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Ben Pearson hopes Stoke have turned the corner and can look forward to the Championship run-in with excitement.
The Potters picked up just one win, and four points from seven games either side of Christmas, to drop to 10th in the Championship, as low as they have been all season.
However three straight wins in January – league victories at Hull and Norwich, then Saturday’s FA Cup win over Coventry
Stoke manager Mark Robins:
“It was important because the five [defeats] out of six games everybody keeps reminding us about. We have not won since Charlton here and we have had three tough away games we’ve lost and the Hull game here which was a reverse we shouldn’t have suffered.
“We made hard work of it because I thought we were the better team from start to finish and we
Former Leicester City and Watford manager Nigel Pearson has said “learning to walk again has been an incredible challenge” after revealing he was dealing with a “neurological situation” last year.
The 61-year-old said he was waiting for more tests to diagnose the health issue in October 2023 shortly before he was sacked as Bristol City manager.
Pearson posted an update of his condition on social media as he thanked “all
Stoke City midfielder Ben Pearson will miss the start of the Championship season after undergoing hamstring surgery.
The 29-year-old is said to be “undergoing an extended rehabilitation period” after having the “troublesome” injury addressed during the summer.
Stoke head coach Steven Schumacher said it was “unfortunate” and “frustrating” for Pearson, who featured 32 times for the club last season after joining on a permanent deal from Bournemouth following an initial