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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
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 ]
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; Last match at Victoria Ground: Stoke City 2–1 West Bromwich Albion, Division One, 4 ...
Stoke fielded their youngest ever team with an average age of under 21 and they put in a clinical performance winning 5–0 with goals from Tezgel, Koumas, Mmaee and a brace from Manhoef. [35] Ryan Shawcross took caretaker charge of the third round tie against Fleetwood Town , managed by Charlie Adam .
The 2023–24 season was Stoke City's 107th season in the Football League, the 47th in the second tier and tenth in the Championship. [3]Stoke had a very busy summer transfer window bringing in 18 new players most of which were foreign players in a new recruitment strategy brought in by technical director Ricky Martin.
Follow live coverage as Stoke City face Preston North End in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with ...
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. The club was renamed Stoke City F.C. in 1925, and they moved to Britannia Stadium in 1997 ...
The 2021–22 season was Stoke City's 105th season in the Football League, the 45th in the second tier and eighth in the Championship. [1]Stoke had a busy summer transfer window with the permanent departure of 13 players, which enabled O'Neill to make several new additions to his squad.