List of Stoke City F.C. records and statistics

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Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

. Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...

, Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...

. 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 they. In 1888 They joined the inaugural Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

thus becoming founding members. The club was renamed Stoke City F.C. in 1925, and they moved to Britannia Stadium

Britannia Stadium

The Britannia Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England and the home of Premier League club Stoke City Football Club. With space for 27,598 spectators . The name is taken from the sponsors of the Stadium the Britannia Co-operative Bank...

in 1997.

Statistics correct as of match played 30 October 2011.

League

Football League Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

Runners-up: 2007–08

Football League Second Division
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

: 3

Champions: 1932–33, 1962–63, 1992–93
Runners-up: 1921–22
Third Place: (Promoted) 1978–79
Play-off Winners: 2001–02
2002 Football League Second Division play-off Final
The 2002 Football League Second Division play-off Final was a football match played at Millennium Stadium on 11 May 2002, at the end of the 2001–02 season. It was the 16th play-off final in all at the third level of English football...

Football League Third Division North
Football League Third Division North
The Third Division North of The Football League was a tier in the English association football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran parallel to Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to one or the other according to geographical position...

: 1

Champions: 1926–27

Football Alliance
Football Alliance
The Football Alliance was an association football league in England which ran for three seasons, from 1889–90 to 1891–92.It was formed by 12 clubs as a rival to the Football League, which had begun in the 1888–89 season, also with 12 member clubs...

: 1

Champions: 1890–91

Birmingham & District League: 1

Champions: 1910–11

Southern League
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

Division Two: 2

Champions:1909–10, 1914–15
Runners-up: 1910–11

The Central League (Reserves): 3

Champions: 1927–28, 2003–04
Division Two Champions: 1991–92

United Soccer Association
United Soccer Association
The United Soccer Association is a former professional soccer league featuring teams from the United States and Canada. The league survived only one season before merging with the National Professional Soccer League to form the North American Soccer League. All the teams in the league were imported...

(as Cleveland Stokers

Cleveland Stokers

The Cleveland Stokers were a soccer team based out of Cleveland, Ohio that played in the United Soccer Association during 1967 and the North American Soccer League in 1968. Their home field was Cleveland Stadium....

)

Runners-up: 1967 (Eastern Division)

Cups

FA Cup

Runners-up
FA Cup Final
The FA Cup Final, commonly referred to in England as just the Cup Final, is the last match in the Football Association Challenge Cup. With an official attendance of 89,826 at the 2007 FA Cup Final, it is the fourth best attended domestic club championship event in the world and the second most...

: 2010–11
2010–11 FA Cup
The 2010–11 FA Cup was the 130th season of the world's oldest association football knock-out competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short...
Semi-finalists
FA Cup Semi-finals
The FA Cup Semi-finals are played to determine which teams will contest the FA Cup Final. They are the penultimate phase of the FA Cup, the oldest football tournament in the world.- Location :...

: 1898–99, 1970–71 (3rd place
FA Cup Third-fourth place matches
The FA Cup Third-fourth place matches were played to determine the order of third and fourth place in the FA Cup. They were introduced in 1970 replacing the traditional pre-final match between England and Young England. They were generally unpopular and were only played for five seasons...

), 1971–72 (4th place
FA Cup Third-fourth place matches
The FA Cup Third-fourth place matches were played to determine the order of third and fourth place in the FA Cup. They were introduced in 1970 replacing the traditional pre-final match between England and Young England. They were generally unpopular and were only played for five seasons...

)

League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

: 1

Winners: 1971–72
1972 Football League Cup Final
The 1972 Football League Cup Final took place on 4 March 1972 at Wembley Stadium and was contested by Chelsea and Stoke City. Chelsea went into the match as strong favourites having won the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the previous two seasons, whereas Stoke were attempting to win their...
Runners-up: 1963–64
1964 Football League Cup Final
The 1964 Football League Cup Final, the fourth to be staged since the competition's inception, was contested between Stoke City and Leicester City, both of the First Division, over two legs...

Football League Trophy
Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

: 2

Winners: 1992
1992 Football League Trophy Final
-External links:*...

, 2000
2000 Football League Trophy Final
The 2000 Football League Trophy Final was the 17th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from the Second and Third Division of the Football League...

Watney Cup
Watney Cup
The Watney Mann Invitation Cup was a short-lived English football tournament held in the early 1970s....

: 1

Winners: 1973

Staffordshire Senior Cup
Staffordshire Senior Cup
The Staffordshire Senior Challenge Cup is a football cup tournament based in the county of Staffordshire in England first competed for in 1877-78. Organised by the Staffordshire Football Association, it is competed for by a mix of clubs from Staffordshire and the surrounding areas. Both...

: 13

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, 2011

Birmingham Senior Cup
Birmingham Senior Cup
The Birmingham Senior Cup is a football competition for Birmingham County FA club teams, organized by the Birmingham County Football Association...

: 2

Winners: 1901, 1914
Runners-up: 1910, 1915, 1920, 1921

Isle of Man Trophy: 3

Winners: 1987, 1991, 1992
Runners-up: 1985

Bass Charity Vase
Bass Charity Vase
The Bass Charity Vase is a football tournament founded in 1889 in Burton Upon Trent. It has played in all but 2 years since 1890.The Bass Charity Vase most successful club is Burton Albion as teams from Burton formed to create Burton Albion therefore there combined amount of titles totals 26. But...

