The Paralympic Games in 1984 were held in New York and in Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom. The events held in Stoke Mandeville, known as the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement, did not have an ...

The Paralympic mascot Mandeville was named after the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire which is the birthplace of the Stoke Mandeville Games, the predecessor of today’s Paralympic Games.

Former striker Jon Parkin made a surprise appearance for Dorking Wanderers on Saturday - as a mascot. It was a momentous ... it was the shock appearance of ex-Stoke City and Preston striker ...