[2] The "Quakers" found him a job cleaning train carriage windows an improvement on his previous employment as a miner.
[2] He was recommended to several Football League clubs by various scouts and Stoke City manager Tom Mather signed him on 15 December 1923.
A strong half-back line with Sellars, Cecil Eastwood and Tom Williamson helped Stoke win the title and return to the Second Division.
In total, Sellars made 395 appearances, scoring 19 goals, for Stoke in a 13-year career at the Victoria Ground.
[2] Sellars was recruited to manage League of Ireland side Dundalk at the start of the 1947–48, before he agreed to a mutual termination of his contract in October 1947.