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Post by wakeypotter on Sept 25, 2024 15:20:52 GMT
Was in Kenya in 2013 working, and the taxi driver my company lined up at the time got 2 Stoke tops foisted upon him when I departed. James was his name and we nattered daily about how Stoke were doing at the time. Then a week later this happened !!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate_shopping_mall_attackI was sitting in a coffee shop in the Westgate mall on the Friday beofre chatting to a client !! Scary stuff when you think about it ! Had a few similar, Pattaya just before the tsunami as flew home for Xmas and the Oklahoma bombing was there 2 days before. We decided to head to Kansas think it was as on a road trip. We’re making the trip up as we went along. Look at the map then head somewhere at random. Question is mate what were you doing in Pattaya eh 😜😜 Looking for Vanessa 😃 |
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Post by questionable on Sept 25, 2024 15:25:29 GMT
I was stood outside a shop in Chang Mai waiting for the family to pick up pizza and a lad came out, saw the badge on my polo shirt, shouted 'Stokie' and threw his arms around me, him and two other lads from Stoke were doing a similar trip to us. What fetching a pizza from Chang Mai?? |
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Post by senojbor on Sept 25, 2024 15:42:57 GMT
Was in Kenya in 2013 working, and the taxi driver my company lined up at the time got 2 Stoke tops foisted upon him when I departed. James was his name and we nattered daily about how Stoke were doing at the time. Then a week later this happened !!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate_shopping_mall_attackI was sitting in a coffee shop in the Westgate mall on the Friday beofre chatting to a client !! Scary stuff when you think about it ! I was in Kenya too a year earlier on Holiday. There was a young guy on the Mombasa ferry in a Stoke Top. Lots of kids wear football shirts that are usually donated. Arsenal are the most popular for some reason. Great thread |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Sept 25, 2024 16:00:06 GMT
Had a few similar, Pattaya just before the tsunami as flew home for Xmas and the Oklahoma bombing was there 2 days before. We decided to head to Kansas think it was as on a road trip. We’re making the trip up as we went along. Look at the map then head somewhere at random. Question is mate what were you doing in Pattaya eh 😜😜 Looking for Vanessa 😃 I used to live in Jomtien near Pattaya but that should have read Phuket Feltz would have held back the Tsunami to be fair . A kind of sea wall |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Sept 25, 2024 16:02:11 GMT
Yes mate it was me, I actually raced Motorcross at quite a high standard, then enduro as I got older. Fair play to you. Always wanted a little scrambler as a kid having been brought up watching Kick Start (what a fucking programme that was btw) mum wasn't having it at all 😞 |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Sept 25, 2024 16:04:37 GMT
There was a kid who fell off his bike in Kick Start and got it right in the taters crossing some log or something.
Seem to remember Peter Purves trying not to laugh
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Sept 25, 2024 16:07:22 GMT
Edit...actually found it
Not much not on you tube
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Sept 25, 2024 16:07:29 GMT
There was a kid who fell off his bike in Kick Start and got it right in the taters crossing some log or something. Seem to remember Peter Purves trying not to laugh Think its done the rounds on YouTube latterly 🤣🤣 |
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Post by wakeypotter on Sept 25, 2024 16:07:38 GMT
Question is mate what were you doing in Pattaya eh 😜😜 Looking for Vanessa 😃 I used to live in Jomtien near Pattaya but that should have read Phuket Feltz would have held back the Tsunami to be fair . A kind of sea wall 😂😂 yeh that’s true she would have come in use for something. That sounds like a good experience living there. Did you visit the walk. I went to Phuket and Bangkok in February loved Bangkok but as was on a cruise only spent 1 night there but it was great. Biggest china town in the world I believe. How come you lived there |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Sept 25, 2024 16:10:59 GMT
I used to live in Jomtien near Pattaya but that should have read Phuket Feltz would have held back the Tsunami to be fair . A kind of sea wall 😂😂 yeh that’s true she would have come in use for something. That sounds like a good experience living there. Did you visit the walk. I went to Phuket and Bangkok in February loved Bangkok but as was on a cruise only spent 1 night there but it was great. Biggest china town in the world I believe. How come you lived there Was working in Bangkok and moved there for a year...kind of time out |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Sept 25, 2024 16:19:04 GMT
Found it. The funniest bit isactually the St John's Ambo man falling into the pit🤣
