1910–11 season | |||
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Chairman | Mr Rev. A Hurst | ||
Manager | Alfred Barker | ||
Stadium | Victoria Ground | ||
Birmingham & District League | 1st (47 points) | ||
Southern League Division Two | 2nd (35 points) | ||
FA Cup | First Round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Jack Peart & Alf Smith (31) All: Alf Smith (35) | ||
Highest home attendance | 11,000 vs Aston Villa Reserves (25 March 1911) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 2,500 vs Stourbridge (25 February 1911) | ||
Average home league attendance | 6,800 | ||
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The 1910–11 season was Stoke's third and final season in the Birmingham & District League and second in the Southern Football League.
Stoke again played in two league competitions in 1910–11 and were very successful in both. They won the Birmingham & District League and also gained promotion to the Southern Football League Division One after finishing runner-up to Reading on goal average.[1]
Season review
League
Progress was being made slowly, and the directors were able to spend money on new players to strengthen the squad, whilst at the same time the club decided to remain in two league competitions.[1] One major acquisition in the summer of 1910 was forward Jack Peart from Sheffield United.[1] He made a brilliant impact, scoring 31 goals in just 21 matches before breaking his leg against Crewe Alexandra in December 1910.[1] Stoke also re-signed goalkeeper Arthur Cartlidge for £315 a lot of money for a 'keeper in 1910 as Stoke's finances began to improve.[1]
Stoke played 59 competitive fixtures in 1910–11. They won the Birmingham & District League and gained promotion from the Southern Football League Division Two as runners-up.[1] A total of 167 goals were scored in the 56 league matches with the two Smiths Alf and William scoring 58 between them. They were numerous high-scoring victories including a 10–0 win over Halesowen Town, an 8–0 away win at Chesham Town and an 8–1 home win over Kettering Town. Stoke also hit six on five occasions.[1]
With Stoke now in a tougher competition the directors decided that Stoke should leave their reserve side to play in the Birmingham & District League and let their first team concentrate on the Southern League.[1]
FA Cup
After fine qualifying round wins over Worcester City (7–0) and Lincoln City (4–0), Stoke lost 2–1 in the first round to Manchester City.[1]
Final league table
Birmingham & District League
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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1 | Stoke | 34 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 95 | 48 | 1.979 | 50 |
2 | Aston Villa Reserves | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 97 | 41 | 2.366 | 48 |
3 | Walsall | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 60 | 44 | 1.364 | 46 |
4 | Wrexham | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 52 | 1.423 | 41 |
5 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 85 | 61 | 1.393 | 40 |
6 | Stourbridge | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 82 | 54 | 1.519 | 38 |
7 | Worcester City | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 77 | 79 | 0.975 | 38 |
8 | Wellington Town | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 65 | 62 | 1.048 | 37 |
9 | West Bromwich Albion Reserves | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 58 | 0.931 | 34 |
10 | Dudley Town | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 67 | 0.836 | 33 |
11 | Shrewsbury Town | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 61 | 74 | 0.824 | 32 |
12 | Wednesbury Old Athletic | 34 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 61 | 82 | 0.744 | 30 |
13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 69 | 75 | 0.920 | 29 |
14 | Brierley Hill Alliance | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 75 | 0.840 | 29 |
15 | Birmingham Reserves | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 73 | 92 | 0.793 | 26 |
16 | Stafford Rangers | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 45 | 73 | 0.616 | 26 |
17 | Kidderminster Harriers | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 66 | 0.561 | 20 |
18 | Halesowen | 34 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 48 | 99 | 0.485 | 15 |
Southern Football League Division Two
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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1 | Reading | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 11 | 5.000 | 35 |
2 | Stoke | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 72 | 21 | 3.429 | 35 |
3 | Merthyr Town | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 22 | 2.364 | 33 |
4 | Cardiff City | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 29 | 1.655 | 28 |
5 | Croydon Common | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 26 | 2.346 | 25 |
6 | Treharris | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 31 | 1.226 | 23 |
7 | Aberdare | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 1.152 | 23 |
8 | Ton Pentre | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 40 | 1.100 | 23 |
9 | Walsall | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 41 | 0.902 | 18 |
