Stoke finished off a hectic week of football with a 1-0 win over Everton, after successfully seeing off Blackburn the previous weekend and holding Dynamo Kyiv to a 1-1 draw to secure qualification for the last 32 of the Europa League. After a dodgy couple of results against QPR and Bolton, Stoke fans are once [...]

People are forever saying stats in football are meaningless. That it’s what happens on the day that counts. Well, coincidence or not, Stoke’s continuing poor form coincides with some very poor stats. The 3-2 loss to QPR at the weekend has not only set Stoke back to 14th in the table, with 12 points from [...]

A reverse of the FA cup semi-final result from last year left Stoke fans crying onto their laptops and through their twitter accounts. 5-0 against the bottom team in the league? Horrendous. An abomination. Pulis must go… no, just change. But to be fair to Bolton, they’re a much better team than their position suggests [...]

Before Stoke dive back in Europa League action tonight, let’s take a look back at Newcastle’s visit to the Britannia, and a look forward to their trip to the Reebok Stadium to face out of form Bolton. Despite the disappointing scoreline, Stoke managed to impress in terms of the statistics. They out did Newcastle in [...]

So two losses and a win in the space of the week leaves Stoke fans in a semi-positive mood going into the Monday night  fixture at home to Newcastle United. As each game passes, the fans seem to be getting more and more optimistic about their team’s chances – which can only be a good [...]

Stoke bounced back from their 2-0 defeat to Swansea two weeks ago with a convincing 2-0 home win over Fulham. Despite the hype around Fulham’s 6-0 win against QPR last time out, Stoke never looked in trouble. But as usual, the question is – was this a solid, gritty Stoke performance, or will the stats [...]

3 days after Christmas 2010, Stoke anticipated Fulham like estranged cousins to the Britannia Stadium, hoping their gift wasn’t quite as nice as the one the Cottagers brought for them. Alas, it wasn’t to be, as they fell to a 2-0 defeat against the side from Craven Cottage. Two early goals from full back Chris [...]

Another European hangover was in order from Stoke. After last week’s draw against Manchester United, Stoke were brought back down to earth with a loss at home to an impressive Swansea side. By all accounts a draw might have been a fair result, but football isn’t fair. The stats, as always, will be analysed right [...]

I usual do a retrospective on the corresponding fixture from last year for the preview, but as I’m short on time, and luckily Stoke haven’t played Swansea in the past few seasons, this will be a slight look back at the season so far, and some thoughts on where Stoke are, and what they can [...]

A brilliant draw. Best Stoke game ever. We belong here. All quotes from Stoke fans on this game, but surely a 1-1 win against a, by all accounts, somewhat subpar Manchester United team, shouldn’t rank higher than beating Liverpool, or your first European game in years, or an FA cup final appearance. But I digress, [...]