Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Founded in 1863, Stoke is the oldest club in the Premier League, and thought to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts County. Stoke play their home fixtures at the Britannia Stadium. The club's nickname is The Potters and their home kit is a red-and-white vertically striped shirt with white shorts and white socks.
Prior to their 2008 promotion, Stoke had not participated in top flight football since the 1984-85 season, Stoke's first major trophy was won in the 1972 League Cup Final, The club have won the Football League Trophy on two occasions, firstly in 1992 and most recently in 2000.
Stoke won promotion to the Premier League after a goalless draw with Leicester City on the last day of the 2007–08 season, putting them in 2nd place of The Championship. 2008–09 season, From the 21st March, Stoke scored points in four consecutive games, only dropping points to Newcastle United in this time. After a 2-1 win at Hull City, Stoke confirmed their place in the Premier League 2009–10, and reached a league high of 11th place.<\/P>","B5EB80A22A57B91E":"","97493DA145895B7F":"39114","D39E7C23A464F86D":"1","6BCA2519085BAC06":"
Record appearances: League\uff1a
<\/STRONG>Eric Skeels – 592 appearances (League and Cup)
John McCue – 675 appearances (Including War time games)
Record goalscorers:
<\/STRONG>John Ritchie – 171 Goals (League and Cup goals)
Freddie Steele – 140 Goals (League goals)
Record signing:
<\/STRONG>Kenwyne Jones signed from Sunderland: £8 million (11 August 2010)
Record sale:
<\/STRONG>Tuncay \u015eanl\u0131 sold to VfL Wolfsburg : £4.5 million (31 January 2011)
Record results:
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Record win:<\/STRONG> 26–0 v Mow Cop 1877
Record League victory:<\/STRONG> 10–3 v West Bromwich Albion (4 February 1937)
Record League defeat:<\/STRONG> 0–10 v Preston North End (14 September 1889)
Record FA Cup victory:<\/STRONG> 11–0 v Stourbridge (26 September 1914)
Record FA Cup defeat:<\/STRONG> 3–6 v Swansea Town (30 January 1926)
Record League Cup victory:<\/STRONG> 6–2 v Chelsea (22 October 1926)
Record League Cup defeat:<\/STRONG> 0–8 v Liverpool (29 November 2000)
Record Premier League win:<\/STRONG> 4–0 v Newcastle United 19 March 2011
Record Premier League defeat:<\/STRONG> 0–7 v Chelsea 25 April 2010
Attendance records:<\/STRONG>
51,130 at the Victoria Ground v Arsenal 29 March 1937
28,218 at the Britannia Stadium v Everton 5 January 2002<\/P>","8CE97C5D66CE80B1AC3199ACA41392EF":"","1F226704445BE844DD86978D1C491CD0":"1984-4-30","9FD5B574D8E8CE5C88A3F16796B0AB69":"Stoke City","6267E3B72302FBDE":"Staffordshire","4873D80D884C1965174890917813A0BA":"73kg","FA57902DDF74DCE49FAB6DBEF2AE8499":"Steven Schumacher","EC0A9CD40A79F4A7":"1","577B068F2C47D74D":"26.45","FEE968D9DBFC6146299A2FFCF2C397DB":"England","1EC75259044B48303E2B2218490C3924":"Plymouth Argyle","5D60482112F81397E864AECB05D29C32":"
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Football League Championship
<\/STRONG>Runners-up: 2007–08
Football League Second Division:<\/STRONG> 3
Champions: 1932–33, 1962–63, 1992–93
Runners-up: 1921–22
Third Place: (Promoted) 1978–79
Play-off Winners: 2001–02
Football League Third Division North:<\/STRONG> 1
Champions: 1926–27
Football Alliance: 1
<\/STRONG>Champions: 1890–91
Birmingham & District League: 1
<\/STRONG>Champions: 1910–11
Southern League Division Two: 2
<\/STRONG>Champions:1909–10, 1914–15
Runners-up: 1910–11
The Central League (Reserves): 3
<\/STRONG>Champions: 1927–28, 2003–04
Division Two Champions: 1991–92
United Soccer Association (as Cleveland Stokers)
<\/STRONG>Runners-up: 1967 (Eastern Division)
Cups
<\/EM>FA Cup
<\/STRONG>Runners-up: 2010–11
Semi-finalists: 1898–99, 1970–71 (3rd place), 1971–72 (4th place)
League Cup: 1
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1971–72
Runners-up: 1963–64
Football League Trophy: 2
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1992, 2000
Watney Cup: 1
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1973
Staffordshire Senior Cup: 13
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1878, 1879, 1904 (Shared), 1914, 1965, 1969 (Shared), 1971, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1993, 1995, 1999
Runners-up: 1883, 1886, 1895, 1901, 1903, 2003, 2006, 2011
Birmingham Senior Cup: 2
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1901, 1914
Runners-up: 1910, 1915, 1920, 1921
Isle of Man Trophy: 3
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1988, 1992, 1993
Runners-up: 1985–86
Bass Charity Vase: 1
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1997–98
FA Youth Cup
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