10 | Kettering | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 34 | 68 | 0.500 | 13 |
11 | Chesham Town | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 97 | 0.165 | 5 |
12 | Salisbury City | 22 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 92 | 0.174 | 3 |
Results
Stoke's score comes first
Legend
Win | Draw | Loss |
Birmingham & District League
Southern Football League Division Two
Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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1 | 1 September 1910 | Ton Pentre | A | 3–2 | 3,000 | Peart (2), Griffiths |
2 | 12 September 1910 | Treharris Athletic | A | 4–1 | 3,000 | Peart (3), Baddeley |
3 | 3 October 1910 | Ton Pentre | H | 3–0 | 3,000 | Peart, Griffiths (2) |
4 | 12 October 1910 | Croydon Common | A | 1–2 | 2,000 | Griffiths |
5 | 17 October 1910 | Aberdare | A | 4–2 | 3,000 | W Smith (2), Peart, Brown |
6 | 24 October 1910 | Kettering Town | H | 8–1 | 3,000 | Peart (3), Brown (2), Turner, Baddeley, W Smith |
7 | 5 November 1910 | Chesham Town | H | 3–0 | 2,000 | Horrocks (3) |
8 | 7 November 1910 | Croydon Common | H | 6–2 | 1,000 | Peart (2), Baddeley (2), W Smith, A Smith |
9 | 14 November 1910 | Aberdare | H | 1–0 | 3,000 | Peart |
10 | 12 December 1910 | Walsall | H | 4–0 | 3,000 | W Smith (2), Brown, Griffiths |
11 | 27 December 1910 | Cardiff City | H | 5–0 | 9,000 | W Smith (2), Griffiths, Baddeley (2) |
12 | 2 January 1911 | Salisbury City | H | 6–0 | 3,000 | A Smith (3), Griffiths (2), Brown |
13 | 30 January 1911 | Merthyr Town | H | 4–1 | 5,000 | W Smith, Griffiths, Baddeley, Boulton |
14 | 4 February 1911 | Chesham Town | A | 8–0 | 2,000 | W Smith (3), Boulton (3), Turner, Baddeley |
15 | 20 February 1911 | Reading | H | 1–0 | 5,000 | Boulton |
16 | 8 March 1911 | Salisbury City | A | 2–2 | 1,000 | Turner, Baddeley |
17 | 20 March 1911 | Walsall | A | 0–1 | 2,000 | |
18 | 27 March 1911 | Merthyr Town | A | 0–2 | 8,000 | |
19 | 10 April 1911 | Treharris Athletic | H | 2–0 | 2,000 | Savage, Leese |
20 | 14 April 1911 | Reading | A | 0–2 | 10,000 | |
21 | 18 April 1911 | Cardiff City | A | 2–1 | 4,000 | W Smith, A Smith |
22 | 27 April 1911 | Kettering Town | A | 5–1 | 5,000 | W Smith, A Smith, Leese, Baddeley (2) |
FA Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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4QR | 19 November 1910 | Worcester City | H | 7–0 | 6,000 | Peart (2), A Smith (2), Baddeley (3) |
5QR | 3 November 1910 | Lincoln City | H | 4–0 | 12,000 | Peart, A Smith, Griffiths, W Smith |
R1 | 14 January 1911 | Manchester City | H | 1–2 | 23,883 | A Smith |
Squad statistics
Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
GK | Horace Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
GK | Jack Baxter | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
GK | Arthur Cartlidge | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
GK | Richard Herron | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
GK | Fred Rathbone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
GK | Jack Robinson | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
DF | Charles James | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
DF | Dick Hawe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DF | James Hay | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
DF | Harry Holt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DF | Ernest Mullineux | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
DF | George Turner | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 9 |
DF | Jimmy Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MF | Sam Baddeley | 53 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 3 |
MF | William Bradbury | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
MF | John Brown | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 |
MF | Archie Dyke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MF | Victor Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MF | Harold Hardman | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
MF | Francis Hobson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MF | Vic Horrocks | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
MF | George Latham | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
MF | Harry Leese | 50 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 9 |
MF | Albert Pitt | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
MF | James Swarbrick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
MF | Tom Thornton | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
FW | Amos Baddeley | 42 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 21 |
FW | Ernest Boulton | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
FW | Thomas Greaves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FW | Arthur Griffiths | 44 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 11 |
FW | Harry Leigh | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
FW | John Paxton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
FW | Jack Peart | 21 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 34 |
FW | Albert Savage | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
FW | Alf Smith | 41 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 35 |
FW | William Smith | 53 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 28 |