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Watch Stoke City vs Arsenal LIVE!
On Saturday 27th February Arsenal travel to the Britannia Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent to face the Potters in the next round of the English Premier League.
The
match kicks off at 7:30pm SA time and is being shown live on Supersport 3
with the match build up starting at 7pm.
Stoke
City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England.
Founded in 1863, Stoke is the oldest club in the Premier League, and
thought to be the second oldest professional football club in the
world, after Notts County.
Stoke play their home fixtures at the
Britannia Stadium, a 28,000 all-seater stadium. The stadium was opened
in 1997; prior to this date Stoke had played at the Victoria Ground,
which had been their home ground since 1878 (a record of 119 years
currently shared with Wolverhampton Wanderers). The club's nickname is
The Potters (after the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent) and their
home kit is a red-and-white vertically striped shirt with white shorts
and white socks.
Prior to their 2008 promotion, Stoke had not
participated in top flight football since the 1984-85 season, in which
they were relegated with a total of 17 points, a record low total for
twenty-one years. Stoke's first major trophy was won in the 1972 League
Cup Final, when they beat Chelsea 2-1. The club have won the Football
League Trophy on two occasions, firstly in 1992 and most recently in
2000.
In
Johannesburg, The Arsenal SA club will be meeting at ‘Blandford Manor’ to watch the game. Get there early for a good seat!
Blandford Manor
106 Hyperion Drive
Northriding
Randburg
Sat-Nav co-ordinates are as follows: 26°02'36.30"S 27°57'51.00"E
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On this day in 1984
1984 - Brian Talbot scored twice as Arsenal's 3-1 win over liverpool put them top of the First Division for the first time in 12 years.
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