 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Iyo kirabhu yakahwina mukombe wayo wekutanga wakakosha musi wa4 Kurume 1972, muLigi Cup Final. Stoke yakarova Chelsea 21 mufainarimuWembley Stadium pamberi peboka ravanhu 97 852. Pamberi porukundo urwu, Stoke yakanga yafambira mberi mumitambo gumi nerimwe kuti isvike kumagumo. Izvi zvaisanganisira mitambo mina neWest Ham United mumasemi-fainari; mutambo wemakumbo maviri wakatambwa kaviri. Stoke yakafamba zvakanaka muFA Cup; kirabhu yakafambira mberi kusvika kumatanho ekupedzisira mumwaka we1970 71 uye 1971 72. Zvisinei, pazviitiko zvose zviri zviviri Stoke yakarasikirwa neArsenal mukudzokorora. 