Stoke City F.C. Jimmy McIlroy were all players signed in the latter stages of their careers. Matthews was awarded a knighthood for services to football in the 1965 New Year's Honours list. This was followed by his final appearance for the club against Fulham in February 1965, shortly after his 50th birthday. Gordon Banks, England's 1966 World Cup-winning goalkeeper, joined in 1967 for £52,000 from Leicester. Regarded as the best goalkeeper in the world, Banks proved to be a shrewd signing for Waddington as he helped the club maintain stability in the First Division. During the close season of 1967, Stoke City played
Peter S. Kraus Peter S. Kraus Peter S. Kraus is an American businessman, philanthropist and art collector. He currently serves as the Chairman and CEO of Aperture Investors, an asset management firm which he founded in 2018. From 2008 through 2017, Peter was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AllianceBernstein (AB), a global asset management firm with approximately US$400 billion under management listed on the New York Stock Exchange as . Prior to that, he worked for Goldman Sachs for two decades. He is one of the largest collectors of contemporary art in the world. Peter S. Kraus was born in Philadelphia,