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Manchester City entered the final as favourites, [9] with Stoke City as underdogs. [10] Manchester City began the match the brighter of the two teams with the majority of possession and a number of shots forcing saves from goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen but the first half remained goalless.
The 2011–12 season was Stoke City's fourth season in the Premier League and the 56th in the top tier of English football.Because FA Cup winners Manchester City qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their third-place finish in the Premier League, as FA Cup runners-up, Stoke qualified for the UEFA Europa League.
Biggest away win: 1–6 vs. Manchester United, 23 October 2011; vs. Norwich City, 14 April 2012 Biggest away defeat: 5 by a 1-goal margin. Biggest home attendance: 47,435 vs. Queens Park Rangers, 13 May 2012 Smallest home attendance: 46,321 vs. Stoke City, 21 December 2011 Biggest away attendance: 75,487 vs. Manchester United, 23 October 2011
On 2 February 2011, there was a minor "kit faux pas" when the Manchester City team wore its regular home team kit for its away fixture against Birmingham City at St Andrew's, a fixture that usually required the visiting Manchester City team to use one of its alternative strips (in this case, its third team kit since the midnight blue away kit ...
Stoke played well in the buildup to the final beating Wolves 3–0 and Arsenal 3–1. Stoke's opponents for the 2011 FA Cup Final were Manchester City and they scored the only goal of the contest though Yaya Touré. Stoke ended the season in 13th position with 46 points.
Stoke played in the FA Cup Final in 2011, finishing runners-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, firstly in 1972–73 then in 1974–75 and most recently in 2011–12 .
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The 2010–11 FA Cup (known as The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON for sponsorship reasons) was the 130th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; the FA Cup.A total of 806 clubs applied to enter of which 759 were accepted, [1] a slight drop compared to the 762 clubs accepted into the 2009–10 competition.