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Post by elystokie on Mar 20, 2020 12:27:00 GMT
There's lots of Stoke references in the BBC sitcom Home from Home (Johnny Vegas) and one of the sons often wears a Stoke top in it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2020 12:29:42 GMT
Michael Owen (pre his brief sojourn at SCFC) had a kids "soccer school" programme on TV, which was filmed at The Brit Nick Hancock also appeared as a teacher in a BBC sitcom (think he wrote it too) and said teacher had a Stoke scarf on his bedroom door In the film version of An Audience with Gary Lineker, Bob Desbackos, played by Martin Clunes, is a travel writer who is a Stoke fanatic and bemoans about how to find out the latest result for Stoke City whilst in a train station in some obscure African country...there are numerous Stoke mentions throughout the piece Stokies here...Stokies there...Stokies every ******* where  Was a Nick Hancock series called Me You & Him where he had a dream that Stoke made the cup final and Basil Brush played up front for us. Hugh Dennis' character said was a far fetched dream as Stoke never went past the 3rd round...was quite humorous, in a way |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2020 15:15:27 GMT
"On the planet" Ah orate mate. name a more exciting player for that period (1st part of 1982-83 season), certainly none in this country at that time Diego Armando Maradona. Next question. |
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Post by somersetstokie on Mar 20, 2020 15:31:50 GMT
Yes but Maradona was probably on performance enhancing drugs.
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Post by marwood on Mar 20, 2020 16:16:45 GMT
Photo of Jenny Powell in Stoke kit or it didnt happen
Am sure I read on here somewhere that the script writer of Upstairs Downstairs was a fan and Mr Hudson is so-named after Alan
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Post by Edward Tattsyrup on Mar 20, 2020 19:32:26 GMT
Photo of Jenny Powell in Stoke kit or it didnt happen Am sure I read on here somewhere that the script writer of Upstairs Downstairs was a fan and Mr Hudson is so-named after Alan For gods sake don't do that. I'll have to self isolate to the bathroom with a box of tissues. |
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Post by woodstein on Mar 20, 2020 22:37:21 GMT
Sooty (playing Sweeper!) turned out for Stoke with Chambo but we also had Soo -(Frank)!
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Post by lordb on Mar 20, 2020 22:55:06 GMT
name a more exciting player for that period (1st part of 1982-83 season), certainly none in this country at that time Diego Armando Maradona. Next question. Actually no, at that time he was playing poorly for Barcelona. As March said it was a few weeks/months. |
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Post by lordb on Mar 20, 2020 22:56:31 GMT
Diego Armando Maradona. Next question. Actually no, at that time he was playing poorly for Barcelona. As March said it was a few weeks/months. Edit: I'm not saying that Chamberlain over his career was better if course he wasn't (no one was) but he was better for that period. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2020 0:04:07 GMT
Diego Armando Maradona. Next question. Actually no, at that time he was playing poorly for Barcelona. As March said it was a few weeks/months. Not that I agree but I'll chuck another name into the hat.... Michel Platini. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2020 0:05:30 GMT
Photo of Jenny Powell in Stoke kit or it didnt happen Am sure I read on here somewhere that the script writer of Upstairs Downstairs was a fan and Mr Hudson is so-named after Alan For gods sake don't do that. I'll have to self isolate to the bathroom with a box of tissues. Personally never found Mr Hudson in Upstairs Downstairs that attractive |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2020 1:24:35 GMT
Photo of Jenny Powell in Stoke kit or it didnt happen Am sure I read on here somewhere that the script writer of Upstairs Downstairs was a fan and Mr Hudson is so-named after Alan Would have been Chelsea though if true as was early 70s The Servant girl, Mrs Choupo-Moting on the other hand |
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Post by lordb on Mar 21, 2020 9:55:16 GMT
Actually no, at that time he was playing poorly for Barcelona. As March said it was a few weeks/months. Not that I agree but I'll chuck another name into the hat.... Michel Platini. Wonderful player, but again at that point in time was he better? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2020 11:11:38 GMT
Not that I agree but I'll chuck another name into the hat.... Michel Platini. Wonderful player, but again at that point in time was he better? Well he won the Ballon d'or that season so I'll let you decide on that one  . We could be here all day as I reel off players from all over the world who were better than Mark Chamberlain in that season, but it would be silly. My original point was that March was going way over the top with his assessment of our Mark, which he was. |
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Post by sheikhmomo on Mar 21, 2020 14:41:22 GMT
We just got a peculiar popular culture reference on ITV racing where a day out at Thurles racecourse was described as being the equivalent of a cold Wednesday night in Stoke!
