Pete Smith

Should be a decent crowd on Friday as Stoke return to action, helped by a big following from Sheffield Wednesday. stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…

Jordan Henderson tonight becomes just the fourth man to have had an England career last longer than 15 years: Stanley Matthews: 22 years & 229 days Peter Shilton: 19 years & 225 days Wayne Rooney: 15 years & 277 days Jordan Henderson: 15 years & 131 days

I wonder if the unnamed person who approved the illicit payments to agents and others at Chelsea is connected to the unnamed person who approved a £35m payment to an unnamed Chelsea director after the sale to BlueCo took place. The 28 page PL decision document, which reviewed 200,000 pieces of evidence, does not name those who signed off on dodgy deals, why the silence?

Believe Stoke were set to bring in Matt Lawlor for u21s but he’s been appointed Fleetwood first team boss. stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…

10+ league goals in a Stoke season this century 👇 Peter Thorne Chris Iwelumo Ade Akinbiyi Gifton Noel-Williams Paul Gallagher Ricardo Fuller Liam Lawrence Richard Cresswell Peter Crouch Mame Biram Diouf Marko Arnautovic Sam Clucas Nick Powell Jacob Brown Sorba Thomas 🆕

Mark Robins: "A totally, totally unacceptable performance." stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…

Dreadful defending and poor all round from Stoke. Bad night. stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…

Stoke are wearing black armbands tonight in honour of young Ollie Royles. Mark Robins met Ollie's parents today before the squad travelled up to Deepdale. stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…

👋 Hello from Deepdale. stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…

Heimir Hallgrímsson's first question at his squad announcement press conference was about Bosun Lawal fitness. stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…

Bosun Lawal in the Ireland squad as expected. Seems a relief, all things considered, that Junior Tchamadeu is not in the Cameroon squad. stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…

Ukraine confirm Maksym Talovierov injury stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…

Stoke team news ahead of Friday night trip to Preston stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…

Maxi Talovierov back in the Ukraine squad for World Cup qualifying play-off against Viktor Johansson's Sweden in Valencia. stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…

Championship predictor up and running. Predict top two, top six, bottom three and where Stoke will finish (and how close that would put them to next season's play-off shake-up). stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…

@PeteSmith1983 The moment...

@jtwknowles Ooof.

Viktor Johansson's description of his fractured shoulder. “I heard a crack but I felt fine. I didn’t really think anything of it and kept playing." 😳 stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…

I looked back in my match blog, second minute vs Sheff Utd, and I'd put, "Johansson is doing some stretches and rubbing his right shoulder. He'll be ok to carry on." 🙃 He'd never missed a Stoke league match before and it was clear he was brave/nuts. stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…

Seems like complete bafflement across the football spectrum at the Premier League's penalty for Chelsea. stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football…