leigh white Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Victoria ground was always a shady place to go, think it was early mid 90s on a Tuesday in the snow a big mob of stoke came to the away end windmilling remember speaking to the copper in charge other year at vale and he said neither fans are wired up right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 Just now, radcliffewhite1 said: Victoria ground was always a shady place to go, think it was early mid 90s on a Tuesday in the snow a big mob of stoke came to the away end windmilling remember speaking to the copper in charge other year at vale and he said neither fans are wired up right I always thought Vale Park was more intimidating in the 80s, a mad house round in Burslem then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 minute ago, leigh white said: I always thought Vale Park was more intimidating in the 80s, a mad house round in Burslem then. Only started doing aways in the 90s and did stoke more than vale but going off other season fucking mad lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted January 27, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2020 Stoke after the match in the 78 promotion season was pretty lairy & Vale when their lad got knifed was mayhem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 12 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said: Only started doing aways in the 90s and did stoke more than vale but going off other season fucking mad lot For a little town North of the city centre. they must have more nutcases than Rochdale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: Stoke after the match in the 78 promotion season was pretty lairy & Vale when their lad got knifed was mayhem. I went both, vale lad was playing up in the Vines before the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted January 27, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2020 27 minutes ago, leigh white said: I went both, vale lad was playing up in the Vines before the game. We had to fight our way onto our coach at the Stoke game then we got bricked on the way out, had to take a young lad to hospital that copped one on his head 🤕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted January 27, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: We had to fight our way onto our coach at the Stoke game then we got bricked on the way out, had to take a young lad to hospital that copped one on his head 🤕 Sounds joyous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 12 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said: Sounds joyous. It was part and parcel of going to away games in those days, our trains got bricked leaving away games. But it was always the innocent folk what copped it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltonBoy80 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Think us and vale going to be seeing a lot of each other for the forceable future. these games are going to be tasty to say the least. they’ll be out in force when we visit. not the safest place for a pre drink in burslem coppers will be all over it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter victor meldrew Posted January 27, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2020 3 hours ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: Stoke after the match in the 78 promotion season was pretty lairy & Vale when their lad got knifed was mayhem. the promotion season,there weren't many bolton fans on the away end that day. we were in the main stand and if it wasn't for my dad showing his warrant card ,i think we would have been beaten up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted January 27, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2020 I can't remember anything about the game itself apart from it was 0-0, probably because I was 15 & pissed 😊, remember the fun afterwards though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Take Hunt Off Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) 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. Edited January 27, 2020 by Take Hunt Off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter FrancisFogarty Posted January 27, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2020 40 minutes ago, 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. Correct. That was in the Gordon Lee years.Their ball boys started time wasting from them being 2-1 up, even worse than ours do. When we got the equaliser one ball boy got mobbed by ours and his keks pulled down in jest. Not something I would condone, but funny as fuck at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted January 27, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2020 We had left by that time, my dad probably decided it was a good idea to get away before the throngs, heard the cheer when JB scored though. I think that was my 1st away game... I was 6 😊. What year did we beat Rochdale 4-0 away in the league Cup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 18 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: We had left by that time, my dad probably decided it was a good idea to get away before the throngs, heard the cheer when JB scored though. I think that was my 1st away game... I was 6 😊. What year did we beat Rochdale 4-0 away in the league Cup? Oct 73. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted January 27, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 27, 2020 It would be 72-3, not 71-2 Squeezed between my first two games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Burndens Bogs Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) 36 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: We had left by that time, my dad probably decided it was a good idea to get away before the throngs, heard the cheer when JB scored though. I think that was my 1st away game... I was 6 😊. What year did we beat Rochdale 4-0 away in the league Cup? I remember one particular ball boy in front of our fans, he was about 16 or 17 with longish hair and flared jeans on - he was wasting time like fuck at 2-1 and was generally taking the piss.I seem to remember he received a smack or two at full time. Edited January 27, 2020 by Burndens Bogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter FrancisFogarty Posted January 27, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Burndens Bogs said: I seem to remember one particular ball boy in front of our fans, he was about 17 with longish hair and flared jeans on - he was wasting time like fuck at 2-1 and was generally taking the piss.I seem to remember he received a smack or two at full time. That's the fellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Quite a moody atmosphere before/during and after that game iirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 Been Stoke City loads of times, but it was always Vale that you had to watch yourself in those days. The town was a complete shithole, it reminds me of going to Featherstone these days watching Leigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Duck Egg Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 My first away game with mates was Port Vale in 1983. I had no idea where it was and assumed it was some quaint fishing village. Kicked off that day too and has done every other time I've been there. To be fair, for a piss poor outfit with no history, they do turn out for the big games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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