: 5

Winners: 1980, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998
Runners-up: 1890, 1894, 1990, 1996

FA Youth Cup
FA Youth Cup
The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under–18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part...

Runners-up: 1983–84

Appearances

Most appearances in total (League & Cup) – 592 Eric Skeels
Eric Skeels
Eric Thomas Skeels is an English former footballer. He played 512 games in the Football League, 507 for Stoke City. He is Stoke's record appearance holder having played in 592 matches in all competitions.-Playing career:...

(1959–76)
Most League appearances – 507 Eric Skeels
Eric Skeels
Eric Thomas Skeels is an English former footballer. He played 512 games in the Football League, 507 for Stoke City. He is Stoke's record appearance holder having played in 592 matches in all competitions.-Playing career:...

(1959–76)
Most appearances in total (Including war-time) – 675 John McCue
John McCue
John McCue was an English football Full back.-Career:McCue first became associated with his local club Stoke City as a fifteen year old although, despite turning professional during the Second World War, his debut in the Football League was delayed until the end of the conflict...

(1940–60)
Most Consecutive Appearances – 148 Tony Allen
Tony Allen (footballer)
Anthony Allen is a retired English footballer who played most of his club career as a left back for Stoke City between 1957 and 1970...

(1960–63)
Youngest Player – Peter Bullock
Peter Bullock (footballer)
Peter L. Bullock is an English former footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored 54 goals in 199 appearances in the Football League playing for Stoke City, Birmingham City, Southend United, Colchester United, Exeter City and Walsall.Bullock comes from a footballing family...

16 years, 163 days v Swansea City
Swansea City A.F.C.
Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position...

19 April 1958
Oldest Player – Stanley Matthews
Stanley Matthews
Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE was an English footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the English game, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers'...

50 years, 5 days v Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...

6 February 1965
First Substitute – Keith Bebbington
Keith Bebbington
Keith Richard Bebbington was a footballer who played in The Football League for Oldham Athletic, Rochdale and Stoke City.-Career:...

in 1965 who replaced Dennis Viollet
Dennis Viollet
Dennis Sydney Viollet was an English footballer best remembered for his time with Manchester United in the 1950s and early 1960s.-Club career:...
Most Substitute Appearances For The Club – 60 Karl Henry
Karl Henry
Karl Levi Daniel Henry is an English footballer of Jamaican descent who played as a midfielder and captained his hometown Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

(2001–06)

Top 20 most appearances

#	Name	\|Years
1	Eric Skeels Eric Skeels Eric Thomas Skeels is an English former footballer. He played 512 games in the Football League, 507 for Stoke City. He is Stoke's record appearance holder having played in 592 matches in all competitions.-Playing career:...	592	1959–1976
2	John McCue John McCue John McCue was an English football Full back.-Career:McCue first became associated with his local club Stoke City as a fifteen year old although, despite turning professional during the Second World War, his debut in the Football League was delayed until the end of the conflict...	542	1946–1960
3	Bob McGrory Bob McGrory Robert McGrory was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender. After starting his career at Dumbarton, he later moved to the English club Burnley where he made three appearances. In 1921, he moved to First Division side Stoke City where he made 511 appearances as a full-back. He later became a...	511	1921–1935
4	Denis Smith	482	1968–1982
5	Peter Fox Peter Fox (footballer) Peter Fox is an English former footballer, who recently worked as a goalkeeper coach at Blackpool.-Playing career:...	477	1978–1993
6	Alan Bloor Alan Bloor Alan Bloor is an English professional footballer and manager, now retired. He made close to 400 appearances in the Football League for both Potteries teams...	474	1961–1977
7	Tony Allen Tony Allen (footballer) Anthony Allen is a retired English footballer who played most of his club career as a left back for Stoke City between 1957 and 1970...	473	1957–1970
8	Frank Bowyer Frank Bowyer Frank Bowyer was an English footballer.-Career:He joined Stoke City in June, 1937, soon after leaving school. World War II disrupted his career, and it was not until February 1948, at the age of 26, that he finally played in the Football League and FA Cup competitions...	436	1937–1960
9	John Marsh John Marsh (footballer) John Jackie Marsh is an English former footballer who played for Stoke City. He played as a right back.-Career:...	433	1967–1979
10	Frank Mountford Frank Mountford Frank Mountford was a footballer who played in The Football League for Stoke City. He made 391 appearances for Stoke.-Career:...	425	1946–1957
11	Alan Dood Alan Dodd (English footballer) Alan Dodd is an English former footballer who played in England, Sweden, and the Republic of Ireland. He is a strict vegan.-Playing career:...	416	1972–1982
12	John Sellars John Sellars (footballer) John Sellars was a footballer who played in The Football League for Stoke City. He made 384 appearances for Stoke. His father Harry was also a footballer who played for Stoke.-Career:...	413	1946–1958
13	Harry Davies	410	1922–1937
14	Harry Sellars Harry Sellars Harold Sellars was an English footballer, who played in the Football League for Stoke. He made 394 appearances for Stoke in all competitions. Harry's son John Sellars also played for Stoke in the 1950s.-Playing career:...	394	1923–1935
15	Peter Dobing Peter Dobing Peter Dobing is an English former footballer, who played for Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City and Stoke City.-Career:...	372	1963–1973
16	Stanley Matthews Stanley Matthews Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE was an English footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the English game, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers'...	355	1932–1965
17	William Spencer William Spencer (footballer) William Spencer was a footballer who played three hundred and thirty eight appearances for Stoke.-Career:...	354	1926–1936
18	Harry Oscroft Harry Oscroft Harry "Ozzy" Oscroft was an English footballer. He was Stoke City's main left winger throughout the 1950s. He was named as one of the club's '101 Golden Greats' in Simon Lowe's book of that name.-Playing career:...	349	1950–1959
19	John Ritchie	343	1962–1975
20	Bill Asprey Bill Asprey William Asprey is an English former football player and manager. He spent thirteen years as a player with Stoke City, also managing the club for a brief period in the mid 1980s.-Playing career:...	341	1954–1965

