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Post by timberwolf on Jun 5, 2024 10:12:14 GMT
God help us then if we have to play them in a cup game next season or even worse drawn against united or city, teams we both know the players and fans. Could not name one present member of the stoke side or actually spoke to a single fan from that club. In some ways even discussing the match can do more harm than good especially where some of our own unsaviory characters are concerned who never witnessad a game against them at their old ground and think biggins in a donny rovers player and the rest of them from the past are just names.. It's not really anything to do with who plays for Stoke, it's not really an on the pitch rivalry. And tbh, I doubt playing United would be worse. Castle Street in the 90s against Stoke was a sight to behold. There's been few battles like it against any other club. Just imagine though even if we drew united in the league cup how many pages on that thread would create in the first 24 hours after the draw. Every person no matter their age would be really up for the game. Us oldies to redress the wrong of the past and the majority who could not wait to get one over them. Actually i saw every game home and away we played against them but the only real memories are the trouble between fans as it was not exactly unknown then like it is now.
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Post by Lee on Jun 5, 2024 11:55:32 GMT
Very true. I reckon we just seal off The Strip and have a big Royal Rumble event. The reality is it'll probably be fine, it's all a long time ago and it's just a friendly that will be mostly kids and families in attendance. I don't know. They are a different breed those lot. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it got tasty. Anyone with a banning order will just turn up for this one. Let's just accept it and have a classic game of British Bulldogs down Worrall Street. I agree. I'd be surprised if this friendly didnt get binned off/switched to a behind doors at Carrington job.
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Post by herbie on Jun 5, 2024 12:13:49 GMT
I don't know. They are a different breed those lot. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it got tasty. Anyone with a banning order will just turn up for this one. Let's just accept it and have a classic game of British Bulldogs down Worrall Street. I agree. I'd be surprised if this friendly didnt get binned off/switched to a behind doors at Carrington job. Doesn't seem any interest on their forum, just one person wondering if we still hate them. Though even without the history, and it was pretty full on for a couple of seasons, it does seem an odd choice. Some of their fans would see it as am opportunity for a local day out on the beer with the possibility of creating a bit of havoc, and I'm sure some of ours would be up for helping them out with that.
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Post by nelly on Jun 5, 2024 18:15:07 GMT
On the other hand itโs not unrealistic to think we could be playing them competitively in the league within the next few years (Possibly sooner in a Cup game) so maybe having a friendly could release some of the tension such a clash would cause. Very true. I reckon we just seal off The Strip and have a big Royal Rumble event. The reality is it'll probably be fine, it's all a long time ago and it's just a friendly that will be mostly kids and families in attendance. My best mate is a Stoke fan. From fake Cheadle, Staffs. Would there be a problem if we sat together in the Pop ? I ain't going in with his lot. Been there done that and too old for that crap. Opinions appreciated.
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Post by scfc73 on Jun 5, 2024 18:53:54 GMT
Very true. I reckon we just seal off The Strip and have a big Royal Rumble event. The reality is it'll probably be fine, it's all a long time ago and it's just a friendly that will be mostly kids and families in attendance. My best mate is a Stoke fan. From fake Cheadle, Staffs. Would there be a problem if we sat together in the Pop ? I ain't going in with his lot. Been there done that and too old for that crap. Opinions appreciated. Despite my reservations about this fixture there shouldn't be any problems with your mate sitting with you in the pop at all. Providing he doesn't stand up mid match & give a one man rendition of Delilah of course Any potential trouble is likely to happen around the pubs before or after if either sides risk element decide to renew old rivalries (which of course I'm hoping isn't the case) I'm always torn on this fixture as I've mentioned before my old man was a Stokie (God rest his soul) & the first games I ever went to as a kid were Stoke games in the early 80's before we moved to Stockport. I chose County over Stoke when the two sides started to clash & even got nicked & got myself a lifetime ban from their old Victoria ground & a court appearance in Stoke just before the two sides met at Wembley for pitch encroachment celebrating a big Kev equaliser in a 2-1 Tuesday night defeat there. I have no love for Stoke at all but deep down there's always a little bit of me that feels I let my Dad down & went against his wishes for his son to grow up supporting Stoke like he did........but I negate this feeling in the knowledge that I made the right choice, A bit like choosing good over evil!
