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The club dropped the Ramblers from their name, becoming Stoke Football Club and in 1888 they were founding members of the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League"> Football League</a>. In 1925, the club's name was changed for the final time to Stoke City Football Club when <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a> was granted <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city status</a>. The club moved in 1997 to the <a href="/wiki/Britannia_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Britannia Stadium">Britannia Stadium</a>, a 28,383 <a href="/wiki/All-seater_stadium" title="All-seater stadium">all-seater stadium</a>; having spent 119 years at the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">Victoria Ground</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2007–08 Stoke City F.C. season">2007–08 season</a>, Stoke won promotion from the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Championship">Football League Championship</a>, the second tier of <a href="/wiki/Football_in_England" title="Football in England">English football</a>, and as of <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Stoke City F.C. season">2008–09</a> are playing in the top flight (currently <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a>) for the first time since the <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1984–85 Stoke City F.C. season">1984–85 season</a>, when they were relegated with a total of 17 points, a record low unsurpassed for 21 years. Stoke's only major trophy was the 1972 <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">Football League Cup</a>, won when they beat <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> 2–1 in the <a href="/wiki/1972_Football_League_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 Football League Cup Final">final</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley Stadium</a> before a crowd of 97,852. The club have also won the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> twice, in <a href="/wiki/1992_Football_League_Trophy_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 Football League Trophy Final">1992</a> and <a href="/wiki/2000_Football_League_Trophy_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 Football League Trophy Final">2000</a>. In terms of league achievement the closest Stoke have come to winning the title was in the <a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1946–47 Stoke City F.C. season">1946–47 season</a> where a final day defeat cost Stoke top spot. <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stoke_City_FC_League_Performance.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Stoke_City_FC_League_Performance.svg/600px-Stoke_City_FC_League_Performance.svg.png" decoding="async" width="600" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Stoke_City_FC_League_Performance.svg/900px-Stoke_City_FC_League_Performance.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Stoke_City_FC_League_Performance.svg/1200px-Stoke_City_FC_League_Performance.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1407" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Graph showing Stoke City F.C.'s progress through the English football league system 1889 to the present</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1863–1888:_early_years">1863–1888: early years</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Stoke_City_F.C.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 1863–1888: early years">edit</a>]</div> It is claimed that Stoke Ramblers was formed in 1863 when former pupils of <a href="/wiki/Charterhouse_School" title="Charterhouse School">Charterhouse School</a> formed a football club while they were apprentices at the <a href="/wiki/North_Staffordshire_Railway" title="North Staffordshire Railway">North Staffordshire Railway</a> works in <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1863-1888-1">[1]</a> However, Stoke Ramblers' first documented match was five years later, on 17 October 1868, at the club's original home, the Victoria Cricket Club ground against E.W May's XV, the 15-a-side match ended in a 1–1 draw.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> In the game, the club's first goal was scored by <a href="/wiki/Henry_John_Almond" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry John Almond">Henry Almond</a>, Stoke's founder and <a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a>.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> Stoke played four further fixtures in 1868, recording their first victory with a 2–0 win against Newcastle-under-Lyme. In 1875, to cope with rising attendances, the club switched to a ground at Sweetings Field,<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> not far from the Victoria Cricket Ground.<a href="#cite_note-victoria_az-6">[6]</a> At this time, the only fixtures were friendly matches; this changed in 1877 when the Staffordshire Football Association was formed and created a new competition, the County Cup, which Stoke won in the inaugural season, beating Talke Rangers 1–0 in the final. In an earlier round, Stoke had recorded what is still the club's record victory, a 26–0 triumph over Mow Cop. Stoke retained the County Cup in the following season with a 2–1 win over Cobridge and established themselves as the largest club in the area.<a href="#cite_note-1863-1888-1">[1]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stoke_city_fc_1877-78.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Stoke_city_fc_1877-78.jpg/250px-Stoke_city_fc_1877-78.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Stoke_city_fc_1877-78.jpg/375px-Stoke_city_fc_1877-78.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Stoke_city_fc_1877-78.jpg/500px-Stoke_city_fc_1877-78.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The Stoke squad of 1877–78</figcaption></figure> In 1878, the club merged with Stoke Victoria Athletic Club<a href="#cite_note-victoria_az-6">[6]</a> and became known as Stoke Football Club. They moved from Sweetings Field to the Athletic Club ground, which soon became known as the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">Victoria Ground</a>.<a href="#cite_note-victoria_az-6">[6]</a> It was around this time that the club adopted their red and white striped kit.<a href="#cite_note-1863-1888-1">[1]</a> Stoke entered the newly formed Birmingham Association Cup in 1881, although they were beaten 8–0 by <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> in the first round. In the <a href="/wiki/1882%E2%80%9383_in_English_football" title="1882–83 in English football">1882–1883</a> season, Stoke reached the final of the <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Senior_Cup" title="Staffordshire Senior Cup">Staffordshire Senior Cup</a> but were beaten 3–2 by <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a>. The club decided to enter the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> for the first time in the <a href="/wiki/1883%E2%80%9384_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1883–84 Stoke F.C. season">1883–84</a> season;<a href="#cite_note-1863-1888-1">[1]</a> the competition itself had been founded 12 years earlier.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> The threat of a rival football association, the <a href="/wiki/British_Football_Association" title="British Football Association">British FA</a>, forced <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">the Football Association</a> to legalise professionalism in 1885;<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Stoke subsequently turned professional in August of that year. The club were defeated again in the FA Cup in <a href="/wiki/1885%E2%80%9386_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1885–86 Stoke F.C. season">1885–86</a> after a replay defeat to <a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a>. The club's first victory in the competition came in the <a href="/wiki/1886%E2%80%9387_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1886–87 Stoke F.C. season">1886–87 season</a> with a 10–0 win over Caernarfon Wanderers at the Victoria Ground.<a href="#cite_note-1863-1888-1">[1]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1888–1900:_founder_members_of_the_Football_League">1888–1900: founder members of the Football League</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Stoke_City_F.C.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1888–1900: founder members of the Football League">edit</a>]</div> Stoke became one of the twelve founding members of <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">the Football League</a> in 1888.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> Stoke's manager, Harry Lockett, represented the club at a meeting in London, where the league's formation was discussed. Lockett played an instrumental role in its inception and became the league's first secretary; however he resigned from his role of manager in August 1890, in order to concentrate on his league responsibilities. Stoke struggled in their first two seasons in the league, <a href="/wiki/1888%E2%80%9389_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1888–89 Stoke F.C. season">1888–89</a> and <a href="/wiki/1889%E2%80%9390_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1889–90 Stoke F.C. season">1889–90</a>, finishing in last place on both occasions.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> The club failed to secure re-election to the league at the end of its second season, instead being replaced by <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a>. As a consequence, Stoke started <a href="/wiki/1890%E2%80%9391_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1890–91 Stoke F.C. season">1890–91</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Football_Alliance" title="Football Alliance">Football Alliance</a>; they finished the season as champions.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> The Football League was expanded to include fourteen clubs in <a href="/wiki/1891%E2%80%9392_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1891–92 Stoke F.C. season">1891–92</a>, which ensured Stoke were re-elected to the league, where they remained for the rest of the decade.<a href="#cite_note-1888-1900-13">[13]</a> In 1897, Stoke appointed <a href="/wiki/Horace_Austerberry" title="Horace Austerberry">Horace Austerberry</a>, who in <a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1898–99 Stoke F.C. season">1898–99</a> became the first manager to lead the club to the semi-final of the FA Cup.<a href="#cite_note-scfc_managers-14">[14]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1900–1919:_financial_problems_and_rebirth">1900–1919: financial problems and rebirth</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Stoke_City_F.C.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1900–1919: financial problems and rebirth">edit</a>]</div> Stoke suffered financial problems around 1900, which ultimately led to the loss of the club's Football League status in 1908.<a href="#cite_note-1900-1910-15">[15]</a> "Historical Football Kits" says that, "In 1908, having finished in mid-table, Stoke went into liquidation and resigned from the League. Ironically this galvanised local businessmen, the clergy (the Victoria Ground was owned by the Church of England) and supporters to form a new limited company and purchase the old club's assets." The club moved to the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(Regional)_League#Birmingham_&_District_League" title="West Midlands (Regional) League">Birmingham & District League</a> after its demotion. In 1909, the club opted to field teams in two league competitions, one in the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(Regional)_League#Birmingham_&_District_League" title="West Midlands (Regional) League">Birmingham & District League</a> and the other in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Football_League" title="Southern Football League">Southern League</a>; Stoke won the latter in their first year in the competition.<a href="#cite_note-1900-1910-15">[15]</a> Stoke continued to participate in both leagues until 1915, when their application for election back into the Football League was approved. However, the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> meant the league was suspended for four years; it recommenced in August 1919. During this time, Stoke entered the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_League_(football)#Lancashire_League_.281939_to_date.29" title="Lancashire League (football)">Lancashire Primary and Secondary leagues</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1910-1920-16">[16]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1919–1930:_yo-yo_years">1919–1930: yo-yo years</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Stoke_City_F.C.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1919–1930: yo-yo years">edit</a>]</div> The club became owners of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground_(Stoke)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria Ground (Stoke)">Victoria Ground</a> in 1919.<a href="#cite_note-1920-1930-17">[17]</a> The Butler Street stand was constructed shortly afterward, increasing the overall capacity of the ground to 50,000.<a href="#cite_note-victoria_az-6">[6]</a> Following the restart of the Football League, Stoke achieved promotion from the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1921%E2%80%9322_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1921–22 Stoke F.C. season">1921–22 season</a> under the stewardship of Arthur Shallcross, although this was followed by relegation in the <a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1922–23 Stoke F.C. season">1922–23 season</a>. Unable to prevent the club's bad form, Shallcross resigned in March 1923.