Goalscoring

Leading Goalscorer (League & Cup) – 171 John Ritchie (1963–75)
Leading Goalscorer (League only) – 140 Freddie Steele
Freddie Steele (footballer)
Frederick Charles Steele was a footballer who played as a forward for Stoke City and was a former England international. He also had spells at Mansfield Town and Port Vale as a player-manager, leading Vale to a league title...

(1934–49)
Leading Goalscorer (Including war-time) – 282 Tommy Sale
Tommy Sale
Thomas Sale was an English footballer who played as a striker. Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Sale had two spells at his home town club, Stoke City, amassing 483 appearances, either side of a two year stint at Blackburn Rovers...

(1930–47)
Leading Goalscorer (FA Cup) – 19 Freddie Steele
Freddie Steele (footballer)
Frederick Charles Steele was a footballer who played as a forward for Stoke City and was a former England international. He also had spells at Mansfield Town and Port Vale as a player-manager, leading Vale to a league title...
Leading Goalscorer (League Cup) – 18 John Ritchie
Most Goals In a Season – 38 Charlie Wilson
Charlie Wilson (footballer born 1895)
Charles "Charlie" Wilson born 30 March 1895 in Atherstone, Warwickshire) was a former professional footballer, who played in the Football League for Tottenham Hotspur, Huddersfield Town and Stoke City.-Career:...

& Arthur Griffiths
Most Goals In a Season (League only) – 33 Freddie Steele
Freddie Steele (footballer)
Frederick Charles Steele was a footballer who played as a forward for Stoke City and was a former England international. He also had spells at Mansfield Town and Port Vale as a player-manager, leading Vale to a league title...
Most Goals In a single match – 7 Neville Coleman
Neville Coleman (footballer)
Neville James Coleman was a footballer who played in The Football League for Crewe Alexandra and Stoke City. He made 114 appearances for Stoke and is currently holding the club's record for scoring most goals in a game.-Career:...

v Lincoln City
Lincoln City F.C.
Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....

23 February 1957
Most matches Scored In Consecutively – 7 (7 Goals) Mike Sheron
Mike Sheron
Michael "Mike" Sheron is an English former footballer, born in Liverpool, who made nearly 500 appearances in the Premier League and the Football League playing as a striker for Manchester City, Bury, Norwich City, Stoke City, Queens Park Rangers, Barnsley, Blackpool, Macclesfield Town and...

