Stoke City v Millwall
Potters | Official Matchday Programme of Stoke City Stoke City v Millwall | Sky Bet Championship Saturday 23rd December, 2023 | KO 3pm | bet365 Stadium
Potters | Official Matchday Programme of Stoke City
Stoke City v Millwall | Sky Bet Championship
Saturday 23rd December, 2023 | KO 3pm | bet365 Stadium
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Ben Kershaw and Kahrel Reddin scored two<br />
superb late goals from distance to secure<br />
victory at St. George’s Park, after Nikola Jojić<br />
had given the Potters the lead.<br />
The Serbia Under-21 international added<br />
his third goal in five PL2 appearances on<br />
31 minutes when he capitalised on an error<br />
made by Forest goalkeeper George Shelvey,<br />
who couldn’t claim a cross from Liam<br />
McCarron, presenting the <strong>City</strong> winger with<br />
the chance to finish at close range.<br />
Forest found a way back into the game in the<br />
early stages of the second half when Julian<br />
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Larsson managed to wriggle away from<br />
defender Jake Griffin before slotting beyond<br />
Blondy Nna Noukeu.<br />
The Potters came close to restoring their lead<br />
only a minute later when Nathan Lowe saw<br />
his close-range shot cleared off the line by a<br />
Forest defender.<br />
However, Kershaw restored <strong>City</strong>’s advantage<br />
ten minutes from time when he fired a<br />
powerful right-footed volley beyond Shelvey.<br />
Reddin then added to the Potters’ tally to<br />
secure three points in the dying moments<br />
of the game when he latched onto a perfect<br />
pass from Jack Griffiths before driving a low<br />
finish home.<br />
<strong>City</strong>’s Under-21s will be back in action when<br />
they take on Norwich <strong>City</strong> in PL2 at Clayton<br />
Wood on Monday, January 8 (7pm kick-off).<br />
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are embarking on a new adventure under a fairly new head coach and there<br />
are sure to be plenty of twists and turns ahead for the Lions.<br />
The South London club sat 15th in<br />
the division when Rowett left The<br />
Den but the fixture list has been<br />
tough on new head coach Joe<br />
Edwards, meaning <strong>Millwall</strong> have<br />
dropped to 20th in the table.<br />
Play-off chasing Sunderland have<br />
been welcomed to South London<br />
since Edwards’ arrival and the<br />
Lions have also faced off against<br />
automatic promotion hopefuls<br />
Ipswich Town and Leicester <strong>City</strong>.<br />
The Lions have amassed five points<br />
since Edwards’ appointment,<br />
although their tough run of fixtures<br />
tells a story of its own, and with<br />
the January transfer window fast<br />
approaching, the new head coach<br />
will have the opportunity to make<br />
changes to his squad as he sees fit.<br />
“This one is talking about bringing<br />
in players to make an impact,” the<br />
37-year-old recently told the South<br />
London Press. “For those ones<br />
who can really make an impact<br />
then you’re normally talking about<br />
players who have been elsewhere<br />
in the first half of the season and<br />
really standing out.<br />
“It then becomes a really<br />
competitive market. You get other<br />
clubs that, sometimes if they<br />
have a bigger budget, are able to<br />
trump you.<br />
“There are other situations like the<br />
rate of injuries continues to grow –<br />
across the board. Therefore clubs<br />
have got players in their squad that<br />
although they are not getting loads<br />
of game time – I’m sure the player<br />
would want to get out and play –<br />
some managers will simply just be<br />
scared to leave themselves short.”<br />
The turn of the year sees the<br />
fixture list, on paper, ease a little<br />
for the Lions although the typical<br />
nature of the Championship<br />
applies with any team able to beat<br />
another on a given day.<br />
Last season the Lions departed<br />
the bet365 Stadium with<br />
maximum points thanks to Zion<br />
Flemming’s solitary strike.<br />
The Potters’ last three points<br />
against the Lions in ST4 came in<br />
March 2022 when Jacob Brown<br />
and a George Saville own-goal<br />
were enough for the three points.<br />
Jack Bonham also denied Jed<br />
Wallace from the penalty spot that<br />
very same day.<br />
13 BONHAM<br />
17 HOEVER<br />
23 MCNALLY<br />
05 ROSE<br />
02 GOOCH ■<br />
04 PEARSON ■<br />
28 LAURENT ■<br />
19 MMAEE j<br />
22 RUSHWORTH<br />
02 KEY<br />
05 CABANGO ■<br />
06 DARLING<br />
14 TYMON<br />
04 FULTON<br />
08 GRIMES<br />
e’re on somewhat of a break from the<br />
fixture list currently with our next match<br />
scheduled for January 7 when we face a trip<br />
to Huddersfield Town. But, of course, that doesn’t<br />
mean the hard work has been paused, we’re still<br />
working as hard as ever to make sure we’re in the<br />
best place possible when we return to action.<br />
There was disappointment our Staffordshire<br />
