Jermaine Pennant signs new deal at Stoke City— then attacks Tony Pulis

Source: The Sun

CONTROVERSIAL winger became Mark Hughes’ first signing as Stoke boss — then launched a stinging broadside

Jermaine Pennant handed fresh start with a one-year deal at Stoke City

Source: The Guardian

• 30-year-old impressed new manager Mark Hughes
• Stoke had announced earlier winger was free to leave

Stoke have confirmed that the winger Jermaine Pennant has signed a new one-year deal with the club.

The Potters had announced earlier this month that, with his contract coming to an end, Pennant would be leaving them this summer.

But the 30-year-old has been handed the chance of a fresh start at the Britannia Stadium after impressing the new Stoke manager, Mark Hughes, who in May was appointed as successor to Tony Pulis.

Hughes said: "I've admired Jermaine from afar and there is no question about his ability.

"I am looking to introduce more creativity and attacking options to the side, qualities

Stoke winger Jermaine Pennant signs one-year deal

Source: The Sun

POTTERS had announced that acewould be leaving the club this summer but Mark Hughes has handed him a lifeline

Jermaine Pennant re-signs for Stoke City on one-year deal

Source: BBC Sport by BBC

Stoke City opt to hand winger Jermaine Pennant a one-year deal, 12 days after deciding to release him.

Jermaine Pennant signs new Stoke City contract after Mark Hughes lifeline

Source: Mail Online

Stoke City boss Mark Hughes has handed Jermaine Pennant another chance to extend his career in the Premier League. The new Potters boss has met with the former England Under 21 international and agreed a 12-month deal with the 30-year-old.

Premier League - Pennant signs new Stoke deal

Source: Yahoo! Eurosport

Stoke City have confirmed that winger Jermaine Pennant has signed a new one-year deal with the club.

Football - Pennant pens new Stoke deal

Source: Yahoo! Eurosport

Stoke have confirmed that winger Jermaine Pennant has signed a new one-year deal with the club.

Stoke City breaking news: Jermaine Pennant re-signs at the...

Source: This is Staffordshire by Martin_Spinks

MARK Hughes has made his first signing as Stoke boss by welcoming Jermaine Pennant back to the Britannia Stadium.The 30 year-old winger has signed a new one-year deal - with an option for a second year - just days after appearing to leave the club when his old contract expired.Pennant was out in the cold after a fall out with old boss Tony Pulis and was sent out on loan to Wolves at one stage last season.But now Hughes has offered the popular winger a route back into the affections of Stoke...

Pennant agrees new Stoke deal

Source: Sky Sports

Jermaine Pennant has put pen to paper on a new one-year contract with Stoke City.

Jermaine Pennant offered new contract by Stoke City

Source: Mail Online

Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has handed Jermaine Pennant another chance to extend his career in the Premier League. The new Potters boss has decided to offer the 30-year-old a 12-month deal.

Jermaine Pennant close to signing a new contract with Stoke City under new manager Mark Hughes

Source: The Telegraph

Midfielder set to complete a remarkable turnaround at Stoke by signing new deal under Mark Hughes. 

2013-14 football fixtures are released on Wednesday and here the process is explained

Source: Mail Online

FIXTURES DAY. The moment die-hard football fans have been waiting for. Thousands of supporters will be waking up all over the country on Wednesday with one over-riding hope – a home match on Boxing Day.

Lou Macari: Kinnear's return puts a question mark over Pardew

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

CAN you imagine Stoke City bringing back Johan Boskamp as director of football to work above Mark Hughes?Well Newcastle have done something just like that by appointing former boss Joe Kinnear as their director of football above current manager Alan Pardew.Kinnear was someone who seemed to upset fans, press and players when he was manager there in 2008/09 before having a heart attack.Yet here he is back on Tyneside and, if we believe what he's telling us, he's now the man calling all the shots...

