1918–19 Stoke F.C. season
Appearance
1918–19 season | ||
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Chairman | Mr E.Reynish | |
Manager | Joe Schofield | |
Stadium | Victoria Ground | |
Lancashire Section Primary Competition | 2nd | |
Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group C | 2nd | |
Top goalscorer | Bob Whittingham (23) | |
Highest home attendance | 24,000 vs Liverpool (15 February 1919) | |
Lowest home attendance | 3,000 vs Various teams | |
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The 1918–19 season was Stoke's fourth season in the non-competitive War League.[1]
With the start of
the Football League.[1]
Season review
The final war-time season of 1918–19 saw Stoke take the runners-up spot behind
the Football League would return for the 1919–20 season and Stoke were due to enter the Second Division.[1]
Final league table
Lancashire Section Primary Competition
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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1 | Everton | 30 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 108 | 26 | 4.154 | 56 |
2 | Stoke | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 84 | 36 | 2.333 | 43 |
3 | Liverpool | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 82 | 33 | 2.485 | 42 |
4 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 58 | 1.000 | 36 |
5 | Manchester City | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 57 | 36 | 1.583 | 33 |
6 | Southport Vulcan | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 49 | 53 | 0.925 | 33 |
7 | Preston North End | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 51 | 0.804 | 30 |
8 | Stockport County | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 52 | 0.923 | 29 |
9 | Manchester United | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 51 | 50 | 1.020 | 27 |
10 | Rochdale | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 56 | 61 | 0.918 | 27 |
11 | Blackpool | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 45 | 61 | 0.738 | 25 |
12 | Port Vale | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 77 | 0.506 | 24 |
13 | Burnley | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 54 | 76 | 0.711 | 23 |
14 | Bury | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 58 | 0.466 | 20 |
15 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 39 | 62 | 0.629 | 18 |
16 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 35 | 83 | 0.422 | 14 |
Source: [citation needed]
Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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1 | Manchester City | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3.500 | 11 |
2 | Stoke | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0.900 | 6 |
3 | Manchester United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 0.643 | 4 |
4 | Port Vale | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.692 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
Results
Stoke's score comes first
Legend
Win | Draw | Loss |
Lancashire Section Primary Competition
Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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1 | 7 September 1918 | Manchester City | H | 3–0 | 8,000 | P. Jones (2), Watkin |
2 | 14 September 1918 | Manchester City | A | 2–0 | 10,000 | Turner, Lockett |
3 | 21 September 1918 | Oldham Athletic | H | 1–0 | 3,000 | Harrison
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4 | 28 September 1918 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–3 | 3,000 | Turner |
5 | 5 October 1918 | Port Vale | H | 3–2 | 14,000 | Turner, Bowser, McGregor |
6 | 12 October 1918 | Port Vale | A | 8–1 | 13,000 | Bowser, Lockett (2), Whittingham (4), Herbert |
7 | 19 October 1918 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 7–0 | 8,000 | Harrison
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8 | 26 October 1918 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 6–0 | 700 | |
