- 1. Photo of the week ~ The Victoria Ground, former home to Stoke City ...
- (Stories)
- The Victoria Ground opened in 1878 and was home to Stoke City until 1997, when they moved to the Brittania Stadium. The record attendance was 51,380 for a First Division match against Arsenal in 1937. ...
- Created on 27 February 2017
- 2. Stoke City 1946-47 ...
- (As good as it got)
- Jonathan Paxton recalls how an almost famous season for Stoke was ruined by manager and star player falling out “All teams have their era,” my Grandad often tells me. “It’s just that Stoke’s came between ...
- Created on 21 May 2009
- 3. Stoke City 2 Bristol City 1 ...
- (Match of the month)
- ... paint, and you’re not even at Wembley, you know it’s not an ordinary day. On an ordinary day, the city of Stoke-on-Trent translates its motto Vis Unita Fortior as “united strength is stronger”. Today, ...
- Created on 21 June 2008
- 4. Photo of the week ~ Maine Road, former home of Manchester City
- (Stories)
- Maine Road was Manchester City’s home from 1923 to 2003. Until recently it still held the English club record for the highest home attendance, when 84,569 turned up to watch City play Stoke in the ...
- Created on 31 October 2017
- 5. Stoke’s refurbished squad and ground may not be enough to save Mark Hughes ...
- (Stories)
- Embed from Getty Images Having been accused of a lack of ambition the Potters hope signing Jesé Rodríguez will turn the tide, with Arsenal first up in their expanded stadium 19 August ~ Stoke City’s ...
- Created on 19 August 2017
- 6. Stoke's undeserved reputation as a tough place to go ...
- (May 2016)
- ... 2015-16 season, with Stoke City having by far the biggest reputation for it despite being average at home this season. Crystal Palace, meanwhile, had the third-worst home record in the Premier League but ...
- Created on 22 May 2016
- 7. Bradford City 1 Gillingham 0
- (Match of the month)
- ... Moult, summer signings from Mansfield and Stoke respectively, but Gills keeper Lance Cronin is rarely troubled. Towards the end of a tense first half, Gillingham become bolder. A Cody McDonald shot is ...
- Created on 21 November 2010
- 8. Birmingham City 1 Reading 3
- (Match of the month)
- ... and electronic games and “First Division football”. EA have a display wagon, hosting all manner of console games, including a giant plasma screen showing an “Arsenal 0 Stoke 3” epic taking place in some ...
- Created on 21 February 2009
- 9. Hull City 3 Preston North End 0
- (Match of the month)
- ... Every-one else packs up and heads into the icy night, except for the suited and booted club representative, who rips open a bag of crisps and settles down to watch Stoke v Sheffield United on a TV in the ...
- Created on 20 February 2008
- 10. Bristol City
- (The five minute...)
- ... with Stoke as both sets of fans viewed their underachieving clubs in the same way, but meeting in the 2000 LDV final and Stoke gaining promotion put that one to bed as well. Could City do more to attract ...
- Created on 14 April 2004
- 11. Bottoming out – Stoke ...
- (Clubs)
- In a dark season for the game as well as Stoke, Ken Sproat saw Newcastle inflict one of the Potters’ 31 defeats of 1984-85 – but can now see it wasn't all gloom A football team cannot get much worse ...
- Created on 14 July 2003
- 12. Transfers, Stoke and Stanley ...
- (Webwatch)
- As well as looking at sad stats for transfers and appearances, Jamie Rainbow takes in unofficial Stoke City and official Accrington Stanley You get what you pay for, we’re often told. Not in the world ...
- Created on 14 December 1999
- 13. How To Be A Footballer by Peter Crouch
- (Players)
- Ebury Press, £20 Reviewed by Huw Richards From WSC 382, January 2019 Buy the book Peter Crouch’s long career has been full of pleasant surprises, not least, one suspects, to himself. Watching him ...
- Created on 12 December 2018
- 14. WSC 379 out now
- (Stories)
- ... he ever-deepening twilight. The referee brought Stoke’s match against Everton in December 1888 to a premature end when darkness made it impossible for the players to see the ball properly. Buy now to r ...
- Created on 06 September 2018
- 15. Any Given Saturday by Shay Given
- (Players)
- ... years, against Stoke at Wembley in May 2011, Given is an unused and unwanted substitute. He has the FA Cup medal at home, the only major honour he ever “won”, but doesn’t even know where it is. That’s ...
- Created on 08 June 2018
- 16. Cut-throat academies abandon children to broken dreams and mental heath issues
- (Stories)
- ... Stokes and his family over to London from Ireland at 15. What is, perhaps, surprising is the mainly positive reports of such signings with no issue being taken with multi-million pound companies moving ...
- Created on 31 May 2018
- 17. WSC 376 World Cup Special with Team Guide & Wallchart out now!
- (Stories)
- ... ue Plus Arsène Wenger bows out | A Stoke City fan's lament | Everton's new stadium plans | The World Cup ball mystery | Football's social power | The Beast of Wycombe | Leeds' ill-advised tour | Sund ...
- Created on 16 May 2018
- 18. How the Texaco Cup briefly gripped parts of Scotland and the West Midlands
- (Stories)
- ... and the Republic of Ireland who were not participating in European competitions. So along with finalists Wolves and Hearts the other pioneers in 1970 were Burnley, Stoke, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham, ...
- Created on 29 January 2018
- 19. WSC 372 out now
- (Stories)
- ... of an era. As their side sat third in what is now League One with 13 to play, the Stoke City supporters would have been quietly optimistic of promotion. The Port Vale following that day, meanwhile, would ...
- Created on 09 January 2018
- 20. Hope for 2018 ~ part two
- (Stories)
- ... score in the second half against Stoke, or some online gambling set-up being racist or sexist in an attempt to be “edgy”. Even Jeff bloody Stelling does betting ads now. The fun stopped long ago. Stop. ...
- Created on 01 January 2018
