I Love Stoke City

English Championship side Stoke City have been eliminated from the FA Cup this season after their defeat at the hands of London side Crsytal Palace. Stoke City and Crystal Palace had earlier been drawn together in the fifth round of the FA Cup for a place in the quarterfinals.

Michael O’Neill and his Stoke City players travelled to Selhurst Park to take on hosts Crystal Palace on Tuesday with the hope of causing an upset against the Premier League team. In the end, Stoke City were beaten 2-1 by their hosts who secured a place in the quarterfinals in the process. (more…)

English Championship side Stoke City are reportedly keen on signing forgotten Chelsea midfielder Lewis Baker. The Stoke City interest in the Blues player was revealed by the Press Association. It was stated that the Potters are leading the race to sign the 26-year-old Chelsea midfielder.

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Stoke City target Baker has a few months left on his Chelsea contract which will expire in the summer and it’s unlikely that the West London giants will hand him a new contract. Baker is one of the longest serving players at Chelsea having joined the club in 2005, but he’s yet to make a single appearance for the club in the Premier League. Baker made an appearance in the FA Cup for the Blues at the weekend during the 5-1 home win over lower league team Chesterfield in the third round.
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Premier League outfit Leeds United are on the trail of Stoke City left-back Josh Tymon ahead of the winter transfer window. This is according to the English publication LeedsLive.

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Leeds United target Tymon had a little over six months on his Stoke City contract before he agreed a new three-year extension with the Championship club at the end of last month. As things stand, Stoke City utility player Tymon has a contract at the club until the summer of 2025. The news of his Stoke City contract extension has not stopped Leeds United from being linked with him.
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Stoke City are back in the hunt for a place in the English Championship playoffs after their five-match winless run came to an end during the league encounter with their hosts, Blackpool. Veteran striker Steven Fletcher was the hero for Stoke City as he scored the only goal of the game to give his team a 1-0 win over the newly promoted team.

Martin O’Neill and his Stoke City players came into the Blackpool game with a run of five games without a win in all competitions. Four of those five games were in the Championship. (more…)

Nick Powell has been named the Stoke City Player of the Month for September 2021 after the announcement made earlier on Wednesday. Ex-Crewe Alexandra man Powell was revealed as the recipient of the best player award on the back of the polls from the Stoke City supporters.

Powell bagged the Stoke City Player of Month for last month as reward for his goals which propelled the Potters into the top four places on the English Championship table. (more…)

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Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has been named on the Championship Team of the Month for August 2021. The Serbian international wasone of the 11 players who made the Team of the Month in the English Championship as revealed by Whoscored.

Mitrovic has been in very good form in the English Championship this season. He has four goals plus two assists in four league matches this season. Fulham are the leading goalscorers in the English Championship this season with 13 goals and Mitrovic has been directly involved in six goals. (more…)

Stoke City are expected to step up their search for a new striker in the coming days according to the report from Stoke Sentinel. The Potters had been in the market for a new striker since this summer’s transfer window started. The club has not been successful with its strikers over the past years since Ricardo Fuller scored 15 goals in the league over a decade.

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The Potters have struggled to find a striker who finds the back of the net consistently over the past decade. Nick Powell was the highest goalscorer for Stoke City in the league last season with 12 goals and it was the best individual tally at the club since Fuller scored 15 league goals during the 2007/08 season. Fuller scored the same number of goals alongside Liam Lawrence.
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Burnley are on the verge of signing young defender Nathan Collins from English Championship giants Stoke City. According to the report from the Stoke Sentinel, the Clarets have agreed an initial fee of £12m for the Stoke City Academy graduate. The fee agreed between the two clubs will make Collins the most expensive graduate from the Stoke City Academy.

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Stoke City will receive an initial fee of £12m from Burnley for the 20-year-old Republic of Ireland youth international plus further add-ons depending on his success at Turf Moor.
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Stoke City are reportedly keeping an eye on Nottingham Forest striker Lyle Taylor according to the latest media reports.

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English Championship clubs including Stoke City are not expected to do transfers involving a lot of money due to the effects of the dreaded Covid-19 on finances. To this effect, the Potters are looking for bargain buys and free transfers that could boost the present playing squad and the aforementioned Taylor falls in this category.
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Stoke City boss Michael O’Neill has suffered from severalinjuries to his players throughout the course of the current English Championship season. The injury problems have ultimately affected the Potters who are resigned to finishing in mid-table when they end their campaign against playoff spot recipients Bournemouth this weekend.

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Opponents Bournemouth have already clinched one of the four playoff places. The other playoff teams are Barnsley, Swansea City and Brentford.
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