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Mather" title="Tom Mather">Tom Mather</a> was appointed manager later in 1923, although Stoke were unable to mount another promotion challenge. They were instead relegated from the Second Division four years later in the <a href="/wiki/1925%E2%80%9326_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1925–26 Stoke City F.C. season">1925–26 season</a>. The club's stay in <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North" title="Football League Third Division North">Third Division North</a> was brief, as Stoke won the championship during their first season in that league.<a href="#cite_note-1920-1930-17">[17]</a> In 1925, <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a> was granted <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city status</a>, and this led the club to change its name to Stoke City Football Club.<a href="#cite_note-oatcake-19">[19]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1930–1938:_emergence_of_The_Wizard_of_Dribble">1930–1938: emergence of The Wizard of Dribble</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Stoke_City_F.C.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1930–1938: emergence of The Wizard of Dribble">edit</a>]</div> The 1930s saw the début of the club's most celebrated player, <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews">Stanley Matthews</a>. Matthews, who grew up in <a href="/wiki/Hanley,_Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanley, Staffordshire">Hanley</a>, was an apprentice at the club and made his first appearance, aged 17,<a href="#cite_note-matthews_az-20">[20]</a> in March 1932 against <a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a>.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> By end of the decade, Matthews had established himself as an <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England international</a> and one of the best footballers of his generation.<a href="#cite_note-1930-1940-22">[22]</a> Matthews won his first England cap in 1934,<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> making him the first Stoke player in 30 years to play for England. Stoke achieved promotion from the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1932%E2%80%9333_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1932–33 Stoke City F.C. season">1932–33</a> season as champions, but Matthews only featured in 15 games, although he did score his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win against local rivals <a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1930-1940-22">[22]</a> By 1934, the club's average attendance had risen to over 23,000, which allowed the club manager, Tom Mather, more transfer funds. Despite this, the core of the side consisted of young local players, such as Matthews, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Tommy Sale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Freddie Steele</a>.<a href="#cite_note-steele_az-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-heroes-25">[25]</a> Mathers resigned from his post in May 1935 to take the managerial job at <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a>, ending his 12-year tenure.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> <a href="/wiki/Bob_McGrory" title="Bob McGrory">Bob McGrory</a> was appointed as the club's manager shortly afterward; he had previously played for the club for 14 years.<a href="#cite_note-AZ_mcgrory-27">[27]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1935%E2%80%9336_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1935–36 Stoke City F.C. season">1935–36</a> season, the club finished fourth in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">Football League First Division</a>, nine points adrift of champions Sunderland. This was followed by two successive mid-table finishes, in <a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1936–37 Stoke City F.C. season">1936–37</a> and <a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1937–38 Stoke City F.C. season">1937–38</a>. The club recorded its record league win, 10–3, over <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a> in February 1937, in which Steele scored five goals.<a href="#cite_note-steele_profile-28">[28]</a> In April of that year, the club achieved its largest league crowd—51,373 against <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a>. Steele's 33 league goals in the <a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1936–37 Stoke City F.C. season">1936–37 season</a> remains a club record in 2007.<a href="#cite_note-steele_az-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1938–1950:_World_War_II_and_title_challenge">1938–1950: World War II and title challenge</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Stoke_City_F.C.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1938–1950: World War II and title challenge">edit</a>]</div> By 1938, rumours purported that Stanley Matthews wanted to leave Stoke to further his career. This led to a meeting at Kings Hall, attended by three thousand people with a further thousand outside. Matthews opted to stay with Stoke and helped the club to finish in seventh place in the <a href="/wiki/1938%E2%80%9339_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1938–39 Stoke City F.C. season">1938–39 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1930-1940-22">[22]</a> The outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> prevented further progress as the league was suspended for six years. After resumption of the FA Cup, 33 fans died and 520 were injured during a sixth round away game against <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> when the crush barriers gave way on the terraces.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-1940s-30">[30]</a> At this time, the side was predominantly composed of local players who had come through the club's youth system, including Matthews, Sale, Steele and <a href="/wiki/John_McCue_(footballer)" title="John McCue (footballer)">John McCue</a>, all in their prime, as well as the newly discovered <a href="/wiki/Neil_Franklin" title="Neil Franklin">Neil Franklin</a>,<a href="#cite_note-1940s-30">[30]</a> regarded as the country's best <a href="/wiki/Centre-half" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre-half">centre-half</a>.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1946–47 Stoke City F.C. season">1946–47 season</a>, Stoke mounted a serious title challenge: the club needed a win in their final game of the season to win the First Division title, but a 2–1 defeat to <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a> gave the title to <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a>. Stanley Matthews left the club three games before the end of the 1946–47 season to join <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a> at the age of 32 for a fee of £11,500.<a href="#cite_note-1940s-30">[30]</a> The team subsequently failed to mount a title challenge in the following two seasons, <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1947–48 Stoke City F.C. season">1947–48</a> and <a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1948–49 Stoke City F.C. season">1948–49</a>, finishing 15th and 11th respectively.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1950–1960:_relegation_and_Second_Division_frustrations">1950–1960: relegation and Second Division frustrations</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Stoke_City_F.C.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1950–1960: relegation and Second Division frustrations">edit</a>]</div> The 1950s did not start well for the club; having avoided relegation in the <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1950–51 Stoke City F.C. season">1950–51</a> and <a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1951–52 Stoke City F.C. season">1951–52</a> seasons, Stoke succumbed in <a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1952–53 Stoke City F.C. season">1952–53</a>, finishing second from bottom.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Bob McGrory resigned as the club's manager in February 1952 after 17 years in the role.<a href="#cite_note-AZ_mcgrory-27">[27]</a> His successor, Frank Taylor, consolidated the club's position in the Second Division but was unable to mount a sustained challenge for promotion, although Stoke came close in the <a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1954–55 Stoke City F.C. season">1954–55 season</a>, missing by two points.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> Taylor's failure to deliver promotion led to his dismissal in June 1960, after a 17th-place finish in the <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1959–60 Stoke City F.C. season">1959–60 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1960–1977:_the_Waddington_years">1960–1977: the Waddington years</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Stoke_City_F.C.&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1960–1977: the Waddington years">edit</a>]</div> By 1960 Stoke were struggling to attract supporters to the Victoria Ground, with the average attendance dropping below 10,000 for the first time in 40 years.<a href="#cite_note-matthews_az-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-1950s-39">[39]</a> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Waddington" title="Tony Waddington">Tony Waddington</a> was appointed as the club's manager in June 1960.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> He joined the club in 1952 as a coach, before being promoted to assistant manager in 1957.<a href="#cite_note-1960s-41">[41]</a> In his first season in charge, <a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1960–61 Stoke City F.C. season">1960–61</a>, Stoke finished 18th in the Second Division.<a href="#cite_note-mad-42">[42]</a> Crowds were still low; a match against <a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End" class="mw-redirect" title="Preston North End">Preston North End</a> attracted 8,409 in 1961. However, Waddington pulled off a significant coup by enticing Stanley Matthews—now 46 years old—back to the club, 14 years after he had left.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> A crowd of 35,974 witnessed Matthews' return to the club, only a fortnight after the poor crowd against Preston. The return of Matthews helped Stoke to rise to eighth position in <a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1961–62 Stoke City F.C. season">1961–62</a>. Promotion was achieved in the next season, when Stoke finished as champions.<a href="#cite_note-mad-42">[42]</a> In their first season back in the First Division, <a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1963–64 Stoke City F.C. season">1963–64</a>, Waddington guided Stoke to a mid-table finish.<a href="#cite_note-1960s-41">[41]</a> Matthews remained influential, as he helped the club to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">Football League Cup</a> <a href="/wiki/1964_Football_League_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1964 Football League Cup Final">final in 1964</a>, although this ended in a 4–3 defeat to <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester</a> over <a href="/wiki/Two-legged_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-legged match">two legs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1960s-41">[41]</a> Waddington relied upon experience; <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Viollet" title="Dennis Viollet">Dennis Viollet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Mudie" title="Jackie Mudie">Jackie Mudie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Vernon" title="Roy Vernon">Roy Vernon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Setters" title="Maurice Setters">Maurice Setters</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McIlroy" title="Jimmy McIlroy">Jimmy McIlroy</a> were players signed in the later stages of their careers. Matthews was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Knight" title="Knight">knighthood</a> for services to football in the 1965 New Year's Honours list. This was followed by his final, league appearance for the club against <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a> in February 1965, shortly after his 50th birthday. It ended a career spanning 33 years, including 19 years' service to his home town club.<a href="#cite_note-1960s-41">[41]</a> <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Banks" title="Gordon Banks">Gordon Banks</a>, <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England's</a> <a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1966 FIFA World Cup">1966 World Cup</a> winning <a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Goalkeeper (football)">goalkeeper</a>, joined Stoke from Leicester in 1967 for <a href="/wiki/%C2%A3" class="mw-redirect" title="£">£</a>52,000.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> Regarded as the best goalkeeper in the world,<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> Banks proved to be a shrewd signing for Waddington as he helped the club maintain stability in the First Division.<a href="#cite_note-1960s-41">[41]</a> However, Banks was forced to quit top-level football in 1972, after losing an eye in a road accident.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> The club won its first significant trophy on 4 March 1972, in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">League Cup</a> Final. Stoke beat favourites <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> <a href="/wiki/1972_Football_League_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 Football League Cup Final">2–1 in the final</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley Stadium</a> before a crowd of 97,852 spectators.