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Post by johnfarmersmum on Aug 28, 2013 0:13:28 GMT
Stoke's first match in the Second Division for 14 years was against Third Division champions Mansfield Town on 20 August 1977. They lost 2–1 at Field Mill where the fans let the club down badly, as after the match there was a riot. Wikki cut and paste.  |
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Post by lastoftheldk on Aug 28, 2013 0:21:18 GMT
it was a eventfull day and there was clashes with Forrest fans who had played everton away, were you there ?
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Post by johnfarmersmum on Aug 28, 2013 0:29:48 GMT
no..my first game was the following season....but can remember the result...my first year supporting the potters as a kid.
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Post by mickstupp on Aug 28, 2013 5:37:04 GMT
I remember just before the game started a stokie ran on the pitch, stood on the penalty spot and pulled a mooney at their keeper.
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Post by partickpotter on Aug 28, 2013 5:40:04 GMT
Was on holiday when this game took place and couldn't take anything in apart from the harsh reality of the result, but there would appear to have been plenty of trouble according to this local match report. "A disgrace to themselves; a disgrace to their club; and a disgrace to their city" Oh the good old days of watching football in the '70's; you're going to get your fucking head kicked in! Don't hear that much these days (fortunately!). |
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Post by bathstoke on Aug 28, 2013 7:32:14 GMT
Isn't this covered in the "Naughty" book...
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Post by stokienorthants on Aug 28, 2013 7:36:49 GMT
I was there in the middle of the Stokies and don't recall any riot. I do remember my mate writing off his car which he had picked up that very morning on the way to the game. It was that long ago I am sure there was a guy with a red flag walking in front f us!
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Post by chesterfieldstokie on Aug 28, 2013 7:42:29 GMT
I was also there, from memory I believe that there was a bit of trouble with Stoke fans at the back of the ground damaging the wall.
Having been around during many of the matches talked about in Naughty, it should be in the fiction section
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Post by Northy on Aug 28, 2013 7:42:35 GMT
There was general laddish behaviour of the times, but not a riot as per last summers riots
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Post by Staying up for Grandadstokey on Aug 28, 2013 8:15:17 GMT
My abiding memory of this match was the look on Peter Shilton's face.He looked thoroughly cheesed off that he was there, he was'nt for much longer,he signed for Forest shortly after and as far as I and thousands of other Stokies it was good riddance.
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Post by pottersrule on Aug 28, 2013 8:45:56 GMT
My abiding memory of this match was the look on Peter Shilton's face.He looked thoroughly cheesed off that he was there, he was'nt for much longer,he signed for Forest shortly after and as far as I and thousands of other Stokies it was good riddance. The match was a very humbling experience for everyone.We played poorly and the ground was horrible. I remember being crammed into the away end,and the embankment being set on fire outside,hardly a riot though.Didn't realise it was 36 years ago though,no wonder I'm struggling to remember it. |
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Aug 28, 2013 9:06:25 GMT
Please please please,dont bring up the Stenhousemuir nightmare on this thread.
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Post by vamborools on Aug 28, 2013 9:15:41 GMT
I'm sure this was Alec Lindseys debut ? As I recall he had a nightmare
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2013 9:20:06 GMT
It was typical dunked 70s hooliganism rather than anything organised, not a riot.
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Post by march4 on Aug 28, 2013 9:46:24 GMT
I'm sure this was Alec Lindseys debut ? As I recall he had a nightmare It was and Howard Kendall and Dave Gregory. Shilton played in goal, possibly his last game for us. |
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Post by Gods on Aug 28, 2013 9:50:06 GMT
I'm sure this was Alec Lindseys debut ? As I recall he had a nightmare I remember being promised when we signed left-back Lindsay from Liverpool that we would be treated to "the sweet left foot of Alec Lindsay". From memory not only did he shank everything in to the paddock he was slow as hell and generally not a jot bit interested  |
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Aug 28, 2013 9:57:51 GMT
I once saw Alec Lindsay drinking a couple of half's in the Supporters Club .............. before the game!
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Post by stevebigsmokestoke on Aug 28, 2013 10:11:26 GMT
STOKE FANS RAN ACOSS THE PITCH INTO THE HOME FANS END
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Post by gibby1409 on Aug 28, 2013 17:50:45 GMT
I thought it kicked off in a big way? Was only 17 then, but from memory, it seemed like it was going off in a big way. We really had to duck and dive walking through the town, and then in the ground it was much worse? Deffo a section in "Naughty" about big Mark B wading in and getting the Stokies moving at this match  |
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Post by wuzza on Aug 28, 2013 18:05:47 GMT
There were rather a lot of people on the pitch from what I remember .....if this constitutes a riot I dont know.
The game and indeed the whole day reflected the raw unorganised nature of the 70's away experience!
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Post by sirgreenhoff on Aug 28, 2013 18:33:46 GMT
I was at the game. It was my first away game and I was 13. I went with my best mate at the time and his mum and stepdad.
I recall before the game seeing a large group of Stokies wandering around the town and generally having what appeared to be some light hearted drunken fun.
I distinctly remember a big group of Stokies coming through what I think was the town centre, and a big bloke at the front of the mob wearing a kilt for some reason. The reason I remember it is that he was wafting it around and then he came over to us - we were wearing our colours (a silk scarf hanging from my wrist !) and he picked me up and put me on his shoulders.
We sat in the main stand, with stokies on the open embankment to the right hand side, and the home fans in their covered end on the left.
We were sat in with the home fans.
I remember that the stokies invaded the pitch before kick off & ran over to the home end and there was fighting and general mayhem. I also remember that mounted police had to come onto the pitch to separate the fans and to drive the stokies back onto the open end.
The game definitely kicked off late, but I'm not sure how long the game was delayed, but it seemed quite a while.
I remember that we didn't play well & that this probably added to what happened after the game.
As we walked back to my mates car I can remember, what appeared to me as a 13 year old, to be all hell breaking loose.
I do remember big shop windows being put through and cars being smashed up all over the place.
So I would say that it did kick off, and the locals would have well and truly thought that stokies were a nightmare.
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Post by mickstupp on Aug 28, 2013 18:43:24 GMT
Wasn't this also the day of the infamous kick off with Forest at Meir?
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Post by BuzzB on Aug 28, 2013 21:06:55 GMT
Wasn't this also the day of the infamous kick off with Forest at Meir? yep, outside the Waggon n osses if I remember correctly. |
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Post by plumber1 on Aug 28, 2013 21:09:29 GMT
People who say they were there but didn't see any trouble must either be lying or complete idiots. There was fighting in the town before the game, atleast 4 or 5 pitch invasions & fighting in their end. One pitch invasion ended up with stoke fans running the full length of the pitch & clearing Mansfield out of their end.
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Post by meirman61 on Aug 28, 2013 22:33:49 GMT
Wasn't this also the day of the infamous kick off with Forest at Meir? It always kicked off in the Meir with away fans if they stopped for a friendly pint at the Waggon or the public bogs at Saracens Way eey happy days |
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