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Post by Dutchpeter on Feb 18, 2024 14:24:55 GMT
All of them, a trip to Burton in an actual league match is such a depressing prospect. Burton are my second favourites. Great club, lovely people there. Probably the easiest ground to sneak into the home areas.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Feb 18, 2024 14:23:25 GMT
With Stoke ..just Oxford to do I think ..been the old , potential of others depending who came up from league 2 ..barrow , Harrogate Mk dons , AfC Wimbledon , the last two I’ve been their previous grounds .. Happy to pick any of the above up with Stoke via friendlies , cups etc.. league it doesn’t bare thinking about ..but would clearly still go The new Oxford ground is an absolute shit hole in a horrible part of Oxford too. Oxford’s stadium is like the New Den shrunk in the wash less one stand. A horrible part of Oxford isn’t exactly worrying.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Feb 18, 2024 13:02:11 GMT
Been to 18. albeit some of them the old ground. Hopefully Cheltenham will stay up so we can have a day out in a picturesque town, likewise Lincoln, Exeter and Cambridge.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Feb 13, 2024 20:35:43 GMT
Alan Ball’s side was worse. The irony being quite a few were regulars for Lou Macari soon after.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Feb 13, 2024 17:13:29 GMT
Bloody hell, that was sudden. He was presenting Pick of the Pops on Radio 2 last Saturday (possibly not live), so there was no indication of Ill health. Not my cup of tea but certainly gave millions pleasure as a radio broadcaster. RIP.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Feb 12, 2024 16:47:46 GMT
There were some alarming infiltrations by undesirables (let’s say) during my time in the Navy, so a dilution of security background checks is just plain crazy. Particularly in the submarine service for example. I’m not a fan of putting females into elite military units where outright strength and fitness standards should not be compromised. The armed forces has a huge challenge moulding effective fighting people from civilians, and I’m afraid that fashionable political ideas aren’t going to help this. We need our service people to be exactly that, not civvies in uniform. If recruits are not made into the ‘right stuff’ then ultimately our forces will fail, because simply people are its biggest asset.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Feb 11, 2024 23:29:44 GMT
Tommy Simkin sounds like a Vaudeville Comedian The air hostess asked a Jewish man 0n the plane -are you comfortable? I make a good living , he replied Frank Fielding sounds like one of my dad’s mates from the 1970s.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Feb 11, 2024 9:49:11 GMT
I’m not one for advocating for the return of ex-players for the sake of it but would Bojan as a pure Sporting Director be an option? He’s got his qualifications recently and is cutting his teeth at Barcelona, his standing and contacts in the game as well as his experience playing (and yes he “knows the club”) would be a good starting point to try and implement a philosophy from the academy thorough to the first team……. I love the sentiment, but I think a Bojan appointment would suit a Stoke City at the top of the championship or in the premier league. We need to plan for League One and therefore need to recruit subject matter experts for that league. I’m not sure Bojan would be a suitable candidate.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Feb 6, 2024 6:21:36 GMT
I think that dude is Ruth Madoc's brother...the German Was in Dr Who Dalek Invasion of Earth film if the same guy He was Ruth Madoc’s husband. Always seems to crop up in old 60s-70s stuff particularly on ITV.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Feb 5, 2024 18:31:21 GMT
As a very firm anti-monarchist I have no personal animosity towards Charles and wish him all the best. Me neither, he will of course jump the queues and get the very best treatment. Much like the multi millionaire socialist Jeremy Corbyn I’d imagine.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Feb 5, 2024 16:56:47 GMT
Very saddened to hear this. Worth watching a few episodes and the film for a happy remembrance. 🎶 whistle while you work, Hitler is a twerp, he’s half barmy so’s his army…..🎶
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Post by Dutchpeter on Feb 2, 2024 12:54:07 GMT
Last night's programme focussed on Orgreave not one for the faint hearted. Interesting to hear from miners who went through the court process and seem to be still scarred for life. Pawns in the battle between Scargill and Thatcher along with the police. Some copper on there last night saying that he kept his head down behind the lines that day to make sure he didn't have an eye taken out by a brick. It was interesting to see the NUM Video footage that puts things in a new light. The shots of the mounted police lined up on the hillside just waiting was terrifying. I’m not naive enough to think that the miners were good boys because they were capable of a ruck, but the force meted out by the police was simply disproportionate to the situation they had to contain. Letting miners into the area where they had previously been stopped and turned around just makes you think it was almost an ambush, like there was a premeditated plan to ‘teach them a lesson’. The conspiracy afterwards to organise evidence against miners, so that they might be charged with riot is shocking even for those times.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Feb 2, 2024 12:41:56 GMT
It seems she could have pleaded guilty to manslaughter, before a new count of murder was entered. Is this how it worked? If so, she could have gone done for about 6 years or thereabouts. Happy to be corrected on that interpretation.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 28, 2024 13:47:29 GMT
