Stoke City Blog

  Stoke began their third Premier League month with a home fixture against rock-bottom Tottenham, who at the time had just two points on the board and whose manager Juande Ramos was coming under huge pressure from fans. Spurs have now, of course, experienced a mini-revival under new boss Harry Redknapp, who was appointed a [...]

  Stoke are believed to be in the hunt for Manchester City’s £4 million rated centre back Nedum Onuoha. The 22 year old has found himself falling down the pecking order at Eastlands this season, and with the expected influx of big name players to Manchester City in January, Onuoha may have to look for his [...]

  Back in August I reported that Stoke were on the verge of completing the loan signing of Ghanaian left winger Haminu Dramani from Lokomotiv Moscow. The deal for the 22 year old fell through though, as the Russian club were unkeen to let him leave before the end of their season, which comes this weekend.
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  Having suffered a disappointing home defeat to Everton six days before, Stoke made the trip to face Liverpool at Anfield looking odds on to suffer a third straight defeat. If this occurred, a gap would have begun to open up between the bottom three and the relative safety of lower mid-table.
  Liverpool seemed to [...]

  It’s three months to the day since the players of Stoke City took to the field in the Premier League for the first time. Bolton’s Reebok Stadium was to play host to 2,500 that made up Stoke’s first travelling contingent in the top flight for 23 years.
   Some squad strengthening had taken place over the summer before the [...]

 
  A gulf in class was apparent as Manchester United put five past Stoke at Old Trafford today. Two Cristiano Ronaldo free-kicks, a powerful Micheal Carrick strike, a Dimitar Berbatov volley and a screamer from youngster Danny Welbeck put paid to the Potters. The Welbeck strike and one of Ronaldo’s both coming late in the [...]

  Stoke have been handed a favourable draw for the quarter finals of the League Cup, being paired at home with Paul Jewell’s Championship side Derby County.
                                                         
  Founded in 1884, the Rams were founder members of the Football League alongside Stoke, and the club have spent large chunks of their history playing in the top flight, [...]

  Despite excellent home form in the Premier League this season, which is absolutely nothing to do with the potency of a certain player’s throws on our tiny pitch, I am all too aware that Stoke have failed to win an away game in the league this season, settling for just two goalless draws on the [...]

  
   Stoke last night eased to a comfortable 2-0 win over League Two Rotherham in the Carling Cup, their first win by more than a single goal in 30 attempts, and in doing sealed their place in the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time in 30 years. A Glenn Whelan goal followed [...]

  Stoke meet League Two Rotherham United tonight in the Carling Cup with the teams over seventy places apart in the Football League. however, it isn’t too long ago that many a Stoke fan would have gladly swapped fortunes with those of the South Yorkshire club. Seven years ago to be precise, Rotherham were clawing [...]