Tag: slipping

At full-time at The Valley it finally felt as though Stoke City’s promotion dream had begun to slip away irretrievably.

You could see it in the body language of the players, heads bowed and shoulders slumped.

You could hear it in the frustration in the voices of Steven Nzonzi and his manager Mark Robins.

You could feel it emanating from an away end full of fans who have grown to