Queens Park Rangers v Stoke City
Official Matchday Programme of Queens Park Rangers | Issue 05 Queens Park Rangers v Stoke City | Sky Bet Championship Saturday 17th September, 2022 | KO 3pm | Loftus Road
Official Matchday Programme of Queens Park Rangers | Issue 05
Queens Park Rangers v Stoke City | Sky Bet Championship
Saturday 17th September, 2022 | KO 3pm | Loftus Road
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Year on Year<br />
1888:<br />
Having been heavily<br />
involved in the formation<br />
of the Football League,<br />
<strong>Stoke</strong> <strong>City</strong> became one of<br />
12 official members in its<br />
inaugural season.<br />
1937:<br />
Footballing legend<br />
Sir Stanley Matthews<br />
made his Potters debut<br />
aged just 17, eventually<br />
returning in 1961 and<br />
playing for four more<br />
seasons to extend his<br />
career into his 50th year.<br />
1972:<br />
Goals from Terry Conroy<br />
and George Eastham<br />
secured a League Cup<br />
final victory over Chelsea<br />
and the first significant<br />
piece of silverware in<br />
<strong>Stoke</strong>’s history.<br />
1997:<br />
<strong>Stoke</strong> ended their 116-<br />
year spell at the Victoria<br />
Ground to move to a new<br />
home – initially known as<br />
the Britannia Stadium and<br />
now the Bet365 Stadium.<br />
2008:<br />
Tony Pulis’ side secured<br />
promotion to the Premier<br />
League as Championship<br />
runners-up, returning to<br />
the top flight for the first<br />
time since 1985.<br />
2011:<br />
A 5-0 thrashing of Bolton<br />
secured <strong>Stoke</strong>’s first ever<br />
appearance in the FA Cup<br />
final, where they went<br />
down by a single goal<br />
to Manchester <strong>City</strong> but<br />
qualified for the following<br />
year’s Europa League.<br />
COMINGS<br />
AND GOINGS<br />
COMING IN<br />
Aden Flint (D) –<br />
Cardiff<br />
Harry Clarke (D) –<br />
Arsenal<br />
Dujon Sterling (D) –<br />
Chelsea (Loan)<br />
Liam McCarron (D) –<br />
Leeds<br />
Josh Laurent (M) –<br />
Reading<br />
Tarique Fosu (M) –<br />
Brentford<br />
Will Smallbone (M) –<br />
Southampton<br />
Gavin Kilkenny (M)<br />
AFC Bournemouth<br />
Liam Delap (F) –<br />
Man <strong>City</strong><br />
Dwight Gayle (F) –<br />
Newcastle United<br />
GOING OUT<br />
Tommy Smith (D) –<br />
Middlesbrough<br />
James Chester (D) –<br />
Derby<br />
Demeaco Duhaney (D)<br />
Istanbulspor<br />
Joe Allen (M) –<br />
Swansea <strong>City</strong><br />
Tom Ince (M) –<br />
Reading<br />
Alfie Doughty (M) –<br />
Luton Town<br />
Mario Vrancic (M) –<br />
HNK Rijeka<br />
Josh Maja (F) –<br />
Bordeaux<br />
Benik Afobe (F) -<br />
Millwall<br />
Steven Fletcher (F) –<br />
Dundee Utd<br />
DID YOU KNOW?<br />
A founding member<br />
of the Football<br />
League, <strong>Stoke</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
are the second oldest<br />
professional football<br />
club in the world<br />
behind Notts County.<br />
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