Jon Walters has been appointed permanent Sporting Director at Stoke City after impressing in the role on an interim basis. The former Stoke player has “played a huge part in galvanising the club and fans," says Chairman John Coates.
Jon Walters has been appointed permanent Sporting Director at Stoke City after impressing in the role on an interim basis. The former Stoke player has “played a huge part in galvanising the club and fans," says Chairman John Coates.
RICKY MARTIN has been sacked as Stoke City Technical Director after 15 months as the club vow to take a “new direction”. Former Stoke player Jonathan Walters has taken over the position on an interim basis until further notice.
MATT BICKLEY is leaving West Brom after eight-and-a-half years to become Head of Sport Science at Stoke City.
STOKE CITY have unveiled plans for a new two-storey building at their training ground that will include a gym, sauna and hydrotherapy room.
GARETH OWEN is to remain as Stoke City Academy Manager after reversing his previous decision to depart. In July, Stoke announced that Owen was leaving after more than a decade to “seek a new adventure within the game.”
ACADEMY DIRECTOR Gareth Owen is leaving Stoke City after more than a decade as the club continue an overhaul of their youth operation.
RICKY MARTIN has been appointed Technical Director at Stoke City after almost four years as Academy Manager at West Ham. The move reunites him with Potters boss Alex Neil, with whom he worked from 2015 to 2017 at Norwich City.
LEAD ANALYST Andy Cousins has been promoted to Head of Football Operations at Stoke City as part of a revamp of leadership roles at the Championship club.
HEAD PHYSIO Dave Watson and Head of Medicine Dr Andrew Dent are leaving Stoke City after almost 50 years' combined service.
SUNDERLAND’S Paul Walsh has replaced Jared Roberts-Smith as Head of Sports Science at Stoke City as manager Michael O’Neill completes his backroom staff at the club.
FORMER Ireland winger Andrew Trimble got so frustrated with poor team scheduling and communication that he created a solution of his own, which is now being adopted by teams including Stoke City.
SOME might dismiss Harry Redknapp as a hangover from a bygone age, but Ben Dirs finds the 71-year-old as passionate and thought-provoking as ever about the game he loves.
STOKE CITY Technical Director Mark Cartwright is leaving the club after seven years to pursue “a different challenge”.
DAMIAN RODEN tells us about life as the Seattle Sounders Director of High Performance - and lifts the lid on how Stoke City went from boom to bust during his four-and-a-half years there.
GARETH OWEN has been promoted from Foundation Phase Lead to Academy Director by Stoke City.
MEET the six full-time female coaches in English Academy football.
STOKE CITY Academy Manager Gareth Jennings is leaving to become Head of Technical Leadership Programs for Fifa.
NEW Stoke City manager Nathan Jones has brought Joaquin Gomez and Jared Roberts-Smith with him from Luton to bolster his backroom team at the bet365 Stadium.
FORMER Premier League footballer (and champion boxer) Curtis Woodhouse tells Ben Dirs why he's learnt so much managing Bridlington Town in the Northern Counties Premier Division.
NEW Stoke boss Gary Rowett has taken five of his key Derby County lieutenants with him to the Potteries - and added St Johnstone assistant manager Callum Davidson.
STOKE CITY goalkeeper Jack Butland hits out at the club’s “farcical” recruitment policy following their relegation from the Premier League.
DANNY CIPRIANI is one of English rugby's great talents, but hasn't started a Test for 10 years. He tells Ben Dirs about refusing to fit the mould.
FOR YEARS, the barmaid at The Borough thought the small, grey-haired chap wearing an old England rugby shirt was just another regular. She was right, up to a point.
TRAINING GROUND GURU has been shortlisted for sport website of the year at the prestigious Sport Journalism Awards.
JIM HENRY has been appointed Head of Athletic Performance and Sport Science by Stoke City following the appointment of Paul Lambert as manager last week.
DAMIAN RODEN, who has been Stoke City’s Head of Sport Science since July 2013, has been appointed as Director of High Performance at the Seattle Sounders.
OUR top 10 best-read stories of 2017, ranging from Redfearn to Ranieri.
MARTIN EDWARDS transformed Manchester United from a club in the doldrums into a corporate juggernaut. So why doesn't he get more credit? Ben Dirs went to meet the club's unloved emperor.
STOKE CITY will train their goalkeepers using Virtual Reality next season after signing a deal with Dutch firm Beyond Sports.
Steph Curry and Danny Cipriani are enthusiastic members of the floating fraternity. We sent Ben Dirs down to Float Level in Manchester to find out what it's all about.
WEST BROM won the Premier League fitness title in 2016/17, with the lowest number of significant injuries and days lost to injury.
WADE ELLIOTT has joined Stoke City's Academy as the assistant manager of the under-23s.
Ex-England striker Alan Smith reveals the truth about his acrimonious exit from Leeds, the injury that almost ended his career and why he is relishing every moment with Notts County.