Stoke City survivor sees new hope emerging in Mark Robins era…pswich-town-deal/

Stoke City survivor sees new hope emerging in Mark Robins era…pswich-town-deal

Ben Wilmot talks about changing Stoke City’s fortunes, playing through injury and a new sense of stability under someone you know is in charge

Stoke City’s new longest-serving player Ben Wilmot is relieved to be optimistic as he reported for Day One of pre-season training.

Wilmot has seen a huge number of comings and goings around him since he first arrived at Clayton Wood in the summer of 2021, playing under five managers and alongside dozens of teammates as Stoke have struggled to break a cycle of bottom half finishes.

But he is pleased that this summer isn’t shaping up for the kind of wholesale changes he saw a couple of years ago, when he was one of only three players on Day One who would prove to be first team regulars in what was to follow.