In March 1977, Waddington's assistant, George Eastham became the manager to Stoke City FC. He lasted there only for 10 months and left the club in January 1978. club's misery was compounded by a defeat to non-league Blyth Spartans in the FA Cup shortly afterwards. In February 1978,Alan Durban selected as a new manager who achieved promotion to the First Division in 1978-79,a third place finish. After consolidating the club's position in the First Division, Durban left for Sunderland in 1981.
After Durban departure, Richie Barker appointed as a manager in 1981 who signed Hove Albion and Mark Chamberlain from Port Vale, and Mickey Thomas from Brighton to set about a building side for 1982–83 season. Thomas demanded £200,000 and made over 60 appearances for the club, but in 1984, was sold to Chelsea for £75,000 in 1984. Winger Chamberlain, a £135,00 signing, proved successful as he made eight appearances for England during his stay at Stoke. Barker's, after a short spell, sacked in his second season, 1983–84. Bill Asprey, the manager, was determent to bring back veteran Alan Hudson, and the decision paid off as Stoke improved during the second half of the 1983–84 season and avoided relegation on the final day.
The next season, Stoke finished with only 17 points and just three wins in top flight of English football and it was referred to as The Holocaust Season by fans, proved to be disastrous. Due to ill health conditions Asprey left the club in April 1985 and Mick Mills was appointed as his successor for the season of 1985-86. Initially he achieved with a mid table finish in the Second Division and the team reached 4th place in 1986–87, including 7-2 wins against Leeds United but they didn’t perform well at the end of the season and finished at an 8th place, became the sole reason for Mills who was sacked in November 1989. Following a poor start to the 1989–90 season after spending £1m on players. Successor, Alan Ball, became the club's fifth manager in 10 years and Peter Coates as a Stoke’s chairman in 1989.
The 2010–11 season was the 148th season in Stoke City F.C.'s history, their third in the Premier League and 111th in the league system of English football. Their 11th place finish in the 2009–10 season means it is their third successive season in the Premier League. Stoke City Premier League Tickets are available at FootballTicketExchangeOnline.com at affordable price. Football fans can buy or sell Football Tickets especially Stoke City Premiership Football Tickets at FootballTicketExchangeOnline.com conveniently.
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