<a href="#cite_note-1970s-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> Before this victory, Stoke had progressed through 11 games to reach the final. This included four games with <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Semi-final" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-final">semi-final</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Two-legged_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-legged match">two-legged match</a> was <a href="/wiki/Replay_(sports)" title="Replay (sports)">played</a> twice.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> Stoke fared well in the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>; the club progressed to the semi-final stage in both the <a href="/wiki/1970-71_Stoke_City_F.C._season" class="mw-redirect" title="1970-71 Stoke City F.C. season">1970–71</a> and <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1971–72 Stoke City F.C. season">1971–72</a> seasons. However, on both occasions Stoke lost to Arsenal in a <a href="/wiki/Replay_(sports)" title="Replay (sports)">replay</a>.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> Waddington was presented with a dilemma as both <a href="/wiki/George_Eastham" title="George Eastham">George Eastham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Dobing" title="Peter Dobing">Peter Dobing</a> retired not long after the club's League Cup win. Waddington responded by paying £240,000 to Chelsea for the services of <a href="/wiki/Alan_Hudson" title="Alan Hudson">Alan Hudson</a> in early 1974.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> This was followed by Geoff Salmons' arrival from Sheffield United for £160,000, in the same year.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> Waddington later paid a world record fee for a goalkeeper, £325,000, to sign <a href="/wiki/Peter_Shilton" title="Peter Shilton">Peter Shilton</a> from Leicester City.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> The new personnel brought added impetus to Waddington's side, and Stoke were close to winning the League title in <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1974–75 Stoke City F.C. season">1974–75</a>, but an end of season slump led to a fifth-place finish, four points off the champions, <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1970s-49">[49]</a> The 1970s also saw Stoke compete at European Level for the first time in its history. Stoke qualified for the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Cup">UEFA Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_UEFA_Cup" title="1972–73 UEFA Cup">1972–73</a> as a result of their League Cup triumph. In the first round, Stoke played <a href="/wiki/1._FC_Kaiserslautern" title="1. FC Kaiserslautern">Kaiserslautern</a> of Germany: Stoke won the first leg 3–1 at the Victoria Ground, with a crowd of over 22,000. However, the club lost the second leg 4–0, therefore losing 5–3 on <a href="/wiki/Two-legged_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-legged match">aggregate</a>.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> Stoke qualified for the UEFA Cup two years later, due to their fifth-place finish in the First Division in the <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1973–74 Stoke City F.C. season">1973–74</a> season.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_UEFA_Cup" title="1974–75 UEFA Cup">1974–75 competition</a>, Stoke were again knocked out at the first stage. Stoke drew both legs against Dutch side <a href="/wiki/AFC_Ajax" title="AFC Ajax">Ajax</a>, 1–1 and 0–0 respectively, but went out due to the <a href="/wiki/Away_goals_rule" title="Away goals rule">away goals rule</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1970s-49">[49]</a> The Butler Stand roof was blown off in a storm in January 1976.<a href="#cite_note-victoria_az-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> The ground damage meant the club's next home game against <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> had to be played at <a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a>, the home of local rivals Port Vale. The repair bill, in the region of £250,000, put the club in financial trouble, which was eased by the sale of <a href="/wiki/Alan_Hudson" title="Alan Hudson">Alan Hudson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pejic" title="Mike Pejic">Mike Pejic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Greenhoff" title="Jimmy Greenhoff">Jimmy Greenhoff</a> for a combined sum of £440,000.<a href="#cite_note-1970s-49">[49]</a> With the team depleted, relegation proved inevitable in the <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1976–77 Stoke City F.C. season">1976–77</a> season. Waddington, after a spell of 17 years in charge, left the club after a 1–0 home defeat in March 1977.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1977–1990:_from_First_Division_to_Third">1977–1990: from First Division to Third</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Stoke_City_F.C.&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1977–1990: from First Division to Third">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/George_Eastham" title="George Eastham">George Eastham</a>, who had previously been Waddington's assistant, was appointed as manager in March 1977,<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> but the club's slide into the Second Division in <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1976–77 Stoke City F.C. season">1976–77 season</a> proved unstoppable. Eastham did not last long, leaving in January 1978 after only 10 months in charge.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> The club's misery was compounded by a defeat to <a href="/wiki/Non-League_football" title="Non-League football">non-league</a> <a href="/wiki/Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C." title="Blyth Spartans A.F.C.">Blyth Spartans</a> in the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> shortly afterwards.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Durban" title="Alan Durban">Alan Durban</a>, arriving from <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a>,<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> was selected as the club's new manager in February 1978.<a href="#cite_note-durban-64">[64]</a> Durban achieved promotion to the First Division in his first full season, <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1978–79 Stoke City F.C. season">1978–79</a>, with a third-place finish.<a href="#cite_note-1970s-49">[49]</a> After consolidating the club's position in the First Division, Durban left for Sunderland in 1981.<a href="#cite_note-1980s-65">[65]</a> Richie Barker, Durban's successor, was appointed manager in 1981.<a href="#cite_note-barker_az-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> He signed <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Thomas_(footballer)" title="Mickey Thomas (footballer)">Mickey Thomas</a> from <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton and Hove Albion</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Chamberlain" title="Mark Chamberlain">Mark Chamberlain</a> from Port Vale,<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> as he set about building a side for the <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1982–83 Stoke City F.C. season">1982–83 season</a>. Thomas was signed for £200,000 and made over 60 appearances for the club, but was sold to Chelsea for £75,000 in 1984.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> <a href="/wiki/Midfielder#Winger" title="Midfielder">Winger</a> Chamberlain, a £135,00 signing, proved successful as he made eight appearances for England during his stay at Stoke.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> Barker's spell in charge was short-lived; he was sacked in his second season, <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1983–84 Stoke City F.C. season">1983–84</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1980s-65">[65]</a> The club's new manager, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Asprey" title="Bill Asprey">Bill Asprey</a>,<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> decided to bring back veteran <a href="/wiki/Alan_Hudson" title="Alan Hudson">Alan Hudson</a>,<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> and the decision paid off as Stoke improved during the second half of the <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1983–84 Stoke City F.C. season">1983–84 season</a> and avoided relegation on the final day.<a href="#cite_note-1980s-65">[65]</a> The <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1984–85 Stoke City F.C. season">next season</a>, referred to as The Holocaust Season by fans,<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> proved to be disastrous. Stoke finished the season with only 17 points and just three wins,<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> which would be the lowest points total in the top flight of English football (under the "three points for a win" system) for 21 years until the record was broken by Sunderland in the <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_in_English_football" title="2005–06 in English football">2005–06 season</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mick_Mills" title="Mick Mills">Mick Mills</a> was appointed <a href="/wiki/Player-manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Player-manager">player-manager</a> for the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1985–86 Stoke City F.C. season">1985–86 season</a>, following Asprey's departure in April 1985 due to ill health.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> His first task was to consolidate following the club's relegation in the previous season, which he achieved with a mid-table finish in the Second Division.<a href="#cite_note-1980s-65">[65]</a> The team reached fourth place in <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Stoke City F.C. season">1986–87</a>, his second season in charge, including a 7–2 win over <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_A.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds United A.F.C.">Leeds United</a>, but the team's form tailed off towards the end of the season, culminating in an eighth-place finish. Mills was unable to sustain a challenge for promotion and was sacked in November 1989, following a poor start to the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1989–90 Stoke City F.C. season">1989–90 season</a> after spending £1m on players. His successor, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ball,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Ball, Jr.">Alan Ball</a>, became the club's fifth manager in 10 years. <a href="/wiki/Peter_Coates" title="Peter Coates">Peter Coates</a> became the club's chairman in 1989, following numerous changes of chairmanship during the 1980s.<a href="#cite_note-1980s-65">[65]</a> Ball struggled in his first season in charge, <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1989–90 Stoke City F.C. season">1989–90</a>, and his Stoke side were relegated to the third tier of English football after finishing bottom of the Second Division.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> The start of the <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1990–91 Stoke City F.C. season">1990–91</a> season in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third Division</a> marked the first time Stoke had played at this level in 63 years. Ball kept his job for the start of this campaign but departed in February 1991 in the midst of an indifferent season that saw Stoke finish in their lowest league position of 14th.<a href="#cite_note-1990's-79">[79]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1990–1997:_two_spells_under_Lou_Macari">1990–1997: two spells under Lou Macari</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Stoke_City_F.C.&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1990–1997: two spells under Lou Macari">edit</a>]</div> Ball's successor, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Macari" title="Lou Macari">Lou Macari</a>, was appointed in May 1991,<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-macari-81">[81]</a> prior to the start of the <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1991–92 Stoke City F.C. season">1991–92 season</a>. The improvement was immediate, as Stoke narrowly missed out on promotion in his first season in charge, finishing fourth in the Third Division.<a href="#cite_note-mad-42">[42]</a> He also clinched a cup for the club; the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> was won with a <a href="/wiki/1992_Football_League_Trophy_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 Football League Trophy Final">1–0 victory</a> against <a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley</a>; <a href="/wiki/Mark_Stein_(footballer)" title="Mark Stein (footballer)">Mark Stein</a> scored the only goal of the game.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> The following season, <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1992–93 Stoke City F.C. season">1992–93</a>, promotion was achieved from the third tier, with Stoke finishing as league champions. Stein, a £100,000 purchase from <a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a>,<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> scored 26 goals during the season as Stoke amassed a total of 93 points. Macari left in October 1993 to take over as manager of Scottish side <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a>, and Stein also departed in a £1.5m move to Chelsea.<a href="#cite_note-1990's-79">[79]</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Jordan_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Jordan (footballer)">Joe Jordan's</a> tenure in charge was short; he left the club less than a year after joining.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> Following Jordan's departure, Stoke opted to reappoint Lou Macari only 12 months after he had left.