Stoke
1916–17 season
ChairmanMr E.Reynish
ManagerJoe Schofield
StadiumVictoria Ground
Lancashire Section Primary Competition3rd
Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group D2nd
Top goalscorerBob Whittingham
(22)
Highest home attendance14,500 vs Port Vale
(21 April 1917)
Lowest home attendance2,000 vs Various teams

The 1916–17 season was Stoke's second season in the non-competitive War League.[1]

With the start of World War I, all Football League football was cancelled.[1] In its place were formed War Leagues, based on geographical lines rather than based on previous league placement. Stoke contested the Lancashire Section in the Principal Tournament, and the Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group D. However, none of these were considered to be competitive football, and thus their records are not recognised by the Football League.[1]

Season review

In the Primary Competition of the Lancashire League Stoke finished in 3rd place with 39 points whilst in the Secondary Competition they finished 2nd with 6 points.[1] During this season the lowest ever attendance was recorded for a Stoke first team match when 394 people saw Stoke play Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park in October 1916.[1] Stoke's best victory in the 1916–17 season was a 7–0 over Bolton Wanderers which was sweet revenge after they had beaten Stoke 9–2 earlier in the season.[1]

Final league table

Lancashire Section Primary Competition

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Liverpool 30 19 8 3 62 26 2.385 46
2 Stockport County 30 18 7 5 61 31 1.968 43
3 Stoke 30 16 7 7 64 36 1.778 39
4 Manchester City 30 14 9 7 49 29 1.690 37
5 Everton 30 15 7 8 62 41 1.512 37
6 Burnley 30 15 4 11 73 56 1.304 34
7 Manchester United 30 13 6 11 48 54 0.889 32
8 Rochdale 30 12 5 13 47 54 0.870 29
9 Southport Central 30 10 8 12 40 43 0.930 28
10 Bolton Wanderers 30 9 6 15 59 65 0.908 24
11 Blackburn Rovers 30 10 4 16 52 66 0.788 24
12 Preston North End 30 8 7 15 47 65 0.723 23
13 Bury 30 7 8 15 40 63 0.635 22
14 Oldham Athletic 30 8 6 16 36 65 0.554 22
15 Port Vale 30 7 7 16 50 60 0.833 21
16 Blackpool 30 6 7 17 44 80 0.550 19
Source: rsssf.com

Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Manchester United 6 4 0 2 15 9 1.667 8
2 Stoke 6 3 0 3 11 6 1.833 6
3 Port Vale 6 2 1 3 9 12 0.750 5
4 Manchester City 6 2 1 3 3 11 0.273 5
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Lancashire Section Primary Competition

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
12 September 1916Manchester CityH1–06,000Ellis
29 September 1916EvertonA1–114,000Bridgett
316 September 1916RochdaleH1–15,000Turner
423 September 1916Bolton WanderersA2–910,000Bridgett (2)
530 September 1916Port ValeH0–010,000
67 October 1916Oldham AthleticA1–1394Herbert
714 October 1916Preston North EndH2–03,000Herbert (2)
821 October 1916BurnleyA1–43,00Herbert
928 October 1916Manchester UnitedH3–05,000Herbert, Bridgett, Jones
104 November 1916LiverpoolA1–312,000Turner
1111 November 1916Stockport CountyH2–03,000Bridgett, Humphries
1218 November 1916BuryA3–02,000Jones, Herbert, Howell
1325 November 1916BlackpoolA1–13,000Humphries
142 December 1916Southport CentralH2–12,000Herbert, Bridgett
159 December 1916Blackburn RoversA1–13,000Howell
1623 December 1916EvertonH0–25,000
1725 December 1916Manchester CityA0–112,000
1830 December 1916RochdaleA1–02,000Bridgett
196 January 1917Bolton WanderersH7–02,500Whittingham (2), Howell (2), Herbert (2), Parker
2013 January 1917Port ValeA2–110,000Whittingham, Harrison
2120 January 1917Oldham AthleticH4–02,000Whittingham (2), Bridgett, Own Goal
2227 January 1917Preston North EndA1–13,000Limer
233 February 1917BurnleyH6–05,000Whittingham (4), Herbert, Harrison
2410 February 1917Manchester UnitedA2–47,000Howell (2)
2517 February 1917LiverpoolH1–012,000Whittingham
2624 February 1917Stockport CountyA1–24,500Own Goal
273 March 1917BuryH5–25,000Whittingham (2), Bridgett (2), Howell
2810 March 1917BlackpoolH6–06,000Whittingham (2), Howell (2), Herbert, Harrison
2917 March 1917Southport CentralA2–02,500Whittingham (2)
3024 March 1917Blackburn RoversH4–14,000Whittingham (2), Harrison (2)

Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group D

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
131 March 1917Manchester UnitedH2–17,000Whittingham, Howell
26 April 1917Manchester CityA0–112,000
37 April 1917Port ValeA2–312,000Whittingham (2)
49 April 1917Manchester CityH5–08,000Whittingham, Bridgett, Howell (3)
514 April 1917Manchester UnitedA0–19,000
621 April 1917Port ValeH2–014,000Herbert, Howell

Squad statistics

Pos. Name Matches
Apps Goals
GKEngland Richard Herron 360
DFEngland Arthur Allman 250
DFEngland Alec Milne 50
DFEngland Jack Maddock 30
DFEngland George Turner 352
DFEngland Billy Twemlow 60
MFEngland Sammy Brooks 30
MFEngland George Dobson 230
MFWales Joe Jones 342
MFEngland Tom Kinson 20
MFEngland George Limer 171
MFScotland R. McCarthy 40
MFEngland A. Morris 10
MFEngland Charlie Parker 321
FWEngland J. Bridgett 2511
FWEngland Albert Ellis 61
FWEngland Thomas Greaves 20
FWEngland Billy Harrison 315
FWEngland Billy Herbert 2512
FWEngland Harry Howell 2614
FWEngland Howard Humphries 62
FWEngland Dick Smith 50
FWEngland Billy Tempest 10
FWEngland Eli Turner 60
FWEngland Arthur Watkin 10
FWEngland Bob Whittingham 1822

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
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