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Stoke City Football Club is an english professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, the cabaret changed its name to Stoke Football Club in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status. Stoke were one of the twelve founding members of the Football League in 1888. [ 6 ] The team competes in the Championship, the moment tier of English football.

Their first, and only major trophy to go steady, the League Cup was won in 1972, when the team beat Chelsea 2–1. The club ‘s highest league finish in the top division is one-fourth, which was achieved in the 1935–36 and 1946–47 seasons. Stoke played in the FA Cup Final in 2011, finishing runner-up to Manchester City and have reached three FA Cup semi-finals ; in 1899 then consecutively in 1971 and 1972. Stoke have competed in european football on three occasions, first in 1972–73 then in 1974–75 and most recently in 2011–12. The club has won the Football League Trophy doubly, in 1992 and in 2000. Stoke ‘s home plate ground is the 30,089 all-seater, Bet365 Stadium. Before the stadium was opened in 1997, the club was based at the Victoria Ground, which had been their home establish since 1878. The club ‘s dub is ‘The Potters ‘, named after the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent and their traditional home kit is a bolshevik and white vertically strip shirt, white shorts and stockings. Stoke ‘s traditional rivals are Midlands clubs West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers whilst their local rivals are Port Vale with whom they contest the Potteries bowler hat .

history [edit ]

formation and the early years ( 1863–1919 ) [edit ]

Stoke City was founded during the 1860s under the claim of Stoke Ramblers, much claimed to have been in 1863. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] According to the club ‘s official history, in that class early pupils of Charterhouse School formed a football cabaret while they were apprentices at the North Staffordshire Railway works in Stoke-upon-Trent. however, there has been a significant total of doubt regarding the origins of the club and the precise class that it was established. [ 3 ] Whilst Stoke City formally claim to have been formed in 1863, the year used on the clubhouse crest, inquiry has demonstrated that the club was actually more likely formed in 1868, five years belated than previously thought. [ 9 ] Stoke Ramblers were formed in 1868 by Henry Almond who had been a scholar at Charterhouse school where a drivel form of the game was popular. He arrived in the region to become an apprentice with the North Staffordshire Railway Company and, wishing to continue playing the game that he had enjoyed whilst at school, established the first formal association football clubhouse in the region. [ 3 ] The cabaret ‘s first documented equal was in October 1868, against a abrasion team brought together for the occasion by E.W May. Harry Almond captained the Stoke Ramblers team and besides scored the cabaret ‘s first goal. [ 3 ] The clubhouse ‘s beginning recorded away peer was at Congleton, a rugby clubhouse that were convinced to play a one-off regular under association rules, in December 1868. [ 10 ] From the 1860s, the club played at the Victoria Cricket Club ground ; however they switched to a nearby background at Sweetings Field in 1875 to cope with rising attendances. [ 1 ]
The Stoke team of 1877–78. In 1878, the club dropped the suffix from its style and became known as Stoke Football Club. It became closely aligned with Stoke Victoria Cricket Club, sharing facilities and some administrative responsibilities. [ 1 ] The cabaret played at the Athletic Club ground, which soon became known as the Victoria Ground. [ 3 ] It was around this prison term that the golf club adopted their traditional red-and-white striped kit. In August 1885, the club turned professional. [ 1 ] Stoke were one of the twelve founding members of the Football League when it was introduced in 1888. [ 3 ] The club struggled in their foremost two seasons, 1888–89 and 1889–90, finishing bottom on both occasions. [ 11 ] In 1890 Stoke failed to be re-elected and joined the Football Alliance, which they won and thus were re-elected to the Football League. Stoke spent the following 15 seasons in the First Division and reached the FA Cup Semi-final in the 1898–99 season before being relegated in 1907 with severe fiscal problems. Stoke went bankrupt at the end of the 1907–08 season and entered non-league football, playing in the Birmingham & District League and Southern League until 1914, when the First World War meant the Football League was suspended for four years. During the wartime period, Stoke entered the Lancashire Primary and Secondary leagues. [ 12 ] When football recommenced in August 1919, Stoke re-joined the league .

