Stoke City

The club long claimed a founding date of 1863, which would make it the second-oldest professional club in the world, though research points instead to 1868 and the formation of Stoke Ramblers by former Charterhouse pupils working on the North Staffordshire Railway. A founder member of the Football League in 1888, Stoke won the League Cup in 1972 and moved from the Victoria Ground to a new stadium in 1997.