The Potters pulled out of the relegation zone this afternoon after an extremely hard-working and courageous performance earned a 1-0 win over underachieving Manchester City at the Britannia Stadium. Stoke played almost two-thirds of the game with just ten men, after midfielder Rory Delap was sent off for stupidly kicking the ball [...]

  After a dismal first half performance at Tottenhamon Tuesday night, and a heartbreaking late defeat at Chelsea two weeks ago, it is about time Tony Pulis’ Stoke sideproduced something to cheer about. Tomorrow’s fixture against ”World’s Richest Club” Manchester City could provide this tonic, and with Stoke’shome form good all season and City having [...]

    Failure to turn up for the first half hour was Stoke’s downfall at White Hart Lane last night, as Harry Redknapp’s Spurs side eased past the Potters, who are now ten games without a win. A 25 minuted blitz from the North Londoners meant Stoke went into half time an embarrassing 3-0 down, [...]

  Stoke defender Lewis Buxton has joined Championship side Sheffield Wednesday on a full time deal until 2011 for a nominal fee. The 25 year old, who is equally happy playing at centre back or as either full back had spent most of the season on loan at the Owls after falling down the pecking order [...]

  Alex Ferguson has famously complained about the fixture congestion faced by his side recently, and Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has every right to feel just as aggrieved. In the last four days, the North London side have faced away trips first to Burnleyin the Carling Cup and then to Ferguson’s Manchester United in the FA [...]

  With just over half the season played, I thought I’d take a look at how each member of the first team squad has been getting on this season. Goalkeepers: 29. Thomas Sørensen Sørensen has made an excellent start to his career at Stoke after signing on a free in July. He looked slightly out [...]

The previous post under this title, containing details on all the players Stoke are reportedly interested in signing and any developments with those deals, has fallen down the site a bit, so I’ll put a link to it here to make sure people still see it. http://stoke.footballblog.co.uk/january-transfer-targets-the-lowdown.html

    If the two goalless draws against Liverpool achieved by Stoke this season were great results, and the 2-1 victory over Arsenal was a fantastic result, what superlatives could have been used to describe the result the Potters were just minutes away from recording this afternoon at Stamford Bridge? Rory Delap had put Stoke a [...]

  If there is ever a good time to play Chelsea away from home we have found it. After being a fortress in which the Blues were unbeatable for the best part of four years, Stamford Bridge has been the scene of some decidedly dodgy results for Chelsea of late, including losses to Liverpool and [...]

  Stoke midfielder Tom ‘Arto’ Soares has joined rock-bottom Championship side Charlton Athletic on a one month loan deal. The 22 year old joined Stoke for £1.5 million from Crystal Palace on transfer deadline day in August and despite impressing in his early appearances has syruggled to hold down a regular first team place.   He [...]