I think the rivalry started about 73 with Port Vale away, then escalated a year later with their bigger neighbours. Always liked an away game down that end, it was like going into the unknown. One thing, Vale and Stoke never mobbed up together for a ruck when Bolton came to town.

Our all-time record against Vale in all competitions is insane.

P36 W24 D10 L2

The two losses in our history were two months apart, in 1988.

I’ve been to Burslem twice. Once for the Boxing Day postponed game in 98; I was only nine, but vividly recall being in some dodgy social club watching the guy behind the bar checking on teletext to see if the game was on/off. 

The last time was moody as fuck afterwards. Seem to recall Miami warning ahead beforehand. It was obviously nothing compared to the 80s, but as a member of the snowflake generation, I just wanted to get my dad the fuck out of there after the game. Even though he’d have handled himself much better than me I’m sure 😂 

50 minutes ago, leigh white said:

It was 83 when Bolton lads went in their seats at VP, some serious carnage that day.

It happened later too

Footage of the seat activities was produced for gamma

5 minutes ago, Casino said:

It happened later too

Footage of the seat activities was produced for gamma

Every move you make now is watched on camera, glad i'm not as daft and led adrift these days.😊

Lad from LL went down

Couple of things they had on him

Chucking a bar stool in the king bill v wolves

Jumping on seats at PV

I think he was unlucky as that's about all they had on him

2 minutes ago, Casino said:

Lad from LL went down

Couple of things they had on him

Chucking a bar stool in the king bill v wolves

Jumping on seats at PV

I think he was unlucky as that's about all they had on him

Christ, that's a normal occurrence in the pubs i frequent these days.

3 hours ago, miamiwhite said:

The one who got a bit of a flesh wound in 87,  certainly came looking for it, just like he had at Burnden a couple of seasons earlier when he strayed into the Manny Road North and got a good hiding with his mate.

Same the following season when they came mob handed and got a serious kicking near the old college.

That day in 87 I remember very well, having sussed his mate with the PVFC tattoo on his neck. He  came into the pub trying to suss the young cuckoo boys out and returned with a tidy mob of older heads, who underestimated us....the rest is history.

Re Roger - the Bolton lads who went into their seats, they were nothing to do with me and that incident was several years before, I think it was when Roy Walker scored their winner about 45 minutes into injury time.

Re the tit with the tattoo on his neck - I bumped into him during Euro 2000 at the England v Romania game in Charleroi.....he was scuffling with a Plymouth flag over putting a flag over his in the ground....the silly Vale fan received a kicking then off the Argyle fan.

Looks like things have never changed for that scruffy little cunt.

It's good but it's not right.

9 hours ago, miamiwhite said:

Correct pal.

Someone on our side displaying some fine martial arts skills IIRC

From recolection, more like a modern day MMA fighter, never seen al lad, still to this day, move a quick as he did

On 28/01/2020 at 04:51, Take Hunt Off said:

Back in 1971/2 we played Port Vale in Burslem .They needed to beat us to have a chance of promotion ( we were already up ) .We were there in numbers but the day went toxic when JB stuck one in the top corner to make it 2-2 in possibly the fifth minute of injury time.Seconds later ref Rob Styles blew full time & all our fans piled onto the pitch including me to celebrate our promotion .As the ref left the pitch two bigs guys in donkey jackets appeared from nowhere & poleaxed the ref.( & I mean poleaxed) Obviously they were'nt our fans & by the time we got out of the ground we were on the wrong side of the stadium & had to battle our way through the subway & my mate got hit with a snooker ball ...happy days I was doing my best gentleman jim impression duck swing step back punch in other words get a bit of a kicking from the crombie clad rabble.....no class either but the snooker ball turned my mucker into a wild whirling dervish & he cleared a path through the bastards & we got through only slightly battered.

Never forget that one. Besides JB's wizardry, the missiles flying in both directions (they were to our left behind the goal and the mob of us along the side) was unbeliveable. Half house bricks, darts, snooker balls, bottles - you name it. Seemed to go on for around half the game.

Remember some of ours getting in their end and it kicking off until the cops dragged ours out. Tasty every time at Port Vale.