Victoria Ground and Stanley Matthews ( 1919–1937 ) [edit ]

The cabaret became owners of the Victoria Ground in 1919. This was followed by the construction of the Butler Street stand, which increased the overall capability of the earth to 50,000. [ 13 ] In 1925, Stoke-on-Trent was granted city condition and this led the cabaret to change its name to Stoke City F.C. [ 14 ] The 1930s saw the debut of club ‘s most celebrate musician, Stanley Matthews. Matthews, who grew up in Hanley, was an apprentice at the club and made his first appearance in March 1932, [ 15 ] against Bury, at the senesce of 17. [ 16 ] By conclusion of the ten, Matthews had established himself as an England international and as one of the best footballers of his generation. Stoke achieved promotion from the Second Division in 1932–33 – as champions – however Matthews only featured in fifteen games in this season. He did however score his foremost goal for the clubhouse in a 3–1 succeed against local rivals Port Vale. [ 16 ] By 1934, the club ‘s average attendance had risen to over 23,000, which in turn allowed the golf club to give the director Tom Mather increased transfer funds. The golf club was now considered one of the top teams in the state. It was in this period that the club recorded its record league gain, a 10–3 acquire over West Bromwich Albion in February 1937. In April of that year, the club achieved its record league crowd – 51,373 against Arsenal. Freddie Steele ‘s 33 league goals in the 1936–37 season remains a club record. [ 16 ]

Title challenge and league decline ( 1937–1960 ) [edit ]

Following the resumption of the FA Cup after World War II, calamity struck on 9 March 1946, as 33 fans died and 520 were injured during a 6th polish tie away against Bolton Wanderers. This came known as the Burnden Park disaster. [ 17 ] In 1946–47, Stoke mounted a unplayful claim challenge. The club needed a win in their concluding game of the season to win the First Division title. however, a 2–1 kill to Sheffield United meant the title went to Liverpool alternatively. Stanley Matthews left with 3 games remaining of the 1946–47 season, opting to join Blackpool at the age of 32. [ 17 ] Stoke were relegated from the First Division in 1952–53 ; during the season Bob McGrory resigned as the club ‘s director after 17 years in the function. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Former Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Frank Taylor took over at the baseball club looking to gain promotion bet on to the First Division. however, after seven seasons in the Second Division without promotion, Taylor was sacked. Taylor was shocked at being fired and vowed never to be associated with football again. [ 3 ]

Tony Waddington years ( 1960–1977 ) [edit ]

Tony Waddington was appointed as the club ‘s coach in June 1960. [ 20 ] He joined the golf club in 1952 as a coach, before being promoted to assistant director in 1957. Waddington pulled off a significant coup by enticing Stanley Matthews – then 46 years previous – back to the club, 14 years after he had departed. [ 21 ] The return of Matthews helped Stoke to an improved one-eighth stead in 1961–62. forwarding was achieved in the comply season, with Stoke finishing as champions. [ 21 ] In their inaugural season back in the top flight, 1963–64, Waddington guided Stoke to a mid-table stopping point. Stoke reached the 1964 Football League Cup Final, which they lost 4–3 to Leicester City over two legs. [ 21 ] Waddington counted on have ; Dennis Viollet, Jackie Mudie, Roy Vernon, Maurice Setters and Jimmy McIlroy were all players signed in the latter stages of their careers. Matthews was awarded a knighthood for services to football in the 1965 New Year ‘s Honours list. This was followed by his final appearance for the clubhouse against Fulham in February 1965, concisely after his fiftieth birthday. Gordon Banks, England ‘s 1966 World Cup -winning goalkeeper, joined in 1967 for £ 52,000 from Leicester. [ 21 ] Regarded as the best goalkeeper in the global, [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Banks proved to be a calculating sign for Waddington as he helped the club maintain constancy in the First Division. [ 21 ] During the airless season of 1967, Stoke City played in the one-off United Soccer Association which imported clubs from Europe and South America. Stoke played as the Cleveland Stokers and finished as runner-up of the Eastern Division. [ 24 ] The baseball club won its first major trophy on 4 March 1972 in the League Cup Final against Chelsea. [ 25 ] Stoke won 2–1 in front of a crowd of 97,852 at Wembley with goals from Terry Conroy and George Eastham. [ 26 ] Preceding this victory, Stoke had progressed through 11 games in order to reach the final. This included four games with West Ham United in the semi-final ; the two-legged affiliation was replayed twice. Stoke fared well in the FA Cup ; the club progressed to the semi-final degree in both the 1970–71 and 1971–72 seasons. however, on both occasions Stoke lost to Arsenal in a replay. [ 26 ] Stoke besides competed in the UEFA Cup in 1972 and 1974 lose at the first attempt to 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Ajax respectively. [ 26 ] In January 1976, the roof of the Butler Street Stand was blown off in a storm. [ 27 ] The haunt bill of about £250,000 put the baseball club in fiscal trouble ; key players such as Alan Hudson, Mike Pejic and Jimmy Greenhoff were sold to cover the repairs. With the team depleted, Stoke were relegated in the 1976–77 season. Waddington, after a while of 17 years in commission, left the club after a 1–0 home defeat to Leicester in March 1977. [ 26 ] [ 28 ]

