilson)!
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Post by Northy on Oct 10, 2009 17:09:01 GMT
Yep, was a great day, sure I had an old duffel coat ;D
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Post by hamburgpotter on Oct 10, 2009 17:26:50 GMT
Put the 4 nil against Man Chitty on that list as well when Hudson ran the show.
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Post by ST1 Stokie on Oct 10, 2009 18:22:25 GMT
I was in the Boothen for both of these games and the 4-4 draw with Luton.The Boothen was defening against Leeds.Memories
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Post by mickstupp on Oct 10, 2009 18:55:53 GMT
I was in the Boothen.
Great vid, great memories, great scarves, great hair!! ;D
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Post by sonofbanks on Oct 10, 2009 19:09:52 GMT
 " Like a flying Angel going through the air" Rambo and Durban , was also on "kiddies corner" that day, underneath the pylon, progressed to the centre of the Stoke end on a beer crate on the "big step" with me old man, on to the Boothen with my mates late '70 's, absolutely fantastic footage, more please
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Post by stokienorthants on Oct 10, 2009 19:09:59 GMT
I was also in the Stoke end paying around 20p for the privilege.
Was also there when we beat Arsenal 5-0 and Leeds 3-0, to dispel any rumours that it was all champagne and roses in the 70's I was there when Leeds dicked us 5-1.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2009 19:25:40 GMT
Sonof Banks, you must have been standing next to me, I reckon there was 20-30 kids clustered under that pylon as it was the only way you could see when the terrace was full....do you remember when Ritchies header hit the bar, we all thought it had gone in, and started our own mental...couldnt work out 20 seconds later what had happened, had to see it on the telly on Sunday to understand it.
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Post by louis on Oct 11, 2009 9:21:38 GMT
No match this week and another goldon oldie I was there thread ............brilliant!!!!!
Was there to see us beat Arsenal 5-0 boy did we pay for that in later years, was also in the stoke end for the Leeds game, a remarkable turnaround against a team who thought they were invincible. Was in the boothen for the 4-4 with Luton a match that Brian Clough described as one of the greatest games ever, great memories keep em coming lads.
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Post by ironmanfleece on Oct 11, 2009 13:41:14 GMT
i was in the stoke end for the leeds game, great match but outside after the leeds fans were going nuts, i think it was the first time i saw loads of trouble, as a young school kid i was hooked there and then.
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Post by stokie63 on Oct 11, 2009 13:50:10 GMT
i was there too memories that will never be forgotten.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2009 14:31:13 GMT
Iwas there in the Boothen for the Leeds and Arsenal games - missed the Luton game.
Makes you wonder where all the years have gone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Oct 11, 2009 21:48:03 GMT
Best game ever at The Vic Sixth round FA Cup replay 1971 Attendance 49,000 Stoke 2-1 The Shit  |
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Post by spitthedog on Oct 11, 2009 23:26:35 GMT
Leeds game was a classic, and remember we played with three strikers that day, Ritchie, Greenhoff and Hurst, as well as Jimmy Robertson as an attacking winger  Waddo knew how to take it to the opposition regardless of their reputation |
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Post by steve66 on Oct 12, 2009 6:47:01 GMT
Hi Rob,I was in Boothen about 20 steps up the terracing and in line with Bremner's cheeky opener,just to the right of the boxed off area behind the goal!Watch that video each time it's posted,never been able to spot myself yet though!Someone must know the guy behind the Leed's goal on about the 2:30 mark,long dark hair and look's a right villain,he's just over Harvey's left shoulder,very distinguished fella.
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Post by petrent on Oct 12, 2009 6:59:43 GMT
Most of the above games,or at least highlights of them and other games,were shown at the Museum yesterday sfternoon.Quite nostalgic.
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Post by GoBoks on Oct 12, 2009 16:47:09 GMT
Talking of attacking football, watching the Leeds game, at one time Stoke's back 4 are all in a line about 10 yds INSIDE the Leeds half! |
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Post by werrington on Oct 12, 2009 17:01:53 GMT
Butler Street paddock for me.....what a team we had then
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Post by stoke247 on Oct 12, 2009 17:24:05 GMT
I remember being in the old stoke end in the late seventies, as for the 4-4 against Luton it was the day i got wed, 25th Sept 1982 my mates have never forgiven me since what a match to miss, i remember Cloughie saying it being one of the best football games he had ever seen!....
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Post by meirman61 on Oct 12, 2009 19:00:26 GMT
Butler Street paddock for me.....what a team we had then Same here matey in the corner at the Stoke end ee happy days  |
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Post by JoeinOz on Oct 13, 2009 10:43:51 GMT
That game was about sevem months before I started going. Of all the matches before I started if there's one I wish I could have been to it's that one. Even more than March 4th 1972.
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Post by okeydokeystokie2 on Oct 13, 2009 12:46:13 GMT
The Leeds game was my first. Sat in the posh seats, Boothen stand with my dad.
I was already football and Stoke City mad, so if you're ever going to get the bug for life it would be that day.
Wasn't at the Arsenal game but seem to remember that the 3rd goal (TC) was Goal of the Season. Arsenal won the double that season, and we tonked them at home early doors, and met them in the semi final of the cup.
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