Top 20 overall goalscorers

#	Name	\|Years
1	John Ritchie	171	1963–1975
2	Freddie Steele Freddie Steele (footballer) Frederick Charles Steele was a footballer who played as a forward for Stoke City and was a former England international. He also had spells at Mansfield Town and Port Vale as a player-manager, leading Vale to a league title...	159	1933–1949
3	Frank Bowyer Frank Bowyer Frank Bowyer was an English footballer.-Career:He joined Stoke City in June, 1937, soon after leaving school. World War II disrupted his career, and it was not until February 1948, at the age of 26, that he finally played in the Football League and FA Cup competitions...	149	1937–1960
4	Charlie Wilson Charlie Wilson (footballer born 1895) Charles "Charlie" Wilson born 30 March 1895 in Atherstone, Warwickshire) was a former professional footballer, who played in the Football League for Tottenham Hotspur, Huddersfield Town and Stoke City.-Career:...	118	1925–1930
5	Johnny King	113	1953–1961
6	Harry Oscroft Harry Oscroft Harry "Ozzy" Oscroft was an English footballer. He was Stoke City's main left winger throughout the 1950s. He was named as one of the club's '101 Golden Greats' in Simon Lowe's book of that name.-Playing career:...	107	1950–1959
7=	Harry Davies	101	1950–1959
7=	Tommy Sale Tommy Sale Thomas Sale was an English footballer who played as a striker. Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Sale had two spells at his home town club, Stoke City, amassing 483 appearances, either side of a two year stint at Blackburn Rovers...	101	1930–1946
8	Jimmy Greenhoff Jimmy Greenhoff James "Jimmy" Greenhoff is an English former football player. He was a skilful forward and although capped five times at under-23 level, once as an over-age player, he never played for the full side, and is labelled as the finest English player never to play for England...	97	1969–1976
9=	Peter Dobing Peter Dobing Peter Dobing is an English former footballer, who played for Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City and Stoke City.-Career:...	94	1963–1973
9=	Joe Schofield Joe Schofield Joseph Alfred Schofield was an English footballer and later football manager.A winger, he played for Stoke between 1891 and 1899, winning himself three England caps in the process. He was later appointed as Stoke's manager in 1915, before he left the post in 1919 to take up the reigns at nearby...	94	1891–1899
10	William Maxwell William Maxwell (footballer) William Sturrock Maxwell was a Scottish professional footballer and amateur cricketer. Born in Arbroath, he played for hometown club Arbroath F.C., Dundee, Heart of Midlothian, Stoke City, Sunderland, Third Lanark and Bristol City. He also gained one cap for the Scotland national team...	84	1895–1900
11	Peter Thorne	80	1997–2001
12	Harry Burrows Harry Burrows Henry "Harry" Burrows is a former English professional footballer who is best known for his career with Aston Villa and Stoke City. His playing position was a Striker/Winger. Before playing for Villa, Burrows started his career at Wigan Boys. He then moved to Stoke City then Plymouth Argyle before...	79	1965–1974
13=	Alf Smith Alf Smith (footballer born 1880) Alfred Smith was a former footballer, who played in the Football League for Stoke where he made one hundred and forty appearances.-Career:...	72	1903–1915
13=	Mark Stein	72	1992–1997
14	Jimmy Broad Jimmy Broad James "Jimmy" Broad was an English footballer who played as a forward for various Football League clubs in the 1910s and 1920s, including Oldham Athletic, Stoke City and Everton.-Career:...	67	1921–1924
15=	Terry Conroy Terry Conroy Terry Conroy is a former professional footballer, who spent most of his career with Stoke City.-Stoke City:He joined the Potters from the Irish club, Glentoran for £10,000 in March 1967. He went on to make 333 Cup and League appearances for Stoke, scoring 66 goals...	66	1967–1979
15=	Dennis Viollet Dennis Viollet Dennis Sydney Viollet was an English footballer best remembered for his time with Manchester United in the 1950s and early 1960s.-Club career:...	66	1962–1967
16	Robert Liddle Robert Liddle Robert Liddle was a footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City. He made two hundred and ninety seven appearances for Stoke.-Career:...	64	1928–1938
17=	Stanley Matthews Stanley Matthews Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE was an English footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the English game, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers'...	62	1932–1965
17=	William Smith William Smith (footballer born 1886) William Ernest Smith was a footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford City. He also played for Stoke. He made one hundred and twenty eight appearances for Stoke.-Career:...	62	1909–1913
18	Wayne Biggins Wayne Biggins Wayne Biggins is an English former professional footballer born in Sheffield who made more than 450 appearances in the Football League and also played in the Scottish Football League...	59	1989–1994
19	Joe Johnson Joe Johnson (footballer born 1911) Joseph Alfred Johnson was a footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol City, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion and also played for England.-Club career:...	57	1931–1937
20	Amos Baddeley Amos Baddeley Amos Baddeley was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke and Blackpool. He made 101 appearances for Stoke.-Career:...	56	1907–1913

Internationals

Most capped player – 37 Gordon Banks
Gordon Banks
Gordon Banks, OBE is a retired English football goalkeeper. The IFFHS named Banks the second best goalkeeper of the 20th century – after Lev Yashin and ahead of Dino Zoff ....
First player to be capped – Edward Johnson
Edward Johnson (footballer born 1860)
Edward Johnson was a footballer who played for Stoke. He is Stoke's first international player after playing for England in 1880 and in 1884.-References:...

for England
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

1880
First Scottish player to be capped – Tommy Hyslop
Tommy Hyslop
Thomas "Tommy" Hyslop was a professional footballer. He played in the Football League for Stoke City, making 45 appearances. He was the first Stoke player to be capped by Scotland. He represented the Scotland national team, playing twice against England in 1896 and in 1897, scoring on his debut...

1896
First Welsh player to be capped – Mart Watkins
Walter Watkins
Walter Martin Watkins was a Welsh footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke, Aston Villa and Sunderland. He was born in Caersws, Wales.-Club career:...

1902
First Irish player to be capped – James Sheridan
James Sheridan (footballer)
James Sheridan was a footballer, who played in the Football League for Stoke where he made twelve appearances. He also played for Everton.- Career statistics :-References:...

1905

Transfers

Record transfer fee paid – £10 million to Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

for Peter Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...

August 2011
Record transfer fee received – £4.5 million from VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...

for Tuncay Şanlı
Tuncay Sanli
Tuncay Şanlı , or simply Tuncay, is a Turkish footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers, on loan from VfL Wolfsburg.His natural position is as a striker, but he can also play as an attacking midfielder or on either wing. Tuncay captains the Turkish national team...