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Sept 25, 2024 16:20:05 GMT
Edit...actually found it Not much not on you tube Just realised you found it. I did find it on YouTube though 👍 |
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Post by elystokie on Sept 25, 2024 16:26:20 GMT
I was stood outside a shop in Chang Mai waiting for the family to pick up pizza and a lad came out, saw the badge on my polo shirt, shouted 'Stokie' and threw his arms around me, him and two other lads from Stoke were doing a similar trip to us. What fetching a pizza from Chang Mai?? No 🙂 Chang Mai/Bangkok/Siem Reap/Pnomh Penh/Ho Chi Minh |
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Post by stokefc on Sept 25, 2024 16:32:44 GMT
What fetching a pizza from Chang Mai?? No 🙂 Chang Mai/Bangkok/Siem Reap/Pnomh Penh/ Ho Chi MinhWasn't she on Soccer Saturday  |
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Post by LL Cool Dave on Sept 25, 2024 19:35:55 GMT
Also fortunate to have travelled extensively, TBH on my travels I’ve usually found any mention of Stoke tends to receive a polite nod or look of you poor thing 🙂 ..( unless Stoke are in town ) Though an exception was in a taxi to the airport in Ushuaia , Tierra del Fuego , at the southern tip of Argentina .from where the Belgrano sailed . … discovering I was English the taxi driver asked who I supported , taxi conversations are usually just to pass the time , when I said Stoke instead of one of the big 6 I expected silence , but his enthusiasm genuinely lifted and we spoke warmly for 20 minutes about Banks , the later Stoke team of the 70s and how we should have won the league and football in general of that era … his knowledge was off the scale …perhaps it was just being alone so far from home ..or the surroundings ..but one of my truly ‘Proud to be a Potter’ moments .. and in a tiny way thinking football and a small team had helped rebuild bridges far better than any politician or diplomat could ever do PS was in Chiang Mai in June ..how’s the weather now ..was very hot / humid while I was there as the rains where late Got chatting to a taxi driver in Belgium who claimed he played against Stoke in the early 90s in a friendly, for Standard Liege I think it was. Not even sure if we played any Belgian teams then or not tbh. |
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Sept 25, 2024 19:43:31 GMT
I got Delap and Crouch mentioned a lot in Asia too. There was a billboard advertising Premier League football with us a main feature I saw at an airport. I can't remember which player it was.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Sept 25, 2024 20:27:26 GMT
I once staggered out of a bar just off the Champs-Élysées at about 3 in the morning, as me and mate wandered around aimlessly trying to get a cab we started singing “Ricardo Fuller City’s No.10” at the top of our voices.
Next thing you know a bloke opens the door of his posh flat onto his balcony and starts joining in at the top of his voice and laughing his bollocks off. We tried to strike up a conversation but he was two floors up, so he comes down to us wearing a t-shirt and a pair of Stoke shorts.
Turns out he worked for Michelin and spent 5 years over in Staffordshire, and had a season ticket in our promotion season and first season in the Premier League before getting a new job and moving to Paris. Bloke was an absolute legend, took us to a kebab stand and then walked us to the nearest taxi tank as well……
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Sept 25, 2024 20:33:37 GMT
I once staggered out of a bar just off the Champs-Élysées at about 3 in the morning, as me and mate wandered around aimlessly trying to get a cab we started singing “Ricardo Fuller City’s No.10” at the top of our voices. Next thing you know a bloke opens the door of his posh flat onto his balcony and starts joining in at the top of his voice and laughing his bollocks off. We tried to strike up a conversation but he was two floors up, so he comes down to us wearing a t-shirt and a pair of Stoke shorts. Turns out he worked for Michelin and spent 5 years over in Staffordshire, and had a season ticket in our promotion season and first season in the Premier League before getting a new job and moving to Paris. Bloke was an absolute legend, took us to a kebab stand and then walked us time the nearest taxi tank as well…… Cool I actually met a Stoke fan in Phnom Penh in Cambodia who went to my school but a few years older. He spotted my T shirt. Originally from Audley Was a great 24 hour Aussie pub, sadly no more. |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Sept 25, 2024 20:38:18 GMT
Edit...actually found it Not much not on you tube When I first saw that clip I watched it every morning before work for a few weeks to cheer me up |
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Post by greystokie on Sept 25, 2024 21:51:11 GMT
I was in Rimini, Italy, a couple of weeks ago. We went by bus to San Marino and on the way back got talking to the driver who knew all about us. He was an Inter Milan fan, himself.
