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Stoke City FC

Stoke City is an English professional football team based in Stoke-on-Trent. Stoke City’s stadium is the 27,500 seater stadium the Britannia. The 2008/09 season was Stoke’s first appearance in the Premier League where they managed to avoid relegation despite being one the favourites to go down. One of Stoke’s biggest honours was winning the league Cup in the 1971/2 season.

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Gianfranco Zola refusing to let West Ham be ground down by the rumour mill

20.11.09
Gianfranco Zola accepts that transfer speculation has had a negative impact on West Ham but refuses to use it as an excuse for his side's struggles this season... more

Jimmy Bullard glad to be over his injury woe

09.11.09
Jimmy Bullard admits he now feels at home at Hull after finally emerging from a 10-month injury nightmare... more

Tony Pulis: Ryan Shawcross can claim World Cup spot

06.11.09
Stoke manager Tony Pulis believes Ryan Shawcross can still win a place in Fabio Capello's England squad for next summer's World Cup... more

Phil Brown looking for big performance

06.11.09
Hull boss Phil Brown has again brushed off speculation over his future by claiming he is under no additional pressure to win... more

Paul Hart wants his side to push on in the league

28.10.09
Paul Hart has challenged his Portsmouth players to emulate their Carling Cup form in the Barclays Premier League... more

Aaron Lennon and Jonathan Woodgate to have scans

26.10.09
Tottenham duo Aaron Lennon and Jonathan Woodgate are set to undergo scans with the club keeping their fingers crossed that both players can be fit for the derby against Arsenal... more

Thomas Sorensen set to sign new Stoke contract

19.10.09
Stoke goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen has agreed terms for a new contract at the Britannia Stadium... more

Premier League is getting tougher, says Leon Osman

05.10.09
Everton goal hero Leon Osman believes the Toffees must come to terms with being considered a "scalp" for the less-fancied teams in the top flight... more

The Premier League: The Story so Far

29.09.09
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Premier League preview

24.09.09
Our resident pundit runs the rule over this weekend's Premier League clashes and predicts big wins for Chelsea and Spurs... more

Robert Huth and Tuncay Sanli in talks with Stoke

27.08.09
Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate has confirmed that both defender Robert Huth and striker Tuncay Sanli are in talks with Stoke... more

Leyton Orient hope to hold on to Andros Townsend

27.08.09
Orient manager Geraint Williams is confident Tottenham will allow teenage winger Andros Townsend's loan spell to be extended... more

Yossi Benayoun pleased with Stoke performance

21.08.09
Yossi Benayoun believes Liverpool's season is now up and running after their first weekend disaster at Tottenham... more

Rafael Benitez angry with Lucas Leiva criticism

21.08.09
Rafael Benitez has hit out at Lucas Leiva's critics following the young Liverpool midfielder's call-up for Brazil's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers... more

Hull make £3m move for Seyi Olofinjana

05.08.09
Stoke midfielder Seyi Olofinjana is on the verge of a £3million move to Hull City... more

Stoke complete Dean Whitehead signing

24.07.09
Stoke have completed the signing of Sunderland midfielder Dean Whitehead for an initial fee of £3million, which could rise to £5million... more

Injury-prone Dean Ashton on Stoke's radar

25.06.09
West Ham striker Dean Ashton is a target for Stoke, their chairman Peter Coates has confirmed... more

Tony Pulis wants a Fulham tonic for marathon

21.04.09
Football: Stoke manager Tony Pulis wants his team to lift his spirits against Fulham at Craven Cottage before he runs the London Marathon... more

Who will go down?

25.03.09
The relegation battle is the closest it has been for seasons, with nine teams all desperate for survival. As the league draws to a close, we predict who will stay up, and who is destined for the drop...... more

Tottenham start to see the green shoots of recovery

28.01.09
First-half goals from Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe and Michael Dawson helped Spurs beat Stoke 3-1... more

Bad-boy Fuller on bench

27.01.09
Ricardo Fuller is expected to return for Stoke tonight after completing a three-match ban for slapping his team-mate Andy Griffin... more

January tranfer window - the verdict

14.01.09
Who did the best business and who faces a tough second-half of the season? We round-up all the moves...... more

Davenport heading for exit door as Zola trims squad

29.12.08
Calum Davenport looks likely to leave West Ham during the transfer window as manager Gianfranco Zola trims both his squad and club's wage bill... more

Hughes can't work out how to stop Delap

08.12.08
Aaron Hughes admits nothing can prepare Fulham for Rory Delap's long throw-ins when they face Stoke next Saturday... more

Bore draw is another kick in the teeth for Gunners

06.11.08
Match report: The more beastly Arsenal's critics become, the more bullish Arsene Wenger becomes in defending his faltering crew... more

Striking problem as Adebayor is ruled out

05.11.08
Emmanuel Adebayor ruled out for up to three weeks with an ankle problem... more

Arsenal can't afford to lose to Manchester United, says Arsene Wenger

03.11.08
Arsenal injury trio Emmanuel Adebayor, Theo Walcott and Bacary Sagna face a race against time to be fit for the Gunners' biggest week of the season so far... more

Michael Dawson takes risk as he fights FA charge

22.10.08
Tottenham centre-half Michael Dawson risks having his three-match ban for his red card at Stoke extended to five by denying a Football Association charge of improper conduct... more

Finger of blame pointing firmly at Spurs board

20.10.08
Football: So many things are going wrong at White Hart Lane at the moment that it is difficult to know where to begin when assessing the latest fiasco... more

Long and short of it is that Scolari will relish his new Stoke experience

26.09.08
Luiz Felipe Scolari faces a journey into the unknown when his Chelsea team will try to overcome the threat of the Premier League’s most direct side... more

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  • Facts
  • Stoke City are known as ‘The Potters.’
  • Stoke’s first season in the Premier League brought their fans fame as the loudest in the Premier League. This combined with Stoke’s exceptional home record led some to dub them as the club’s 12th man.
  • Stoke City’s home strip is red and white vertical stripes, white shorts and white socks.
  • Stoke’s current manager is Tony Pulis who is in his second spell managing the club.
  • Stoke’s players say they improve their teamwork and communication by playing online games with each other.

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