January 2011

Progression of record fee paid

Date	Player	Bought from	Fee
August 1966	Jimmy Greenhoff Jimmy Greenhoff James "Jimmy" Greenhoff is an English former football player. He was a skilful forward and although capped five times at under-23 level, once as an over-age player, he never played for the full side, and is labelled as the finest English player never to play for England...	Birmingham City Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...	£100,000
January 1974	Alan Hudson Alan Hudson Alan Anthony Hudson is a former English footballer.-Biography:Born and brought up near the King's Road, Hudson was rejected by boyhood club Fulham as a schoolboy before signing for Chelsea Juniors...	Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...	£240,000
November 1974	Peter Shilton Peter Shilton Peter Leslie Shilton OBE is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently holds the record for playing more games for England than anyone else, earning 125 caps....	Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...	£325,000
February 1982	Sammy McIlroy Sammy McIlroy Samuel Baxter "Sammy" McIlroy is a former Northern Ireland international footballer whose clubs included Manchester United....	Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...	£350,000
July 1989	Ian Cranson Ian Cranson Ian Cranson is an English former professional footballer. During his career he made over 200 appearances for Stoke City and over 100 appearances for Ispwich Town.-Playing career:...	Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...	£450,000
December 1999	Brynjar Gunnarsson Brynjar Gunnarsson Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson is an Icelandic footballer who is currently playing his club football as a defensive midfielder for Reading in the N-Power Championship...	Örgryte IS Örgryte IS Örgryte IS, also commonly referred to as ÖIS, is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg.-History:The club was founded on 4 December 1887 and participated in the first football match in Sweden on 22 May 1892. Örgryte IS has won 12 national championship titles and one national cup title. After...	£600,000
August 2005	Sambégou Bangoura Sambégou Bangoura Sambégou Bangoura is a Guinean football player, who currently plays for Chirag United Club Kerala in the Indian I-League...	Standard Liège Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....	£900,000
January 2008	Ryan Shawcross Ryan Shawcross Ryan James Shawcross is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Stoke City.He previously was on the books of Manchester United, and had loan spells at Royal Antwerp and Stoke City respectively, before joining the latter permanently during January 2008. He was appointed as Stoke's captain...	Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...	£1,000,000
January 2008	Leon Cort Leon Cort Leon Terrance Anthony Cort is an English professional footballer currently playing for Burnley. He is a defender who wears the number 18 shirt for the Clarets. He is of Guyanese descent, and is the younger brother of Carl Cort...	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...	£1,200,000
August 2008	Dave Kitson Dave Kitson David Barry "Dave" Kitson is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Portsmouth as a striker.-Early life:...	Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...	£5,500,000
August 2009	Robert Huth Robert Huth Robert Huth is a German footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Stoke City.Huth was signed for Chelsea from the youth system of German club Union Berlin in 2001 by then Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri. He joined Middlesbrough in 2006 and spent three years at the Riverside...	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough F.C. Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...	£6,000,000
August 2010	Kenwyne Jones Kenwyne Jones Kenwyne Joel Jones is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the Trinidad and Tobago national team. He previously played for Sunderland, Southampton, Stoke City, Sheffield Wednesday, W Connection and Joe Public.He began his football...	Sunderland Sunderland A.F.C. Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...	£8,000,000
August 2011	Peter Crouch Peter Crouch Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....	£10,000,000

Progression of record fee received

Date	Player	Sold to	Fee
November 1966	John Ritchie	Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...	£70,000
May 1972	Mike Bernard Mike Bernard (footballer) Mike Bernard is an English-born former footballer who played as a midfielder in The Football League in the 1960s and 1970s.-Playing career:...	Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...	£120,000
December 1975	Alan Hudson Alan Hudson Alan Anthony Hudson is a former English footballer.-Biography:Born and brought up near the King's Road, Hudson was rejected by boyhood club Fulham as a schoolboy before signing for Chelsea Juniors...	Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...	£225,000
September 1977	Peter Shilton Peter Shilton Peter Leslie Shilton OBE is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently holds the record for playing more games for England than anyone else, earning 125 caps....	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...	£250,000
July 1980	Garth Crooks Garth Crooks Garth Anthony Crooks OBE is a retired English football player of Jamaican ancestry. He played principally for Stoke City and Tottenham, with whom he was a prolific goal scorer and an FA Cup winner at Wembley in 1981...	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....	£600,000
July 1982	Adrian Heath Adrian Heath Adrian Paul Heath is an English football manager and former player. He manages American USL Pro Orlando franchise. As a player he is remembered as part of the Everton side of the 1980s, where he won several trophies...	Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...	£700,000
October 1989	Peter Beagrie Peter Beagrie Peter Sidney Beagrie is a former English footballer who played as a left-winger. He played for ten different clubs at professional level notably Everton, Manchester City, Bradford City and Scunthorpe United...	Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...	£750,000
November 1993	Mark Stein	Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...	£1,500,000
July 1997	Mike Sheron Mike Sheron Michael "Mike" Sheron is an English former footballer, born in Liverpool, who made nearly 500 appearances in the Premier League and the Football League playing as a striker for Manchester City, Bury, Norwich City, Stoke City, Queens Park Rangers, Barnsley, Blackpool, Macclesfield Town and...	Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...	£2,750,000
August 2009	Seyi Olofinjana	Hull City Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...	£3,000,000
January 2011	Tuncay Şanlı Tuncay Sanli Tuncay Şanlı , or simply Tuncay, is a Turkish footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers, on loan from VfL Wolfsburg.His natural position is as a striker, but he can also play as an attacking midfielder or on either wing. Tuncay captains the Turkish national team...	VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...	£4,500,000

