1913–14 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1913–14 season
Chairman	Mr Rev. A Hurst
Manager	Alfred Barker
Stadium	Victoria Ground
Southern League Division Two	5th (40 Points)
FA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Alf Smith ; (16); All: Billy Herbert ; & Alf Smith ; (16)
Highest home attendance	18,000 vs Luton Town ; (13 April 1914)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 vs Aberdare ; (3 January 1914)
Average home league attendance	6,566
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The 1913–14 season was Stoke's fifth season in the Southern Football League.

Stoke were now back in the poor quality Southern League Division Two and expectations were to gain an instant return to Division One. Stoke started the season well winning nine games in a row, however the team ran into poor form in the new year and ended up finishing 5th, 11 points from promotion.^[1] It was a bad performance and in April 1914 both chairman Mr Rev. A Hurst and manager Alfred Barker stepped down.^[1]

Season review

League

Division Two of the Southern League for the 1913–14 season was made up of selection of poor Welsh clubs and a smattering of sides from around the London area, namely Luton Town, Brentford and Croydon Common.^[1] There was no money available, meaning the club had to rely on free transfers.^[1] There were still a number of new faces with the likes of former England international Fred Pentland joining from Halifax, James Bradley returning from Liverpool and Billy Herbert from Glossop.^[1] With Stoke doing well from the start of the season crowds were often good as Stoke embarked on a nine match winning run.^[1] However long distance travelling eventually caused Stoke problems and they lost their form and ended up finishing in a poor position of fifth.^[1]

The directors, obviously disappointed as were the players and supporters, at not winning promotion, vowed to continue to build the team despite having little money available.^[1] Alfred Barker was now under pressure from supporters and indeed some directors who questioned his wisdom to employ part-time staff.^[1] He and chairman A. Hurst both stepped down in April 1914.^[1] It was a sad way to see such key figures, responsible for saving the club, leave in such circumstances.^[1]

FA Cup

After progressing past Shrewsbury Town and Barrow, Stoke lost to Aston Villa in the first round.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	Croydon Common	30	23	5	2	76	14	5.429	51
2	Luton Town	30	24	3	3	92	22	4.182	51
3	Brentford	30	20	4	6	80	18	4.444	44
4	Swansea Town	30	20	4	6	66	25	2.640	44
5	Stoke	30	19	2	9	71	34	2.088	40
6	Newport County	30	14	8	8	49	38	1.289	36
7	Mid Rhondda	30	13	7	10	55	37	1.486	33
8	Pontypridd	30	14	5	11	43	38	1.132	33
9	Llanelly	30	12	4	14	45	37	1.216	28
10	Barry	30	9	8	13	44	70	0.629	26
11	Abertillery	30	8	4	18	44	51	0.863	20
12	Ton Pentre	30	8	4	18	33	61	0.541	20
13	Mardy	30	6	6	18	30	60	0.500	18
14	Caerphilly	30	4	7	19	21	103	0.204	15
15	Aberdare	30	4	5	21	33	87	0.379	13
16	Treharris	30	2	4	24	19	106	0.179	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Southern Football League Division Two

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	6 September 1913	Croydon Common	H	1–1	7,000	Pentland
2	13 September 1913	Croydon Common	A	0–2	6,000
3	20 September 1913	Mid Rhondda	A	2–0	2,500	Pentland, A Smith
4	27 September 1913	Ton Pentre	A	2–1	4,000	Pentland, Revill
5	4 October 1913	Abertillery	H	3–0	4,000	A Smith (2), Revill
6	11 October 1913	Treharris Athletic	A	5–0	3,000	Pentland, Herbert (3), Jones
7	18 October 1913	Llanelli	H	2–1	10,000	Pentland, Herbert
8	1 November 1913	Treharris Athletic	H	5–1	7,000	Revill (2), Herbert (pen), A Smith, Dyke
9	8 November 1913	Swansea Town	A	3–2	3,000	Herbert (2), A Smith
10	15 November 1913	Barry	H	7–1	4,500	Herbert, A Smith (2), Jones (2), Revill, D Smith
11	22 November 1913	Aberdare	A	4–2	1,000	Herbert, A Smith (3)
12	6 December 1913	Newport County	A	2–3	3,000	Turner (pen), A Smith
13	25 December 1913	Caerphilly	A	5–1	3,000	A Smith (3), D Smith (2)
14	26 December 1913	Caerphilly	H	4–0	10,000	Turner (pen), Revill, Bailey, Lean (o.g.)
15	3 January 1914	Aberdare	H	4–1	10,000	Herbert (3), Jenkins (o.g.)
16	17 January 1914	Brentford	A	0–2	5,000
17	24 January 1914	Ton Pentre	H	2–0	5,000	Revill, Turner (pen)
18	14 February 1914	Mid Rhondda	H	1–0	4,000	Revill
19	21 February 1914	Abertillery	A	0–1	3,500
20	28 February 1914	Brentford	H	2–1	6,000	D Smith, Turner (pen)
21	14 March 1914	Pontypridd	H	5–1	4,000	D Smith (2), Revill, A Smith, Jones
22	17 March 1914	Llanelli	A	0–2	4,000
23	21 March 1914	Barry	A	1–1	3,500	Herbert
24	28 March 1914	Newport County	H	2–0	4,000	D Smith, Tempest
25	4 April 1914	Mardy	A	2–1	1,000	Hamnett (2)
26	10 April 1914	Luton Town	A	1–2	5,000	D Smith
27	11 April 1914	Mardy	H	4–0	3,000	D Smith (2), Watkin, Hargreaves
28	13 April 1914	Luton Town	H	1–2	18,000	Bradley
29	18 April 1914	Pontypridd	A	1–4	2,000	A Smith
30	25 April 1914	Swansea Town	H	0–1	5,000

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
4QR	29 November 1913	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–0	5,000	D Smith, Herbert
5QR	13 December 1913	Barrow	H	3–1	10,000	Holmes, Herbert (2)
R1	10 January 1914	Aston Villa	A	0–4	26,094

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Bert Gadsden	30	0	3	0	33	0
DF	Richard Burton	2	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Charles James	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Jimmy McVay	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Alec Milne	25	0	3	0	28	0
DF	Ernest Mullineux	5	0	1	0	6	0
DF	George Smart	3	0	0	0	3	0
DF	George Turner	29	4	3	0	32	4
MF	Sam Baddeley	7	0	1	0	8	0
MF	James Bradley	12	1	3	0	15	1
MF	Harry Davies	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Archie Dyke	15	1	3	0	18	1
MF	Reg Forester	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Bob Hamnett	5	2	0	0	5	2
MF	Henry Hargreaves	9	1	0	0	9	1
MF	Crop Hawkins	3	0	0	0	3	0
MF	Joe Jones	23	4	0	0	23	4
MF	Charles Parker	9	0	0	0	9	0
MF	Tancey Wharton	17	0	2	0	19	0
FW	Tom Bailey	15	1	2	0	17	1
FW	Albert Ellis	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	Billy Herbert	24	13	3	3	27	16
FW	William Holmes	2	0	2	1	4	1
FW	Fred Pentland	7	5	0	0	7	5
FW	Tom Revill	22	9	2	0	24	9
FW	Walter Rowlands	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Alf Smith	22	16	3	0	25	16
FW	Dick Smith	15	10	1	1	16	11
FW	William Smith	4	0	0	0	4	0
FW	Billy Tempest	10	1	1	0	11	1
FW	Arthur Watkin	7	1	0	0	7	1
–	Own goals	–	2	–	0	–	2

References

^ ^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.

[The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-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.

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