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Post by wazbagsbro on Mar 27, 2020 15:05:10 GMT
So I've asked about the best performances of players in our times of following Stoke, so which supporters have impressed enough to stick out in your mind. I was brought up in Selwyn street next to viccy ground .Being a supporter during the 90's whilst in my Prime ,I was impressed by different things than fans today . I got angry with away fans taking liberties ,where as today's stoke supporters seem to go ape shot over bad spelling ,grammar and punctuation. Anyway I'll always remember Coventry city supporters being locked in stokeend car park for almost an hour but they never stopped singing ,although they were on their way to cup final.Chelsea filling stoke end ,one man went to mow.Barnsley fans even putting on a show back in the day . 50 Shewsbury fans bowling round stoke at ten past 3 one Saturday , were they brave or just timed it to perfection. Honestly no support home or away have impressed me more than stoke fans in full voice
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Post by zerps on Mar 27, 2020 15:05:33 GMT
Me
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Post by BristolMick on Mar 27, 2020 15:19:19 GMT
So I've asked about the best performances of players in our times of following Stoke, so which supporters have impressed enough to stick out in your mind. I was brought up in Selwyn street next to viccy ground .Being a supporter during the 90's whilst in my Prime ,I was impressed by different things than fans today . I got angry with away fans taking liberties ,where as today's stoke supporters seem to go ape shot over bad spelling ,grammar and punctuation. Anyway I'll always remember Coventry city supporters being locked in stokeend car park for almost an hour but they never stopped singing ,although they were on their way to cup final.Chelsea filling stoke end ,one man went to mow.Barnsley fans even putting on a show back in the day . 50 Shewsbury fans bowling round stoke at ten past 3 one Saturday , were they brave or just timed it to perfection. Honestly no support home or away have impressed me more than stoke fans in full voice Yeah, but who took the Boothen? BM |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2020 15:35:08 GMT
Coventry fans in the cup although was very young was the best away support have ever seen,anywhere.
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Post by elystokie on Mar 27, 2020 17:12:04 GMT
Man City when they bought the bananas I remember being impressed.
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Post by 19notbeaten72 on Mar 27, 2020 17:31:59 GMT
In answer to Bristol Mick who took the Boothen i remember several teams supporters getting in there early Wolves almost every season in the early seventies West ham Man city Man utd & Chelsea to name the ones i recall. Some managed to stay all match some were pushed out & had to have police protection.
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Post by leicspotter on Mar 27, 2020 18:36:41 GMT
Wasn't the wall collapse the result of Leeds fans being in the Boothen, and subsequent fighting?
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Post by ursemboys on Mar 27, 2020 18:39:18 GMT
always thought villa fans where impressive at the vic, remember them having the butler street one years and they where impressive
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2020 18:44:18 GMT
always thought villa fans where impressive at the vic, remember them having the butler street one years and they where impressive Was that the season when they had a stage in front of the Stoke end and had live music before the game ? Those poor 2 fellas singing were just 100% drowned out by those Villa fans in the Butler. |
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Post by mrpickles on Mar 27, 2020 18:51:04 GMT
I've always been impressed by Sheffield Wednesday's following.
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Post by foxysgloves on Mar 27, 2020 19:24:26 GMT
For numbers Man City and their bananas.
That were well and truly deflated thanks to Ooh Georgie Berry and Dave Bamber’s arse.
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Post by ursemboys on Mar 27, 2020 20:04:24 GMT
always thought villa fans where impressive at the vic, remember them having the butler street one years and they where impressive Was that the season when they had a stage in front of the Stoke end and had live music before the game ? Those poor 2 fellas singing were just 100% drowned out by those Villa fans in the Butler. I dont remember the stage ? if it was that game I had blanked the stage bit out lol |
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Post by lordherefordsknob on Mar 27, 2020 20:37:20 GMT
Hate saying this but when we played Man Utd in the cup game where the players got taken off due to the weather was probably the best support I’ve seen at stoke in nearly 40 years.