Managerial records

First full-time manager: Thomas Slaney
Thomas Slaney
Thomas Slaney was an English association football manager and secretary.-Career:Slaney trained as a teacher at Saltley Collage until 1874 and was appointed Stoke's Secretary-Manager in the summer of 1874 holding the position until his resignation in 1883. He continued to play during his time in...

who was in charge for nine years (1874 to 1883)
Longest serving manager: Tony Waddington
Tony Waddington
Anthony Waddington was an English football player and manager. He managed Stoke City F.C. from 1960 until 1977 and guided them to their only major trophy - the League Cup in 1972. He later managed his only playing club, Crewe Alexandra, from June 1979 to July 1981...

17 years (764 matches) (June 1960 to March 1977)

Matches

First recorded match: Stoke Ramblers 1–1 E.W Mays XV, Friendly, 17 October 1868
First match at the Victoria Ground
Victoria Ground
Victoria Ground may refer to:*Victoria Ground, the former name of Hartlepool United’s ground Victoria Park.*Victoria Ground, Stoke City’s ground from 1878 to 1997.*Victoria Ground, current home of Bromsgrove Rovers...

: Stoke 2–1 Talke Rangers, Friendly, 28 March 1878
First FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

match: Stoke 1–2 Manchester, First Round, 10 November 1883
First Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

match: Stoke 0–2 West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

, 8 September 1888
First League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

match: Stoke City 1–3 Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers F.C.
Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...

, Second Round, 18 October 1960
First European match: Stoke City 3–1 Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...

, First Round, 13 September 1972
Last match at Victoria Ground
Victoria Ground
Victoria Ground may refer to:*Victoria Ground, the former name of Hartlepool United’s ground Victoria Park.*Victoria Ground, Stoke City’s ground from 1878 to 1997.*Victoria Ground, current home of Bromsgrove Rovers...

: Stoke City 2–1 West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

, Division One, 4 May 1997
First match at the Britannia Stadium
Britannia Stadium
The Britannia Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England and the home of Premier League club Stoke City Football Club. With space for 27,598 spectators . The name is taken from the sponsors of the Stadium the Britannia Co-operative Bank...

: Stoke City 1–1 Rochdale
Rochdale A.F.C.
Rochdale Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. They play their home matches at Spotland Stadium. Formed in 1907, they were accepted into the Football League in 1921...

, League Cup, 1st Round 2nd Leg, 27 August 1997
First League match at the Britannia Stadium
Britannia Stadium
The Britannia Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England and the home of Premier League club Stoke City Football Club. With space for 27,598 spectators . The name is taken from the sponsors of the Stadium the Britannia Co-operative Bank...

: Stoke City 1–2 Swindon Town
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...

, Division One, 30 August 1997
First match in the Premier League: Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....

3–1 Stoke City, 18 August 2008

Record wins

Record win: 26–0 v Mow Cop 1877
Record League Win: 10–3 v West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

, First Division, 4 February 1937
Record Premier League Win: 4–0 v Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

, 19 March 2011
Record FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

Win: 11–0 v Stourbridge
Stourbridge F.C.
Stourbridge Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Stourbridge, West Midlands. The club currently plays in the Southern League Premier Division.-Early years:The club was founded in 1876 and was originally known as Stourbridge Standard...

, First Round, 26 September 1914
Record League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

Win: 6–2 v Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

, Third Round, 22 October 1974
Record home Win: 9–0 v Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle F.C.
Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...

, Second Division, 17 December 1960
Record away Win: 6–0 v Bury
Bury F.C.
Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...

, Second Division, 13 March 1954

Record defeats

Record League defeat: 0–10 v Preston North End
Preston North End F.C.
Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...

, First Division, 14 September 1889
Record Premier League defeat: 0–7 v Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

, 25 April 2010
Record FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

defeat: 0–8 v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

, Quarter Final, 22 February 1890
Record League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

defeat: 0–8 v Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

, Fourth Round, 24 November 2000
Record home defeat: 0–7 v Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

, Division One, 10 January 1997
Record away defeat: 0–10 v Preston North End
Preston North End F.C.
Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...

, First Division, 14 September 1889

Sequences

Longest sequence of League wins: 8 (30 March 1895 – 21 September 1895)
Longest sequence of League defeats: 11 (6 April 1985 – 17 August 1985)
Longest sequence of League draws: 5 (1 September 1973 – 15 September 1973), (21 March 1987 – 11 April 1987), (12 August 2006 – 12 September 2006)
Longest unbeaten run: 25 (5 September 1992 – 20 February 1993)
Longest run without a win: 17 (15 September 1984 – 22 December 1984), (22 April 1989 – 14 October 1989)
Longest run without a draw: 46 (30 March 1895 – 14 November 1896)
Longest successive scoring run: 21 (24 December 1921 – 22 April 1922)
Longest successive non-scoring run: 8 (29 December 1984 – 16 March 1985)
Longest run without a clean sheet: 34 (22 December 1888 – 3 October 1891)
Longest run of clean sheets: 7 (6 November 2006 – 9 December 2006) achieved by Steve Simonsen
Steve Simonsen
Steven Preben Arthur "Steve" Simonsen is an English footballer who plays for Sheffield United as a goalkeeper. Born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear he started his senior career at Tranmere Rovers before spells with Everton and Stoke City...

