Stoke City| 1925 | Stoke added City to their name |
| 1925-26 | Relegated to Division Three North |
| 1926-27 | Division Three South Champions |
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| Promoted to Division Two |
| 1932-33 | Football League Division Two Champions |
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| Promoted to Division One |
| 1939-40 | Football League programme abandoned due to outbreak of war |
| 1953 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 1962-63 | Football League Division Two Champions |
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| Promoted to Division One |
| 1963-64 | Football League Cup runner-up |
| 1970-71 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1971-72 | Football League Cup Winners |
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| F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1977 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 1978-79 | Missed runner-up spot on goal difference |
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| Promoted to Division One |
| 1985 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 1990 | Relegated to Division Three |
| 1991-92 | Not promoted after play-offs (SF Stockport County 1 Stoke City 0, |
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| Stoke City 1 Stockport County 1 - Agg 2-1) |
| 1992-93 | Division Three re-designated Division Two on formation of F.A. |
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| Premier League |
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| Football League Division Two Champions |
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| Promoted to Division One |
| 1995-96 | Not promoted after play-offs (SF Leicester City 0 Stoke City 0, |
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| Stoke City 0 Leicester City 1 - Agg 0-1) |
| 1998 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 1999-00 | Not promoted after play-offs (SF Stoke City 3 Gillingham 2, |
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| Gillingham 3 Stoke City 0 - Agg 3-5) |
| 2000-01 | Not promoted after play-offs (SF Stoke City 0 Walsall 0, Walsall 4 |
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| Stoke City 2 - Agg 2-4) |
| 2001-02 | Promoted after play-offs (SF Stoke City 1 Cardiff City 2, Cardiff |
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| City 0 Stoke City 2 - Agg 3-2, F Brentford 0 Stoke City 2 @ |
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| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff) |
| 2004-05 | Division One renamed "Football League Championship" |
