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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 10:12:36 GMT
Pretty shamelessly stealing this from the Derby County board, was having a nosey at what's happening with their FFP and if we can hope for a points deduction and they had a really good little thread on their board about how people began following Derby.
One story in-particular was quite a romantic football tale I thought, worth a read imo!
"As a 10 year old growing up in Chadd i'd heard of DCFC but more interested in climbing trees and falling out of them, Then one Saturday in 1966 I decided to walk into town down Nottingham Road and through the old Cattle Market and mooch around Cockpit Hill open market, I saw all these men(not too many Women in 1966 went)walking down Siddles road(was it Siddles road?) where the paint works was, Pavement was red and yellow...lol, Well I followed and followed not a clue where I was heading, Until I saw a football ground, This was quite an experience for me as i'd never seen one, Well I walked around and asked what was happening , A man said this is the home of Derby County.
Now as a nosey kid, I wanted to know how to get in but had no loot so asked the local kids(around my age)they said the gates open(kids pen)about 4-30pm, So we played around the streets, Heard noises that i'd never heard before...come on Derby, Cheers and kick it then groans(yes groans even in them days)4-30 came and as I was told the gates opened and around 6-8 of us walked in, I had to move to the front as I wasn't that tall but I could see the players, The keeper was either Reg Mathews or Ken Oxford, We played PNE and lost 2-0 or 2-1 not sure...I was hooked.
The next season I went to around 10-12 games, The season after I did the lot, Then came along a brash and young man called Brian Clough, WOW did DCFC change 2nd division champions, 1st division champions, European games, We beat all and sundry at the BBG, Being squashed in the "A" Stand Paddock when beating Spurs 5-0, Being in the Ossie End when again beating Sours 8-2, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man Und, Leeds Utd, Real Madrid, Benfica, Juventus, Forest(4-1...lol)all new how horrible playing at the BBG and being an arms length from us was like, Players refusing to take corners or throw ins, The Fulham game where a Fulham player was kicked, Franny Lee and Norman Hunter having fun on the pitch, I've been clumped by OB, Squashed by OBs horses, Abused by OB, Kept in railway stations against my will by OB, Thumped by away supporters, Been fed absolute crap at some away grounds, Been treated as a leaper by those who never understood what a football supporter is about, Queued up in freezing temparatures at stupid o'clock for Leaague cup tickets against Chelsea and Everton in the late 60s, Fell out with the wife when pinching money out of her purse when going to away games, Been chucked out at Orient, Leicester(when we played Arsenal there)arrested and charged for being a football hooligan, Fighing left right and centre when away fans wanted to take the Popside.
Derby County was my life just like it is for some on here, I loved them so much that nothing else counted...even family at times.
In my mid 60s now, Life has changed along with Soccer(sorry football...lol)Seating, Lack of atmosphere, Not being able to have a pop at those on the pitch who we're not bothered about the shirt...Mick Coop remember him, Sky TV, BT TV(I have both what a hypocrite I am)i'm making a big choice in the next few weeks as to whether I re new or not, My love for DCFC has waned this last few years, The constant changing of games from Saturday to appease Sky and BT makes me want to say...bugger!!
There comes a time when you fall out of Love with something, Your Girlfriend, Your Wife, Your Job and yes even your Football Club.
Football, It makes you laugh and Cry."
When'd you fall in love with Stoke?
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Mar 8, 2020 10:30:28 GMT
A school friend whose dad was a Fail fan lived about 200 yards from us in Roe Lane, Newcastle. His dad used to take us both to Vale and so my dad (a Man U fan from Warrington - where I was born) started taking us to Stoke. I was more impressed with the Victoria Ground and its fans than I was with Fail Park and their unwashed fans. The atmosphere at Stoke was simply better. When my friend and I were old enough to go to games on our own I started going to Stoke and he continued going to Vale - although we occasionally went together to both grounds - as a lot of fans did in those days.
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Post by LiverpoolStokie on Mar 8, 2020 10:37:22 GMT
I was born around the corner from the Vic and in our back yard we could hear the noise of the crowd and of course see all the people streaming to and from the ground each home game. It was therefore in my blood from the start even though I've not lived in Stoke for over 40 years. My lads (well men now actually) are also Stokies. I didn't make them they just caught it off me  . |
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Post by Stokyo on Mar 8, 2020 10:40:23 GMT
Being born in Stoke and my dad playing for Stoke youth team.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 10:40:51 GMT
My next door neighbor was called Mavis Stoke. I thought she was Mavis from Stoke so I starting supporting them. Turned out her name was Mavis Stone and she didn't like football she liked Daniel O'Donnell and The Generation Game
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Post by samstokie1 on Mar 8, 2020 11:10:49 GMT
dad and grandad both support stoke so i do
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Post by mattador78 on Mar 8, 2020 11:12:09 GMT
Insanity
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Post by staffordstokie on Mar 8, 2020 11:18:25 GMT
Moss Tours  if you know, you know! Dad used to take me when I was a kid. Wasn't until i went to my first match with my mates i truly appreciated what it meant. Couldn't be anything else, and this is what a glory hunter simply doesn't or won't understand. My lads 5th birthday party today, and all 3 of my kids are in Stoke tops. If it's my last day on Earth today, my work is complete. |
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Post by algor on Mar 8, 2020 11:21:16 GMT
I'm into S&M and can only achieve pleasure whilst being choked out, being a Stoke fan is in my nature.