Attendances

Record League attendance at the Victoria Ground
Victoria Ground
Victoria Ground may refer to:*Victoria Ground, the former name of Hartlepool United’s ground Victoria Park.*Victoria Ground, Stoke City’s ground from 1878 to 1997.*Victoria Ground, current home of Bromsgrove Rovers...

: 51,380 v Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

, 29 March 1937
Record FA Cup attendance at the Victoria Ground
Victoria Ground
Victoria Ground may refer to:*Victoria Ground, the former name of Hartlepool United’s ground Victoria Park.*Victoria Ground, Stoke City’s ground from 1878 to 1997.*Victoria Ground, current home of Bromsgrove Rovers...

: 50,736 v Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....

, 2 March 1946
Record League attendance at the Britannia Stadium
Britannia Stadium
The Britannia Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England and the home of Premier League club Stoke City Football Club. With space for 27,598 spectators . The name is taken from the sponsors of the Stadium the Britannia Co-operative Bank...

: 27,604 v Hull City
Hull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...

, 3 April 2010
Record League Cup attendance at the Britannia Stadium
Britannia Stadium
The Britannia Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England and the home of Premier League club Stoke City Football Club. With space for 27,598 spectators . The name is taken from the sponsors of the Stadium the Britannia Co-operative Bank...

: 27,109 v Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

, 29 November 2000
Record FA Cup attendance at the Britannia Stadium
Britannia Stadium
The Britannia Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England and the home of Premier League club Stoke City Football Club. With space for 27,598 spectators . The name is taken from the sponsors of the Stadium the Britannia Co-operative Bank...

: 28,218 v Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

, 5 January 2002
Record away attendance: 84,569 v Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

3 March 1934

Stoke City F.C. in Europe

Stoke have competed in European competitions on three occasions firstly in 1972 then in 1974 and by reaching the 2011 FA Cup Final

2011 FA Cup Final

The 2011 FA Cup Final was the 130th final of the FA Cup, the world's oldest domestic football cup competition. The match took place on 14 May 2011 at Wembley Stadium in London. The clubs contesting the 2011 final were Premier League clubs Manchester City and Stoke City, with the victors guaranteed...

, Stoke qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League

2011–12 UEFA Europa League

The 2011–12 UEFA Europa League is the third season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. It began on 30 June 2011 with the first legs of the first qualifying round, and will end on 9 May 2012 with the final to be held at Stadionul Național in Bucharest, Romania...

1972–73


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
1st Round 1st Leg	13 September 1972	1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...	Victoria Ground Victoria Ground Victoria Ground may refer to:Victoria Ground, the former name of Hartlepool United’s ground Victoria Park.Victoria Ground, Stoke City’s ground from 1878 to 1997.*Victoria Ground, current home of Bromsgrove Rovers...	3 – 1	22,182	Conroy Terry Conroy Terry Conroy is a former professional footballer, who spent most of his career with Stoke City.-Stoke City:He joined the Potters from the Irish club, Glentoran for £10,000 in March 1967. He went on to make 333 Cup and League appearances for Stoke, scoring 66 goals... 51', Hurst Geoff Hurst Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst MBE is a retired England footballer best remembered for his years with West Ham. He made his mark in World Cup history as the only player to have scored a hat-trick in a World Cup final. His three goals came in the 1966 final for England in their 4–2 win over West... 72', Ritchie 85'
1st Round 2nd Leg	27 September 1972	1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...	Betzenbergstadion	0 – 4	18,000

Stoke lost 5–3 on aggregate

1974–75


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
1st Round 1st Leg	18 September 1974	Ajax	Victoria Ground Victoria Ground Victoria Ground may refer to:Victoria Ground, the former name of Hartlepool United’s ground Victoria Park.Victoria Ground, Stoke City’s ground from 1878 to 1997.*Victoria Ground, current home of Bromsgrove Rovers...	1 – 1	37,398	Smith 76'
1st Round 2nd Leg	2 October 1974	Ajax	Olympic Stadium	0 – 0	29,000

Stoke eliminated on away goal rule

2011–12

Dynamo Kiev

FC Dynamo Kyiv

FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...

Beşiktaş

Besiktas J.K.

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Dynamo Kiev

FC Dynamo Kyiv

Beşiktaş

Besiktas J.K.


