 The club moved in 1997 to the Britannia Stadium , a 28 @,@ 383 all @-@ seater stadium ; having spent 119 years at the Victoria Ground . In the 2007 – 08 season , Stoke won promotion from the Football League Championship , the second tier of English football , and as of 2008 – 09 are playing in the top flight ( currently Premier League ) for the first time since the 1984 – 85 season , when they were relegated with a total of 17 points , a record low unsurpassed for 21 years . Stoke 's only major trophy was the 1972 Football League Cup , won when they beat Chelsea 2 – 1 in the final at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 97 @,@ 852 . The club have also won the Football League Trophy twice , in 1992 and 2000 . In terms of league achievement the closest Stoke have come to winning the title was in the 1946 – 47 season where a final day defeat cost Stoke top spot . 
