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Post by block30row19 on Jan 3, 2009 20:58:11 GMT
Having supported the Mighty Potters now for almost four decades, today got me thinking about all the disappointing match's i have been to over the year's.
As a very young lad being taken to the FA Cup 3rd round by my dad, bless him, I can actually remember being on the brink of shedding tear's if we got knocked out in the 3rd round. My dad would always turn to me and say don't get upset about it son, always next year. I could never understand this as i did not care about next year because i felt so desperate inside. Also the F A Cup seemed to mean so much more in those day's as did the atmosphere for the Final on a Saturday morning with BBC and ITV competing for the most viewers with wall to wall coverage from about half nine in the morning and The Bourne Sport's Sale in Stoke every Cup Final morning. Or is it just me ? Do they still have that sale ?
Anyway i digress. I suppose what i am trying to say to you younger supporter's is stick with it. It's your team and a true fan is there for the long haul, through thick and thin. You just don't get as disappointed as you get older, you will probably find as you get older that Stoke just spoil a good day out with your mate's but no matter what if your a true Stokie, you will still Love them.
Anyways back to the point and the title of this thread. My most desperate night as a Stokie was.....
Losing at Aston Villa 1-0 in the mid 70's. We were in the top flight then and that result condemned us to the old second division. When we got dropped off at the Old Vic by the supporters coaches i can remember me and my mate Jez waiting for a bus to take us up to Hartshill outside the Old Registrar in Stoke. How desperate did i feel that night. Well
The most desperate i have ever felt as a Stokie
And You ?
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Post by daverichards on Jan 3, 2009 21:00:07 GMT
Being relegated to the 3rd division
Losing 8-0 to liverpool
Losing 7-0 to Brum
Losing 5-0 to Oxford
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Post by OldStokie on Jan 3, 2009 21:02:29 GMT
When Pulis was re-appointed. Shows how wrong you can be, eh.  OS. |
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Post by daverichards on Jan 3, 2009 21:05:21 GMT
It's the days/nights when you sit at the likes of Gillingham in an open end in the pouring rain to watch your team totally underwhelm you wondering why you bother been there, done that, fuck knows why i sat up the back as well |
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Post by block30row19 on Jan 3, 2009 21:07:35 GMT
Being relegated to the 3rd division Losing 8-0 to liverpool Losing 7-0 to Brum Losing 5-0 to Oxford Ok Dave if it's a top four your after The Villa game Losing to Arsenal in the semi final Losing to Arsenal in the semi final the year after And losing to Ajax away on goal difference in the Uefa Cup. And i should have guessed you would be the first to reply  |
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Post by danmase on Jan 3, 2009 21:11:54 GMT
when we lost in the playoff semi final to walsall. Watching Gudjon totally balls up with a team selection that looked like it had been picked at random and thinking that we would never get out of that sewer of a league was probably as low as i have felt- lower than all the relegations and thrashings.
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Post by swampySCFC on Jan 3, 2009 21:15:00 GMT
I think it was the Bluthe Spartans debacle. I was only a lad and couldnt understand it at the time. We've had plenty of repeats since. (Notice stoke played in yellow shirts/blue shorts that game |
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Post by offthewall on Jan 3, 2009 21:23:55 GMT
losing to swindon 6 effin 0
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Post by MrMagic on Jan 3, 2009 21:25:06 GMT
when we lost in the playoff semi final to walsall. Watching Gudjon totally balls up with a team selection that looked like it had been picked at random and thinking that we would never get out of that sewer of a league was probably as low as i have felt- lower than all the relegations and thrashings. My feelings as well. Desperate stuff. |
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Post by johnotway on Jan 3, 2009 21:27:18 GMT
When Pulis was re-appointed. Shows how wrong you can be, eh. OS. I'll agree with the first part of this quote. The second part I couldn't disagree with more. If he is still here at the end of the season it will be the first and last time my beloved Potters will see the Premier league. |
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Post by NG4POTTERS on Jan 3, 2009 21:29:23 GMT
The away leg of the play off's against gillingham
The 7-0 by birmingham
The 6-0 by west brom at the hawthorns
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Post by ramitupper on Jan 3, 2009 21:32:16 GMT
The Stockport home leg in the play-offs,the only time i've felt like violence at a match.  |
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Post by beagriestache on Jan 3, 2009 22:21:09 GMT
Getting easily and predictably beaten 3-0 at Newcastle in 1990 to go down to the third for the first time in 70 years....
