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Post by cooper67 on Dec 18, 2019 21:45:02 GMT
RIP.
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Post by Okie Stokie. on Dec 19, 2019 6:40:18 GMT
R.I.P.
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Post by Malcolm Clarke on Dec 19, 2019 17:29:52 GMT
I used to have lunch with him occasionally in the Sports Centre café at Keele where he pitched up usually with Alan A'Court in the early 70s, and met him at a few more formal functions when I was Mayor of 'Castle in 1974/75. He was always good company, good for a laugh and didn't take himself too seriously, as the title of his book shows. It's an entertaining read as I recall. Part of the Stoke city furniture of that era. It's always sad when such characters pass. RIP.
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Post by rawli on Dec 19, 2019 17:43:15 GMT
Didn't he have us lined up to have Red Stripe as what would have been the first shirt sponsor in English football? It got knocked back by the FA who then allowed Liverpool to have Hitachi on their shirts.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Dec 19, 2019 19:04:26 GMT
Didn't he have us lined up to have Red Stripe as what would have been the first shirt sponsor in English football? It got knocked back by the FA who then allowed Liverpool to have Hitachi on their shirts. Red Stripe were definitely club sponsors in 77-78.
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Post by rawli on Dec 19, 2019 19:22:34 GMT
Didn't he have us lined up to have Red Stripe as what would have been the first shirt sponsor in English football? It got knocked back by the FA who then allowed Liverpool to have Hitachi on their shirts. Red Stripe were definitely club sponsors in 77-78. Did they sell it at the ground?
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Post by Dutchpeter on Dec 19, 2019 19:29:01 GMT
. I’ll have to dig out my 77-78 programs for a clue to that question 😁
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Post by rawli on Dec 19, 2019 19:36:27 GMT
. I’ll have to dig out my 77-78 programs for a clue to that question 😁 Check if they sold Double Diamond while you're at it!
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Post by Bagwash on Dec 19, 2019 19:57:55 GMT
. I’ll have to dig out my 77-78 programs for a clue to that question 😁 Check if they sold Double Diamond while you're at it! Worked wonders,apparently.
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Post by crowey on Dec 19, 2019 20:06:26 GMT
Red Stripe were definitely club sponsors in 77-78. Did they sell it at the ground? .... they certainly had it in the Directors Box
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Post by Silkystoke on Dec 19, 2019 20:11:04 GMT
RIP .... do we clap on 98 mins...!!!!!!! Serious time wasting needed..!!!!!
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Post by Davef on Dec 20, 2019 14:06:33 GMT
This was the back page of every programme in 1977/78
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Post by surreystokie on Dec 20, 2019 15:28:10 GMT
Dudley was a good fellow whose enthusiasm was boundless and contagious. In the eighties (i think) he even got me to contribute an article for every home match.
That it was was entitled Girl Talk, still makes me cringe but at the end of the season he had all of those programmes bound together and presented me with the red book, thus eliciting my forgiveness🤗. (For those wondering if I was really a mere girl, this is my 70th active season) 😢
When his daughter mailed me last week , informing of his impending demise, I was relieved that it was peaceful, after some suffering, and a cause for much reflection of those exciting days following the club.
He always liked to laughingly recapture the early days of his arrival at Stoke City - from Nuneaton. “A big promotion but an easy job Dudley” they used to say. “You’ll have plenty of time to settle in as we never get anywhere in the Cups “
That was in 1971 - and we oldies all know the rest!!
Football Foundation was an early brainchild of his, to have supporters paying a monthly amount solely for use for the youth academy, in days when we had little spare cash, to put it mildly. This gradually morphed into the present Potters Foundation and is probably still supported by many of us originals.
I wonder how many still have the tie presented to us or, for the females, a lovely headscarf in white, bordered with red and subtly printed with Football Foundation in one corner.
I wear mine with great pride on the few but treasured occasions when there is something special happening and thinking from whence and whom it originated.
