It had been fixed with a piece of blue paper and the upper right hand corner was missing.
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The cornerpiece was only cleared to Hackney and he unleashed a volley from the edge of the area which took a deflection off Graham's back to leave Casper Ankergren rooted to the spot.
But Stoke, who have won every league game in which they have scored first this season, broke the deadlock to take maximum points when Sidibe rose to guide a powerful header into the far corner after a wonderful piece of interplay saw Higginbotham get free on the left.
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