1909–10 Stoke F.C. season

The 1909–10 season was Stoke's second in the Birmingham & District League and the first in the Southern Football League.

Stoke
1909–10 season
ChairmanMr Rev. A Hurst
ManagerAlfred Barker
StadiumVictoria Ground
Birmingham & District League7th (37 points)
Southern League Division Two A1st (20 points)
FA CupFirst Round
Birmingham League CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Arthur Griffiths
(36)

All: Arthur Griffiths
(38)
Highest home attendance15,000 vs Crewe Alexandra
(28 March 1910)
Lowest home attendance2,500 vs Ton Pentre
(30 September 1909)
Average home league attendance5,000

Stoke decided to enter two league competitions this season with the directors feeling that the Southern Football League represented a better chance to be re-elected into the Football League. Stoke won the Southern Football League Division Two A with ease winning all ten of their matches and the Division Two championship play-off. They scored 48 goals conceding only 9, but promotion was not gained due to a league reorganization. The Birmingham & District League was a lot harder and Stoke finished in 7th place.[1]

Season review

League

Stoke played in two league competitions during the 1909–10 season, in the Birmingham & District League and in the Southern League Division Two. This meant a total of 44 league fixtures would be played during the season.[1]

The standard of football in the Southern League was of a poor quality and Stoke took the championship with ease, winning all of their 10 matches with a goal-average of 48-9.[1] They started off with an 11–0 home victory over Merthyr Town and never looked back. On 25 April 1910, Stoke met Hastings & St Leonards United (winners of Division Two B) in a 'championship decider' and Stoke easily won 6–0 to claim the title.[1]

The Birmingham league was considerably tougher and it was dominated by Aston Villa's reserve side.[1] Stoke finished in 7th place, never threatening to challenge the leaders throughout the campaign.[1] Arthur Griffiths, who had returned to the club from Oldham Athletic, top scored this season amassing 38 goals in all competitions.[1]

FA Cup

The biggest crowd of the season at the Victoria Ground (18,000) came in the FA Cup first round against Newcastle United.[1] Stoke having progressed past Ilkeston and Exeter City in the qualifying rounds.[1] Stoke held the Geordies to a 1–1 draw but lost 2–1 in the replay up in the north east and Newcastle went on to lift the cup.[1] Stoke also played in the Birmingham League Cup for the one and only time losing to Aston Villa's second string in the third round.[1] The directors decided that the Birmingham League Cup was not a worthwhile competition to enter.[1]

Final league table

Birmingham & District League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Aston Villa Reserves 34 25 4 5 98 36 2.722 54
2 Crewe Alexandra 34 23 3 8 117 56 2.089 49
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves 34 22 5 7 74 46 1.609 49
4 Brierley Hill Alliance 34 19 8 7 79 49 1.612 46
5 Walsall 34 18 7 9 66 44 1.500 43
6 Birmingham Reserves 34 17 7 10 73 60 1.217 41
7 Stoke 34 15 7 12 82 52 1.577 37
8 West Bromwich Albion Reserves 34 16 5 13 65 37 1.757 37
9 Stourbridge 34 15 3 16 78 74 1.054 33
10 Wrexham 34 13 7 14 61 62 0.984 33
11 Shrewsbury Town 34 13 5 16 48 63 0.762 31
12 Worcester City 34 10 9 15 65 66 0.985 29
13 Wellington Town 34 10 7 17 48 76 0.632 27
14 Kidderminster Harriers 34 9 6 19 52 83 0.627 24
15 Dudley Town 34 9 5 20 65 87 0.747 23
16 Stafford Rangers 34 9 5 20 48 80 0.600 23
17 Halesowen 34 8 3 23 44 90 0.489 19
18 Burton United 34 6 2 26 36 126 0.286 14
Source:

Southern Football League Division Two A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Stoke 10 10 0 0 48 9 5.333 20
2 Ton Pentre 10 4 2 4 17 21 0.810 10
3 Merthyr Town 9 4 1 4 16 21 0.762 9
4 Salisbury City 8 2 1 5 7 18 0.389 5
5 Burton United 6 2 0 4 8 21 0.381 4
6 Aberdare 7 1 0 6 6 11 0.545 2
Source:

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Birmingham & District League

