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Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863 the club changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status. They are the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts County, and are one of the founding members of the Football League. [1]
Graph showing Stoke City F.C.'s progress through the English football league system 1888 to the present. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The club was formed in 1863 and played their first competitive match in November 1883 in the FA Cup.
In 1925, Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status and this led the club to change its name to Stoke City F.C. [17] The 1930s saw the debut of club's most celebrated player, Stanley Matthews . Matthews, who grew up in Hanley , was an apprentice at the club and made his first appearance in March 1932, [ 18 ] against Bury , at the age of 17. [ 19 ]
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Stoke City Football Club has its origins in Stoke Ramblers, a team formed by former pupils of the Charterhouse School whilst they were apprentices at the North Staffordshire Railway. The club dropped the Ramblers from their name, becoming Stoke Football Club and in 1888 they were founding members of the Football League.
Stoke City Football Club is an English football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The club was founded in 1863 and has competed in the English football league system since 1888. They played in the UEFA Cup in 1972–73 and 1974–75 , before qualifying for the tournament in 2011–12 under the new name of UEFA Europa League .
The 2020–21 season was Stoke City's 104th season in the Football League, the 44th in the second tier and seventh in the Championship. [1]Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the 2020–21 season began later in September with matches continuing to played behind closed doors.
Stoke City entered the FA Cup in the third round, and were drawn away to Sunderland. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] Stoke progressed 2–1 with an extra time goal from Niall Ennis . [ 58 ] In the fourth round against Cardiff City , Stoke made a comeback from 2–0 down to lead 3–2 before Cardiff equalised and sent the game into a penalty shoot out which the ...