It gave me a whiff of a reminder of snowball fights as a kid in Stoke Lodge park in Bristol followed by a game of football played with an orange Frido ball that got punctured in the rose bushes but then repaired by Dad smearing a hot knife over the plastic.
Turner is a big admirer of Stoke City manager Tony Pulis, the man who took the Potters into the top flight after a 23-year absence.
The match itself was a straightforward affair for United, although a combination of stubborn Stoke defending and poor finishing, particularly from Dimitar Berbatov, initially frustrated the home team.
In other words, make something OK and buy a bunch of traffic to stoke numbers.
Rovers began to impose themselves as the half wore on and bombarded the Stoke goal with a succession of corners.
In Division Two, only Stoke had a higher number of arrests, 143, and it was second for banning orders, with 107.
Stoke did manage a revival of sorts in the second half, but Blackburn were never in serious danger of seeing their lead clawed back.
The trust said additional money for the project has come from a range of sources including Stoke-on-Trent City Council, English Heritage, the government's Regional Growth Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and private donations.
As more chances came and went for Hull - Glenn Whelan got back to deny Richard Garcia with a fine challenge before Garcia headed straight at Sorensen from Stephen Hunt's cross - there was a feeling of inevitability about Stoke's opener.
But Fuller put Stoke ahead with a turn of pace fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt would have admired, as he moved on to Lawrence's pass, neatly flicked the ball round Laursen and outpaced the Villa defender to score from a tight angle.
"I was incredibly proud that this piece of the Potteries exists in the middle of one of the most amazing cities in the world, but I suspect there are a lot of people in Stoke who don't know about it, " he said.
Former Chelsea and Barcelona forward Eidur Gudjohnsen is yet to start a match since joining Stoke in August, while Tuncay posted a video of some of his favourite goals on social networking site Facebook, which some media outlets believe was an attempt to secure a move elsewhere after growing frustrated with his lack of opportunities at the club.
Jones continued to be a threat for Stoke, heading one effort wide of goal and forcing Gomes to tip over with a 25-yard drive.
Jackie Lewis, the chair of Stoke Gifford Parish Council, said there were a number of concerns that "were not being answered".
She rounded out the album with her own productions, many of them designed to stoke the energy of live audiences (a tour begins in May).
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Police said it was believed Jordan, a year 11 student at Stoke Damerel Community College, had been with a group of friends as the ferry was approaching Torpoint when he jumped.
Craig Davies left Oxford United to play for Hellas Verona in Serie B a couple of years ago and former Watford and Stoke striker Gifton Noel-Williams had a year in the Spanish Segunda Liga with Real Murcia and Elche.
Sylvia Nichol, a trustee of The Jimmy Savile Stoke Mandeville Hospital Trust, told BBC Three Counties she had known Savile for many years and had found it hard to come to terms with the allegations against him.
An artist is tracing the "forgotten stories" of the tile industry in Stoke-on-Trent after coming across a piece of the area's history while in New York City.
Petrov collected possession on the right-hand side of the Stoke penalty area and lashed a stinging effort past former Villa goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen, who appeared to lose sight of the ball as it flew through a crowd of bodies.
Mrs Hollis is head of three schools and she approached the pub after a similar partnership between one of the other schools, Stoke Bruerne Church of England Primary, and its local pub.
Gary Oakes, from the union Unity, said it would be a "disaster for the economy of Stoke-on-Trent" if Waterford Wedgwood could not be saved.
Part of a street next to Stoke-on-Trent's former Spode pottery works has been shut so some brickwork which is leaning "dangerously" can be removed.
Stoke sat back for a large part of the second half, much to the frustration of the home support, as Brighton pressed, hoping for the comeback to end all comebacks.
Stoke's hopes of a first away win of the season received an early boost when they went ahead from the first corner of the match with Faye left totally unmarked at the far post to head in Danny Pugh's corner from the right-hand side.
The result lifted Hull out of the relegation zone - a point clear of both West Ham and Wolves - and sees Stoke remain ninth.
Abdoulaye Faye's free header which put Stoke ahead was the highlight of a scrappy first half.
Two young children have been found dead after a severe house fire in the Bradley Stoke area of Bristol.
Organizers plan to stoke audience and sponsor interest with a series of races in the off-years, starting in September 2004.
Vandals have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to allotments in a Stoke-on-Trent village after destroying plots over eight nights.
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