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  1. 'Stoke never looked like losing despite red card'

    BBC Sport's view from the press box banner, which reads 'Mark Elliott, BBC Radio Stoke' with a yellow and black BBC Sport microphone on the right side of the graphic
    Stoke City players, wearing their green and khaki away shirt, with Ben Wilmot in the centre of the shot shouting, celebrate their second goal at Bolton WanderersShutterstock

    When Stoke went down to 10 men with 70 minutes left on the clock at Bolton, it looked as though their unbeaten run was in real danger of coming to an abrupt end.

    But in truth, the biggest compliment they can be given is that even a man down they never really looked likely to lose once they'd taken the lead against the run of play just before half-time.

    Lamine Cisse worked relentlessly hard, held the ball up brilliantly at times and took his goal well - and in the second half his team-mates managed the game excellently.

    Ben Wilmot's header from a set piece was the perfect goal for a shorthanded team to score to double the lead and Cisse and Luca Bombino could have added another.

    They defended well after giving up two very good early chances, one of which was superbly saved by Viktor Johansson and were rightly roared on by a raucous away following throughout.

    Stoke entertain Middlesbrough in midweek as an equal at the right end of the Championship table.

    It will be another stiff test of this new team's credentials but if the evidence of the past six games is anything to go by, they have the quality to get another positive result.

  2. A dark landscape in Shropshire with purple and blue skies above because of the Northern Lights

  3. A close-up photograph of a cow standing behind a fence in a field. Several other cows are grazing in the background beneath a cloudy sky.

  4. A woman with long brown hair, wearing a magenta-coloured jumpsuit, sits cross-legged on a rug and is blowing bubbles. Two children are on the floor with her, a boy who is kneeling, and a younger girl who is crawling and reaching for the bubbles. A children's play kitchen and a shelf with toys on are behind them.

  5. Robins' delight as his 10-man Stoke beat Bolton

    Mark Robins looks on from the dug-out and he was thrilled by 10-man Stoke's win at BoltonGetty Images

    Stoke City manager Mark Robins

    Stoke City manager Mark Robins spoke to BBC Radio Stoke after their 10 men won 2-1 at Bolton to climb to fourth in the Championship.

    For a written selection of his quotes, click here.

    Robins: ‘Be hungry for that, be greedy for that’

  6. EFL Football

  7. A police cordon blocks access to a residential street lined with semi-detached houses. Blue-and-white police tape stretches across the road in the foreground, while traffic cones and a person can be seen further down the street.

  8. National League football on grass

  9. Referee Tom Kirk sends off Stoke City's Maksym Talovierov at Bolton

  10. A photo showing the backs of two men in orange hi-viz jackets which say Network Rail on the back of them. They also wear white hard hats. In the background, two men are in a cherry picker.

  11. A view of Crewe Market

  12. A composite image of three people: a woman with long brown hair and a blue and white lanyard standing in a garden; a man with black hair and beard standing with an apron in a tent with union jack bunting behind him; and a black-and-white shot of a woman dancing, wearing a black leather coat.

  13. Google street view of a road entering a business park

  14. Port Vale manager Jon Brady on the sidelines. He is wearing a blue t-shirt

  15. A composite of two images, the first shows a bald man is smiling at the camera from inside a barrel and the second shows a man in an orange tshift is lifting the top to show a tattoo of cans on his belly. he is stood in a brewery

  16. Nigel Johnson in a blue suit and tie in front of the sporting hall of fame board

  17. A black retro billboard with the slogan 'make mine a Marston's' on the side of a red brick building.

  18. Composite image featuring police officer on left and chatbot graphic on right

  19. Nuno and Mavropanos win September awards

    A side by side image of West Ham's Nuno Espirito Santo and Konstantinos MavropanosGetty Images

    Nuno Espirito Santo and Konstantinos Mavropanos helped West Ham to a five-game unbeaten run in September

    West Ham United are celebrating winning both the Championship's manager and player of the month awards for September.

    Boss Nuno Espirito Santo oversaw an unbeaten run last month which produced four wins from their five league games in which they scored 18 goals.

    Defender Konstantinos Mavropanos had a prolific September for the Hammers, scoring four goals while also helping them keep two clean sheets as they moved up to second place in the table.

    "I am delighted to win this award, but it was an excellent team effort this month," said Mavropanos.

    "We had some good results, went on a good run, and obviously this award means that we are doing something good with the team.

    "I am the one who has been given the award this time, but it could have been any of my team-mates, and I am just really happy that we are in a good way right now."

    Lincoln head coaches Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw, Swansea's Vitor Matos and Mark Robins of Stoke City were also nominated for the manager award.

    BBC How to follow your team banner on a black background

  20. Liam (left) and Noel Gallagher stand side by side. Liam is wearing sunglasses and a dark jacket. Noel is wearing a light blue shirt and brown jacket.

  21. An aerial view of a site including a number of buildings, some with wavy-looking roofs from the air.

  22. A main road runs between hedges and detached houses, with several cars travelling along the street beneath a blue sky with clouds.

  23. Pick of the stats: Bolton Wanderers v Stoke City

    Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City club badgesOpta

    Stoke City will hope to continue their excellent form when they visit Bolton Wanderers in the Championship on Saturday (kick-off 15:00 BST).

    The Potters lost their opening three games of the season and were bottom of the table at the end of August but are unbeaten since then and have climbed to seventh with four wins from five matches (D1).

    Bolton have won two on the bounce following a run of four straight defeats, with their most recent success a thrilling 4-3 win at Norwich before the international break.

    • This is the first league meeting between Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City since a goalless draw in the Championship in December 2018.

    • Stoke City are winless in their pre10 league visits to Bolton Wanderers (D4 L6) since a 1-0 win in October 1990 under manager Alan Ball.

    • Bolton have won their past two Championship matches – they haven't won three in a row at this level since April 2014; this is their 197th game in the Championship since then.

    • No team won more points in the Championship in September than Stoke (13), who won four of their five matches (D1). It was more wins than they'd managed in their previous 23 games (W3 D6 L14).

    • Thierry Gale has been involved in four goals in eight Championship appearances for Bolton this season (3 goals, 1 assist) – he's the first Barbadian with as many as three goals in a Championship season since Nick Blackman scored 11 in 2015-16 for Reading.

  24. Shaw, Cohen, Matos, Robins & Nuno up for September award

    Side by side images of Lincoln City head coaches Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw, Swansea's Vitor Matos, Mark Robins and Stoke City and West Ham United boss Nuno Espirito Santo coaching their respectives sides from the touchlineGetty Images

    Lincoln City head coaches Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw, Swansea's Vitor Matos, Mark Robins of Stoke City and West Ham United boss Nuno Espirito Santo have been nominated for September's Championship manager of the month award.

    Cohen and Shaw oversaw a run of eight points from five games for newly-promoted Lincoln last month, including away wins at Preston and Bristol City.

    Matos won August's award and is in the running again as Swansea took 10 points in September to move to the top of the Championship table.

    Stoke City recovered from losing their opening three games of the season under Robins to go unbeaten last month with four wins from their five outings and move up to seventh place.

    West Ham boss Nuno's side rattled in 18 goals in their five matches in September with only Millwall preventing them from taking three points in a 2-2 draw at The Den.

    The winner will be announced at 06:00 BST on Friday, 9 October.