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Post by lastoftheldk on Oct 7, 2015 19:07:59 GMT
I sold Sentinels at the Victoria Ground. I was a kid, about 13. Sellers wore blue overalls. You would have several "choirs" of papers in your bag (25 in a choir if I remember rightly). We were free to roam the ground selling and stop for a few minutes and watch the match. I remember jumping to celebrate once when stoke scored and half my takings departing my pockets, clattering down the steps, much to the amusement of people around me. After the match we would go back to the Sentinel offices and have the takings weighed in. All inky stained wood and concrete surroundings with the smell of fresh print giving you a heady buzz in your nostrils. Then on to The Roman Candle for a pint. The Roman Candle. Wasn't that the one opposite the entrance to the Potteries Centre(as is) & had a downstairs drinking area. Never liked it down there. Was more of an upstairs at Ledbellys boy The Roman Candle, was the first place that those coaches left from , Liverpool away on a Friday night was the first time
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 19:20:58 GMT
a lot what as been said by yourself and old stoke is wasted on here....only those who were around back then will understand how it was everyone was fair game...problem on here half of the Johnny come latleys only know the premier league... Truly, football started with the Premiership for most on here. 10,000 extra fans, 10,000 experts on all things SCFC with their sense of righteous entitlement and political correctness. They try to change our history, they correct our imagined wrongs, they judge us from a time that was lawless, when we were socially marginalized. They tell us what we should have done in an era that was totally different to modern times. They look down their nose at true football fans. I have more respect for Grimsby, Newport, Luton, & Wrexham fans than the JCL lot. 10,000 SCFC experts.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 20:11:02 GMT
The Premier experience has been great and something I thought I'd never see but I think it's all the sweeter for those of us who attended that Norwich game, for those who stood on Newcastles away end and watched us get relegated, for those who saw Alan Ball showered with coffee at Exeter and for those who travelled countless miles all over the country to watch another shower of shite all in the name of Stoke City FC.
The best of times and the worst of times...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 20:51:34 GMT
I loved the 80's walking to the Vic from Bentilee through the old NCB or when I had the money catching the Double decker Stoke special bus that came down Dividy Road. Walking to the ground , the smell, the feeling the excitement brilliant days. The club is so much more then just the Prem years but I still love the way things are going now. Long gone are the days of meeting at the town hall in Stoke with demonstrations against PC, how things have changed hey.
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Post by outspaced on Oct 7, 2015 20:59:10 GMT
The Full Members Cup. Later Zenith Data Systems and Simod Cup. It was created when English clubs were banned from European Football after Heysel.
It didn't take off and crowds were very low.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 21:08:35 GMT
The Full Members Cup. Later Zenith Data Systems and Simod Cup. It was created when English clubs were banned from European Football after Heysel. It didn't take off and crowds were very low. The Anglo Italian Cup!
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Post by Gods on Oct 7, 2015 22:33:42 GMT
The Full Members Cup. Later Zenith Data Systems and Simod Cup. It was created when English clubs were banned from European Football after Heysel. It didn't take off and crowds were very low. The Anglo Italian Cup! Sorry to be thick but what is the building/pub in your Avatar?
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Post by bristolpotter on Oct 8, 2015 5:02:20 GMT
Looks like the old uncle toms cabin, could be wrong though lol
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Post by bathstoke on Oct 8, 2015 6:56:28 GMT
Sorry to be thick but what is the building/pub in your Avatar? Isn't it the one that used to be up the Rd from the Black Lion...
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Post by bathstoke on Oct 8, 2015 7:00:54 GMT
The Premier experience has been great and something I thought I'd never see but I think it's all the sweeter for those of us who attended that Norwich game, for those who stood on Newcastles away end and watched us get relegated, for those who saw Alan Ball showered with coffee at Exeter and for those who travelled countless miles all over the country to watch another shower of shite all in the name of Stoke City FC. The best of times and the worst of times... That Alan Ball incident was bizarre, although I always thought it was tea. People queuing up for tea/coffee at the kiosk, only to walk it down to the dugout & throw it at Ballie!!!
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Post by outspaced on Oct 8, 2015 7:28:12 GMT
What we have now in what is a team and club to be proud of is something that you can appreciate more having been through the absolute shite of years gone by.
I feel sorry for the new fans since promotion. All they've seen is full houses and good teams for the past seven years. When we end up being relegated (which in the natural cycle of what happens with clubs our size will eventually come) how many will stick with it?
To stand on a sparce Boothen End with a crush barrier all to yourself. A huddle of away fans in the Stoke End. To generally be treated like animals where ever you went. The West Midlands and South Yorkshire coppers the worst of the lot. Remember fans being lifted for throwing Oatcakes on the pitch as the players ran out at Sheffield Utd.
