Eric Skeels, the man to make most appearances ever for Stoke City Football Club ... He went into the pub trade for a while, pulling pints in the Noah’s Ark in Hartshill for a spell, and nowadays ...

No one has played more games for Stoke City than Eric Skeels, who ran out in almost every position for Tony Waddington in a brilliant team through the 1960s and first half of the 1970s.