<a href="#cite_note-macari-81">[81]</a> Despite the optimism surrounding his return,<a href="#cite_note-1990's-79">[79]</a> only a mid-table finish was attained in the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1994–95 Stoke City F.C. season">1994–95 season</a>. The <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1995–96 Stoke City F.C. season">1995–96 season</a> started poorly, but the signing of striker <a href="/wiki/Mike_Sheron" title="Mike Sheron">Mike Sheron</a> turned around the club's campaign.<a href="#cite_note-1990's-79">[79]</a> Stoke eventually finished fourth but were defeated in the play-off semi-final by Leicester City. The following season, <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1996–97 Stoke City F.C. season">1996–97</a>, saw Mark Stein return from Chelsea on <a href="/wiki/Loan_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loan (football)">loan</a>, partnering Sheron in attack. The season started well, with Stoke in fourth place at Christmas, but a poor second half of the season saw the club drop to an eventual 12th place.<a href="#cite_note-mad-42">[42]</a> Sheron was sold in 1997 for a club record fee of £2.5m.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> Macari left the club at the end of the season, his last game in charge the final league game at the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">Victoria Ground</a> in a match against West Bromwich Albion.<a href="#cite_note-1990's-79">[79]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1997–2008:_the_Britannia_Stadium">1997–2008: the Britannia Stadium</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Stoke_City_F.C.&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 1997–2008: the Britannia Stadium">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stoke_City_FC_V_Arsenal_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Stoke_City_FC_V_Arsenal_09.jpg/220px-Stoke_City_FC_V_Arsenal_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Stoke_City_FC_V_Arsenal_09.jpg/330px-Stoke_City_FC_V_Arsenal_09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Stoke_City_FC_V_Arsenal_09.jpg/440px-Stoke_City_FC_V_Arsenal_09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>The Britannia Stadium</figcaption></figure>The <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1997–98 Stoke City F.C. season">1997–98</a> season saw Stoke move to its new ground, the 28,000 all-seater <a href="/wiki/Britannia_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Britannia Stadium">Britannia Stadium</a>,<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> after 119 years at the Victoria Ground, the longest time spent at a ground by any team in Britain at that time.<a href="#cite_note-oatcake-19">[19]</a> <a href="/wiki/Chic_Bates" title="Chic Bates">Chic Bates</a>, Macari's assistant, was appointed manager for the club's inaugural season in the new ground.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> Bates struggled as his side slipped from a play-off place towards the relegation zone, with the club's bad run culminating in a 7–0 home defeat to <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a>.<a href="#cite_note-scfc_managers-14">[14]</a> Bates was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Kamara" title="Chris Kamara">Chris Kamara</a> in January 1998.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> Kamara could not improve the club's fortunes, and he left in April.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Durban" title="Alan Durban">Alan Durban</a>, Stoke's manager two decades earlier, took charge for the remainder of season.<a href="#cite_note-durban-64">[64]</a> Durban was unable to keep the club up, with a 23rd-place finish consigning Stoke to relegation from the First Division.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Little_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brian Little (footballer)">Brian Little</a>, formerly manager of <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a>,<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> took charge for the <a href="/wiki/1998-99_Stoke_City_F.C._season" class="mw-redirect" title="1998-99 Stoke City F.C. season">1998–99 season</a>,<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> and Stoke began the season impressively, holding first place until December with six straight wins. The team's form tailed off in the latter stages of the season, leading to Little's departure at the end of the season.<a href="#cite_note-1990's-79">[79]</a> His successor, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Megson" title="Gary Megson">Gary Megson</a>, was only in the job for four months.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> Megson was forced to depart following a takeover by <a href="/wiki/Stoke_Holding" title="Stoke Holding">Stoke Holding</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Icelandic</a> consortium that purchased a 66 per cent share in Stoke City F.C. for <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>6.6m.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> The club's new owners appointed the club's first foreign manager, Icelander <a href="/wiki/Gudjon_Thordarson" class="mw-redirect" title="Gudjon Thordarson">Gudjon Thordarson</a>, in November 1999.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> Stoke won the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1999–2000 Stoke City F.C. season">1999–2000 season</a> with a <a href="/wiki/2000_Football_League_Trophy_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 Football League Trophy Final">2–1 win over</a> <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a> in April 2000 before a crowd of 75,057 at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley</a>.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> Disappointment followed a month later, as Stoke were defeated against <a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Play-Offs" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Play-Offs">play-off</a> semi-finals, consigning themselves to another year in the third tier.<a href="#cite_note-oatcake-19">[19]</a> They reached the play-offs again in the <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2000–01 Stoke City F.C. season">2000–01 season</a> with a fifth-place finish, but this time <a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a> halted Stoke's progress at the semi-final stage.<a href="#cite_note-2000s-100">[100]</a> Thordarson achieved promotion at the third attempt in <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2001–02 Stoke City F.C. season">2001–02</a>; another fifth-place finish ensured a play-off spot. <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a> were defeated in the semi-final before a <a href="/wiki/2002_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 Football League Second Division play-off Final">2–0 win against</a> <a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Stadium" title="Millennium Stadium">Millennium Stadium</a> secured promotion.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> Despite achieving the goal of promotion, Thordarson was sacked by <a href="/wiki/Gunnar_G%C3%ADslason_(businessman)" title="Gunnar Gíslason (businessman)">Gunnar Gíslason</a>, only five days after the club won the play-off final.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> A campaign calling for Thordarson's reinstatement was organised by fans, but it proved unsuccessful.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Cotterill" title="Steve Cotterill">Steve Cotterill</a> was drafted in as Thordarson's replacement before the start of the <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2002–03 Stoke City F.C. season">2002–03 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> Cotterill quit in October 2002, after only four months in charge, to take the role of <a href="/wiki/Howard_Wilkinson" title="Howard Wilkinson">Howard Wilkinson's</a> assistant at Sunderland.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> The club were close to unveiling <a href="/wiki/George_Burley" title="George Burley">George Burley</a> as their new manager after Cotterill's departure; however, a last minute charge of heart led the former <a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich</a> manager to decline the club's offer.<a href="#cite_note-oatcake-19">[19]</a> The club acted swiftly and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Pulis" title="Tony Pulis">Tony Pulis</a> was appointed as Stoke's new manager shortly afterwards.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> Pulis steered Stoke clear of relegation<a href="#cite_note-2000s-100">[100]</a> with a 1–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a> on the final day of the season that kept the club in the First Division.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> The club's position in the league was consolidated in <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2003–04 Stoke City F.C. season">2003–04</a>.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> Pulis was sacked at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2004–05 Stoke City F.C. season">2004–05 season</a>, following a disagreement between himself and the club's owners.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> Dutch manager <a href="/wiki/Johan_Boskamp" title="Johan Boskamp">Johan Boskamp</a> was named as Pulis' successor on 29 June 2005, only a day after Pulis was sacked.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> Boskamp broke the club's transfer record in signing <a href="/wiki/Samb%C3%A9gou_Bangoura" title="Sambégou Bangoura">Sambegou Bangoura</a> for a fee in the region of £1m.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> Another significant addition was the signing of <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium international</a> <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hoefkens" title="Carl Hoefkens">Carl Hoefkens</a>,<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> who subsequently won the Fans' Player of the Year Award for the <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2005–06 Stoke City F.C. season">2005–06 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> Despite his spending on new players, Boskamp's side was inconsistent and only a mid-table finish was achieved.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> The season was marred by a feud between Boskamp and the club's <a href="/wiki/Director_of_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Director of football">director of football</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Rudge" title="John Rudge">John Rudge</a>, which escalated to the point where Boskamp threatened to quit.<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> Boskamp left at the end of the 2005–06 season, amidst a takeover by former chairman <a href="/wiki/Peter_Coates" title="Peter Coates">Peter Coates</a>.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stoke_City_are_promoted_to_the_Premier_League,_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Stoke_City_are_promoted_to_the_Premier_League%2C_2008.jpg/220px-Stoke_City_are_promoted_to_the_Premier_League%2C_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Stoke_City_are_promoted_to_the_Premier_League%2C_2008.jpg/330px-Stoke_City_are_promoted_to_the_Premier_League%2C_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Stoke_City_are_promoted_to_the_Premier_League%2C_2008.jpg/440px-Stoke_City_are_promoted_to_the_Premier_League%2C_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Stoke City fans celebrate following promotion to the Premier League on 4 May 2008.</figcaption></figure>On 23 May 2006, Coates completed his takeover of Stoke City, marking the end of <a href="/wiki/Gunnar_G%C3%ADslason_(businessman)" title="Gunnar Gíslason (businessman)">Gunnar Gíslason</a>'s chairmanship of the club.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> Coates chose former manager <a href="/wiki/Tony_Pulis" title="Tony Pulis">Tony Pulis</a> as Boskamp's successor in June 2006.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> Pulis took Stoke close to a play-off place, however an eventual eighth-place finish was achieved in the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2006–07 Stoke City F.C. season">2006–07 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> In June 2007, chairman Peter Coates purchased the <a href="/wiki/Britannia_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Britannia Stadium">Britannia Stadium</a> outright from the <a href="/wiki/City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="City Council">City Council</a> for a fee in the region of £6m.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2008–2018:_ten_years_in_the_Premier_League">2008–2018: ten years in the Premier League</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Stoke_City_F.C.&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2008–2018: ten years in the Premier League">edit</a>]</div> Stoke won automatic promotion to the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> on the final day of the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2007–08 Stoke City F.C. season">2007–08 season</a>, finishing in second place in the Championship.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> On 18 July 2008, the club broke their transfer record to purchase striker <a href="/wiki/Dave_Kitson" title="Dave Kitson">Dave Kitson</a> for £5.5 million from <a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a>.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> A 3–1 defeat to <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> on the opening day of the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Stoke City F.C. season">2008–09</a> season saw Stoke written off by many media outlets as relegation certainties.