List of Stoke City F.C. records and statistics

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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[]

  • Most appearances in total (League & Cup) – 597 Eric Skeels (1959–76)
  • Most League appearances – 507 Eric Skeels (1959–76)
  • Most appearances in total (Including war-time) – 675 John McCue (1940–60)
  • Most Consecutive Appearances – 148 Tony Allen (1960–63)
  • Youngest Player – Emre Tezgel 16 years, 112 days v Leyton Orient 9 January 2022
  • Oldest Player – Stanley Matthews 50 years, 5 days v Fulham 6 February 1965
  • First Substitute – Keith Bebbington in 1965 who replaced Dennis Viollet
  • Most Substitute Appearances For The Club – 98 Peter Crouch (2011–2019)

Top 20 most appearances[]

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

Goalscoring[]

Peter Crouch scored a record 44 Premier League goals for Stoke between 2011 and 2019
  • Leading Goalscorer (League & Cup) – 176 John Ritchie (1963–75)
  • Leading Goalscorer (League only) – 140 Freddie Steele (1934–49)
  • Leading Goalscorer (Including war-time) – 282 Tommy Sale (1930–47)
  • Leading Goalscorer (FA Cup) – 19 Freddie Steele
  • Leading Goalscorer (League Cup) – 18 John Ritchie
  • Leading Goalscorer (Premier League only) – 44 Peter Crouch
  • Most Goals In a Season – 38 Charlie Wilson & Arthur Griffiths
  • Most Goals In a Season (League only) – 33 Freddie Steele
  • Most Goals In a single match – 7 Neville Coleman v Lincoln City 23 February 1957
  • Most matches Scored In Consecutively – 7 (7 Goals) Mike Sheron

Top 20 overall goalscorers[]

Rank Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
1 England John Ritchie 1962–1974 135 15 18 8 176
2 England Freddie Steele 1933–1949 140 19 0 0 159
3 England Frank Bowyer 1948–1960 137 12 0 0 149
4 England Charlie Wilson 1925–1930 112 8 0 0 120
5 England Johnny King 1953–1961 106 7 0 0 113
6 England Harry Oscroft 1950–1959 103 4 0 0 107
7= England Jimmy Greenhoff 1969–1976 76 11 9 6 103
7= England Tommy Sale 1930–1949 98 5 0 0 103
8 England Harry Davies 1922–1937 92 9 0 0 101
9 England Peter Dobing 1963–1973 82 3 9 1 95
10 England Joe Schofield 1891–1899 81 8 0 5 92
11 Scotland William Maxwell 1985–1900 74 10 0 1 85
12 England Peter Thorne 1997–2001 65 0 6 9 80
13 England Harry Burrows 1965–1973 68 5 3 0 76
14 England Arthur Watkin 1913–1925 61 13 0 0 74
15= England Alf Smith 1903–1915 67 5 0 0 72
15= England Mark Stein 1991–1997 54 0 8 10 72
16= England Jimmy Broad 1921–1924 62 5 0 0 67
16= Republic of Ireland Terry Conroy 1967–1979 49 8 8 2 67
17 England Dennis Viollet 1962–1967 59 4 3 0 66
18 England Bobby Liddle 1928–1938 61 3 0 0 64
19 England Wayne Biggins 1989–1995 52 0 4 7 63
20= England Stanley Matthews 1932–1965 54 8 0 0 62
20= England William Smith 1909–1913 57 3 0 2 62
20= Republic of Ireland Jonathan Walters 2010–2017 43 11 6 2 62

Internationals[]

Transfers[]

Progression of record fee paid[]

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

Progression of record fee received[]

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

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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]

  • England Gordon Banks (2002 inductee)
  • England Stanley Matthews (2002 inductee)
  • England Peter Shilton (2002 inductee)
  • England Geoff Hurst (2004 inductee)
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 win: 26–0 v Mow Cop, Staffordshire Senior Cup, 1877
  • Record League Win: 10–3 v West Bromwich Albion, First Division, 4 February 1937
  • Record Premier League Win: 6–1 v Liverpool, 24 May 2015[20]
  • Record FA Cup Win: 11–0 v Stourbridge, First Round, 26 September 1914
  • Record League Cup Win: 6–2 v Chelsea, Third Round, 22 October 1974
  • Record home Win: 9–0 v Plymouth Argyle, Second Division, 17 December 1960
  • Record away Win: 6–0 v Bury, Second Division, 13 March 1954

Record defeats[]

  • Record League defeat: 0–10 v Preston North End, Football League, 14 September 1889
  • Record Premier League defeat: 0–7 v Chelsea, Premier League, 25 April 2010[21]
  • Record FA Cup defeat: 0–8 v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Quarter Final, 22 February 1890
  • Record League Cup defeat: 0–8 v Liverpool, Fourth Round, 24 November 2000
  • Record home defeat: 0–7 v Birmingham City, First Division, 10 January 1998
  • Record away defeat: 0–10 v Preston North End, Football League, 14 September 1889

Sequences[]

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

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[]

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  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.
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  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.
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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

External links[]

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