Arsenal.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rui Fonte's late strike seals first home points of the campaign
Young Guns (Free subscription) | yesterday
Neil Banfield accused some of his players of ‘thinking they are better than they are’ last week against Aston Villa, so this evenings Reserves League South clash at home to Stoke was more about restoring pride than the points. The second string were boosted with first team debutant’s Mikael Silvestre and Amuary Bischoff, Francis Coquelin also [...]
Young Guns (Free subscription) | yesterday
Reserves League South returns this evening with Neil Banfield’s second string hoping to give a much needed uplift to Arsenal fans, who have had a difficult few weeks. Indeed, even at this level Banfield’s usually rampant Gunners have struggled, a 4-1 thumping at the hands of Aston Villa last week left a sour taste in the [...]
Arsenal.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Potters second string travel to Barnet's Underhill Stadium
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe both scored as Portsmouth beat Stoke City 2-1
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
This was Portsmouth's seventh game in 22 days but there was no sign of any hangover as a result of their energy-sapping Uefa Cup exploits in Portugal on Thursday which did not finish until after midnight.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Portsmouth 2 Stoke City 1Peter Crouch earned adoration of his manager after ensuring a memorable week ended with a win.
Fratton Faithful (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Match report of this afternoon's home win in the clash against Stoke City
Footballocks (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Jermain Defoe got the winner with fellow strike partner Peter Crouch scoring a spectacular overhead kick as Stoke were beaten at Fratton Park. Credits to ahseng1515
Arsenal News News News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Amaury Bischoff and Mikael Silvestre will both make their first appearances in an Arsenal shirt tongiht as the reserves take on Stoke City. Whislt Silvestre is not a stranger to Arsenal fans, Bischoff is a new face to us. The young midfielder arrived in the summer from Werder Bremen, and despite his French name, he is a [...]
The Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Arsenal defender Mikael Silvestre enjoyed the 'perfect' debut with the Gunners in the reserve side's 3-2 win over Stoke City on Monday. The Frenchman, who joined from Manchester United in the summer, played his first 90 minutes for the club after recovering from an muscular strain, and he said his first match could not have gone [...]
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Stoke City captain Andy Griffin is not concerned by a poor start to their first ever Premier League campaign.
CaughtOffside (Free subscription) | yesterday
This Anfield flop has managed just four minutes of Premier League action and, if Rafa gets the chance, he would take the money and run. The problem is, would this former Arsenal man leave to join Stoke City? Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! A less concerning loss for Rafael ...
Football.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stoke City manager Tony Pulis is confident he can persuade former Tottenham boss Gerry Francis to join the Potters as a first-team coach. Rumours at the weekend suggested Francis was set to take on a similar role at Newcastle United, but Pulis was...
TEAMtalk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stoke City are set to beat Newcastle to the services of Gerry Francis, with Tony Pulis claiming an agreement is "almost sorted".