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> The following weekend, the Britannia Stadium hosted its first ever top-flight game, against <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a>, with a home win courtesy of <a href="/wiki/Mamady_Sidibe" class="mw-redirect" title="Mamady Sidibe">Mamady Sidibe</a>'s injury-time goal from a <a href="/wiki/Rory_Delap" title="Rory Delap">Rory Delap</a> throw-in, giving Stoke City their first ever Premier League points.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> The club went on to record a 12th-place finish in their first season back in the Premier League. A much cited aspect of the team's style of play has been the utilisation of Delap's long throw to create goal-scoring opportunities.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> Pulis signed <a href="/wiki/Robert_Huth" title="Robert Huth">Robert Huth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tuncay_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1" title="Tuncay Şanlı">Tuncay Şanlı</a> from <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> for a combined fee in the region of £10 million,<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> in a bid to establish the club in the Premier League prior to the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2009–10 Stoke City F.C. season">2009–10 season</a>. This feat was achieved comfortably as the club finished in 11th place, thereby securing a third season in the Premier League. Pulis bolstered his squad for <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2010–11 Stoke City F.C. season">2010–11 season</a> with the club record £8 million signing of <a href="/wiki/Kenwyne_Jones" title="Kenwyne Jones">Kenwyne Jones</a>.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> For the second season running Stoke made it to the quarter-final of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> after overcoming <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a>. They met <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a> in the quarters and won 2–1 thus earning a place in the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_Semi-finals" class="mw-redirect" title="FA Cup Semi-finals">FA Cup Semi-final</a> for only the fourth time in their history.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> It was also their first trip to the <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">New Wembley Stadium</a> when they took on <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> for a place in the final.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> Stoke comfortably beat Bolton 5–0 clinching a first <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_Final" title="FA Cup Final">FA Cup Final</a> appearance in their 148-year history.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a><a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> However, they lost the <a href="/wiki/2011_FA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 FA Cup Final">final 1–0</a> to <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a>.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> By reaching the final, Stoke qualified for the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_UEFA_Europa_League" title="2011–12 UEFA Europa League">2011–12 UEFA Europa League</a>.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> Despite a strong season, with an 8th-place finish in sight, defeat at home to <a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a> in the final game meant that Stoke finished 13th in the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2010–11 Stoke City F.C. season">2010–11 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> On 28 July 2011, Stoke beat <a href="/wiki/HNK_Hajduk_Split" title="HNK Hajduk Split">Hadjuk Split</a> 2–0 over two legs in the third qualifying round of the <a href="/wiki/Europa_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Europa League">Europa League</a>.<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> It was Stoke's first appearance in Europe in 37 years. Stoke would go on progress past <a href="/wiki/FC_Thun" title="FC Thun">FC Thun</a> in the Play-off round gaining entrance into the group stage where Stoke were handed a tough draw against <a href="/wiki/Besiktas_J.K." class="mw-redirect" title="Besiktas J.K.">Besiktas</a>, <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_F.C." title="Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.">Maccabi Tel Aviv</a>. Stoke finished second in the group and were handed a glamour tie against Spanish giants <a href="/wiki/Valencia_CF" title="Valencia CF">Valencia</a> in the round of 32, following the draw manager Pulis stated that he is relishing the prospect of taking on one of Europe's top clubs.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> Stoke lost both legs 1–0 to end their European campaign.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a><a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> Pulis received criticism from some supporters after he fielded a weakened team in the second leg.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> Stoke ended the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2011–12 Stoke City F.C. season">2011–12 season</a> in 14th position in what was perceived to be a disappointing season.<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> The <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Stoke City F.C. season">2012–13</a> season saw Stoke make little progress, finishing in 13th position. Pulis subsequently left the club by mutual consent on 21 May 2013.<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> He was replaced by another Welsh manager, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">Mark Hughes</a>.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> Hughes led Stoke to a ninth-place finish in <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2013–14 Stoke City F.C. season">2013–14</a>, their highest position in the Premier League and best finish since <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1974–75 Stoke City F.C. season">1974–75</a>.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> Stoke again finished in ninth position in <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2014–15 Stoke City F.C. season">2014–15</a>, which ended with a 6–1 victory against Liverpool.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> Despite breaking their transfer record twice (on <a href="/wiki/Xherdan_Shaqiri" title="Xherdan Shaqiri">Xherdan Shaqiri</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Giannelli_Imbula" title="Giannelli Imbula">Giannelli Imbula</a>), in <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2015–16 Stoke City F.C. season">2015–16</a>, Stoke did not make any progression and finished in ninth position for a third season running.<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> Stoke declined in <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2016–17 Stoke City F.C. season">2016–17</a>, finishing in 13th position.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> The decline continued in <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2017–18 Stoke City F.C. season">2017–18</a> under Mark Hughes and he was sacked in January 2018 with the club in the relegation zone. The board chose <a href="/wiki/Paul_Lambert" title="Paul Lambert">Paul Lambert</a> to try and keep Stoke up but he managed just two wins in 15, ending Stoke's ten-year spell in the Premier League.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2018–present:_return_to_the_Championship">2018–present: return to the Championship</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Stoke_City_F.C.&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2018–present: return to the Championship">edit</a>]</div> The board appointed <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Gary_Rowett" title="Gary Rowett">Gary Rowett</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2018–19 Stoke City F.C. season">2018–19</a> season with his task to mount a quick return to the Premier League.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> However despite spending over £30 million on new players, performances were very underwhelming and Rowett lost his job in January 2019.<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a> They then decided to appoint a manager from the lower leagues, <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a>'s Welsh manager <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Jones_(Welsh_footballer)" title="Nathan Jones (Welsh footballer)">Nathan Jones</a>.<a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> Jones only won three of the remaining matches of the season, drawing eleven of them including four consecutive 0–0 draws as Stoke ended in 16th position.<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> Jones was allowed to bring in ten new players for the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2019–20 Stoke City F.C. season">2019–20 season</a> in order to fit his preferred 'diamond' formation. These changes failed to improve the team and they went on to have their worst start to a league campaign not winning any of their first ten matches.<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> Jones was sacked in November 2019 with the side bottom of the Championship table and he was replaced by Northern Ireland manager <a href="/wiki/Michael_O%27Neill_(footballer)" title="Michael O'Neill (footballer)">Michael O'Neill</a>.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> Results began to improve under O'Neill and the side began to pull away from danger until the season was suspended in March 2020 due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a> Stoke won four of the remaining nine matches to avoid relegation and finish in 15th position, finishing eight points clear of the relegation zone.<a href="#cite_note-158">[158]</a> Due to the pandemic the entire <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2020–21 Stoke City F.C. season">2020–21 season</a> was played without supporters and Stoke finished in 14th position.<a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> In <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2021–22 Stoke City F.C. season">2021–22</a> Stoke made a positive start to the season but a poor second half of the campaign saw the team fall out of play-off contention and they again finished in 14th.<a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a> A slow start to the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2022–23 Stoke City F.C. season">2022–23 season</a> marked the end for O'Neill's time in charge and he was dismissed in August 2022, with Sunderland boss <a href="/wiki/Alex_Neil_(footballer)" title="Alex Neil (footballer)">Alex Neil</a> replacing him.<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a><a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a> Neil was unable to turn Stoke's fortunes around and he was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Steven_Schumacher" title="Steven Schumacher">Steven Schumacher</a> in December 2023 with the team in a relegation battle.<a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a> Schumacher guided the team to safety in <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2023–24 Stoke City F.C. season">2023–24</a> but after three defeats in the first five games of <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2024–25 Stoke City F.C. season">2024–25</a> he was surprisingly sacked an replaced by Spanish coach <a href="/wiki/Narc%C3%ADs_P%C3%A8lach" title="Narcís Pèlach">Narcís Pèlach</a>.<a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Stoke_City_F.C.&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. p. 158. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1"><bdi>1-85983-100-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Matthews%2C+Sir+Stanley%2C+CBE&rft.btitle=A-Z+of+Stoke+City&rft.pages=158&rft.pub=The+Breedon+Books+Publishing+Company+Limited&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=1-85983-100-1&rft.aulast=Matthews&rft.aufirst=Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/654300.stm">"The first gentleman of soccer"</a>. BBC News. 23 February 2000. Retrieved 29 June 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=The+first+gentleman+of+soccer&rft.date=2000-02-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2F654300.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-1930-1940-22">^ <a href="#cite_ref-1930-1940_22-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-1930-1940_22-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-1930-1940_22-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080927175924/http://www.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10310~401166%2C00.html">"1930–1940 Stan's The Man"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City F.C.</a> Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10310~401166%2C00.html">the original</a> on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Stoke+City+F.C.&rft.atitle=1930%E2%80%931940+Stan%27s+The+Man&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk%2Fpage%2FHistory%2F0%252C%252C10310~401166%252C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.englandcaps.co.uk/StanleyMatthews.html">"Stanley Matthews"</a>. englandcaps.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=englandcaps.co.uk&rft.atitle=Stanley+Matthews&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.englandcaps.co.uk%2FStanleyMatthews.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-steele_az-24">^ <a href="#cite_ref-steele_az_24-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-steele_az_24-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMatthews1997" class="citation book cs1">Matthews, Tony (1997). "Steele, Frederick Charles". A-Z of Stoke City. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. p. 218. