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A week or so ago we got a call from The Donna Louise Children’s Hospice Trust to enquire if we print umbrellas. Odd we thought but it was then explained that it was to launch a new appeal to help combat the lack of funds that the hospice has received due to events being cancelled during the rainy summer.
The Rainy Days Appeal was launched earlier this afternoon (Thursday 6th September) at The Hospice by Stoke City’s Rory Delap, The Lawton Family (Liam and his Mum Lisa) who are supported by the charity, under our printed umbrellas.

The Trentham-based Hospice is now launching its Rainy Days Appeal to encourage people
to make a quick donation and to also have some fun raising money.

Through the appeal, people can make a quick and simple donation to www.justgiving.com/
rainydaysappeal where each donation of £5 or more will automatically be entered into a
prize draw to win a Family ticket to Waterworld.

Donations can also be made by mobile, just TEXT “Rain77 £(amount)” to 70070 or by
cheque made payable to The Donna Louise Trust. Alternatively, call into the Hospice at
Grace Road in Trentham with any donations.

The idea of the Rainy Days Appeal is to have some fun organising an event where you may get wet!
If you would like to hold a fundraising event, why not have a wellie day, where everyone can
enjoy swapping their shoes for wellies in return for a donation.

Melanie Mills, Director of Fundraising and PR, said: “Our fundraising income is 30% lower
than expected and we are now drawing on our reserves to ensure the 24/7 running costs of
the Hospice can be met.

The Summer months of June, July and August are usually some of our busiest and most
successful fundraising months. However, due to the poor weather this year, we have ended
the summer £80,000 short of our expected income. To put that in context, £80,000 is enough
to run our Hospice service for 13 days.

“We are committed to keeping the Hospice open 24/7, but we need help to make up some of
the shortfall and are calling on the generosity of local people and businesses to join us.”

Melanie added: “We are a local hospice, supported by the local community and caring for
local children and their families. Please join us by donating or having a wellie day and help us
ensure we can always be there for the children who need us – rain or shine.”

Keep in touch with the Fundraising Team with any wellie events and contact them on 01782
654444 or email:info@donnalouisetrust.org. You can also visit www.donnalouisetrust.org and
join them on Facebook.

We’ve found a great website with photos of Rory getting a soaking from a young lady at the event – make sure you check out both pages 🙂
http://mepics.zenfolio.com/rory/h41CBD1F6#h41cbd708

 

Here’s a new t shirt we’re working on.
The inspiration comes from a story recounted by Danny Higginbotham at the recent BBC Fighting Talk’s Big Day Out at the Britannia Stadium when he told the audience that Robert Huth had said “I Don’t Have Time To Bleed” when being attended to by Stoke City physiotherapist Dave Watson.

What do you think?

1947 – no it’s not two minutes after an evening kick off, it’s the year that Stoke City very nearly won the football league.  Yes read that again,

WE NEARLY WON THE LEAGUE.

The season kicked off on the 31^st August 1946 when the Potters had a 2-2 draw at home to Charlton Athletic.

Fast forward through an awful winter that saw many postponements to the 31^st May 1947 when Liverpool went top of the First Division (the top league in the UK before the Premier League was dreamt up) with a 2-1 away win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.  The scousers then had a long wait until Sheffield United met Stoke.

The 14^th June  in the 1946–47 season(yes they played in the summer back then) a Stoke City team travelled to Bramhall Lane, roared on by a travelling army of 10,000 followers in a crowd of 30,000,

The Potters needed nothing less than a victory to clinch the title, any other result against Sheffield United would see the title go to Liverpool. However the Blades were far too sharp (sorry, too obvious a pun to drop) for the Potters despite our dominance in the game. In wet and heavy pitch conditions, echoes of a game at Vale Park some years later (when Dave Regis saw his shot stick in the mud) a Freddie Steele header stopped on the line with George Mountford hitting the bar.

United took the lead but Alex Ormston levelled to make the half time score 1-1. The dreadful conditions saw Stoke defender John McCue slip and Jack Pickering put Sheffield 2 – 1 up, a lead they held onto for the remainder of the game.

So there we have it, if that header had gone over the line and the bar hit had been inches lower then Stoke City would have held the honour of being champions of English Football. As a Stoke fan I’m fully used to what ifs? and maybes? Seems our fore fathers were too.

Amazingly from being so close to winning the title, we ended up in Fourth as Man. United and Wolves finished in second and third respectively.

