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List of Stoke City F.C. records and statistics

Summary

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 edit

League edit

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 edit

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 edit

Appearances edit

Top 20 most appearances edit

Rank Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
1   Eric Skeels 1960–1976 507 43 38 9 597
2   John McCue 1946–1960 502 40 0 0 542
3   Bob McGrory 1921–1935 479 32 0 0 511
4   Denis Smith 1968–1982 407 29 34 23 493
5   Alan Bloor 1961–1978 388 38 37 19 482
6   Peter Fox 1978–1993 409 22 32 14 477
7   Tony Allen 1957–1970 417 30 26 0 473
8   Ryan Shawcross 2007–2021 401 25 19 8 453
9   Jackie Marsh 1967–1979 355 32 35 22 444
10   Frank Bowyer 1948–1960 398 38 0 0 436
11   Frank Mountford 1946–1958 391 34 0 0 425
12   Alan Dodd 1972–1985 374 15 25 4 418
13   John Sellars 1946–1958 384 29 0 0 413
14   Harry Davies 1922–1938 389 22 0 0 411
15   Harry Sellars 1923–1935 370 25 0 0 395
16   Peter Dobing 1963–1973 307 22 40 8 377
17   Stanley Matthews 1932–1965 318 37 0 0 355
18   Billy Spencer 1925–1938 338 16 0 0 354
19   John Ritchie 1962–1974 269 27 38 17 351
20   Harry Oscroft 1950–1959 326 23 0 0 349

Goalscoring edit

 
Peter Crouch scored a record 44 Premier League goals for Stoke between 2011 and 2019

Top 20 overall goalscorers edit

Rank Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
1   John Ritchie 1962–1974 135 15 18 8 176
2   Freddie Steele 1933–1949 140 19 0 0 159
3   Frank Bowyer 1948–1960 137 12 0 0 149
4   Charlie Wilson 1925–1930 112 8 0 0 120
5   Johnny King 1953–1961 106 7 0 0 113
6   Harry Oscroft 1950–1959 103 4 0 0 107
7=   Jimmy Greenhoff 1969–1976 76 11 9 6 103
7=   Tommy Sale 1930–1949 98 5 0 0 103
8   Harry Davies 1922–1937 92 9 0 0 101
9   Peter Dobing 1963–1973 82 3 9 1 95
10   Joe Schofield 1891–1899 81 8 0 5 92
11   William Maxwell 1895–1900 74 10 0 1 85
12   Peter Thorne 1997–2001 65 0 6 9 80
13   Harry Burrows 1965–1973 68 5 3 0 76
14   Arthur Watkin 1913–1925 61 13 0 0 74
15=   Alf Smith 1903–1915 67 5 0 0 72
15=   Mark Stein 1991–1997 54 0 8 10 72
16=   Jimmy Broad 1921–1924 62 5 0 0 67
16=   Terry Conroy 1967–1979 49 8 8 2 67
17   Dennis Viollet 1962–1967 59 4 3 0 66
18   Bobby Liddle 1928–1938 61 3 0 0 64
19   Wayne Biggins 1989–1995 52 0 4 7 63
20=   Stanley Matthews 1932–1965 54 8 0 0 62
20=   William Smith 1909–1913 57 3 0 2 62
20=   Jonathan Walters 2010–2017 43 11 6 2 62

Internationals edit

Transfers edit

Progression of record fee paid edit

 
Xherdan Shaqiri cost Stoke £12 million in August 2015
Date Player Bought from Fee
September 1894   George Clawley Crewe Alexandra £10
August 1897   Jimmy McGeachan Bolton Wanderers £150
March 1903   Ted Holdcroft Burslem Port Vale £500
August 1919   David Brown Dundee £1,200
August 1921   Jimmy Broad Millwall £2,500
August 1929   Wilf Kirkham Port Vale £2,800
March 1933   Jack Palethorpe Reading £3,000
August 1938   Patrick Gallacher Sunderland £5,000
August 1947   Jimmy McAlinden Portsmouth £7,000
August 1947   Tommy Kiernan Celtic £8,500
October 1949   Leslie Johnston Celtic £9,000
August 1951   Alan Martin Port Vale £10,000
August 1951   Sammy Smyth Wolverhampton Wanderers £25,000
August 1962   Eddie Clamp Arsenal £35,000
August 1963   Peter Dobing Manchester City £37,500
March 1965   Roy Vernon Everton £40,000
April 1967   Gordon Banks Leicester City £52,000
August 1969   Jimmy Greenhoff Birmingham City £100,000
January 1974   Alan Hudson Chelsea £240,000
November 1974   Peter Shilton Leicester City £325,000
February 1982   Sammy McIlroy Manchester United £350,000
July 1989   Ian Cranson Sheffield Wednesday £480,000
August 1994   Paul Peschisolido Birmingham City £580,000
December 1999   Brynjar Gunnarsson Örgryte IS £600,000
August 2005   Sambégou Bangoura Standard Liège £900,000[2]
January 2008   Ryan Shawcross Manchester United £1,000,000[3]
January 2008   Leon Cort Crystal Palace £1,200,000[4]
August 2008   Dave Kitson Reading £5,500,000[5]
August 2009   Robert Huth Middlesbrough £6,000,000[6]
August 2010   Kenwyne Jones Sunderland £8,000,000[7]
August 2011   Peter Crouch Tottenham Hotspur £10,000,000[8]
August 2015   Xherdan Shaqiri Inter Milan £12,000,000[9]
February 2016   Giannelli Imbula Porto £18,300,000[10]

Progression of record fee received edit

Date Player Sold to Fee
November 1966   John Ritchie Sheffield Wednesday £70,000
May 1972   Mike Bernard Everton £120,000
December 1976   Alan Hudson Arsenal £225,000
September 1977   Peter Shilton Nottingham Forest £250,000
July 1980   Garth Crooks Tottenham Hotspur £600,000
January 1982   Adrian Heath Everton £700,000
October 1989   Peter Beagrie Everton £750,000
November 1993   Mark Stein Chelsea £1,500,000
July 1997   Mike Sheron Queens Park Rangers £2,750,000
August 2009   Seyi Olofinjana Hull City £3,000,000[11]
January 2011   Tuncay VfL Wolfsburg £4,500,000[12]
July 2015   Steven Nzonzi Sevilla £7,000,000[13]
July 2015   Asmir Begović Chelsea £8,000,000[14]
July 2017   Marko Arnautović West Ham United £20,000,000[15]

All-Time XI & Hall of Fame members edit

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]

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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 edit

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


Managerial records edit

  • 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 edit

Matches edit

Record wins edit

Record defeats edit

Sequences edit

  • 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 edit

Season-by-season performance edit

Stoke City F.C. in Europe edit

References edit

  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.{{cite web}}: 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 edit

  • 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

External links edit

  • Stoke City History
  • Stoke City Honours
  • Stoke City Records

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