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He resigned as chairman following relegation back to League Two in 201617. , money, salary, income, and assets. Norman Smurthwaite - Latest breaking news, rumours and gossip - Sports Mole MR NORMAN SMURTHWAITE - Company Check [33] Some of the club's biggest name players rejected new contract offers and left Port Vale after Northampton Town paid compensation to Port Vale to sign Page as manager in May 2016; Smurthwaite claimed that he purposely set a low wage budget so as to drive Page and the players out of the club, thereby leaving room in the 201617 budget for a new manager to sign his own players. [9] More worry came in December, when The Sunday People revealed that Smurthwaite had e-mailed agents pleading poverty over the club's finances. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. [47] Smurthwaite appointed Neil Aspin as the club's new manager on 4 October, and also brought in John Rudge in an advisory role. [29] He set an asking price of 4.25 million, stating "I have never lost money on a transaction in my adult life and I am not starting now". He appointed Adamss former assistant Rob Page as first team manager in October. Smurthwaite issued a statement on 2 May apologising for relegation, and stated that he would be stepping down as chairman and would no longer attend games as he looked to sell the club. Easy Man United contract decision is complicated one for Stoke City, News from the bet365 Stadium as Stoke City prepare for a pivotal summer, Alex Neil addresses Stoke City's alarming drop in form since thrashing Coventry, News from the bet365 Stadium as Stoke City head towards end of season and a finale at Watford, Stoke City transfer state of play with squad assessment heading into massive summer, News from the bet365 Stadium as Stoke City head towards end of season and pivotal summer transfer window, West Ham, Chelsea, Sheffield Wednesday chances of joining Stoke City in Championship next season, News from the EFL and Premier League in final few days and weeks of season, Damning Stoke City verdict amid hope of 'mass clear out', News and reaction from the bet365 Stadium as Stoke City head towards end of season and pivotal summer, Hussain and Ali follow Hill's fine Meir Heath example in NSSCL Division Three, Round up of the weekend action in North Staffs and South Cheshire League Division Three as Cheadle, Meakins, Little Stoke and Checkley secure the points, Ekanayake has six appeal to help Stone SP to victory in NSSCL Division Two, Rode Park & Lawton, Bignall End, Porthill Park, Alsager and Hem Heath are the other winners in North Staffs and South Cheshire League Division Two, RECAP: Five police cars and two ambulances descend on Festival Park, Staffordshire Police have shut Ridgehouse Drive, on Festival Park, due to a 'police incident', Fidler on the roof - the cowboy builder among UK's 'most wanted', Stephen Fidler has been added to Crimestoppers most wanted list in connection with a series of alleged frauds, Stoke-on-Trent woman arrested after hotel sex assault, Police were called at 3am today after reports of a woman in distress, Nine symptoms of the 'silent killer' women shouldn't ignore, Life on the North Staffordshire street that looks 'frozen in time', All the new driving laws this month which motorists need to know about, Deliveroo says sorry as rider caught 'eating diner's order', Parkdean Resorts slammed over Skegness sick stink, 50 pictures of the hidden house that time forgot, This unique property is on the market with Stephenson Browne for offers over 785,000, Mum's warning as Strep A leaves son, 8, looking like this, A schoolboy nearly lost his eye after contracting Strep A, NHS at breaking point as ex-nurse waits five months for chemo, From the decision to treat cancer to treatment beginning should take no more than 31 days but the great gran has waited five times that target, Driving licence penalty points hotspots ranked from worst to best, Data has revealed the areas of the Potteries where people have the most points, Big blow for Newcastle town centre as Scotts to shut, The Castle Walk store is shutting later this month, LIVE: Five police cars and two ambulances descend on Festival Park, Talented hairdresser goes from room in her house to stylish salon, Kate Darby has launched her business in Dresden, Every Stoke-on-Trent takeaway food hygiene rating in 2023 - from best to worst, You could be fined or jailed for not requesting permission for a coronation street party, Many are planned to celebrate the King's Coronation next weekend, Single mum-of-two given months to live defies all odds, Andrea Killeen was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 after finding a lump.