billc
Youth Player
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Post by billc on Jul 29, 2020 11:52:07 GMT
In Royal Stoke on a ward awaiting a operation on my ankle .
Two people on ward with me
There is an American who is an academic and has the name Plumb
So I have Professor Plumb on my right and on left Paul ex Mich , Shop Steward and Stoke fan .
Inevitably the conversation turned to football
Paul is 12 years older than me and his first game was Stoke v Newcastle with Milburn playing , the uncle of the Charlton brothers. He cannot recall the score
My first game was in March 62 a 0-0 draw against Swansea Town.
His most memorable game was the 7-0 win against Lincoln with Coleman scoring 7 goals .
Mine was the 74 win against Leeds when they unbeaten
Nice to swap football stories with a fellow Stokie.
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Post by stantheman on Jul 29, 2020 11:54:34 GMT
In Royal Stoke on a ward awaiting a operation on my ankle . Two people on ward with me There is an American who is an academic and has the name Plumb So I have Professor Plumb on my right and on left Paul ex Mich , Shop Steward and Stoke fan . Inevitably the conversation turned to football Paul is 12 years older than me and his first game was Stoke v Newcastle with Milburn playing , the uncle of the Charlton brothers. He cannot recall the score My first game was in March 62 a 0-0 draw against Swansea Town. His most memorable game was the 7-0 win against Lincoln with Coleman scoring 7 goals . Mine was the 74 win against Leeds when they unbeaten Nice to swap football stories with a fellow Stokie. I hope you and your companions have a speedy recovery |
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Post by tpholloway1 on Jul 29, 2020 11:54:39 GMT
It was a record for a winger at the time, probably still is. Remember it well.
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Post by reddipotter on Jul 29, 2020 11:55:01 GMT
What a shame he isn't a vicar called Green.
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Post by eddyclamp on Jul 29, 2020 12:03:50 GMT
Yeh, you make sure professor plum hasn`t got a length of lead pipe tucked in his bed
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Post by somersetstokie on Jul 29, 2020 14:05:24 GMT
Does your American friend speak knowledgeably about Soccerball, Goal Minders and the next World Series?  |
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Post by podolipotter on Jul 29, 2020 15:01:54 GMT
The Tim Coleman day was one to remember. Put a treble bet on in the bookies going down Honeywall to the match and got a winner in the first race. Saw Colemans 7 of the 8 that thrashed Lincoln and went back up Honeywall to the bookies to find I have won a treble £11.00! Straight back down to Stoke and bought mesen a suit of the peg from Burtons. A day I will never forget!
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Post by The Stubborn Optimist on Jul 29, 2020 15:05:41 GMT
The Tim Coleman day was one to remember. Put a treble bet on in the bookies going down Honeywall to the match and got a winner in the first race. Saw Colemans 7 of the 8 that thrashed Lincoln and went back up Honeywall to the bookies to find I have won a treble £11.00! Straight back down to Stoke and bought mesen a suit of the peg from Burtons. A day I will never forget! What was a week's wage in those days? |
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Post by baystokie on Jul 29, 2020 15:10:42 GMT
Anybody have an idea why he was always referred to as 'Tim' when his name was actually 'Neville'? Just curious.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jul 29, 2020 15:15:20 GMT
Anybody have an idea why he was always referred to as 'Tim' when his name was actually 'Neville'? Just curious. Just about to ask the same. I got tucked up in a quiz on that one once. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2020 20:07:36 GMT
Anybody have an idea why he was always referred to as 'Tim' when his name was actually 'Neville'? Just curious. I always assumed was after the ex Arsenal player Tim Coleman |
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Post by wizardofdribble on Jul 29, 2020 21:51:16 GMT
The game was played in February with a sprinkling of snow on the pitch, Stoke scored 8, ( Coleman 7 King 1) Those were the days!
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Post by PotterLog on Jul 29, 2020 21:58:28 GMT
It's an all-time record for the top two divisions, and a post-war record for any division (joint with one other player). Never knew about it until now!
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Post by podolipotter on Jul 30, 2020 10:29:35 GMT
The Tim Coleman day was one to remember. Put a treble bet on in the bookies going down Honeywall to the match and got a winner in the first race. Saw Colemans 7 of the 8 that thrashed Lincoln and went back up Honeywall to the bookies to find I have won a treble £11.00! Straight back down to Stoke and bought mesen a suit of the peg from Burtons. A day I will never forget! What was a week's wage in those days? I was a schoolboy doing a paper round for Farnell's in Penkhull at the time and I think he (always reluctantly) paid 5 shillings a week. I know I should have been too young to bet, but I always said it was for my father. |
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Post by thestatusquo on Jul 30, 2020 11:19:54 GMT
Coleman was mustard!!
