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The 2010–11 season was Stoke City's third season in the Premier League and the 55th in the top tier of English football. Stoke spent over £10 million in the summer of 2010 with the arrivals of Jermaine Pennant, Jonathan Walters, Marc Wilson with £8 million spent on forward Kenwyne Jones. Stoke made a bad start to the campaign losing their first three matches against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur, and Chelsea. This was followed by wins over Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Blackburn Rovers. However Stoke gain hit poor form losing four in a row in October and were knocked out of the League Cup by West Ham United. Stoke's inconsistency continued as they went through November with three victories and two draws. Poor defeats against Blackpool and Fulham in December prevented Stoke from pulling away from the bottom half of the table. Stoke started 2011 in poor form, winning three of ten matches which ended with a 3–0 defeat against West Ham which left Stoke just four points above the relegation zone. However the team were doing well in the FA Cup after progressing past Cardiff City, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Brighton & Albion they played West Ham United in the quarter final. A 2–1 victory saw Stoke reached their first FA Cup semi-final since 1972 and also helped them improve their league form. Stoke beat Newcastle United 4–0 and put in good performances against Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur before the semi-final against Bolton Wanderers at Wembley. Stoke produced arguably one their greatest ever performances, beating Bolton 5–0 to reach their first FA Cup Final. Stoke played well in the buildup to the final beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 and Arsenal 3–1. Stoke's opponents for the 2011 FA Cup Final were Manchester City and they scored the only goal of the contest though Yaya Touré. Stoke ended the season in 13th position with 46 points. ==Pre-season== Stoke announced that they will play local non-league sides Nantwich Town, Newcastle Town as well as Championship sides Derby County and Burnley and League One Bristol Rovers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=City's Pre-Season Visit To Burnley )〕 Stoke also announced they will play a friendly against Notts County at Meadow Lane. The match against Burnley will be played at Huddersfield Town's Galpharm Stadium due to Turf Moor having a new pitch installed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=City To Face League Two Champions )〕 Stoke announced that during the clubs week-long pre-season training camp in Austria they will play against the current Turkish Süper Lig champions Bursaspor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=City To Play Training Match in Austria )〕 Stoke began their pre-season with a 1–0 defeat by Turkish side Bursaspor on their annual pre-season training camp in Austria, a mistake by Asmir Begović allowed İbrahim Öztürk head in the only goal. Following their return to England Stoke sent two teams to play at Nantwich Town and Notts County. The game at Nantwich ended 2–1 to Stoke thanks to two goals for academy graduate Louis Moult while Jake Sedgemore scored a fine 30-yard free kick as a consolation for the Dabber's. The game at Notts County finished 0–0 with both sides missing good chances, most notably County's Lee Hughes and City's Tuncay Şanlı. The next game was against local non-league side Newcastle Town and City won the game 6–0 with goals from Robert Huth, Ricardo Fuller, a hat-trick from Tuncay and a first Stoke goal for Michael Tonge. This was followed up with a 0–1 defeat by Derby County, Chris Porter scoring the only goal after ten minutes. Stoke then travelled to Huddersfield to play Burnley where Tuncay opened the scoring after good play by Liam Lawrence. Burnley equalised straight away as Huth brought down former Potters striker Chris Iwelumo in the penalty area allowing Graham Alexander to score from the spot. Stoke were not to be denied and claimed the win thanks to a fine goals by Tonge. Stoke's next opponent was Bristol Rovers and it was again Tuncay who opened the scoring after Rovers keeper Mikkel Andersen failed to keep out his first shot allowing him to tap in. Bristol pulled level five minutes later through Dominic Blizzard before Fuller gave Stoke a 2–1 win on the stroke of half-time with a trademark individual goal. City's final pre-season game saw them draw 0–0 with Conference Premier side Wrexham. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2010–11 Stoke City F.C. season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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