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See all the players' pictures and League career totals on Nigel Mercer's site at
FKS 1970-71 - Stoke City

Note : The 1st number is the picture number. The team in bold italics is the team that player played most League games for, and 1980 =1980-81 season.

Manager : Tony Waddington

Born Manchester, 9 November, 1924. Died 1994.

See October 2002


256. Tony Allen.

Born : Stoke, 27 November, 1939.

Played : 1957-71 Stoke City, Bury.

Stoke City League record : 417 games, 2 goals.

Career League record : 446 games, 2 goals.

England internationals : 3 caps.

Where are they now ? See Pringle and Fissler.

Moved to Bury in October 1970


257. Gordon Banks Click to see more information about Gordon.

Born : Sheffield, 30 December, 1937.

Played : 1955-72 Chesterfield, Leicester City, Stoke City.

Stoke City League record : 194 games, 0 goals.

Career League record : 510 games, 0 goals.

England internationals : 73 caps. (With 36 won at Stoke City - Gordon is their most capped player).

Where are they now ? See Pringle and Fissler, October 2002


258. Alan Bloor

Born : Stoke, 16 March, 1943.

Played : 1961-78 Stoke City, Port Vale.

Stoke City League record : 388 games, 17 goals.

Career League record : 394 games, 18 goals.

Where are they now ? See Pringle and Fissler, October 2002


259. Henry (Harry) Burrows

Born : Haydock, 17 March 1941.

Played : 1959-74 Aston Villa, Stoke City, Plymouth Argyle.

Stoke City League record : 245 games, 68 goals.

Career League record : 411 games, 124 goals.

Where are they now ? Summer 2005


260. Terry Conroy

Born : Dublin, 2 October, 1946.

Played : 1967-80 Stoke City, Crewe Alexandria.

Stoke City League record : 271 games, 49 goals.

Career League record : 308 games, 54 goals.

Republic of Ireland internationals : 26 caps.

Where are they now ? See Pringle and Fissler, October 2002 (1), October 2002 (2)

Terry on the radio, February 2003

See Terry Conroy - 1966 Irish Cup Final


261. Peter Dobing

Born : Manchester, 1 December, 1938.

Played : 1955-72 Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Stoke City.

Stoke City League record : 307 games, 82 goals.

Career League record : 568 games, 201 goals.

Where are they now ? See Pringle and Fissler, October 2002


262. George Eastham

Born : Blackpool, 23 September, 1936.

Played : 1956-73 Newcastle United, Arsenal, Stoke City.

Stoke City League record : 194 games, 4 goals.

Career League record : 525 games, 74 goals.

England internationals : 19 caps.

Where are they now ? See Where are they now ?, Pringle and Fissler, October 2002.

See Sons and Daughters : Fathers

George played a season with his father, see The Judge


263. Alex Elder

Born : Lisburn (Northern Ireland), 25 April, 1941.

Played : 1959-72 Burnley, Stoke City.

Stoke City League record : 83 games, 1 goals.

Career League record : 354 games, 16 goals.

Northern Ireland internationals : 40 caps.

Where are they now ? See Caught In Time

See Alex Elder


264. Jimmy Greenhoff

Born : Barnsley, 19 June 1946.

Played : 1962-83 Leeds United, Birmingham City, Stoke City, Manchester United, Crewe Alexandria, Port Vale, Rochdale.

Stoke City League record : 274 games, 76 goals.

Career League record : 571 games, 146 goals.

Where are they now ? See Pringle and Fissler, October 2002.

Nominated FourFourTwo's best ever player at Stoke City, see April 2005

See Sons and Daughters : Fathers, and Sons and Daughters : Brothers.


265. John Marsh

Born : Newcastle-Under-Lyme

Played : 1967-78 Stoke City

Stoke City and Career League record : 355 games, 2 goals.

Where are they now ? See Pringle and Fissler, October 2002.


266. Mike Pejic

Born : Chesterton, 25 January,1950.

Played : 1968-79 Stoke City, Everton, Aston Villa.

Stoke City League record : 274 games, 6 goals.

Career League record : 360 games, 8 goals.

England internationals : 4 caps.

Where are they now ? See Pringle and Fissler, October 2002, Summer 2007

Career 2007-: 2006-2007

Sons and Daughters : Brothers and Nephews.


267. John Ritchie

Born : Kettering, 12 July, 1941. Died 23 February 2007.

Played : 1962-74 Stoke City, Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke City.

Stoke City League record : 270 games, 135 goals.

Career League record : 359 games, 169 goals.

Where are they now ? See Pringle and Fissler, October 2002

See Obituary

See Nigel Mercer's tribute in cards at John Ritchie

268. Eric Skeels

Born : Eccles, 27 October, 1939.

Played : 1959-76 Stoke City, Port Vale.

Stoke City League record : 507 games, 7 goals. Current club record. (Some records show Eric as playing only 506 games)

Career League record : 512 games, 8 goals.

Where are they now ? E-mail Bob if you know !


269. Dennis Smith. (sic ... Mr Smith's real name is Denis!)

Born : Stoke, 19 November, 1947.

Played : 1968-82 Stoke City, York City (loan), York City.

Stoke City League record : 407 games, 29 goals.

Career League record : 444 games, 34 goals.

Where are they now ? See October 2001, October 2002.

Career 1999- : see 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2002-2003, 2003-2003, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007

Here's a picture of Denis as West Bromwich Albion manager, c.1999.

See August 1999 News re sacking at West Brom.

See 19 February 2000 News about Dennis's appointment as manager of Oxford United, and October 2000 News - about stepping down from that post.

Appointed manager of Wrexham, see October 2001 News

Wrexham win the 2004-2005 LDV Vans Trophy, April 2006

Wrexham relegated from League One, see May 2005

Denis sacked by Wrexham, 11 January 2007

270. Willie Stevenson

Born : Leith, 26 October, 1939.

Played : 1962-73 Liverpool, Stoke City, Tranmere Rovers.

Stoke City League record : 97 games, 5 goals.

Career League record : 302 games, 20 goals.

Where are they now ? See Reebok Advert, Caught In Time


Other players included in Rothmans 1970-71...

Mike Bernard.

See Where are they now ? October 2002

Took a semi-final penalty that was saved by Bobby Moore, see Emails 2004

John Farmer

S. Haselgrave

G. Jackson

S.Jump

John Mahoney

Click to see a picture and more information on John

T. Lees

T.Smith

T. Walker

M.Worsdale


Further links on this site include the following ...

Where are they now ? The 1972 League Cup winning team.

For Further links see ...

Click to see A&BC Gum Cards
plus all the details of the 1970-71 Stoke City season at:

Nigel Mercer's Galleries of English Football Cards 1965-75

Click to see Stoke City 70-71 autographs at Lennart Kristiansson's site:

English Football League 70-71 Autographs

What happened to all the decent Stoke City sites ???

The Officail site is at Stoke City Football Club, but is one of those iritating sites where you have to register before you can read anything.

See all of Soke City's 70-71 results at Stoke City MAD

See the old Victoria Ground - Stoke City Football Club

The only site a really recommend is DJ Andy P's Stoke City FC

Note: Birth information and League career statistics from:
"The PFA Premier and Football League Players' Records 1946-1998"
Edited and compiled by Barry J. Hugman. Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1998.

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