On this day in 2018, Stoke sacked manager Mark Hughes following a 2-1 defeat to League Two Coventry in the FA Cup third round.
The Potters were dumped out of the competition when Jack Grimmer struck in the second half to find the winner and pull off a shock victory for the Sky Blues.
Stoke were in the Premier League relegation zone having won only one game in their last eight in all competitions.
Hughes was sacked just hours after the Coventry defeat and had suggested post-match that the defeat could be a blessing in disguise.
He said: “The fact we’ve gone out, even if it’s a little bit raw at the moment, might help us.
“At the moment we don’t want to discuss Premier League games, but maybe when we wake up on Monday the reality clearly h…