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Post by mondeoman on Jan 12, 2017 10:09:11 GMT
oh yes... excellent keeper, if my memory serves me correct, we used to sing: "Farmer is better than Yashin..........." That was some compliment as Yashin was a world class keeper. It was the time I started watching Stoke in the old stoke end players like Dobbin, Dodd, Bloor etc, geat memories I know Stoke have had some donkeys in the team over the years but I don't remember one called Dobbin  |
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Post by Gods on Jan 12, 2017 10:17:49 GMT
phew I thought this was an RIP thread for a minute  |
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Post by vantheman on Jan 12, 2017 10:31:10 GMT
Yes went to same school Wolstanton grammar, he was s few years older but we all played football in playground, frowned upon as a rugby school back in 60's
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jan 12, 2017 10:41:33 GMT
oh yes... excellent keeper, if my memory serves me correct, we used to sing: "Farmer is better than Yashin..........." That was some compliment as Yashin was a world class keeper. It was the time I started watching Stoke in the old stoke end players like Dobbin, Dodd, Bloor etc, geat memories I know Stoke have had some donkeys in the team over the years but I don't remember one called Dobbin The full song as I remember was something like Aye aye aye aye Farmer is better than Yashin Dobing is better than Eusebio And (insert team we were playing) are in for a thrashin' |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jan 12, 2017 10:43:55 GMT
Yes went to same school Wolstanton grammar, he was s few years older but we all played football in playground, frowned upon as a rugby school back in 60's We must have been there the same time mate......64-69. |
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Feb 14, 2017 12:39:01 GMT
Yes went to same school Wolstanton grammar, he was s few years older but we all played football in playground, frowned upon as a rugby school back in 60's We must have been there the same time mate......64-69. Wolstanton Grammar. As it was then. |
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Post by stokey127 on Apr 4, 2017 22:14:25 GMT
Yes I do remember him-very good keeper. But perhaps you should have posted this on the main board. And I'd be quick because once some of our regular posters realise you're female-well I can't vouch for your safety!  Great keeper remember him well |
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Post by str8outtahampton on May 8, 2017 11:34:07 GMT
I seem to remember him writing poetry at one time I've seen the name John Farmer in some poetry anthologies. I must admit I thought it was just another guy by the same name. If true that would make him the second former footballer to become a fairly big name in poetry circles. The other was Duncan Forbes, the big centre half at Norwich. I remember the poetry. In my memory it was a response (these days it would be called "therapy") to being passed over first by Banks and then by Shilton. But I may well wrong. He was a very promising 'keeper (as indeed was Paul Shardlow, whose is remembered elsewhere on this board) who was an England prospect. Of course in those days, England had good goalkeepers coming out of its ears. I did not go to Woollie Grammar - but I knew plenty of people who did. Stokie Northants being one of them. Some of you may remember Russian and French teacher Mr Toft. |
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Post by Old School Stokie on Jul 3, 2017 15:53:47 GMT
Another WCGS from 1962-69 - I remember that Sports Day when Ernie Kershaw (Not Killer Morris) got a Shotput on his leg - he didn't even shout in German when it hit him. It was Butler who did it and yes in Dunkley House
And back to the subject the Farmer Brothers and others used to beat all comers at Basketball and the cricket team wasn't bad either. Made you proud to part of the school in those days and yes it was tough at times but at least you knew where you stood. And if you did get a detention you didn't dare tell your parents unlike today's pussies who go screaming to their parents after a small clip round the earole and parents then complain how little "Tommy" was assaulted.
Even the prefects kept a tighter ship than most schools these days
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Post by stokey127 on Jul 6, 2017 13:33:50 GMT
John seemed to have a good future beckoning. He was not helped by the center half in front of him. Maurice Setters was quite often found out on the wing and kicking an attacker who he had a problem with. Good keeper but not that good |
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Post by nott1 on Jul 8, 2017 11:28:08 GMT
remember him well i was also at wolstanto school with him he was 2 years or so older than me and played footbaal at dinner breaks though the school looked down on football at the time .........always thought if we had kept him not got shilton and bought Peter Osgood would have won the league in my opinion Osgood thought he was too good for us! |
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Post by misterj on Aug 14, 2017 18:30:56 GMT
And when Banksie had his unfortunate car accident wasn't there another local lad - Barry Allcock - who served as number 2 to John Farmer prior to us signing Shilton ?
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Post by sammyp on Aug 15, 2017 21:18:38 GMT
Methinks we should have played Farmer instead of buying Shilton.  Should have played me instead of shilton ![]() [/IMG] |
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Post by sammyp on Aug 15, 2017 21:20:37 GMT
We wasted good money on replacing Farmer when it was not needed. If we had played farmer the title would have come to the vic shilton cost us our best ever chance of glory |
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Post by andywoolley on Aug 15, 2017 21:30:29 GMT
Wrongly discarded as he was a great keeper.
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