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Post by tuum on Nov 27, 2008 15:48:12 GMT
If proof were needed of Stoke's meteoric rise it has now been provided. I live in Bangkok and this evening whilst walking home along Sukhumvit I saw the my first Stoke City top on sale to the tourists from the roadside stalls. Normally, you have to be up amongst the Chelseas & Real Madrid's of this world to get yourself a shop window viewing on Sukhumvit but this particular shop owner obviously recognises a red-hot item when he sees one. Didn't have time to stop and ask the price but I know the shop well and you can normally get a footy shirt for about 6-700Bt with a bit of haggling. Last year that was about a tenner but since the arse has dropped out of the pound it's now about 13quid. I think I'll pop down tomorrow to start the negotiations before the tourist hordes snap them all up! To me, this event says that we have truly arrived on the World Stage!  |
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Post by Stokie-Jiggz on Nov 27, 2008 16:03:29 GMT
haha...a few years ago when i went to west Africa in Gambia, we were walking along the beach and a local walked past wearing that current seasons goalkeeper shirt haha. Had to get a piccy lol.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Nov 27, 2008 16:07:08 GMT
Ahh get me one! |
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Post by Strange Boy on Nov 27, 2008 16:08:32 GMT
Quality! ;D
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Post by tuum on Nov 27, 2008 16:17:55 GMT
To be honest. If you came out here with an empty suitcase and loaded it up you could make a tidy profit back in the UK. Unfortunately, most people leave their brains in the airport when they come out here and end up blowing their "profit" on women & booze in true George Best fashion.
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Post by Kenilworth_Stokies on Nov 27, 2008 16:19:45 GMT
Cue: "I remember the days before all these funny smelling furriners started supporting Stoke..." etc.  |
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Post by Northy on Nov 27, 2008 16:28:40 GMT
A guy who lives round the corner from me, asked me a few weeks ago to get him a Stoke away top in XXL as a colleague of his from India had e-mailed asking for one to be taken out when he was going out there on business. The Indian had seen Stoke on the TV and wanted the top.
Luckily the guy who lives round the corner from me came back from mumbai last saturday
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Post by beagriestache on Nov 27, 2008 16:41:38 GMT
tuum, take a pic of it in the shop window and post it on here.
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Post by sweetandinnocent on Nov 27, 2008 16:42:00 GMT
its not just the team, they see the smart top on t.v n think- fuck me thats smart i want one
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Post by joll1 on Nov 27, 2008 16:46:11 GMT
To be honest. If you came out here with an empty suitcase and loaded it up you could make a tidy profit back in the UK. Unfortunately, most people leave their brains in the airport when they come out here and end up blowing their "profit" on women & booze in true George Best fashion. Blowing their money on women and booze, sounds great ;)ho wantsto think about making money when your on holiday, Bangkok here I come ;D |
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Post by glouscesterstokie on Nov 27, 2008 19:29:24 GMT
that is brillaint! gooarrrnn stoke
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Post by trebor63 on Nov 27, 2008 19:38:47 GMT
To be honest. If you came out here with an empty suitcase and loaded it up you could make a tidy profit back in the UK. Unfortunately, most people leave their brains in the airport when they come out here and end up blowing their "profit" on women & booze in true George Best fashion. Hmmmm making a few quid or loadsa Thai girls! I think my brain would be disengaged too ;D |
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Post by th05 on Nov 27, 2008 19:45:03 GMT
Thats brilliant ;D
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Post by stokeytot on Nov 27, 2008 20:09:49 GMT
I've posted shirts to the States and Dubai this season lol........
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