Stoke City News

Leeds United were crowned champions of the second-tier Championship after third-placed Brentford lost 1-0 at Stoke City in their penultimate game of the season on Saturday.

Souttar, who is playing for English Championship club Fleetwood Town on loan from Stoke City, is one of 12 players with 10 or fewer caps in the squad as Arnold looks to regenerate the side on the road to Qatar.

The 38-year-old former Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, and Stoke City striker spent last season at Burnley but his contract ended last month.

Team-mates from England's 1966 World Cup win and members of former clubs Stoke City and Leicester came to join a cortege to the funeral for Banks who died aged 81 last month.

Banks won 73 caps for England between 1963 and 1972 and made nearly 200 appearances for Stoke before his playing career was brought to an end due to a car crash that cost him the sight in one eye.

Rowett left Derby County to join Stoke in the close-season as the club eyed an immediate return to the Premier League having been relegated after 10 years in the top division, where they had mostly been a comfortable mid-table team.

McClean, who has never worn a poppy, accused the FA of double standards, saying he is regularly subjected to anti-Irish racism because of his poppy stance.

 England will ring the changes for today friendly against Costa Rica in Leeds with manager Gareth Southgate warning against complacency and keen to give his entire squad playing time before the World Cup.

Liverpool also conceded twice late on in their previous league game at West Bromwich Albion to prove that, no matter what magic Mohamed Salah provides, there is always hope against them if you hang in long enough.

West Ham United substitute Andy Carroll netted a late equaliser to snatch a 1-1 draw at home to Stoke City on Monday that moved the Londoners a step closer to Premier League safety and left the visitors facing the drop.

Arsenal dealt Stoke City`s Premier League survival hopes a cruel blow on Sunday at the Emirates with three late goals in a 3-0 victory that left the visitors second from bottom with six games left to play.

If City win their next league game at Everton on March 31 that will set up a Manchester derby at City`s Etihad Stadium where a win over their arch-rivals would secure the title.

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero will miss Monday`s match at Stoke City as well as Argentina`s friendly internationals against Italy and Spain as he has been sidelined for two weeks with a knee injury.

Stoke City have the talent to challenge their Premier League rivals but need a change in luck to win more matches and survive the relegation battle, manager Paul Lambert has said.

An own goal by Stoke City keeper Jack Butland gifted Leicester City an equaliser in a 1-1 Premier League draw at the King Power Stadium on Saturday and denied Paul Lambert`s side a rare win on the road. 

The thoughts of Manchester United’s fans may have been on the possible arrival of Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal but the players stayed focused to beat Stoke City 3-0 in the Premier League at a rainy Old Trafford on Monday.

Struggling Stoke City appointed Paul Lambert as their new manager on Monday after the Scot signed a two-and-half-year contract to replace the sacked Mark Hughes.

The club said in a statement on Saturday: "Stoke City can confirm that the contract of manager Mark Hughes has been terminated with immediate effect."

Salah's brace helped the Reds rally to beat Leicester City 2-1, while Chelsea had a shooting practice in 5-0 rout of Stoke City.

Stoke, who have lost three out of their last five league games, are 13th in the table on 20 points. Chelsea are third with 42 points.