 On his 100th appearance for Stoke, Walters scored twice against his old club Bolton Wanderers in a 2–2 draw, a result which relegated the "Trotters".Walters continued to be a virtual ever-present in the 2012–13 season as he went on to make a club-record 61 consecutive Premier League starts by 3 November 2012.He scored a well-worked set-piece in a 1–1 draw against West Ham United which earned praise from pundit Gary Neville.