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Potters confirm Kitson swoop

18 Jul 2008 - 17:18:35

Stoke City manager Tony Pulis has paid a club record transfer fee of £5.5million to land Reading striker Dave Kitson on a three-year contract.

The 28-year-old ex-Cambridge United forward scored 60 goals in 147 first-team appearances for the Royals and his arrival at the Britannia Stadium excites Pulis.

The Potters boss told the club's official website: "I think he's a natural goalscorer with great ability, while he's one that will work his socks off for the team.

"I've seen a lot of him over the years and been impressed with his attitude from afar, particularly his ability to adapt to the challenge of moving into higher divisions throughout his career at Cambridge and Reading.

"His Premier League experience over the past two seasons with Reading is also an important asset for us because we need players who've been there. I don't believe the size of any fee will trouble him. He'll take all that in his stride."

Kitson added: "I'm delighted to be here and I'm very excited about the challenge. I'm 28 and I need to be in the Premier League.

"I've worked hard to get here with both Cambridge and Reading, so when the opportunity arose I wanted to get the deal done.

"I came down, had a look around the club, and I knew this was where I wanted to be. I know the Stoke supporters are footballing people. I've played here a few times and it was always an intimidating place to come.

"The fans are fantastic. I know the area has been starved of top-flight football recently, but we're there now and we want to make sure we stay there. I want to be playing top-flight football and, if I didn't believe Stoke could stay up, I wouldn't have come here."

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Stoke City Fixtures

19-Oct-2008
Premier League
16:00Stoke CityvsTottenham Hotspur
26-Oct-2008
Premier League
15:00Manchester CityvsStoke City
29-Oct-2008
Premier League
19:45Stoke CityvsSunderland
01-Nov-2008
Premier League
15:00Stoke CityvsArsenal
08-Nov-2008
Premier League
12:45Wigan AthleticvsStoke City
11-Nov-2008
Carling Cup Fourth Round
19:45Stoke CityvsRotherham United
15-Nov-2008
Premier League
15:00Manchester UnitedvsStoke City
22-Nov-2008
Premier League
15:00Stoke CityvsWest Bromwich Albion
29-Nov-2008
Premier League
15:00Stoke CityvsHull City
06-Dec-2008
Premier League
15:00Newcastle UnitedvsStoke City
13-Dec-2008
Premier League
15:00Stoke CityvsFulham
20-Dec-2008
Premier League
15:00Blackburn RoversvsStoke City
26-Dec-2008
Premier League
12:45Stoke CityvsManchester United
28-Dec-2008
Premier League
14:00West Ham UnitedvsStoke City
10-Jan-2009
Premier League
15:00Stoke CityvsLiverpool
17-Jan-2009
Premier League
15:00ChelseavsStoke City
27-Jan-2009
Premier League
20:00Tottenham HotspurvsStoke City
31-Jan-2009
Premier League
15:00Stoke CityvsManchester City
07-Feb-2009
Premier League
15:00SunderlandvsStoke City

Stoke City results

05-Oct-2008
Premier League
15:00Portsmouth 2 - 1 Stoke City
27-Sep-2008
Premier League
15:00Stoke City 0 - 2 Chelsea
23-Sep-2008
Carling Cup Third Round
19:45Stoke City 2 - 2 Reading
20-Sep-2008
Premier League
15:00Liverpool 0 - 0 Stoke City
14-Sep-2008
Premier League
13:30Stoke City 2 - 3 Everton
30-Aug-2008
Premier League
15:00Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Stoke City
26-Aug-2008
Carling Cup Second Round
19:45Cheltenham Town 2 - 3 Stoke City
23-Aug-2008
Premier League
15:00Stoke City 3 - 2 Aston Villa
16-Aug-2008
Premier League
15:00Bolton Wanderers 3 - 1 Stoke City

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