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Post by Davef on Feb 16, 2020 18:36:00 GMT
We've spent 12 more seasons in the top-flight than we have in the second & third tiers combined. If you were to make an all-time table of all clubs based on number of years spent in each division, we'd be in the top-flight. Understood but I was really going on last 40 years or so..... We only ever yo-yoed between the second and third tiers for around ten years. 1990-93 and 1998-2002. We've spent 34 of those 40 years in the the top two tiers. |
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Post by smallthorner on Feb 16, 2020 18:56:57 GMT
Understood but I was really going on last 40 years or so..... We only ever yo-yoed between the second and third tiers for around ten years. 1990-93 and 1998-2002. We've spent 34 of those 40 years in the the top two tiers. Just out of interest .. How many of those 34 years have been in the top flight.? Cheers |
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Post by Davef on Feb 16, 2020 18:58:48 GMT
We only ever yo-yoed between the second and third tiers for around ten years. 1990-93 and 1998-2002. We've spent 34 of those 40 years in the the top two tiers. Just out of interest .. How many of those 34 years have been in the top flight.? Cheers 15. |
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Post by stokefc on Feb 16, 2020 19:00:49 GMT
Just out of interest .. How many of those 34 years have been in the top flight.? Cheers 15. yup 80 to 85 the obviously the ten years we,ve just spent there |
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Post by smallthorner on Feb 16, 2020 19:06:21 GMT
Just out of interest .. How many of those 34 years have been in the top flight.? Cheers 15. Thanks. |
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Post by kidcrewbob on Feb 16, 2020 20:28:11 GMT
Understood but I was really going on last 40 years or so..... We only ever yo-yoed between the second and third tiers for around ten years. 1990-93 and 1998-2002. We've spent 34 of those 40 years in the the top two tiers. So effectively 30 years either fighting relegation or scraping promotion in the lower tiers until Pulis finally got us up - and now, thanks to gross fuckwittery and ineptitude off the pitch we’re back staring into the abyss of 3rd tier nonentity again.........let’s hope it doesn’t come to that..... |
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Post by marylandstoke on Feb 17, 2020 4:02:41 GMT
Honey Badgers are well hard. The Mrs was watching some Africa lion wildlife shite which I was studiously ignoring . The on came a honey badger surrounded by four lion Cubs.It gave zero shits, took them all on and kicked ass. Honey badgers are ace. GD If your ever over in Naples Fl GD they have the only zoo with a honey badger display. They are the coolest animals and one of my faves. Also try and search out the video I reference with regards to HBs not giving one, and a great documentary on Stouffer the honey badger. They are very, very intelligent and also, as stated, pwopper nawty. |
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Post by StaffordPotter on Feb 17, 2020 9:39:27 GMT
Rumour has it Staffordshire police have stated the kick off time against the Vale will be on a Tuesday morning at 5.30am to stop any trouble.
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Post by maninasuitcase on Feb 17, 2020 10:22:10 GMT
Rumour has it Staffordshire police have stated the kick off time against the Vale will be on a Tuesday morning at 5.30am to stop any trouble. Wethers will still be open so we are ok. 😉 |
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Post by marylandstoke on Feb 17, 2020 18:53:50 GMT
Rumour has it Staffordshire police have stated the kick off time against the Vale will be on a Tuesday morning at 5.30am to stop any trouble. Straight from the lock in then.....no problem  |
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Post by Squeekster on Feb 17, 2020 19:04:47 GMT
Think we have to face it - we've had our decade in the limelight (and it was for the most part an amazing journey and a privilege to be breathing the rarified air of the Prem) but now we're back to the level we always were - a yo-yo 2nd-3rd tier club with a parochial victorian pot-bank owner mentality refusing to (or having no idea of how to) embracing the changes in the game and using their huge wealth wisely to sustain a top tier presence. I really hope Vale come up -I don't have the visceral hatred that some seem to have for our fellow citizens - at least there'll be a bit more local incentive and maybe some excitement in being a big fish like Sunderland - although I believe we will struggle as they have & we may have to go through a Wolves type transition involving rock bottom to truly break out. To have ANY chance of recovery we have to face a root and branch reformation of the CLUB - it's not about managers & players now we are beyond that, the club has not embraced the changes nor kept up with the times, taken ridiculous cheapskate options and at the same time spluriging STUPID amounts of money on rubbish players and crazy contracts. Good Post mate. Only bit I cannot agree with is the bit about The Vale. They have complete and utter contempt and hatred for all things Stoke City. You will never meet a Vale fan who has anything positive or encouraging to say about Stoke City Football Club. Why? Jealousy? Maybe/Probably! Being in the constant shadow of a clearly much better club? definitely! Us losing is much more important to them than them winning? Absolutely! i was around the last time we were crossing swords in the league and trust me, they were a vile lot and they would happily chop off one of their own legs with a rusty saw to see us fold if they could. Some are like that my mum was a vale fan and I have few very good friends who are vale fans are very level headed when it comes to Stoke and vale. All clubs have fans who have clear hatred for a close rival but I will grant you vale do seem to have more than the rest. |
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Post by madmickthe3rd on Feb 17, 2020 20:09:46 GMT
