1903–04 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1903-04 season
Chairman Mr W Cowlishaw
Manager Horace Austerberry
Football League 16th (27 Points)
FA Cup Round 1
Top goalscorer Arthur Capes (11)
Highest home attendance 16,000 vs Bury (1 September 1903)
Lowest home attendance 4,000 vs West Brom (28 November 1903)
← 1902–03 1904–05 →

The 1903-04 season was Stoke's 16th season of league football.

Contents

Overview

Off the pitch, Stoke's financial problems continued after spending £2000 on a roof for the Butler Street stand meaning that the season's budget was spent before a ball was kicked.

After the previous season when Stoke finished in 6th position there were many hopes of improvement. However these hopes were short-lived because the 1903–04 season was another poor one for Stoke and their fans. The team were in a deep relegation trouble from Christmas onwards. Arthur Lockett who was a key figure left to join Aston Villa as did Center forward Mart Watkins. Stoke's best signing was Fred Rouse an inside-forward from Grimsby Town he was one of a few Stoke players who showed promise.

At Eastertime there was a case of déjà vu for Stoke as in the 1900–01 season and in 1901–02 they were involved in a final day fight for survival, and once again Stoke survived. Stoke drew on the final match 1–1 against Derby County and that point was enough to see Stoke safe on 27 points one point more than Liverpool who went down with West Bromwich Albion.

Final league table

First Division

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 The Wednesday 34 20 7 7 48 28 1.714 47
2 Manchester City 34 19 6 9 71 45 1.578 44
3 Everton 34 19 5 10 59 32 1.844 43
4 Newcastle United 34 18 6 10 58 45 1.289 42
5 Aston Villa 34 17 7 10 70 48 1.458 41
6 Sunderland 34 17 5 12 63 49 1.286 39
7 Sheffield United 34 15 8 11 62 57 1.088 38
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 14 8 12 44 66 0.667 36
9 Nottingham Forest 34 11 9 14 57 57 1.000 31
10 Middlesbrough 34 9 12 13 46 47 0.979 30
11 Small Heath 34 11 8 15 39 52 0.750 30
12 Bury 34 7 15 12 40 53 0.755 29
13 Notts County 34 12 5 17 37 61 0.607 29
14 Derby County 34 9 10 15 58 60 0.967 28
15 Blackburn Rovers 34 11 6 17 48 60 0.800 28
16 Stoke 34 10 7 17 54 57 0.947 27
17 Liverpool 34 9 8 17 49 62 0.790 26
18 West Bromwich Albion 34 7 10 17 36 60 0.600 24

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1903–04 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 1 September 1903 Bury H 4 – 1 16,000 Davies, Higginson, Watkins, Capes
2 5 September 1903 Manchester City H 1 – 2 15,000 Whitehouse
3 12 September 1903 Notts County A 0 – 1 12,000
4 19 September 1903 Sheffield United H 3 – 4 12,000 Whitehouse, Higginson, Bradley
5 26 September 1903 Newcastle United A 0 – 1 15,000
6 3 October 1903 Aston Villa H 2 – 0 14,000 Watkins, Whitehouse
7 10 October 1903 Middlesbrough A 0 – 2 15,000
8 17 October 1903 Liverpool H 5 – 2 10,000 Whitehouse, Capes, Holford, Holdcroft (2)
9 24 October 1903 Bury A 2 – 2 5,000 Holford, Coxton
10 31 October 1903 Blackburn Rovers H 6 – 2 10,000 Holford, Coxton, Watkins, Whitehouse, Capes, Eastham (o.g.)
11 14 November 1903 The Wednesday H 3 – 1 12,000 Coxton, Watkins, Capes
12 21 November 1903 Sunderland A 0 – 3 10,000
13 25 November 1903 Nottingham Forest A 2 – 4 1,500 Baddeley, Capes
14 28 November 1903 West Bromwich Albion H 5 – 0 4,000 Watkins, Whitehouse, Davies (2), Higginson
15 5 December 1903 Small Heath A 0 – 1 5,000
16 12 December 1903 Everton H 2 – 3 7,000 Watkins, Coxton
17 19 December 1903 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 5 – 1 6,000 Watkins (2), Capes (3)
18 25 December 1903 Blackburn Rovers A 0 – 2 25,000
19 26 December 1903 Derby County A 0 – 5 18,000
20 28 December 1903 Middlesbrough H 0 – 0 10,000
21 2 January 1904 Manchester City A 2 – 2 16,000 Capes, Whitehouse
22 9 January 1904 Notts County H 0 – 2 8,000
23 16 January 1904 Sheffield United A 1 – 1 12,000 Gallimore
24 23 January 1904 Newcastle United H 2 – 3 6,000 Capes, Holford
25 30 January 1904 Aston Villa A 1 – 3 10,000 Capes
26 13 February 1904 Liverpool A 0 – 0 13,000
27 5 March 1904 Nottingham Forest H 2 – 3 7,000 Leonard (2)
28 12 March 1904 The Wednesday A 0 – 1 15,000
29 19 March 1904 Sunderland H 3 – 1 10,000 Leonard, Bradley, Haworth
30 26 March 1904 West Bromwich Albion A 0 – 3 8,107
31 2 April 1904 Small Heath H 1 – 0 5,000 Coxton
32 4 April 1904 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0 – 0 6,000
33 9 April 1904 Everton A 1 – 0 12,000 Whitehouse
34 23 April 1904 Derby County H 1 – 1 5,000 Whitehouse

FA Cup

Main article: 1903–04 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 2 February 1904 Aston Villa H 2 – 3 15,000 Higginson, Baddeley

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Leigh Richmond Roose 32 0 1 0 33 0
GK Jack Benton 1 0 0 0 1 0
GK Horace Viner 1 0 0 0 1 0
FB Charlie Burgess 22 0 0 0 22 0
FB Arthur Hartshorne 26 0 1 0 27 0
FB Harry Benson 13 0 0 0 13 0
FB Sam Meredith 7 0 1 0 8 0
HB Tom Holford 34 3 1 0 35 1
HB Albert Sturgess 3 0 0 0 3 0
HB James Bradley 29 2 1 0 30 2
HB George Baddeley 34 1 1 1 35 2
FW Albert Pitt 4 0 0 0 4 0
FW Ross Fielding 5 0 1 0 6 0
FW Tom Coxton 21 5 1 0 22 5
FW Charlie Hinks 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW George Gallimore 3 1 0 0 3 1
FW Arthur Leonard 10 3 0 0 10 3
FW Alf Smith 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Jack Haworth 4 1 0 0 4 1
FW Fred Rouse 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Frank Whitehouse 31 9 1 0 32 9
FW Ted Holdcroft 17 3 0 0 17 3
FW Mart Watkins 19 8 0 0 19 8
FW Arthur Capes 28 11 1 0 29 11
FW Sam Higginson 20 3 1 1 21 4
FW Lloyd Davies 7 3 0 0 7 3

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