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Post by franklin66 on Mar 8, 2020 11:23:36 GMT
I was born here, I dont understand the supporting another areas team its unfaithful and cheating.
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Mar 8, 2020 11:29:23 GMT
I'm a glory-hunter. Stoke were successful under Macari at the time. Looking back, I can't imagine I would've ever been a Vale fan. My mum wasn't a big football fan, but she enjoyed attending the Ajax and Kaiserslautern games, and never really liked Port Vale, so she probably had some influence.
Despite being successful under Rudge at the time, Vale were seen as a joke club when I started high school...
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Post by scfcwebby on Mar 8, 2020 11:33:03 GMT
Beat me to it  |
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Post by Silkystoke on Mar 8, 2020 11:42:37 GMT
My big penis..!!!! The bigger penis you have the bigger fan you are ..
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Post by leicspotter on Mar 8, 2020 12:58:36 GMT
Beer, and lots of it. It's the only thing that makes watching Stoke bearable...most of the time That, and being born in Leek...and the old man having trials for Stoke and Bury  |
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Post by StaffordPotter on Mar 8, 2020 13:08:33 GMT
Living up the north end of Stafford. Unfortunately the south side of the town is full of dingles so I dodged that bullet.
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Post by mattador78 on Mar 8, 2020 13:09:14 GMT
Beat me to it Reality is I was born into it parents grandparents great grandparents stoke fans. There are some ringer valites but fortunately no glory hunters that I’m aware of so I can live with the black sheep at least they support their local team |
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Post by scfc75 on Mar 8, 2020 13:10:22 GMT
My big penis..!!!! The bigger penis you have the bigger fan you are .. Damn my tiny offering 😕 |
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Post by drfootball on Mar 8, 2020 13:39:37 GMT
Birth defect
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Post by freddie52 on Mar 8, 2020 13:42:29 GMT
My Dad was a Stoke fanatic. I was well into Stoke from the age of 8. I’m now 67 and my mood is still positively or negatively affected by the results to this day. I have had illnesses, divorces and other stresses in my life but Stoke have always been there for me and seem to give me a boost just when I’m really in need of one. City till I die!
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Post by bobbyh on Mar 8, 2020 14:01:16 GMT
Punishment for something I did in a past life!
Seriously, my dad was a Vale fan but when I was young my brother-in-law who was a Stoke fan took me down to watch with him from the Stoke End, and I was hooked. It did help that we were in the 1st Division, won the League Cup soon after I started watching them, followed by two successive 5th places finishes in the league. How could you not support a team with Greenhoff and Hudson in it.
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Post by danceswithclams on Mar 8, 2020 14:08:40 GMT
I've been in the witness protection program since the late 80s and a core part of my new assigned identity was 'following' this football club.
I've seen Stoke play at 50+ grounds over the past three decades but my real passion is erotic cross-stitch.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Mar 8, 2020 14:10:51 GMT
I've been in the witness protection program since the late 80s and a core part of my new assigned identity was 'following' this football club. I've seen Stoke play at 50+ grounds over the past three decades but my real passion is erotic cross-stitch. Brilliant! I bet I am not the only Stokie who believes every word! |
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Post by georgieboy52 on Mar 8, 2020 14:12:09 GMT
Born in Stoke simple as that.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 14:13:57 GMT
Stupidity
GD
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Post by georgieboy52 on Mar 8, 2020 14:17:11 GMT
Island at war. Gerrybags ? |
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Post by heworksardtho on Mar 8, 2020 14:51:26 GMT
A ten inch Wonga 😎
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 15:08:13 GMT
Island at war. Gerrybags ? Few of them still here. Not a good time in Guernsey history GD |
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Post by loosestools on Mar 8, 2020 15:15:30 GMT
My big penis..!!!! The bigger penis you have the bigger fan you are .. photo, or its not true. |
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Post by kustokie on Mar 8, 2020 16:09:53 GMT
I'm into S&M and can only achieve pleasure whilst being choked out, being a Stoke fan is in my nature. Beat me too it! |
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Mar 8, 2020 16:18:27 GMT
Born and bred across the road from the Vic. (Fletcher Rd.)
Father and Brothers going to the Vic in the 50s and 60s,How could I not have Stoke City running through me?
That's why I don't get these glory hunters, it's not really in their blood,
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if you know, you know!
