Stoke 0 Norwich 1

Stoke have confirmed the signing of Stephen Ireland on a season-long loan from Aston Villa.

Norwich manager Chris Hughton may look to strengthen further before the transfer window closes, while Mauricio Pochettino admits Southampton could do with some reinforcements.

West Ham 0 Stoke 1

Stoke have confirmed that winger Jermaine Pennant has signed a new one-year deal with the club.

Fans at the Britannia Stadium won't be seeing any more aerial bombardments after Rory Delap was released by Stoke today.

Stoke defender Andy Wilkinson is a doubt for tomorrow’s Premier League trip to Swansea after coming off in the FA Cup replay against Crystal Palace on Tuesday with a back problem.

Wolves 1 Nottingham Forest 2

Wolves 2 Bolton 2

Stoke 3 Swindon 4 (after extra-time)

Stoke boss Tony Pulis made six changes to his side for this evening’s Capital One Cup second-round clash with Swindon at the Britannia Stadium.

Stoke manager Tony Pulis is ready to ring the changes in tonight’s Capital One Cup game against Swindon.

Stoke City 0 Arsenal 0

Arsenal dominated against Stoke in an edgy clash at the Britannia Stadium but their lack of a cutting edge saw their stuttering start to the season continue in another frustrating goalless draw.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger made two changes from the side that drew 0-0 with Sunderland for the Barclays Premier League clash against Stoke.

Stoke are lining up a deal to take Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone to the Britannia Stadium.

Stoke winger Jermaine Pennant has pledged his future to the midlands club following speculation he might make the switch to Wigan.

In the canon of Jason McAteer stories, the one about the credit card is still king.

Thomas Sorensen will reclaim Stoke’s number one jersey from Asmir Begovic for Sunday’s trip to Premier League strugglers QPR.

Stoke City 1 Arsenal 1

Stoke defender Andy Wilkinson (groin) will miss tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash against Arsenal at the Britannia Stadium.

Stoke winger Jermaine Pennant is a doubt for tomorrow’s Premier League clash with Newcastle.

Alex McLeish saluted a wonder goal from Aston Villa striker Andreas Weimann in the 1-1 home draw with Stoke and admitted it will be hard to leave the 20-year-old out of the side.

Aston Villa 1 Stoke 1

Stoke midfielder Dean Whitehead believes there are few strikers in the top flight better than Peter Crouch at the moment.

Stoke 2 Wolves 1

Stoke manager Tony Pulis has doubts surrounding three key players ahead of tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Wolves at the Britannia Stadium.

Stoke manager Tony Pulis is hoping Jermaine Pennant has learned his lesson this week after “talking to a bunch of Herberts” on Twitter.

Wigan 2 Stoke 0

Tottenham 1 Stoke 1

Stoke 1 Norwich 0

Stoke 0 Valencia 1

Fulham 2 Stoke 1

Stoke 0 Sunderland 1

With Wayne Rooney — with all his current problems from the penalty spot — watching from the stands, a penalty kick each from Javier Hernandez and Dimitar Berbatov were enough to lift Manchester United joint top of the Premier League in this most unpredictable of title races.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson admitted he endured “a nightmare” on Monday when he lost his two main goalkeepers ahead of tonight’s match against Stoke.

Manchester United 2 Stoke 0

Derby 0 Stoke 2

JAMES MORRISON was able to savour the sweet taste of a rare West Brom success at Stoke that he believes could serve as a spark to guarantee top-flight safety this season.

Stoke 1 West Brom 2

AS signings go, few if any better that of Kevin Doyle in Mick McCarthy’s time at Wolves.

Wolves 1 Stoke 2

FULHAM crashed out of the Europa League last night after a late collapse saw Odense secure a late 2-2 draw at Craven Cottage.

Besiktas 3 Stoke 1