SCSSC social diary

Waddington Suite prize draw (vs Hull City)

It is time for our annual prize draw for Waddington suite tickets for a home match.  The club has reserved 10 places for the game versus Hull City on Saturday 3rd April 2010, kick off 3.00 pm (date/KO subject to TV as usual!)  Four of these tickets we are giving away to members via our draw — click here to apply (members only). Deadline for entries is midnight on 7 February. 

The other tickets will be up for sale to members at cost price of £125, first come first served.  Please contact any SCSSC committee member if interested, or indicate your interest on the web form (link above).  Draw winners will also have the opportunity to be presented with the signed shirt from our sponsored player, Ricardo Fuller, and by Jeff Lea’s sponsored player, Mamady Sidibe.

Live at the Dartmouth Arms

After the ‘bonus’ live match against Fulham, we have a veritable feast of further live matches coming up:

• Arsenal (FA Cup 4th round), Sunday 24 January, KO 1.30pm, ITV
• Sunderland away, Monday 1 February, KO 8pm, ESPN
• Portsmouth away, KO 5.30pm, Saturday 20 February, ESPN
• Arsenal home, KO 5.30pm, Saturday 27 February, Sky

As always these will be shown at the Dartmouth Arms, favoured gathering place for London based Stokies.  Landlord Nick May will  be laying on the usual free half time oatcakes.

At time of writing, TV matches annoucned up to including 27 February. Click here for the most up to date list of TV matches.

The Dartmouth Arms, 35 York Rise, Dartmouth Park, London NW5 1SP
www.dartmoutharms.co.uk Tel 0207 485 3267

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Apfscil social summer 2010

Apfscil, of which we are founder members, are looking to resurrect their summer social event this year. All clubs have been asked to gauge interest amongst members and friends.

The proposal is to hold a Question and Answer session with a panel drawn from across the world of football, to include a player, official, manager and journalist.  The venue would be the Offside Bar in City Road, near the Angel tube (see www.offsidebar.com).

The mooted date is 21 May, so it won’t clash with the World Cup or Uefa finals. It is estimated that the cost will be between £10 and £15 per person.

I think one or two of the committee will go along, and it would be nice if we could get a strong Stoke representation. If you’re interested then please contact John Wood, or use our online form (apsfcil), with your proposed numbers. There’s no commitment yet, we are just trying to gauge whether the proposal has support.

SCSSC Gala Dinner - Possible date change!

AKA our much delayed 40th Anniversary event. Last month we asked you to ‘save the date’ of Friday 5th March as the likely date (evening before the Fulham away match).

However, we have since realised that the FA Cup 6th round is due that weekend.  This is unlikely to be an issue for Stoke City of course (!) but there is a chance that Fulham may be involved.  This presents a dilemma and we will be discussing this at our next committee meeting (which will have taken place by time you receive this).  Check our website for any developments.

To be sure, you may want to keep Friday 26 March free (day before West Ham away) as this is the most likely alternative.

UPDATE 23/1/10:

No news yet — we await confirmation of fixture dates and SCFC’s accommodation arrangements for the London matches.