Kevin Mottram
@mott73
Qualified archivist. Half decent club runner (when fit). Postwar history 1945-82. Old Minis. Music. Dogs. Footy/#StokeCity. Photography. I’ve got nothing to say but it’s OK.
Farewell Keggy, one of the good guys. Came and unveiled the statue of Sir Stan for nothing (saying that it was an honour and a privilege) after a certain former Stoke and England striker demanded a fee
Oh no, the great man just fell a few days short of 90. A remarkable innings in every sense #garysobers
A happy 80th birthday to the greatest Potter (and my Bluesky avatar), the one and only Jimmy Greenhoff! #scfc #utmp #greenhoff "The fulcrum of all that was good and exciting about Stoke City in the Seventies" - Denis Smith
50 years ago this week, Mick Farren plays the Salty Old Dog of the Sea with his “Titanic Sails At Dawn” op-ed in the NME. I take it that Stewart Tray still wouldn’t go and see the Stones if he was pulled there by Keith Richards…
That time when Hatters got a flea in his ear from his old mentor Tony Crosland during the 1976 Labour leadership election (taken from page 315 of Susan Crosland's 1982 biography of her husband)
Preview from the What's On pages of the New Manchester Review of a young new unsigned London outfit about to make their Manchester debut, 50 years ago today. Quite possibly written by Howard Devoto, who did some listings work for the NMR (and whoever wrote it was certainly clued up)
This is what I came up with on a 50s OS street map - if it is the Vic, then it could only have been taken roughly above the Villas/ just below Hunters Way (I've marked the 2 floodlights and the leccy pylons)
And as this March 1967 cutting from the Sentinel shows, we could have had him 10 years earlier than we did. Mind you, if we had signed Howard back then, would we have been in a position to sign Banksie 6 weeks later?
In honour of George Best’s 80th birthday, here he is reviewing the singles in Melody Maker, April 1968. Thumbs down for Paul Jones, but he was fairly positive about most of them
“It was worth paying the entrance fee just to see Howard Kendall play for 45 minutes” Alan Durban, 1979 Born on the same day as his fellow teen prodigy Bestie. Bryan Ferry’s school chum. Legendary manager. Quality midfield general. The great Howard Kendall, born 80 years ago today #SCFC
“Any bloody pop group could do this rubbish. It was a bloody disgrace!” 60 years ago today, the electric Bobby Dylan makes friends and influences people at the Free Trade Hall
There was a little update to the story in the final paragraph of a September ‘73 NME interview with the Baron by Ian McDonald (although it’s possible that it may have been artistic license on iMac’s part)
Tommy Docherty, bless him, takes the defeat on the chin. "They play like England, white shirts and all"
50 years ago tonight - the Mighty Potters' last win to date at the Death Star, as Alan Bloor's late header ends both Man Utd's mathematical title chances and all excitable paper talk of the Double (10 days later, Southampton will take care of the rest at Wembley) #UTMP
3 days shy of 47 years since one of the great Stoke City away days. A complete world away from the current bunch of clowns 🤡
Fab dudes take a break from recording their next single to check out the Stones new LP, hot off the shelves of HMV Oxford Street, in the wee small hours of this very day 60 years ago (Hari has to make do with Pete & Dud's "Bo Dudley" 45) 📸: Leslie Bryce
You forgot the 87-89 kit - a smart effort, but unfortunately worn by a team that wasn’t quite as good as 74-75