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Post by Kewstokie on May 24, 2017 22:03:07 GMT
Long time coming but I finally made (poor) copies of three old pictures today. Not sure if they've already been posted but ...
This one is from September 1904 showing the 'Notts FC team' at Stoke - the stand is recognisable from earlier posts.
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Post by Kewstokie on May 24, 2017 22:11:24 GMT
And this is the Stoke team from the same match in 1904:
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Post by Kewstokie on May 24, 2017 22:22:48 GMT
From the same photographer this is Stoke team in 1905/6 , the form on which the photo is attached is dated 01 January 1906 - whether it was taken that Monday is moot.
I don't think this is taken at Stoke, but stand to be corrected.
To complete the set there's a 1909 photo to follow if I can edit it down
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Post by Kewstokie on May 24, 2017 22:31:37 GMT
And the official team photo from 03 September 1909 this time taken and copyrighted by a a Mr W Miller of Maybank. Sadly outside the ground (probably) but the change to stripes had taken place.
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Post by Davef on May 25, 2017 11:30:38 GMT
Another cracking video of the Victoria Ground from January 1962, not long after Stan returned.
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Post by Paul Spencer on May 25, 2017 13:22:46 GMT
Long time coming but I finally made (poor) copies of three old pictures today. Not sure if they've already been posted but ... This one is from September 1904 showing the 'Notts FC team' at Stoke - the stand is recognisable from earlier posts. That's a brilliant picture of the Stoke End stand, we haven't had one that close before and more to the point, it had only just been completed when that picture was taken. |
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Post by Paul Spencer on May 25, 2017 13:25:09 GMT
And this is the Stoke team from the same match in 1904: I haven't ever seen that scoreboard before and I'm genuinely not sure where in the ground it was located. Has anybody got any idea what it is that we're actually looking at behind the players? Are we looking at a virtually non existent Boothen End? |
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Post by The Stubborn Optimist on May 25, 2017 13:28:50 GMT
Another cracking video of the Victoria Ground from January 1962, not long after Stan returned. That was never a pen, clearly outside the box. We wuz robbed!  |
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Post by Paul Spencer on May 25, 2017 13:29:02 GMT
Another cracking video of the Victoria Ground from January 1962, not long after Stan returned. "A wealthy Stoke fan said he will sue the referee for the way he handled the game." |
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Post by NG4POTTERS on May 25, 2017 20:37:27 GMT
Another cracking video of the Victoria Ground from January 1962, not long after Stan returned. That's a great video. |
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jun 17, 2017 9:09:35 GMT
I still want to go back there one last time.
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Post by Mendicant on Jun 17, 2017 10:10:56 GMT
I still want to go back there one last time. Looking at that photo, you see a unique dampness to the Potteries that nowhere else on God's earth can match. There are wetter places, more humid places, greyer places but nowhere offers that damp veneer on brickwork from an eternity of drizzle like the Potteries. |
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Post by Clayton Wood on Jun 17, 2017 10:19:22 GMT
I still want to go back there one last time. You were in our end, surely   |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jun 23, 2017 20:03:14 GMT
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Post by muglump on Jun 23, 2017 20:07:50 GMT
I loved this place almost too much. It was properly magic. A bit shitty to be sure but magic
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Post by PotterLog on Jun 23, 2017 20:37:10 GMT
Another cracking video of the Victoria Ground from January 1962, not long after Stan returned. That was never a pen, clearly outside the box. We wuz robbed! And where was the VAR for our "offside" goal 1st half?? Outrageous!  |
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Post by Davef on Jan 18, 2018 16:54:58 GMT
  A great photo of a snowbound Victoria Ground in the late 50's with the old Boothen Stand and pavilion. |
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Post by Fred Ferret on Jan 18, 2018 17:28:16 GMT
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The Boothen looks brand new!! |
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jan 18, 2018 17:31:33 GMT
Just clicked on this thread (accidentally) and saw LDE76 post on the first page and noticed he hasn't been online in 4 months.. anyone know where he's gone? Always thought he was one of the better posters on here.
