Alan Philpott

[1] He made his debut for the "Potters" on the final day of the 1960–61 season against Liverpool at the Victoria Ground.

[1] He showed useful versatility in 1964–65 where he played 17 games in a number of positions, scoring once against Nottingham Forest.

[1] He broke into the first team in 1966–67, making 27 appearances but found himself back in the reserves in 1967–68 and was sold to Oldham Athletic by Tony Waddington.

[1] He joined up with some former Stoke players at Boundary Park including manager Jimmy McIlroy.

He returned to Staffordshire and played non-League football for Stafford Rangers and Eastwood Hanley before having a spell as youth coach at Port Vale.