Tarihin Stoke City FC

Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Stoke City ta samo asali ne daga Stoke Ramblers, ƙungiyar da tsoffin ɗaliban Makarantar Charterhouse suka kafa yayin da suke masu koyo a North Staffordshire Railway. Kungiyar ta bar Ramblers daga sunansu, ta zama Stoke Football Club kuma a cikin 1888 sun kasance mambobin kafa Kungiyar kwallon kafa. A shekara ta 1925, an canza sunan kulob din a karo na karshe zuwa Stoke City Football Club lokacin da aka ba Stoke-on-Trent Matsayin birni.

Kungiyar ta koma a 1997 zuwa Filin wasa na Britannia, filin wasa mai kujeru 28,383; bayan da ta shafe shekaru 119 a Victoria Ground. A cikin kakar 2007-08, Stoke ta sami ci gaba daga gasar zakarun kwallon kafa, matakin na biyu na Kwallon ƙafa na Ingila, kuma tun daga 2008-09 suna wasa a saman jirgin (a halin yanzu Premier League) a karo na farko tun lokacin 1984-85, lokacin da aka sake su tare da jimlar maki 17, ƙarancin rikodin da ba a wuce ba na shekaru 21. Babban zakara na Stoke shine Kofin Kwallon Kafa na 1972, wanda suka ci nasara lokacin da suka doke Chelsea 2-1 a wasan ƙarshe a Filin wasa na Wembley a gaban taron mutane 97,852. Kungiyar ta kuma lashe gasar cin Kofin Kwallon Kafa sau biyu, a 1992 da 2000. Dangane da nasarorin da Stoke ta samu a gasar, mafi kusanci da ta lashe gasar ya kasance a kakar 1946-47 inda aka ci Stoke a ranar karshe.

## 1863-1888: farkon shekarun
An yi iƙirarin cewa an kafa Stoke Ramblers a 1863 lokacin da tsoffin ɗaliban Makarantar Charterhouse suka kafa kulob din ƙwallon ƙafa yayin da suke masu koyo a aikin Jirgin kasa na Arewacin Staffordshire a Stoke-on-Trent .  Koyaya, wasan farko da aka rubuta na Stoke Ramblers ya kasance shekaru biyar bayan haka, a ranar 17 ga Oktoba 1868, a gidan asali na kulob din, filin Victoria Cricket Club da E.W May's XV, wasan 15-a-gefe ya ƙare a 1-1 draw. A cikin wasan, Henry Almond, wanda ya kafa Stoke kuma kyaftin din ne ya zira kwallaye na farko na kulob din. Stoke ta buga wasanni hudu a 1868, inda ta samu nasarar farko da ta samu ta hanyar cin nasara 2-0 a kan Newcastle-under-Lyme . A shekara ta 1875, don magance karuwar masu halarta, kulob din ya sauya zuwa filin Sweetings,  ba da nisa da filin Victoria Cricket.  A wannan lokacin, kawai wasannin sun kasance wasannin sada zumunci; wannan ya canza a 1877 lokacin da aka kafa kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Staffordshire kuma ta kirkiro sabuwar gasa, Kofin County, wanda Stoke ya lashe a kakar wasa ta farko, ta doke Talke Rangers 1-0 a wasan karshe. A zagaye na baya, Stoke ta rubuta abin da har yanzu shine nasarar da kulob din ya samu, nasarar 26-0 a kan Mow Cop. Stoke ta ci gaba da lashe kofin County a kakar wasa mai zuwa tare da nasarar 2-1 a kan Cobridge kuma ta kafa kansu a matsayin babbar kulob din a yankin.

