The Wizards of Drivel - Stoke City Podcast

Stoke win away! Dave and Ben are fresh from a deserved 1-0 victory at Vicarage Road for Mark Hughes' men. There's praise for the Potters' misfits as Diouf, Muniesa and Imbula come in from the cold and help secure some great sunday lunchtime points. @wizardsofdrivel

Dave, Chris and Ben return to the mics and look ahead to Stoke's trip to Vicarage Road. Also up for discussion are Marc Muniesa's future at the club, Stoke's injury crisis and the exciting future of Thibaud Verlinden. In the second half, Dave chats to Mike from Watford Podcast 'From The Rookery End' to give us a glory hornet boy's perspective - @wizardsofdrivel, @watfordpodcast

Much like the Potters' midfield against Bournemouth, this episode contains several disjointed parts that don't really fit together.

To kick off, David and BearPit blogger Tom Thrower (@sussexstokie) discuss the 1-0 defeat to The Cherries, picking holes in several players' performances, as well as Sparky's tactics as Wilshere and co walk away with three points.

Secondly, David chats to Russian Stokie Ivan Korzh (@IvKorzh) about not only the Bournemouth game but how and why he follows the Potters from Moscow.

The final third of the show is a compilation of interviews Dave and Chris conducted at the Football Blog Awards. We briefly chatted to Stoke blog We'll Be With You (@WellBeWithYou), Arsenal Fan TV Presenter Robbie, John Gibbons from The Anfield Wrap Podcast, and a little known former footballer called Stan Collymore.

Up the Potters. #DeployNgoy

The Wizards meet in person, and from a studio in Salford bring you a special episode honouring the team that took us to a cup final in 2011.

It was a brilliant time to be a Stokie, so we hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane with us.

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*Disclaimer* There was an audio foul-up which meant Dave and Ben's chat at the start is severely cut down. Nonetheless, it's a short and sweet podcast in which Dave and Ben look ahead to Bournemouth's visit to the Bet365. In the second half, Dave chats to Bournemouth fan Jamie Williams for a Cherries' perspective.

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A slightly different episode, given the international break. It's a celebration of Stoke City fan media with two of the leading figures in it.

Dave chats to The Bear Pit TV's Elliot Hackney about all that's involved in producing a club-specific YouTube channel, including having tea at Chez Wilko. Then he talks to Anthony Bunn from Duck Magazine about interviewing Joe Allen, and all things fanzine-related.

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Stoke return from London with a well-earned point leaving Dave, Chris and Zach pick apart a pretty dull game. There's praise for one Charles Adam, we have another debate about the midfield and we have a big guffaw at Karen Brady's celebration of a lack of crowd trouble.

Mark Holmes from @planetfutebol joins the gang in the second half to try and put our season into context, and we learn how to describe Bojan in American.

There's also the hottest London parking chat ever recorded, so watch out for that.

Sorry about the audio not being 100% second half, not much we could do there. @wizardsofdrivel for your Twitter stuff.

It's a good old fashioned knees up for the Wizards. Ben and Dave lead the Drivel firm as they prepare to have a right old tear up with West 'Aaaam. Their mob is on the run though, with available West Ham fans harder to get hold of than a jellied eel.

There's chat on our favourite Stoke v West Ham games, our chances at the London stadium, John Lewis Stoke adverts, and there's a montage of West Ham's finest moments at the end - so stick around for that.

#DEPLOYNGOY

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It's a delayed podcast due to Monday Night Football, but Wizards are never late nor are they early. They record podcasts precisely when they mean to.

Rob Doolan, Oatcake contributor and the man with all the conclusions (chiefdelilah3.wordpress.com) joins Dave, Ben and Chris about Stoke's third win in a row.

There's gushing praise for Allen (again), Sobhi and Bony. There's also a few moans - but it really wouldn't be Wizards without them. We discuss Imbula, why Mark Hughes is like Brexit and Ben tried to buy a football shirt.

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Dave, Chris and Ben are back, and spend their Friday night nattering about the battle of the SCFC's. We talk about our favourite Stoke v Swansea fixtures and appeal to Stoke fans not to underestimate the visiting team from South Wales.

In the second half, Dave speaks to Steven from The JackCast to get a Swansea perspective ahead of Monday night.

Oh, and Ben grabbed a very quick word with an Olympic Gold Medallist.

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