Stoke Boss Robins Signs New Contract

ByDan Wheeler
BBC Sport, West Midlands


21 November 2025


Stoke City supervisor Mark Robins has signed a new three-and-a-half year contract with the Championship club.


Robins, 55, took over at the bet365 Stadium on New Year's Day and, after securing the Potters' second-tier survival last season, has changed them into candidates for a go back to the Premier League this term.


The former Coventry City employer has steered Stoke to 3rd place in the Championship, 2 points off the automated promo areas after 15 video games.


The Potters had been 2nd going into their last match before the worldwide break however were beaten by Robins' old club as the Sky Blues, now under Frank Lampard, won 1-0 to extend their lead at the top.


Robins' training staff - Paul Nevin, James Rowberry, Ryan Shawcross and Darren Behcet - have actually also agreed brand-new deals.


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"It has actually been clear during his brief time with the club to date that Mark is the ideal fit as manager of Stoke City," Potters chairman John Coates said., external


"The development we have actually made on the field has actually been incredibly encouraging. Our gamers are responding outstandingly to our training group and the method our dazzling fans have galvanised even further behind the club during the past year has actually been a pleasure to see."


Robins, who is wanting to take the club back to the leading flight for the very first time because 2018, said he was "extremely proud" to be in charge and is "completely dedicated to the long-term procedure of bringing an effective future to this club".


"We understand it's going to require time and that there will be difficult as well as satisfying durations along the way, however we are in it for the long run," Robins included.