1907–08 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1907–08 season
Chairman Mr W Cowlishaw
Manager Horace Austerberry
Football League 10th (37 Points)
FA Cup Round 4
Top goalscorer Tom Holford (12)
Highest home attendance 12,000 vs Oldham Athletic (7 September 1907)
Lowest home attendance 1,500 vs Leicester Fosse (27 April 1908)
← 1906–07 1908–09 →

The 1907–08 season was Stoke's 20th season of league football and first in the Second Division.

Contents

Overview

The 1907–08 season saw Stoke playing in the Second Division for the first time and they started the season poorly losing four matches in September. They quickly dropped into the bottom two although results did pick up Stoke finished in a poor 10th place which was their highest position of the season.

Stoke were very inconsistent beating teams 6–1 and 5–0 one week then being beat by the same scoreline the next. Stoke did produce some rare quality such as a 6–1 victory over Fulham which was regarded as one of the best attacking displays ever produced by a Stoke team according to the Athletic News.

In the FA Cup Stoke made it to the fourth round before being knocked out by Wolverhampton Wanderers in front of 31,000 fans. However after the being knocked out of the cup the fans deserted the team and crowds plummeted alarmingly and gate receipts only made around £40. Stoke made a loss of £1000 during the season meaning that many players left the club to find employment elsewhere and others were sold on the cheap.

Chairman Cowlishaw tried desperately to acquire the needed funds but failed and he immediately pulled Stoke out of the Football League and put the club into Liquidation. A new Board was installed and a new chairman Rev. A Hurst took over, Stoke applied for re-election and did manage to get on the voting paper but Stoke only managed to get six votes while Tottenham Hotspur claimed seventeen.

The news board placed Stoke in the Birmingham & District League for the following season where Stoke would attempt to rebuild.

Final league table

Second Division

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Bradford City 38 24 6 8 90 42 2.143 54
2 Leicester Fosse 38 21 10 7 72 47 1.532 52
3 Oldham Athletic 38 22 6 10 76 42 1.810 50
4 Fulham 38 22 5 11 82 49 1.673 49
5 West Bromwich Albion 38 19 9 10 61 39 1.564 47
6 Derby County 38 21 4 13 77 45 1.711 46
7 Burnley 38 20 6 12 67 50 1.340 46
8 Hull City 38 21 4 13 73 62 1.177 46
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 15 7 16 50 45 1.111 37
10 Stoke[1] 38 16 5 17 57 52 1.096 37
11 Gainsborough Trinity 38 14 7 17 47 71 0.662 35
12 Leeds City 38 12 8 18 53 65 0.815 32
13 Stockport County 38 12 8 18 48 67 0.716 32
14 Clapton Orient 38 11 10 17 40 65 0.615 32
15 Blackpool 38 11 9 18 51 58 0.879 31
16 Barnsley 38 12 6 20 54 68 0.794 30
17 Glossop 38 11 8 19 54 74 0.730 30
18 Grimsby Town 38 11 8 19 43 71 0.606 30
19 Chesterfield 38 6 11 21 46 92 0.500 23
20 Lincoln City[2] 38 9 3 26 46 83 0.554 21

