Stoke show RFC how to run a Real Football Club

[Yorkshire Royal]

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_7123657,00.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[SpaceCruiser]

Nah, there was a big pitch invasion just after we moved to the Madejski I think where half the East stand ran over to the dugouts.

I don't remember that, but PANTS day was a top protest.

Palace at home at EP lost 6-1. SJM describe us as rabble?

That was at Elm Park

[Royal Rother]

Did you think EP stood for Evening Post?

[floyd__streete]

Stoke smashing FC Thun to get into the Europa League. Just think, only 3 years ago we were a division above them and before that we played them every season for about 12 seasons in a row. Won't be playing them again in the league for a long, long time I suspect.

[Royal Rother]

Oh Lordy.

[floyd__streete]

Oh Lordy.

You must be impressed, Rother. Stoke have taken 'our' model.....and improved on it immeasurably.

[Yorkshire Royal]

Oh Lordy.

You must be impressed, Rother. Stoke have taken 'our' model.....and improved on it immeasurably.

Fair point that. Plus being owned by a successful business helps...

[Royal Rother]

Oh I am impressed but it's built on debt / injections from Coates & Co.

If anyone's interested this is a superb blog on the subject by a Stoke City fan. Long, but very interesting.

http://swissramble.blogspot.com/2010/09 ... -from.html

[Vision]

Oh I am impressed but it's built on debt / injections from Coates & Co.

If anyone's interested this is a superb blog on the subject by a Stoke City fan. Long, but very interesting.

http://swissramble.blogspot.com/2010/09 ... -from.html

I think he's an Arsenal fan rather than a Stoke fan but its a very good blog. The Wigan entry makes interesting reading.

[mr_number]

Stoke smashing FC Thun to get into the Europa League. Just think, only 3 years ago we were a division above them and before that we played them every season for about 12 seasons in a row. Won't be playing them again in the league for a long, long time I suspect.

And if we'd only beaten Watford at home, then we would have beaten them there by four years...

[Z175]

They have spent £60m on players transfer in the past 6 years, the 8th highest in England. I hardly think this is the Reading model, spending more than Arsenal, Newcastle and Everton....

[Z175]

Stoke smashing FC Thun to get into the Europa League. Just think, only 3 years ago we were a division above them and before that we played them every season for about 12 seasons in a row. Won't be playing them again in the league for a long, long time I suspect.

And if we'd only beaten Watford at home, then we would have beaten them there by four years...

Actually we did - we had first dibs on but declined the Intertoto!

[mr_number]

Oh god, that's not an argument I want to revisit - I think that was why I kinda stopped posting last time...

[SouthDownsRoyal]

stoke buying players and showing much interest in others.

STOKE make READING look like a JOKE.

So so sad but so so true

[brendywendy]

#mongdiv

[From Despair To Where?]

Nah, there was a big pitch invasion just after we moved to the Madejski I think where half the East stand ran over to the dugouts.

Palace at home at EP lost 6-1. SJM describe us as rabble?

That was at Elm Park[/quote]

I remember a pitch invasion after a pretty dire 0-0 draw with Cambridge just before Martin Allen came to the club. Was hardly a "big" pitch invasion though, about 150 people. We were in the bottom 4 of League 1 at the time and hadn't won in about 3 months

[SouthDownsRoyal]

#mongdiv

you are jealous of stoke m8

[Cypry]

#mongdiv

you are jealous of stoke m8

Seems they're no longer taking the prudent spending route anyway - looks like their spend today will be in the region of £22M - admittedly it would be nice to have an owner with spending power, but that's not the case with us, so it would be pretty stupid to be jealous.....

[Jackson Corner]

You know the games up when clubs like Stoke spend 22 million on players. What chance have we got? It was'nt that long ago I went to the Brittania on a freezing mid week for a mid table first division game, there must have been about 6,000 there we won 4-0 Mceever? I think that was his name scored a hat trick. Never mind Delilah and the loudest fans in the Prem, that night buy 21:30 the only fans left in the ground were a few hardy souls who had travelled up from Berkshire.

[Schards#2]

You know the games up when clubs like Stoke spend 22 million on players. What chance have we got? It was'nt that long ago I went to the Brittania on a freezing mid week for a mid table first division game, there must have been about 6,000 there we won 4-0 Mceever? I think that was his name scored a hat trick. Never mind Delilah and the loudest fans in the Prem, that night buy 21:30 the only fans left in the ground were a few hardy souls who had travelled up from Berkshire.

The difference being, Stoke got some success and built on it, we got some success and, basically, cashed in our chips.