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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 ]
Stoke's first appearance in the Anglo-Italian Cup came in 1971.For the group stage, Stoke were placed in Group 3, with Blackpool, Hellas Verona and A.S. Roma.Each club would face the clubs from the other country in their group home and away, and the English and Italian club with the best record in the tournament out of the three groups would play each other in the Final.
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 ...
The following is a list of managers of Stoke City Football Club and their major honours from the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1874 to the present day. [ 1 ] The longest-serving and most successful person to manage Stoke City is Tony Waddington , who won the League Cup in 1972 , Stoke's only major trophy.
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.
The bet365 Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England and the home of EFL Championship club Stoke City.The stadium was previously called the Britannia Stadium but was renamed on 1 June 2016 when the club entered into a new stadium-naming-rights agreement with its parent company, Bet365. [4]
Stoke City's Bet365 Stadium, opened in 1997, has a 30,089 capacity. [100] Stoke-on-Trent is the smallest city to boast two professional clubs in the English Football League. The club bearing the area's name is Stoke City, formed in 1863 and is the second-oldest professional football club in England. [101]
On 22 August 2023, Jojić signed for Championship club Stoke City on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee. [6] He made his league debut in England coming on as a late substitute against Preston North End on 2 September 2023. [7] [8] Jojić spent the rest of the 2023–24 season with the under-21 team without making much of an impact. [9]