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  1. Burton appoint Benson as new CEOpublished at 18:48 GMT 26 October

    A view of the pitch at Burton Albion's Pirelli Stadium from the halfway lineImage source, Shutterstock

    Burton Albion have appointed Adam Benson as their new chief executive officer.

    Benson will swap his role as Oxford United's current chief commercial and marketing officer for a new position at the Pirelli Stadium.

    He has previously held senior positions at rugby union sides Wasps and Gloucester, as well as at Reading during the Royals' time in the Premier League and the Championship.

    "I am incredibly proud to be entrusted with the role of chief executive officer at Burton Albion," Benson told Albion's website., external

    "It was clear from the very first conversation that the club and its vision is aligned with my own values of ambition, hard work and integrity."

  2. 🎧'Stoke's next challenge'published at 16:49 GMT 26 October

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    EP 15: 'Stoke's next challenge'

    The latest episode of BBC Radio Stoke's A Cold Wet Tuesday Night podcast is out now.

    Lucas, Matt and Louis discuss Stoke's next steps and battling it out in the weather in their 0-0 draw at home to Bristol City.

    Listen above or on BBC Sounds here - and don't forget to subscribe to get each episode into your My Sounds feed.

    Listen on BBC Sounds
  3. Football 0-1 Storm Boelopublished at 11:43 GMT 25 October

    Mark Elliott
    BBC Radio Stoke commentator

    Jack McGlynn on the ball for Stoke against Bristol CityImage source, Shutterstock
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    Stoke City and Bristol City mustered only one shot on target between them as the stormy conditions at the bet365 Stadium dominated the game.

    This one finished Stoke and Bristol City 0-1 Storm Boelo.

    The weather might have won the day but a point for the Potters will feel like one gained if they can follow it up with a win against struggling Preston next week.

    The wind played havoc with both teams' attempts to break the other down but it was a compliment to Stoke that the visitors changed to a back five and by the end only one team looked like they really wanted a winner.

    The game was a learning curve for players like Luca Bombino who won't have encountered conditions like this too often in California and Stoke's other MLS import Jack McGlynn (pictured).

    Losing Lamine Cisse to injury early in the game was a blow but Stoke carried enough of a threat to move on from this one with confidence intact.

    Championship teams are judged on sequences of results and with three more fixtures to come, that look reasonably winnable on paper, they'll hope that this draw forms part of an unbeaten run in the same way the draw at Cardiff earlier in the season did.