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Post by rawli on Jun 20, 2018 10:42:17 GMT
When we were facing trying to get promotion back at first attempt? I remember 1986 there being zero expectation but I was pretty happy we'd got Mick Mills. Didn't start going until 1978.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 10:49:43 GMT
Quiet confidence
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Post by drfootball on Jun 20, 2018 10:50:58 GMT
Pretty grim as I remember,we`d just had to sell Jimmy Greenhoff to Man U against his wishes to pay for the new roof on the Butler Street Stand and there wasn`nt a great deal of optimism at all.
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Post by theincontinents on Jun 20, 2018 10:53:14 GMT
Fuckin angry!!
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Post by Absolution on Jun 20, 2018 11:01:43 GMT
Everyone was fine because no one had the Internet.
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 20, 2018 11:09:08 GMT
85 there were genuine appropriate fears we could go through the divisions. Mick stabilised us and did well in his first two seasons in that respect.
In 1990 the Alan Ball stimulared mania led to thrilling exciting optimism. It didn't which turn out right though. Which is why right now I'm quietly pleased but not shouting too loud about the good things happening.
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Post by lordb on Jun 20, 2018 11:10:30 GMT
1998 we pulled off a coup by getting Brain Little in as manager, runaway promotion was assured.
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Post by gibby1409 on Jun 20, 2018 11:10:31 GMT
Dire!
I remember the first game at Mansfield! We were a lot more effective off the pitch than on it!
Alex Lindsay Howard Kendall, Dave Gregory and Paul Richardson all made their debuts as I recall. This was the Blyth Spartans season which ended with Alan Durban being brought in Feb/March ish
So it wonna very good! Durban sorted us out for the following season though! 😊
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 11:10:52 GMT
Between the strikes and the blackouts people probably didn't give it a second thought.........
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 11:12:39 GMT
85 there were genuine appropriate fears we could go through the divisions. Mick stabilised us and did well in his first two seasons in that respect. In 1990 the Alan Ball stimulared mania led to thrilling exciting optimism. It didn't which turn out right though. Which is why right now I'm quietly pleased but not shouting too loud about the good things happening. The Alan Ball flat cap I purchased came with a guarantee of promotion according to the man in the shop. Lying bastard......
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 20, 2018 11:15:20 GMT
85 there were genuine appropriate fears we could go through the divisions. Mick stabilised us and did well in his first two seasons in that respect. In 1990 the Alan Ball stimulared mania led to thrilling exciting optimism. It didn't which turn out right though. Which is why right now I'm quietly pleased but not shouting too loud about the good things happening. The Alan Ball flat cap I purchased came with a guarantee of promotion according to the man in the shop. Lying bastard...... "We'll win one of those cups as well ".
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Post by Staying up for Grandadstokey on Jun 20, 2018 11:20:27 GMT
Dire! I remember the first game at Mansfield! We were a lot more effective off the pitch than on it! Alex Lindsay Howard Kendall, Dave Gregory and Paul Richardson all made their debuts as I recall. This was the Blyth Spartans season which ended with Alan Durban being brought in Feb/March ish So it wonna very good! Durban sorted us out for the following season though! 😊 I shall always remember that Mansfield game, Peter Shilton had a face on him like a smacked arse , I think he was sold the following week .No tears spilt , great goalkeeper that he was, he never showed it whilst he played for us.
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Post by lordb on Jun 20, 2018 11:24:28 GMT
Dire! I remember the first game at Mansfield! We were a lot more effective off the pitch than on it! Alex Lindsay Howard Kendall, Dave Gregory and Paul Richardson all made their debuts as I recall. This was the Blyth Spartans season which ended with Alan Durban being brought in Feb/March ish So it wonna very good! Durban sorted us out for the following season though! 😊 I shall always remember that Mansfield game, Peter Shilton had a face on him like a smacked arse , I think he was sold the following week .No tears spilt , great goalkeeper that he was, he never showed it whilst he played for us. hmm am I right in thinking the transfer window closes after we have played our first game? Could be a Butland/Shilton parallel?
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Post by Absolution on Jun 20, 2018 11:42:28 GMT
Between the strikes and the blackouts people probably didn't give it a second thought......... I were stuck up a chimney for most of it.
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Post by gibby1409 on Jun 20, 2018 11:49:48 GMT
I shall always remember that Mansfield game, Peter Shilton had a face on him like a smacked arse , I think he was sold the following week .No tears spilt , great goalkeeper that he was, he never showed it whilst he played for us. hmm am I right in thinking the transfer window closes after we have played our first game? Could be a Butland/Shilton parallel? I doubt it tbh. Shilton was desperate for a move and probably regretted coming to Stoke when we didn't win the league in 74-75. Butland strikes me as a much more honest less selfish kind of person than Shilton
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Post by lordb on Jun 20, 2018 11:51:26 GMT
hmm am I right in thinking the transfer window closes after we have played our first game? Could be a Butland/Shilton parallel? I doubt it tbh. Shilton was desperate for a move and probably regretted coming to Stoke when we didn't win the league in 74-75. Butland strikes me as a much more honest less selfish kind of person than Shilton true all the same if he does move after the first match I might stick 50p on whosoever he moves to to win the league
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Post by BuzzB on Jun 20, 2018 11:57:20 GMT
Dire! I remember the first game at Mansfield! We were a lot more effective off the pitch than on it! Alex Lindsay Howard Kendall, Dave Gregory and Paul Richardson all made their debuts as I recall. This was the Blyth Spartans season which ended with Alan Durban being brought in Feb/March ish So it wonna very good! Durban sorted us out for the following season though! 😊 I shall always remember that Mansfield game, Peter Shilton had a face on him like a smacked arse , I think he was sold the following week .No tears spilt , great goalkeeper that he was, he never showed it whilst he played for us. Ha ha that game was memorable alright, thousands descended on Field Mill. Lost too if I remember right.
