It was like the Alamo, but Stoke held on.
After a 20th minute penalty courtesy of defender Jamie Carragher, Stoke forward Jonathan Walters struck an emphatic spot-kick, punching the ball into the centre of the goal.
To say it was one-sided would be, unquestionably, a gross understatement. But for all of Liverpool‘s possession, 59% of the play, Dalglish’s side couldn’t find the back of the net. Suarez, Adam and Henderson all tried, only to be thwarted by keeper Asmir Begovic and Stoke’s resilient back line.
Liverpool clearly didn’t find the form that saw …
What a difference a few years make. Once dubbed the ‘new Derby’ by a mis-informed journalist, Stoke have defied the band of critics and secured a spot in the upcoming group stages of the Europa League. Stoke fans are joyous at the prospect of European talent convening on the Britannia Stadium.
The draw wasn’t kind to Stoke, pitting Pulis’ men against Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv, Ukrainian side Dynamo Kiev and Turkish club Besiktas. Not exactly anything to leap out of your seat about. Nevertheless, Stoke fans will travel in their droves …
The list of winners of the European Footballer of the Year Award, or Ballon d’Or, includes some very impressive names. Michel Platini, Marco van Basten, Zinedine Zidane and most recently Lionel Messi have all claimed the honour, but few of these modern day greats can come close to rivalling the achievements of the award’s inaugural winner from 1956, the late Sir Stanley Matthews.
Matthews on one of his 352 Stoke appearances
Matthews was born in February 1915 into a working class family in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. The third son of barber Jack Matthews, …
For fans of football clubs all over the world, pre-season almost invariably brings optimism. As a recent advert for “The Sun” aptly noted, “you’re joint top of the league” and “your keeper’s got a clean sheet.” For Stoke City, there was even more positive thinking than most. Under the expedient and expert guidance of chairman Peter Coates and manager Tony Pulis, the Potters seemed to be firmly established in the Premier League after two solid seasons back in the top flight and in six of Pulis’s seven seasons in charge …
In a 38 game Premier League season, most clubs are going to have a game which leaves them feeling angry, bitter and hard done by. Fans of Stoke City may be able to take some solace from the fact that their side appear to have got theirs out of the way early after Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat to Tottenham. The 24,000 home fans leaving the Britannia Stadium’s first fixture of the 2010/11 campaign could still be heard to curse their luck though, having watched the Potters undone by one freak Gareth …
If Stoke City‘s 2007/08 season, with Tony Pulis’s unfancied side winning promotion to the Premier League, was a surprise to much of the English football establishment, their 2008/09 campaign was a veritable shock, as despite being the bookies’ favourites for relegation they stayed up comfortably amongst the big boys. Still, a year ago, many fans and pundits were tipping the Potters for the drop, sure the dreaded “second season syndrome” would strike. It didn’t and Stoke survived in even better health than they had twelve months before, easing to a …
This is my first blog in a very long time but after the comments I have seen on message boards, social network sites and people from Arsenal F.C. since this tragic accident are outrageous and disgraceful!.
I’m a huge Stoke supporter and likely to get the ‘your been biased’ etc but I’m a huge football fanatic. The injury to Aaron Ramsey is heart breaking for the lad because of the age and talent he has could all be finished before he’s even into his 20′s; however pictures all show that Ramsey …
We live in an age of freedom, when individuals are allowed to be employed at will and pursue their goals in a suitable working environment. Leadership today is more difficult as the ‘Yes Sir’ military attitude that allowed authority figures to act as they pleased is dead. Leading the high level employee today requires the ability to set an enjoyable and beneficial working culture. If these standards are not met people are allowed to seek to further their career elsewhere, this is the way of the world, and if you …
Stoke entertain Liverpool today at the Britannia, in lunchtime kick off. I’m sure Stoke will be looking to make amends for the 4-0 defeat to the hands of Liverpool earlier in the season, although last year we held the Merseyside outfit to two goalless draws. A year on and believe we are a much stronger side, whilst Liverpool are no longer a team to feared. Today with Torres, Gerrard, and Benayoun all out, and after their midweek exit out of The FA Cup, Stoke can surely smell blood. Liverpool are …
Stoke have today pulled out of a deal to sign England veteran David James. It appears that the deal fell through, due to the clubs not being able to agree on who should pay the ‘keepers wages.
I can’t say that I’m upset to hear the news, as I rate Sorensen as a better ‘keeper. In his day James was a world class player, who 5 or 6 years ago I would have loved to have seen him wearing the No1 jersey for Stoke.
Pulis clearly does not rate Sorensen as highly …
