 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Kudzikiswa kuChipiri Chikamu kwakatsungirirwa mumwaka wa195253 uye zvakatora Stoke mwaka gumi kuti vadzokere kuChikamu Chekutanga naTony Waddington achibatsira Stoke kuwana kukwidziridzwa. Akava nenguva yakabudirira kuStoke achitungamirira kirabhu mukombe wavo wekutanga mukuru muna 1972, kuhwina Football League Cup pamwe nekusvika kuma semi fainari eFA Cup uye vakakwikwidza munhabvu yeEuropean pazviitiko zviviri. Zvisinei Stokes Victoria Ground yakakuvadzwa nemhepo ine simba muna Ndira 1976 uye kirabhu yaifanira kutengesa vatambi vayo vakanakisa kuti vabhadhare mari yekugadzirisa. Izvi zvakazopedzisira zvaita kuti Stoke idonhe mumwaka unotevera wa1976-77, Stoke akakurumidza kudzoka kunyangwe akawana kukwidziridzwa mumwaka wa1978-79. Mumwaka wa198485 Stoke yakasangana nemwaka unotyisa wekupedzisa pasi mushure mekutora rekodhi yakaderera yemapoinzi gumi nemanomwe. Mwaka mishanu yeChipiri Chikamu kusazivikanwa kwakatevera pamberi pekirabhu yakatsvedza kupinda muchikamu chechitatu kechipiri. 