Championship

NEIL BACK TO HAUNT SHOT-SHY LILYWHITES

by
The LeaguePaper Team
16 October 2022

By Paul McNamara

PRESTON NE 0

STOKE CITY 2
Smallbone 58, Campbell 62

STAR MAN

LEWIS BAKER Stoke

HAPPY DAYS: Stoke’s Will Smallbone celebrates scoring their first goal
PICTURE: Alamy

ALEX Neil says Stoke City’s accomplished victory at Preston North End will swell confidence and belief among the Scot’s upwardly mobile team.
Stoke created all the clear openings and denied toothless Preston a single shot on target.
And the visitors, roared on by more than 3,000 travelling fans, claimed a second straight win courtesy of quickfire second-half strikes fr...

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