Hill hoping to be back in the first team

"I'm never confident about getting straight back into the side because there is competition for places but I've worked hard the last two weeks and hopefully that will be noticed," he told the official website.

"I was stupid really for getting sent-off the way I did. The suspension came at a bad time for me because I feel I was getting stronger and stronger and playing well.

"I'll be happy to get on the bench against Leeds but if I get a run-out that will be even better."

Clint Hill (Stoke) appearances				2004/20052003/20042002/20032001/20022000/20011999/2000
Date	Competition	Home	Res	Away	Gls	Crd
01/01/2005	Championship	Nottm. Forest	1-0	Stoke City	0	R
28/12/2004	Championship	Ipswich Town	1-0	Stoke City	0
26/12/2004	Championship	Stoke City	0-0	Preston N.E.	0	Y
17/12/2004	Championship	Brighton & HA	0-1	Stoke City	0
11/12/2004	Championship	Stoke City	1-0	Coventry City	0
04/12/2004	Championship	Watford	0-1	Stoke City	0
27/11/2004	Championship	Stoke City	0-1	Sunderland	0
20/11/2004	Championship	Plymouth Arg.	0-0	Stoke City	0
02/11/2004	Championship	Stoke City	0-1	Wigan Ath.	0
30/10/2004	Championship	Stoke City	1-0	Millwall	0
23/10/2004	Championship	Leicester City	1-1	Stoke City	0	Y
19/10/2004	Championship	West Ham Utd.	2-0	Stoke City	0
16/10/2004	Championship	Stoke City	0-1	Reading	0
02/10/2004	Championship	Stoke City *	0-1	Q.P.R.	0
28/09/2004	Championship	Leeds Utd.	0-0	Stoke City	0
25/09/2004	Championship	Burnley	2-2	Stoke City	0
18/09/2004	Championship	Stoke City	0-0	Nottm. Forest	0
28/08/2004	Championship	Cardiff City	0-1	Stoke City	0
24/08/2004	League Cup	Oldham Ath.	2-1	Stoke City	0
Appearances 18 (* + 1 as sub); Goals 0; Yellow cards 2; Red cards 1