Stanley Matthews he helped Blackpool to win the cup with a formidable personal performance in the "Matthews Final" of 1953. Between 1934 and 1957 he won 54 caps for England, playing in the FIFA World Cup in 1950 and 1954, and winning nine British Home Championship titles. Following an unsuccessful stint as Port Vale's general manager between 1965 and 1968, he travelled around the world, coaching enthusiastic amateurs. The most notable of his coaching experiences came in 1975 in South Africa, where in spite of the harsh apartheid laws of the time he established an all-black team in Soweto known as "Stan's
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Nick Clegg on the "fantastic work" that goes on in the academy on a daily basis. In 2015, Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy was designated as a National Support School and the Principal a National Leader of Education. As a National Leader of Education, the Principal is able to conduct Pupil Premium reviews and as a National Support School, they are able to offer support for the development of senior and middle leadership and also teaching and learning. Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy opens up its facilities to the community during evenings, weekends and holidays which makes it "an academy