Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Founded in 1863, Stoke are the oldest club in the English Premier League, and are considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts County. They play in the Premier League after winning promotion in 2008, prior to this Stoke had not participated in top flight football for twenty one years. Their first major trophy was won in the 1972 League Cup Final, when they beat Chelsea 2–1. The club have won the Football League Trophy on two occasions, firstly in 1992 and most recently in 2000. Their highest league finish in the top division is 4th in which they achieved this in the 1935-36 and 1946-47 seasons. They have also competed in European football in 1972 and 1974.
Stoke play their home fixtures at the Britannia Stadium, a 28,384 all-seater stadium reduced to 27,598 after segregation. The stadium was opened in 1997 they previously played at the Victoria Ground, which had been their home ground since 1878. The club's nickname is The Potters after the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trend and their home kit is a red and white vertically striped shirt with white shorts and white socks.
Stoke have always enjoyed passionate, popular and loyal support. 51,000 turned out to watch Stoke play Arsenal in 1937 at the old Victoria Ground. A capacity 28,000 regularly turn out to see them in the Premier League.
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