1900–01 Stoke F.C. season

The 1900–01 season was Stoke's 12th season of in the Football League.

Stoke
1900–01 season
ChairmanMr W Cowlishaw
ManagerHorace Austerberry
StadiumVictoria Ground
Football League First Division16th (27 Points)
FA CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: William Maxwell
(16)

All: William Maxwell
(16)
Highest home attendance12,000 vs Aston Villa
(29 December 1900)
Lowest home attendance3,000 vs Derby County
(24 November 1900)
Average home league attendance7,650

It was a hard season for Stoke as they were almost relegated to the Second Division but survived after winning their final match of the season 4–2 away at Notts County.[1]

Season review

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League

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By now Stoke had lost the valuable services of Tom Robertson, Jack Kennedy and Joe Turner while dedicated full-back Jack Eccles made only two appearances and later became club trainer as the team slowly broke up.[1] Only two points were collected from their first eight games and a disjointed Stoke side slipped to the bottom of the table.[1] The situation improved slightly with the arrival of Welsh forward Mart Watkins from Oswestry Town but Stoke were involved in a relegation dog-fight until the final day of the season.[1]

On Good Friday (5 April 1901) Stoke went to Bury and were denied two blatant penalties and lost 3–2.[1] This defeat left Stoke in 17th position, three points and one place above West Bromwich Albion who had three games in hand, while Preston and Wolves were just above them.[1] Stoke's remaining two games were both away - to Wolves and Notts County.[1] Preston ended their season with a home clash with West Brom who were struggling to find any form and looked doomed.[1] Remarkably, Stoke upped their game and won both matches while Preston lost and went down with Albion leaving Stoke safe in 16th place.[1] It had been a tense and difficult season and the club's finances were now in a very precarious state, both manager and chairman recognized this and the club would now look at the local leagues for players.[1]

Unfortunately ace marksman William Maxwell bid farewell to Stoke at the end of the season joining Third Lanark for £250 after scoring 85 goals in 173 games for the "Potters" and he would be sorely missed.[1]

FA Cup

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The 1900–01 season saw Stoke having to play in the Intermediate Round which was a consequence of their secretary failing to get their entry to the competition to the FA by the required time. Stoke beat Second Division Glossop 1–0. In the first round Stoke lost 2–1 in a replay to Small Heath after a 1–1 draw at the Victoria Ground.[1]

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Relegation
14 Sheffield United 34 12 7 15 35 52 0.673 31
15 Aston Villa 34 10 10 14 45 51 0.882 30
16 Stoke 34 11 5 18 46 57 0.807 27
17 Preston North End (R) 34 9 7 18 49 75 0.653 25 Relegation to the Second Division
18 West Bromwich Albion (R) 34 7 8 19 35 62 0.565 22
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results

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Stoke's score comes first

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 1 September 1900 Aston Villa A 0–2 15,000
2 8 September 1900 Liverpool H 1–2 12,000 Maxwell
3 10 September 1900 Notts County H 1–1 5,000 Jones
4 15 September 1900 Newcastle United A 1–2 20,000 Wood
5 22 September 1900 Sheffield United H 0–1 7,000
6 29 September 1900 Manchester City A 0–2 15,000
7 6 October 1900 Bury H 1–2 4,000 Maxwell
8 13 October 1900 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 9,000 Johnson
9 20 October 1900 Blackburn Rovers H 2–0 10,000 Jones, Maxwell
10 27 October 1900 The Wednesday H 2–1 6,000 Jones (2)
11 3 November 1900 West Bromwich Albion A 2–2 12,052 Maxwell, Watkins
12 10 November 1900 Everton H 0–2 8,000
13 12 November 1900 Bolton Wanderers H 2–1 3,000 Watkins, Wood
14 17 November 1900 Sunderland A 1–6 5,000 Johnson
15 24 November 1900 Derby County H 0–1 3,000
16 1 December 1900 Bolton Wanderers A 0–1 5,000
17 22 December 1900 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3–0 5,000 Maxwell (3)
18 25 December 1900 Preston North End A 2–4 6,000 Maxwell, Higginson
19 26 December 1900 Preston North End H 5–0 7,500 Maxwell (3), Higginson, Watkins
20 29 December 1900 Aston Villa H 0–0 12,000
21 1 January 1901 Liverpool A 1–3 10,000 Higginson
22 12 January 1901 Newcastle United H 2–0 6,000 Benbow (2)
23 19 January 1901 Sheffield United A 4–0 4,000 Maxwell (2), Johnson, Watkins
24 26 January 1901 Manchester City H 2–1 3,000 Johnson, Watkins
25 16 February 1901 Nottingham Forest H 0–3 7,000
26 23 February 1901 Blackburn Rovers A 2–3 5,000 Maxwell, Watkins
27 2 March 1901 The Wednesday A 0–4 3,000
28 9 March 1901 West Bromwich Albion H 2–0 5,000 Maxwell, Leech
29 16 March 1901 Everton A 0–3 10,000
30 23 March 1901 Sunderland H 0–0 9,000
31 30 March 1901 Derby County A 1–4 5,000 Leech
32 5 April 1901 Bury A 2–3 2,000 Watkins, Whitehouse
33 9 April 1901 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2–0 4,000 Watkins, Higginson
34 13 April 1901 Notts County A 4–2 6,000 Watkins, Higginson, Maxwell, Johnson

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
IR 5 January 1901 Glossop H 1–0 5,000 Benbow
R1 9 February 1901 Small Heath H 1–1 12,000 Watkins
R1 Replay 13 February 1901 Small Heath A 1–2 (aet) 10,000 Benbow

Squad statistics

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Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   Arthur Cartlidge 7 0 0 0 7 0
GK   Tom Wilkes 27 0 3 0 30 0
FB   Bill Capewell 33 0 3 0 36 0
FB   Peter Durber 33 0 2 0 35 0
FB   Jack Eccles 2 0 1 0 3 0
HB   John Bowman 2 0 0 0 2 0
HB   James Bradley 34 0 3 0 37 0
HB   Tom Holford 6 0 1 0 7 0
HB   Billy Leech 33 2 2 0 35 2
HB   Edward Parsons 5 0 1 0 6 0
HB   Alf Wood 29 2 2 0 31 2
FW   Len Benbow 21 2 3 2 24 4
FW   George Harris 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW   Sam Higginson 18 5 2 0 20 5
FW   Freddie Johnson 34 5 3 0 37 5
FW   Jimmy Jones 12 4 1 0 13 4
FW   Arthur Lockett 16 0 0 0 16 0
FW   William Maxwell 27 16 3 0 30 16
FW   Tom Simpson 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   Mart Watkins 28 9 3 1 31 10
FW   Frank Whitehouse 6 1 0 0 6 1

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.