Stoke City Etc.

After the dreadfully disappointing result at Hull, join us as we try and pick out some positives and put things in perspective. We catch up with former Stoke striker Mike Sheron, read your emails, ask you a quiz question and chat endlessly about the "beautiful" game...

It was a totally disheartening second half performance at the Brit on Saturday but there's nothing half hearted, half baked or anti climactic about this week's Potters podcast. We review the Staffordshire derby with Bill Howell from the Birmingham Post, catch up with Stoke legend George Berry and generally unload all of our frustration about throwing away two points. There's a rather special prize in this week's quiz and as ever, your emails.

On this week's show we celebrae the historic win at the Lane in the comany of BBC radio sport's premier anchor man Mak Pougatch. We also set the victory in context with the Evening Sentinel's Stoke City correspondant Martin Spinks. There is a roll over prize in this week's quiz ad as ever, your email.

Celebrate Stoke's first ever win at the Brit over the Hammers on this week's podcast. Friend of the show Andy Roley, stoke fan and commentator on BBC Radio London looks back at the match with us and our big guest is presenter and author, Tom Watt. There's all the usual stuff too including a new feature which involves us talking a little bit more about football.

There's no match to look back on this week so we have an indepth interview with former manager Mick Mills. There are the usual bits and pieces too together with an extremely exciting prize in the quiz section.

On our 50th show we chat to former Stoke and Everton legend Adrian Heath. We look back at a great point gained at Everton with a local journalist from the Liverpool Echo newspaper. There's news of something to fill next weekend's footy void and as usual your emails and an "exciting" quiz.

This week’s show features an extensive interview with Stoke city Director Phil Rawlins. Listen to Phil chat about how he became a Director of the club he supported as a boy, his feelings about the Icelandic experience, his reflections on Tony Pulis and his hopes for the future.

Hugh Ferris from Key 103fm in Manchester looks back at Saturday’s match and Dominic King from the Liverpool Echo talks about Stoke’s trip to play Everton. Michael is still on holiday so our guest presenter is the author of “Exile in a Promised Land”, Steve Mifflin.

It’s all ready for you to download together with the quiz and your emails – your weekly Stoke mp3 fix.

Well we’re back from our travels and to make up for our absence we have a special bumper edition of the podcast. We look back on Stoke’s trip to Bolton with Jack Deardon of BBC Radio Manchester, look ahead to the visit of Man Utd with Hugh Ferris from Manchester’s Key 103FM and we discuss Stoke’s acquisition of the Turkish captain with our very own correspondent in Turkey. We also speak at length to chief football writer of the Express newspapers Mick Dennis who tells us how wrong he was about Stoke.

As if that’s not enough, with Michael away on holiday, we welcome not one but two guest co hosts to the show - Stokies Simon and Pete. Together with the usual emails and quiz this is just about the most jam packed show we’ve ever done.

Join us to celebrate a great start to the season by the Potters. This week we chat to Chris Cooper who was commentating on the win over Sunderland for Real Radio in the North East. We also have an extensive conversation with Gary Mellor, partner at Beswicks in Hanley, who gives us the inside track as the transfer window closes. There's also the quiz and your emails as usual as we sign off for a fortnight's break.

The podcast comes all the way from our camping trip to Sommerset this week. Along with the usual stuff we chat to former Stoke striker Dave Regis. We also review the Liverpool game with Learned Liam and the Birmingham game with Andy Walker of the Birmingham Evening Mail newspaper.