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1"><bdi>1-85983-100-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Steele%2C+Frederick+Charles&rft.btitle=A-Z+of+Stoke+City&rft.pages=218&rft.pub=The+Breedon+Books+Publishing+Company+Limited&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=1-85983-100-1&rft.aulast=Matthews&rft.aufirst=Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-heroes-25"><a href="#cite_ref-heroes_25-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRob_Stanway" class="citation web cs1">Rob Stanway. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181810/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rob.stanway/victoria/hero.htm">"Victoria Ground Hero's [sic] – Freddie Steele"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rob.stanway/victoria/hero.htm">the original</a> on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Victoria+Ground+Hero%27s+%26%2332%3B%26%2391%3Bsic%26%2393%3B+%E2%80%93+Freddie+Steele&rft.au=Rob+Stanway&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.ntlworld.com%2Frob.stanway%2Fvictoria%2Fhero.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMatthews1997" class="citation book cs1">Matthews, Tony (1997). "Mather, Thomas". A-Z of Stoke City. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. p. 156. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1"><bdi>1-85983-100-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Mather%2C+Thomas&rft.btitle=A-Z+of+Stoke+City&rft.pages=156&rft.pub=The+Breedon+Books+Publishing+Company+Limited&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=1-85983-100-1&rft.aulast=Matthews&rft.aufirst=Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-AZ_mcgrory-27">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AZ_mcgrory_27-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AZ_mcgrory_27-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMatthews1997" class="citation book cs1">Matthews, Tony (1997). "McGrory, Robert". A-Z of Stoke City. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. p. 145. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1"><bdi>1-85983-100-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=McGrory%2C+Robert&rft.btitle=A-Z+of+Stoke+City&rft.pages=145&rft.pub=The+Breedon+Books+Publishing+Company+Limited&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=1-85983-100-1&rft.aulast=Matthews&rft.aufirst=Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-steele_profile-28"><a href="#cite_ref-steele_profile_28-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081019230816/http://www.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HallOfFame/0%2C%2C10310~401829%2C00.html">"Freddie Steele"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Stoke City">Stoke City</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HallOfFame/0%2C%2C10310~401829%2C00.html">the original</a> on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Stoke+City&rft.atitle=Freddie+Steele&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk%2Fpage%2FHallOfFame%2F0%252C%252C10310~401829%252C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMatthews1997" class="citation book cs1">Matthews, Tony (1997). "Bolton Disaster of 1946". A-Z of Stoke City. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. p. 35. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1"><bdi>1-85983-100-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Bolton+Disaster+of+1946&rft.btitle=A-Z+of+Stoke+City&rft.pages=35&rft.pub=The+Breedon+Books+Publishing+Company+Limited&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=1-85983-100-1&rft.aulast=Matthews&rft.aufirst=Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-1940s-30">^ <a href="#cite_ref-1940s_30-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-1940s_30-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-1940s_30-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081019231049/http://www.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10310~401174%2C00.html">"1940–1950 So Near, So Far"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City F.C.</a> Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10310~401174%2C00.html">the original</a> on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Stoke+City+F.C.&rft.atitle=1940%E2%80%931950+So+Near%2C+So+Far&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk%2Fpage%2FHistory%2F0%252C%252C10310~401174%252C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMatthews1997" class="citation book cs1">Matthews, Tony (1997). "Franklin, Cornelius". A-Z of Stoke City. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. p. 94. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1"><bdi>1-85983-100-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Franklin%2C+Cornelius&rft.btitle=A-Z+of+Stoke+City&rft.pages=94&rft.pub=The+Breedon+Books+Publishing+Company+Limited&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=1-85983-100-1&rft.aulast=Matthews&rft.aufirst=Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070617231356/http://www.football-england.com/neil_franklin.html">"Neil Franklin – Career Profile"</a>. football-england.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.football-england.com/neil_franklin.html">the original</a> on 17 June 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=football-england.com&rft.atitle=Neil+Franklin+%E2%80%93+Career+Profile&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.football-england.com%2Fneil_franklin.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1947-48.html">"Season 1947–48"</a>. <a href="/wiki/RSSSF" title="RSSSF">RSSSF</a>. Retrieved 3 September 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=RSSSF&rft.atitle=Season+1947%E2%80%9348&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rsssf.org%2Fengpaul%2FFLA%2F1947-48.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1948-49.html">"Season 1948–49"</a>. <a href="/wiki/RSSSF" title="RSSSF">RSSSF</a>. Retrieved 3 September 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=RSSSF&rft.atitle=Season+1948%E2%80%9349&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rsssf.org%2Fengpaul%2FFLA%2F1948-49.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStuart_Jackson,_Paul_Felton" class="citation web cs1">Stuart Jackson, Paul Felton. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1952-53.html">"Season 1952–53"</a>. <a href="/wiki/RSSSF" title="RSSSF">RSSSF</a>. Retrieved 8 August 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=RSSSF&rft.atitle=Season+1952%E2%80%9353&rft.au=Stuart+Jackson%2C+Paul+Felton&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rsssf.org%2Fengpaul%2FFLA%2F1952-53.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1954-55.html">"Season 1954–55"</a>. <a href="/wiki/RSSSF" title="RSSSF">RSSSF</a>. Retrieved 3 September 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=RSSSF&rft.atitle=Season+1954%E2%80%9355&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rsssf.org%2Fengpaul%2FFLA%2F1954-55.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1959-60.html">"Season 1959–60"</a>. <a href="/wiki/RSSSF" title="RSSSF">RSSSF</a>. Retrieved 3 September 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=RSSSF&rft.atitle=Season+1959%E2%80%9360&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rsssf.org%2Fengpaul%2FFLA%2F1959-60.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMatthews1997" class="citation book cs1">Matthews, Tony (1997). "Taylor, Frank". A-Z of Stoke City. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. p. 225. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1"><bdi>1-85983-100-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Taylor%2C+Frank&rft.btitle=A-Z+of+Stoke+City&rft.pages=225&rft.pub=The+Breedon+Books+Publishing+Company+Limited&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=1-85983-100-1&rft.aulast=Matthews&rft.aufirst=Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-1950s-39"><a href="#cite_ref-1950s_39-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081019193236/http://www.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10310~401576%2C00.html">"1950–1960 A Foreign Affair"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City F.C.</a> Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10310~401576%2C00.html">the original</a> on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Stoke+City+F.C.&rft.atitle=1950%E2%80%931960+A+Foreign+Affair&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk%2Fpage%2FHistory%2F0%252C%252C10310~401576%252C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1251">"Tony Waddington's managerial career"</a>. soccerbase.com. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071001005319/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=1251">Archived</a> from the original on 1 October 2007. 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Know the Score Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-905449-55-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-905449-55-2"><bdi>978-1-905449-55-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Match+of+My+Life%3A+Stoke+City&rft.pub=Know+the+Score+Books&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-905449-55-2&rft.aulast=Lowe&rft.aufirst=Simon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMatthews1997" class="citation book cs1">Matthews, Tony (1997). A-Z of Stoke City. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-85983-100-1"><bdi>1-85983-100-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A-Z+of+Stoke+City&rft.pub=The+Breedon+Books+Publishing+Company+Limited&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=1-85983-100-1&rft.aulast=Matthews&rft.aufirst=Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMatthews2008" class="citation book cs1">Matthews, Tony (2008). The Legends of Stoke City. Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85983-653-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85983-653-8"><bdi>978-1-85983-653-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Legends+of+Stoke+City&rft.pub=Breedon+Books+Publishing+Company+Limited&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-1-85983-653-8&rft.aulast=Matthews&rft.aufirst=Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith2008" class="citation book cs1">Smith, Denis (2008). Denis Smith: Just One of Seven. Know the Score Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84818-504-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84818-504-3"><bdi>978-1-84818-504-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Denis+Smith%3A+Just+One+of+Seven&rft.pub=Know+the+Score+Books&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-1-84818-504-3&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Denis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHistory+of+Stoke+City+F.C." class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThomas2008" class="citation book cs1">Thomas, Mickey (2008). Kickups, Hiccups, Lockups: The Autobiography. 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Under-21s and Academy">Under-21s and Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C._league_record_by_opponent" title="Stoke City F.C. league record by opponent">Head-to-head</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E00000;color:white;width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2024–25 Stoke City F.C. season">Current season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potteries_derby" title="Potteries derby">Potteries derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Stoke_City_F.C._matches" title="Template:Stoke City F.C. matches">Matches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C._Women" title="Stoke City F.C. Women">Stoke City Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Stoke_City_F.C." title="Category:Stoke City F.C.">All articles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E00000;color:white;width:1%">Grounds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">Victoria Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bet365_Stadium" title="Bet365 Stadium">bet365 Stadium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E00000;color:white;width:1%">Training ground</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clayton_Wood_Training_Ground" title="Clayton Wood Training Ground">Clayton Wood Training Ground</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E00000;color:white;width:1%">Players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Stoke_City_F.C._players" title="Category:Stoke City F.C. players">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Stoke_City_F.C._players" title="List of Stoke City F.C. players">100+ appearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Stoke_City_F.C._players_(25%E2%80%9399_appearances)" title="List of Stoke City F.C. players (25–99 appearances)">25–99 appearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Stoke_City_F.C._players_(1%E2%80%9324_appearances)" title="List of Stoke City F.C. players (1–24 appearances)">1–24 appearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C._Player_of_the_Year" title="Stoke City F.C. Player of the Year">Player of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Stoke_City_F.C._squad" title="Template:Stoke City F.C. squad">Current squad</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#E00000;color:white"><div> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /> <a href="/wiki/Category:Stoke_City_F.C." title="Category:Stoke City F.C.">Category:Stoke City F.C.</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_portal_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/16px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/23px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/31px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Portal:Association_football" title="Portal:Association football">Portal:Association football</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stoke_City_FC" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Stoke City FC">Commons:Stoke City F.C.