Episodios

  • Ben Wilmot: Keeping cool in pre-season, new team-mates and fresh ink

    Ben Wilmot: Keeping cool in pre-season, new team-mates and fresh ink
    Jul 18 2025
    Stoke City defender Ben Wilmot joins us from the Potters’ pre-season base in Andalusia to share why this coming campaign feels different from the last and how the new signings are already bedding into the squad. Ben also takes us inside his summer holiday across the United States, explaining how he kept himself fit on the road with gym sessions and runs, and why arriving sharp for pre-season matters as much as anything done on the training pitch. And he lifts the lid on the stories behind his tattoos, including his latest ink and why getting the green light from his partner is a must before adding any more. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating or a review, and be sure to subscribe to or follow the podcast to be notified of all future episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    31 m
  • Lewis Baker: Pre-season graft, the trap bar challenge and rooming with Ben Pearson

    Lewis Baker: Pre-season graft, the trap bar challenge and rooming with Ben Pearson
    Jul 16 2025
    Stoke City midfielder Lewis Baker checks in from the Potters’ pre-season training camp in Andalusia to share what really tests players – physically and mentally – at this time of year. Lewis talks about rooming with Ben Pearson, who came out on top in the notorious ‘trap bar challenge’ during testing week, and how the tradition of new signings performing an initiation song is slowly being phased out, much to his displeasure! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating or a review, and be sure to subscribe to or follow the podcast to be notified of all future episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    26 m
  • Pre-Season Special: Mark Robins on new signings and excitement for the season ahead

    Pre-Season Special: Mark Robins on new signings and excitement for the season ahead
    Jul 14 2025
    Stoke City manager Mark Robins joins pod host Rob Adcock from the Potters’ pre-season training camp in Andalusia to share his beliefs as to what really makes the perfect pre-season. The manager explains why experienced full-back Aaron Cresswell was high on his summer wish list, offers insight into the other transfer business being worked on by the recruitment team and Sporting Director Jon Walters, and reveals why every player, from senior professionals to academy prospects, have a genuine chance to impress before the new campaign kicks off in August. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating or a review, and be sure to subscribe to or follow the podcast to be notified of all future episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    20 m
  • Ben Pearson: Scaling fences, Grand Designs and doing ANYTHING to win

    Ben Pearson: Scaling fences, Grand Designs and doing ANYTHING to win
    Jul 3 2025
    Stoke City midfielder Ben Pearson charts his story from scaling the fence of his Oldham primary school and working under Sir Alex Ferguson & Louis Van Gaal at Manchester United, to a future life in property developing and “wanting to win so badly” every time he plays for Stoke – all this and more on the latest episode of Potters’ Pod, the only official Stoke City Podcast. The former Man Utd, Barnsley, Preston North End and Bournemouth man recalls how 2am starts working in a local bakery didn’t deter his Dad from putting in the hours to help Ben work on his football, and how training with a star-studded Red Devils first team allows City’s number four to empathise with youngsters taking similar steps in ST4 today. Ben also discusses genuinely living the old cliché of never looking too far ahead, how his win at all costs “game mode” and off-field personality are completely at odds and why he plans to step fully away from the game at the conclusion of his playing career. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating or a review, and be sure to subscribe to or follow the podcast to be notified of all future episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 h y 9 m
  • Peter Odemwingie: Flying in to make his Stoke debut, “Peter Crouch stole my goal!” and the lasting impact of THAT deadline day

    Peter Odemwingie: Flying in to make his Stoke debut, “Peter Crouch stole my goal!” and the lasting impact of THAT deadline day
    Jun 5 2025
    Popular Premier League Potter, Peter Odemwingie talks candidly to Rob Adcock for an hour of raw and unmissable insight from his time at the bet365 Stadium. The former striker vividly recalls the circumstances surrounding his earliest moments as a Stoke City player; from flying in to make his debut, to the details of the kit, even down to what boots he was wearing on the day. Peter provides a fresh take and explains why perception was far from reality following media coverage of his failed deadline day move from West Bromwich Albion, and the lasting impact it had for better and for worse. He also discusses his journey into coaching, playing professional golf, how his own life experiences are leading to an all-encompassing approach to parenting – and calls out Peter Crouch for stealing one of his goals! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating or a review, and be sure to subscribe or follow the podcast to be notified of all future episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 h y 17 m
  • Liam Lawrence (Part 2): Potters’ pride, a Pulis pre-season, major mistake and a home for life

    Liam Lawrence (Part 2): Potters’ pride, a Pulis pre-season, major mistake and a home for life
    May 22 2025
    This is the second part of Rob Adcock’s conversation with Liam Lawrence. If you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, go and check that out to set the scene here. In this section, Liam discusses his arrival at the Club, promotion and survival against the odds and the celebrations which followed. A proper Premier League Potter, our former winger also revels on reflection at the resilience he gained from a Tony Pulis pre-season and reveals how the manager used the infamous bookmakers paying out on relegation to spur City on to a memorable inaugural Premier League campaign. Now back in ST4 developing the next generation of young Potters, Lawrence also discusses his reasons for leaving the Club back in 2010, a move which transpired to be the biggest regret of his career. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating or a review, and be sure to subscribe or follow the podcast to be notified of all future episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    40 m
  • Liam Lawrence (Part 1): Learning Life’s Lessons, Falling Out with Roy Keane and Answering Tony Pulis’ Call

    Liam Lawrence (Part 1): Learning Life’s Lessons, Falling Out with Roy Keane and Answering Tony Pulis’ Call
    May 8 2025
    In this episode of Potters’ Pod, Rob Adcock is joined by our former winger and current U21s Assistant Manager, Liam Lawrence. This first instalment is all about getting to know Liam as a person. We hear how his early family life and tough upbringing shaped the person he is, about learning costly but valuable lessons as he rose through the football ranks, and how he is now using his own past experiences to educate the next generation in ST4. Liam tells us how a clash with a one-time idol brought an end to his time at Sunderland and we end part one hearing how he finally answered Tony Pulis’ call and agreed his move to Stoke City. Part Two is on the way soon, where the story of Liam’s talismanic time as one of the lads in red and white will be discussed in detail, so make sure you’re subscribed to Potters’ Pod to get notified when the next episode is released! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    47 m
  • Junior Tchamadeu: Parental Sacrifice, The Wow Factor of Stoke City and Being The Barking Boy Who Bounced Back

    Junior Tchamadeu: Parental Sacrifice, The Wow Factor of Stoke City and Being The Barking Boy Who Bounced Back
    Apr 3 2025
    Junior Tchamadeu has articulated an immense debt of gratitude to his Mum and Dad as he becomes the latest player to tell his story on Potters’ Pod. The full-back charts his life from Barking beginnings and the torture of the trapdoor at Charlton, to a dream debut for Colchester United at the age of 16 and being mentored by Wouter Burger in the Stoke City changing room today. The parental sacrifices that forged the formative stages of his footballing career is a recurring theme for City’s number 22, who articulates his sense of duty to repay those that helped put him in his current position. Tchamadeu also opens up to Rob Adcock about the massive importance of his faith, walking into Stoke City and thinking ‘wow’, and the ‘unimaginable’ pride and ‘beautiful experience’ of representing Cameroon. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating or a review, and be sure to subscribe or follow the podcast to be notified of all future episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 h y 18 m