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3rd Qualifying Round 1st Leg	28 July 2011	Hajduk Split HNK Hajduk Split HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and...	Britannia Stadium Britannia Stadium The Britannia Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England and the home of Premier League club Stoke City Football Club. With space for 27,598 spectators . The name is taken from the sponsors of the Stadium the Britannia Co-operative Bank...	1 – 0	26,322	Walters Jonathan Walters Jonathan Ronald "Jon" Walters is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the Republic of Ireland national football team.... 3'
3rd Qualifying Round 2nd Leg	4 August 2011	Hajduk Split HNK Hajduk Split HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and...	Stadion Poljud	1 – 0	29,548	Shotton Ryan Shotton Ryan Colin Shotton is an English footballer, who plays in the Premier League for Stoke City.Shotton progressed through the Stoke City Academy and signed a professional contract in 2007. He went on loan to Altrincham, Tranmere Rovers and Barnsley respectively in order to gain first team experience... 90+1'
Play-off Round 1st Leg	18 August 2011	FC Thun FC Thun FC Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club currently plays in the Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2009/10 season. The club plays at the Arena Thun which accommodates a total of 10,300 supporters, both seated and standing...	Arena Thun Arena Thun Arena Thun is a stadium in Thun, Switzerland. It has a capacity of 10,000 spectators and opened in 2011. It is the home of FC Thun of the Swiss Super League. It replaced Stadion Lachen as the club's home stadium....	1 – 0	7,850	Pugh Danny Pugh Daniel Adam "Danny" Pugh is an English footballer who currently plays as a midfielder or defender for Leeds United on loan from Premier League side Stoke City.- Manchester United :Pugh came through the youth ranks at Manchester United... 19'
Play-off Round 2nd Leg	25 August 2011	FC Thun FC Thun FC Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club currently plays in the Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2009/10 season. The club plays at the Arena Thun which accommodates a total of 10,300 supporters, both seated and standing...	Britannia Stadium Britannia Stadium The Britannia Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England and the home of Premier League club Stoke City Football Club. With space for 27,598 spectators . The name is taken from the sponsors of the Stadium the Britannia Co-operative Bank...	4 – 1	24,148	Upson Matthew Upson Matthew James Upson is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City in the Premier League. He is a central defender and he has played for England at full international level including at the 2010 World Cup.... 25', Jones Kenwyne Jones Kenwyne Joel Jones is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the Trinidad and Tobago national team. He previously played for Sunderland, Southampton, Stoke City, Sheffield Wednesday, W Connection and Joe Public.He began his football... 31', 72', Whelan Glenn Whelan Glenn David Whelan is an Irish footballer who plays as a centre midfielder from Premier League club Stoke City and the Republic of Ireland national team.... 38'
Dynamo Stadium Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Dynamo Stadium named after Valeriy Lobanovskiy is a football stadium in Kiev, Ukraine. It is currently used for football matches, and is the home of FC Dynamo Kyiv...	1 – 1	14,500	\|Jerome Cameron Jerome Cameron Zishan Rana-Jerome is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City as a striker. He also played for Cardiff City in the Football League, and for Birmingham City in the Football League and Premier League, and at international level has several caps for the England under-21 team.-Early... 55'
Britannia Stadium Britannia Stadium The Britannia Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England and the home of Premier League club Stoke City Football Club. With space for 27,598 spectators . The name is taken from the sponsors of the Stadium the Britannia Co-operative Bank...	2 – 1	23,551	\|Crouch Peter Crouch Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur... 15', Walters Jonathan Walters Jonathan Ronald "Jon" Walters is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the Republic of Ireland national football team.... 78'
Britannia Stadium Britannia Stadium The Britannia Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England and the home of Premier League club Stoke City Football Club. With space for 27,598 spectators . The name is taken from the sponsors of the Stadium the Britannia Co-operative Bank...	3 – 0	22,756	\|Jones Kenwyne Jones Kenwyne Joel Jones is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the Trinidad and Tobago national team. He previously played for Sunderland, Southampton, Stoke City, Sheffield Wednesday, W Connection and Joe Public.He began his football... 12', Jerome Cameron Jerome Cameron Zishan Rana-Jerome is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City as a striker. He also played for Cardiff City in the Football League, and for Birmingham City in the Football League and Premier League, and at international level has several caps for the England under-21 team.-Early... 24', Shotton Ryan Shotton Ryan Colin Shotton is an English footballer, who plays in the Premier League for Stoke City.Shotton progressed through the Stoke City Academy and signed a professional contract in 2007. He went on loan to Altrincham, Tranmere Rovers and Barnsley respectively in order to gain first team experience... 32'
Bloomfield Stadium Bloomfield Stadium Bloomfield Stadium is a 14,700-seat football stadium in the Tel Aviv District city of Jaffa, Israel. It is the home stadium of Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv.-History:...	2 – 1	10,368	\|Whitehead Dean Whitehead Dean Whitehead is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Stoke City.Whitehead joined his local non-league club Abingdon Town before he signed for Football League side Oxford United in 1999. He impressed in the lower divisions and was signed by Championship side... 51', Crouch Peter Crouch Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur... 64'
Britannia Stadium Britannia Stadium The Britannia Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England and the home of Premier League club Stoke City Football Club. With space for 27,598 spectators . The name is taken from the sponsors of the Stadium the Britannia Co-operative Bank...	–		\|
BJK İnönü Stadium BJK Inonu Stadium Fiyapı İnönü Stadium is a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey and is the home ground of the football club Beşiktaş J.K.. Previously the ground has aso been shared with Galatasaray S.K. and Fenerbahce S.K.. The ground is located in Dolmabahçe, close to the Dolmabahçe Palace in the district of...	–		\|

Books

Lowe, Simon: "Stoke City The Modern Era - A Complete Record" (Desert Island Books, ISBN 1874287392)
Matthews, Tony: "The Encyclopedia of Stoke City " (Lion Press, 1994, ISBN 1859831001

External links

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