1909–10 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1909–10 season
Chairman Mr Rev. A Hurst
Manager Alfred Barker
Birmingham & District League 7th (37 Points)
FA Cup Round 1
Top goalscorer Arthur Griffiths (36)
Highest home attendance 15,000 vs Crewe Alexandra (28 March 1910)
Lowest home attendance 2,500 vs Ton Pentre (30 September 1909)
← 1908–09 1910–11 →

The 1909-10 season was Stoke's 22nd season of league football and second in the Birmingham & District League it was also the first in the Southern Football League.

Contents

Overview

Stoke decided to field two teams during the 1909–10 season one in the Birmingham & District League and one in the Southern Football League Division Two Western.

The standard in the southern League was of a poor quality and Stoke won the league with no difficulty, winning all of their 10 league matches with a goal-average of 48–9. They started of with a 11–0 win over Merthyr Tydfil and ended with a 6–0 win in a 'championship decider' against Hastings & St Leonards. However promotion to the Southern League's top tier was not achieved due to the Division Two Eastern and Western merging.

The Birmingham & District League was considerably tougher as Stoke finished 7th and never threatened to challenge the leaders at the top.

Arthur Griffiths was signed back from Oldham Athletic and finished the season with 36 goals to his name. Amos Baddeley also score 24 goals one coming in a match against West Brom Reserves where he scored after just eight seconds.

Final league table

Southern Football League Division Two A

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GAv1 Pts2 Notes
1 Stoke 10 10 0 0 48 9 5.33 20
2 Ton Pentre 10 4 2 4 17 21 0.80 10
3 Merthyr Town 9 4 1 4 16 21 0.76 9
4 Salisbury City 8 2 1 5 7 18 0.39 5
5 Burton United 6 2 0 4 8 21 0.38 4 Left league at end of season
6 Aberdare 7 1 0 6 6 11 0.55 2

1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.

2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Birmingham & District League

Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 4 September 1909 Burton United A 0 – 2 2,000
2 11 September 1909 Wolves Reserves A 2 – 2 3,000 Griffiths (2)
3 18 September 1909 Wolves Reserves H 0 – 2 5,000
4 23 September 1909 Shrewsbury Town A 1 – 0 1,500 Leese
5 25 September 1909 Walsall H 5 – 1 3,000 Baddeley (2), Millward (2), Cook (o.g.)
6 2 October 1909 Aston Villa Reserves A 1 – 2 6,000 Smith
7 9 October 1909 Kidderminster Harriers H 4 – 2 3,000 Griffiths (2), Leese (2)
8 16 October 1909 Stourbridge A 0 – 5 1,000
9 23 October 1909 Worcester City H 3 – 1 2,000 Griffiths (2), Leigh
10 30 October 1909 West Brom Reserves H 1 – 3 8,500 Baddeley
11 6 November 1909 Wellington Town A 0 – 1 2,000
12 13 November 1909 Halesowen H 4 – 0 2,000 Griffiths (2), Leese, Millward
13 27 November 1909 Birmingham Reserves H 4 – 0 6,000 Griffiths (2), Leese, Leigh
14 11 December 1909 Brierley Hill Alliance H 4 – 1 2,000 Griffiths (2), Millward, Turner
15 18 December 1909 Wrexham A 2 – 1 3,000 Baddeley, Leese
16 28 December 1909 Dudley Town A 4 – 5 2,000 Baddeley, Leese (2), Millward
17 1 January 1910 Crewe Alexandra A 2 – 4 5,000 Griffiths, Leigh
18 8 January 1910 Burton United H 8 – 0 2,000 Griffiths (2) , Leigh, Baddeley (3), Millward, Hall
19 29 January 1910 Shrewsbury Town H 2 – 1 2,000 Baddeley, Leese
20 5 February 1910 Walsall A 2 – 2 3,000 Baddeley, Griffiths
21 12 February 1910 Aston Villa Reserves H 3 – 2 10,000 Baddeley, Griffiths (2)
22 19 February 1910 Kidderminster Harriers A 0 – 1 2,000
23 26 February 1910 Stourbridge H 6 – 1 3,000 Sam Baddeley, Griffiths (2), Leese, Millward, Taylor
24 5 March 1910 Worcester City A 1 – 1 2,000 Millward
25 12 March 1910 West Brom Reserves A 1 – 1 4,500 Griffiths
26 19 March 1910 Wellington Town H 5 – 1 2,500 Hall (2), Smith (2), Taylor
27 26 March 1910 Halesowen A 1 – 2 1,000 Hall
28 28 March 1910 Crewe Alexandra H 0 – 0 15,000
29 2 April 1910 Dudley Town H 6 – 1 3,000 Griffiths (2), Leigh (2), Smith, Taylor
30 2 April 1910 Stafford Rangers A 0 – 0 1,000
31 16 April 1910 Stafford Rangers H 3 – 1 3,000 Griffiths, Millward (2)
32 18 April 1910 Birmingham Reserves A 3 – 0 4,000 Griffiths, Millward, Taylor
33 23 April 1910 Brierley Hill Alliance A 2 – 2 2,000 Millward, Leese
34 30 April 1910 Wrexham H 3 – 0 3,000 Millward, Leese, Baddeley