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
14 September 1909Burton UnitedA0–22,000
211 September 1909Wolverhampton Wanderers ReservesA2–23,000Griffiths (2)
318 September 1909Wolverhampton Wanderers ReservesH0–25,000
423 September 1909Shrewsbury TownA1–01,500Leese
525 September 1909WalsallH5–13,000Baddeley (2), Millward (2), Cook (o.g.)
62 October 1909Aston Villa ReservesA1–26,000Smith
79 October 1909Kidderminster HarriersH4–23,000Griffiths (2), Leese (2)
816 October 1909StourbridgeA0–51,000
923 October 1909Worcester CityH3–12,000Griffiths (2), Leigh
1030 October 1909West Bromwich Albion ReservesH1–38,500Baddeley
116 November 1909Wellington TownA0–12,000
1213 November 1909HalesowenH4–02,000Griffiths (2), Leese, Millward
1327 November 1909Birmingham ReservesH4–06,000Griffiths (2), Leese, Leigh
1411 December 1909Brierley Hill AllianceH4–12,000Griffiths (2), Millward, Turner
1518 December 1909WrexhamA2–13,000Baddeley, Leese
1628 December 1909Dudley TownA4–52,000Baddeley, Leese (2), Millward
171 January 1910Crewe AlexandraA2–45,000Griffiths, Leigh
188 January 1910Burton UnitedH8–02,000Griffiths (2), Leigh, Baddeley (3), Millward, Hall
1929 January 1910Shrewsbury TownH2–12,000Baddeley, Leese
205 February 1910WalsallA2–23,000Baddeley, Griffiths
2112 February 1910Aston Villa ReservesH3–210,000Baddeley, Griffiths (2)
2219 February 1910Kidderminster HarriersA0–12,000
2326 February 1910StourbridgeH6–13,000S Baddeley, Griffiths (2), Leese, Millward, Taylor
245 March 1910Worcester CityA1–12,000Millward
2512 March 1910West Bromwich Albion ReservesA1–14,500Griffiths
2619 March 1910Wellington TownH5–12,500Hall (2), Smith (2), Taylor
2726 March 1910HalesowenA1–21,000Hall
2828 March 1910Crewe AlexandraH0–015,000
292 April 1910Dudley TownH6–13,000Griffiths (2), Leigh (2), Smith, Taylor
304 April 1910Stafford RangersA0–01,000
3116 April 1910Stafford RangersH3–13,000Griffiths, Millward (2)
3218 April 1910Birmingham ReservesA3–04,000Griffiths, Millward, Taylor
3323 April 1910Brierley Hill AllianceA2–22,000Millward, Leese
3430 April 1910WrexhamH3–03,000Millward, Leese, Baddeley

Southern Football League Division Two A

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
11 September 1909Merthyr TownH11–04,000Griffiths (3), Leese, Millward, Smith (4), Tomlinson (2)
213 September 1909Merthyr TownA4–23,000Griffiths, Leese, Tomlinson, Leigh
330 September 1909Ton PentreH8–12,500Griffiths (3), Baddeley (2), Smith (2), Jones (o.g.)
44 October 1909AberdareA2–02,000Baddeley, Leese
58 November 1909AberdareH3–24,000Baddeley, Smith (2)
625 December 1909Burton UnitedA7–12,000Baddeley (5), Griffiths, Millward
727 December 1909Burton UnitedH5–04,000Baddeley, S Baddeley, Leigh (2), Smith
822 January 1910Salisbury CityA3–21,000Leese (2), Smith
925 March 1910Ton PentreA3–13,000Griffiths (2), Smith
1014 April 1910Salisbury CityH2–03,000Baddeley (2)

Division Two championship play-off

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
25 April 1910Hastings & St Leonards UnitedH6–07,000Griffiths, Leese, Smith (3), Turner

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
4QR20 November 1909Ilkeston UnitedH2–02,000Leigh, Smith
5QR4 December 1909Exeter CityH0–07,000
5QR Replay8 December 1909Exeter CityA1–13,500Leese
5QR Second Replay13 December 1909Exeter CityN2–13,000Leigh, Millward
R115 January 1910Newcastle UnitedH1–118,000Baddeley
R1 Replay19 January 1910Newcastle UnitedA1–214,000Griffiths

Birmingham League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R120 September 1909Brierley Hill AllianceH2–22,000Griffiths, Smith
R1 Replay18 October 1909Brierley Hill AllianceA5–01,500A Baddeley (4), S Baddeley
R21 November 1909StourbridgeH3–12,000Leigh, Smith, Tomlinson
R39 April 1910Aston Villa ReservesA1–24,000Leigh

Squad statistics

Pos. Name League FA Cup Birmingham League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GKEngland Tom Baddeley 70001080
GKEngland Jack Benton 40000040
GKEngland Fred Rathbone 70000070
GKEngland Jack Robinson 2706020350
DFEngland Dick Hawe 10000010
DFScotland James Hay 3306030420
DFEngland Harry Hutsby 40002060
DFEngland Charles James 30000030
DFEngland Ernest Mullineux 3105030390
DFEngland George Turner 2021010222
DFEngland Jimmy Williams 50100060
MFEngland Sam Baddeley 4226041523
MFEngland Archie Dyke 10000010
MFEngland Ellis Hall 3946040494
MFEngland Fred Lewis 20000020
MFEngland William Owen 20000020
MFEngland Albert Pitt 10000010
MFEngland Fred Steel 30000030
MFEngland Fred Tomlinson 1933031254
FWEngland Amos Baddeley 302421443629
FWEngland Albert Bullock 10000010
FWEngland Thomas Greaves 20000020
FWEngland Arthur Griffiths 423661415238
FWEngland Vic Horrocks 00100010
FWEngland Harry Leese 401861405019
FWEngland Harry Leigh 42952425113
FWEngland Ernie Millward 401561204816
FWEngland William Smith 371861324621
FWEngland Harry Taylor 1040000104
Own goals 2002

References

  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
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