Stoke City F.C.
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Full name | Stoke City Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Potters | ||
Foondit | 1863 | as Stoke Ramblers F.C.||
Ground | Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent | ||
Capacity | 27,740[1] | ||
Chairman | Peter Coates | ||
Manager | Martin O' Neill | ||
League | Championship | ||
2022–23 | Championship, 16t o 24 | ||
Wabsteid | Club wabsteid | ||
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Stoke City Football Club is a association fitbaw club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Ingland. Foondit in 1863, Stoke are the auldest club in the Premier League, an are considered tae be the seicont auldest professional fitbaw club in the warld, efter Notts County. They play in the Premier League efter winnin promotion in 2008, prior tae this Stoke haed no participatit in top flicht fitbaw for twintie ane years. Their first major trophy wis wan in the 1972 League Cup Final, when they beat Chelsea 2–1. The club hae wan the Fitbaa League Trophy on twa occasions, firstly in 1992 an maist recently in 2000. Their heichest league finish in the top diveesion is 4t in which they achieved this in the 1935–36 an 1946–47 seasons. They hae an aa competit in European fitbaw in 1972 an 1974.
Stoke play their hame fixtures at the Britannia Stadium, a 28,384 aw-seater stadium reduced tae 27,598 efter segregation. The stadium wis opened in 1997 they previously played at the Victoria Ground, which haed been their hame grund syne 1878. The club's nickname is The Potters efter the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent an their hame kit is a red an white vertically striped shirt wi white shorts an white socks.
Club honours
[eedit | eedit soorce]Leagues
[eedit | eedit soorce]Premier League (1st tier)
- Heichest finish 11t place: 2009–10
Fitbaa League First Diveesion (1st tier)
Fitbaa League Championship (2nt tier)
Fitbaa League Diveesion Twa: 2 (2nt tier)
Fitbaa League Diveesion Twa: 1 (3rd tier)
Third Division (North): 1 (3rd tier)
- Champions: 1926–27
- Champions: 1890–91
Birmingham & District League: 1
- Champions: 1910–11
Southern League Division Two: 1
- Champions: 1914–15
- Runners-up: 1910–11
The Central League (Reserves): 3
- Champions: 1927–28, 2003–04
- Division Two Champions: 1991–92
United Soccer Association (as Cleveland Stokers)
- Runners-up: 1967 (Eastern Division)
Cups
[eedit | eedit soorce]League Cup: 1
- Winners: 1992
- Winners: 2000
Watney Cup: 1
- Winners: 1973
- Winners: 1878, 1879, 1904 (Shared), 1914, 1965, 1969 (Shared), 1971, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1993, 1995, 1999
- Runners-up: 1883, 1886, 1895, 1901, 1903, 2003, 2006
- Winners: 1901, 1914
- Runners-up: 1910, 1915, 1920, 1921
Isle o Man Trophy: 3
- Winners: 1988, 1992, 1993
- Runners-up: 1985–86
Bass Charity Vase: 1
- Winners: 1997–98
- Runners-up: 1983–84
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Premier League Handbook Season 2013/14" (PDF). Premier League. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 31 Januar 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
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