County Cup match against Hednesford Town was<br />
called off on December 17 due to conditions that<br />
were beyond our control. We were ready to put in<br />
a competitive performance and hopefully secure<br />
our progress to the next round of the competition.<br />
But once the tie is rearranged we’ll be ready to put<br />
our all into the match and ensuring we progress as<br />
far as we possibly can.<br />
Finally I would like to wish you all a very merry<br />
Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year. We<br />
look forward to seeing you in the New Year for a<br />
positive second half of the campaign to add to the<br />
first half we have already had.<br />
Enjoy the match<br />
Marie<br />
A relative rookie in managerial terms, Joe Edwards took his first steps<br />
into senior management when he accepted the <strong>Millwall</strong> head coach’s<br />
position back in November.<br />
The 37-year-old’s playing career<br />
came to an early end following<br />
his release by Chelsea at the age<br />
of 16 before he moved almost<br />
immediately into coaching.<br />
After being appointed Chelsea<br />
U18s manager in 2014, Edwards<br />
would lead the Blues to two<br />
consecutive FA Youth Cups.<br />
The 37-year-old continued to<br />
work his way up the coaching<br />
rankings in West London before<br />
being named assistant manager<br />
to Frank Lampard when the<br />
Chelsea legend returned to<br />
Stamford Bridge in 2019/20.<br />
After Lampard’s departure the<br />
following season, Edwards<br />
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remained at the Bridge working<br />
under Thomas Tuchel as the<br />
Blues went on to win the<br />
2020/21 Champions League<br />
following a 1-0 victory over<br />
Manchester <strong>City</strong> in the final.<br />
Edwards once again moved<br />
with Lampard when the former<br />
England midfielder was named<br />
Everton manager as well as<br />
towards the end of last term<br />
when Lampard returned to<br />
Chelsea as interim manager.<br />
A brief interim spell in charge<br />
of England’s U20s followed his<br />
final spell as assistant manager<br />
at Chelsea before the 37-yearold<br />
moved to The Den in early<br />
November.<br />
GAMES<br />
24 PALMER<br />
02 FURLONG<br />
05 BARTLEY ■<br />
04 KIPRÉ<br />
03 TOWNSEND<br />
35 YOKUSLU ■<br />
07 WALLACE<br />
21 THOMAS-ASANTE<br />
13 BONHAM<br />
17 HOEVER<br />
23 MCNALLY<br />
05 ROSE<br />
15 THOMPSON<br />
28 LAURENT<br />
06 BURGER ■<br />
02 GOOCH<br />
12 JOHNSON<br />
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ACADEMY NEWS<br />
<strong>Stoke</strong> <strong>City</strong> Under-21s overcame<br />
Nottingham Forest by<br />
securing a 3-1 victory on<br />
Monday evening. By Louis Eccleston<br />
the potters<br />
millwall 1<br />
huddersfield 1<br />
millwall v<br />
qpr<br />
HEAD COACH<br />
JOE EDWARDS<br />
joe edwards<br />
managerial<br />
career:<br />
14 15<br />
stoke city 1<br />
swansea city 1<br />
match stats<br />
the potters<br />
31<br />
potters XI<br />
06 BURGER j<br />
THOMPSON f (81)<br />
24 TCHAMADEU j<br />
LOWE f (90+3)<br />
12 JOHNSON j<br />
JUNHO f (73)<br />
swansea XI<br />
12 PATERSON j<br />
COOPER f (75)<br />
18 PATINO j<br />
BOLASIE f (45) ■<br />
10 LOWE j<br />
CULLEN f (76)<br />
09 YATES j<br />
WALSH f (66)<br />
west brom 1<br />
stoke city 1<br />
7WON<br />
1DRAWN<br />
2LOST<br />
4WIN PERCENTAGE<br />
possession<br />
possession<br />
44% 56%<br />
65% 35%<br />
attempts<br />
“We were aggressive in terms of trying to<br />
attempts<br />
16 8<br />
16 9<br />
get the ball back and when we got it we<br />
“I thought we showed real quality at times.<br />
on target<br />
on target<br />
4 2 broke with real pace and created some<br />
7 1 I told the players to believe in themselves<br />
corners<br />
really good opportunities. The effort,<br />
corners<br />
and go and play with confidence. The most<br />
6 3 drive, determination and togetherness<br />
11 11 pleasing thing was that we looked like a<br />
fouls<br />
was excellent, you could see the<br />
fouls<br />
team. Coming here is always a difficult game,<br />
11 14<br />
9 14<br />
communication between the players, which<br />
you have to stand up and face the challenge.<br />
yellow cards<br />
yellow cards<br />
3 2 was key, and I thought we played on the<br />
3 1 They have a good manager and are really<br />
red cards<br />
front foot and created chances.”<br />
red cards<br />
well-organised.”<br />
0 0 PAUL GALLAGHER<br />
0 0 PAUL GALLAGHER<br />
20 21<br />
STOKE CiTY<br />
WOMEN<br />
Good afternoon and<br />
welcome back to<br />
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for this afternoon’s<br />
match.<br />
W<br />
match stats<br />
the potters<br />
33<br />
14%<br />
west brom XI<br />
27 MOWATT j<br />
MOLUMBY f (87)<br />
11 DIANGANA j<br />
FELLOWS f (71) ■<br />
17 SARMIENTO j<br />
PIPA f (77)<br />
potters XI<br />
22 JUNHO j<br />
WESLEY f (69)<br />
19 MMAEE j<br />
VIDIGAL f (69)<br />
the potters<br />
3