managerial traffic circle ( 1977–1997 ) [edit ]

Waddington was replaced by George Eastham in March 1977. however, he could not prevent the club ‘s relegation to the Second Division in 1976–77. Eastham left in January 1978 after only ten-spot months in charge, and was replaced by Alan Durban from Shrewsbury Town. Durban achieved forwarding to the First Division in the 1978–79 season, [ 26 ] but after consolidating the club ‘s position in the First Division, he left to manage Sunderland in 1981. [ 29 ] Richie Barker was appointed for the 1981–82 season, but was sacked in December 1983 and was replaced by Bill Asprey. Asprey decided to bring back veteran Alan Hudson, and the decision paid off as an improved second half of the season saw Stoke debar delegating on the concluding day of the 1983–84 season. [ 29 ] The 1984–85 season proved to be black. Stoke finished the season with entirely 17 points, with fair three wins all season. Mick Mills was appointed player-manager for the 1985–86 season, [ 29 ] but was ineffective to sustain a challenge for promotion in his four seasons as coach and was sacked in November 1989. His successor, Alan Ball Jr., became the club ‘s fifth coach in ten years. [ 29 ] Ball struggled in his first season in charge, 1989–90, and Stoke were relegated to the third grade of English football after finishing bottom of the Second Division. Ball kept his job for the begin of the follow season, 1990–91, but departed during February 1991, in an indifferent season that saw Stoke finish 14th in the Third Division, Stoke ‘s lowest league position. [ 30 ] Ball ‘s successor, Lou Macari, was appointed in May 1991, anterior to the start of the 1991–92 season. He clinched silverware for the club ; the 1992 Football League Trophy was won with a 1–0 victory against Stockport County at Wembley, with Mark Stein scoring the only finish of the meet. The take after season, 1992–93, promotion was achieved from the one-third tier. Macari left for his boyhood club Celtic in October 1993 to be replaced by Joe Jordan ; Stein besides departed, in a club record £1.5 million motivate to Chelsea. [ 30 ] Jordan ‘s tenure in charge was short, leaving the club less than a year after join, and Stoke opted to re-appoint Lou Macari entirely 12 months after he had left. Stoke finished fourthly in 1995–96 but were defeated in the play-off semi-final by Leicester City. Macari left the cabaret at the end of the stick to season. His last equal in blame was the final league crippled at the Victoria Ground. [ 30 ] Mike Sheron, who was signed two years previously from Norwich City, was sold for a club record fee of £2.5 million in 1997. [ 31 ]

Britannia Stadium and the Icelandic coup d’etat ( 1997–2008 ) [edit ]