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Post by Staying up for Grandadstokey on Jun 20, 2018 12:10:10 GMT
hmm am I right in thinking the transfer window closes after we have played our first game? Could be a Butland/Shilton parallel? I doubt it tbh. Shilton was desperate for a move and probably regretted coming to Stoke when we didn't win the league in 74-75. Butland strikes me as a much more honest less selfish kind of person than Shilton And he was one of the reasons why we didnt win the league in74-75.
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Post by onionman on Jun 20, 2018 12:30:18 GMT
Dire! I remember the first game at Mansfield! We were a lot more effective off the pitch than on it! Alex Lindsay Howard Kendall, Dave Gregory and Paul Richardson all made their debuts as I recall. This was the Blyth Spartans season which ended with Alan Durban being brought in Feb/March ish So it wonna very good! Durban sorted us out for the following season though! 😊 I shall always remember that Mansfield game, Peter Shilton had a face on him like a smacked arse , I think he was sold the following week .No tears spilt , great goalkeeper that he was, he never showed it whilst he played for us. I read somewhere Brian Clough attended that match specifically to approach Shilton because he knew he would hate playing at Mansfield
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Post by lowlands on Jun 20, 2018 12:35:35 GMT
Shilton hahahaha to me an average keeper, out jumped by a man half his size in 1986 and should never have been allowed near the 1990 England world cup team (flying pig). As for his time at Stoke I was never really impressed tbh.
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Post by lordb on Jun 20, 2018 13:11:11 GMT
Shilton hahahaha to me an average keeper, out jumped by a man half his size in 1986 and should never have been allowed near the 1990 England world cup team (flying pig). As for his time at Stoke I was never really impressed tbh. Shilton at his peak, 1978 to 1986, was a world class keeper.
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Jun 20, 2018 13:16:23 GMT
Shilton found it hard to live up to the comparison with Gordon Banks!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 13:58:35 GMT
We started with George Eastham as manager who had assembled a group of players who were either pre or post fuck ups, the only bright thing was that Punk had arrived. Eastham went after the Blythe Spartans game then we had the arrival of this bright young manager Durban, I think his first purchase was this giant forward from Doncaster. I can remember a turning point in our history as our new giant was sent out to warm up for some reason the Boothen stirred into life chanting for our new heroes introduction, then on he came for a corner at the open end ,in it came our giant rose and bang the ball was in the net game won and Big Bren had announced himself to a hope starved public. From then on we were on a roll right up to the day that Durban left for Sunderland . They were dark bleak days but i have always thought that we were closer as a group, maybe because we all had similar backgrounds and occupations?
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Post by heworksardtho on Jun 20, 2018 14:08:45 GMT
Great as Ieft longton highl school , Robbie Earle’s brother was in my class and a good mate , and also Phil heaths brother was in my year to , happy days and memory’s
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Post by GRUMPY 1 on Jun 20, 2018 14:10:12 GMT
Me and my mates decided to do every away match and not attend home games out of protest at being sold down the river for the cost of a bit of insurance. What a season of awaydays, ten or so of us in a transit works van. After the blitz that was Mansfield we struggled to find pubs even open for matchdays. Needless to say the walks to the ground from further afield were very educational!!! oh the good old days were fun.
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Post by marcofstoke on Jun 20, 2018 14:20:20 GMT
We started with George Eastham as manager who had assembled a group of players who were either pre or post fuck ups, the only bright thing was that Punk had arrived. Eastham went after the Blythe Spartans game then we had the arrival of this bright young manager Durban, I think his first purchase was this giant forward from Doncaster. I can remember a turning point in our history as our new giant was sent out to warm up for some reason the Boothen stirred into life chanting for our new heroes introduction, then on he came for a corner at the open end ,in it came our giant rose and bang the ball was in the net game won and Big Bren had announced himself to a hope starved public. From then on we were on a roll right up to the day that Durban left for Sunderland . They were dark bleak days but i have always thought that we were closer as a group, maybe because we all had similar backgrounds and occupations? Eastham had gone before the Blyth Spartans game, Alan A’Court being in charge for that debacle.
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Post by Gods on Jun 20, 2018 14:54:18 GMT
Shilton hahahaha to me an average keeper, out jumped by a man half his size in 1986 and should never have been allowed near the 1990 England world cup team (flying pig). As for his time at Stoke I was never really impressed tbh. Shilton at his peak, 1978 to 1986, was a world class keeper. Indeed he was.
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Post by rawli on Jun 20, 2018 15:00:25 GMT
Shilton at his peak, 1978 to 1986, was a world class keeper. Indeed he was. Shit in 1990. Parker own goal was embarrassing.
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Post by mickstupp on Jun 20, 2018 15:04:03 GMT
Thinking back, I don’t think we have ever recovered well from a relegation in the following season. Certainly all the ones I remember have been immensely disappointing and resulting (usually) in another managerial change and rebuild the season after.
Unrealistic expectation saw off Ball and Little, zero expectations saved Mills...and I can’t really remember Easthams reign. The biggest single challenge is to change the mentality of the players from losing all the time to winning all the time...and that process can take ages.
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Post by mickstupp on Jun 20, 2018 15:05:08 GMT
Shit in 1990. Parker own goal was embarrassing. Long past it by that stage, but there was no decent alternative in Chris Woods and Dave Beasant.
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