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POTTERS’ SCHOLES OFF TO PREMIER LEAGUE

By Tom Wiseman

STOKE chief executive Tony Scholes is set to step down after more than 17 years at the club to take up a role with the Premier League.
Scholes assumed the role in 2004 and during his tenure the club enjoyed a ten-year stint in the top flight.
The 56-year-old said: “Making the decision to leave the club after a long time has been extremely difficult, but I feel the time is right to embrace the new challenge that my role with the Premier League will give me.”
Stoke joint-chairman John Coates paid tribute to Scholes’ reign during one of the most successful periods in the club’s ...

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