1997–98 saw Stoke motivate to its new land, the Britannia Stadium, [ 32 ] after 119 years at the Victoria Ground. Chic Bates, Macari ‘s adjunct, was appointed coach for the club ‘s first season in the new ground. He did not final retentive though, and was replaced by Chris Kamara in January 1998. Kamara could not improve the club ‘s fortunes either, and he besides left in April. Alan Durban, previously Stoke ‘s director two decades earlier, took charge for the remainder of season. Despite his best efforts, Durban was ineffective to keep the club up, as frustration against Manchester City on the final day of the season consigned Stoke to relegation to the third base grade. [ 30 ] Brian Little, once director of Aston Villa, [ 33 ] took charge for the 1998–99 season. [ 34 ] Despite an impressive begin, the team ‘s human body tailed off dramatically in the latter stages of the season, which led to Little leaving the club at the end of the season. His successor, Gary Megson, was alone in the job for four months. Megson was forced to depart following a takeover by Stoke Holding, an Icelandic consortium, who purchased a 66 % contribution in Stoke City F.C. for £6.6 million. [ 27 ] Stoke became the first base Icelandic-owned football golf club outside of Iceland. They appointed the club ‘s first alien director, Guðjón Þórðarson, who helped Stoke win the Football League Trophy in the 1999–2000 temper, with a 2–1 gain over Bristol City in front of a crowd of 85,057 at Wembley. [ 14 ] [ 35 ] Þórðarson achieved promotion at the third time of asking in 2001–02 after previous play-off defeats against Gillingham and Walsall. [ 36 ] Cardiff City were defeated in the semi-final before a 2–0 win against Brentford at the Millennium Stadium secured promotion. Despite achieving the finish of forwarding, Þórðarson was sacked by Gunnar Gíslason merely five days late. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Steve Cotterill was drafted in as Thordarson ‘s surrogate anterior to the start of the 2002–03 temper, [ 36 ] but resigned in October 2002 after only four months in charge. Tony Pulis was appointed as Stoke ‘s new director concisely after. [ 14 ] [ 38 ] Pulis steered Stoke clear of relegation, [ 36 ] with a 1–0 win over Reading on the final day of the season keeping the golf club in the division. [ 39 ] however, Pulis was sacked at the end of the 2004–05 season, following disagreement between himself and the club ‘s owners. [ 40 ] Dutch coach Johan Boskamp was named as Pulis ‘ successor on 29 June 2005, only one sidereal day after Pulis was sacked. [ 41 ] Boskamp brought in a count of new players from Europe, but his slope was inconsistent and alone a mid-table coating was achieved. [ 42 ] Boskamp left at the end of the 2005–06 season amidst a coup d’etat bid by former chair Peter Coates. [ 43 ] On 23 May 2006, Coates completed his takeover of Stoke City, marking the end of Gunnar Gíslason ‘s chairmanship of the club. [ 44 ] Coates chose erstwhile director Tony Pulis as Boskamp ‘s successor in June 2006. [ 45 ] Pulis took Stoke close to a play-off place, but an eventual eighth-place finish was achieved in the 2006–07 season. [ 46 ]

Ten years in the Premier League ( 2008–2018 ) [edit ]

Stoke City fans celebrate following promotion to the Premier League, 4 May 2008 Stoke won automatic promotion to the Premier League on the final day of the 2007–08 season, finishing in second place in the Championship. [ 47 ] A 3–1 defeat to Bolton Wanderers on the open day of the 2008–09 season saw Stoke written off by many media outlets as relegation certainties. [ 48 ] Stoke managed to turn the Britannia Stadium into a “ fortress ”, making it unmanageable for teams to pick up points there. In their first home match, Stoke defeated Aston Villa 3–2, [ 49 ] and wins besides came against Tottenham Hotspur, [ 50 ] Arsenal, [ 51 ] Sunderland [ 52 ] and West Bromwich Albion. [ 53 ] After a 2–1 win at Hull City, [ 54 ] Stoke confirmed their place in the Premier League as the Potters finished 12th in their return to the top fledge, with a sum of 45 points. [ 55 ] Stoke finished the following 2009–10 season in a goodly eleventh place, with 47 points. Stoke besides made it to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time since 1972, defeating York City, Arsenal and Manchester City before losing out to eventual winners Chelsea. Stoke reached the FA Cup Final for the first time, beating Cardiff City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Brighton & Hove Albion, West Ham United and a celebrated 5–0 succeed against Bolton, the largest post-war FA Cup semi-final victory. [ 56 ] however, they lost the final examination 1–0 to Manchester City. [ 57 ] By reaching the final examination, Stoke qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. [ 58 ] In the Europa League, Stoke advanced past Hajduk Split, Thun and a hard group containing Beşiktaş, Dynamo Kyiv and Maccabi Tel Aviv which Stoke managed to progress through finish in irregular position. City ‘s advantage was a tie against spanish giants Valencia and despite putting up a spirited second leg performance, Stoke went out 2–0 on aggregate. In the Premier League, Stoke made the high-profile sign of Peter Crouch as they finished in a mid-table status for a fourth fourth dimension. The 2012–13 season saw Stoke make short advance, and Pulis left the clubhouse by reciprocal consent on 21 May 2013. [ 59 ] Pulis was replaced by chap Welshman Mark Hughes, who signed a three-year sign on 30 May 2013. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] Hughes led Stoke to a ninth-place coating in 2013–14, their highest position in the Premier League and best finish since 1974–75. [ 62 ] The 2014–15 season saw Stoke again finish in ninth placement this time, with 54 points. [ 63 ] Despite breaking their transfer record twice on Xherdan Shaqiri and then Giannelli Imbula, in 2015–16, Stoke did not make any advance and finished in ninth position for a one-third temper running. [ 64 ] Stoke declined in 2016–17, finishing in 13th situation. [ 65 ] In January 2018, Hughes was sacked after a poor people run left the clubhouse in the relegation zone. [ 66 ] He was replaced by Paul Lambert, [ 67 ] who could not prevent the club ending its 10-year spell in the Premier League. [ 68 ]