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Post by nelly on Jun 5, 2024 19:12:59 GMT
My best mate is a Stoke fan. From fake Cheadle, Staffs. Would there be a problem if we sat together in the Pop ? I ain't going in with his lot. Been there done that and too old for that crap. Opinions appreciated. Despite my reservations about this fixture there shouldn't be any problems with your mate sitting with you in the pop at all. Providing he doesn't stand up mid match & give a one man rendition of Delilah of course ย Any potential trouble is likely to happen around the pubs before or after if either sides risk element decide to renew old rivalries (which of course I'm hoping isn't the case) I'm always torn on this fixture as I've mentioned before my old man was a Stokie (God rest his soul) & the first games I ever went to as a kid were Stoke games in the early 80's before we moved to Stockport. I chose County over Stoke when the two sides started to clash & even got nicked & got myself a lifetime ban from their old Victoria ground & a court appearance in Stoke just before the two sides met at Wembley for pitch encroachment celebrating a big Kev equaliser in a 2-1 Tuesday night defeat there. I have no love for Stoke at all but deep down there's always a little bit of me that feels I let my Dad down & went against his wishes for his son to grow up supporting Stoke like he did........but I negate this feeling in the knowledge that I made the right choice, A bit like choosing good over evil! I went in the Victoria ground with him when we were both in the RAF. Playoff semi 2nd leg. Went in their end, which was very unnerving and got the Coppers to transfer me at half time. We won 2-1 over the 2 legs. We're both in our 50's now and won't be doing anything to attract attention to ourselves.
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Post by desmond on Jul 5, 2024 9:06:26 GMT
Did someone post info about tickets for Chester tomorrow on here the other day ? Canโt seem to find anything about it.
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Post by countyingermany on Jul 5, 2024 9:27:49 GMT
I don't know. They are a different breed those lot. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it got tasty. Anyone with a banning order will just turn up for this one. Let's just accept it and have a classic game of British Bulldogs down Worrall Street. I agree. I'd be surprised if this friendly didnt get binned off/switched to a behind doors at Carrington job. Didn't we have one scheduled with Burnley a few years ago that ended up getting cancelled on police advice?
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Post by Nik on Jul 5, 2024 9:29:04 GMT
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Post by scfc73 on Jul 5, 2024 9:47:16 GMT
I agree. I'd be surprised if this friendly didnt get binned off/switched to a behind doors at Carrington job. Didn't we have one scheduled with Burnley a few years ago that ended up getting cancelled on police advice? We did & it was only a Burnley U-21 side as well!
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Post by timberwolf on Jul 5, 2024 10:30:56 GMT
Didn't we have one scheduled with Burnley a few years ago that ended up getting cancelled on police advice? We did & it was only a Burnley U-21 side as well! That was a really odd decision by the police to do that given you had to be in yor 30,s to remember a burnley game and that was at senior level. You would have thought a closer rival with a bad record of child abuse would have been a bigger flashpoint which wasn,t rather than a friendly against a lot of kids no matter what their shirt was.
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Post by scfc73 on Jul 5, 2024 10:43:41 GMT
We did & it was only a Burnley U-21 side as well! That was a really odd decision by the police to do that given you had to be in yor 30,s to remember a burnley game and that was at senior level. You would have thought a closer rival with a bad record of child abuse would have been a bigger flashpoint which wasn,t rather than a friendly against a lot of kids no matter what their shirt was. I agree that it was an odd decision. I'm well aware of the rivalry & have been caught up in the unpleasant side of it on more than one occasion when we played them but I don't think anyone would've have bothered attending in any significant numbers at that time for a match against an U-21 side no matter what level of rivalry.
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Post by mat1scfc on Jul 5, 2024 17:25:44 GMT
Do we expect that will be any trialists this year? No idea how common they are in league 1. Maybe just players for the development squad
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Post by County Blue on Jul 6, 2024 9:26:57 GMT
All the best to the lads today as they take the first steps. All those travelling too ๐๐ป๐๐ป
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Post by houldsworthhatter on Jul 6, 2024 9:29:58 GMT
All the best to the lads today as they take the first steps. All those travelling too ๐๐ป๐๐ป Iโve got a huge 20 minute drive - and the missus driving back ๐
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