List of Stoke City F.C. records and statistics

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863 the club changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status. They are the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts County, and are one of the founding members of the Football League.[1] They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. They have never been lower than the third tier.

Their first, and to date only major trophy, the League Cup was won in 1972, when the team beat Chelsea 2–1. The club's highest league finish in the top division is 4th, which was achieved in the 1935–36 and 1946–47 seasons. Stoke played in the FA Cup Final in 2011, finishing runners-up to Manchester City and have reached three FA Cup semi-finals; in 1899 then consecutively in 1971 and 1972. Stoke have competed in European football on three occasions, firstly in 1972–73 then in 1974–75 and most recently in 2011–12. The club has won the Football League Trophy twice, in 1992 and in 2000. The club's record appearance maker is Eric Skeels, who made 597 appearances between 1959 and 1976, and the club's record goalscorer is John Ritchie, who scored 176 goals in 351 appearances from 1962 to 1975.

Honours

League

Football League Championship

Football League Second Division: 3

Football League Third Division North: 1

Football Alliance: 1

Birmingham & District League: 1

Southern League Division Two: 2

Cups

FA Cup

League Cup: 1

Football League Trophy: 2

Watney Cup: 1

Staffordshire Senior Cup: 15

  • Winners: 1877–78, 1878–79, 1903–04 (shared), 1913–14, 1933–34, 1964–65, 1968–69 (shared), 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2016–17
  • Runners-up: 1882–83, 1885–86, 1894–95, 1900–01, 1902–03, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2010–11

Birmingham Senior Cup: 2

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

Isle of Man Trophy: 3

Bass Charity Vase: 5

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

Player records
See also: List of Stoke City F.C. players

Appearances

Top 20 most appearances
Rank Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
1 Eric Skeels1960–197650743389597
2 John McCue1946–19605024000542
3 Bob McGrory1921–19354793200511
4 Denis Smith1968–1982407293423493
5 Alan Bloor1961–1978388383719482
6 Peter Fox1978–1993409223214477
7 Tony Allen1957–197041730260473
8 Ryan Shawcross2007–39624198447
9 Jackie Marsh1967–1979355323522444
10 Frank Bowyer1948–19603983800436
11 Frank Mountford1946–19583913400425
12 Alan Dodd1972–198537415254418
13 John Sellars1946–19583842900413
14 Harry Davies1922–19383892200411
15 Harry Sellars1923–19353702500395
16 Peter Dobing1963–197330722408377
17 Stanley Matthews1932–19653183700355
18 Billy Spencer1925–19383381600354
19 John Ritchie1962–1974269273817351
20 Harry Oscroft1950–19593262300349

Goalscoring
Ricardo Fuller scored 50 goals for Stoke between 2006 and 2012

Top 20 overall goalscorers
Rank Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
1 John Ritchie1962–197413515188176
2 Freddie Steele1933–19491401900159
3 Frank Bowyer1948–19601371200149
4 Charlie Wilson1925–1930112800120
5 Johnny King1953–1961106700113
6 Harry Oscroft1950–1959103400107
7= Jimmy Greenhoff1969–1976761196103
7= Tommy Sale1930–194998500103
8 Harry Davies1922–193792900101
9 Peter Dobing1963–19738239195
10 Joe Schofield1891–18998180592
11 William Maxwell1985–190074100185
12 Peter Thorne1997–20016506980
13 Harry Burrows1965–19736853076
14 Arthur Watkin1913–192561130074
15= Alf Smith1903–19156750072
15= Mark Stein1991–199754081072
16= Jimmy Broad1921–19246250067
16= Terry Conroy1967–19794988267
17 Dennis Viollet1962–19675943066
18 Bobby Liddle1928–19386130064
19 Wayne Biggins1989–19955204763
20= Stanley Matthews1932–19655480062
20= William Smith1909–19135730262
20= Jonathan Walters2010–201743116262

