Pre-season round up: Stoke shocked by Aldershot, late equaliser frustrates Wolves

Stoke City travelled to the EBB Stadium for Saturday afternoon’s friendly against Aldershot Town as they continued their pre-season preparations

Manager Tony Pulis allowed former Real Madrid star Jonathan Woodgate to make his debut appearance for the club in the starting line up, with the former Tottenham man partnering Salif Diao in the heart of defence.

After overcoming a minor back problem, Thomas Sorensen was also a starter with the likes of Michael Tonge, Danny Pugh and youngster Ben Marshall included whilst Robert Huth and Matthew Etherington had to settle for a place on the bench.

Despite the difference in league positions, there was little to chose between the two sides however the hosts had different ideas and with just eight minutes to go snatched an unexpected victory.

Adam Mekki was the hero for Aldershot, scoring a late winner after being set up by Rankine, as the home side continued their unbeaten pre-season against the FA Cup finalists.

Notts County 1-1 Wolves

Meadow Lane played host to Notts County’s pre-season friendly as Martin Allen’s men took on Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Wolves began with a strong starting line-up with Roger Johnson, Jamie O’Hara, Karl Henry, Kevin Doyle, Steven Fletcher and Matt Jarvis all featuring.

Indeed the visitors showed their class early on and took the lead just shy of the half hour mark when Jarvis opened the scoring.

Mick McCarthy’s men looked set for victory but were to be denied late on, when Neal Bishop levelled the match on 89 minutes ensuring both teams had to settle for a draw.