Stoke City v Manchester City 1982/83
Date Published
STOKE CITY 1 CITY 0
League Division 1
9th April 1983
Attendance 15,372
Scorer McIlroy(60)
Referee Roger Milford
City Williams, Ranson, McDonald, Reid, Bond, Caton, Kinsey, Reeves, Cross, Hartford, Power - sub Tueart(unused)
Stoke Fox, Bould, Hampton, Bracewell, Watson, McAughtrie, Painter, McIlroy, Griffiths, Thomas, Chamberlain - sub Maguire
FROM THE MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS FOOTBALL PINK FINAL 9TH APRIL 1983 City put up a fighting show at Stoke before going down 1-0 to a Sammy McIlroy goal. The Blues had 'keeper Alex Williams to thank for keeping them in the picture in the first half when he saved superbly from Paul Bracewell. But City's resistance finally snapped when Bracewell did the spadework for ex-Manchester United striker McIlroy to score.