Stadiums were ramshackle affairs, falling apart, old wooden stands, crumbling terraces, faded and flaking paint of the club colours, terrible pitches. Fans in general were treated with contempt but away fans more so. Away days in the rain on an open terrace, what a truly miserable experience (eg Man City lost 3-0, Imre Varadi hat trick, pissing down, piss wet through and getting pelted with stuff by the Kippax)
But there was a mad satisfaction to it, it felt almost like this is as good as it gets. I'll accept that my team is hopeless and I'm just one wrong glance at a copper away from being banged up in a van. I could be beaten up at any time, I sort of treasure the memories in a way that you've got to go through the shit to appreciate the good.
But the only good thing for me now is I have a football club and a team to be proud of. The rest of it leaves me cold.
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Post by Gods on Oct 8, 2015 8:11:03 GMT
Sorry to be thick but what is the building/pub in your Avatar? Isn't it the one that used to be up the Rd from the Black Lion... I thought it may be the now derelict Uncle Toms Cabin but it doesn't quite look like that so I think you are probably right.
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Post by doctortheopolis on Oct 8, 2015 13:01:51 GMT
As someone who started watching from the mid 80's onwards, I remember that I got used to the fact that we were wank very quickly!
- Tony "the invisble man" Henry supposedly being our best midfielder - Being impressed when we signed Mark Higgins, John Gidman and Simon Stainrod (Christ I was young and stupid) - Fences at every bloody ground! - "Graduating" from block D of the Boothen to the middle between posts B and C and the brilliant mentals in there - Nearly breaking my hand in the mental after Leigh Palin's equaliser against the soapdodgers - Being chased by a police horse down Boothen Old Road - Getting 14-15000 being a sign that we were in with a shot at the play offs (and then quickly going back down to 8000) - Looking at games like Swindon away and thinking we'd do well to get even a point there - The grass bank at Wigan and falling for Alan Ball's false promises - Drinking in the Queens Head in Talke and meeting some of the scariest people I had ever seen (who turned out to be great lads) - George Bensons "give me the night" playing before every home game or at half time.
Character building and great times. Standing in the main square in Valencia and watching the 5th goal go in at an FA Cup semi might be amazing but, by christ, it makes you appreciate how things were and how they are now!
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Post by kevkj on Oct 8, 2015 13:05:42 GMT
Isn't it the one that used to be up the Rd from the Black Lion... I thought it may be the now derelict Uncle Toms Cabin but it doesn't quite look like that so I think you are probably right. I initially thought Uncle Toms or trader Jacks blurton.
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Post by dexta on Oct 8, 2015 14:25:22 GMT
I thought it may be the now derelict Uncle Toms Cabin but it doesn't quite look like that so I think you are probably right. I initially thought Uncle Toms or trader Jacks blurton. does look like trader jacks to me would help if I could find my readers
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Post by dutchpeter72 on Oct 8, 2015 14:42:26 GMT
The Premier experience has been great and something I thought I'd never see but I think it's all the sweeter for those of us who attended that Norwich game, for those who stood on Newcastles away end and watched us get relegated, for those who saw Alan Ball showered with coffee at Exeter and for those who travelled countless miles all over the country to watch another shower of shite all in the name of Stoke City FC. The best of times and the worst of times... I remember coming back on the train from Newcastle on Easter Monday. A whole bunch of us Stood up to watch the Victoria Ground come into view,and the silent realisation that we'd been relegated to the third division. Always stuck in my mind.
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Post by outspaced on Oct 8, 2015 14:59:48 GMT
The Premier experience has been great and something I thought I'd never see but I think it's all the sweeter for those of us who attended that Norwich game, for those who stood on Newcastles away end and watched us get relegated, for those who saw Alan Ball showered with coffee at Exeter and for those who travelled countless miles all over the country to watch another shower of shite all in the name of Stoke City FC. The best of times and the worst of times... I remember coming back on the train from Newcastle on Easter Monday. A whole bunch of us Stood up to watch the Victoria Ground come into view,and the silent realisation that we'd been relegated to the third division. Always stuck in my mind. I went up the Vale on the day of the Newcastle game. I did go in the away end though. They were playing Oldham I remember, it always stuck with me how rather than revel in beating a promotion chasing side they used the whole game as a celebration of Stoke going down. I suppose I should have known it would be that way.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2015 17:48:55 GMT
I thought it may be the now derelict Uncle Toms Cabin but it doesn't quite look like that so I think you are probably right. I initially thought Uncle Toms or trader Jacks blurton. It's not Uncle Toms or Trader Jacks. Looks like the Regent on Whieldon Road to me but I could be wrong. Give me 7 pints of Ansells and I'll have another look !
