The 2018–19 season was Stoke City 's 102nd season in the Football League , the 42nd in the second tier and fifth in the Championship .
Following last season's relegation from the Premier League , Stoke replaced Paul Lambert with Gary Rowett who was tasked with mounting a promotion challenge. Inevitably there were a large number of departures and new arrivals during the summer, Stoke spending over £30 million on Benik Afobe , Sam Clucas , Peter Etebo , Tom Ince and James McClean . However Stoke made a bad start to the campaign losing against Leeds United , Wigan Athletic and West Bromwich Albion . Stoke struggled to close the gap on the play-off positions despite going on a ten-game unbeaten run of which six were draws and ended 2018 in mid-table. Rowett was sacked at the beginning of January 2019 and was replaced by Luton Town 's Nathan Jones .
Despite an early victory over Leeds United it soon became apparent that a squad re-build would be required so Jones experimented with his squad for the remainder of the campaign with Stoke eventually finishing in 16th position after drawing a record 22 times (of which nine were 0–0).
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2017–18 2019–20
Gary Rowett (until 8 January)
Nathan Jones (from 9 January)