Potters tipped to flourish despite Academy departures

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

OUT-GOING Academy director Terry Robinson insists the future of youth development remains in safe hands at Stoke City.The club are now searching for a new Academy chief and an under-21 coach after Dave Kevan also left the Britannia Stadium recently.But Robinson, who leaves after two years in the Potteries to take up a senior executive role at Leicester City, says recent departures will not disrupt Stoke's on-going determination to produce its own youngsters."I think the Academy system is...

Lou Macari: The return of Joe Kinnear to Newcastle puts a...

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

CAN you imagine Stoke City bringing back Johan Boskamp as director of football to work above Mark Hughes?Well Newcastle have done something just like that by appointing former boss Joe Kinnear as their director of football above current manager Alan Pardew.Kinnear was someone who seemed to upset fans, press and players when he was manager there in 2008/09 before having a heart attack.Yet here he is back on Tyneside and, if we believe what he's telling us, he's now the man calling all the shots...

POTTERS TIPPED TO FLOURISH

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

OUT-GOING Academy director Terry Robinson insists the future of youth development remains in safe hands at Stoke City.The club are now searching for a new Academy chief and an under-21 coach after Dave Kevan also left the Britannia Stadium recently.But Robinson, who leaves after two years in the Potteries to take up a senior executive role at Leicester City, says recent departures will not disrupt Stoke's on-going determination to produce its own youngsters."I think the Academy system is...

Owen rules out coaching role

Source: Sky Sports

Michael Owen claims to be focused on agency work, rather than a move into coaching, after hanging up his boots.

Hughes boosts ticket sales

Source: Sky Sports

Stoke fans have reacted positively to Mark Hughes with a surge in season tickets sales marking his appointment.

Premier League - Stoke encouraged by ticket sales

Source: Yahoo! Eurosport

Stoke chief executive Tony Scholes has been heartened by the increase in season ticket sales.

Football - Stoke encouraged by ticket sales

Source: Yahoo! Eurosport

Stoke chief executive Tony Scholes has been heartened by the increase in season ticket sales following the appointment of Mark Hughes as manager.

Capital One Cup first round draw

Source: The Sun

COME this way to discover who last year’s beaten finalists Bradford have been pitted against in first round draw

Back pages, June 17: Lions wait on Jamie Roberts injury

Source: Mail Online

The Lions were last night urgently awaiting news on injured centre Jamie Roberts and monitoring other casualties before Saturday's first Test. Read the headlines from the national newspapers on Monday, June 17.

HUGHES IS JUST THE TICKET

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

STOKE City have revealed a surge in season-ticket sales since Mark Hughes was appointed as the club's new manager.Stoke sold 16,500 season tickets by the end of the 'early bird' deadline for the cheapest deals in March, down 15 per cent on last year's figures.But they have sold a further 1,000 since going back on sale at the mid-price range after Hughes was appointed on May 30. That's around double the usual mid-range price sales.Stoke's chief executive Tony Scholes said he was optimistic that...

Murphy will stay focused on his Alex job, says Davis

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

CREWE skipper Luke Murphy won't be affected by the speculation over his future, if he's still at Gresty Road for the new season.That's the message from manager Steve Davis who has fielded inquiries about the 23-year-old midfielder, but no firm offers at this stage.Crewe are bracing themselves to lose Murphy, pictured, and rate him in a similar bracket to his former midfield colleague Ashley Westwood, who moved to Premier League outfit Aston Villa in a £1.1m deal last August.Villa boss...

Stoke City: Academy director Terry Robinson leaves the Britannia

Source: This is Staffordshire by Martin_Spinks

STOKE City are on the lookout for a new Academy director following Terry Robinson's decision to leave the club after two years.He is believed to be quitting to take up a senior executive role at Leicester City.That leaves Stoke having two major vacancies to fill in their Academy following the recent departure of Dave Kevan as under-21 coach.Robinson departs after playing a significant role in Stoke qualifying for the coveted Category One Academy status last season.That increases the club's...

Back pages, June 16: James Anderson hits back at England ball-tampering claims

Source: Mail Online

Jimmy Anderson hit out at Bob Willis after he claimed England were guilty of ball tampering. Read the headlines from the national newspapers on Sunday, June 16.

