Silly season is well underway and despite the lack of genuine momentum from the Potters we have actually made a signing in the shape of ex Spurs and Real Madrid defender Jonathan Woodgate.

You can now follow me on Twitter @espn_stoke where as well as being alerted to my articles you'll get daily football ponderings from a Stoke fan, especially all the transfer movements!

So the annual curtain raiser at Newcastle Town has been and gone, who were the players who got hat-tricks I wondered as I got back from a day out... none it seems. In fact, we were beaten…..and only scored one goal.

It's all too easy to panic and start quoting statistics pairing pre season form with that taken into the league, but this fan is trying his best to remain as level headed as possible.

After weeks of Cricket/Rugby/Golf/Darts hogging the back pages, Football is now making its way back to its rightful place pushing these stopgap sports back through the pages to sit nicely alongside the adverts for the Dirty DVD Shop that is closing down.