render to the Championship ( 2018–present ) [edit ]

Following their relegation to the Championship, Lambert was replaced with former Derby County boss Gary Rowett. [ 69 ] Despite spending closely £50 million on players in the summer transfer window, results and performances were hapless and Rowett was subsequently sacked on 8 January 2019 with the team 14th in the table. [ 70 ] He was replaced with Luton Town boss Nathan Jones. [ 71 ] Stoke went on to end an uneventful 2018–19 season in 16th home with a record number of draws ( 22 ). [ 72 ] After achieving precisely 2 wins in the open 14 games of the follow season, Jones was sacked on 1 November 2019 with the team in the delegating zone. [ 73 ] Northern Ireland boss Michael O’Neill was confirmed as his refilling a workweek by and by. [ 74 ] Results improved under O’Neill and the team managed to avoid relegation, finishing in 15th. [ 75 ]

stadium [edit ]

Stoke moved to the all-seater land now known as the Bet365 Stadium in 1997. It is not clear where Stoke ‘s original play fields were located. Their first slope was surely in the site of a introduce burial background in Lonsdale Street, although there is evidence that they besides played on land near to the Copeland Arms public house on Campbell Road. [ 3 ] In 1875, they moved to Sweetings Field, which was owned by the mayor of Stoke, Alderman Sweeting. [ 3 ] It is estimated that deoxyadenosine monophosphate many as 200–250 spectators were attending home matches at Sweetings Field, paying one penny for admission. Stoke were to stay at Sweetings Field until a amalgamation with the Stoke Victoria Cricket Club in March 1878, when Stoke moved to the Victoria Ground. [ 3 ] The first peer to be played at the Victoria Ground was a friendly against Talke Rangers on 28 March 1878 ; Stoke won 1–0 in front of 2,500 fans. [ 3 ] The ground was primitively an egg-shaped determine to cater for athletics, and this shape was retained for the following 30 years. Major development exploit began in the 1920s, and by 1930 the labor had lost its original shape. [ 3 ] By 1935, the reason capacity was up to 50,000. A record push of 51,380 packed into the Ground on 29 March 1937 to watch a league match against Arsenal. [ 3 ] Floodlights were installed in 1956 and another new main stand was built. Over the weekend of the 3/4 in January 1976, gale-force winds blew the roof off the Butler Street Stand. [ 3 ] Stoke played a home League meet against Middlesbrough at Vale Park whilst compensate work was ongoing. [ 3 ] The Stoke End Stand was improved in 1979 and through the 1980s more improvements were made. By 1995, Stoke drew up plans to make the crunch an all seater stadium, to comply with the Taylor Report. however, the baseball club decided it would be better to leave the Victoria Ground and re-locate to a new locate. [ 3 ] In 1997, Stoke left the Victoria Ground after 119 years, and moved to the modern 28,384 all seater Britannia Stadium at a cost of £14.7 million. Stoke struggled at first to adjust to their newly surroundings and were relegated to the third gear tier in the inaugural season at the new ground. In 2002, a read 28,218 attended an FA Cup match against Everton. With Stoke gaining promotion to the Premier League in 2008, attendances increased. however, the capacity was reduced to 27,500 due to segregation. [ 76 ] The mention of the ground was changed to the Bet365 Stadium in June 2016. [ 77 ] Work began on expanding the stadium to over 30,000 in February 2017 and was concluded in the summer of 2017. [ 78 ]