Sheffield United were a bit of a bogey side for Stoke that season as they also knocked us out of the FA Cup in the fifth round!

 

The Final Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	25	7	10	84	52	1.615	57
2	Manchester United	42	22	12	8	95	54	1.759	56
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	25	6	11	98	56	1.750	56
4	Stoke City	42	24	7	11	90	53	1.698	55
5	Blackpool	42	22	6	14	71	70	1.014	50
6	Sheffield United	42	21	7	14	89	75	1.187	49
7	Preston North End	42	18	11	13	76	74	1.027	47
8	Aston Villa	42	18	9	15	67	53	1.264	45
9	Sunderland	42	18	8	16	65	66	0.985	44
10	Everton	42	17	9	16	62	67	0.925	43
11	Middlesbrough	42	17	8	17	73	68	1.074	42
12	Portsmouth	42	16	9	17	66	60	1.100	41
13	Arsenal	42	16	9	17	72	70	1.029	41
14	Derby County	42	18	5	19	73	79	0.924	41
15	Chelsea	42	16	7	19	69	84	0.821	39
16	Grimsby Town	42	13	12	17	61	82	0.744	38
17	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	8	20	45	53	0.849	36
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	8	21	57	69	0.826	34
19	Charlton Athletic	42	11	12	19	57	71	0.803	34
20	Huddersfield Town	42	13	7	22	53	79	0.671	33
21	Brentford	42	9	7	26	45	88	0.511	25
22	Leeds United	42	6	6	30	45	90	0.500	18

I’ve been busy looking at statistics of all things to do with Stoke City Football Club and thought it good to share this list of hat tricks scored by Stoke players since 1946.

Can you remember any of them and which was your favourite?

Date	Player	Opponents	Home or Away	Result	Score	Comment
07/09/1946	Freddie Steele	Middlesbrough	Away	Lost	4-5
05/10/1946	Alex Ormston	Chelsea	Away	Won	5-2
12/10/1946	Freddie Steele	Sheffield United	Home	Won	3-0
14/12/1996	Sid Peppitt	Brentford	Away	Won	4-1
04/04/1947	Freddie Steele	Grimsby Town	Away	Won	5-2
29/03/1948	Sid Peppitt	Burnley	Home	Won	3-0
25/12/1948	Frank Bowyer	Burnley	Home	Won	3-1
28/12/1953	Johnny King	Swansea Town	Home	Won	5-0
09/01/1954	Frank Bowyer	Hartlepool United	Home	Won	6-2	4 goals
25/08/1954	Johnny King	Nottingham Forest	Away	Won	3-0
02/10/1954	Harry Oscroft	Lincoln City	Away	Won	4-1
25/12/1954	Johnny King	Bury	Home	Won	3-2
19/02/1955	Frank Bowyer	Lincoln City	Home	Won	4-2
20/08/1955	Johnny King	Doncaster Rovers	Away	Won	4-2
15/12/1956	Neville Coleman	Middlesbrough	Home	Won	3-1
23/02/1957	Neville Coleman	Lincoln City	Home	Won	8-0	7 goals
21/09/1957	George Kelly	Rotherham United	Home	Won	4-1
30/11/1957	Neville Coleman	Fulham	Away	Won	4-3
09/12/1957	George Kelly	Swansea Town	Home	Won	6-2
25/01/1958	Dennis Wilshaw	Middlesbrough	Home	Won	3-1
04/01/1959	Dennis Wilshaw	Oldham Athletic	Home	Won	5-1
16/09/1959	Dennis Wilshaw	Lincoln City	Home	Won	6-1
17/12/1960	Johnny King	Plymouth Argyle	Home	Won	9-0
16/01/1961	Bill Asprey	Charlton Athletic	Home	Won	5-3
12/09/1962	Dennis Viollet	Charlton Athletic	Home	Won	6-3	4 goals
02/03/1962	Jackie Mudie	Walsall	Home	Won	3-0
16/11/1963	John Ritchie	Sheffield Wednesday	Home	Drew	4-4
21/03/1964	Dennis Viollet	Ipswich Town	Home	Won	9-1
10/04/1965	John Ritchie	Sheffield Wednesday	Home	Won	4-1	4 goals
12/02/1966	John Ritchie	Northampton Town	Home	Won	6-2	4 goals
10/12/1966	Harry Burrows	Aston Villa	Home	Won	6-1
23/04/1968	Peter Dobing	Leeds United	Home	Won	3-2
23/09/1972	Jimmy Greenhoff	Manchester City	Home	Won	5-1
16/03/1974	John Ritchie	Southampton	Home	Won	4-1
22/03/1975	Terry Conroy	Carlisle United	Home	Won	5-2
11/09/1974	Terry Conroy	Halifax Town	Home	Won	3-0
18/03/1978	Garth Crooks	Blackburn Rovers	Home	Won	4-2
15/11/1980	Lee Chapman	Norwich City	Home	Won	3-1
14/02/1981	Lee Chapman	Leeds United	Away	Won	3-1
12/05/1984	Paul Maguire	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Home	Won	4-0
22/11/1986	Keith Bertschin	Reading	Home	Won	3-0
21/12/1986	Nicky Morgan	Leeds United	Home	Won	7-2
27/12/1986	Carl Saunders	Sheffield United	Home	Won	5-2
20/01/1993	Steve Foley	Barnet	Home	Won	4-1
11/11/1995	Simon Sturridge	Southend United	Away	Won	4-2
04/03/2000	Peter Thorne	Chesterfield	Home	Won	5-1
01/04/2000	Peter Thorne	Bristol Rovers	Away	Drew	3-3
03/05/2000	Peter Thorne	Bury	Home	Won	3-0
30/04/2006	Adam Rooney	Brighton & Hove Albion	Away	Won	5-1
22/12/2007	Ricardo Fuller	West Bromwich Albion	Home	Won	3-1
26/12/2007	Liam Lawrence	Barnsley	Away	Drew	3-3