Coppers using batons apparently. One rule to control football supporters and another rule to control other societal mayhem it seems. You're blaming the police for this? Grow up No I’m not.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 28, 2024 13:36:24 GMT
Coppers using batons apparently. One rule to control football supporters and another rule to control other societal mayhem it seems.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 28, 2024 12:59:00 GMT
Powerful stuff from Jacob Bronowski.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 26, 2024 17:32:50 GMT
I’ve not seen it but I’m very keen to watch it as I absorb anything about the miners strike which is quickly becoming forgotten history. The best books tend to be from the 1980s by industrial correspondents (remember them?) as they were closer to the primary sources. More recent books by middle class leftist oafs like Seamus Milne simply don’t have a clue. The real story of the strike, or at least the balanced one hasn’t been written yet. After all, history is about evaluating facts and the conclusions may not be palatable for supporters of either side.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 26, 2024 17:24:06 GMT
I used to listen to his Rock show, late night on Saturday in the late 1980s. Introduced me to a load of great sounds, and he was smart enough to play the broad spectrum of rock and not just pigeon hole it into a heavy metal show. Late on into the early 90s I’d have pick of the pops on Saturday as I prepared my motorcycle for Sunday trips, lovely memories. He was a proper professor of pop with extremely eclectic tastes. I was sorry to see Paul Gambaccini lose the POTP’s gig as he was cut from the same cloth. It’s a shame that we don’t seem to have these idiosyncratic radio broadcasters anymore.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 22, 2024 21:50:36 GMT
All roads in and around Eccy are like a 3rd world country. Esp Cotes Heath. I have a damaged Alloy, and broken ball joint on suspension. Gonna put in a claim. High Offley down to the Anchor pub via Peggs Lane, is an absolute bastard cluster of potholes that must be classed as a tank trap.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 22, 2024 18:50:45 GMT
Silverdale ABC in Silverdale naturally enough. Orme ABC in Pool Dam, Newcastle is where Nathan Heaney started.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 20, 2024 20:08:38 GMT
HMS Belfast is definitely worth a look.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 14, 2024 8:13:28 GMT
All football fans are second class citizens in the eyes of the police, fair game to them. It’s the entire working class now.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 14, 2024 6:12:01 GMT
If he’d had a Palestinian flag with him then there would have been no issue…perhaps we should all carry one (jokes). Exactly what I was thinking.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 12, 2024 10:48:48 GMT
There was a pr company called TACTICS who tried to give the club a makeover. There was also an horrendous cheesy banner draped across the top of the Stoke End Stand that said 'Proud to be a Potter'. I remember that - awful. Can you remember when there was that rumour that the club was thinking of changing to green and white shirts ? Not sure exactly when it was, it may have been the late 60's or very early 70's (or maybe my memory is just playing tricks). I believe that was the brainchild of Derek Hodgson, assistant manager in the late 1960s, although really a PR type. The green kit was his idea as well as changing the clubs name to ‘Knype’. His ideas are the kind of thing Jimmy Hill was pioneering at Coventry, but not as good. He was in fact an accomplished sports author and journalist and that’s were he returned to circa 1969.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 11, 2024 20:18:46 GMT
Oh blimus, I’ll be there!
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 11, 2024 18:50:36 GMT
The sensational Alex Harvey experience tribute band, played at the Artisan Tap a few months ago. Gutted to miss it and was sold out. Hope they’re back soon. Typical, that place, a mere 2 minute stroll from my sett usually has some god awful music on. Had I been arsed to looked I would have defo gone to that To be fair, i think 30 people would constitute a sell out at that place.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 11, 2024 18:42:27 GMT
The sensational Alex Harvey experience tribute band, played at the Artisan Tap a few months ago. Gutted to miss it and was sold out. Hope they’re back soon.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 11, 2024 16:51:35 GMT
I think he’ll need a good ‘fire fighting’ January window like the Lager Men had last year. The summer ‘23 window was dreadful despite promising signs. Coup signing Cole Stockton has scored once and is mainly on the bench, most signings have been pretty dysfunctional. A rumoured £200,000 (strong money for the lager men) was spent on forward Josh Walker who’s made no impact, I believe this has angered the chairman. Ex Stokie Ryan Sweeney has recently pushed himself into the first team picture. Burton played a near full strength team against a scratch Port Vale side in the FA Cup and lost embarrassingly. Burton’s second half performance was the worst I’ve seen a professional team play, and I’ve been to Scotland! He needs to get rid of a few, and get new full backs, wide players, ands get Stockton playing. Cover in midfield would be a bonus too. Good luck Patto.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 8, 2024 10:06:21 GMT
Its landed in quick time……really good 👌 Would recommend for anyone thinking about it Ordered mine Wednesday night, got it Friday morning. I definitely recommend it too for Stokies of a certain age.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 8, 2024 6:12:27 GMT
During this time there was a Stoke fan who’d go the aways on an MZ motorcycle. Absolute hero for following his team on a pedestrian, East German two stroke commuter. I think his bike got nicked that season.
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