Post-Pompey plane drama depresses Potters
Reuters - Wednesday 28 October 2009, 10:50
LONDON - A plane carrying Stoke City
players back home after their League Cup defeat at Portsmouth
was forced to make an emergency landing in the early hours of
Wednesday morning.
The plane, on route from Southampton to East Midlands
Airport, was diverted to Gatwick Airport after players reported
a burning smell in the cabin.
"Although there was no visible sign of any fire following an
inspection... the squad was forced to abandon the flight and
return to Stoke by way of a long coach journey," Stoke said on
their website.
Stoke were thrashed 4-0 by
their Premier League rivals in the fourth round tie on Tuesday.