Twinned with Reykjavik
Twinned with Reykjavik The period leading up to 1999 had been grim for Stoke City fans - relegation, stagnation, embarrassment and board conflicts were commonplace at the club. An Icelandic…
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Twinned with Reykjavik
The period leading up to 1999 had been grim for Stoke City fans - relegation, stagnation, embarrassment and board conflicts were commonplace at the club. An Icelandic consortium, brought together by Gujn rarson, set sail for the Potteries with the promise of exciting foreign imports and Premier League football. As the new millennium approached, fans demanded change, but no one could have predicted what would come next.
Cult heroes and villains were made as Stoke became a living soap opera for seven remarkable years. What followed was a mixture of flashy arrivals, cup successes, broken curses, flop signings and plenty of fallouts, with extraordinary on-field moments along the way. Twinned with Reykjavik lifts the lid on that rollercoaster ride with the views of the people who experienced the wild journey.
Integral players and fans look back on the key moments that defined the era as the