Stoke’s Greatest Games

by Simon Lowe and David Lee

The perfect New Year pick me up for every Stoke City fan hit the shelves on 14 January.  Stoke’s Greatest Games, by SCSSC member and Sentinel columnist Simon Lowe and You Could’ner Make It Up author David Lee, features the often remarkable and always entertaining stories behind the 50 greatest matches in the club’s history. 

Fabulous tales abound from Stoke's recent triumphs over Spurs, Arsenal and Manchester City to the early days of Potteries football. There's the infamous 'match with no shots', the day Freddie Steel got married and scored the goal which saved Stoke from relegation, Stan Matthews' tearful farewell to football, how a chimpanzee won the 1972 League Cup for City, how Peter Coates put Arsene Wenger in his place, and the goalkeeper who predicted he wouldn't concede six goals again at Stoke and ended up letting in seven!

The book also reveals why Feng Shui experts declared Stoke should change their shirts to red and yellow stripes, how a backside won a vital play-off game, why Peter Fox spent one match crying in the dressing room, why West Brom fans tremble when the hear the name 'Fuller' and awards for the best 'mental' in Potters history.

Any book which links the Potters to Chicory Tips's 70s smash hit 'Son of my Father', 80s comedy duo the Krankies, Aussie soap opera Neighbours, Tom Jones, Oscar-winning feature film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and the Foreign Secretary has to be a great read!

The book is on sale at the Stoke City club shops, on Amazon and from www.knowthescorebooks.com where readers can benefit from a 20% discount on the RRP of £14.99 and first class delivery for just £2. Simply enter SCFC01 in the Discount Coupon box at the checkout stage.