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Stoke City F.C. is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The club was originally founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863 but soon changed its name to Stoke in 1878. In 1925, they changed it again to Stoke City after Stoke-on-Trent acquire the status of a city.
They are the second oldest professional football club in the world and were a founding member of the Football league in 1888. Stoke City currently ply their trade in the Championship after being relegated from the Premier League last season.
They are nicknamed “The Potters” and have won the Championship twice since its start. Stoke have also won the League Cup once. The Potters’ home is called bet365 Stadium and is also owned by bet365.
Their current manager is Gary Rowett who was appointed this year. Stoke City’s all-time leading goal scorer is Peter Crouch with 45 goals. Eric Skeels holds the record for the most number of appearances, standing at 597.
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I’ll jump straight to the point. The last two weekends of Premier League action have produced some quite frankly shocking refereeing decisions. Referees are inadvertently becoming the centre of attention far more than they should ever do and this is clearly a problem that needs to be eradicated. If the referee does his job properly, … Read more
GK: Asmir Begovic (Stoke City) A tough choice behind the increasingly impressive Artur Boruc of Southampton, but witnessing the Bosnian’s imperious performance against West Bromwich Albion first hand and the fact that he is currently Stoke’s joint top scorer (somewhat remarkably) at this point in the season means that Begovic gets the nod. Commanding, intelligent … Read more
Hello and welcome to the winners and losers column where we go over this week’s round of games and discuss the teams, players and coaches that should either pat themselves on the back for a job well done or take a hard long look at their recent actions and should perhaps start making drastic life … Read more
With the astonishing loss of form of England’s number one Goalkeeper Joe Hart, there are news ringing round that manager Manuel Pellegrini is in the market for a new Goalkeeper. Current Stoke City Goalkeeper Asmir Begovic who made headlines last week as his long range clearance founds its way at the back of the net … Read more
A season full of surprises for the Red Devils. Although not a convincing win over Real Sociedad in the midweek Champions League clash, David Moyes and his men will be looking to build on it. Having dropped two crucial points right at the death against Southampton last week, Manchester United host Stoke City this time … Read more
Every single coach, player, manager and team has a different philosophy and different strengths to play to. Many will question the title’s integrity as they will say, ‘well if you don’t shoot you don’t score’ and ‘you don’t score from crossing’. To a certain extent this is true but it is all about the players … Read more
Hello and welcome to the winners and losers column where we go over this week’s round of games and discuss the teams, players and coaches that should either pat themselves on the back for a job well done or take a hard long look at their recent actions and should perhaps start making drastic life … Read more
Venue: Emirates Stadium Date: 22/9/2013 Kick-off: 13:30 (BST) Arsenal have a chance to go top in the league today with a win against a physical Stoke side at Emirates. Arsenal’s current 6 games winning streak offers great encouragement to the squad in their chase for the silverware this season. Stoke City travels to North London on a good … Read more
Stoke City v Manchester City September 14, 2013 Britannia Stadium 3pm (UK) Referee: M. Clattenburg Manuel Pellegrini’s has not had the best of starts to his Manchester City career losing to Cardiff City and gathering six points in three games. This match against The Potters is particularly important for the former Malaga manager and considering … Read more
Indulge me for a moment and imagine for a second that you are at your place of work. It is an ordinary day at the office and you are going about your business attending to tasks as you are expected to. Now, how would you feel if out of nowhere, a huge mass of people … Read more