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Stoke edge five-goal cup clash

Stoke put their recent dismal Carling Cup record behind them to reach the third round following second-half goals from Glenn Whelan, Richard Cresswell and Jon Parkin against Cheltenham.

Stoke had lost six times at the first hurdle in the competition since the turn of the century and during that period had been beaten five times by lower-graded opposition.

But they proved far too strong at Whaddon Road for their League One opponents who got one back to make it 2-1 through Ashley Vincent before Alex Russell's injury-time addition.

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