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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.
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 under 25 matches (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here.
First FA Cup match: Stoke 1–2 Manchester, First Round, 10 November 1883; First Football League match: Stoke 0–2 West Bromwich Albion, 8 September 1888; First League Cup match: Stoke City 1–3 Doncaster Rovers, Second Round, 18 October 1960; First European match: Stoke City 3–1 Kaiserslautern, First Round, 13 September 1972
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 1,416 total.
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.
Stoke did reach the 1972 Football League Cup Final and beat Chelsea 2–1 to claim their first major trophy. [1] Ritchie continued to play for Stoke until he broke his leg in September 1974 ending his career. [1] He scored a club record 176 goals in 351 appearances for Stoke. [1]
Since joining Stoke City from Plymouth Argyle back in December, Steven Schumacher has won one and drawn three of his opening four games in the Championship, so is still unbeaten in the league ...
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 ]