Also we’ve seen their fans at Stoke and hardly heard a peep out of them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2020 21:01:46 GMT
Was that the season when they had a stage in front of the Stoke end and had live music before the game ? Those poor 2 fellas singing were just 100% drowned out by those Villa fans in the Butler. I dont remember the stage ? if it was that game I had blanked the stage bit out lol Was for a few months months, in front of the Stoke End stand, was a 0-0 draw, they were fantastic away but awful at home. I think we ended their winning streak of 6 or 7 away games if the same match |
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Post by dexta on Mar 27, 2020 21:20:01 GMT
In answer to Bristol Mick who took the Boothen i remember several teams supporters getting in there early Wolves almost every season in the early seventies West ham Man city Man utd & Chelsea to name the ones i recall. Some managed to stay all match some were pushed out & had to have police protection. were in the boothen all of them... Where they took a hiding then the police would take them through the paddock... Why the police did this was a piss take I swear old bill did it on purpose have one hiding in the boothen then let the paddock finish them off |
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Post by hyaduck on Mar 28, 2020 2:17:38 GMT
In answer to Bristol Mick who took the Boothen i remember several teams supporters getting in there early Wolves almost every season in the early seventies West ham Man city Man utd & Chelsea to name the ones i recall. Some managed to stay all match some were pushed out & had to have police protection. were in the boothen all of them... Where they took a hiding then the police would take them through the paddock... Why the police did this was a piss take I swear old bill did it on purpose have one hiding in the boothen then let the paddock finish them off Leeds came in a couple of times but only about 30-50, bit of a waste of bovril. Wolves came in the paddock a few times and got a slapping, also West ham and Wolves got taken from the Boothen through the Paddock, always thought the old bill did it deliberately so they would get a second kicking. |
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Post by shotbybothsides on Mar 28, 2020 6:52:17 GMT
Wouldn't say Wolves got slapped in the Paddock but there was a real toe-to-toe with no one budging an inch, 30 on 30.
Only time I remember Wolves in the Boothen was around 1975, not big numbers like Man United but they did stay there.
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Post by biglad180 on Mar 28, 2020 10:02:21 GMT
i thought Besiktas fans were really good at stoke
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Post by PotteringThrough on Mar 28, 2020 10:05:18 GMT
Hadjuk Split
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Post by kevkj on Mar 28, 2020 10:13:50 GMT
Some Urban myths here or poor memorys.
West Ham were in Boothen and got escorted surprisingly through paddock.
Wolves mostly Rugeley went directly into the paddock and met a load of Stoke.Alot of Stone and Castle ladd involved.
Wolves were on Boothen mid 70s a few stabbings.
Spurs were the most regular 70s
Sunderland first game of season 70s and Villa after their promotion again 70s best support for me.
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Post by durbanscircus on Mar 28, 2020 13:00:58 GMT
Some Urban myths here or poor memorys. West Ham were in Boothen and got escorted surprisingly through paddock. Wolves mostly Rugeley went directly into the paddock and met a load of Stoke.Alot of Stone and Castle ladd involved. Wolves were on Boothen mid 70s a few stabbings. Spurs were the most regular 70s Sunderland first game of season 70s and Villa after their promotion again 70s best support for me. This is how I remember it as well- Also Sunderland in the FA Cup 1976 was impressive The best/or worst firm that came ( depending on your view of these things ) was Spurs 1977 - in the Boothen for a while , kicked the doors off the Stoke End and Surprised everyone outside the Police Station - nuts There was a huge thread on this about a decade ago - the conclusion I reached was that it made no sense to discuss who “ took “ the Boothen prior to the 1970s as the away fans were directed to stand there- this has lead to fans from West Ham to claim they took it when they brought thousands for a cup game in the late 1960s - The infamous Bill Gardner said that it was the worst violence he ever experienced though following WHU. I imagine the problems at this game and then mass injuries with Leeds resulted in it becoming a Home only end at the end of the decade In my time going to Stoke from 1972 I only recall Wolves getting the result of staying in the Boothen all game but Chelsea claim they took it in the 1970s - the only time I recall Chelsea being there was bizarrely against United when a few turned up for the 3-3 in 1976 |
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Post by StaffordPotter on Mar 29, 2020 13:51:05 GMT
I always used to think Chelsea made a decent amount of noise when they turned up to the Brit.
Notable mention for Liverpool being amongst the worst.