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Post by standbutler1 on Mar 21, 2020 20:19:35 GMT
The best coverage we ever got in them days was on the programme jay walking. A full programme on us. And I sore myself on the telly .  |
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Post by stokienorthants on Mar 22, 2020 0:28:48 GMT
Don’t forget ‘Young at Heart’ a comedy series set in Stoke where Sir John Mills played a pottery worker and Stoke fan whilst his son in law was a Vale supporter.
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Post by generationex on Mar 22, 2020 2:31:10 GMT
The film ‘Soul Boy’ has his bedroom covered in 1970’s Stoke newspaper cuttings and rosettes.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2020 7:08:29 GMT
Don’t forget ‘Young at Heart’ a comedy series set in Stoke where Sir John Mills played a pottery worker and Stoke fan whilst his son in law was a Vale supporter. Yep mentioned it above, do you know of any footage on line as would be great to see again? I watched it as a young kid, I don't remember the Port Vale fella but to be honest I wouldn't have known who they were in those days. I remember when I was about 9 and saw a kid with a black and white scarf on and asked my Dad why? Like many people not from the area had seen them on the results but no idea they were from Stoke. Can vaguely remember the show but after seeing The 39 Steps I loved John Mills. Every time I tap in to Google is always that bloody awful song |
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Post by somersetstokie on Mar 22, 2020 10:50:11 GMT
We just got a peculiar popular culture reference on ITV racing where a day out at Thurles racecourse was described as being the equivalent of a cold Wednesday night in Stoke! Has it ever been scientifically determined if Wednesday in Stoke is significantly colder, or indeed windier, than any other night there, like say a Thursday. And how do weekday nights in Stoke compare with other Northern towns like Barnsley or Burnley. And at what point did Stoke overtake Wigan in being regarded as the principle centre of inhospitable weather conditions for football north of Watford? I would be interested to know if a properly researched analysis of these things has been undertaken. |
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Post by sheikhmomo on Mar 22, 2020 10:53:49 GMT
We just got a peculiar popular culture reference on ITV racing where a day out at Thurles racecourse was described as being the equivalent of a cold Wednesday night in Stoke! Has it ever been scientifically determined if Wednesday in Stoke is significantly colder, or indeed windier, than any other night there, like say a Thursday. And how do weekday nights in Stoke compare with other Northern towns like Barnsley or Burnley. And at what point did Stoke overtake Wigan in being regarded as the principle centre of inhospitable weather conditions for football north of Watford? I would be interested to know if a properly researched analysis of these things has been undertaken. I think it's fair to say the ground on the hill has a climate all of its own. |
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Post by somersetstokie on Mar 22, 2020 11:09:41 GMT
Don’t forget ‘Young at Heart’ a comedy series set in Stoke where Sir John Mills played a pottery worker and Stoke fan whilst his son in law was a Vale supporter. Yep mentioned it above, do you know of any footage on line as would be great to see again? I watched it as a young kid, I don't remember the Port Vale fella but to be honest I wouldn't have known who they were in those days. I remember when I was about 9 and saw a kid with a black and white scarf on and asked my Dad why? Like many people not from the area had seen them on the results but no idea they were from Stoke. Can vaguely remember the show but after seeing The 39 Steps I loved John Mills. Every time I tap in to Google is always that bloody awful song Stoke is rightly celebrated as being the home of the illustrious Potters. And as correctly stated, people outside the City usually have only a vague impression that Port Vale is a club situated in the Northern half of the City. To be fair obscurity is Vale's rightful place in the grand scheme of things. I feel that we should take every opportunity to disabuse people of any mistaken idea that there is any association or connection between Stoke and Port Vale, and those two words should not be used in any form of conjunction. Stoke City have a home in the sunny southern uplands of South Stoke, very close to the pleasant leafy suburbs of Trentham. Port Vale have a dismal location in the industrial wastelands of Cobridge and Burslem and the two are in no way similar, however much the Vale might try to bask in the reflected glory of the Mighty Stoke, and ride along on the coat tails of our success. I think it is our duty as responsible citizens to inform and remind the world on a regular basis just who Port Vale might be, and their position in life. They are not by any stretch of the imagination representative of the City of Stoke, but are from a strange remote and forgotten outreach once referred to by the great Author, Enoch Arnold Bennet, as "Bosley". |
