Stoke City fans already potty about ‘Super Jonny Walters’

Ireland may have discovered a new folk hero this week - understandably so, after events at the Aviva Stadium - but don’t forget that we in Stoke were there first, writes Martin Spinks.

Long before he pulled on the green of Ireland, he already had football fans here in the Potteries feting him from pillar to post.

For here was a player with the heart of a lion, the power of an elephant and the skin of a rhinoceros.