Stoke stuff the Baggies against the run of play to head the Braggers' League

Stoke City have consolidated their position at the top of the West Midlands Braggers' League by beating the Albion at the Hawthorns earlier this evening. Albion's loss at home was arguably undeserved as Stoke were not a great threat and the first two of their goals were controversial penalties, netted by Etherington (55 minutes) and Walters (85 minutes).

Stoke's third goal came in the 3rd minute of injury time with a final smash and grab goal, again from Walters.

The win means Stoke are 5 points clear of Villa (in second place) at the top of tthe Braggers' League, although they have played more derby matches than the other 4 West Midlands teams.

Albion drop below Black Country rivals Wolves on goal difference.

Severn derbies have now been played this season. The positions of our 5 teams in the Premiership are as follows:

8th position   Stoke   played 14   points 19
12th position  Villa    played 13    points 17
13th place   Birmingham  played 14   points 16
14th place  West Brom   played 14   points 16
19th place   Wolves  played 14  points 9

These are the scores of the derby games so far this season:

Albion 0 Stoke 3
Stoke 3 Blues 2
Villa 0 Blues 0

Wolves 1 Villa 2

Albion 3 Blues 1

Stoke 2 Villa 1
Wolves 2 Stoke 1

Coming up in December in the Braggers' League:

11th December
Aston Villa v West Brom, 15:00

12th December

Wolverhampton v Birmingham, 13:30

19th December

West Brom v Wolverhampton, 12:00

Also coming up of local interest:

Blues v. Villa

Carling Cup Round 5
1st December 2010