1900–01 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1900-01 season
Chairman Mr W Cowlishaw
Manager Horace Austerberry
Football League 16th (27 Points)
FA Cup Round 1
Top goalscorer William Maxwell (16)
Highest home attendance 12,000 vs Aston Villa (29 December 1900)
Lowest home attendance 3,000 vs Derby County (24 November 1900)
← 1899–1900 1901–02 →

The 1900-1901 season was Stoke's 13th season of league football. It was also the first season of the 20th Century.

Contents

Overview

By now Stoke had lost the valuable services of previous players Jack Robertson, Jack Kennedy and Joe Turner also Jack Eccles became club trainer. In the 1900-01 season Stoke collected just two points from the first eight games and it was no surprise to see that Stoke at the bottom of the table. The situation did improve when Mart Watkins arrived from Oswestry Town but Stoke were seemingly always tied down to being in the relegation dog-fight which would be settled on the final day of the Season.

Stoke's reaming two games were both away to Wolves and Notts County. While the other relegation rivals Preston and West Brom faced each other. Stoke came out victorious in both games while Preston lost which relegated both West Brom and Preston meaning that Stoke were safe in 16th position.

It had been a tense and difficult season and a FA Cup defeat to Small Heath in the first round did little to boost morale. The club's finances were now in a very precarious state, both manager and chairman recognized this and the club would now look at the local leagues for players.

Final league table

First Division

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Liverpool 34 19 7 8 59 35 1.686 45
2 Sunderland 34 15 13 6 57 26 2.192 43
3 Notts County 34 18 4 12 54 46 1.174 40
4 Nottingham Forest 34 16 7 11 53 36 1.472 39
5 Bury 34 16 7 11 53 37 1.432 39
6 Newcastle United 34 14 10 10 42 37 1.135 38
7 Everton 34 16 5 13 55 42 1.310 37
8 The Wednesday 34 13 10 11 52 42 1.238 36
9 Blackburn Rovers 34 12 9 13 39 47 0.830 33
10 Bolton Wanderers 34 13 7 14 39 55 0.709 33
11 Manchester City 34 13 6 15 48 58 0.828 32
12 Derby County 34 12 7 15 55 42 1.310 31
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 9 13 12 39 55 0.709 31
14 Sheffield United 34 12 7 15 35 52 0.673 31
15 Aston Villa 34 10 10 14 45 51 0.882 30
16 Stoke 34 11 5 18 46 57 0.807 27
17 Preston North End 34 9 7 18 49 75 0.653 25
18 West Bromwich Albion 34 7 8 19 35 62 0.565 22

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1900–01 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 1 September 1900 Aston Villa A 0 – 2 15,000
2 8 September 1900 Liverpool H 1 – 2 12,000 Maxwell
3 10 September 1900 Notts County H 1 – 1 5,000 Jones
4 15 September 1900 Newcastle United A 1 – 2 20,000 Wood
5 22 September 1900 Sheffield United H 0 – 1 7,000
6 29 September 1900 Manchester City A 0 – 2 15,000
7 6 October 1900 Bury H 1 – 2 4,000 Maxwell
8 13 October 1900 Nottingham Forest A 1 – 1 9,000 Johnson
9 20 October 1900 Blackburn Rovers H 2 – 0 10,000 Jones, Maxwell
10 27 October 1900 The Wednesday H 2 – 1 6,000 Jones (2)
11 3 November 1900 West Bromwich Albion A 2 – 2 12,052 Maxwell, Watkins
12 10 November 1900 Everton H 0 – 2 8,000
13 12 November 1900 Bolton Wanderers H 2 – 1 3,000 Watkins, Wood
14 17 November 1900 Sunderland A 1 – 6 5,000 Johnson
15 24 November 1900 Derby County H 0 – 1 3,000
16 1 December 1900 Bolton Wanderers A 0 – 1 5,000
17 22 December 1900 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3 – 0 5,000 Maxwell (3)
18 25 December 1900 Preston North End A 2 – 4 6,000 Maxwell, Higginson
19 26 December 1900 Preston North End H 5 – 0 7,500 Maxwell (3), Higginson, Watkins
20 29 December 1900 Aston Villa H 0 – 0 12,000
21 1 January 1901 Liverpool A 1 – 3 10,000 Higginson
22 12 January 1901 Newcastle United H 2 – 0 6,000 Benbow (2)
23 19 January 1901 Sheffield United A 4 – 0 4,000 Maxwell (2), Johnson, Watkins
24 26 January 1901 Manchester City H 2 – 1 3,000 Johnson, Watkins
25 16 February 1901 Nottingham Forest H 0 – 3 7,000
26 23 February 1901 Blackburn Rovers A 2 – 3 5,000 Maxwell, Watkins
27 2 March 1901 The Wednesday A 0 – 4 3,000
28 9 March 1901 West Bromwich Albion H 2 – 0 5,000 Maxwell, Leech
29 16 March 1901 Everton A 0 – 3 10,000
30 23 March 1901 Sunderland H 0 – 0 9,000
31 30 March 1901 Derby County A 1 – 4 5,000 Leech
32 5 April 1901 Bury A 2 – 3 2,000 Watkins, Whitehouse
33 9 April 1901 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2 – 0 4,000 Watkins, Higginson
34 13 April 1901 Notts County A 4 – 2 6,000 Watkins, Higginson, Maxwell, Johnson

FA Cup

Main article: 1900–01 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
IR 5 January 1901 Glossop H 1 – 0 5,000 Benbow
R1 12 February 1901 Small Heath H 1 – 1 12,000 Watkins
R1 Replay 13 February 1901 Small Heath A 1 – 2 AET 10,000 Benbow

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Tom Wilkes 27 0 3 0 30 0
GK Arthur Cartlidge 7 0 0 0 7 0
FB Bill Capewell 33 0 3 0 36 0
FB Jack Eccles 2 0 1 0 3 0
FB Peter Durber 33 0 2 0 35 0
HB Tom Holford 6 0 1 0 7 0
HB Edward Parsons 5 0 1 0 6 0
HB Alf Wood 29 2 2 0 31 2
HB James Bradley 34 0 3 0 37 0
HB Billy Leech 33 2 2 0 35 2
HB John Bowman 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW Arthur Lockett 16 0 0 0 16 0
FW William Maxwell 27 16 3 0 30 16
FW Frank Whitehouse 6 1 0 0 6 1
FW Jimmy Jones 12 4 1 0 13 4
FW Mart Watkins 28 9 3 1 31 10
FW George Harris 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Len Benbow 21 2 3 2 24 4
FW Sam Higginson 18 5 2 0 20 5
FW Freddie Johnson 34 5 3 0 37 5

References

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