 

As Tony Pulis carried the olympic torch through the City Centre Hanley, Stoke – on – Trent on it’s way towards Cobridge, Burslem and Middleport a photographer captures an apt picture. I wonder if it’s a reflection on Port Vale’s last few seasons?

Stoke offered an apology this afternoon about having nothing to apologise about.

An official spokesman said “We have no Racists, Arrogant ex England Captains, Handshake refusals, Managers that say players are a disgrace to the club, diving cheats or antagonistic French Internationals. In Fact we are really sorry that we have nothing to apologise about.”

“We have been asked on a number of occasions, (usually by the French manager of a once famous North London Club) to apologise about the way we play football, but we refuse to and remind the media that

WE’RE STOKE CITY, WE PLAY HOW WE WANT!”

(ENDS)

 

At Stoketshirts –  The Premier Stoke T Shirt Company, we are having a January Sale.

We’ll be selling off some of our stock at prices upto 80% off our usual price (yes 80% – that’s equivalent to the number of empty seats vs. full ones at a Vale home game).

We have listed pictures of our shirts in categories and sizes as numbers are limited and as they say “once they’re gone, they’re gone!”

This post contains all of the Large T Shirts

Links to all of the categories are below

Kid’s T Shirts see Kid’s

Adults Small T Shirts see SMALL

Adults Medium T Shirts see MEDIUM

Adults Large T Shirts see LARGE

Adults XL T Shirts see XL SHIRTS

Adults 2XL to 5 XL T Shirts see 2XL to 5XL

Women’s T Shirts see WOMENS

Hoodies see 2XL to 5XL T Shirts

 

 

To order these shirts please email Sale@stoketshirts.co.uk and we will respond to confirm the sale and payment details.

SIZING – please check the size chart here  – StokeTshirts Size Guide

We also have a fantastic offer on our Made In Stoke – on – Trent shirts, which for January only will be £10 and this comes with the option to “personalise” the shirt with the name of the town/ area you want on it. e.g. Made In Fenton Stoke – on – Trent. See the picture below for more information

 

SALE T SHIRTS

 

We Won It Two Times

Size S  £10.oo

Stoke – on – Trent

Size S  £10.oo

Do The Crouch

Size S  £10.oo

 

At Stoketshirts –  The Premier Stoke T Shirt Company, we are having a January Sale.

We’ll be selling off some of our stock at prices upto 80% off our usual price (yes 80% – that’s equivalent to the number of empty seats vs. full ones at a Vale home game).

We have listed pictures of our shirts in categories and sizes as numbers are limited and as they say “once they’re gone, they’re gone!”

This post contains all of the Kid’s T Shirts

Links to all of the categories are below

Kid’s T Shirts see Kid’s

Adults Small T Shirts see SMALL

Adults Medium T Shirts see MEDIUM

Adults Large T Shirts see LARGE

Adults XL T Shirts see XL SHIRTS

Adults 2XL to 5 XL T Shirts see 2XL to 5XL

Women’s T Shirts see WOMENS

Hoodies see HOODIES

 

 

To order these shirts please email Sale@stoketshirts.co.uk and we will respond to confirm the sale and payment details.

