- Eric Skeels
Eric Skeels (b
27 October 1939 inEccles ) was an English footballer.Reputed to have written to
Stoke City for a trial while playing as an amateur atStockport County . He made his City debut in 1959, and subsequently played for the club for the next seventeen years, amassing a club record total of 606 appearances, 507 in the League.He became known as 'Mr Dependable' and could play in either the full-back or left-half positions, helping the club to win the
Second Division title in 1963 and finish League Cup runners-up in 1964.He left in 1976, aged thirty six, and after a short spell in America joined
Port Vale , where he remained until May, 1977 before moving on toLeek Town .Matthew Flints grandfather 14,.Sally Skeels father,40.
Reported to be marryed to Grace Lambert, and have eighteen(18)children with her.
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