Dudley lived to a great age, from the nineties in Florida where he joined his family in running a sporting ‘pub’ whose walls were papered with momentous of his beloved club
He returned to England for his final fifteen years or so ( I stand to be corrected) after 98 years where the majority of his life was well spent and often to the benefit of us Stokies. We need more like him right now.
R.I.P Dudley.
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Post by johnnypotter on Dec 20, 2019 17:47:23 GMT
December 9th 1978- Newcastle United away. [We lost 2-0] At this point in our history, Stoke City had the good fortune to have a Commercial Manager by the name of Dudley Kernick. This gentleman was the pioneer of football lotteries. It has been estimated that during the late 70s he made around a million pounds for Stoke City. In football today that is considered a small amount, but back then it was a huge sum.
On the return journey from the north east, the 2 official coaches stopped at Hartshead Moor for the usual refreshment and toilet break. While waiting by the till to pay for my food and drink, a selfish Stokie necked his drink, put the empty glass on my tray and legged it. At this juncture, the woman behind the till looked at me and my tray and tried to charge me for the contents of the empty glass. I explained to her what happened, but she was having none of it, ''I'm calling the police'' she said and you will be charged with theft.
Now, standing beside me in the queue was Dudley Kernick. He had witnessed what had occured. Dudley said to the woman '' Do you realise that it is a serious offence to wrongly accuse someone ?'' I have been standing by this young lad and the account he gave to you is the correct one. '' If you want to call the police, my name is Dudley Kernick, I am the Commercial Manager at Stoke City Football Club''. ''I can guarantee you that myself and Stoke City will defend the innocence of this young man''
The red-faced woman backed down. I thanked Dudley for his help and bumped into him a few years later in Campbell Road and reminded him of the incident and thanked him again. A real gentleman, thanks Dudley and may you rest in peace.
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Post by xchpotter on Dec 20, 2019 18:01:05 GMT
Clearly the current and more recent commercial arm of the club could have learned a thing or two from him.
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Post by mermaidsal on Dec 20, 2019 22:18:44 GMT
I was lucky enough to meet Dudley K, fascinating bloke who could easily have talked down to a naive young me but never did. What a great character, delighted he got to be one of ours.
RIP Dudley xx
(it's great for once not to be saying 'died too young'!)
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Post by swampySCFC on Dec 20, 2019 22:23:42 GMT
Dudley was a good fellow whose enthusiasm was boundless and contagious. In the eighties (i think) he even got me to contribute an article for every home match. That it was was entitled Girl Talk, still makes me cringe but at the end of the season he had all of those programmes bound together and presented me with the red book, thus eliciting my forgiveness🤗. (For those wondering if I was really a mere girl, this is my 70th active season) 😢 When his daughter mailed me last week , informing of his impending demise, I was relieved that it was peaceful, after some suffering, and a cause for much reflection of those exciting days following the club. He always liked to laughingly recapture the early days of his arrival at Stoke City - from Nuneaton. “A big promotion but an easy job Dudley” they used to say. “You’ll have plenty of time to settle in as we never get anywhere in the Cups “ That was in 1971 - and we oldies all know the rest!! Football Foundation was an early brainchild of his, to have supporters paying a monthly amount solely for use for the youth academy, in days when we had little spare cash, to put it mildly. This gradually morphed into the present Potters Foundation and is probably still supported by many of us originals. I wonder how many still have the tie presented to us or, for the females, a lovely headscarf in white, bordered with red and subtly printed with Football Foundation in one corner. I wear mine with great pride on the few but treasured occasions when there is something special happening and thinking from whence and whom it originated. Dudley lived to a great age, from the nineties in Florida where he joined his family in running a sporting ‘pub’ whose walls were papered with momentous of his beloved club He returned to England for his final fifteen years or so ( I stand to be corrected) after 98 years where the majority of his life was well spent and often to the benefit of us Stokies. We need more like him right now. R.I.P Dudley. What a lovely comment and from my memory 100% accurate. glad Dudley lived a full and long life he deserved it
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2019 0:59:52 GMT
RIP fella.
98 fantastic age. I’d put a good few quid on he was quicker than Danny Baath until about 6 month ago
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