Stoke City were once giants of English football. Bob McGrory's team were so good that they were one match from claiming the League Championship. The years from 1939 saw the club at war on two fronts.
The first enemy was Hitler, against whose tyranny many City players were called to arms. 
The second, according to McGrory, was star winger Stanley Matthews. Their feud simmered throughout the eight years covered in this book.
In June 1947, a third enemy appeared. Sheffield United stood in the way of Stoke and that elusive first championship...
In this remarkable book, Simon Lowe delves into how the club negotiated the strictures of wartime competition, emerged as contenders, but ultimately imploded. Includes some first-hand accounts from players and fans, plus match by match reports for all eight seasons.
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