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Post by staffordstokie on Sept 25, 2024 21:51:45 GMT
Kuala Lumpur March 2019 so the spring after relegation. Talking to various nationalities of people about general stuff then onto football. Mentioned Stoke City when it came to ‘who do you support?’ and a late 30’s/esrly 40’s Malaysian waiter picks up an imaginary football, takes the stance of someone about to take a throw in and starts chanting ‘Rory, Rory’ 😂 half a dozen blokes in stitches, rest of the restaurant totally baffled!
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Post by skidog on Sept 25, 2024 22:24:08 GMT
We should ban all posts about the team and the games and just keep this one going, at least you can read these posts and chuckle, unlike most of the topics on here where we just moan and groan. Some good tales here 😁
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Post by greystokie on Sept 25, 2024 23:19:53 GMT
About 30 odd years ago I was on holiday in Tenerife when I spotted a young lad of about 16 in a Stoke top. I stopped and spoke to him and it turned out that he came from the Potteries. I explained to him that so did I but that I now lived in Scotland to which he replied " Where's that? Somewhere down South? " 🙄
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Post by owdestokie2 on Sept 26, 2024 4:07:51 GMT
Just one of many in different places  |
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Post by trincostokie on Sept 26, 2024 4:47:10 GMT
I’ve have been, and even now, fortunate to travel extensively throughout SE Asia. The number of times locals ask which me team I support. When I tell them they all without exception can talk to me about Stoke City in one way or another. A couple of hours ago I went into a telephone shop in Chiang Mai in Thailand to get a local SIM card. The guy who I was dealing with spotted the Stoke City screen saver on my phone and immediately went on to discuss Stoke City, he was quite knowledgeable about us, past and present. Favourite players. Shawcross, Huth, Whelan, Walters, Crouch and (drum role………..) Rory Delap!!! Loved his throw ins 😂😂 Great to chat about your club totally out of the blue👍 Here's me and a young Thai Stokie that I randomly bumped into on the MRT in Bangkok a few years ago...the universal love in for Peter Crouch and Rory! ![]() |
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Post by trincostokie on Sept 26, 2024 4:47:39 GMT
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Post by trincostokie on Sept 26, 2024 4:56:59 GMT
Ferfucksake...I give up ^^^^^^^^^^^
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Post by trincostokie on Sept 26, 2024 4:58:36 GMT
Ferfucksake...I give up ^^^^^^^^^^^ ![]() |
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Post by skemstokie on Sept 26, 2024 7:57:03 GMT
I’ve have been, and even now, fortunate to travel extensively throughout SE Asia. The number of times locals ask which me team I support. When I tell them they all without exception can talk to me about Stoke City in one way or another. A couple of hours ago I went into a telephone shop in Chiang Mai in Thailand to get a local SIM card. The guy who I was dealing with spotted the Stoke City screen saver on my phone and immediately went on to discuss Stoke City, he was quite knowledgeable about us, past and present. Favourite players. Shawcross, Huth, Whelan, Walters, Crouch and (drum role………..) Rory Delap!!! Loved his throw ins 😂😂 Great to chat about your club totally out of the blue👍 I was in a taxi in India carrying a copy of a Stoke related book (can`t remember which) the front cover was Rory firing out a missile the taxi driver clocked the book and spent 20 minute talking about Stoke. |
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Post by tuum on Sept 26, 2024 8:01:32 GMT
Was in Shinjuku, Tokyo back in 2010 at the height of the Pulis era and wandered into a sports bar to watch a Stoke game. Was amazed to see a fair few Japanese people in Stoke tops. I mean little old Stoke and there's people 10,000 or so miles away donning the famous red and white stripes cheering on big mama. Surreal 😆 You can almost guarantee that none of them will still be following Stoke. I found a lot of football fans in SE Asia to be very fickle. A guy I worked with in Bangkok had followed Liverpool for 15 years and then changed his allegiance to Arsenal for the new season because he thought they played nicer football. That's just one example of many. |
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