Stoke’s Whelan out to finally haunt City

GLENN WHELAN is hoping to repay the club who gave him his break in English football by extending their run without a major trophy to 36 years.

The tenacious midfielder moved across the Irish Sea as a 15-year-old to sign youth forms for Manchester City after a series of trials.

Twelve years on, Whelan is preparing to face City in tomorrow’s FA Cup final at Wembley in arguably the biggest game in Stoke’s history.