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Post by ursemboys on Jul 20, 2011 16:27:31 GMT
has you will see by my user name he was one of my favorites,i also Named my son after him .
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Post by loekursemsrightpeg on Jul 20, 2011 16:41:50 GMT
He was awesome on his day, I believe he was our first foreign signing....
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Post by greebo on Jul 20, 2011 17:34:20 GMT
I saw what was one of his first games for us, a pre season friendly against Reading at the old bomb site that was Elm Park, in August 1979.
If I remember rightly he scored two cracking goals that day, and I thought we had a new star on our hands. Never seemed to fulfill the early promise though.
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Post by NG4POTTERS on Jul 20, 2011 18:16:42 GMT
I saw what was one of his first games for us, a pre season friendly against Reading at the old bomb site that was Elm Park, in August 1979. If I remember rightly he scored two cracking goals that day, and I thought we had a new star on our hands. Never seemed to fulfill the early promise though. Bombsite is an accurate description of that ground mate ;D |
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Post by lancashirelad on Jul 20, 2011 18:29:30 GMT
libraking game was 25 Mar 78. Sorry cannot remember precisely the handball suspect i was still trying to get dry. Tony Waddington's lad scored two in one of Alan Durbans first games.
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Post by jaybee on Jul 20, 2011 19:27:32 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. I remember him as a right winger. ??? |
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Post by somersetstokie on Jul 20, 2011 19:29:36 GMT
I remember his name, Loek, was pronounced Lurk, at least by Stokies. Lurk. What a great name for a striker.
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Post by pretzel on Jul 20, 2011 21:50:47 GMT
Does anybody remember Stoke's supposed pre-season friendly against his former club, AZ 67 at the vic? I say supposed because it seemed like he had a few scores to settle and declared a one man war on his old team mates, with the rest of the Stoke team and fans looking on in bemusement. I can't remember anything else about the game other than that  |
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Post by stokiedan on Jul 20, 2011 22:00:44 GMT
The Ursem's were family friends of ours. He is a lovely fella. Last seen running a business repairing old TV's back in holland.
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Post by minty1964 on Jul 20, 2011 22:11:38 GMT
mint player...poor mans dutch hudson.....thought about his passes but got nobbled before releasing the ball...
overall..... 7/10 for me on ability and temperament....but in those days his legs weren't thick enough
top Lad and skillfull though
Dave
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Post by sheikh al dubai bin stokie on Jul 20, 2011 22:13:05 GMT
he took my nose off my face once... and then made his thumb detach
a master of trickery was mr loek
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 20, 2011 22:46:40 GMT
Ursem was ace. He was chairlifted around by fans on the pitch at the end of the 80/81 season. Met him many times. He hated n ot being in the first team and told me and my mates to kick the gaffers arse for him. He also had very smooth hands.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2011 22:51:45 GMT
He was chairlifted around by fans on the pitch at the end of the 80/81 season. Him and Denis if I remember right. Was that Denis' last match? |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 20, 2011 23:37:18 GMT
Smithy was the year after when we beat WBA 3-0 to stay up...and send Leeds down.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2011 23:53:58 GMT
Smithy was the year after when we beat WBA 3-0 to stay up...and send Leeds down. Ahhh one of my favourites. Leeds had lost to West Brom the week before meaning West Brom were safe. It was then down to either us or Leeds to fill the last relegation place. Unfortunately for Leeds, their fans had got slightly annoyed at losing to West Brom and decided to wreck the joint. This didn't go down too well with the West Brom fans, many of whom openly stated they wanted us to win that night. This seemed to rub off on the West Brom team who treated the match like a pre-season friendly and basically rolled over for us - a habit they've since found hard to break. We stayed up. Leeds went down. Happy days. |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 21, 2011 0:06:19 GMT
Alan Clarke was Leeds manager. He was at the game and left at HT. Ronnie Allen was WBA manager and after the game I saw him being interviewed and he was utterly indifferent to the defeat. He wasn't remotely bothered. I remember our players leaving the ground celebrating as if we'd won the European Cup or something.
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Post by capto on Oct 18, 2011 20:42:44 GMT
Just looked him up in my 'who's who of Stoke city' - full name:Loek Aloysius Jacobus Maria Ursem!! B. Amsterdam 7 Jan 1958, played for AZ '67 Alkmaar, SCFC July 1979, Sunderland loan March/April 1982, FC Haarlem July 1983, later with FC Wageningen & OSV Velsen - retired 1994. 36 + 8, 7 goals. Capped at u23 by holland. Debut covo opening day of 79/80 season, 1st goal vs Ipswich a yr later!! & Sham 69's song will always be Ursem's Boysto me!!
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Post by JoeinOz on Oct 19, 2011 0:00:09 GMT
I remember we played Nijmegan in a friendly and won 4-1. Smithy scored a bullet header from a corner.
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Post by johnnypotter on Feb 25, 2012 1:14:34 GMT
I remember Loek Ursem once asked my sister out on a date, she said no. This is genuine.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 10:37:27 GMT
Craig Wally - you are thinking of John Tudor. Think you are right it was Tudor 2 on debut , and never scored again ! |
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Post by ichabodcheesecake on Nov 30, 2012 13:04:11 GMT
Craig Wally - you are thinking of John Tudor. Think you are right it was Tudor 2 on debut , and never scored again ! No he scored the following home game v Derby in a 1-0 win. My first ever game. That was his last goal. Ursem was a midfielder who I agree had talent but was slow on the ball sometimes. Wasn't a bad player though with an eye for a pass. |
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Post by raven on Feb 6, 2014 8:43:56 GMT
If you want to hear some good and true Loek Ursem stories ask Terry Bates landlord of the Staff of Life in Stoke, they were good mates and had some wild nights together.
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 9, 2018 20:47:54 GMT
Craig Wally - you are thinking of John Tudor. Think you are right it was Tudor 2 on debut , and never scored again ! He did but only one against Derby when we won 1-0. |
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Post by nott1 on Jun 11, 2018 11:58:17 GMT
I seem to remember he had blonde hair and was quite skilful.
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Post by nott1 on Jun 11, 2018 12:00:35 GMT
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Post by misterj on Oct 28, 2019 18:10:21 GMT
I’m in Alkmaar (home of AZ 67 F.C.) at the end of November. If anyone knows if Loek lives nearby I could give him a call !
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Post by marylandstoke on Dec 21, 2019 14:18:13 GMT
I remember Loek Ursem once asked my sister out on a date, she said no. This is genuine. If you’d know JoeinOz then you could have vouched for the smoothness of his hands. Might have swayed her. |
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