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Post by mermaidsal on Jan 3, 2009 22:22:31 GMT
0-7 to Birmingham. I know we've had lower moments but that was the feeblest ever for me.
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Post by mark72 on Jan 3, 2009 22:24:30 GMT
Wigan losing 4 nil away. Although the clouds that day did have silver linings.
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Post by craig67 on Jan 3, 2009 22:58:03 GMT
Blyth Spartans-I was only 10/11 but it struck home how hard it was following Stoke-30 years later it isn't any easier.
And being beaten by Burnley 1-0,September 2006.They scored in the first minute and even if we'd played til today I don't think we'd have equalised.Don't remember ever being that depressed after a defeat.Went the pub,and to make matters worse ran into Dave Kevan(Burnley assistant manager at the time)in Langtrys-just about summed up my day!
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Post by McLovin on Jan 4, 2009 1:45:19 GMT
It's the days/nights when you sit at the likes of Gillingham in an open end in the pouring rain to watch your team totally underwhelm you wondering why you bother In a temporary stand with no roof. I had to be up early the next morning as well. |
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Post by potterspride88 on Jan 4, 2009 1:54:39 GMT
West Ham 2 Stoke 1. Watching Fuller slapping Griffin and throwing vital points away.
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Post by Northy on Jan 4, 2009 8:13:12 GMT
for feeling actually gut wrenching gutted, losing 1-0 to Coventry in the FA cup 5th round in 87
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Post by wrighter on Jan 4, 2009 8:25:31 GMT
the 2 games v Arsenal in the cup semi finals in the 70"s
still hurts, so very close to Wembley
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Post by melbournepotter on Jan 4, 2009 9:17:14 GMT
Arrived in the UK (for a Potters watching/touring holiday) in the morning, and caught up with the SCSSC later that day for a car trip up to Telford for the first game of my holiday. Saw a crap game and I was left wondring why the hell had I forked out a fair amount of cash for what could have been a totally crap holiday...luckily things picked up from there (sort of) which made the trip ultimately ok.
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Jan 4, 2009 10:11:50 GMT
0-7 Birmingham
The night we lost to Vale in the Cup.
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Post by kidcrewbob on Jan 4, 2009 10:23:27 GMT
The Bourne Sport's Sale in Stoke every Cup Final morning. Or is it just me ? Do they still have that sale ? Fantastic!!! How many fires & floods did Bournes have in the 70s???? Fond memories of dad bringing home funny coloured Adidas bags smelling slightly of smoke (the bag not me dad!)...... Anyhow, worst memories as a radio listening kid are the FA cup Semi defeats to Arsenal 71/72 and as a paying fan losing play-off semis to Stockport, Leicester & Gillingham.... |
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Post by stokie63 on Jan 4, 2009 11:03:28 GMT
far to many to mention it becomes a habbit when you follow stoke for 40 years.
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Post by guernseydave on Jan 4, 2009 11:15:51 GMT
TrueSmug/IDiocy
GD
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Post by adderstokie1 on Jan 4, 2009 12:31:28 GMT
Living as I do in Atherstone, Warwickshire -- just 5 miles from Nuneaton. The 1-0 F.A.Cup replay defeat to Nuneaton was my biggest ever nightmare!
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Post by anarchicalan on Jan 4, 2009 13:51:43 GMT
Today, simply because reading the above list, and there are many others, Walsall away in 1973 as league cup holders, Telford, 5-1 at home to Leeds in the late 60s, losing the 1964 league cup over two legs to Liecester, the play off against Liecester, (and I could go on), makes me realise that losing to lower league and "lesser" teams is no longer a shock for my beloved club.
Now THAT'S depressing!
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Post by lexie on Jan 4, 2009 14:02:02 GMT
Losing to The Arse in both semi finals and Blyth Spartans
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Post by Cityfullergoals on Jan 4, 2009 14:06:06 GMT
Hundreds - literally
But because of the importance of this season, probably Everton at home
Came out of the ground absolutely devastated that we had got sod all from a game where we fought back valiantly and had a goal disallowed, but threw it away with inept marking at a set piece
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Post by GazMcNicol on Jan 4, 2009 14:09:43 GMT
Losing against Man City to send us both down for me:(
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