Blues Boss Hails Stoke Benchmark ; Birmingham V Stoke City Today Ko 3pm

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › August 23, 2009

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BIRMINGHAM boss Alex McLeish believes Stoke have set the standard for promoted clubs like his when it comes to first-season survival in the top flight.

Speaking ahead of today's clash at St Andrew's - the first ever between the two clubs in the Premier League - McLeish paid tribute to Stoke's 12th place finish in their debut campaign.

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Blues Boss Hails Stoke Benchmark ; Birmingham V Stoke City Today Ko 3pm

"I wasn't really surprised last year," said the f...

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