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Post by podolipotter on Oct 13, 2020 10:28:43 GMT
Anyone remember the O'Callaghan goal on MOTD where Richie is barking orders at him, he then took the ball down and tidy finish and Barker jokingly pointing at himself taking the credit, Pretty sure was at Maine Rd I remember that well but overall I did not rate him at all. Not one of the best, but RIP Richie Barker.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 13, 2020 10:34:00 GMT
I think the 1980s is the least explored recent decade in Stoke’s History. Many have commented on the disparity between the free flowing football and the adoption of POMO. I wonder if Richie Barker maybe may have been forced to adopt POMO due to the circumstances at the club? We’d lost Dave Watson, Derek Parkin and Paul Bracewell, good and experienced players in the summer of ‘83. Dennis Tueart, Rob Savage, Paul Dyson and Robbie James came in, I don’t think these players improved the squad and looking back the club didn’t have a pot to piss in. I wonder if RB saw the increasingly threadbare finances and thought he had no choice? Later in the 83-84 we signed Third division reserve Colin Russell to play up front, he was pretty much all we could afford and shows how broke we were. Incidentally Richie is the all time leading scorer at Burton and has a Street named After him in the town. He had a decent career as a player, coach and manager and I will always remember his 82-83 team, thanks for the memories. RIP Richie. On the upside, his replacement Bill Asprey did bring in Hudson which meant I got to at least see him play in a Stoke shirt - albeit the pinstripe abomination. That great escape season ended unbelievaby - little did we know that nightmare that was to follow. Alan Hudson was/is the most talismanic player I’ve seen play for Stoke, albeit like you 1984 through to ‘85. I believe Bill Asprey’s team gathered more points than Liverpool from January (I stand to be corrected). I think history will treat Asprey a lot kinder too. 84-85 is definitely worth writing a book about.
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Post by Absolution on Oct 13, 2020 12:24:49 GMT
On the upside, his replacement Bill Asprey did bring in Hudson which meant I got to at least see him play in a Stoke shirt - albeit the pinstripe abomination. That great escape season ended unbelievaby - little did we know that nightmare that was to follow. Alan Hudson was/is the most talismanic player I’ve seen play for Stoke, albeit like you 1984 through to ‘85. I believe Bill Asprey’s team gathered more points than Liverpool from January (I stand to be corrected). I think history will treat Asprey a lot kinder too. 84-85 is definitely worth writing a book about. From memory, our form over the last 18 games from when Hudson joined at the end of January to the end of the season would have had us in 2nd place if it had been replicated throughout the season. I saw Hudson play for us at his peak, but was too young to really appreciate how good he was. What he did as an old clapped out warhorse in 1984 was off the scale. Absolutely stunning.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2020 13:09:31 GMT
I remember a game v QPR in his second spell when he was cornered in his own penalty area to ironic cheers from their fans but proceeded to dribble past 3 or 4 of their players to get out of trouble. Was fantastic close control
(unfortunately he then passed it straight to one of their players but we'll forget that bit as the skill before was something else)
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Post by Bagwash on Oct 13, 2020 14:16:18 GMT
One of the most entertaining seasons I have seen down Stoke.
Cheers Ritchie...RIP.
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Post by lordb on Oct 13, 2020 16:26:07 GMT
Alan Hudson was/is the most talismanic player I’ve seen play for Stoke, albeit like you 1984 through to ‘85. I believe Bill Asprey’s team gathered more points than Liverpool from January (I stand to be corrected). I think history will treat Asprey a lot kinder too. 84-85 is definitely worth writing a book about. From memory, our form over the last 18 games from when Hudson joined at the end of January to the end of the season would have had us in 2nd place if it had been replicated throughout the season. I saw Hudson play for us at his peak, but was too young to really appreciate how good he was. What he did as an old clapped out warhorse in 1984 was off the scale. Absolutely stunning. dovetailed fantastically with Sammy McIlroy
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Post by Absolution on Oct 13, 2020 17:25:01 GMT
From memory, our form over the last 18 games from when Hudson joined at the end of January to the end of the season would have had us in 2nd place if it had been replicated throughout the season. I saw Hudson play for us at his peak, but was too young to really appreciate how good he was. What he did as an old clapped out warhorse in 1984 was off the scale. Absolutely stunning. dovetailed fantastically with Sammy McIlroy To a degree, that was one of his qualities, bringing other players into it. Mcllroy was a clever player, so Hudson found a decent partner in crime, on the same wavelength as him. It's just a pity Hudson didn't get to play with Mickey Thomas who'd just left. That would have been something to see.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2020 17:45:16 GMT
One of the most entertaining seasons I have seen down Stoke. Cheers Ritchie...RIP. Never forgave ipswich keeper Lawrie Sivell for playing for Germany in Escape To victory
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