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POTTERS ADD BEN TO HIRST SWOOP

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The LeaguePaper Team
23 August 2026

CHAMPIONSHIP By Chris Dunlavy

STOKE raided Ipswich for the second time in as many days to land fullback Ben Johnson on a season-long loan.
The 26-year-old joined the Potters on Friday, 24 hours after his Tractor Boys teammate George Hirst completed a permanent £10m move from Portman Road.
Both were part of the Ipswich squad promoted from the Championship last term and Stoke boss Mark Robins hopes they will help raise standards.
“I don’t want to plug gaps,” said the ex-Coventry chief. “I think that, with all due respect, is what has happened in the pa...

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