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1907–08 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 2 September 1907 Chesterfield H 1 – 1 3,000 Watkins
2 7 September 1907 Oldham Athletic H 1 – 3 12,000 Watkins
3 9 September 1907 Burnley A 1 – 3 7,000 Gallimore
4 14 September 1907 Clapton Orient A 0 – 3 5,000
5 21 September 1907 Leeds City H 2 – 1 10,000 Chalmers, Sturgess
6 28 September 1907 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0 – 2 9,000
7 5 October 1907 Gainsborough Trinity H 5 – 0 5,000 Fielding, Holford (2), Watkins, Gemmell
8 12 October 1907 Stockport County A 2 – 1 6,000 Holford, Watkins
9 19 October 1907 Glossop H 4 – 0 7,000 Holford, Fielding, Gemmell, Baddeley
10 26 October 1907 Leicester Fosse A 0 – 1 18,000
11 2 November 1907 Blackpool H 3 – 1 7,000 Holford, Baddeley (2)
12 9 November 1907 Grimsby Town A 0 – 1 4,000
13 11 November 1907 Clapton Orient H 3 – 0 5,000 Holford (2), Baddeley
14 16 November 1907 West Bromwich Albion A 0 – 1 10,000
15 23 November 1907 Bradford City H 3 – 0 8,000 Baddeley, Holford, Gallimore
16 30 November 1907 Hull City A 1 – 2 7,000 Holford
17 7 December 1907 Derby County H 0 – 3 6,000
18 14 December 1907 Lincoln City A 2 – 1 500 Brown, Arrowsmith
19 21 December 1907 Fulham H 6 – 1 6,000 Brown (3), Baddeley, Gallimore, Coxton
20 26 December 1907 Burnley H 0 – 0 10,000
21 28 December 1907 Barnsley A 1 – 0 2,000 Gallimore
22 4 January 1908 Oldham Athletic A 1 – 3 10,000 Brown
23 18 January 1908 Leeds City A 1 – 0 10,000 Baddeley
24 25 January 1908 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0 – 0 6,000
25 8 February 1908 Stockport County H 1 – 0 5,000 Williams
26 15 February 1908 Glossop A 0 – 2 1,000
27 29 February 1908 Blackpool A 0 – 1 4,000
28 14 March 1908 West Bromwich Albion H 1 – 1 5,000 Gallimore
29 19 March 1908 Grimsby Town H 5 – 0 3,000 Gallimore, Holford (2), Davies (2)
30 21 March 1908 Bradford City A 0 – 6 15,000
31 28 March 1908 Hull City H 1 – 1 2,500 Brown
32 4 April 1908 Derby County A 0 – 3 7,000
33 11 April 1908 Lincoln City H 3 – 0 2,000 Holford, Baddeley, Owen
34 17 April 1908 Gainsborough Trinity A 0 – 2 6,000
35 18 April 1908 Fulham A 1 – 5 15,000 Brown
36 20 April 1908 Chesterfield A 4 – 2 3,000 Brown, Baddeley, Chalmers (2)
37 25 April 1908 Barnsley H 4 – 0 1,800 Baddeley, Owen (3)
38 27 April 1908 Leicester Fosse H 0 – 1 1,500

FA Cup

Main article: 1907–08 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 11 January 1908 Lincoln City H 5 – 0 7,413 Gallimore (2), Brown, Holford, Wilson (o.g)
R2 1 February 1908 Gainsborough Trinity H 1 – 1 6,400 Baddeley (pen)
R2 Replay 5 February 1908 Gainsborough Trinity A 2 – 2 AET 6,000 Brown, Bentley
R2 Second Replay 10 February 1908 Gainsborough Trinity N 3 – 0 5,000 Brown, Holford, Watkins
R3 22 February 1908 Portsmouth A 1 – 0 20,000 Holford
R4 22 February 1908 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0 – 1 31,800

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Leigh Richmond Roose 3 0 0 0 3 0
GK Arthur Box 33 0 6 0 39 0
GK Fred Rathbone 2 0 0 0 2 0
FB Charlie Burgess 37 0 6 0 43 0
FB Ernest Mullineux 13 0 0 0 13 0
FB Harry Smith 1 0 0 0 1 0
FB William Cope 25 0 6 0 31 0
HB Tom Holford 29 12 6 3 35 15
HB Albert Sturgess 37 1 6 0 43 1
HB Lloyd Davies 2 0 0 0 2 0
HB Louis Williams 33 1 3 0 35 1
HB Frank Bentley 1 0 4 1 5 1
HB George Baddeley 37 4 6 1 43 5
HB Joe Brough 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Ross Fielding 27 2 1 0 28 2
FW Tom Coxton 9 1 3 0 12 1
FW Mart Watkins 17 4 3 1 20 5
FW John Chalmers 9 3 0 0 9 3
FW Jimmy Gemmell 11 2 0 0 11 2
FW Arthur Griffiths 4 0 0 0 4 0
FW Arthur Arrowsmith 7 1 4 0 11 1
FW George Gallimore 24 6 5 2 29 8
FW Bill Williamson 5 0 0 0 5 0
FW Amos Baddeley 16 6 0 0 16 6
FW William Davies 10 2 0 0 10 2
FW Freddie Brown 19 8 6 3 25 11
FW Walter Rodgers 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Syd Owen 5 4 0 0 5 4

References

  1. ^ Resigned from the Football League due to financial difficulties
  2. ^ Failed to be re-elected to the Football League

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