Stoke City: Blood and thunder victory to mark Pulis's big day
by Martin Spinks
THE icing on the cake – that's the manager's 300th 'birthday' cake – should have been shaped in the image of the muddy left boot belonging to Matty Etherington and the bloodied bandage from Andy Wilkinson's head.
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Both conveniently symbolise the distance and the mode of transport during a pretty long and eventful journey over Tony Pulis's 300 games as Stoke City manager.
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