 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pasinei nekupedzisa pakati pepamusoro mu1971-72, Stoke yakakunda Chesterfield, Tranmere Rovers, Hull City neManchester United kuti vasvike imwe FA Cup semi-fainari. Zvakare vakatarisana neArsenal, uye kamwezve kurova paVilla Park kwaireva kutambazve paGoodison Park. Zvinangwa zvevaGunners mukukunda 2x1 zvakabva pakurohwa kwaFrank McLintock uye chinangwa chaJohn Radford icho terevhizheni yakaratidza kuti chaive pachena. Mukubvunzurudzwa kwaMay 2011, Banks akati achiri kunzwa kunyengerwa kunze kwemukana wekutamba kirabhu mufainari yeFA Cup. Stoke neBanks vakawana nyaradzo muLigi Cup, kunyange zvazvo zvakatora mitambo 11 kuti vasvike kumagumo mushure mekukunda Southport, ipapo Oxford United mumutambo wekudzokorora, Manchester United mumutambo wechipiri, Bristol Rovers, uyezve West Ham United mumutambo wechipiri zvichitevera kubatanidzwa kwekugadzirisa mushure memakumbo maviri. Mumutambo wechipiri neWest Ham, Banks akaita faundi yaHarry Redknapp, achibvuma chirango, ndokuzoponesa Geoff Hursts simba rekurova kuti City irambe iri mumakwikwi. Ivo ipapo vakatarisana neChelsea mumagumopaWembley. Peter Osgood akakunda Banks nebhora rakakanganiswa nguva pfupi isati yasvika, asi zvibodzwa kubva kuna Terry Conroy naGeorge Eastham vakakunda Stoke mutambo 21. Pakupera kwemwaka, Banks akatumidzwa zita reFWA Footballer of the Year, achiva muchengeti wepagedhi wekutanga kugamuchira rukudzo kubva Bert Trautmann muna 1956. 