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Post by NG4POTTERS on Jul 20, 2011 9:26:12 GMT
A name i remember from when i first started watching the potters but seeing as i were only a nipper i remember nothing about his style of play, how good he was/wasn't etc. Surely he was the first dutchman to play for stoke?
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Post by wandonlodge2 on Jul 20, 2011 9:27:59 GMT
Bloody hell Northy - I can't remember him at all. Senility is moving on apace.
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Post by jamasa on Jul 20, 2011 9:34:01 GMT
Loek Ursem became the first foreign player to play for Stoke City having being brought to the club by Alan Durban from AZ '67. He spent four years at the Victoria Ground making 40 appearances for the club scoring 7 goals. He returned to the Netherlands in 1982.
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Post by downbythedugouts on Jul 20, 2011 9:35:11 GMT
A name i remember from when i first started watching the potters but seeing as i were only a nipper i remember nothing about his style of play, how good he was/wasn't etc. Surely he was the first dutchman to play for stoke? I think he was the first foreign player to play for Stoke although there are differing interpretations of "foreign" |
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Post by YarnfieldStokie on Jul 20, 2011 9:37:02 GMT
Remember he went on loan to sunderland at some point
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Post by NG4POTTERS on Jul 20, 2011 9:37:50 GMT
Bloody hell Northy - I can't remember him at all. Senility is moving on apace. Biggest picture i could find   |
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Post by jamasa on Jul 20, 2011 9:38:41 GMT
Remember he went on loan to sunderland at some point Played 4 games for them. |
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Post by tazi on Jul 20, 2011 9:50:12 GMT
Was a smoker, was he not?....
Good player nontheless.
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Post by wandonlodge2 on Jul 20, 2011 9:59:57 GMT
Loek Ursem became the first foreign player to play for Stoke City having being brought to the club by Alan Durban from AZ '67. He spent four years at the Victoria Ground making 40 appearances for the club scoring 7 goals. He returned to the Netherlands in 1982. Ahhh, I was away at Uni then and was too drunk/lazy/broke/feckless to get home . I should still remember his name though. |
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Post by baystokie on Jul 20, 2011 10:03:14 GMT
A name i remember from when i first started watching the potters but seeing as i were only a nipper i remember nothing about his style of play, how good he was/wasn't etc. Surely he was the first dutchman to play for stoke? I think he was the first foreign player to play for Stoke although there are differing interpretations of "foreign" ....such as 'Republic of Ireland' (Terry C) c1967?  |
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Post by Hamburgstokie on Jul 20, 2011 10:04:41 GMT
i remember he scored our goal v Arsehole when i was mascot in 1981.
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Post by theteacher on Jul 20, 2011 10:05:10 GMT
Had some talent did Loek.......... has you would expect from a 1970's duth midfielder.
From memory, he never became a regular in the team?
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Post by HappyClapper on Jul 20, 2011 10:09:37 GMT
Good player. One of my favourites.
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Post by stokemark on Jul 20, 2011 10:13:54 GMT
He was on fire for us early on in what I think was the 81/82 season and them suffered a really nasty injury He went on loan to Sunderland and ironically came on as sub for them against us at the Vic - Very funny as I remember well the Stokies singing 'Ursem, Ursem give us a wave' which he duly obliged when he ran onto the pitch I remember attending many a reserve team game that Loek played in and he had a cracking free kick on him, scoring some memorable goals in front of all 40 of us ! |
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Post by Cyprusdelilah on Jul 20, 2011 10:18:28 GMT
Think there was one point where he scored 4 games running.
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Post by wingy1964 on Jul 20, 2011 10:43:23 GMT
I remember the goal against Arsenal,went straight through the middle of them and slotted it home,we beat them 1-0 i think.
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Post by rigsby on Jul 20, 2011 10:51:31 GMT
Loek Ursem really does sound like an anagram.
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Post by bradthescaff on Jul 20, 2011 11:15:58 GMT
Crackin player on his day , a bit like tunny
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Post by CraigWally on Jul 20, 2011 11:21:21 GMT
Did he not score two goals on his debut for us - one of which was a flying header from outside the box infront of the Boothen?
Or..
I'm getting old and my memory is not what it was
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Post by NG4POTTERS on Jul 20, 2011 12:38:59 GMT
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Post by fca47 on Jul 20, 2011 12:47:13 GMT
He scored an unusual goal against someone where he ran over the ball and flicked it up before scoring. It was something he did in the warm up, but I'm sure he scored a goal like that in a match. He was a bit lightweight for english football.
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Post by bradthescaff on Jul 20, 2011 12:57:44 GMT
Did he score when We thrashed dirty Leeds at there place and Chapman Got a hat trick
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Post by jimmygscfc on Jul 20, 2011 13:03:36 GMT
A skilful player, perhaps not quite suited to the physical demands of our league.
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Post by lancashirelad on Jul 20, 2011 13:06:34 GMT
A winger mainly played on the left. He had his good days and though tall was very slender and could be taken out of the game. He was not gifted with lots of pace but a skillful left footer similiar to Hoestra but not quite the showmanship. He was good to watch but if he had had more conifidence I suspect he would have been an early version of Hoestra.
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Post by lancashirelad on Jul 20, 2011 13:07:45 GMT
Craig Wally - you are thinking of John Tudor.
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Post by str8outtahampton on Jul 20, 2011 13:30:50 GMT
He was known by some (certainly by a few of my friends) as Leek Burslem. I was initially amazed that he was our first (proper) overseas player, but on reflection that seems perfectly right. (Carlos Babington might have preceded him by quite a few years if things had gone differently).
I also have a feeling that we thought we were getting an Arnold Muhren or Frans Thijsen. Not quite in their league, but very decent touch.
The crowds that season (in the link above) are truly amazing. And not just ours. Less than 40,000 for Man U away.
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Post by libraking on Jul 20, 2011 15:05:12 GMT
I'm sure he was playing at the first game I ever went to against Leyton Orient in 1978/79 season. We beat them 5-1. As I remember it, we were 5-0 up and he saved a shot on the line with his hand by tipping it over the bar and they scored from the pen. Why the hell he did that when we were already 5-0 up...
Wasn't there also a song in the boothen that went 'Ursem Boys, Ursem Boys, lace up boots and corduroys' like that Sham 69 song 'Hersham Boys'? Or was that just made up by me and me mates!?
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Post by lancashirelad on Jul 20, 2011 15:11:45 GMT
libraking - He did not sign until August 79.
The O's was that the one delayed 1/2 an hour due to heavy rain and went 5 up in the first half.
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Post by libraking on Jul 20, 2011 15:23:56 GMT
Cheers Lancashire lad.
Can you remember who handballed it then?
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Post by guernseydave on Jul 20, 2011 16:22:52 GMT
Libraking,
Your memory is right abart the song.
Loek Ursem, as some on here will know, is my all time favourite Stoke player
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