|  Nickname:
The Potters
Year formed: 1863
Ground: The Britannia Stadium
Capacity: 28,384 2006/07
average: 15,066
For visitors: 4,800 in the Big
AM Stand
Record attendance:
51,380
Position last season: 8th in
the Championship
Manager: Tony Pulis (June 2006)
Players
in:
Jon Parkin (Hull), Richard Cresswell
(Leeds), Stephen Wright (Sunderland,
loan).
Players out: Adam Vass (Brescia),
Martin Paterson (Scunthorpe), Darel
Russell (Norwich), Ed de Goey (QPR),
Kevin Harper (Dunfermline), Peter
Kopteff, Sanbegou Bangoura, Robert
Duggan, Carl Hoefkens (West Brom).
Key man: Jon Parkin
Record transfer fee paid:
Undisclosed (Sambegou Bangoura, Standard
Liege, October 2005)
Record transfer fee received:
£2.35m (Mike Sheron, QPR, July
1 1997)
Ticket office: 0871 663 2007
Ticket prices: Adult £19,
concessions £12
Official website: www.stokecityfc.com
 How
to get there: Pick up the A50
and follow all the way until you see
the Britannia Stadium on the left.
Best place to park: Passes
for stadium car parks can be purchased
from your own club at a cost of £5
per car. Stadium car park holds 1950
cars.
Best place to eat: The Potters
Bar in Meir Park welcomes away fans
and is situated on the A50 leaving
a five-minute drive to the stadium.
Best place to drink: The Britannia
is well away from built-up areas so
not much in the way of pubs. There
is a bar underneath the away stand,
but this can get very busy.
Safe to wear scarf: Avoid the
town centre and you should have no
trouble.
Return journey: 400
miles
Journey time: 7hrs
20mins
Best League Win:
10-3 v West Brom 04/02/1937 Division
1
Last meeting: Norwich City
1, Stoke City 0 (March 17, 2007):
Darren Huckerby proved Norwich City's
match winner again when his 12th goal
of the season was enough to sink Stoke
at Carrow Road. Huckerby struck after
half an hour when he beat keeper Steve
Simonsen with a powerful drive after
playing a one two with Chris Martin.
Stoke showed more urgency in the second
half but seldom looked likely to boost
their slender play-off hopes and the
main flashpoint after the break was
a straight red card for defender Andy
Griffin for a foul on Youssef Safri
in the closing minutes. Full
Match Report
Last Norwich away win: 22/01/1997
Stoke 1 (Stein), Norwich 2 (O'Neill,
Eadie)
Chances: The Potters
surprised a lot of people last year,
with their direct and efficient style
which saw them on the cusp of the
play-offs for most of the campaign.
The Potters only just missed out on
the play-offs last season and manager
Tony Pulis will be expecting to mount
a similar assault once again. Quiet
in the transfer market, Pulis will
be expecting more of the same from
his side which is packed full of big
strikers, especially Parkin of whom
a steady goals return will be expected.
Pulis made excellent use of the loan
system last season when he brought
in the likes of Lee Hendrie, Patrik
Berger and Salif Diao and he is likely
to do the same this campaign.
Prediction: 12th
For Directions to the Ground click
here.
For an unofficial Guide to the Ground
click
here.
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