Stoke City Football Club Under-21s is the most senior of Stoke City 's youth teams and the club's former reserve team . The Under-23 team is effectively Stoke City's second-string side. They play in Premier League 2 . The team also competes in the Premier League Cup and Staffordshire Senior Cup .
15-479: Bazunu is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Gavin Bazunu (born 2002), Irish football goalkeeper Rex Bazunu (born 1953), Nigerian sprinter [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Bazunu . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
30-545: A Division Two was created. Stoke were relegated in 1984–85, gaining promotion in 1991–92, but suffered instant relegation in 1992–93, however promotion was achieved in 1993–94. The league was restructured in 1996 with Stoke now in the Central League Premier Division, dropping down to Division One in 1999–2000. They won Division One in 2002–03 and then won the Premier Division in 2003–04. Stoke remained in
45-481: A joining date had not been set, with Bazunu wishing to complete his education in the Irish education system. The following month, it was announced he has signed a pre-contract agreement with Manchester City, with it initially agreed he would join the club in summer 2019, before it was moved forward to February 2019. He made his debut for Manchester City's under-18 side on 9 February 2019 against Stoke City U18 . Bazunu
60-716: Is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Southampton and the Republic of Ireland national team . Bazunu started his career at Shamrock Rovers , making his first team debut in June 2018 at the age of 16, before joining Manchester City in February 2019. He spent the 2020–21 season on loan at Rochdale and the 2021–22 season on loan at Portsmouth . An Irish youth international, he made his senior international debut in 2021. Born in Dublin , Bazunu
75-577: The bet365 Stadium , St George's Park , Burton upon Trent as well as the club's Clayton Wood Training Ground . In previous seasons the team has played at Lyme Valley Stadium in Newcastle-under-Lyme , Macclesfield Town 's Moss Rose , Nantwich Town 's Weaver Stadium and Harrison Park in Leek . Stoke fielded a second team for the first time in a league competition, the Combination , in 1891–92, under
90-843: The Central League until 2008. Following the first team's promotion to the Premier League in 2008 the reserves joined the Premier Reserve League . In 2012 the Premier League implemented the Elite Player Performance Plan and introduced the Professional Development League , with reserve teams becoming under-21 teams. In The League was split into two in 2014–15 , with Stoke playing in Division 2. In 2016
105-527: The Premier League and for Southampton on 19 October 2022 in a 0–1 victory against Bournemouth . Ahead of a match against Preston North End on 16 April 2024, he suffered an achilles injury during the warm-up and was expected to miss the remainder of the 2023–24 season. Manager Russell Martin later confirmed Bazunu would be sidelined for nine to ten months. Bazunu has played for the Republic of Ireland at under-17 and under-21 youth levels. He played for
120-513: The following week in a 3–1 defeat at Swindon Town . On 1 July 2021, he moved on loan to Portsmouth for the 2021–22 season. He was named as the club's Players' Player and Player of the Season. On 17 June 2022, Bazunu joined Southampton on a five-year contract for a reported fee of £12 million. On 6 August 2022, he made his first Premier League appearance for Southampton in a 4–1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur . Bazunu got his first clean sheet in
135-592: The name of 'Stoke Swifts'. The Swifts also played in the Midland League and the local North Staffordshire & District League, which they won on two occasions. The team joined the Birmingham & District League in 1900–01 and was renamed 'Stoke Reserves'. They temporarily had to return to local leagues in 1908 after the first team suffered financial difficulties and had to resign from the Football League, taking
150-490: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bazunu&oldid=1033130422 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description All set index articles Monitored short pages Gavin Bazunu Gavin Okeroghene Bazunu (born 20 February 2002)
165-455: The reserves' place in the Birmingham & District League. They returned in 1911–12 and continued to play in it until they joined the newly founded Central League , a specific reserve team only league. In 1925 after Stoke-on-Trent was granted City status the second string became "Stoke City Reserves". They won the Central League title in 1927–28 and remained in the league until the 1980s when
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#1733106007178180-403: The under-17s at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship . In March 2021, he was called into the senior Republic of Ireland team for the first time, for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers . He made his senior debut in a 1–0 defeat on 27 March 2021 against Luxembourg . Individual Stoke City F.C. Under-23s and Academy They play their home matches at the club's main ground,
195-483: Was 'ready' for his first-team debut. He made three further appearances for Shamrock Rovers in the 2018 League of Ireland Premier Division . These included a penalty save at Cork City which meant he kept four clean sheets out of four in the league. Bazunu also made two appearances in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League . On 6 September 2018, it was announced that Bazunu had joined Premier League club Manchester City for an undisclosed fee reported to be £420,000, though
210-564: Was named in Manchester City's UEFA Champions League squad for a Round of 16 second leg match against Real Madrid in August 2020. He signed a contract extension with Manchester City until 2024 and joined League One side Rochdale on a season-long loan later that month. He started and kept a clean sheet on his debut for Rochdale on 5 September 2020 in a 1–0 EFL Cup victory away to Huddersfield Town , and made his first league appearance
225-443: Was raised in the suburb of Firhouse . He is of Irish, and Nigerian descent. His brother Todd is a goalkeeper at U17 level with Shamrock Rovers . Having come through the academy at Shamrock Rovers , Bazunu made his debut for Rovers' first team on 9 June 2018 in a 5–0 win at home to Bray Wanderers , at the age of 16. Manager Stephen Bradley stated that despite not wanting to 'throw [young goalkeepers] in that early', Bazunu
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