The Londoners have eked out breathing space ahead of those at the bottom, again using a collision with Stoke City as a means of releasing the pressure.

伦敦人终于可以跳出降级区大口喘气，又一次将斯托克做为了解压的方式。

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The Magpies are out of the relegation zone only on goal difference ahead of Portsmouth and Stoke City and caretaker manager Chris Hughton will be desperate for a first home win of the year.

喜鹊仅仅由于净胜球的差异排在朴斯茅斯和斯托克城前面而没有在降级区，代理教练休顿渴望今年主场首胜。

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THE pound stores, factory seconds shops, bookies and boarded-up windows around Stoke-on-Trent railway station do not bespeak a thriving city.

一英镑商店，残次品商店，小赌场和用木板顶起来的窗户，特伦特河畔斯托克火车站周围的这些景物显示出这并不是一个繁荣的城市。

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Fulham manager Mark Hughes had been booed after his side's Boxing Day defeat by West Ham United at Craven Cottage but an encouraging away win over Stoke City and a narrow defeat at Tottenham in the meantime had improved the mood.

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The hoard is owned by Birmingham City Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council, following a fundraising campaign to keep it in the West Midlands.

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Turner is a big admirer of Stoke City manager Tony Pulis, the man who took the Potters into the top flight after a 23-year absence.

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