Robert Bozenik barrels down the middle and powers the 1972 winners into the second round, surely. Here’s the story of that victory, courtesy of our old friend, the Joy of Six …Stoke City were 109 years old in 1972. And they weren’t expected to win the 1972 League Cup final, either; their opponents, Dave Sexton’s Chelsea, had two recent successes to their name: the 1970 FA Cup against Leeds United and the 1971 Cup Winners’ Cup against Real Madrid. He joined Newcastle United in 1956, a year after the club had won their last domestic trophy to date. He left for Stoke in 1966, just after England won the World Cup.