Mark Hughes brings own backroom staff to Stoke

Source: Mail Online

Mark Hughes will start work at Stoke on Monday with the club in advanced negotiations to bring his long-time assistants Mark Bowen and Eddie Niedzwiecki to the club.

Stoke City: Hughes will have final say on all transfers, says...

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

STOKE City chief executive Tony Scholes has urged supporters to ignore speculation about the manager's powers being eroded at the Britannia Stadium.Scholes is concerned that Mark Cartwright's appointment as the club's first technical director last December, plus talk of a "new direction" when Mark Hughes was appointed as successor to Tony Pulis last Month, has led supporters to believe that the club are departing from the traditional British style of a manager deciding...

Sentinel player watch: Kenwyne Jones linked with move from Stoke...

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

IF Tony Pulis taught us anything it was to be patient during the transfer window as we wait for the right apples to fall from the tree. So while Player Watch has kept you up to date with the latest rumours since returning from our end-of-season holidays this week, we are anxious not to overlook those potential deals that have been ripening nicely for a few weeks now. What on earth are we talking about? Well Kenwyne Jones to Cardiff City, that's what. It's been an interesting summer for the...

Back pages, June 15: Manuel Pellegrini vows to try and win it all

Source: Mail Online

Manuel Pellegrini vowed to launch a twin assault on the Premier League and Champions League. Read the headlines from the national newspapers on Saturday, June 15.

Football: Hats off to the unlikely Potteries lads who helped a...

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

T HEY featured players from Silverdale, Audley and Chesterton, played in the European Cup-Winners Cup and, 50 years ago, were the toast of the country.Welcome to the tale of Borough United, and if you have just asked "Borough Who?", then read on. It's a tale not to be missed.The year was 1963, and a small team from Llandudno Junction, very near to Conway, were sweeping all before them in Welsh football.The club's owners had decided they wanted to build a successful side so had cast...

Stoke City: Tony Waddington left it late to get Roy Vernon to...

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

ROY Vernon made a big impression on Tony Waddington ... but not always for the best of reasons.While praising the Wales international striker for the 23 goals he scored in more than 80 games for the Potters, Waddington added: "Roy seemed to have a fag in his mouth all day ... even when he was in the shower. I suspect he would have played with one if he could."Waddington also revealed that the deal to bring Vernon to the Victoria Ground had actually been completed after the transfer...

Playerwatch: Is it a Bluebird? Is it a plane? No, it's super...

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

I F Tony Pulis taught us anything it was to be patient during the transfer window as we wait for the right apples to fall from the tree.So while Player Watch has kept you up to date with the latest rumours since returning from our end-of-season holidays this week, we are anxious not to overlook those potential deals that have been ripening nicely for a few weeks now.What on earth are we talking about?Well Kenwyne Jones to Cardiff City, that's what.It's been an interesting summer for the Stoke...

Potters are putting their old shirts on good cause

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

STOKE CITY shirts will be worn proudly in Ghana thanks to a donation of 500 kits by the Potters.The club have thrown their weight behind the Kits4Causes charity which distributes football kits to support social development projects all over the world.Some of the shirts donated by Stoke will be taken to Ghana by former Potters defender Gabriel Zakuani where the recipients will include schools and orphanages.Stoke's donation was made to Chris Grindley, a City season-ticket holder from Worcester,...

Stoke City: Banks and Dobing swoops were good business for...

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

FOR all the heartache he was caused by the departures of John Ritchie and Jimmy Greenhoff, Tony Waddington took immense pride in some of the deals he did to bring great players to Stoke City.One of the very best, of course, was England's World Cup-winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks, but Waddo had also been delighted to land Peter Dobing, the man who was destined to captain Stoke City to Wembley glory in the 1972 League Cup final.Waddington's appreciation of a decent goalkeeper had been honed by...

LMA reveal record 63 managers lost their jobs during 2012/13 season

Source: Mail Online

If you found it hard to keep up with all the managerial changes last season, there is a good reason. Figures show a record amount of manager switches took place.