Internationals

Transfers

Progression of record fee paid
Peter Crouch cost Stoke £10 million in August 2011
DatePlayerBought fromFee
September 1894 George ClawleyCrewe Alexandra£10
August 1897 Jimmy McGeachanBolton Wanderers£150
March 1903 Ted HoldcroftBurslem Port Vale£500
August 1919 David BrownDundee£1,200
August 1921 Jimmy BroadMillwall£2,500
August 1929 Wilf KirkhamPort Vale£2,800
March 1933 Jack PalethorpeReading£3,000
August 1938 Patrick GallacherSunderland£5,000
August 1947 Jimmy McAlindenPortsmouth£7,000
August 1947 Tommy KiernanCeltic£8,500
October 1949 Leslie JohnstonCeltic£9,000
August 1951 Alan MartinPort Vale£10,000
August 1951 Sammy SmythWolverhampton Wanderers£25,000
August 1962 Eddie ClampArsenal£35,000
August 1963 Peter DobingManchester City£37,500
March 1965 Roy VernonEverton£40,000
April 1967 Gordon BanksLeicester City£52,000
August 1969 Jimmy GreenhoffBirmingham City£100,000
January 1974 Alan HudsonChelsea£240,000
November 1974 Peter ShiltonLeicester City£325,000
February 1982 Sammy McIlroyManchester United£350,000
July 1989 Ian CransonSheffield Wednesday£480,000
August 1994 Paul PeschisolidoBirmingham City£580,000
December 1999 Brynjar GunnarssonÖrgryte IS£600,000
August 2005 Sambégou BangouraStandard Liège£900,000[2]
January 2008 Ryan ShawcrossManchester United£1,000,000[3]
January 2008 Leon CortCrystal Palace£1,200,000[4]
August 2008 Dave KitsonReading£5,500,000[5]
August 2009 Robert HuthMiddlesbrough£6,000,000[6]
August 2010 Kenwyne JonesSunderland£8,000,000[7]
August 2011 Peter CrouchTottenham Hotspur£10,000,000[8]
August 2015 Xherdan ShaqiriInter Milan£12,000,000[9]
February 2016 Giannelli ImbulaPorto£18,300,000[10]

Progression of record fee received
DatePlayerSold toFee
November 1966 John RitchieSheffield Wednesday£70,000
May 1972 Mike BernardEverton£120,000
December 1976 Alan HudsonArsenal£225,000
September 1977 Peter ShiltonNottingham Forest£250,000
July 1980 Garth CrooksTottenham Hotspur£600,000
January 1982 Adrian HeathEverton£700,000
October 1989 Peter BeagrieEverton£750,000
November 1993 Mark SteinChelsea£1,500,000
July 1997 Mike SheronQueens Park Rangers£2,750,000
August 2009 Seyi OlofinjanaHull City£3,000,000[11]
January 2011 TuncayVfL Wolfsburg£4,500,000[12]
July 2015 Steven NzonziSevilla£7,000,000[13]
July 2015 Asmir BegovićChelsea£8,000,000[14]
July 2017 Marko ArnautovićWest Ham United£20,000,000[15]

All-Time XI & Hall of Fame members

In the final match of the 2012–13 season, as part of the club's official celebration of their 150th anniversary, supporters cast votes to determine the greatest ever Stoke City team.[16]

Bench
Manager
English Football Hall of Fame members

A number of Stoke City players have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame:[17]

Football League 100 Legends

The Football League 100 Legends is a list of "100 legendary football players" produced by The Football League in 1998, to celebrate the 100th season of League football.[18]

PFA Team of the Year

The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year whilst playing for Stoke :

Managerial records
See also: List of Stoke City F.C. managers
  • First full-time manager: Thomas Slaney who was in charge for nine years (1874 to 1883)
  • Longest serving manager: Tony Waddington 17 years (764 matches) (June 1960 to March 1977)

