Joe Brown scored twice as City reserves signed off their home campaign with a victory.

Colin Todd was at Valley Parade to cast an eye over winger Jerome Watt, released by Blackburn, as well as having another look at Ipswich's Cathal Lordan.

Jason St Juste, another trialist, set up City's opener after 25

minutes with a lobbed cross that Brown struck home.

Then good vision from Bobby Petta returned the compliment for former Darlington winger St Juste to fire into the bottom corner.

Ben Saynor saved well from Matt Hazely but it was City who scored again after 70 minutes.

A superb solo effort from Petta was parried by keeper Robert Duggan and Brown was on hand to finish off the rebound.

Matthew Paterson replied with an 85th-minute consolation for Stoke.

City res: Saynor, Aujla (Hopkins), O'Brien, Kearney, Wright, Ainge, Watt (Smith), Lordan (Mitchell), Petta, Brown, St Juste. Subs (not used): McGuire, Morgan.