1895–96 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1895–96 season
Chairman Mr S. Barker
Manager Bill Rowley
Football League 6th (30 Points)
FA Cup Round 3
Top goalscorer Tommy Hyslop (17)
Highest home attendance 12,000 vs West Bromwich Albion (21 September 1895)
Lowest home attendance 1,000 vs Burnley (7 December 1895)
← 1894–95 1896–97 →

The 1895–96 season was Stoke's eighth season of league football.

Contents

Overview

Before the start of the season, there was a mini-exodus of players to Southampton St. Mary's such as Jack Farrell, Samuel Meston, Willie Naughton and trainer Bill Dawson. Some players would later return to Stoke after their spell on the South coast.

In the summer of 1895 the club had become a Limited Liability Company and goalkeeper Bill Rowley was given the position of secretary-manager. One of Rowley's best pieces of business was to bring William Maxwell to the club. Maxwell went on to score 75 goals in 156 games with Stoke. One of the most bizarre transfers he made however was that of Alan Maxwell as Stoke paid his club Darwen a set of wrought iron gates.

On the pitch Stoke finished their highest position yet of sixth place, picking up 30 points in the process. Stoke only drew one game this season and that came in the FA Cup against Burnley.

Final league table

First Division

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Aston Villa 30 20 5 5 78 45 1.733 45
2 Derby County 30 17 7 6 68 35 1.943 41
3 Everton 30 16 7 7 66 43 1.535 39
4 Bolton Wanderers 30 16 5 9 49 37 1.324 37
5 Sunderland 30 15 7 8 52 41 1.268 37
6 Stoke 30 15 0 15 56 47 1.191 30
7 The Wednesday 30 12 5 13 44 53 0.830 29
8 Blackburn Rovers 30 12 5 13 40 50 0.800 29
9 Preston North End 30 11 6 13 44 48 0.917 28
10 Burnley 30 10 7 13 48 44 1.091 27
11 Bury 30 12 3 15 50 54 0.926 27
12 Sheffield United 30 10 6 14 40 50 0.800 26
13 Nottingham Forest 30 11 3 16 42 57 0.737 25
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 10 1 19 61 65 0.938 21
15 Small Heath[1] 30 8 4 18 39 79 0.494 20
16 West Bromwich Albion 30 6 7 17 30 59 0.508 19

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football league First Division

Main article: 1895–96 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 2 September 1895 Bolton Wanderers H 2 – 0 7,000 Dickson, Maxwell
2 7 September 1895 Derby County H 2 – 1 6,000 Schofield (2)
3 14 September 1895 Small Heath A 2 – 1 6,000 Dickson, Hyslop
4 21 September 1895 West Bromwich Albion H 3 – 1 12,000 Hyslop (3)
5 28 September 1895 Sheffield United A 0 – 1 6,000
6 5 October 1895 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0 – 1 4,000
7 12 October 1895 Derby County A 1 – 2 8,000 Wood
8 19 October 1895 Small Heath H 6 – 1 8,000 Schofield (3), Hyslop, Maxwell, Grewer
9 26 October 1895 Bolton Wanderers A 1 – 3 4,000 Hyslop
10 2 November 1895 Sheffield United H 4 – 0 8,000 Hyslop (2), Dickson, Clare
11 9 November 1895 West Bromwich Albion A 0 – 1 3,500
12 11 November 1895 Preston North End H 4 – 0 7,000 Hyslop (2), Lonie (2)
13 16 November 1895 The Wednesday A 1 – 2 4,000 Maxwell
14 23 November 1895 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 4 – 1 5,000 Lonie, Dickson (3)
15 28 November 1895 Nottingham Forest A 0 – 4 4,000
16 30 November 1895 Bury A 1 – 0 2,500 Hyslop
17 7 December 1895 Burnley H 2 – 1 1,000 Lonie, Schofield
18 11 December 1895 The Wednesday H 5 – 0 4,000 Hyslop (3), Dickson, Proctor
19 14 December 1895 Everton A 2 – 7 10,000 Schofield, Sandland
20 25 December 1895 Preston North End A 1 – 0 5,000 Proctor
21 26 December 1895 Bury H 0 – 2 4,000
22 4 January 1896 Aston Villa H 1 – 2 12,000 Schofield
23 22 February 1896 Aston Villa A 2 – 5 10,000 Dickson, Maxwell
24 14 March 1896 Sunderland H 5 – 0 6,000 Maxwell, Heames, Hyslop, A Maxwell, O'Neil (o.g.)
25 16 March 1896 Burnley A 0 – 2 3,000
26 21 March 1896 Nottingham Forest H 1 – 0 5,000 Hyslop
27 28 March 1896 Sunderland A 1 – 4 3,000 Hyslop
28 3 April 1896 Blackburn Rovers A 1 – 3 3,000 Turner
29 4 April 1896 Blackburn Rovers H 3 – 0 3,500 Maxwell (2), Johnson
30 11 April 1896 Everton H 1 – 2 3,000 Schofield

FA Cup

Main article: 1895–96 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 1 February 1896 Tottenham Hotspur H 5 – 0 6,000 Maxwell (3), Dickson, A Maxwell
R2 15 February 1896 Burnley A 1 – 1 10,000 Dickson
R2 Replay 20 February 1896 Burnley H 7 – 1 4,000 Dickson, Hyslop (4), A Maxwell, Maxwell
R3 29 February 1896 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0 – 3 16,000

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK George Clawley 26 0 4 0 30 0
GK Albert Boardman 3 0 0 0 3 0
GK Bill Rowley 1 0 0 0 1 0
FB Tommy Clare 30 1 4 0 34 1
FB Jack Eccles 28 0 4 0 32 0
FB Bill Capewell 1 0 1 0 2 0
FB Jack Robertson 13 0 2 0 15 0
HB Jimmy Turner 24 1 3 0 27 1
HB Jimmy Grewer 29 1 4 0 33 1
HB Davy Brodie 29 0 2 0 31 0
FW Freddie Johnson 8 1 1 0 9 1
FW Billy Heames 2 1 0 0 2 1
FW Alf Wood 4 1 0 0 4 1
FW Joe Schofield 28 9 4 0 32 9
FW Arthur Brookfield 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW Billy Dickson 30 8 4 3 34 11
FW William Maxwell 23 7 4 4 27 11
FW Tommy Hyslop 27 17 3 4 31 20
FW Bill Sawers 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Tom Lonie 9 4 0 0 9 4
FW Teddy Sandland 1 1 0 0 1 1
FW Edward Proctor 3 2 0 0 3 2
FW Alan Maxwell 8 1 4 2 12 3

References

  1. ^ Not re-elected after losing 'Test Match.' Invited to join Second Division

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