Team records

Matches
  • First recorded match: Stoke Ramblers 1–1 E.W Mays XV, Friendly, 17 October 1868
  • First match at the Victoria Ground: Stoke 2–1 Talke Rangers, Friendly, 28 March 1878
  • First FA Cup match: Stoke 1–2 Manchester, First Round, 10 November 1883
  • First Football League match: Stoke 0–2 West Bromwich Albion, 8 September 1888
  • First League Cup match: Stoke City 1–3 Doncaster Rovers, Second Round, 18 October 1960
  • First European match: Stoke City 3–1 Kaiserslautern, First Round, 13 September 1972
  • Last match at Victoria Ground: Stoke City 2–1 West Bromwich Albion, Division One, 4 May 1997
  • First match at the Britannia Stadium: Stoke City 1–1 Rochdale, League Cup, 1st Round 2nd Leg, 27 August 1997
  • First League match at the Britannia Stadium: Stoke City 1–2 Swindon Town, Division One, 30 August 1997
  • First match in the Premier League: Bolton Wanderers 3–1 Stoke City, 18 August 2008[19]

Record wins

Record defeats

Sequences
  • Longest sequence of League wins: 8 (30 March 1895 – 21 September 1895)
  • Longest sequence of League defeats: 11 (6 April 1985 – 17 August 1985)
  • Longest sequence of League draws: 5 (1 September 1973 – 15 September 1973), (21 March 1987 – 11 April 1987), (12 August 2006 – 12 September 2006)
  • Longest unbeaten run: 25 (5 September 1992 – 20 February 1993)
  • Longest run without a win: 17 (15 September 1984 – 22 December 1984), (22 April 1989 – 14 October 1989)
  • Longest run without a draw: 46 (30 March 1895 – 14 November 1896)
  • Longest successive scoring run: 21 (24 December 1921 – 22 April 1922)
  • Longest successive non-scoring run: 8 (29 December 1984 – 16 March 1985)
  • Longest run without a clean sheet: 34 (22 December 1888 – 3 October 1891)
  • Longest run of clean sheets: 7 (6 November 2006 – 9 December 2006) achieved by Steve Simonsen

Attendances

Season-by-season performance
Main article: List of Stoke City F.C. seasons

Stoke City F.C. in Europe
Main article: Stoke City F.C. in European football

References
  1. "150 Celebration Tiles". Stoke City F.C. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016. This is just one of the ways in which the Club will be marking this landmark in their history as the second oldest Football League club and the oldest in the Premier League.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. "Potters complete Bangoura signing". BBC Sport. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  3. "Shawcross ties up £1m Stoke move". BBC Sport. 18 January 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  4. "Stoke break record to land Cort". BBC Sport. 14 January 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  5. "Stoke seal £5.5m Kitson transfer". BBC Sport. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  6. "Huth completes £5m Stoke switch". BBC Sport. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  7. "Stoke sign Kenwyne Jones for club record £8m". BBC Sport. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  8. "Crouch Seals Club Record Transfer". stokecityfc.com. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  9. "Xherdan Shaqiri: Stoke City sign Inter Milan winger for £12m". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  10. "Transfer deadline day: Stoke City sign Giannelli Imbula from Porto". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  11. "Hull seal £3m Olofinjana signing". BBC Sport. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  12. "Stoke striker Tuncay moves to German club Wolfsburg". BBC Sport. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  13. "Steven Nzonzi: Stoke City sell midfielder to Sevilla for £7m". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  14. "Chelsea set to complete signing of Asmir Begovic from Stoke for £8m". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  15. "Marko Arnautovic: West Ham sign Stoke City and Austria forward for £20m". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  16. "Introducing Your 'Greatest XI'". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  17. "Hall of Fame — National Football Museum". National Football Museum. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  18. "Sport: The Football League 100 legends". The Football League. 7 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  19. Phillips, Owen (16 August 2008). "Bolton 3-1 Stoke". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  20. "Steven Gerrard: Stoke City v Liverpool - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  21. "Chelsea 7 - 0 Stoke". BBC Sport. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  22. "Stoke 1–2 Everton". BBC Sport.

Books
  • Lowe, Simon: "Stoke City The Modern Era - A Complete Record" (Desert Island Books, ISBN 1-874287-39-2)
  • Matthews, Tony: "The Encyclopedia of Stoke City " (Lion Press, 1994, ISBN 1-85983-100-1
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