Supporters [edit ]

While much of the support that the golf club enjoys is from the local anesthetic Stoke-on-Trent area, there are a numeral of expatriate fan clubs, notably in London and stretching from Scandinavia to countries further afield such as Russia, the United States and Australia. [ 79 ] A capacity crowd regularly turned out to see them in the Premier League. [ 80 ] Stoke have had problems in the past with football vandalism in the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s and early 2000s which gave the club a bad reputation, this was to the actions by the “ Naughty Forty ” firm which associated itself with the club and was formed by patron Mark Chester. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] [ 83 ] Mark Chester reformed himself and nowadays works as a young person inclusion showman. [ 84 ] In 2003, the BBC described Stoke City as having “ one of the most active and organised football bully firms in England ”. In reply to these criticisms, the club introduced an Away Travel ID system. [ 85 ] This was subsequently suspended in 2008 as a resultant role of improved behavior and an enhanced reputation. [ 86 ] More recently, Stoke City ‘s fans and their stadium have been perceived as brassy, friendly, passionate and modern, [ 87 ] welcome as guests Sugar Ray Leonard [ 88 ] and Diego Maradona. [ 89 ] There is in the media now “ genuine admiration for the volume and volatility of the club ‘s patriotic patronize ”. [ 87 ] Stoke announced that they would offer supporters absolve bus travel to every Premier League away game in the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons. [ 90 ] In November 2008, a group of Stoke fans were forced by the Greater Manchester Police to leave Manchester before a league couple against Manchester United. [ 91 ] The Human Rights group Liberty took up the character of the fans, [ 92 ] and Greater Manchester police finally apologised for their actions and the fans were awarded compensation. [ 93 ] [ 94 ] Supporters of the golf club have adopted “ Delilah “ as their club anthem since the 1970s. It was adopted by the fans after a assistant was heard singing it in a local public house. Some of the song ‘s master lyrics have been adapted for the terraces, but the effect of the song remains the same. [ 95 ] Stoke ‘s official cabaret hymn is “ We ‘ll be with you ” which was recorded by the Stoke players anterior to the 1972 Football League Cup Final. [ 3 ] between 2008 and 2011, local anesthetic fan “ Pottermouth ” contributed a series of raps to BBC Radio Stoke about Stoke ‘s forwarding, their conflict to stay in the Premier League, and the 2011 FA Cup Final. [ 96 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

Stoke ‘s local anesthetic rivals are Port Vale, based in the Burslem area of Stoke-on-Trent. As the two clubs have regularly been in different divisions, there have entirely been 46 league matches between the two sides, with the last match being in 2002. [ 97 ] Regardless of the miss of matches, the Potteries bowler hat is frequently a nasty and close game of football with few goals being scored. Stoke have won 19 matches while Vale have won 15. [ 98 ] due to the rarity of this fixture, Stoke have more lay down rivalries with Midlands clubs Derby County, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers. [ 3 ] [ 99 ] [ 100 ] A competition with Welsh side Cardiff City was formed in the 2001–02 season where the sides played each early in the second Division play-offs. [ 101 ] [ 102 ]

Kit and crest [edit ]

Kit [edit ]

