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.

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 ...