A memorial service for Stoke City legend George Eastham is planned for later this month, and Potters fans are being invited to attend.

The service, planned and arranged by the Stoke City Old Boys' Association, will take place at Stoke Minster at 12.30pm on Thursday, February 20.

Eastham, who died in South Africa just before Christmas aged 88, went down in Stoke City folklore after scoring the winning goal against Chelsea in the 1972 League Cup final at Wembley. It remains the only major trophy won by the club.

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Midfielder Eastham, a member of England’s 1966 World Cup-winning squad, was a Stoke player for eight seasons, making 194 league appearances and also playing in two FA Cup semi-finals.

The memorial will be taken by the Reverend Geoff Eze and supporters can apply to attend by clicking here .

News of the service came on the day that the death of another Stoke City old boy was announced. John Tudor, who arrived at the club in 1976 from Newcastle United as one of Tony Waddington's final signings, has died aged 78 of dementia at a care home in America, where he had lived since his retirement from playing.

Tudor played for Stoke for one season, scoring three goals in 30 appearances, before moving on to Gent in Belgium and then hanging up his boots. He also ran pubs in England before moving to Minnesota.

But the Ilkeston-born striker found fame playing alongside Malcolm Macdonald for the Magpies - he scored a career best total of 24 goals in 1972/73, helping the Toon win the Anglo-Italian Cup - after spells at Coventry City and Sheffield United before joining Stoke.