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Stoke City Brief Summary

Stoke City was one of the original 12 football clubs which made the up the English Premier League at its conception in 1888.

Their home kit is red and white vertical stripes with white shorts and socks.

Stoke City Manager

The current manager of Stoke City FC is Tony Pulis. Tony Pulis has a reputation for achieving solid results on small budgets and has never had a team relegated as manager. Tony has managed Stoke twice. He has previously managed Bournemough, Gillingham, Bristol City and then Pompey. Stoke City is the fifth club he has managed. Initially Tony made sure the club was not relocated from Division One in the 2003/04 season and then he departed the club in 2005 but returned in the Summer of 2006. At the end of the 2007/08 season, Tony Pulis achieved what no other Stoke City manager has achieved by guiding the club into the English Premier League. As Stoke city manager, Tony has secured a number of high profile players including Danish goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen, striker Mamady Sidibe and the Jamaican International Ricardo Fuller.

Over the years Stoke City fans have had a bad reputation for football hooliganism. However, in the recent years the fans have become more friendly and welcoming.

Stoke City FC Stadium

The Potter’s played football in the Victoria Ground for 119 years and recently a newer Stadium has been built for the team. The Britania Stadium was opened in 1997 at a cost of 15 million pounds. The Britania Stadium is a 28,000 all seater stadium. The Britania Building Society sponsored the overall funding of the new stadium hence the name. Tours of the stadium are available all year round where you can visit the pitchside and dugouts, dressing rooms, executive boxes and the Stanley Matthew Lounge and other parts of the stadium.

The 60s were dubbed the Tony Waddington Years for the club where they fought not to be relegated and attempted to climb to the top. Tony Waddington was appointed manager of Stoke in 1960 and remained manager for 17 years. Stoke won its first important trophy in 1972 in the League Cup beating Chelsea football club at Wembley Stadium 2:1. After this historic win the club fell into the lower divisions and remained there for a number of years. However, the club did win the Football League Trophy twice, in 1992 and in 2000. In 2008 the club finally made it back into the English Premier League and at the end of the 2008/09 Season finished 12th, securing their stay in the Premiership for another year.

Stoke City Football Club was created in 1863 and is one of Great Britain’s oldest football club.

One of the most famous players to have emerged from Stoke City was Stan Matthews. Stan grew up in Stoke-on-Trent and started playing football for The Potters in the 1930s. After 8 years he had established a reputation as one of the greatest players on earth. Nicknamed ‘wizard of the dribble’, Stan played for the England national team. Stanley Matthews was knighted in 1965 and was the first football player to be knighted. He also won the first ever European footballer of the year award.

The club resides in Stoke-on-Trent which was the hub of the pottery industry, including famous pottery firms like Wedgewood and Royal Doulton. Because of its location in The Potteries, the football club has affectionately been called the Potters.

Birmingham City Bits Of Info

The side was known as Small Heath Alliance until becoming Birmingham City Football Club in 1905.

Birmingham’s lone piece of major domestic silverware is the 1963 League Cup. The Blues defeated Aston Villa in the home-and-home series, 3-1, on aggregate.

Birmingham City Stadium.

St. Andrew’s Stadium has been the Blues’ home for more than a century. It opened on 26 December 1906 — a 0-0 First Division draw with Middlesbrough.

Legend has it that gypsies were evicted from the land in order to build the stadium. Thus, they put a 100-year curse on the land. If the legend is true, the curse has expired.

Initially, St. Andrew’s accommodated 75,000 spectators in a large grandstand and a large uncovered terrace.

St. Andrew’s was renovated and downsized to an all-seat stadium in the 1990s. Now, the seating capacity is just over 30,000.

Through 2008-09, Birmingham has spent just over half of its seasons in the Football League — 55 of 106 — in the top flight. In addition to 50 in the old First Division, they have been in the Premier for only five of 17 since it was formed for 1992-93.

Small Heath Alliance was a founding member of the Football League’s Second Division. After winning the championship in the first season – 1892-93, a second-place finish in 1893-94 earned the side its first promotion to the First Division.

Birmingham City Manager.

Alex McLeish has been in charge since November 2007.

Prior to joining the Blues, he was the manager of Scotland’s national team for 10 months in 2007. He resigned after Scotland narrowly failed to qualify for Euro 2008.

Before that, McLeish guided Rangers to two championships of Scotland’s Premier League as well as five cup championships (two Scottish and three Scottish League) in five seasons – 2000-01 to 2005-06.

McLeish had an outstanding playing career as a central defender with Aberdeen in Scotland. He also made 77 international appearances for Scotland, including the World Cup Finals in 1982, 1986 and 1990.

There should be pride because Birmingham earned an automatic promotion by finishing second in the Football League Championship in 2008-09.

But this may be the cause of mixed emotions for all associated with the Blues, including the supporters – Bluenoses.

However, there also may be a sense of foreboding. That’s because the Premier is such a strong league. And when the Blues have been in the top flight, they have never consistently finished in the top half of the table.

Birmingham’s return to the Premier means there will be at least two Birmingham Derby games in 2009-10.

Birmingham City is back in the Premier League for the 2009-10 season.

Birmingham has appeared twice in the FA Cup championship game, losing 3-1 to West Bromwich Albion in 1931 and Manchester City in 1956.

The Blues won the championship of the old Second Division four times — 1892-93, 1920-21, 1947-48 and 1954-55.

Birmingham made its second and to date final appearance in the League Cup championship game in 2001, falling 2-1 to Liverpool.

The start occurred in 1875 when Holy Church in the Bordesley Green District of Birmingham adding a football side to cricket in its sports program.

Birmingham’s best finish in the top flight was sixth in the First Division in 1955-56.

The Birmingham Derby began on 27 September 1879 — a 1-0 win for Small Heath Alliance over visiting Aston Villa.

Birmingham trails in the series against Aston Villa, 32-40. There have been 26 draws.