Match Day Thread Hull City v Stoke

Sunday 12 kick off. so get your drinking planned out.
A warm reception for James Chester and san clucas.
But feel free to abuse Tymon if he plays.

abiut time we did these good n proper. city 2-1

 

2 nil city. No new owners

 

Stoke is usually derived from the word 'stoc', which meant a hamlet or little settlement, which depended on a bigger settlement nearby.

Famous people include Frank Bough, and Edward Smith, Captain of the Titanic, and Reginald Mitchell, the chief designer of the Spitfire. William Clowes and Hugh Bourne, the founders of Primitive Methodism and also Josiah Wedgewood, although it's not clear when Clowes and Bourne founded him.

Local delicacy is the oatcake, which imaginatively is a cake made of erm, oats.

The club were originally formed under the name Stoke Ramblers in 1863, but 15 years later they merged with Stoke Victoria Cricket Club and became Stoke Football Club. In 1925, when Stoke-on-Trent was granted "city status" their name changed again, this time to Stoke City Football Club.

Stoke is a suburb of Port Vale.

Stoke has more hotel beds than in the whole of the hotels in The Maldives.

Stoke is the oldest club in the Premier League, and is considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world - after Notts County.

Sir Stanley Matthews holds the record for the oldest ever player to feature in England's top division. His appearance for Stoke City against Fulham in February 1965 came shortly after his 50th birthday, which in some ways means he was older than the world's second oldest football club.

In 1891 the Football League decided that only one club could use one style of strip and Sunderland were allowed to take red and white stripes. Between 1891 and 1908 Stoke used a variety of kits, with plain maroon being most common.

During the close season of 1967 Stoke City played in the one-off United Soccer Association, which imported clubs from Europe and South America. Stoke played as the Cleveland Stokers and finished as runners-up in the Eastern Division.

Father Elijah Smith took off his cassock to play for the Potters in the 1880s.The half-back, who was in charge of a church in Stoke, starred in the club's first ever league win, over Notts County

Stoke are responsible for the penalty kickThe Potters were knocked out of the FA Cup by Notts County in 1891.They were piling on the pressure in search of an equaliser when Notts defender Jack Hendry punched away a goal-bound shot.Stoke were given a free-kick but the opponents stacked 11 men on their own line and blocked any shot.Referee John Lewis thought this wasn't fair so campaigned to introduce the penalty kick when he became a football legislator.

And responsible for injury time.
In 1891 the penalty was a new rule when, on October 24 of that year, Stoke had fought back from 3-0 down to trail Aston Villa by a single goal at the Victoria Ground.The Potters were awarded a last-minute spot-kick and chance to level when a Villa player picked up the ball and booted it out of the ground.The referee blew for full-time before it was returned.The rules were soon changed to allow time to be added, but initially only if penalties were to be taken.

Striker Archie Maxwell broke Stoke's transfer record when he joined from Darwen in 1896 for a set of wrought iron gates.

Manager in 1896, Bill Rowley sold himself to Leicester.

In 1905, goal keeper Jack Hobbs left Stoke after an argument over bonus payments. He returned as a ringer playing for Port Vale, and infuriated the crowd by wearing a Stoke shirt under his top. The Police had to remove him from the fans who were carrying him to the river.

Star 1920s and 30s midfielder Harry Sellars once woke up in a Middlesbrough hotel and switched on the light in time to see a rat dart across the room with his dentures in its mouth.What's more, Stoke returned to the same hotel two years later and Sellars was presented with the nashers.They had been discovered by workmen who were refurbishing the room

 

The Late Night Marauders are playing on the East stand concourse before the game. I've seen this local group several times and they are excellent. The last time I saw them was at a sold out gig at the social on Humber Street and my ticket costs more then it does to watch City. The Hull City Sesh has been an excellent idea by the club and some top bands have performed for us. I posted recently that Dave Hemmingways band, The Sunbirds, played a couple lf weeks back. Dave fronted the Beautiful South with Paul Heaton and has played Glastonbury. Not a mention on here that anyone had bothered to go and see them or even knew about the Hull City Sesh, but mention bird **** on a couple of seats and......

 

Thanks for that. Funny how you never bothered to mention 'Dave's' band before. Even when 'Dave' was playing on the East Stand concourse if front of two dozen people.

 

2-1 CityHull

 

Aren’t Sheffield FC regarded as the oldest football club? Notts County were the oldest FL club. Now they’re not in the league Stoke are the oldest PL/FL club.

 

You've ignored the click bait jibe to Stoke fans regarding Burslem.

 

Stoke is the biggest ****hole I’ve ever had the displeasure of working in. Or Hanley to be more precise

 

up Hanley duck?

 

Late Night Marauders are an excellent band. I've seen them many times too (in fact I was stood near you at their Social gig)

 

We'll lose 0-1
We'll still be waiting for a new owner

 

I publicised it and the club send emails out to all members before the game.

 

I remember , I had to report you to the doorman.

 

Never worked in Middlesbrough or Luton?

 

I’ve seen The LNM, as a full band, and they were quite good. I believe they sometimes play as a duo?

Edit: City 3, Six Fingered Clay Heads nowt.