I’ll get me coat
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Post by The Stubborn Optimist on Jul 30, 2020 12:45:18 GMT
What was a week's wage in those days? I was a schoolboy doing a paper round for Farnell's in Penkhull at the time and I think he (always reluctantly) paid 5 shillings a week. I know I should have been too young to bet, but I always said it was for my father. Just looked it up, £11 in 1957 would be worth £266 in 2020, 5 bob in 1957 would worth £6 today. Average weekly wage in 1957 was 241s 6d which would be £12.07 in today's money and that would be worth £290.00 today. I was 2 months old the day of the Lincoln game, I'd been born on 01.12.56, we beat Swansea at home 4-1, Tim Coleman scored that day too, along with King & Bowyer (2). |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jul 30, 2020 16:27:21 GMT
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Post by greyface on Jul 31, 2020 19:43:49 GMT
What a brilliant match report, better than what’s written these days anyway |
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Post by davethebass on Jul 31, 2020 22:35:17 GMT
Interesting how they refer to football as soccer. Funny how it's fell out of usage. Growing up in the 60s we called it nogger, soccer or football...if anything 'football' was a bit formal. |
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Post by surreystokie on Jul 31, 2020 22:48:48 GMT
Will never forget it. Had started to miss games as I was away at college but it happened to be a February match and my half term🤗
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Post by stayingupforbigbazza on Aug 28, 2024 21:56:35 GMT
As we are talking about big wins thought I would bring this posting back.
Highest score for a Stoke player in one game.
My dad used to talk about this 8 nil home win..
Tim Neville Coleman take a bow 7 goals from a winger..
Any body on here who went to the game ?? Laurie Leslie or Old Stokie
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Post by Staying up for Grandadstokey on Aug 28, 2024 22:29:35 GMT
I was going to this match , but was waiting for the bus with my red and white scarf on when some bloke told me the match was off.It had been snowing for a couple of hours , so I believed him .
The bastard!!
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Post by stokienorthants on Aug 30, 2024 7:55:29 GMT
I was going to this match , but was waiting for the bus with my red and white scarf on when some bloke told me the match was off.It had been snowing for a couple of hours , so I believed him . The bastard!! I’ve apologised now let it go! |
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Post by roylandstoke on Aug 30, 2024 8:01:02 GMT
Interesting how they refer to football as soccer. Funny how it's fell out of usage. Growing up in the 60s we called it nogger, soccer or football...if anything 'football' was a bit formal. Sunday dinner time, 1970s, ITV ( atv, midlands) Hugh Johns "Star Soccer", essential viewing. |
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Post by roylandstoke on Aug 30, 2024 8:17:10 GMT
Anybody have an idea why he was always referred to as 'Tim' when his name was actually 'Neville'? Just curious. I always assumed was after the ex Arsenal player Tim Coleman Who's name was actually Ernest Coleman. |
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Post by alexanderinstone on Aug 30, 2024 8:35:07 GMT
touch and go whether the game was played due to heavy snow. I was 15 at the time and stood on the Boothen End. Memorable performance by Coleman.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Aug 30, 2024 8:36:22 GMT
The game was played in February with a sprinkling of snow on the pitch, Stoke scored 8, ( Coleman 7 King 1) Those were the days! Didn't we go a blank run of failing to score after that game or similar ..only a couple of goals until the end of the season Some historian chap will know |
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Post by AlliG on Aug 30, 2024 11:38:52 GMT
The game was played in February with a sprinkling of snow on the pitch, Stoke scored 8, ( Coleman 7 King 1) Those were the days! Didn't we go a blank run of failing to score after that game or similar ..only a couple of goals until the end of the season Some historian chap will know Man in anorak at your service.  We scored one in the next game and then didn't score for the next 6 games. We only scored 8 (eight) goals in the last 10 games of the season matching the 8 we scored against Lincoln. |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Aug 30, 2024 12:01:05 GMT
Didn't we go a blank run of failing to score after that game or similar ..only a couple of goals until the end of the season Some historian chap will know Man in anorak at your service. We scored one in the next game and then didn't score for the next 6 games. We only scored 8 (eight) goals in the last 10 games of the season matching the 8 we scored against Lincoln. Good knowledge I would have known it if about the Simpsons |
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Post by OldStokie on Aug 30, 2024 12:04:32 GMT
I was there with Boothen Ender Bill. It was surreal watching Tim banging them in every time he came down the wing. A game never to be forgotten. Yes, Johnny King scored the other. He was a cracking centre forward for us.
OS.
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