Stoke were drawn at home to League Two side Shrewsbury Town in the second round of the League Cup. the "Shrews" had beaten Charlton Athletic 4–3 in the first round. Stoke fielded a fairly strong side with Carlo Nash making his first start since returning to the club. It was Shrewsbury who made the brighter start with Dutch striker Benjamin van den Broek shooting harmlessly at Nash. Stoke took the lead on 26 minutes with a diving header from Jonathan Walters who scored his first City goal, it was 2–0 ten minutes later when Tuncay headed past Chris Neal. It was a quite second half with Stoke looking for the third goal but were guilty of some missed opportunity. Shrewsbury gave themselves hope when Steven Leslie scored but the match finished 2–1 to Stoke.
