The Delilah Debate

Gareth Owen sat down with Elliot and Lewis recently to discuss his experiences at Stoke City. Gareth played five times for Stoke before being sold to Oldham Athletic in 2005 and was part of Stoke City's youth team which included Karl Henry, Andy Wilkinson and 'new boy' Phil Jagielka. More recently Gareth is the head of Stoke City's academy and has been a massive part of the academy's success in recent years. Gareth discusses how Stoke have been able to produce more players in recent years, what a day in the life is like in the Stoke academy, how he he tries to also develop people as well as players and how learning to play the guitar can help you get into Stoke City's first team in the future.

Part Two of our interview with TC covers his Stoke career at its peak and also at its worst from the 72 final to the day the roof blew off. In this episode Terry goes into what it was like scoring at Wembley in the League Cup final, How injuries hindered Stoke's chances of going for the title, how Tony Waddington should've done more team talks and how 'Player X' threw off the whole Chelsea squad before the 72 cup final

Terry Conroy is a Stoke City legend and a player most Stoke fans will know from all generations. Terry played for Stoke between 1967-1979 making 335 appearances and winning the League Cup in 1972. In part one we discuss all sorts such as how Terry first signed for the club, beating Barcelona at the Nou Camp and how Tony Waddington thought Guinness and steak was the perfect diet for him to bulk up. We also discuss the semi final against Arsenal and the run to the League Cup final in 72'

Alan Hudson is a Stoke City God described by many who saw him to be the best player they've ever seen in a red and white shirt. In total he made 144 appearances for the club across two spells and played in 'the' 1972 League Cup final for Chelsea. In this podcast Alan talks about how Tony Waddington was the greatest manager of all time in his opinion, how he believes Stoke City would've won the European Cup and the League if luck went their way and if the Butler Street Stand hadn't collapsed. This episode has got all sorts such as how the club nearly signed George Best and Peter Osgood, Alan playing his greatest game in a Stoke shirt all thanks to the Stoke fire brigade and how Delilah actually came about through a man called Anton Booth Also do make sure to check out Alan's podcast The Alan Hudson podcast too.

Gabriel Zakuani played 29 times for Stoke across two loan spells between 2007-2008. In this podcast we discuss his time at the Potters including Tony Pulis' management style, Liam Lawrence hiding his car in the middle of Stoke-on-Trent and spending two hours on Rory Delap throws in training. As well as this we delved into his time representing DR Congo at ACON 2015 and playing against a young Michael Essien in Greece.

Martin Carruthers played for Stoke 91 times from 1993-1996 playing in the successful Lou Macari era In this episode Martin reveals what life was like under Macari and he finally reveals what happened when Nello took his boxer shorts all those years ago

Elliot and Lewis talked to Carl Dickinson for the first episode of The Delilah Debate Carl Dickinson came through the Stoke academy and won promotion to the Premier League in 2008. He has become a fan's favourite, despite playing for the Vale, and is still well received by Stoke fans to this day. He currently plays for Yeovil Town having previously played for Blackpool, Leeds, Barnsley, Portsmouth, Watford, Coventry and Notts County In this podcast Dicko goes into Tony Pulis, the Stoke academy, that promotion season, and the team spirit the Stoke dressing room had.

The first ever episode of the Delilah Debate as Elliot gives you the run down on what to expect from this new Stoke City podcast Instagram: @DelilahDebate Twitter: @DelilahDebate Follow Elliot and Lewis to: @elliotyates7 & @lewisstokie2