Stoke City FC

A noisy import from the South African World Cup could cause a major legal headache for English football clubs, a leading industrial deafness lawyer has claimed. Ashley Attwood said football clubs should guard against injury to ground staff and even players caused by people blowing the Vuvuzela.. Mr Attwood heads the team of Midlands based personal injury law specialists Attwood Solicitors. He said:

On Saturday 7th August Stoke City supporters are being offered the brilliant chance to take a look behind the scenes at the Britannia Stadium. Fans will get the opportunity to watch a training session featuring the first team squad, collect the autographs of their football heroes and go on a stadium tour. The event will include numerous other activities making it a fantastic day out for the family and building excitement ahead of the kick-off to the new season.

 STOKE CITY’S players were greeted by a familiar face when they reported back to the Britannia Stadium for pre-season training today. Dave Kemp was back in the role of assistant manager to fill the position vacated by Peter Reid’s recent departure to Plymouth Argyle. City boss Tony Pulis was left looking for a new number two when Reid landed the manager’s job at Home Park and so he immediately turned to the man who has been a key member of his coaching staff in both spells

Today Stoke City have confirmed that they have completed the signing of 17 year-old Belgian midfielder Florent Cuvelier. Cuvelier received interest from several Premier League clubs including Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham, but chose to join the Potters. Cuveiler has signed a two-year contract with the club which confirms his move from Portsmouth.

Last night Stoke City held their Player Of The Year Awards at the Britannia Stadium. Winger Matthew Etherington bagged a hat-trick to cap his excellent season when Stoke City staged their Player of the Year Stadium Show on Sunday evening. The winger was named Player of the Year, Players’ Player of the Year and the Red and Whites Player of the Year as the Potters celebrated an outstanding season.

AUDIO INTERVIEWS NOW ONLINE! Elected members on Stoke-on-Trent City Council have been left embarrassed by the failure of senior officers to monitor how £500,000 of public money was spent by Stoke City FC. It was revealed at a meeting of the Transformation and Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee yesterday [Thursday] that former Council Manager Steve Robinson had agreed a deal that gave the Premiership Football club the opportunity to pay the City Council for their 36% share in the Britannia

Stoke City’s home game with Blackburn on Saturday was saddened with the death of a travelling Blackburn supporter. The man of 30, who has not yet been named, was found collapsed on the South Stand concourse just after 4pm on Saturday 6th February. Some 1,300 travelling fans were using that area of the ground.

By Mike Rawlins Stoke City first team & management team will be guests of honour at the switch on of the Christmas lights in Hanley this year. Tony Pulis said “It’s a great honour for the football club to be invited to turn on the Christmas lights. To see so many people turn out will be magnificent and shows what a fantastic city Stoke-on-Trent is.