Stoke City Blog

  A good result and an excellent second half performance from Stoke is very encouraging following poor performances at home to West Brom, Hull and Derby. In the archetypal game of two halves, it was Newcastle who completely bossed the first half, while the second belonged, without doubt to Stoke. With a lot of positives to [...]

 
  There was a fairytale ending for Stoke City at St. James’ Park yesterday. Former Newcastle player Abdoulaye Faye scoring his first ever Stoke goal in the 91st minute of the game to give Stoke an equaliser after a hard fought second half fightback. The match was the definition of the cliched ”game of two [...]

  The Potters make the trip to the North East tomorrow to face Newcastle at St. James’ Park. The last time Stoke made the 300 kilometre journey was back in January of this year in an FA Cup Replay, Liam Lawrence scoring a late consolation for Stoke in a 4-1 loss on that night. Stoke will [...]

  Last night Stoke hugely disappointingly crashed out at home to Derby in the Carling Cup quarter final, taking away what will probably be our best chance of winning any major silverware for several years to come, and may well have been our best chance since our 1972 League Cup success.
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  Stoke’s dreams of League Cup glory came crashing to an end at the Britannia Stadium last night after a 1-0 loss to Championship Derby. Both sides missed a host of good chances, the tie looking destined for extra time before a late Nathan Ellington penalty, awarded by controversial referee Rob Styles gave [...]

  Stoke will face Championship side Derby County in the quarter finals of the League Cup at the Britannia Stadium tomorrow night after reaching this stage of the competition for the first time in 30 years.
  Derby, currently managed by former Bradford and Wigan boss Paul Jewell, sit fifteenth in the Championship table after a [...]

  The Potters have today been drawn to make the trip to the North East to face League One side Hartlepool United at Victoria Park. Hartlepool, who are celebrating their centenary year currently sit twelfth in the League One table after a mixed start to the season. They have defeated Brighton and Hove Albion and [...]

  On the balance of play on the day, a draw was in my opinion a fair result from a match that while hardly a classic, was a decent battle between two strong sides and an intriguing contest to watch. Stoke created more chances than Hull, but it was Marlon King’s quality finishing that earned [...]

   
  Stoke’s five match winning home run came to a rather indifferent end following a 1-1 draw with Hull at the Britannia Stadium this afternoon. Hull’s Jamaican forward Marlon King gave the visitors the lead on the stroke of half time in a match that was played under thick fog, before his international strike [...]

  The rags to (moderate) riches story of Hull City Football Club is one that has barely been out of the press in recent weeks, it’s hard not to be familiar with it by now, so in this section where I would normally give a description of a club’s recent history I will give only [...]