Stoke City FC

Carrying on the dog theme after tony pulis classic ' we are battersea dogs home not crufts' quote. Check out this quality XI of canine favourites from northys record collection. Bite 'em on the arse stoke.

Stoke City Woofers

1. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
2. The Cult - Peace Dog
3. The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
4. Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
5. Wu Tang Clan - Dog Shit
6. Butthole Surfers - Barking Dogs
7. AC/DC - Dog Eat Dog
8. The Exploited - Dogs Of War
9. The Cramps - Let Your Pussy Do The Dog
10. Butthole Surfers - Lonesome Bulldog
11. Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon

These are 11 quality away games from the time when northy was a regular in the boothen and at away fixtures.

1. Wolves 1-4 Stoke City (October '95)
2. Leicester 2-3 Stoke City (August '95)
3. West Brom 1-2 Stoke City (Jan '93)
4. Nottingham Forest 2-3 Stoke City (Sept '93)
5. Preston NE 3-4 Stoke City (August '98)
6. Brentford 0-4 Stoke City (March '91)
7. Oldham 0-1 Stoke City (April '00)
8. Wycombe 0-4 Stoke City (Nov '99)
9. Mansfield 0-4 Stoke City (Sept '92)
10. Liverpool 2-2 Stoke City (Sept '91)
11. Reading 3-4 Stoke City (March '92)

More tunes to bang on the record deck before matchtime. Chocker Blocker Stoke City Rocker

1. The Coral - Dreaming Of You
2. Marcia Griffiths - Feel Like Jumpin'
3. Buzzcocks - Promises
4. The Who - Magic Bus (Live At Leeds 1970)
5. Ramones - California Sun
6. Weezer - Pork And Beans
7. Dave And Ansell Collins - Double Barrel
8. Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard
9. Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
10. David Bowie - Suffragette City
11. MC5 - Kick Out The Jams

Stoke City FC. Good Times

Northy's Favourite ever Stoke Chants XI

1. We are the people
2. Oh when the reds
3. Sheron - ron. (da doo ron ron style)
4. Only fools go vale
5. Lou Lou, Lou macari. (2unlimited style)
6. Staffordshire is wonderful
7. Delilah
8. Oooh georgie berry
9. By far the greatest team....
10. We are the boothen boys
11. Shag your women, drink your beer

Classics, every one of them. God bless the football chant.

Essential pre match listening. Top XI. The vinyl hits the platter.

1. The Upsetters- Return of django
2. The Clash- Safe european home
3. Ramones- Blitzkreig bop
4. AC/DC- Let there be rock
5. The Stooges- Search and destroy
6. Specials- Blank expression
7. Mc5- Looking at you
8. Arctic Monkeys- Fake tales of san fransisco
9. Rancid- Hooligans
10. Sex Pistols- Pretty vacant
11. Mudhoney- Hate the police

Stoke City top XI 1980-2006

1. Peter Fox
2. Lee Sandford
3. Sergei Shtaniuk
4. George Berry
5. John Butler
6. Mark Chamberlain
7. Kevin Keen
8. Mickey Thomas
9. Peter Beagrie
10. Mark Stein
11. Peter Thorne
12. Peter Hoekstra(sub)
13. Steve Bould(sub)
14. Larus Sigurdsson(sub)
15. Mike Sheron(sub)

I have not included any of the present squad as they are trying to carve out their own piece of greatness. Special thanks to the lads from oatcake fanzine forum for the memory jog. Top lads.

Stoke City Fc Top XI pre 1980

1. Gordon Banks
2. Eric Skeels
3. Neil Franklin
4. Denis Smith
5. Alan Bloor
6. Stanley Matthews
7. Alan Hudson
8. Jimmy Greenhoff
9. Terry Conroy
10. Freddie Steele
11. John Ritchie
12. Jackie Marsh(sub)
13. Mike Pejic(sub)
14. Frank Bowyer(sub)
15. Frankie Soo(sub)

Formed 1863, founder members, went bust, re-emerged. Matthews, Steele, Franklin, Matthews again. Waddington era, promotion, League Cup winners '72. Viollett, Setters, Dobing, Hudson, Ritchie, Greenhoff, Conroy, cracking football, roof blows off stand, downhill slide, 17 points, bye bye top flight. Mills, Ball, the Macari years, Divison Two trophy. Autoglass, play-off despair, Parker, serious aggro, Icelandic years, away cards, Coates and Pulis back in. Investment, PROMOTION. THE FUTURE…