Southern Football League Division Two A

Main article: 1909–10 Southern Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 1 September 1909 Merthyr Tydfil H 11 – 0 4,000 Griffiths (3), Leese, Millward, Smith (4), Tomlinson (2)
2 13 September 1909 Merthyr Tydfil A 4 – 2 3,000 Griffiths, Leese, Tomlinson, Leigh
3 30 September 1909 Ton Pentre H 8 – 1 2,500 Griffiths (3), Baddeley (2), Smith (2), Jones (o.g.)
4 4 October 1909 Aberdare A 2 – 0 2,000 Baddeley, Leese
5 8 November 1909 Aberdare H 3 – 2 4,000 Baddeley, Smith (2)
6 25 December 1909 Burton United A 7 – 1 2,000 Baddeley (5), Griffiths, Millward
7 27 December 1909 Burton United H 5 – 0 4,000 Baddeley, Sam Baddeley, Leigh (2) , Smith
8 22 January 1910 Salisbury City A 3 – 2 1,000 Leese (2) , Smith
9 25 March 1910 Ton Pentre A 3 – 1 3,000 Griffiths (2), Smith
10 14 April 1910 Salisbury City H 2 – 0 3,000 Baddeley (2)

Division Two championship Play-off

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 April 1910 Hastings & St Leonards H 6 – 0 7,000 Griffiths, Leese, Smith (3), Turner

FA Cup

Main article: 1909–10 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
4QR 20 November 1909 Ilkeston United H 2 – 0 2,000 Leigh, Smith
5QR 4 December 1909 Exeter City H 0 – 0 7,000
5QR Replay 8 December 1909 Exeter City A 1 – 1 3,500 Leese
5QR Second Replay 13 December 1909 Exeter City N 2 – 1 3,000 Leigh, Millward
R1 15 January 1910 Newcastle United H 1 – 1 18,000 Baddeley
R1 Replay 19 January 1910 Newcastle United A 1 – 2 14,000 Griffiths

The Birmingham League Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 20 September 1909 Brierley Hill Alliance H 2 – 2 2,000 Griffiths, Smith
R1 Replay 18 October 1909 Brierley Hill Alliance A 5 – 0 1,500 A Baddeley (4), S Baddeley
R2 1 November 1909 Stourbridge H 3 – 1 2,000 Leigh, Smith, Tomlinson
R3 9 April 1910 Aston Villa Reserves A 1 – 2 4,000 Leigh

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Jack Robinson 27 0 6 0 33 0
GK Fred Rathbone 7 0 0 0 7 0
GK Jack Benton 4 0 0 0 4 0
GK Tom Baddeley 7 0 0 0 7 0
DF Ernest Mullineux 7 0 0 0 7 0
DF James Hay 33 0 6 0 39 0
DF Sam Baddeley 42 2 6 0 48 2
DF Harry Hutsby 4 0 0 0 4 0
DF Ellis Hall 39 4 6 0 45 4
DF Charles James 3 0 0 0 3 0
DF Jimmy Williams 5 0 1 0 6 0
DF George Turner 20 2 1 0 21 2
DF Dick Hawe 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Fred Tomlinson 19 3 3 0 22 3
MF Fred Steel 3 0 0 0 3 0
MF Ernie Millward 40 15 6 1 46 16
MF William Owen 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF Archie Dyke 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Albert Pitt 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Fred Lewis 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW Harry Leigh 42 9 5 2 47 11
FW William Smith 39 18 6 1 45 19
FW Harold Leese 40 18 6 1 46 19
FW Arthur Griffiths 42 36 6 1 47 37
FW Amos Baddeley 30 18 2 1 32 19
FW Albert Bullock 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Thomas Greaves 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW Harry Taylor 10 4 0 0 10 4

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