Stoke 3

Higginbotham 8 , Sidibe 45, Etherington 67

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THEY say that good things come in threes and Stoke certainly confirmed the old adage in some style yesterday. For the fourth time in five home games the Potteries club secured a treble of goals while also claiming their most emphatic victory in the top flight in this their second season in the Premier League.

Blackburn had their chances in the first half, Franco di Santo's profligacy squandering the best of them, but Sam Allardyce's team were woeful when reduced to 10 men after Chris Samba was dismissed for a second yellow card on the hour, the scoreline eventually flattering the visitors.

The figure three was also significant for Tony Pulis, who was at the Stoke helm for the 300th time and he was able to celebrate the occasion as he climbed above Blackburn en route to achieving mid- table sanctuary.

"The target is still 40 points and then we can take stock," said Pulis after extending an unbeaten sequence to seven games.

Few will be surprised that it was from a set-piece that Danny Higginbotham volleyed Stoke ahead, a half clearance from Liam Lawrence's corner pounced upon by the captain whose crisp connection flashed into the net through a plethora of players.

No mystery either when that old standard, the Rory Delap long throw, caused the required disruption in the Blackburn defence that saw Matthew Etherington retrieve the loose ball and centre for Mamady Sidibe to bundle the ball over the line in firsthalf stoppage time.

Samba's sending-off, for tugging back Ricardo Fuller after he had been booked earlier, invited glimpses of an endangered species in these parts - the Stoke City passing game.

Their most accomplished performer of this somewhat alien concept at the Britannia is Etherington and, after Paul Robinson had denied headers from Ryan Shawcross and Fuller with fine saves, the winger weaved his way across the 18-yard area, exchanged passes with Lawrence and dummied delightfully before his precise left-foot shot concluded the scoring.

On the day Stoke chose to honour the Potteries' and their own most famous footballing son, replica tag heruer watches Sir Stanley Matthews, it was an effort that would have pleased the legendary Wizard of the Dribble.

Stoke (4-4-2): Sorensen; Wilkinson, Huth, Shawcross, Higginbotham; Lawrence, Whitehead, Delap (Whelan 90), Etherington; Sidibe (Beattie 81), Fuller (Tuncay 79). Subs: Begovic (g), Pugh, Diao, Collins. Booked: Shawcross, Fuller.

Blackburn (4-4-2): Robinson; Chimbonda (Salgado 65), Samba, Nelsen, Givet; Emerton, N'Zonzi (Reid 73), Pedersen, Olsson; Di Santo (Andrews 60), Kalinic. Subs: Brown (g), Roberts, Andrews, Diouf, Hoilett. Booked: Samba, N'Zonzi, Andrews. Sent off: Samba.

Referee: S Bennett (Kent).

Markets zigzagged and finally settled in negative terrain last week. As the trading week ended Friday, stocks turned negative as traders absorbed Alcoa's disappointing first-of-the-season earnings report, casting worries on the industrial sector. China moved to tighten its monetary policies to links of london charms avoid overheating, also contributing to concerns about the global pace of recovery. Techs and financials climbed briefly on Intel's quarterly results, better than expected, before a disappointing read on consumer sentiment and JPMorgan earnings sent all indices into negative terrain. The consumer sentiment index was lower than expected, and JPMorgan results warned investors that it was too soon to say that loan losses have reached their apex. JPMorgan, often seen as one of the strongest U.S. banks, hammered investors' confidence that banks are on the positive side of recovery. Many analysts are saying that investors have priced in positive earnings news, and any weak reports will send stocks downhill.

The Journal Record Index was hurt both by earnings fears, and by a drop in natural gas supplies and weather worries. The inventory drop was the sixth consecutive week of declines. Energy futures fell on the Energy Information Administration report, drawing the Journal Record Index down. The Journal Record Index shed 31.01 points, or 3.08 percent, closing at 976.78. Declining issues easily outweighed advancing issues by a nearly 3-to-1 margin.

Devon slid downward with the rest replica breitling watches of the sector, and said last week that it has hedged 42 percent of its 2010 prices at $6.18 per million BTUs. The company said that it intends to complete its sale of noncore assets, announced earlier, by the third quarter. Devon CEO Larry Nichols said that DVN has no interest in the northeast's Marcellus Shale because of environmental opposition. Devon lost $3.09, or 4.06 percent, and was the top dollar loser last week. DVN closed at $73.03.

Quest gained strength after receiving an expected noncompliance notice from Nasdaq, citing QRCP for its failure to hold its annual meeting of stockholders prior to Dec. 31, 2009. Quest purposely delayed the meeting to save money and plans to combine its annual meeting with one to vote on the previously announced combination of Quest with its allied partners. QRCP added 7 cents, or 12.07 percent, and was the top percentage gainer last week. Quest ended at 65 cents.

Helmerich & Payne slipped 21 cents, or Thomas sabo charms 0.44 percent, following the Venezuelan devaluation of its currency. HP said it sees a $20 million price tag on the loss. HP said its 11 rigs in Venezuela will remain inactive until there is more action on pending collections from the Venezuelan state oil company. Helmerich & Payne closed the session at $47.79.

BANGALORE: As pro-and anti-groups took the Valentine's Day argument to the streets, a group of youths - claiming to be members of Karnataka Youth Congress - on Thursday blackened the face of Sri Rama Sene leader Pramod Muthalik.

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