Experience welcomed at Stoke

Source: Sky Sports

Stoke City chairman Peter Coates says he will allow Mark Hughes to bring experienced players to the Britannia Stadium, providing they are not too old.

Premier League Transfer Talk

Source: The Telegraph

Transfer Talk: follow all the rumours and gossip from the Premier League.  

Father's Day 2013: Sportsmail's guide to dodgy gifts

Source: Mail Online

After the questionable Arsenal-inspired jeans Sportsmail takes a look at some of the best (or should that be worst?) tat available at your club's superstore.

Sentinel player watch: Stoke City linked with Nicklas Bendtner

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

WE'VE seen it in the script of every sitcom. Man has a blazing row with a stranger, calls him an idiot with the face of a baboon's backside, then finds out in the next scene that the stranger is his new boss/new girlfriend's father (delete as appropriate).In a similar vein, football reporters are always reluctant to slag off rival teams' players, just in case they end up signing for your side one day. We did it with Carl Asaba once, but I think we got away with it.So you won't find this column...

Back pages, June 14: David Warner apologises to Joe Root

Source: Mail Online

David Warner issued an unreserved apology for hitting England's Joe Root in a Birmingham bar after he was banned from all cricket until next month's Ashes Test. Read the headlines from the national newspapers on Friday, June 14.

Stoke make a move for PSV left-back Erik Pieters

Source: Mail Online

Stoke City have made a move for Dutch left-back Erik Pieters. Manager Mark Hughes will table an offer of around £3million for the PSV Eindhoven defender who has refused a new contract.

Top 10 loss-making transfers

Source: The Sun

CHELSEA could take a £33m hit to sell Fernando Torres. But which other flops have cost clubs a fortune to get rid of?

Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City are the Premier league's biggest money wasters

Source: Mail Online

Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City waste the most money in the Barclays Premier League, while Arsenal and Tottenham are the League's smartest spenders, reveals new data.

Premier League country guide to top scorers

Source: Mail Online

The United Nations of the Barclays Premier League came together last season as 257 players from 59 different countries scored 1,016 goals... but do you know who the scorer from Burundi was?

Premier League Transfer Talk

Source: The Telegraph

Transfer Talk: follow all the rumours and gossip from the Premier League.  

Stoke City: Can Gareth Barry really be coming to Stoke?

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

WELCOME to Stoke City's boardroom as new manager Mark Hughes meets up again with chairman Peter Coates.PC: "Good afternoon Mark, how are you settling in?"MH: "Fine thanks Mr Chairman, I've got that list of transfer targets you asked for."PC. "Excellent. Now remember, although we can sanction the odd 'golden oldie' if it's a very reasonable deal, we'd much prefer younger players who we can develop and then have the option to sell on at a profit.So, who is top of your...

Golf: Potters legend Greenhoff star attraction of golf fundraiser

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

STOKE City legend Jimmy Greenhoff and European Tour professional Andrew Coltart will be joined by some of the leading disabled golfers in the country at a fund-raising day at Malkins Bank Golf Club, near Sandbach, on Saturday.Malkins Bank men's captain Simon Mugglestone has organised the tournament in support of the Peter Alliss Masters Golfing Society, which funds powered wheelchairs for disabled children.Mugglestone, from Rode Heath, has competed in the Disabled British Open having been born...

Stoke City: No age limit on Hughes deals, assures Coates

Source: This is Staffordshire by The Sentinel

PETER Coates says new Stoke boss Mark Hughes will not be limited to signing younger players who can increase in value with the Potters.Stoke do want to look at younger players, having allowed former boss Tony Pulis to invest heavily in experience, including signing a then 30-year-old Peter Crouch for £10m from Spurs in August 2011.The club, who had the third oldest Premier League squad last season, appointed Mark Cartwright as technical director in December as part of a long-term plan to...

Back pages, June 13: David Warner throws punch at Joe Root

Source: Mail Online

The gloves came off ahead of the Ashes when it emerged Australia's volatile batsman David Warner had thrown a punch at England's Joe Root. Read the headlines from the national newspapers on Thursday, June 13.