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Post by RICH68 on Jan 18, 2018 17:31:52 GMT
A great photo of a snowbound Victoria Ground in the late 50's with the old Boothen Stand and pavilion. Great photo Haven’t seen that one before 👍🏻 |
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jan 18, 2018 17:33:19 GMT
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The Boothen looks brand new!!
That's because it is!
I'm glad that Dave has resurrected this thread because it'll prompt me to get off my arse and add the other stuff I've got to it.
I just haven't had the time recently but will get on to it soon and then ultimately, hopefully put the whole thing into a chronological time line.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 19:10:09 GMT
I loved the old ground so much, it didn't matter what division we were in or how many were there, it was exciting, magical
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Post by bigcashprizes on Jan 18, 2018 19:12:49 GMT
The Boothen looks brand new!!
That's because it is!
I'm glad that Dave has resurrected this thread because it'll prompt me to get off my arse and add the other stuff I've got to it.
I just haven't had the time recently but will get on to it soon and then ultimately, hopefully put the whole thing into a chronological time line.
Good stuff Sir. This thread is majestic |
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Post by Ayupshag on Jan 18, 2018 19:27:24 GMT
So many happy memories at The Vic. My dad took me for the very first time in 1982/83. I still remember the smell inside that place. Cigarettes, bovril, pies, alcohol all bought together made it unmistakable. You could go in there blindfolded and know exactly where you were by the smell alone. There was nothing like standing on those terraces with my dad and later on with the lads. I wish I could take my kids there so they got the pleasure of watching Stoke ( in any division) from the same terraces that I did with my dad. It was the atmosphere that hooked me. Never have I been to a ground since that made me feel as happy as I was in the vic. Still feel gutted when I drive past that piece of wasteland now, but whenever I do drive past there all my childhood memories come flooding back. I’ll be eternally grateful to my dad for taking me to that ground and etching Stoke City into my soul forever
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Post by Kenilworth_Stokies on Jan 18, 2018 19:56:07 GMT
One of these days I'm gonna put my Vic timeline video together. I remember the days when I had spare time...
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Post by jarvinski on Jan 18, 2018 19:56:15 GMT
Victoria ground
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Post by wizardofdribble on Jan 18, 2018 21:39:05 GMT
Wonderful photograph, evokes many happy memories, walking down Campbell Road with my father passing the many sweet shops / newsagents, the Chippy and Salvador Valentino’s tailors shop on the way. Entering the Stoke End of the ground via the juvenile turnstile then meeting up with my father on the other side, climbing the steps then making our way down to our usual spot on the open terraces below.
It was in the old second division days that I made ‘my’ debut at the Vic (55/56 season). The home side always came out first, trotting out from the old pavilion in the corner of the Boothen End, the towering gasometer behind the Butler Street stand displayed its own support with the slogan ‘ Stoke up with Coke’.
Idols of the day......McCue, Thompson, King & Oscroft and of course there was Bobby Cairns a diminutive Scottish half back who my father nicknamed ‘Slide Rule’ due to his precise passing ability.
A lot of the Trent has flowed under the bridge next to the Boothen End / Butler Street corner since then, I still attend all home games and take in 8-10 aways each season, long may it continue.
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Post by marylandstoke on Jul 29, 2019 16:14:59 GMT
Another cracking video of the Victoria Ground from January 1962, not long after Stan returned. Little doubt that with Pathe Assistant Referee the penalty wouldn’t have stood. |
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Post by stayingupfor GermanStokie on Sept 8, 2019 21:51:26 GMT
Here you go, try to see whats in the background on here . I'm of to bed. As stated in that video... and at the risk of reopening another argument.. even in 1935 they were saying we „are the oldest but one club in the league“... |
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Post by Davef on Sept 10, 2019 11:45:16 GMT
From 1975, one of the support bands (Ace) performing at the Yes concert.  |
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