Heroes from Stoke City’s 1972 League Cup-winning team were at Moddershall Oaks on Monday to record an FA Cup Final preview for satellite sports channel ESPN.
Jimmy Greenhoff, Mike Pejic, Denis Smith and Terry Conroy had lunch at the luxury spa in Moddershall and walked around the grounds, all the while being filmed by ESPN reminiscing about the Potters’ teams of the 1970s and the current squad’s chances against Manchester City.
The legends will feature in ESPN’s build-up to the FA Cup Final on Saturday. The game’s also being shown live on ITV1.
Other Stone companies are getting in on the FA Cup fever. Lymestone Brewery has produced a special FA Cup ale to mark the occasion, while mobile phone firm m-viron have promised to pay back what customers spend in their store on Saturday if the Potters lift the trophy!
Hammersley’s bakery, meanwhile, have baked lots of gingerbread men in red-and-white shirts, as well as some giant ones that have taken pride of place in their High Street shop window. One of the giant gingerbread men is being raffled off at St Michael’s First School tomorrow!
Good luck to Stoke City on Saturday.
