They may not make the play-offs but there's a lot to be positive about for Stoke City fans because their side really seem to be progressing under Michael O'Neill.
It's been a rocky few years since they dropped back down to the Championship but O'Neill's rebuilding job appears to be going well.
The summer is going to be a very interesting time for the club, with their manager likely looking to continue to shape his squad ahead of next term.
The Potters have seen a significant amount of turnover in recent years and even more looking back to their Premier League spell.
Our focus today is Stoke players of old and we've been scouring the archives searching for some that you might not recognise and some familiar faces that you may have forgotten played for the club.
With that in mind, we've compiled a list of 11 players you probably forgot ever played for Stoke City...
The 38-year-old forward is currently plying his trade with H. C. Sapporo in the Japanese top tier but had a long career in English football.
His most significant contributions came at the likes of Cardiff City, Coventry City and Wolves but he did have a brief spell with the Potters.
Bothroyd spent just a month at Stoke after joining on loan from Wolves in March 2008 and it was a fairly unremarkable period, it has to be said.
The forward made just four appearances for the club and didn't find the net once, while Stoke failed to win in all four games.
The American is now a teammate of Ryan Shawcross at David Beckham's Inter Miami in the MLS but that's not the first time the two have played alongside each other.
Shea arrived at Stoke from FC Dallas in January 2013 but struggled to ever make much of an impact at the Bet365 Stadium and returned to the MLS two years later.
The majority of his time in English football was spent out on loan and he mustered just five senior appearances for the Potters – not providing a goal or an assist.
He's fared much better back in the USA, featuring for the likes of Orlando City, Vancouver, Atlanta United and now Inter Miami.
Stafylidis' six-month loan spell at Stoke was fairly recent but it was so unremarkable that it would be no surprise if he's a player that hasn't stayed in the memory of most fans.
The left-back has spent the majority of his career in German football and made the switch to the Bet365 Stadium on loan from Ausburg in January 2018.
It's hard to argue that the loan fee – thought to be around £540,000 – was money well spent because he made just five appearances for the Potters and wasn't on the winning side once.
Injuries have plagued the 27-year-old since and he hasn't featured once for current club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim once this term.
The Northern Irishman joined Stoke's youth setup from Scottish outfit St Andrews BC in 2002 but despite spending six years with the Potters, failed to make an impact at first team level.
Garrett, a central midfielder, played just 20 minutes of football and featured only twice – both appearances off the bench in the 2005/06 Championship season.
A move back to his native Northern Ireland has served the 32-year-old very well and he's been a regular fixture in the top tier, representing the likes of Linfield, Portadown, and Glenavon.
Garrett has also had a few forrays into European football, featuring in the Europa League and Champions League qualifying rounds but never making it through.
When Stoke landed the Uruguayan midfielder from Nacional in August 2009, it looked an exciting bit of business but unfortunately, it didn't play out the way fans were hoping it would.
The Potters are thought to have paid somewhere in the region of £2.7 million for Arismendi, who delivered them just six appearances during his time at the club.
He impressed out on loan in the 2010/11 campaign but after returning to Stoke never looked convincing with the majority of his chances coming in the Europa League.
He was released in December 2012, rejoined Nacional in February of 2013 and has been playing in South America ever since.
Guidetti's goalscoring record at many of his clubs is hugely impressive and fans of teams such as Celtic and Feyenoord will likely have fond memories of the Swede.
The same cannot really be said for his time at the Potters, a spell which saw him play just 59 minutes of football and not find the net once.
He joined on loan from Manchester City the season after firing in 20 goals in the Eredivisie but his half-season at the Bet365 Stadium didn't bring the same sort of success.
Guidetti would go on to impress at Celtic in the following campaign, leaving his time at Stoke as a rather forgettable anomaly.
When Stoke signed a young Soares from Crystal Palace in 2008, there will have been high hopes that he could achieve his potential at the club. He didn't.
The midfielder left as a free agent four years later having made just 13 appearances for the club and failing to ever really make a mark at first-team level.
Soares was snapped up by Bury and thrived in the North West, with the League One and League Two allowing him to really showcase his quality.
His last EFL club was fourth-tier outfit Stevenage and the 34-year-old now represents non-league side FC Odcome.
The midfielder was born on the South Coast and came through the Portsmouth academy.
Indeed it was Pompey that sent him on loan to Stoke in January 2004, though you would be forgiven for forgetting his time in the Potteries completely.
Clark spent the second half of the 2004/05 campaign with the club, who were a Championship outfit at the club, but featured just twice coming on as a very late substitute both times.
As far as we can tell, those were his only appearances in the EFL and a few years later he left Portsmouth to join non-league side Bognor Regis Town.
The Danish goalkeeper only left the Bet365 Stadium two years ago but it's no surprise if he's a name that supporters have forgotten completely.
Haugaard came through the youth systems of a number of Danish clubs before joining top-tier side FC Midtjylland. It was there that the shot-stopper caught the eye of the Potters and they signed him in January 2015.
Unfortunately, his four years with Stoke were fairly anonymous bringing just seven first-team appearances – the last of which came in 2015/16 – before he was released by the club.
The 28-year-old now plays for Swedish side AIK in the Allsvenskan.
The Manchester United academy product has had a fairly eventful career, bouncing around sides in the EFL over a career that's stretched into three decades.
Martin has more than 350 combined appearances in the Championship, League One, and League Two, but it was Stoke that gave him his first taste of the EFL.
The attacking midfielder joined on loan from Man United in the 2006/07 campaign – the year before the Potters were promoted – and featured 14 times.
He's featured for a significant number of clubs since, including most notably Ipswich Town and Millwall, and is currently at Ebbsfleet United.
It's hard to picture the Deepdale stalwart not in a Preston North End shirt, having made some 310 appearances for the Lilywhites, but he wore red and white in 2005/06 and in 2007/08.
The 36-year-old is now the Preston skipper and will likely be facing the Potters when they visit in April.
In the early part of his career, Gallagher was twice sent on loan to Stoke from Blackburn with his first spell returning 11 goals.
His success and service with Leicester City and Preston since will likely have made supporters forget that he was once part of the Stoke midfield.