1921–22 Stoke F.C. season
1921–22 season | ||
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Chairman | Mr E.Reynish | |
Manager | Arthur Shallcross | |
Stadium | Victoria Ground | |
Football League Second Division | 2nd (52 Points) | |
FA Cup | Third Round | |
Top goalscorer | League: Jimmy Broad (25) All: Jimmy Broad (27) | |
Highest home attendance | 27,015 vs Port Vale (24 September 1921) | |
Lowest home attendance | 5,000 vs Bury (21 January 1922) | |
Average home league attendance | 15,200 | |
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After almost being relegated to the third tier last season Stoke improved dramatically and finished in 2nd position gaining promotion to the First Division.[1] Key to Stoke's success was the early season signing of the Broad brothers Tommy and Jimmy with the later scoring 27 goals.[1]
Season review
League
After the disappointments of last season, there was another conscious effort to strengthen the squad for the 1921–22 season, and a wealthy director John Slater proved to be the most ambitious as he spent a lot of his own money to bring to the club the Broad brothers, Tommy and Jimmy.[1] Jimmy was an out-and-out centre forward who came in after having scored 37 goals in 48 matches for Millwall.[1] Tommy on the other hand was a pacey right winger who signed from Manchester City.[1] The idea of developing young talent was also coming to the fore, with the appointment of Tom Brittleton as player-coach, which was met with approval from the club's supporters.[1]
The season turned out to be one of the best the club had experienced up to that time and promotion was gained to the top-flight, Stoke finishing runners-up to
FA Cup
The Cup also provided Stoke with some success as they beat
Final league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 51 | 30 | 1.700 | 56 | Champions, promoted |
2 | Stoke | 42 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 60 | 44 | 1.364 | 52 | Promoted |
3 | Barnsley | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 67 | 52 | 1.288 | 52 | |
4 | West Ham United | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 39 | 1.333 | 48 | |
5 | Hull City | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 51 | 41 | 1.244 | 48 |
Results
Stoke's score comes first
Legend
Win | Draw | Loss |
Football League Second Division
Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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1 | 27 August 1921 | West Ham United | H | 2–0 | 15,000 | Watkin, J Broad |
2 | 29 August 1921 | South Shields | A | 1–1 | 4,000 | J Broad |
3 | 3 September 1921 | West Ham United | A | 0–3 | 20,000 | |
4 | 5 September 1921 | South Shields | H | 2–1 | 8,500 | J Broad (2) |
5 | 10 September 1921 | Clapton Orient | H | 0–0 | 15,000 | |
6 | 17 September 1921 | Clapton Orient | A | 0–1 | 10,000 | |
7 | 24 September 1921 | Port Vale | H | 0–0 | 27,015 | |
8 | 1 October 1921 | Port Vale | A | 1–0 | 24,996 | J Broad |
9 | 8 October 1921 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | 0–1 | 12,000 | |
10 | 15 October 1921 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 4–2 | 10,000 | J Broad (2), Watkin, T Broad |
11 | 22 October 1921 | Leeds United | A | 2–1 | 10,000 | J Broad, Tempest |
12 | 29 October 1921 | Leeds United | H | 3–0 | 15,000 | J Broad, T Broad, Whitehurst |
13 | 5 November 1921 | Hull City | H | 0–0 | 10,000 | |
14 | 12 November 1921 | Hull City | A | 1–7 | 9,000 | Watkin |
15 | 19 November 1921 | Notts County | H | 0–0 | 6,000 | |
16 | 26 November 1921 | Notts County | A | 0–0 | 10,000 | |
17 | 3 December 1921 | Crystal Palace | H | 5–1 | 9,000 | J Broad (4), Groves |
18 | 10 December 1921 | Crystal Palace | A | 2–0 | 12,000 | J Broad (2) |
19 | 17 December 1921 | Rotherham County | A | 0–0 | 6,000 | |
20 | 24 December 1921 | Rotherham County | H | 1–1 | 6,000 | J Broad |
21 | 26 December 1921 | Fulham | A | 1–2 | 17,000 | Clarke |
22 | 27 December 1921 | Fulham | H | 3–0 | 20,000 | Tempest, Watkin, Groves |
23 | 31 December 1921 | The Wednesday | H | 1–1 | 12,000 | Groves |
24 | 14 January 1922 | The Wednesday | A | 1–0 | 10,000 | Groves |
25 | 21 January 1922 | Bury | H | 1–0 | 5,000 | T Broad |
26 | 4 February 1922 | Leicester City | H | 1–1 | 9,000 | T Broad |
27 | 8 February 1922 | Bury | A | 1–0 | 7,000 | Watkin |
28 | 11 February 1922 | Leicester City | A | 4–3 | 21,000 | Groves (2), J Broad, Tempest |
29 | 25 February 1922 | Derby County | A | 4–2 | 8,000 | Groves, J Broad, Twemlow, Mellor |
30 | 4 March 1922 | Coventry City | H | 2–2 | 16,000 | Groves, J Broad |
31 | 6 March 1922 | Derby County | H | 1–1 | 11,000 | J Broad |
32 | 11 March 1922 | Coventry City | A | 1–0 | 25,000 | Groves |
33 | 18 March 1922 | Barnsley | A | 2–2 | 10,000 | J Broad, Watkin |
34 | 25 March 1922 | Barnsley | H | 1–0 | 14,000 | Tempest |
35 | 1 April 1922 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 1–1 | 20,000 | Tempest |
36 | 8 April 1922 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 3–0 | 10,000 | Tempest, J Broad (2) |
37 | 14 April 1922 | Blackpool | A | 2–3 | 17,000 | J Broad, Groves |
38 | 15 April 1922 | Nottingham Forest | H | 1–1 | 20,000 | J Broad |
39 | 17 April 1922 | Blackpool | H | 1–1 | 20,000 | Tempest |
40 | 22 April 1922 | Nottingham Forest | A | 1–3 | 12,000 | Whitehurst |
41 | 29 April 1922 | Bristol City | A |
0–2 | 15,000 | |
42 | 6 May 1922 | Bristol City | H | 3–0 | 16,000 | Groves, Watkin (2) |
FA Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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R1 | 7 January 1922 | Port Vale | A | 4–2 | 14,471 | Watkin (3), Tempest |
R2 | 28 January 1922 | Northampton Town | A | 2–2 | 16,000 | Watkin (2) |
R2 Replay | 2 February 1922 | Northampton Town | H | 3–0 | 30,000 | Tempest, J Broad (2) |
R3 | 18 February 1922 | Aston Villa | H | 0–0 | 43,689 | |
R3 Replay | 22 February 1922 | Aston Villa | A | 0–4 | 26,540 |
Squad statistics
Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
GK | Tom Kay | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
GK | Percy Knott | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
GK | Jimmy Lee | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
DF | Tommy Howe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DF | Bob McGrory | 41 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
DF | Alec Milne | 41 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
MF | Ewart Beswick | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
MF | Tom Brittleton | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
MF | George Clarke | 42 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 1 |
MF | Bill Dickie | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
MF | Billy Poole | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
MF | Dickie Smith | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
MF | Fred Wilkinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
FW | Jimmy Broad | 41 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 27 |
FW | Tommy Broad | 32 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 3 |
FW | Fred Groves | 28 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 12 |
FW | Tommy Little | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
FW | Syd Mellor | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
FW | Albert Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FW | Dai Nicholas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
FW | Louis Page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FW | Victor Shore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
FW | Sam Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FW | Billy Tempest | 41 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 9 |
FW | Charlie Twemlow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FW | Arthur Watkin | 35 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 13 |
FW | Albert Whitehurst | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.