9 | 2 November 1918 | Everton | A | 1–5 | 14,000 | Bowser |
10 | 9 November 1918 | Everton | H | 0–2 | 12,000 | |
11 | 16 November 1918 | Rochdale | A | 2–3 | 4,000 | Bowser, Jones |
12 | 23 November 1918 | Rochdale | H | 1–1 | 12,000 | Herbert |
13 | 30 November 1918 | Preston North End | A | 1–0 | 12,000 | Brown |
14 | 7 December 1918 | Preston North End | H | 5–0 | 12,000 | Harrison, Whittingham (2)
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15 | 14 December 1918 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 1–1 | 13,000 | Whittingham |
16 | 21 December 1918 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 7–1 | 12,000 | Whittingham (3), Brown (3), Parker |
17 | 28 December 1918 | Bury | A | 2–0 | 4,000 | Whittingham, Turner |
18 | 4 January 1919 | Bury | H | 3–1 | 12,000 | Whittingham (2), Wootton |
19 | 11 January 1919 | Blackpool | A | 6–1 | 6,000 | Harrison, Herbert
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20 | 18 January 1919 | Blackpool | H | 2–1 | 10,000 | Whittingham, Brown |
21 | 25 January 1919 | Stockport County | A | 2–1 | 10,000 | Whittingham, Brown |
22 | 1 February 1919 | Stockport County | H | 1–0 | 10,000 | Whittingham |
23 | 8 February 1919 | Liverpool | A | 1–1 | 23,000 | Brown |
24 | 15 February 1919 | Liverpool | H | 3–1 | 24,000 | Harrison
|
25 | 22 February 1919 | Southport Vulcan | H | 0–2 | 8,000 | |
26 | 1 March 1919 | Southport Vulcan | A | 5–3 | 4,000 | Herbert (3), Whittingham (2) |
27 | 8 March 1919 | Manchester United | H | 1–2 | 10,000 | Whittingham |
28 | 15 March 1919 | Manchester United | A | 1–3 | 30,000 | Wootton |
29 | 22 March 1919 | Burnley | A | 2–1 | 15,000 | Martin (2) |
30 | 29 March 1919 | Burnley | H | 2–1 | 8,000 | Whittingham, Herbert |
Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group C
Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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1 | 5 April 1919 | Manchester City | A | 0–1 | 25,000 | |
2 | 12 April 1919 | Manchester City | H | 1–1 | 14,000 | Phillips |
3 | 19 April 1919 | Manchester United | A | 1–0 | 28,000 | Phillips |
4 | 21 April 1919 | Port Vale | H | 2–2 | 28,000 | Phillips, Wootton |
5 | 26 April 1919 | Manchester United | H | 4–2 | 28,000 | Jones, Martin (3) |
6 | 28 April 1919 | Port Vale | A | 1–4 | 28,000 | Herbert |
Squad statistics
Pos. | Name | Matches | |
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Apps | Goals | ||
GK | Tom Kay | 2 | 0 |
GK | A. Morris | 6 | 0 |
GK | Teddy Peers | 28 | 0 |
DF | Alf Bishop
|
1 | 0 |
DF | Arthur Cook | 5 | 0 |
DF | J. Emery | 4 | 0 |
DF | George Garratly | 10 | 0 |
DF | Jack Maddock | 14 | 0 |
DF | Alec Milne | 1 | 0 |
DF | Bertie Smart | 1 | 0 |
DF | George Smart | 7 | 0 |
DF | Billy Twemlow | 26 | 0 |
DF | Tommy Weston | 1 | 0 |
DF | Fred Wilkinson | 1 | 0 |
DF | Harry Wootton | 3 | 0 |
MF | Bill Charnley | 1 | 0 |
MF | George Clarke | 6 | 0 |
MF | Joe Jones | 28 | 2 |
MF | Charlie Parker | 22 | 2 |
MF | Fred Parker | 5 | 0 |
MF | Dick Smith | 28 | 0 |
MF | H. Sweetmore | 1 | 0 |
FW | R. Bowers | 2 | 0 |
FW | Sid Bowser | 10 | 5 |
FW | Tommy Bowyer | 3 | 0 |
FW | David Boxley | 2 | 0 |
FW | David Brown | 10 | 12 |
FW | A. Ellis | 1 | 0 |
FW | P. Flaherty | 1 | 0 |
FW | Fred Groves | 2 | 0 |
FW | Harry Hampton | 8 | 3 |
FW | Billy Harrison
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28 | 7 |
FW | Billy Herbert | 27 | 12 |
FW | L. Jones | 2 | 0 |
FW | P. Jones | 1 | 2 |
FW | Aaron Lockett | 12 | 6 |
FW | George Limer | 1 | 0 |
FW | G. McGregor | 5 | 1 |
FW | James Martin | 7 | 5 |
FW | Wilf Phillips | 5 | 3 |
FW | Billy Tempest | 9 | 0 |
FW | S. Timms | 1 | 0 |
FW | Eli Turner | 15 | 6 |
FW | Arthur Watkin | 2 | 1 |
FW | G. Whipp | 2 | 0 |
FW | Bob Whittingham | 17 | 23 |
FW | James Wootton | 23 | 3 |
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.