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="History_of_football_in_England_by_club252" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:History_of_football_in_England_by_club" title="Template:History of football in England by club"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:History_of_football_in_England_by_club" title="Template talk:History of football in England by club"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:History_of_football_in_England_by_club" title="Special:EditPage/Template:History of football in England by club"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="History_of_football_in_England_by_club252" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/History_of_football_in_England" title="History of football in England">History of football in England</a> by club</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth#History" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a></li> <li>Arsenal <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Arsenal_F.C._(1886%E2%80%931966)" title="History of Arsenal F.C. (1886–1966)">1886–1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Arsenal_F.C._(1966%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Arsenal F.C. (1966–present)">1966–present</a></li></ul></li> <li>Aston Villa <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Aston_Villa_F.C._(1874%E2%80%931961)" title="History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)">1874–1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Aston_Villa_F.C._(1961%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)">1961–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Brentford_F.C." title="History of Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="History of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a></li> <li>Chelsea <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Chelsea_F.C._(1905%E2%80%931952)" title="History of Chelsea F.C. (1905–1952)">1905–1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Chelsea_F.C._(1952%E2%80%931983)" title="History of Chelsea F.C. (1952–1983)">1952–1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Chelsea_F.C._(1983%E2%80%932003)" title="History of Chelsea F.C. (1983–2003)">1983–2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Chelsea_F.C._(2003%E2%80%932022)" title="History of Chelsea F.C. (2003–2022)">2003–2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Chelsea_F.C._(2022%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Chelsea F.C. (2022–present)">2022–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="History of Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Everton_F.C." title="History of Everton F.C.">Everton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Fulham_F.C." title="History of Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="History of Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Leicester_City_F.C." title="History of Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></li> <li>Liverpool <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Liverpool_F.C._(1892%E2%80%931959)" title="History of Liverpool F.C. (1892–1959)">1892–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Liverpool_F.C._(1959%E2%80%931985)" title="History of Liverpool F.C. (1959–1985)">1959–1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Liverpool_F.C._(1985%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Liverpool F.C. (1985–present)">1985–present</a></li></ul></li> <li>Manchester City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Manchester_City_F.C._(1880%E2%80%931928)" title="History of Manchester City F.C. (1880–1928)">1880–1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Manchester_City_F.C._(1928%E2%80%931965)" title="History of Manchester City F.C. (1928–1965)">1928–1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Manchester_City_F.C._(1965%E2%80%932001)" title="History of Manchester City F.C. (1965–2001)">1965–2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Manchester_City_F.C._(2001%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Manchester City F.C. (2001–present)">2001–present</a></li></ul></li> <li>Manchester United <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Manchester_United_F.C._(1878%E2%80%931945)" title="History of Manchester United F.C. (1878–1945)">1878–1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Manchester_United_F.C._(1945%E2%80%931969)" title="History of Manchester United F.C. (1945–1969)">1945–1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Manchester_United_F.C._(1969%E2%80%931986)" title="History of Manchester United F.C. (1969–1986)">1969–1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Manchester_United_F.C._(1986%E2%80%932013)" title="History of Manchester United F.C. (1986–2013)">1986–2013</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Newcastle_United_F.C." title="History of Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="History of Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Southampton_F.C." title="History of Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="History of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_West_Ham_United_F.C." title="History of West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="History of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">Championship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="History of Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C.#History" title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Burnley_F.C." title="History of Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a></li> <li>Cardiff City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Cardiff_City_F.C._(1899%E2%80%931962)" title="History of Cardiff City F.C. (1899–1962)">1899–1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Cardiff_City_F.C._(1962%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Cardiff City F.C. (1962–present)">1962–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Coventry_City_F.C." title="History of Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></li> <li>Derby County <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Derby_County_F.C._(1884%E2%80%931967)" title="History of Derby County F.C. (1884–1967)">1884–1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Derby_County_F.C._(1967%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Derby County F.C. (1967–present)">1967–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Hull_City_A.F.C." title="History of Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Leeds_United_F.C." title="History of Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a></li> <li>Luton Town <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Luton_Town_F.C._(1885%E2%80%931970)" title="History of Luton Town F.C. (1885–1970)">1885–1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Luton_Town_F.C._(1970%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Luton Town F.C. (1970–present)">1970–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Middlesbrough_F.C." title="History of Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Millwall_F.C." title="History of Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Norwich_City_F.C." title="History of Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C.#History" title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="History of Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Portsmouth_F.C." title="History of Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Preston_North_End_F.C." title="History of Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="History of Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Sheffield_United_F.C." title="History of Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="History of Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stoke City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Sunderland_A.F.C." title="History of Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C.#History" title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Watford_F.C." title="History of Watford F.C.">Watford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="History of West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">League One</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Barnsley_F.C." title="History of Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a></li> <li>Birmingham City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Birmingham_City_F.C._(1875%E2%80%931965)" title="History of Birmingham City F.C. (1875–1965)">1875–1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Birmingham_City_F.C._(1965%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Birmingham City F.C. (1965–present)">1965–present</a></li></ul></li> <li>Blackpool <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Blackpool_F.C._(1887%E2%80%931962)" title="History of Blackpool F.C. (1887–1962)">1887–1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Blackpool_F.C._(1962%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Blackpool F.C. (1962–present)">1962–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="History of Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="History of Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_Albion_F.C.#History" title="Burton Albion F.C.">Burton Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Cambridge_United_F.C." title="History of Cambridge United F.C.">Cambridge United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C.#History" title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawley_Town_F.C.#History" title="Crawley Town F.C.">Crawley Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Exeter_City_F.C." title="History of Exeter City F.C.">Exeter City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="History of Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C.#History" title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Lincoln_City_F.C." title="History of Lincoln City F.C.">Lincoln City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="History of Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C.#History" title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C.#History" title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Reading_F.C." title="History of Reading F.C.">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Rotherham_United_F.C." title="History of Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="History of Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevenage_F.C.#History" title="Stevenage F.C.">Stevenage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Stockport_County_F.C." title="History of Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="History of Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C.#History" title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C." title="History of Wycombe Wanderers F.C.">Wycombe Wanderers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">League Two</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accrington_Stanley_F.C.#History" title="Accrington Stanley F.C.">Accrington Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Wimbledon#History" title="AFC Wimbledon">AFC Wimbledon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrow_A.F.C.#History" title="Barrow A.F.C.">Barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="History of Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bromley_F.C.#History" title="Bromley F.C.">Bromley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Carlisle_United_F.C." title="History of Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C.#History" title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C.#History" title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Colchester_United_F.C." title="History of Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.#History" title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C.#History" title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Town_F.C.#History" title="Fleetwood Town F.C.">Fleetwood Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Gillingham_F.C." title="History of Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Town_F.C.#History" title="Grimsby Town F.C.">Grimsby Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrogate_Town_A.F.C.#History" title="Harrogate Town A.F.C.">Harrogate Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C.#History" title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morecambe_F.C.#History" title="Morecambe F.C.">Morecambe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_County_A.F.C.#History" title="Newport County A.F.C.">Newport County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C.#History" title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Port_Vale_F.C." title="History of Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salford_City_F.C.#History" title="Salford City F.C.">Salford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Swindon_Town_F.C." title="History of Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C.#History" title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C.#History" title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Non-League_football" title="Non-League football">Non-League</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="History of Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="History of Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="History of Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Southend_United_F.C." title="History of Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a></li> <li>York City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_York_City_F.C._(1922%E2%80%931980)" title="History of York City F.C. (1922–1980)">1922–1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_York_City_F.C._(1980%E2%80%93present)" title="History of York City F.C. (1980–present)">1980–present</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Chester_City_F.C." title="History of Chester City F.C.">Chester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Hereford_United_F.C." title="History of Hereford United F.C.">Hereford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Rushden_%26_Diamonds_F.C." title="History of Rushden & Diamonds F.C.">Rushden & Diamonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Scarborough_F.C." title="History of Scarborough F.C.">Scarborough</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Clubs are grouped by their division in the 2024–25 season.