Goldenhill Wanderers

Saturday 2nd December 2017 2pm
Staffs County Senior League Division Two Cup Quarter Final
Goldenhill Wanderers 4 Norton Development 1 HT: 1-0 ATT: 18
Kenny 16 (pen), White 64, Leese 70, Rogers 86 : Unknown 74

from Trubshaw Cross

I had a few hours spare on this dismal, damp Saturday. All my local favourites were away from home and I didn’t want to travel for miles for a new ground, not when the constant downpour looked like it could put games in doubt. So I went to a very low level local game in Burslem, a step nine divisional cup game. I’m not much for divisional cups at the best of times, let alone step nine, but it was 10 mins drive away and near to Otter’s Tears craft beer off licence, in Burslem town centre.

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Arsenal (Emirates)

Sunday 11th January 2015 16.00
Premier League
Arsenal 3 Stoke City 0 HT: 2-0 Att: 59,956 Ent: £36.50 Prog £3
Koscielny 6 Sanchez 33, 49

from The Emirates Stadium

 

Audley

Wednesay 17th May 2013 18.30
Pre-season Friendly

Audley 0 Knutsford 1 HT: 0-0 Att: 70 headcount

from Town Fields

 

Redgate Clayton

Wednesday 15th May 2013 18.45
Staffordshire County Senior League Premier

Redgate Clayton 0 Hanley Town 1
ht: 0-0 Att: 199 headcount Free No prog Coffee £0.70 Everard’s Tiger

from Clayton Cmunity Centre

Wolstanton United

Wednesday 8th May 2013 18.45
Staffordshire County Senior League Premier
Wolstanton United 5 Florence 2 HT: 2-2 Att: 15 headcount Free no prog coffee £0.60 (they do progs for Saturday games)

from Bradwell Community Centre

Wembley (New)

Date: Sunday Apr 17 2011
Ground: Wembley
Comp: FA Cup Semi Final
Match: Bolton Wanderers 0 Stoke City 5  HT: 0-3
Etherington 11, Huth 17, Jones 30, Walters 67, 80

ATT: 75,064
Additional: Entrance £34.50, Programme £5.00

Wembley in pictures

Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 7, Structures/Terracing 7, Hospitality 3, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger stadiums 7
Total 24

I was very privileged to be at one of or maybe the best Stoke game in their history. They danced with ease into their first FA Cup final. A stark contrast to one of the first Stoke games I saw at the Britannia, where they lost 8-0 to Liverpool in the League Cup. 13 years and 13 goals’ difference later and they are a very different club indeed. A cup final, a place in Europe and a top ten Premier place contender.

Hanley Town

Date: Saturday Feb 12 2011
Ground: Abbey Lane
Comp: Staffordshire County Senior League (step seven)
Match: Hanley Town 0 Newcastle Town (reserves) 1  HT: 0-0

ATT: circa 60 (head count)

Additional: Entrance £2.00 (inc child), Programme NONE

Abbey Lane in pictures

Ground Statistics (marks out of 10 – maximum 40)
Character 6, Structures/Terracing 5, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery 6
Total 24

Staffordshire County Senior League 2010-11

The Staffordshire County Senior League was founded in 2005. It was a merger of the Midland League (formerly known as the Staffordshire Senior League) and the Staffordshire County League. It sits at step seven of non-league football, the highest level at which your ground does not need floodlights. Promotion would be to the North West Counties League Division One, should the winner have the right facilities.

Well Done Stoke City

While not a true supporter but rather a keen follower of Stoke’s results, I feel duty bound to praise the Potters for a remarkable first half of the season, as it looks like nobody else outside the city is going to!

Most Stoke fans’ hearts sank when it was announced that Pulis was coming back last year, a Pulis whose previous tenure at the club showed his only merchandise to be hard-fought 0-0 and 1-0 scorelines. There was much despair and gnashing of teeth amongst the Stoke faithful. However, Pulis has proved a lot of people wrong by expanding his range of stock to include exciting six goal thrillers, occasional thrashings, dramatic comebacks and a team scoring in every half at the moment and having scored 23 goals in 13 away games.