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Stoke City On This Day

Stoke City On This Day

Subtitle:: History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year
By:: Richard Murphy
Price:: £9.99
Out:: 17th October 2008
ISBN:: 9781905411313
Format:: Hardback
Size:: 192 x 121
Pages:: 192

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Stoke City On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the club’s’ rollercoaster past, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable Potters diary. From the club’s formation in 1863 to the Premier League era, there's an entry for every day of the year.

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Richard Murphy is the author of Stoke City Miscellany as well as the cricketing trivia fest England On This Day. A journalist and one-time editor of a Potters website, Richard’s passion for the club has never wavered, from standing on a stool as a young boy on the Boothen End through to travelling to matches regularly from Scotland and Germany.

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