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Post by somersetstokie on Mar 22, 2020 11:13:35 GMT
Has it ever been scientifically determined if Wednesday in Stoke is significantly colder, or indeed windier, than any other night there, like say a Thursday. And how do weekday nights in Stoke compare with other Northern towns like Barnsley or Burnley. And at what point did Stoke overtake Wigan in being regarded as the principle centre of inhospitable weather conditions for football north of Watford? I would be interested to know if a properly researched analysis of these things has been undertaken. I think it's fair to say the ground on the hill has a climate all of its own. It is also interesting to note that Stoke do not have the highest altitude ground in England, but, as is a reasonably well known fact, the highest ground in the country is surprisingly at West Brom. EDIT. At an altitude of 551 feet (168 m), it is the highest ground above sea level of all 91 Premier League and Football League clubs. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2020 11:28:28 GMT
I think it's fair to say the ground on the hill has a climate all of its own. It is also interesting to note that Stoke do not have the highest altitude ground in England, but, as is a reasonably well known fact, the highest ground in the country is surprisingly at West Brom. EDIT. At an altitude of 551 feet (168 m), it is the highest ground above sea level of all 91 Premier League and Football League clubs. Hanley seems the same. Haven't been there in years but always remembered the wind there. I think if we had a global heat wave and the Earth was burning to a crisp, the wind would still blow you away in bloody Hanley. Oldham another freezing cold ground |
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Post by leicspotter on Mar 22, 2020 19:36:15 GMT
We just got a peculiar popular culture reference on ITV racing where a day out at Thurles racecourse was described as being the equivalent of a cold Wednesday night in Stoke! Has it ever been scientifically determined if Wednesday in Stoke is significantly colder, or indeed windier, than any other night there, like say a Thursday. And how do weekday nights in Stoke compare with other Northern towns like Barnsley or Burnley. And at what point did Stoke overtake Wigan in being regarded as the principle centre of inhospitable weather conditions for football north of Watford? I would be interested to know if a properly researched analysis of these things has been undertaken. Yes, the research has been done, by a certain Mr Pulis, hence why he switched our home midweek games to Tuesday  BTW Oldham is by far the coldest ground in't North |
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Post by sheikhmomo on Mar 22, 2020 21:41:58 GMT
Don’t forget ‘Young at Heart’ a comedy series set in Stoke where Sir John Mills played a pottery worker and Stoke fan whilst his son in law was a Vale supporter. Yep mentioned it above, do you know of any footage on line as would be great to see again? I watched it as a young kid, I don't remember the Port Vale fella but to be honest I wouldn't have known who they were in those days. I remember when I was about 9 and saw a kid with a black and white scarf on and asked my Dad why? Like many people not from the area had seen them on the results but no idea they were from Stoke. Can vaguely remember the show but after seeing The 39 Steps I loved John Mills. Every time I tap in to Google is always that bloody awful song Found this. That's Roy fucking Cropper! |
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Post by woodstein on Mar 22, 2020 23:29:42 GMT
We just got a peculiar popular culture reference on ITV racing where a day out at Thurles racecourse was described as being the equivalent of a cold Wednesday night in Stoke! Has it ever been scientifically determined if Wednesday in Stoke is significantly colder, or indeed windier, than any other night there, like say a Thursday. And how do weekday nights in Stoke compare with other Northern towns like Barnsley or Burnley. And at what point did Stoke overtake Wigan in being regarded as the principle centre of inhospitable weather conditions for football north of Watford? I would be interested to know if a properly researched analysis of these things has been undertaken. I always thought it was Oldham rather than Wigan? |
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