Jamie Scowcroft marked his debut with his first goal for the club as he made an appearance in the second half of tonight's pre-season friendly at the Britannia Stadium.

Rising to meet a lovely cross, Jamie towered above the Stoke defence to calmly nod home. Something he is particularly good at apparently.

300+ City fans made the trip up the A50 to Stoke and paid £7 to see a nice new stadium, a Hippopotamus mascot, a mediocre Stoke side, and a new signing.

The new boy signed autographs and posed for photos, and looked pretty useful when he came on despite not knowing anyone's name practically, never mind how the heck they played together!

The game started badly with Sav being floored with the first tackle of the game, and having to go off the pitch for some lengthy treatment.

City took the lead early in the first half when consistent hard work from Ade Akinbiyi paid off. Showing just what he can do, Ade had been running and chasing all game. Looking more lively than normal, he bagan to get himself in front of defenders, keep hold of the ball, not give free kicks away and power towards goal.

One such piece of work saw him blast home past the keeper to the delight of the City crowd behind the goal. It was beautiful to watch.

The game was mainly pretty dull, but Wisey livened it up with a few tackles that would normally see the red card! Needless to say he and Sav were booed by the Stoke fans. And so was Tim Flowers! How can anyone boo the nicest bloke in footy?

One of the Stoke forwards went in to Tim's stomach studs up. Tim sprang up to have a go before laughing and hugging the guy, but the Stoke fans had already decided to boo him.

Most players had a reasonable game, with Wisey yet again shining. Oakes had a much better time when he came on than of late, but Sav had a bad one. Kept losing the ball and giving it away, and giving free kicks away. He was not a happy bunny with the referee at all.

Walker had absolutely nothing to do when he came on, and this was no real test for LCFC.

But the stewards were friendly and getting out of the stadium by car was a doddle. What more can you want?

Teams:

Stoke: Ward, Thomas (Henry 76), Clarke (Commons 64), Handyside, Shtaniuk, Gudjonsson (Crowe 43), Gunnarsson, Rowson, Thordason, Cooke (Iwelumo 64), Thorne (Neal 76). Subs Cutler, Owen.

Leicester: Flowers (Walker 61), Rowett, Sinclair (Oakes 63), Marshall, Elliott, Izzet, Lewis (Davidson 45), Savage, Akinbiyi (Scowcroft 61), Sturridge (Gunnlaugsson 61), Wise (Jones 51).

Goals: Leicester: Akinbiyi 21, Scowcroft 86

Referee: A Wiley.

Attendance: 5,604.

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