ROBINS EAGER TO REPAY TOP CITY BACKING

MARK Robins admits he feels a debt to John Coates to drive Stoke City to better times - as it is confirmed the club will freeze season ticket prices for 19th successive season.

- Peter Smith

It has been a big fortnight of off-field announcements at Stoke, from the new first team training building opening to confirmation in the latest accounts about debts being wiped when Coates, pictured inset, took over from bet365 as sole owner.

Now season tickets have gone on sale for 2026/27 at the same price they were set back in 2008, starting at £344 for an adult seat and £1 a game for under-11s.

Robins has been frustrated by his side's slide away from the Championship pacesetters over the last couple of months and he feels a responsibility to make Coates' level of investment and backing make sense.

He said: "It's something that is incredible. It's someone who is prepared to use their personal circumstances in that way to try to help the club that he loves, like everyone else connected with the club, be successful.