Saw Alan Hudson recently saying that he played the best football of his career for Stoke, and also that Jimy Greenhoff was one of the most underrated players of his era.

Terry Conroy was a vastly underrated player.

That was some save, Hurst really hit the penalty & Banks did very well to save it.

How did RU-vid’s algorithms have this on my suggestions??? I’ve been looking for this for decades on and off. I never thought I’d see this again after describing the save to people for years!

You could bank your house on Gordon saving the day.

Back when real men played football. They didn't roll around on the floor unlike the posers wrapped up in cotton wool they wouldn't last fifteen minutes with the players of yesterday

Here for the Ricardo goal after the podcast

This is real men played real football and they weren't wrapped up in cotton wool Unlike these poser toda

That's the first stoke shirt i ever bought.. remember it well

Here coz of talk sport 😂

Thanks talk sport

Mert günok

Great to see the Vic packed out. Last of the big attendances before the dark days of the 80s. Great away following from the Hammers as well.

My first ever game - I was hooked. Mark Wallington was brilliant is my recollection

God I miss Ricardo, we could do with him now what a goal and player

for me,because peters was a spurs man,the big three from 66 were moore,hurst and banks.much as i worship geoff, i can't beleive that banks rates this save above the pele header..! it was a crap pen.i was there,i was seven.i cried like a bastard.

Now thats football, no winging primas. Super Jimmy Greenoff.

The state of that pitch! Imagine trying to play tikataka on that. But forStoke’s classy skilful team it was no problem.

With that pitch today it would be called off powder puffs

Can you imagine modern players playing their talents on pitches like that?

Hudson walks on mud

A mere 53 points won the title that season. I think it was the second lowest total ever. Derby 53 Liverpool 51 Ipswich 51 Everton 50 Stoke 49 Someone eventually fell over the line first. Hudson has blamed injuries to a small squad plus some crucial Shilton mistakes for Stoke not winning it.

Jimmy Greenhof was special. Commanded respect among players and fans alike.

the pitches in those days where like mud baths up the stoke from a die hard stoke fan

football was great for a 10 year old like me then & loved the topps football cards of the time of all these superb players

Alan Hudson and Jimmy Greenhoff making tits of Derby.... but what classed as an unplayable pitch in those days?

The best days of football!! Hudson at his very best and his link up with Greenhoff almost won Stoke the league.

When men were men and sheep were nervous

Loved this as the stoke fan I am, but don't tell me these games weren't as fast as today, they certainly were! The goal keeping from Parkes was nothing short of sensational considering the conditions...top draw!

Fine Stoke team Big Bren what a finish

Back in the 70s, I watched highlights of such matches at home on a colour TV, and one could see that the pitches were bad. However, now that I can watch these games on a modern computer screen, they look even worse. Suffice as to say, I now realise just how much skill and effort was required to play on such a surface.

Vim para ver o David também! kkk

magic sponge

'always dipping'

As a Stoke fan. This was such a terrible season. Anyone not old enough remember (how fortunate you are) week after week we were whipping boys. This game was a ray of light but the Arsenal team should have been placed on the transfer list after this display

Oh the memories..

Rip. In. 2023 december. 20. Time. 10 : 08

Micky Thomas was a right legend, on and off the pitch. 😂

Groundsman had week off.

TheEuropenLad vs George

shoutout Lee Dixon with the overhead!

Paul Randall!Great forward player!

Be interested to know what the "official" attendance was for this. I bet they had it down as about 32000. It looks pretty full. I bet there were 50000 in there.

There has never been a keeper to match Banks. The modern keepers dont come close either.

Banks was a great analyst. He would have known how Hurst took them. But actually getting to it and making it safe was what made him special

Geoff hit that thing like it was a cannonball. This isn't too far behind Banksy's save from Pele in terms of brilliance.

Spot the blade of grass !

Another incredible save from the best keeper ever.

Seem to remember Stoke being promoted that season. Several decent players, Geoff Scott, Howard Kendall, Roger Jones, Garth Crooks, Sammy Irvine, Paul Richardson, Denis Smith, Paul Randall.

Every now and then I go back to this video. The era with Macari still betters any since. Great memories as a teenager.