Boaz Myhill made a number of impressive saves to keep Hull ahead but he gave away a penalty when he fouled Fuller in the area and the Jamaican made the scores level. Stoke were not to be denied victory as in the final minute a trade mark Delap throw in was headed in by Mamady Sidibé to give Stoke a 3–2 win. [31], The match against Portsmouth came alive in the final 15 minutes, Kranjcar gave Pompey the lead and from the restart Stoke were awarded a penalty after Glen Johnson handled in the area. Stoke's goal came from a Fuller penalty after he was brought down in the area by a cynical foul by Denilson. Englischer Kult-Stürmer beendet Karriere. Stoke took a surprise lead in the 60th minute when Delap broke free and beat Cech. However it was Stoke who kept creating chances with Whelan's half volley hitting the crossbar. Peter Crouch acrobatically fired Pompey into the lead from Jermain Defoe's cross after 24 minutes at a time when the Potters were slightly on top of the game. Stoke sealed their place in the quarter final of the League Cup for the first time since 1978 when Danny Pugh scored his first goal for the club. [10], Arsenal visited the Britannia Stadium at the beginning of November and was another match full of incident. [43], The final game of the 2008–09 season came at Arsenal with Stoke making their first trip to the Emirates Stadium. Stoke thought they had done enough to claim victory but in the 88th minute Chelsea equalised though Juliano Belletti then Frank Lampard scored with the final kick of the game to give Stoke a bitter defeat. Mit dem iFrame lässt sich diese Kaderübersicht auf der eigenen Homepage einbinden. [41], A win away at Hull City would confirm survival for Stoke with two games remaining and with Phil Brown's side also looking for vital points in order to climb out of the relegation zone. This knocked all the momentum out of Stoke and Bolton took full advantage and scored twice through Kevin Davies and Johan Elmander to put Wanderers 3–0 up at half-time. Unser wunderbares Spiel hat mir alles gegeben", schrieb der 38-Jährige bei Twitter.... Der frühere englische Fußball-Nationaltorwart Gordon Banks ist im Alter von 81 Jahren gestorben. Stoke rarely troubled Chelsea 'keeper Petr Čech in what was a simple win for the away side. [37], Relegation-threatened Newcastle United along with their new manager Alan Shearer were the next side to come to the Britannia Stadium, Newcastle struggled throughout and Stoke took the lead after 33 minutes when former Newcastle player Abdoulaye Faye powerfully headed in a Liam Lawrence corner. Stoke pulled one back through a Nigerian of their own when Olofinjana volleyed in after the Everton defence failed to clear a Delap throw. März 1937 gegen den FC Arsenal mit 51.373 Zuschauern seinen bis heute bestehenden Besucherrekord auf. Stoke tried to get back into the game and did manage to score a consolation from Ricardo Fuller in the final few seconds of the match. Mike Jones gave Fuller a straight red for violent conduct and West Ham went on to win the match 2–1, Diego Tristán earning the Hammers the three points. The first came after 17 minutes when Gareth Bale fouled Tom Soares in the area and received a red card, Higginbotham scored from the spot after having to reset the ball four times due to strong winds. Both sides made a positive start and Stoke took the lead in the 30th minute when Liam Lawrence scored from the spot after Martin Laursen had brought down Rory Delap. Stoke suffered a major blow after just 30 minutes in the match in Wearside when Pulis had to make three substitutions all due to injury. Stoke made a bad start as Steven Gerrard's free kick found the back of the net, luckily for Stoke the linesman ruled the goal out for offside. Stoke sealed survival with a 2–1 victory away at Hull City in May 2009 and ended their first season in the Premier League in 12th position with 45 points.