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Oct 8, 2015 18:02:35 GMT
I initially thought Uncle Toms or trader Jacks blurton. It's not Uncle Toms or Trader Jacks. Looks like the Regent on Whieldon Road to me but I could be wrong. Give me 7 pints of Ansells and I'll have another look ! Being from Blurton I can say with 100% certainty it's neither Trader's or the Rege.
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Post by elystokie on Oct 8, 2015 18:05:15 GMT
I initially thought Uncle Toms or trader Jacks blurton. does look like trader jacks to me would help if I could find my readers Buy em ten at a time from Poundland and leave em all over the house mate, the missus gets used to it eventually.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2015 18:35:52 GMT
does look like trader jacks to me would help if I could find my readers Buy em ten at a time from Poundland and leave em all over the house mate, the missus gets used to it eventually. I bought some from Tesco for 2 quid. Couldn't read the tag that was attached to them though. I needn't have bothered anyway as I'd lost them within 3 days. Anyway, someone give Old Stoke a boot up the arse so we can all find out which bloody pub it is.
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Post by elystokie on Oct 8, 2015 19:06:29 GMT
Buy em ten at a time from Poundland and leave em all over the house mate, the missus gets used to it eventually. I bought some from Tesco for 2 quid. Couldn't read the tag that was attached to them though. I needn't have bothered anyway as I'd lost them within 3 days. Anyway, someone give Old Stoke a boot up the arse so we can all find out which bloody pub it is. I've just 'closed in' on it and there's definitely 3 words in the title, pretty sure the first one is 'The' (doesn't really help that much!) and I think* the first two letters of the last word are 'E' and 'X' - by no means sure of this but I'll be really glad if they are those letters cos it'll mean I've proved the missus wrong, again :)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2015 19:06:46 GMT
Buy em ten at a time from Poundland and leave em all over the house mate, the missus gets used to it eventua bought some from Tesco for 2 quid. Couldn't read the tag that was attached to them though. I needn't have bothered anyway as I'd lost them within 3 days.Anyway, someone give Old Stoke a boot up the arse so we can all find out which bloody pub it is. It's been puzzling me also, since the first post. It certainly isn't Uncle Tom's - that pub had a Swizz cottage look about it. My first thought was The Saracen's Head, Sandon Rd - but it isn't. The sign seems to read The Red House - but it isn't the Red House in Longton, or the one in Fenton.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2015 19:19:03 GMT
Singing You'll never walk alone. Singing 10 men went to mow. Singing always look on the bright side of life long before Man utd did Giving Howard Gayle at Blackburn the most horrible racist abuse anyone could imagine. Paul Dyson. Barry Siddall. George Berry blowing the boothen kisses. Sitting in the old boothen stand and hearing the old men say Mark Chamberlain was crap and was not good enough to lace sir Stand Boots. Getting tickets in the Stoke stand seats for a quid from lads n dad's. Sammy Chungs dugout. Fuck me I could write a book. Go on then. What's stopping you. Write your book. I'll do the proof reading before the big release date if you want
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2015 19:25:00 GMT
Coyney Arms ?
Mrs has suggested it's where Buffet Island is now but what does she know...
I'm sticking with the Regent anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2015 19:31:07 GMT
Coyney Arms ? Mrs has suggested it's where Buffet Island is now but what does she know... I'm sticking with the Regent anyway. I think Coyney Arms could be it. It certainly looks very familiar to me. My first thought was Meir ..
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2015 19:46:58 GMT
Disappointed, in all of you. But why does it matter? I could have put the Glebe, but it's too obvious from back in the day. Charlies? Valentines? Harrys? The Sheaf? Talbot? Staff? Sealion? Commercial? Bull & Bush?
Anyway....please continue to write up your 80's memories and let's all have a chuckle and a good old reminisce.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2015 20:03:07 GMT
Disappointed, in all of you. But why does it matter? I could have put the Glebe, but it's too obvious from back in the day. Charlies? Valentines? Harrys? The Sheaf? Talbot? Staff? Sealion? Commercial? Bull & Bush? Anyway....please continue to write up your 80's memories and let's all have a chuckle and a good old reminisce. Maybe the Sneyd Arms in the Abbey.
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Oct 8, 2015 20:08:09 GMT
I'm sticking with the Regent anyway. I've told you once it's not the Regent.
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Post by manmarking on Oct 8, 2015 20:21:35 GMT
John O'Gaunt. Pool Dam. Next to The Dancing Octopus chippy in Castle lads. What do I win?
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