The only memory I have of owt even half mad in Stoke was playing pool in some grubby little pub and a lad bursts in with a red and white wool 'bob hat' rolled down over his face with two eye holes cut in it and yells 'come on then!' Think he lasted about 1.5 seconds 

10 hours ago, miamiwhite said:

The one who got a bit of a flesh wound in 87,  certainly came looking for it, just like he had at Burnden a couple of seasons earlier when he strayed into the Manny Road North and got a good hiding with his mate.

Same the following season when they came mob handed and got a serious kicking near the old college.

That day in 87 I remember very well, having sussed his mate with the PVFC tattoo on his neck. He  came into the pub trying to suss the young cuckoo boys out and returned with a tidy mob of older heads, who underestimated us....the rest is history.

Re Roger - the Bolton lads who went into their seats, they were nothing to do with me and that incident was several years before, I think it was when Roy Walker scored their winner about 45 minutes into injury time.

 

The Ray Walker injury time winner was 88/89, it was a sickener after John Thomas had missed almost as many one on ones as Steve Bull in that FA cup tie we won at Wolves.I didn't go to Port Vale in 83/84 but saw the fighting in the home seats so it must have been 88/89.

Port Vale's lads would have been up for it after their lad was stabbed on our previous visit but then our mob goes on the front foot by going in their Main Stand.:lol:

Definitely in the seats in 88/89, remember the Police Helicopter out that day too & thinking that it didn't get an outing for many 3rd division games 😊

Two questions from this video :

1 - is there a Wanderers player on it who posts on here ?

2 - which back street are folk walking down at approx 1min 30 seconds in ?

 

 

 

I reckon it's up Derby St area.

3 minutes ago, Traf said:

I reckon it's up Derby St area.

I was thinking more round the back of the Anchor just off the bottom of Bradshawgate

Pretty sure there was a crappy little carpark there, but could be totally wrong.

Vernon St???

 

19 hours ago, Casino said:

Lad from LL went down

Couple of things they had on him

Chucking a bar stool in the king bill v wolves

Jumping on seats at PV

I think he was unlucky as that's about all they had on him

Jury couldn't agree on a verdict in his case. And that's with all evidence stacked against him - Video evidence & Police testimony. He took a lesser charge because he didn't want to go through the whole thing again. Probably a wise decision.

 

Undies ITK.

Edited January 29, 20206 yr by Underpants

12 minutes ago, Steejay said:

Vernon St???

 

Walking from Howcroft to St George’s Rd

8 minutes ago, Judge Fudge said:

Walking from Howcroft to St George’s Rd

Good one.

Though my first thought was similar to Miami; only a bit further down, somewhere near where the old college was.

11 minutes ago, Judge Fudge said:

Walking from Howcroft to St George’s Rd

That's a good shout Judge.

Hang on, how's the shagging going on ? 😉

Great footage that.

I agree with SteJay and Judge fudge, back Vernon St walking down towards St Georges Rd.

Edited January 29, 20206 yr by Burndens Bogs

I'm sure Leigh White will know the venue.

He's probably watched his chick have a slash there 🤭

From Vernon street to st George’s road definitely 

20 hours ago, miamiwhite said:

That's a good shout Judge.

Hang on, how's the shagging going on ? 😉

Forgot about that. It was shit! To be fair her marriage was over...they were together for the kids and they both knew it..we weren’t splitting up a marriage.

I had a vision of some sex starved, forty-something nympho where we’d be at it all day ever other day, threesomes, swinging, dogging...the works..thats what she was telling me...

The truth was, after two meetings I much preferred staying in having a wank it was that boring.

3 hours ago, Judge Fudge said:

Forgot about that. It was shit! To be fair her marriage was over...they were together for the kids and they both knew it..we weren’t splitting up a marriage.

I had a vision of some sex starved, forty-something nympho where we’d be at it all day ever other day, threesomes, swinging, dogging...the works..thats what she was telling me...

The truth was, after two meetings I much preferred staying in having a wank it was that boring.

Must have been a brief encounter then 😂

 

Back to the video....i can't believe nobody spotted the actual Wanderers player in it.....you blind bastards !

The wanderers player...is he in better nick now than when he tried to play foitball?

23 minutes ago, Casino said:

The wanderers player...is he in better nick now than when he tried to play foitball?

Yes, I'd go along with that.