Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Founded in 1863. They compete in the Championship, the second tier of English football. They won their first and only major trophy to date, the League Cup, in 1972. Stoke's home ground is the 30,089 all-seater, bet365 Stadium. The club's nickname is The Potters, after the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent, and their traditional home kit is a red-and-white vertically striped shirt, white shorts and stockings.