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It’s St George’s Day, so here’s Stuart Pearce exorcising the ghosts of Turin at Euro 96. What a moment.

World Cup final 1966 Gordon Banks at the final whistle

@caribbeanpotter @ccfchxw Yes, even found myself cheering on the Aussies in 2022 for similar reasons!

@ccfchxw I think you'll find most of us Stokies are disappointed for our main man Sorba, who we'd love to see playing in the World Cup.

Worst part about Wales fucking it up is you get fans from shit clubs like Reading, Grimsby and Stoke giving it large

July 2014. #StokeCity announce the signing of Bojan from @FCBarcelona He went on to score 16 goals in 85 appearances for the club 📸 Stoke City

On This Day 1975 The greatest playing surface in the history of football! Jimmy Greenhoff with a double, in Stoke City’s 2-1 victory over Derby County at The Baseball Ground. Kevin Hector with Derby’s goal. With the great voice of ATV’s Hugh Johns commentating. #DCFC #StokeCity #StarSoccer

Whoever made this is a legend. I’ve just told my kids Have a look a dad on the weekend 😂

@GeoffreyBoycott @englandcricket @root66 To be honest, I think our bowling is the real problem.. we don't seem to worry that our seamers are going for 12 an over, executing their slower ball bouncers perfectly (if you're the batsman!).

Our best @englandcricket batsman on spinning pitches @root66 is in England. Last year he batted & bowled superbly for Paarl Royals in SA T20 The pitch in Paarl is slow low & spins nobody could hit his bowling & he scored at over a run a ball, the other Batsmen played around him

FC Bayern will never forget. #FlowersOfManchester

BBC Commentators Bryon Butler and Peter Jones #BBCFootball #Commentators #Radio

A few goals from a few entertainers! We don’t have these sort of players in today’s game.

#StokeCity 1972 League Cup winners

@DarloBun @barneyronay That's true - however this time we actually had the players to win the Ashes but the schedule (before the start of the series) was bonkers & our tactics throughout were not much better! In 2023 we successfully refined our approach during the series - but we didn't learn from that

@semperfigulus @barneyronay I dunno. I agree I think the drinking stuff is a red herring. But We’ve been losing most away ashes series badly for a long time now, since well before the 100! And everyone is playing more short form, not just our key players.

Of course there is. English cricket was basically founded as a picnic/beer tent. England IS a drinking culture. See: any airport at 6am. Has been for two thousand years. But it's really not the problem here. Smokescreen for the executive...

@DarloBun @barneyronay I'm sure you are right that drinking is less of an issue than it was 30 years ago for top level cricketers and you are certainly right that its a big part of club cricket. Some seem to be blaming recent defeats on this. I feel that the emphasis on t20/hundred is more the issue.

@DarloBun @barneyronay If you listen to Kerry O'Keeffe im not sure the Aussies have always practiced abstinence. My feeling is that the alcohol is less of a problem than the obsession with the Hundred and the disregard for the county championship.

@Tubs_sport If it was in the air you would be right, but you are not.

@semperfigulus It can be in the air which it is

This is literally Out, why are fox cricket posting this as if they don't know the rules? Webster does the same thing every ball bowling spin to the right hander

#StokeCity 1974/75

Remembering the 66 who sadly passed away in the Ibrox Disaster on this day in 1971 #RFC

Gordon Banks denies Pelé at the 1970 World Cup finals in Mexico

Happy 84th birthday to the legendary Sir Geoff Hurst ❤️