Stoke relegated to the Championship after 10 years in the Premier League

Stoke’s 10-year stay in the top flight is over after a disastrous season.

Paul Lambert replaced Mark Hughes in January but was unable to turn around the club’s fortunes.

Stoke become the first side relegated this season - ahead of bottom club West Brom, having played a game more.

“FT: The Potters have lost. Defeat means we will be playing Championship football next season (1-2),” read the tweet from the Stoke account at full time.

Stoke are officially relegated despite only being three points from the fourth-bottom team due to Swansea and Southampton facing each other in their remaining games.

West Brom will join Stoke in the Championship unless they beat Tottenham in their 3pm match today.

The Potters had to win against Palace to give themselves the faintest hope of maintaining their stay in the top tier of the English game but Lambert's ailing side, who have not won in 13 league matches, went down to a late Patrick van Aanholt goal.

Xherdan Shaqiri had given Stoke hope with a deflected 43rd- minute free kick, only for James McArthur to equalise midway through the second half after a slick counter-attack.

Then, as Palace piled on the pressure, Van Aanholt struck four minutes from time as Stoke's worst run in the top flight for 34 years continued and Roy Hodgson's Palace could celebrate another year of Premier League football.