Stoke ‘s traditional kit is red and white striped shirts with white shorts and socks. [ 3 ] Their first plunder was navy and cardinal number hoops with white knickerbockers and hooped stockings. [ 3 ] This changed to black and blue hoops before the club settled on bolshevik and white stripes in 1883. [ 3 ] however, in 1891 the Football League decided that entirely one club could use one style of leach per season and Sunderland were allowed to take crimson and white stripes. indeed between 1891 and 1908 Stoke used a variety of kits with apparent maroon being the most common. [ 3 ] In 1908, Stoke lost their league status and were able to ultimately revert to crimson and white and when they re-joined the league in 1919 the principle was scrapped. [ 3 ] Since then, Stoke have everlastingly used crimson and white denude shirts, with the only time when they diverted from this was for two seasons in the mid-1980s, which saw them wear a pin-striped shirt .
Stoke-on-Trent coat of arms, used as club crest from the 1950s to 1977, and from 1992 to 2001 .

crest [edit ]

Stoke ‘s first club crest was a conventionalized “ S ” which was used by players in 1882 who would stitch the cap on to their shirts ; however, this practice soon faded away. [ 3 ] In the 1950s Stoke began using the harbor from the Stoke-on-Trent coat-of-arms which was used infrequently until 1977. [ 3 ] A new and bare club cap was introduced a Stafford knot and pottery kiln represented local tradition while crimson and white stripes were besides added. [ 3 ] This lasted until 1992 when the club decided to use the entire Stoke-on-Trent coat-of-arms which included the club ‘s mention at the top of the crest. [ 3 ] They changed their crest in 2001 to the current version which includes their nickname “ The Potters ”. For the 2012–13 temper, they used a particular version to mark the clubhouse ‘s hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary which included the clubhouse ‘s Latin motto “ Vis Unita Fortior “ ( “ United Strength is Stronger ” ) .

Players [edit ]

First-team team [edit ]

As of 1 December 2021[103]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on lend [edit ]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Reserves and Academy [edit ]

early players [edit ]

For details of former players, see List of Stoke City F.C. players, List of Stoke City F.C. players (25–99 appearances), List of Stoke City F.C. players (1–24 appearances) and Category:Stoke City F.C. players.

player records [edit ]

For player records, including player awards, see List of Stoke City F.C. records and statistics.

Stoke City ( Women ) [edit ]

player of the year [edit ]

Club management [edit ]

reservoir : [ 104 ]

Board of Directors
  • Joint-Chairman: John Coates and Peter Coates
  • Vice-chairman: Richard Smith
  • Chief Executive / Director: Tony Scholes
First Team Management
  • Manager: Michael O’Neill
  • Assistant Manager: Dean Holden
  • First Team Coach: Rory Delap
  • Goalkeeper Coach: David Rouse
  • Head of Performance Analysis: Andy Cousins
  • Head of Sports Science: Paul Walsh
  • Head of First Team Recruitment: Alex Aldridge
  • Kit Manager: Gary Worthington
Academy Staff

managerial history [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

Stoke City ‘s honours include the keep up : [ 105 ]

league [edit ]

Second Division / Championship ( 2nd tier )
Third Division North / Second Division ( 3rd tier )
Football Alliance
Birmingham & District League
Southern League Division Two

Cups [edit ]

FA Cup
League Cup: 1
Football League Trophy: 2
Watney Cup: 1
Staffordshire Senior Cup: 19

  • Winners: 1877–78, 1878–79, 1903–04, 1913–14, 1920–21, 1929–30, 1933–34, 1938–39, 1947–48, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2016–17
  • Runners-up: 1882–83, 1885–86, 1890–91, 1895–96, 1896–97, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1934–35, 1951–52, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1980–81, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2010–11

Birmingham Senior Cup: 2

  • Winners: 1901, 1914
  • Runners-up: 1910, 1915, 1920, 1921

Isle of Man Trophy: 3

Records [edit ]

record appearances :

  • Eric Skeels – 592 appearances (league and cup)
  • John McCue – 675 appearances (including war-time games)

phonograph record goalscorers :

  • John Ritchie – 176 goals (league and cup goals)
  • Freddie Steele – 140 goals (league goals)

commemorate sign :

  • Giannelli Imbula signed from Porto: £18.3 million (1 February 2016)[106]

record sale :
read results :
attendance records :

european record [edit ]

References [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

  1. ^[1][2][3][4] According to Stoke City ‘s official web site the club was formed in 1863 but they admit that “ many details remain sketchy ”. The first recorded equal played by the Ramblers was in October 1868 against EW May ‘s fifteen .

Citations [edit ]