Peter Coates became Stoke's new chairman in September 1986 which helped Mills to make a number of useful signings.
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In September 1986 local businessman Peter Coates assumed the role of chairman and a full-strength board backed manager Mills with money for players.
With the Icelandic board failing to gain promotion to the Premier League and with debts now at around £5million chairman Gunnar Gíslason put the club up for sale and he sold the club back to former chairman Peter Coates.
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Former chairman Peter Coates brought the club back and re-appointed Tony Pulis as manager.
With the return of Peter Coates and Tony Pulis the objective was to now gain a long awaited return to the top flight of English football.
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With Peter Coates and Tony Pulis back at the Britannia Stadium the main objective was to challenge for a place in the Premier League.
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