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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Britannia Stadium
  • Attendance: 12247
  • Referee: Foy, C

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Burnley are replacing Wade Elliott with Frank Sinclair.

90mins

Jon Harley goes into the referees book for dissent.

90mins

Steve Jones is being taken off, Kyle Lafferty has come on in his place.

87mins

Gifton Noel-Williams is being taken off, Chris McCann has come on in his place.

74mins

Luke Chadwick is replaced by Adam Rooney.

73mins

Andy Griffin goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

72mins

Wade Elliott goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

63mins

Peter Sweeney is replaced by Carl Hoefkens.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by C Foy

43mins

Sambegou Bangoura is being taken off, Martin Paterson has come on in his place.

1mins

Goal!! Andy Gray scores for Burnley.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, September 16th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Andy Gray's first minute winner concluded a miserable run on the road for Burnley and earned returning boss Steve Cotterill a sweet exit out of the Potteries.

Cotterill, who was welcomed with mandatory jeers following a desertion of his managerial post at Stoke four seasons ago, watched as Gray struck to earn Burnley their first away win this term.

The home supporters had barely settled into their seats before the travelling contingent were jumping about theirs in celebration of an extraordinarily early lead.

The scoreboard hadn't even ticked through a minute when Steve Simonsen was forced to watch Gray's drive trickle in after tipping the angled shot onto the inside of the post.

A dreary 44 minutes followed as neither side looked capable of breaching the opposition's backline, Stoke however did have a go.

Darel Russell acrobatically met Andy Griffin's long throw with a point-blank overhead swipe which was comfortably gathered by the fortuitously placed Burnley stopper Brian Jensen.

The Britannia faithful were granted the opportunity to raise a cheer when fan favourite Carl Hoefkens began his first-half warm-up after being relegated to the bench in favour of loan signing Griffin.

The Potteries boo-boys were prompted into stretching their vocal chords when Chris Foy's whistle eventually concluded a truly forgettable first half, and deservedly so.

And when referee Chris Foy's whistle concluded a truly forgettable half of football, the Potteries boo-boys sprung to full voice, and deservedly so.

A half-time roasting seemed to have shaken the hosts into life as City drew Jensen into an acrobatic stop with the second half only a minute old.

A neat lay-off from Martin Paterson gave Peter Sweeney a rare glimpse of goal but his thumping shot was palmed away by the cat-like Burnley keeper.

Despite Stoke's second-half endeavour they were lucky not to be trailing by a greater margin when Michael Duff arrived unmarked in the 53rd minute.

Wade Elliott dropped a sweet centre into the danger-zone which was begging for a killer touch, which, despite losing his man, Duff just couldn't apply.

Mamady Sidibe had a late chance to claw a point for the home side when he pounced on a rare moment of indecision from the Burnley rearguard.

The towering front-man spun and hit a wicked volley which was miraculously pushed over after Wayne Thomas and John McGreal and made a real hash of a routine clearance.

Stoke City Team

Burnley Team

Stoke City

Burnley

Corners

60

Fouls

1816

Goal attempts

129

Shots off target

45

Offsides

33

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