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Post by silsdenstokie on Mar 29, 2020 18:16:02 GMT
Some Urban myths here or poor memorys. West Ham were in Boothen and got escorted surprisingly through paddock. Wolves mostly Rugeley went directly into the paddock and met a load of Stoke.Alot of Stone and Castle ladd involved. Wolves were on Boothen mid 70s a few stabbings. Spurs were the most regular 70s Sunderland first game of season 70s and Villa after their promotion again 70s best support for me. This is how I remember it as well- Also Sunderland in the FA Cup 1976 was impressive The best/or worst firm that came ( depending on your view of these things ) was Spurs 1977 - in the Boothen for a while , kicked the doors off the Stoke End and Surprised everyone outside the Police Station - nuts There was a huge thread on this about a decade ago - the conclusion I reached was that it made no sense to discuss who “ took “ the Boothen prior to the 1970s as the away fans were directed to stand there- this has lead to fans from West Ham to claim they took it when they brought thousands for a cup game in the late 1960s - The infamous Bill Gardner said that it was the worst violence he ever experienced though following WHU. I imagine the problems at this game and then mass injuries with Leeds resulted in it becoming a Home only end at the end of the decade In my time going to Stoke from 1972 I only recall Wolves getting the result of staying in the Boothen all game but Chelsea claim they took it in the 1970s - the only time I recall Chelsea being there was bizarrely against United when a few turned up for the 3-3 in 1976 In the ICF book, they (Bill Gardner included) speak highly of us. They give a whole chapter to their trips to Stoke in the 70s/80s and give us plenty of respect |
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Post by bathstoke on Mar 29, 2020 19:16:54 GMT
So I've asked about the best performances of players in our times of following Stoke, so which supporters have impressed enough to stick out in your mind. I was brought up in Selwyn street next to viccy ground .Being a supporter during the 90's whilst in my Prime ,I was impressed by different things than fans today . I got angry with away fans taking liberties ,where as today's stoke supporters seem to go ape shot over bad spelling ,grammar and punctuation. Anyway I'll always remember Coventry city supporters being locked in stokeend car park for almost an hour but they never stopped singing ,although they were on their way to cup final.Chelsea filling stoke end ,one man went to mow.Barnsley fans even putting on a show back in the day . 50 Shewsbury fans bowling round stoke at ten past 3 one Saturday , were they brave or just timed it to perfection. Honestly no support home or away have impressed me more than stoke fans in full voice Yeah, but who took the Boothen? BM $#!t, Hence the animosity |
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Post by bathstoke on Mar 29, 2020 19:21:21 GMT
This is how I remember it as well- Also Sunderland in the FA Cup 1976 was impressive The best/or worst firm that came ( depending on your view of these things ) was Spurs 1977 - in the Boothen for a while , kicked the doors off the Stoke End and Surprised everyone outside the Police Station - nuts There was a huge thread on this about a decade ago - the conclusion I reached was that it made no sense to discuss who “ took “ the Boothen prior to the 1970s as the away fans were directed to stand there- this has lead to fans from West Ham to claim they took it when they brought thousands for a cup game in the late 1960s - The infamous Bill Gardner said that it was the worst violence he ever experienced though following WHU. I imagine the problems at this game and then mass injuries with Leeds resulted in it becoming a Home only end at the end of the decade In my time going to Stoke from 1972 I only recall Wolves getting the result of staying in the Boothen all game but Chelsea claim they took it in the 1970s - the only time I recall Chelsea being there was bizarrely against United when a few turned up for the 3-3 in 1976 In the ICF book, they (Bill Gardner included) speak highly of us. They give a whole chapter to their trips to Stoke in the 70s/80s and give us plenty of respect That bit in the book on Forest at Westham had me proper belly laughing(I know I have a sick sense of humour)I met Cass once & told him & he couldn’t have been less bothered. Sociopath! |
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Post by wrighter on Mar 29, 2020 21:37:41 GMT
pompey fans always impress me
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Post by Gods on Mar 29, 2020 22:09:46 GMT
Some Urban myths here or poor memorys. West Ham were in Boothen and got escorted surprisingly through paddock. Wolves mostly Rugeley went directly into the paddock and met a load of Stoke.Alot of Stone and Castle ladd involved. Wolves were on Boothen mid 70s a few stabbings. Spurs were the most regular 70s Sunderland first game of season 70s and Villa after their promotion again 70s best support for me. Exactly as I remember it too. |
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