SIZING – please check the size chart here  – StokeTshirts Size Guide

We also have a fantastic offer on our Made In Stoke – on – Trent shirts, which for January only will be £10 and this comes with the option to “personalise” the shirt with the name of the town/ area you want on it. e.g. Made In Fenton Stoke – on – Trent. See the picture below for more information

 

SALE T SHIRTS

 

 

RICKEE RASCAL Available in

Kid’s

Size 7 – 8 years         £5.00

Size 9 – 10 years       £5.00

Size 11 – 12 years      £5.00

Size 11 – 12 years      £5.00

 

 

Ryan’s Got Talent

Size 11 – 12 Years  £6.oo

 

 

Tony Says T’riffic

Size 11 – 12 Years  £6.oo

 

 

 

Tuncay 20

Size 11- 12 Years £4

 

At Stoketshirts –  The Premier Stoke T Shirt Company, we are having a January Sale.

We’ll be selling off some of our stock at prices upto 80% off our usual price (yes 80% – that’s equivalent to the number of empty seats vs. full ones at a Vale home game).

We have listed pictures of our shirts in categories and sizes as numbers are limited and as they say “once they’re gone, they’re gone!”

This post contains all of the Ladies T Shirts

Links to all of the categories are below

Kid’s T Shirts see Kid’s

Adults Small T Shirts see SMALL

Adults Medium T Shirts see MEDIUM

Adults Large T Shirts see LARGE

Adults XL T Shirts see XL SHIRTS

Adults 2XL to 5 XL T Shirts see 2XL to 5XL

Women’s T Shirts see WOMENS

Hoodies see HOODIES

 

 

To order these shirts please email Sale@stoketshirts.co.uk and we will respond to confirm the sale and payment details.

SIZING – please check the size chart here  – StokeTshirts Size Guide

We also have a fantastic offer on our Made In Stoke – on – Trent shirts, which for January only will be £10 and this comes with the option to “personalise” the shirt with the name of the town/ area you want on it. e.g. Made In Fenton Stoke – on – Trent. See the picture below for more information

SALE T SHIRTS

Home Grown

Available in

Ladies Size Medium       £10.00

 

Big Mama’s in the House

Available in

Ladies Size Large      £10.00

Ryan Air

Available in

Ladies Size Large      £10.00

 

Abdoulaye Magnifique

Available in

Ladies Size XL       £5.00

 

Pink Tuncay 20

Available in

Ladies Size Medium       £5.00

Available in

Ladies Size Medium       £5.00

Ladies Size XL                  £5.00

 

 

 

Abdoulaye Magnifique

Available in

Ladies Size Medium       £5.00

 

At Stoketshirts –  The Premier Stoke T Shirt Company, we are having a January Sale.

We’ll be selling off some of our stock at prices upto 80% off our usual price (yes 80% – that’s equivalent to the number of empty seats vs. full ones at a Vale home game).

We have listed pictures of our shirts in categories and sizes as numbers are limited and as they say “once they’re gone, they’re gone!”

This post contains all of the Hoodies

Links to all of the categories are below

Kid’s T Shirts see Kid’s

Adults Small T Shirts see SMALL

Adults Medium T Shirts see MEDIUM

Adults Large T Shirts see LARGE

Adults XL T Shirts see XL SHIRTS

Adults 2XL to 5 XL T Shirts see 2XL to 5XL

Women’s T Shirts see WOMENS

Hoodies see HOODIES

 

 

To order these shirts please email Sale@stoketshirts.co.uk and we will respond to confirm the sale and payment details.

SIZING – please check the size chart here  – StokeTshirts Size Guide

We also have a fantastic offer on our Made In Stoke – on – Trent shirts, which for January only will be £10 and this comes with the option to “personalise” the shirt with the name of the town/ area you want on it. e.g. Made In Fenton Stoke – on – Trent. See the picture below for more information

 

SALE HOODIES

 

 

Stoke Will Tear You Apart Hoodie

Size XL  £16.oo

 

Big Mama’s In The House Hoodie

Size Medium £16.oo

 

Longthrow Hoodie

Size Large  £16.oo

 

Tony Says Triffic  Hoodie

Size Large  £15.oo

 

Cos Kick a Bo Hoodie

Size 2XL  £16.oo

 

L’Esprit Stoke Hoodie

Size Small  £8.oo