Good Post mate. Only bit I cannot agree with is the bit about The Vale. They have complete and utter contempt and hatred for all things Stoke City. You will never meet a Vale fan who has anything positive or encouraging to say about Stoke City Football Club. Why? Jealousy? Maybe/Probably! Being in the constant shadow of a clearly much better club? definitely! Us losing is much more important to them than them winning? Absolutely! i was around the last time we were crossing swords in the league and trust me, they were a vile lot and they would happily chop off one of their own legs with a rusty saw to see us fold if they could. Some are like that my mum was a vale fan and I have few very good friends who are vale fans are very level headed when it comes to Stoke and vale. All clubs have fans who have clear hatred for a close rival but I will grant you vale do seem to have more than the rest. I am absolutely sure you are right mate and no disrespect to your Mum or mates, just my own experience that's all. Back in the day when we were last playing each other, I had a second job working behind the bar in a workings mens club in Boslem ( 2 kids, big mortgage, not enough cash, usual thing! ) Obviously the place was full of Vale on a Friday and Saturday night. Naively I let it slip I was Stoke, just expecting a bit of banter etc off them but it got quite nasty most weeks, once one or two of them were full of beer and my walk to the car late at night after a shift there was always a bit nervy! Loathed them ever since, and I was one of the old school who used to regularly attend both venues to give my support to the local team. Not anymore! I should just rise above it I know but some things you just can't! |
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Post by Squeekster on Feb 17, 2020 23:38:10 GMT
Some are like that my mum was a vale fan and I have few very good friends who are vale fans are very level headed when it comes to Stoke and vale. All clubs have fans who have clear hatred for a close rival but I will grant you vale do seem to have more than the rest. I am absolutely sure you are right mate and no disrespect to your Mum or mates, just my own experience that's all. Back in the day when we were last playing each other, I had a second job working behind the bar in a workings mens club in Boslem ( 2 kids, big mortgage, not enough cash, usual thing! ) Obviously the place was full of Vale on a Friday and Saturday night. Naively I let it slip I was Stoke, just expecting a bit of banter etc off them but it got quite nasty most weeks, once one or two of them were full of beer and my walk to the car late at night after a shift there was always a bit nervy! Loathed them ever since, and I was one of the old school who used to regularly attend both venues to give my support to the local team. Not anymore! I should just rise above it I know but some things you just can't! I have no time for a lot of them mate, in Kidsgrove where I hale we have a mixed bunch of both and if vale beat the bottom team of league 3 and we lose 1-0 to table topping Chelsea all of a sudden they are better than us, that said some are good folk. |
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Feb 17, 2020 23:51:18 GMT
I'm one of the (seeming) minority in that I love a Potteries Derby.
Crewe, on the other hand, top the list of "Clubs I Don't Give a Tuppenny Fuck About".
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Post by scfc75 on Feb 18, 2020 11:46:03 GMT
I'm one of the (seeming) minority in that I love a Potteries Derby. Crewe, on the other hand, top the list of "Clubs I Don't Give a Tuppenny Fuck About". The home game in ‘89, as we hadn’t played each other competitively in so long - memory isn’t what it used to be but I swear the Boothen was pretty full at 1:30pm and the atmosphere that day was electric. We had some great battles in league and cup in the ‘90s. |
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Post by thestatusquo on Feb 18, 2020 14:09:15 GMT
Hated every one of them. If we ever lost you would never here the end of it. My dad was a Vale fan !!
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Post by sheds1862 on Feb 19, 2020 12:47:02 GMT
Hated every one of them. If we ever lost you would never here the end of it. My dad was a Vale fan !! Why did you support Stoke ? Genuine question. Most follow parents whether it's football or music etc |
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Post by thestatusquo on Feb 19, 2020 13:03:22 GMT
Hated every one of them. If we ever lost you would never here the end of it. My dad was a Vale fan !! Why did you support Stoke ? Genuine question. Most follow parents whether it's football or music etc I’ve been supporting Stoke since the early 70’s. Stoke were in the 1st division with a fantastic team playing the top clubs and Vale weren’t 😜 |
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Post by sheds1862 on Feb 19, 2020 15:06:15 GMT
Why did you support Stoke ? Genuine question. Most follow parents whether it's football or music etc I’ve been supporting Stoke since the early 70’s. Stoke were in the 1st division with a fantastic team playing the top clubs and Vale weren’t 😜 So basically you are the equivalent of a bin Dipper or City fan Glory Hunter 😏 |
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Post by thestatusquo on Feb 20, 2020 12:37:04 GMT
I’ve been supporting Stoke since the early 70’s. Stoke were in the 1st division with a fantastic team playing the top clubs and Vale weren’t 😜 So basically you are the equivalent of a bin Dipper or City fan Glory Hunter 😏 Hardly I used to live 5 minutes from the ground!! |
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Post by ursemboys on Feb 20, 2020 12:46:54 GMT
Hated every one of them. If we ever lost you would never here the end of it. My dad was a Vale fan !! Why did you support Stoke ? Genuine question. Most follow parents whether it's football or music etc I am the same, father/grandfather all supported the Fail, both where cobridge/middleport lads back in the day, none of the descendants followed the folks we all supported the mighty potters  |
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