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Stoke City.................................3 Huddersfield Town..............0 Victoria Ground Division Two October 28 1961 The Prodigal Son made an emotional return to the Victoria Ground, swelling supporter numbers to almost 36,000, writes Phil Sherwin STOKE were struggling in 19th place in the old Second Division when manager Tony Waddington pulled off arguably the greatest master stroke of his management.
He persuaded former Stoke winger Stanley Matthews to come home after being in Blackpool for 14 years.See the full content of this document
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Despite being aged 46, Matthews was still highly rated and a fee of Pounds 3,500 clinched the deal.
Just 8,409 had seen Stok...See the full content of this document
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