Every Step Along The Way - A Stoke City Podcast

Mike, Tom and Laurie fresh off the back of a humbling Hull defeat discuss a tricky away fixture Vs Middlesbrough as the new man takes charge of his first away game. They discuss the cup draw including live reaction as it happened.There is plenty of news, and a tricky quiz!

Mike & Lucas discuss a dreadful start to the new era as we go down 3-1 at home to faltering Hull City. They talk about where it went wrong, was it too soon to change style, the goals and also the long term plan!

Mike and Tom are here to discuss a big home fixture Vs Hull City as the new man takes charge of his first game! There is plenty of news, a new manager, and a ton of audio!

Mike & Tom discuss a nervous penalty win over Fleetwood in the Carabao Cup 3rd round. They discuss all the top performers, missed chances, the future of Sol Sidibe and who we may want in the next round!

Following the shock announcement that Steven Schumacher has been sacked by Stoke after just 5 games this season, Michael, Tom and a host of guests discuss his departure. They discuss what this means for the club going forward as well as the man about to come in!

Dan and Mike off the back of a poor result vs Oxford turn their attention to our upcoming Carabao Cup fixture vs Charlie Adam's Fleetwood Town, as we look to bounce back to winning ways.

Dan and Mike are here to discuss the dreadful performance and result following our trip to Oxford. They discuss if anyone came out of the game with any credit and just what went wrong on probably our worst performance of the season.

Dan, Mike and Tom are joined by Ben Rowley as we wave goodbye to the first international break of the season and look ahead to Saturday's lunchtime kick off versus Oxford.

Dan and Mike are filling your international break with another ESATW special. This time we talk to a man who played for Stoke during the golden era of the 70's before again playing a major role in the modern day as the organiser and main man behind SCOBA - the Stoke City Old Boys Association.We talk about growing up in Stoke, getting spotted by the Potters and what it was like as a YTS during the clubs golden era, experiencing cold showers and apartheid during spells out on loan and then how the Butler Stand blowing down gave him his big chance. We also find out what its like to live the phrase 'I'll drive you to your new club myself' and who were the best players he shared a pitch with.Then, after giving us his thoughts and reveals his excitement at the current Potters side, John tells us the meaning behind SCOBA and its aim's, the great work its achieved so far and how anyone can get involved at their meetings as well as revealing just how many members it has, and how some may not even know they are part of it!