Full name: Stoke City Football Club
Nicknames: The Potters
Founded: 1863 (as Stoke Ramblers)
Owner: bet365 Group
Stadium (capacity): bet365 Stadium (30,089)
Most appearances: Eric Skeels (597)
Most league appearances: Eric Skeels (507)
Most goals: John Ritchie (176)
Most league goals: Freddie Steele (140)
Oldest player: Stanley Matthews (50 years 5 days vs. Fulham, February 6 1965)
Youngest player: Peter Bullock (16 years 163 days vs. Swansea City, April 19 1958)
Biggest win: 26-0 vs. Mow Cop (County Cup, exact date unknown in 1877)
Biggest league win: 10-3 vs. West Bromwich Albion (Division One, February 4 1937)
Biggest defeat: 10-0 vs. Preston North End (Division One, September 14 1889)
Highest transfer fee paid: £18.3m - Giannelli Imbula from Porto (February 1, 2016)
Highest transfer fee received: £20m - Marko Arnautovic to West Ham United (July 22, 2017)
Honours
Second Division/Championship (2): 1932–33, 1962–63
Third Division/League One (2): 1926–27 (North), 1992–93
Football Alliance (1): 1890-91
Southern League Division Two (2): 1909–10, 1914–15
League Cup/EFL Cup (1): 1972
League Trophy/EFL Trophy (2): 1992, 2000
Neil Wilkes
