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Post by stokieben28 on Mar 23, 2024 2:26:36 GMT
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Post by pretzel on Mar 23, 2024 9:30:42 GMT
Brill
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Mar 23, 2024 11:10:43 GMT
What a great listen that is 👏 👏 👏
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Post by conzdad on Mar 23, 2024 11:29:55 GMT
Still makes me well up with pride to this day
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Post by OldStokie on Mar 23, 2024 11:50:49 GMT
Absolutely brilliant. If you get somebody to read this board then thanks Nick Thorley. I could tell you were a Tean/Checkley fella with your mention of Pat Mc'Garry's Paper Shop. (I lived in Checkley for a number of years.) Ange is right... it will always go down as a pivotal moment in our history. It inspired the whole city and I still get melancholy every time I hear it. It was the complete opposite of where we are now. How the mighty have fallen.  And thanks OP for posting this. OS. |
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Post by davejohnno1 on Mar 23, 2024 13:26:41 GMT
It’s easy to forget how special a time that was isn’t it?
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Post by PotterLog on Mar 23, 2024 15:01:24 GMT
It’s easy to forget how special a time that was isn’t it? I was thinking this recently. The feverish excitement of the final straight of that season, continued into the first Prem season, was something extremely rare in football that not many fans get to experience. I think the main reason for it was that it was so unexpected. With a decade of bouncing between tiers 2 and 3 so fresh in the memory, at least one generation of our fans had long given up hope of *ever* seeing us play in the top division - and that’s not an exaggeration, with the advent of the Premier League creating an ever-stronger sense of division as I was growing up, the idea of ever seeing Stoke compete at the same level as the likes of Man Yoo and Arsenal and Chelsea was so unlikely it was almost fantastical - for me it occupied the same sphere as my schoolboy daydreams of scoring the winner at Wembley myself. Nice to think about but never going to happen. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, we had a chance. It was that collective realisation that something that had seemed so utterly impossible was within our reach that so galvanised and enraptured our fans, the media, the whole city. It really was magical. We’re so jaded now.. we expect to be challenging for promotion - as we absolutely should, don’t get me wrong - but it’s hard to imagine experiencing that sort of fever-pitch thrill again. |
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Post by thornestein on Mar 23, 2024 15:08:13 GMT
It’s easy to forget how special a time that was isn’t it? i’ll never forget , been on that pitch after with all those fans will stay with me forever |
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Post by xchpotter on Mar 23, 2024 18:03:03 GMT
Scunthorpe…..always reminds me, who put the c*%t in Scunthorpe? 😂😂😂😂😂
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Post by andystokey on Mar 23, 2024 18:12:16 GMT
Scunthorpe…..always reminds me, who put the c*%t in Scunthorpe? 😂😂😂😂😂 Kevin Keegan |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Mar 23, 2024 18:40:47 GMT
Scunthorpe…..always reminds me, who put the c*%t in Scunthorpe? 😂😂😂😂😂 Kevin Keegan Didn't Botham play for them as well. Great cricketer, grade A Kunt.. |
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Post by andystokey on Mar 23, 2024 19:37:06 GMT
Didn't Botham play for them as well. Great cricketer, grade A Kunt.. He did yeah, I think he is still their president. |
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Mar 25, 2024 9:07:34 GMT
Didn't Botham play for them as well. Great cricketer, grade A Kunt.. Ray Clemence the other England captain to play for them. |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Mar 25, 2024 9:43:39 GMT
Didn't Botham play for them as well. Great cricketer, grade A Kunt.. Ray Clemence the other England captain to play for them. Blimey, did not know that. |
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Mar 25, 2024 11:59:10 GMT
Ray Clemence the other England captain to play for them. Blimey, did not know that. Is a popular football quiz question mate. The three England captains who played for Scunthorpe? Keegan, Clemence and Botham. |
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Mar 25, 2024 12:44:05 GMT
Didn't Botham play for them as well. Great cricketer, grade A Kunt.. I saw Scunthorpe - playing Warrington Town at the weekend (National League North) , Oh how the mighty are fallen. |
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Post by Gob Bluth on Mar 25, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
Haha - 'who comes up with that nonsense!' referring to people who called in. What a bloke.
I remember the many people calling in saying Rory Delap needed to retire because of his age. He went on to play 125+ games in the Premier League for Stoke.
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Post by PotterLog on Mar 25, 2024 14:21:27 GMT
Owd up! So Pottermouth was Nick Thorley off of pioneering Stoke pod Stoke City Etc??? Bloody ell, well I never knew that.
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Post by stokeson on Mar 25, 2024 15:59:52 GMT
Still waiting for "Coates" coats to go on sale..............
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Post by stayingupforbigbazza on Mar 26, 2024 4:12:41 GMT
We really need Pottermouth back ASAP..
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Post by nonameface on Mar 26, 2024 8:15:31 GMT
Great listen.
Just goes to show the power of bringing everyone together. He did it expertly.
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Mar 26, 2024 9:19:32 GMT
The togetherness around the club at that time was something I will never forget. The supporters loved the players and the players loved the supporters.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Mar 26, 2024 12:43:42 GMT
I remember someone ringing Radio Stoke complaining about the roads and pavements in Meir and how they'd spent a fortune on the MIR space station instead of fixing the roads
The presenter politely told him that the space project was not not funded by the folk of Meir. The same sounding fella complained about Iceland the freezer store buying his beloved Stoke City. First time I heard Pottermouth I thought was the same character as was a similar voice and obviously a crank caller but a good one. Often wondered if was him
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Post by PotterLog on Mar 26, 2024 15:20:27 GMT
I remember someone ringing Radio Stoke complaining about the roads and pavements in Meir and how they'd spent a fortune on the MIR space station instead of fixing the roads The presenter politely told him that the space project was not not funded by the folk of Meir. The same sounding fella complained about Iceland the freezer store buying his beloved Stoke City. First time I heard Pottermouth I thought was the same character as was a similar voice and obviously a crank caller but a good one. Often wondered if was him Same character mate, he says in the doc that up until the battle cry Pottermouth was just a silly character who rang into Radio Stoke to say stupid stuff. I remember those examples now you mention them |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Mar 26, 2024 15:40:33 GMT
I remember someone ringing Radio Stoke complaining about the roads and pavements in Meir and how they'd spent a fortune on the MIR space station instead of fixing the roads The presenter politely told him that the space project was not not funded by the folk of Meir. The same sounding fella complained about Iceland the freezer store buying his beloved Stoke City. First time I heard Pottermouth I thought was the same character as was a similar voice and obviously a crank caller but a good one. Often wondered if was him Same character mate, he says in the doc that up until the battle cry Pottermouth was just a silly character who rang into Radio Stoke to say stupid stuff. I remember those examples now you mention them The Meir space station One was quite AliGesque and the presenter took time to politely correct him 😁 It was almost like a Steve Wright character from back in his day - makes sense now |
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Post by stayingupforbigbazza on Mar 26, 2024 17:33:25 GMT
Doo eet Pooliss Do eet
Traa
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