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Staffordshire">Basford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bentilee" title="Bentilee">Bentilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birches_Head" title="Birches Head">Birches Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blurton" title="Blurton">Blurton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blythe_Bridge" title="Blythe Bridge">Blythe Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradeley" title="Bradeley">Bradeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucknall,_Staffordshire" title="Bucknall, Staffordshire">Bucknall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burslem" title="Burslem">Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chell,_Staffordshire" title="Chell, Staffordshire">Chell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliffe_Vale,_Staffordshire" title="Cliffe Vale, Staffordshire">Cliffe Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobridge" title="Cobridge">Cobridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dresden,_Staffordshire" title="Dresden, Staffordshire">Dresden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria,_Staffordshire" title="Etruria, Staffordshire">Etruria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenton,_Staffordshire" title="Fenton, Staffordshire">Fenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Staffordshire" title="Florence, Staffordshire">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Green_Brook" title="Ford Green Brook">Ford Green Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fowlea_Brook" title="Fowlea Brook">Fowlea Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldenhill" title="Goldenhill">Goldenhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanford,_Staffordshire" title="Hanford, Staffordshire">Hanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley" title="Hanley">Hanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartshill,_Staffordshire" title="Hartshill, Staffordshire">Hartshill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hem_Heath" title="Hem Heath">Hem Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heron_Cross" title="Heron Cross">Heron Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lightwood,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Lightwood, Stoke-on-Trent">Lightwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longport,_Staffordshire" title="Longport, Staffordshire">Longport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longton,_Staffordshire" title="Longton, Staffordshire">Longton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyme_Brook" title="Lyme Brook">Lyme Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meir,_Staffordshire" title="Meir, Staffordshire">Meir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middleport,_Staffordshire" title="Middleport, Staffordshire">Middleport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton,_Staffordshire" title="Milton, Staffordshire">Milton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normacot" title="Normacot">Normacot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwood,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Northwood, Stoke-on-Trent">Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton_le_Moors" title="Norton le Moors">Norton le Moors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penkhull" title="Penkhull">Penkhull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandyford,_Staffordshire" title="Sandyford, Staffordshire">Sandyford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelton,_Staffordshire" title="Shelton, Staffordshire">Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sideway" title="Sideway">Sideway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smallthorne" title="Smallthorne">Smallthorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sneyd_Green" title="Sneyd Green">Sneyd Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-upon-Trent" title="Stoke-upon-Trent">Stoke-upon-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentham,_Staffordshire" title="Trentham, Staffordshire">Trentham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_Vale" title="Trent Vale">Trent Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunstall,_Staffordshire" title="Tunstall, Staffordshire">Tunstall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston_Coyney" title="Weston Coyney">Weston Coyney</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ceramic_and_Allied_Trades_Union" title="Ceramic and Allied Trades Union">Ceramic and Allied Trades Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwin%E2%80%93Wedgwood_family" title="Darwin–Wedgwood family">Darwin–Wedgwood family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Federation of Stoke-on-Trent">Federation of Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Port_Vale_F.C." title="History of Port Vale F.C.">History of Port Vale F.C.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">History of Stoke City F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Potteries" title="Staffordshire Potteries">Staffordshire Potteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedgwood" title="Wedgwood">Wedgwood Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_Pottery_Riots" title="1842 Pottery Riots">1842 Pottery Riots</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Politics of Stoke-on-Trent">Parliamentary constituencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent South (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent South</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Stoke-on-Trent_(historic)" title="Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Stoke-on-Trent (historic)">Historic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Burslem (UK Parliament constituency)">Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hanley (UK Parliament constituency)">Hanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent,_Stoke_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-upon-Trent_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-upon-Trent (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-upon-Trent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Religion</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Minster" title="Stoke Minster">Stoke Minster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Methodist_Chapel,_Hanley" title="Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Hanley">Bethesda Methodist Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John_the_Baptist%27s_Church,_Burslem" title="St John the Baptist's Church, Burslem">St John's Church, Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Fenton" title="Christ Church, Fenton">Christ Church, Fenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulton_Abbey" title="Hulton Abbey">Hulton Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_James%27_Church,_Longton" title="St James' Church, Longton">St James' Church, Longton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longton_Methodist_Central_Hall" title="Longton Methodist Central Hall">Longton Methodist Central Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Angels_and_St_Peter_in_Chains_Church,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church, Stoke-on-Trent">Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Tunstall" title="Christ Church, Tunstall">Christ Church, Tunstall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tourism</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Buildings198" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Buildings and structures in Stoke-on-Trent">Buildings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Listed buildings in Stoke-on-Trent">Listed buildings</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Stoke-on-Trent">Grade II*</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bottle_oven" title="Bottle oven">Bottle ovens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_Market_Hall" title="Burslem Market Hall">Burslem Market Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria_Hall" title="Etruria Hall">Etruria Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Green_Hall" title="Ford Green Hall">Ford Green Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Hall,_Burslem" title="Old Town Hall, Burslem">Old Town Hall, Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentham_Mausoleum" title="Trentham Mausoleum">Trentham Mausoleum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Villas" title="The Villas">The Villas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedgwood_Institute" title="Wedgwood Institute">Wedgwood Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterworld,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Waterworld, Stoke-on-Trent">Water World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winton_Square" title="Winton Square">Winton Square</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Stafford_Hotel" title="North Stafford Hotel">North Stafford Hotel</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Theatres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Arts_Centre" title="Mitchell Arts Centre">Mitchell Arts Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Theatre,_Burslem" title="Queen's Theatre, Burslem">Queen's Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regent_Theatre,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent">Regent Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Repertory_Theatre" title="Stoke-on-Trent Repertory Theatre">Stoke Rep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Hanley" title="Theatre Royal, Hanley">Theatre Royal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Hall,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent">Victoria Hall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Museums_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Museums in Stoke-on-Trent">Museums</a> and libraries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_School_of_Art" title="Burslem School of Art">Burslem School of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatterley_Whitfield" title="Chatterley Whitfield">Chatterley Whitfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria_Industrial_Museum" title="Etruria Industrial Museum">Etruria Industrial Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladstone_Pottery_Museum" title="Gladstone Pottery Museum">Gladstone Pottery Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montagu_C._Butler_Library" title="Montagu C. Butler Library">Montagu C. Butler Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potteries_Museum_%26_Art_Gallery" title="Potteries Museum & Art Gallery">Potteries Museum & Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spode_Museum" title="Spode Museum">Spode Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shopping</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_Sentral" title="City Sentral">City Sentral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potteries_Shopping_Centre" title="Potteries Shopping Centre">Potteries Shopping Centre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parks and countryside</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagnall_Road_Wood" title="Bagnall Road Wood">Bagnall Road Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berryhill_Fields" title="Berryhill Fields">Berryhill Fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_Park" title="Burslem Park">Burslem Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley_Park" title="Hanley Park">Hanley Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartshill_Park" title="Hartshill Park">Hartshill Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hem_Heath_Woods" title="Hem Heath Woods">Hem Heath Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Garden_Festival" title="Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival">Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentham_Estate" title="Trentham Estate">Trentham Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Tunstall" title="Victoria Park, Tunstall">Victoria Park, Tunstall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westport_Lake,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent">Westport Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitfield_Valley" title="Whitfield Valley">Whitfield Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sport and music venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bet365_Stadium" title="Bet365 Stadium">Bet365 Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Torch" title="Golden Torch">Golden Torch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jollees" title="Jollees">Jollees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longton_Cricket_Club_Ground" title="Longton Cricket Club Ground">Longton Cricket Club Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meir_Heath_Cricket_Club" title="Meir Heath Cricket Club">Meir Heath Cricket Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelley%27s_Laserdome" title="Shelley's Laserdome">Shelley's Laserdome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sugarmill" title="The Sugarmill">The Sugarmill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Underground_(Stoke_concert_venue)" title="The Underground (Stoke concert venue)">The Underground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a></li></ul> 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