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. The club was formed in 1863 as Stoke Ramblers F.C., and played their first competitive match in November 1883, when they entered the First Round of the 1883–84 FA Cup. In 1888 they joined the inaugural Football League thus becoming founding members. After a brush with bankruptcy in 1901, the club reformed as 1908 and and in 1925 they became Stoke City. They currently play in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. They have not been out of the top tier since 2008, and they have never been lower than the third tier. They have also been involved in European football on three occasions.
Honours
League
- Runners-up: 2007–08
Football League Second Division: 3
- Champions: 1932–33, 1962–63, 1992–93
- Runners-up: 1921–22
- Third Place: (Promoted) 1978–79
- Play-off Winners: 2001–02
Football League Third Division North: 1
- Champions: 1926–27
- Champions: 1890–91
Birmingham & District League: 1
- Champions: 1910–11
Southern League Division Two: 2
Cups
League Cup: 1
Watney Cup: 1
- Winners: 1973
- 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
- Runners-up: 1882–83, 1885–86, 1894–95, 1900–01, 1902–03, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2010–11
- Winners: 1901, 1914
- Runners-up: 1910, 1915, 1920, 1921
Isle of Man Trophy: 3
- Winners: 1980, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998
- Runners-up: 1890, 1894, 1990, 1996
Player records
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 – Peter Bullock 16 years, 163 days v Swansea City 19 April 1958
- 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 – 71 Ricardo Fuller (2006–2012)
Top 20 most appearances
Rank | Name | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total |
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1 | Eric Skeels | 1959–1976 | 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 | 1960–1978 | 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 | Jackie Marsh | 1967–1979 | 355 | 32 | 35 | 22 | 444 |
9 | Frank Bowyer | 1937–1960 | 398 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 436 |
10 | Frank Mountford | 1946–1958 | 391 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 425 |
11 | Alan Dodd | 1969–1986 | 374 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 418 |
12 | John Sellars | 1946–1958 | 384 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 413 |
13 | Harry Davies | 1922–1938 | 389 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 411 |
14 | Harry Sellars | 1923–1935 | 370 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 395 |
15 | Peter Dobing | 1963–1973 | 307 | 22 | 40 | 8 | 377 |
16 | Ryan Shawcross | 2008– | 306 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 356 |
17 | Stanley Matthews | 1932–1965 | 318 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 355 |
18 | Billy Spencer | 1925–1938 | 338 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 354 |
19 | John Ritchie | 1962–1975 | 269 | 27 | 38 | 17 | 351 |
20 | Harry Oscroft | 1950–1959 | 326 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 349 |
Goalscoring
- 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) – 39 Jonathan Walters
- 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 |
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1 | John Ritchie | 1962–1975 | 135 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 176 |
2 | Freddie Steele | 1933–1949 | 140 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 159 |
3 | Frank Bowyer | 1937–1960 | 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 | 1985–1900 | 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 |
Internationals
- Most capped player – 75 Glenn Whelan
- First player to be capped – Edward Johnson for England 1880
- First Scottish player to be capped – Tommy Hyslop 1896
- First Welsh player to be capped – Mart Watkins 1902
- First Irish player to be capped – James Sheridan 1905
Transfers
- Record transfer fee paid – £18.3 million to Porto for Giannelli Imbula February 2016
- Record transfer fee received – £8 million from Chelsea for Asmir Begović July 2015
Progression of record fee paid
Progression of record fee received
Date | Player | Sold to | Fee |
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November 1966 | John Ritchie | Sheffield Wednesday | £70,000 |
May 1972 | Mike Bernard | Everton | £120,000 |
December 1975 | Alan Hudson | Arsenal | £225,000 |
September 1977 | Peter Shilton | Nottingham Forest | £250,000 |
July 1980 | Garth Crooks | Tottenham Hotspur | £600,000 |
July 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[10] |
January 2011 | Tuncay Şanlı | VfL Wolfsburg | £4,500,000[11] |
July 2015 | Steven N'Zonzi | Sevilla | £7,000,000[12] |
July 2015 | Asmir Begović | Chelsea | £8,000,000[13] |
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.[14]
- Gordon Banks (1967–72)
- Jackie Marsh (1967–79)
- Ryan Shawcross (2007–Present)
- Denis Smith (1968–82)
- Mike Pejic (1968–76)
- Stanley Matthews (1932–47) & (1961–65)
- Alan Hudson (1974–76) & (1984–85)
- Jimmy Greenhoff (1969–76)
- Peter Hoekstra (2001–04)
- Mark Stein (1991–93) & (1996–97)
- Ricardo Fuller (2006–12)
- Bench
- Asmir Begović (2010–2015)
- Lee Dixon (1986–88)
- Neil Franklin (1939–50)
- Terry Conroy (1967–79)
- John Ritchie (1962–66) & (1969–75)
- Manager
- Tony Waddington (1960–77)
- English Football Hall of Fame members
A number of Stoke City players have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame:[15]
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- 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.[16]
PFA Team of the Year
The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year whilst playing for Stoke :
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Managerial records
- 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[17]
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[18]
- 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[19]
- 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 1997
- 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
- Record League attendance at the Victoria Ground: 51,380 v Arsenal, 29 March 1937
- Record FA Cup attendance at the Victoria Ground: 50,736 v Bolton Wanderers, 2 March 1946
- Record League attendance at the Britannia Stadium: 27,604 v Hull City, 3 April 2010
- Record League Cup attendance at the Britannia Stadium: 27,109 v Liverpool, 29 November 2000
- Record FA Cup attendance at the Britannia Stadium: 28,218 v Everton, 5 January 2002
- Record away attendance: 84,569 v Manchester City 3 March 1934
Season-by-season performance
Stoke City F.C. in Europe
References
- ↑ "Potters complete Bangoura signing". BBC Sport. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ↑ "Shawcross ties up £1m Stoke move". BBC Sport. 18 January 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ↑ "Stoke break record to land Cort". BBC Sport. 14 January 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ↑ "Stoke seal £5.5m Kitson transfer". BBC Sport. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ↑ "Huth completes £5m Stoke switch". BBC Sport. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ↑ "Stoke sign Kenwyne Jones for club record £8m". BBC Sport. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ↑ "Crouch Seals Club Record Transfer". stokecityfc.com. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ↑ "Xherdan Shaqiri: Stoke City sign Inter Milan winger for £12m". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ "Transfer deadline day: Stoke City sign Giannelli Imbula from Porto". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ "Hull seal £3m Olofinjana signing". BBC Sport. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ↑ "Stoke striker Tuncay moves to German club Wolfsburg". BBC Sport. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ↑ "Steven Nzonzi: Stoke City sell midfielder to Sevilla for £7m". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "Chelsea set to complete signing of Asmir Begovic from Stoke for £8m". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ "Introducing Your 'Greatest XI'". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ↑ "Hall of Fame — National Football Museum". National Football Museum. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ↑ "Sport: The Football League 100 legends". The Football League. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ↑ Phillips, Owen (16 August 2008). "Bolton 3-1 Stoke". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ↑ "Steven Gerrard: Stoke City v Liverpool - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ↑ "Chelsea 7 - 0 Stoke". BBC Sport. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
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