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 from Will Smal...