Stoke City- From pots to cups

Mixed bag of results

Stoke City vs Man City
Saturday 14th September 2013

0-2

- Andy Wilkinson(51)
- Glenn Whelan(88)

Hull City vs Stoke City
Saturday 21st September 2013

0-1

- Ryan Shawcross(65)
- Glenn Whelan(18)
- Stephen Ireland(35)
- Andy Wilkinson(59)
- Ryan Shawcross

Stoke City vs Southampton
Saturday 28th September 2013

0-0

- Oussama Assaidi(34)
- Robert Huth(66)
- Glenn Whelan(83)

League Table

The Potters undefeated run came to an abrupt end in hands of Manchester City. Meanwhile, central defender Gabriel Zakuani joins Stoke City from Peterborough for a fee of €1.1M.

Player of the month

Ryan Shawcross

http://images.footballfancast.com/players/300px/stoke/Ryan-Shawcross.jpg

The defender rarely set a wrong step and looked sharp in all three September's games.

2013-10-31 20:19#140712 Pauker : Nice to see you there fighting for the title already XP

2013-11-01 03:06#140752 BeanyUnited : Nice start! Hopefully you can smash a few big boys on the scoreboard and literally

Short and sweet October

Cardiff vs Stoke City
Saturday 5th October 2013

3-3

- Yassine Benzia(6,45)
- Glenn Whelan(78)
- Stephen Ireland(35)
- Glenn Whelan

Stoke City vs Crystal Palace
Saturday 19th October 2013

2-1

- Stephen Ireland(pen 33)
- Fede Vico(52)
- Robert Huth

Stoke City vs West Brom
Saturday 26th October 2013

4-2

- Ryan Shawcross (15)
- Oussama Assaidi(45+3)
- Stephen Ireland(52)
- Yassine Benzia(85)
- Erik Pieters (90+3)
- Ryan Shawcross

League Table

Stoke City went undefeated this month, showing some excellent performances againt midtable teams. However, their real test is just starting, as they play Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool next month. Will they keep their winning ways and claim 1st place? Or will they succumb to the mediocrity that the media touted them to be in? Stay tuned for the next update.

Player of the month

Ryan Shawcross

http://images.footballfancast.com/players/300px/stoke/Ryan-Shawcross.jpg

Best Stoke player by far, never gives up even when the team is losing, what a lad.

Surviving November

Sunderland vs Stoke City
Saturday 2nd November 2013

2-2

- Yassine Benzia(7,46)
- Shitload of players

Arsenal vs Stoke City
Saturday 9th November 2013

2-2

- Yassine Benzia(54)
- Erik Pieters(90)
- Robert Huth(35)
- Erik Pieters(37)

Stoke City vs Chelsea
Saturday 23rd November 2013

2-3

- Marko Arnautovic(27)
- Yassine Benzia(89)
- John Pantsil(19)
- Charlie Adam(75)

Liverpool vs Stoke City
Saturday 9th November 2013

1-2

- Martin Skrtel(13)
- Ryan Shawcross(62)
- Robert Huth(70)
- John Pantsil

League Table

Tough month for Stoke City as they faced the top teams of the Premier League. However, they did better than the pundits expected, only losing to Chelsea and grabbing a vital win against Liverpool.

Player of the month

Yassine Benzia

http://transfery.info/static/images/3a533ece36e7ab23eb03931ed34cb39d_z.jpg

The young French wonderkid scored 4 goals in 4 games, and leads Stoke City's scoring chart.

Nice Christmas present for Stoke

Stoke City vs Man Utd
Tuesday 3rd December 2013

0-0

- Steven N'Zonzi(36)
- Yassine Benzia(89)
- Steven N'Zonzi(59)
- Marc Muniesa(90+3)
- Gabriel Zakuani

Swansea vs Stoke City
Saturday 7th December 2013

0-2

- Peter Crouch(49,78)
- Glenn Whelan(63)
- Peter Crouch

Stoke City vs West Ham
Saturday 14th December 2013

1-1

- Marko Arnautovic(39)
- Ryan Shawcross(41)
- Charlie Adam(43)
- Robert Huth(47)

Newcastle vs Stoke City
Saturday 21st December 2013

1-2

- Fede Vico(45+1,90+2)
- Break Shea(22)
- Geoff Cameron(70)
- Erik Pieters

Stoke City vs Norwich
Thursday 26th December 2013

2-1

- Yassine Benzia(5, 53)
- Erik Pieters(35)
- Stephen Ireland(42)
- Steven N'Zonzi(57)
- Oussama Assaidi(69)

Stoke City vs Aston Villa
Saturday 28th December 2013

2-1

- Peter Crouch(38)
- Andre Wisdom(89)
- John Pantsil

League Table

Another great month for the Potters as they won 4 out of 6 games this month. Peter Crouch filled Benzia's shoes very well, and scored 3 goals in 6 matches. However, Tottenham finished their 7 game unbeaten run as they dominated in a 3-0 victory.

Player of the month

Ryan Shawcross

http://images.footballfancast.com/players/300px/stoke/Ryan-Shawcross.jpg

What a beast gentlemen, what a beast he is

Picking up more points in January

Stoke City vs Newcastle
Saturday 4th January 2014

0-1

- Stephen Ireland(64)
- Oussama Assaidi(80)

Fulham vs Stoke City
Saturday 11th January 2014

1-2

- Fede Vico(41)
- Stephen Ireland(44)
- Stephen Ireland(61)
- Glenn Whelan(90)
- Steven N'Zonzi(90)
- Erik Pieters

Stoke City vs Everton
Saturday 18th January 2014

2-0

- Charlie Adam(90+1)
- Peter Crouch(90+3)
- Steven N'Zonzi(56)
- Andy Wilkinson

Man City vs Stoke City
Tuesday 28th January 2014

1-1

- Marko Arnautovic(2)
- Marko Arnautovic(50)
- Andy Wilkinson

League Table

Stoke City's form in the league continues, picking up 7 points out of 9 possible. The same can't be said about their cup runs however, as they were knocked out of the FA cup in the 3rd round, same round as the Capital One Cup.

Player of the month

Stephen Ireland

http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/00884/Stephen_Ireland_280_884808a.jpg

The loanee from Aston Villa did an excellent job this month, bagging two goals in four games