 During this time, Banks moved to Madeley, Staffordshire.He replaced John Farmer as the club's number one, and kept goal in the last four games of the 1966–67 season, making his home debut at the Victoria Ground in a 3–1 win over his former club Leicester.Banks fitted in well at Stoke, as Waddington built a team of veteran players who were judged by some to be past their best.