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The 2012–13 season was Stoke City's fifth season in the Premier League and the 57th in the top tier of English football. It was also the club's 150th year in existence and to mark the occasion the club had a special crest and the away kit was the same colours that Stoke Ramblers wore back in 1863, navy and cardinal Stoke also had a new shirt sponsor Bet365 taking over from Britannia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120511095322/http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~2764129,00.html )〕 The summer of 2012 saw the departure of fan favourite Ricardo Fuller whilst in came winger Michael Kightly and USA defender Geoff Cameron, later followed by Charlie Adam and Steven N'Zonzi. Stoke began the season with four straight draws and an embarrassing League Cup exit to Swindon Town. Despite recording one victory in their opening ten match they did put in some impressive performances away at Chelsea and Manchester United and at home to champions Manchester City. Stoke then went ten matches undefeated from 10 November to 29 December with a 3–1 victory over Liverpool on boxing day the stand out result. During that run Stoke conceded just seven goals but at the turn of the year their form and performances dropped off as in the next ten matches Stoke picked up just five points, scored only six goals and conceded 19. Results and performances failed to improve and after an awful defeat at home to Aston Villa, Stoke were in danger of being involved in the relegation battle. Back to back wins against Queens Park Rangers and Norwich City lifted Stoke away from the foot of the table and they recovered to finish in 13th position with 42 points. At the end of the season manager Tony Pulis left the club by mutual consent bringing an end to his seven-year tenure at the club. He was replaced by the former Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City manager Mark Hughes. ==Pre-season== There was expectation that several players would leave the club in the summer with a number reaching the end of their contacts and chairman Peter Coates says that Tony Pulis will have to sell if he wants to buy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Stoke-City-Summer-wheeling-dealing-ahead-busy-TP/story-16087434-detail/story.html )〕 Pulis released Louis Moult, Tom Soares, Salif Diao and club legend Ricardo Fuller after the end of their contracts and Jonathan Woodgate and Danny Collins left for Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest respectively.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18734200 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18980709 )〕 On 8 August Wolverhampton Wanderers winger Michael Kightly joined that club for an undisclosed fee. For the 2012–13 pre-season, Stoke travelled to the United States where they will spend eleven days and play matches against Major League Soccer sides Columbus Crew and Sporting Kansas City as well as affiliated USL Pro club Orlando City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~2785605,00.html )〕 Matches have also been arranged against Swiss side FC Sion and German Bundesliga team SpVgg Greuther Fürth.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~2831482,00.html? )〕 Stoke began their pre-season in Switzerland and played a match against FC Sion which was won 1–0 thanks to a penalty from Matthew Etherington.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Stoke-City-Matthew-Etherington-spot-earn-Stoke/story-16569235-detail/story.html )〕 City then travelled to The USA and played their first match against the Columbus Crew. Despite taking the lead via Jonathan Walters the Americans were much brighter and scored twice through Aaron Horton and Ben Speas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Stoke-City-Potters-defeated-Columbus-Crew-USA/story-16590564-detail/story.html )〕 The next match against affiliated club Orlando City saw Stoke win 1–0 with Walters scoring his second goal of pre-season but it was marred with Glenn Whelan being sent off after a harmless altercation with former Stoke midfielder James O'Connor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Stoke-City-Don-t-ban-Glenn-Whelan-says-Potter/story-16617101-detail/story.html )〕 Stoke's final match in USA against Sporting Kansas City saw Stoke miss an number chances but did eventually take the lead with six minutes left when Michael Tonge whose only contribution to the club is in pre-season was fouled in the area and he scored the spot kick. Stoke however conceded a comical equaliser as Asmir Begović's clearance went straight to Kyle Miller who had the easy task of heading the ball into an empty net.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Stoke-City-Tony-Pulis-ready-return-USA-tour/story-16643272-detail/story.html )〕 On their return to England they played two matches against Football League opposition, Torquay United and Yeovil Town. Both matches ended 1–1 and they had a Polish international trialist Sebastian Boenisch playing at left back.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Stoke-City-Second-chance-trialist-Sebastian/story-16661521-detail/story.html )〕 The final match of pre-season saw Stoke take on German side SpVgg Greuther Fürth in Bavaria. New signing Michael Kightly made a perfect start to his Stoke career scoring with his first touch. Matthew Upson gave away a penalty and Bernd Nehrig scored from the spot and for the four time in pre-season that match finished 1–1. Afterwards Tony Pulis revealed that Stoke had agreed to take Macedonian left back Goran Popov on loan from Dynamo Kyiv until the end of the season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Michael-Kightly-scores-Stoke-City-career-flyer/story-16692923-detail/story.html )〕 However the move collapsed as he failed to gain a work permit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19261003? )〕 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「2012–13 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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