A shekara ta 1878, kulob din ya haɗu da Stoke Victoria Athletic Club  kuma ya zama sananne da Stoke Football Club . Sun ƙaura daga filin Sweetings zuwa filin Athletic Club, wanda ba da daɗewa ba ya zama sananne da Victoria Ground .  Ya kasance a wannan lokacin ne kulob din ya karɓi kayan ja da fari. Stoke ya shiga sabuwar gasar cin kofin Birmingham Association a 1881, kodayake Aston Villa ta doke su 8-0 a zagaye na farko. A cikin kakar 1882-1883, Stoke ta kai wasan karshe na Staffordshire Senior Cup amma West Bromwich Albion ta doke su 3-2. Kungiyar ta yanke shawarar shiga gasar cin Kofin FA a karo na farko a kakar 1883-84;  an kafa gasar kanta shekaru 12 da suka gabata.  Barazanar wata kungiya ta kwallon kafa mai hamayya, FA ta Burtaniya, ta tilasta wa Ƙungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta ba da izini ga sana'a a 1885;  Stoke daga baya ya zama ƙwararre a watan Agusta na wannan shekarar. An sake kayar da kulob din a gasar cin kofin FA a 1885-86 bayan da aka sake kayar wa Crewe Alexandra. Nasarar farko ta kulob din a gasar ta zo ne a kakar 1886-87 tare da nasarar 10-0 a kan Caernarfon Wanderers a Victoria Ground . 

## 1888-1900: mambobin da suka kafa kungiyar kwallon kafa
Stoke ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mambobi goma sha biyu da suka kafa Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa a shekara ta 1888.  Kocin Stoke, Harry Lockett, ya wakilci kulob din a wani taro a London, inda aka tattauna yadda aka kafa kungiyar. Lockett ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a farkonta kuma ya zama sakataren farko na ƙungiyar; duk da haka ya yi murabus daga matsayinsa na manajan a watan Agustan 1890, don mayar da hankali kan ayyukansa na ƙungiyar. Stoke ta yi gwagwarmaya a cikin lokutan farko biyu a gasar, 1888-89 da 1889-90, ta kammala a matsayi na karshe a lokuta biyu. Kungiyar ta kasa samun sake zaben zuwa gasar a ƙarshen kakar wasa ta biyu, a maimakon haka Sunderland ta maye gurbin ta. A sakamakon haka, Stoke ya fara 1890-91 a cikin Football Alliance; sun gama kakar a matsayin zakara. An fadada Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa don haɗawa da kungiyoyi goma sha huɗu a cikin 1891-92, wanda ya tabbatar da cewa an sake zabar Stoke zuwa gasar, inda suka kasance har zuwa sauran shekaru goma.A shekara ta 1897, Stoke ta nada Horace Austerberry, wanda a shekara ta 1898-99 ya zama kocin farko da ya jagoranci kulob din zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe na FA Cup.

## 1900-1919: matsalolin kudi da sake haihuwa
Stoke ta sha wahala daga matsalolin kudi a kusa da 1900, wanda ya haifar da asarar matsayin kungiyar kwallon kafa a shekarar 1908.  "Historical Football Kits" ya ce, "A cikin 1908, bayan sun gama a tsakiyar tebur, Stoke ya shiga cikin liquidation kuma ya yi murabus daga League. Abin mamaki wannan ya karfafa 'yan kasuwa na gida, limamai (Victoria Ground mallakar Ikilisiyar Ingila ce) da magoya baya don kafa sabon kamfani mai iyaka da siyan kadarorin tsohuwar kulob din". A cikin 1909, kulob din ya zaɓi shiga kungiyoyin filin wasa a gasa biyu, ɗaya a cikin Birmingham & District League ɗayan kuma a cikin Kudancin Kudancin; Stoke ta lashe na ƙarshe a cikin shekara ta farko a gasar.  Stoke ya ci gaba da shiga cikin wasannin biyu har zuwa 1915, lokacin da aka amince da aikace-aikacen su don sake zaben zuwa cikin Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa. Koyaya, barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na farko ya nuna cewa an dakatar da ƙungiyar na tsawon shekaru huɗu; an sake farawa a watan Agusta 1919. A wannan lokacin, Stoke ya shiga gasar Firamare da Sakandare ta Lancashire.