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The club was renamed Stoke City F.C. in 1925, and they moved to Britannia Stadium in 1997. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 1000 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, many of whom have played 100 matches+ (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here.
First European match: Stoke City 3–1 Kaiserslautern, First Round, 13 September 1972; Last match at Victoria Ground: Stoke City 2–1 West Bromwich Albion, Division One, 4 May 1997; First match at the Britannia Stadium: Stoke City 1–1 Rochdale, League Cup, 1st Round 2nd Leg, 27 August 1997
Stoke City F.C. wartime guest players (49 P) Pages in category "Stoke City F.C. players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,413 total.
Stoke City F.C. is an English association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The club was formed in 1863 as Stoke Ramblers F.C., and played their first competitive match in November 1883, when they entered the First Round of the 1883–84 FA Cup. In 1888 they joined the inaugural Football League thus becoming founding members.
John Henry Ritchie (12 July 1941 – 23 February 2007) was an English footballer.He is Stoke City's all-time record goalscorer.. Ritchie began his career with his hometown club Kettering Town before joining Stoke City in 1962.
The Stoke City Player of the Year award is an award presented to the Stoke City fans' player of the season. Towards the end of each season, fans are invited to cast their votes for this award. The winner is generally announced at an end-of-season awards dinner at either the bet365 Stadium or the King's Hall in Stoke-on-Trent. [1]
James McIlroy MBE (25 October 1931 – 20 August 2018) was a Northern Ireland international footballer, who played for Glentoran, Burnley, Stoke City and Oldham Athletic. He was regarded as one of Burnley's greatest players, having played 497 matches and scoring 131 goals. [1] [2] McIlroy also managed Oldham Athletic and Bolton Wanderers.
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 ]