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After spending the 1932 – 33 pre-season training intensely by himself ( as opposed to playing golf with his teammates ), Mather selected Matthews in fifteen games, enough to earn him in a winners medal after Stoke were crowned Second Division champions, one point ahead of Tottenham Hotspur.

On 4 March 1933 he scored his first senior goal, it came in a 3 – 1 win over local rivals Port Vale at The Old Recreation Ground.