1912–13 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1912–13 season
Chairman Mr Rev. A Hurst
Manager Alfred Barker
Southern League Division One 20th (24 Points)
FA Cup Round 1
Top goalscorer Alf Smith (9)
Highest home attendance 10,000 vs Northampton Town (14 September 1912)
Lowest home attendance 3,500 vs Reading (19 April 1913)
← 1911–12 1913–14 →

The 1912–13 season was Stoke's 24th season of league football and the fourth in the Southern Football League.

Contents

Overview

There were high hopes for Stoke during the 1912–13 season as Stoke managed to retain all the players who performed well last season while new players were brought in to improve competition for places. The main ambition was to finish in the top six, but by Christmas time Stoke were bottom and remained there all season.

The directors blamed a lack of luck while the supporters blamed manager Alfred Barker. However the truth was that Stoke weren't good enough and only 14 goals were scored during the first 15 matches of the season. Players who did well the previous season did not perform and relegation was duly suffered and it was back to the drawing board again for Stoke.

Relegation to the Southern League Division Two was the last thing the current board and chairman Mr A. Hurst needed. The chairman gave manager Alfred Barker another chance by allowing him to stay on for the next season much to the anger of Stoke supporters who vented their anger at an Annual General meeting.

Final league table

Southern Football League Division One

Pos Club P W D L GF GA Ave1 Pts2 Notes
1 Plymouth Argyle 38 22 6 10 77 36 2.14 50
2 Swindon Town 38 20 8 10 66 41 1.61 48
3 West Ham United 38 18 12 8 66 46 1.44 48
4 Queens Park Rangers 38 18 10 10 46 35 1.31 46
5 Crystal Palace 38 17 11 10 55 36 1.53 45
6 Millwall 38 19 7 12 62 43 1.44 45
7 Exeter City 38 18 8 12 48 44 1.09 44
8 Reading 38 17 8 13 59 55 1.07 42
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 13 12 13 48 47 1.02 38
10 Northampton Town 38 12 12 14 61 48 1.27 36
11 Portsmouth 38 14 8 16 41 49 0.84 36
12 Merthyr Town 38 12 12 14 42 60 0.70 36
13 Coventry City 38 13 8 17 53 59 0.90 34
14 Watford 38 12 10 16 43 50 0.86 34
15 Gillingham 38 12 10 16 36 53 0.68 34
16 Bristol Rovers 38 12 9 17 55 64 0.86 33
17 Southampton 38 10 11 17 40 72 0.56 31
18 Norwich City 38 10 9 19 39 50 0.78 29
19 Brentford 38 11 5 22 42 55 0.76 27 Relegated to Division Two
20 Stoke 38 10 4 24 39 75 0.52 24

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Southern Football League Division One

Main article: 1912–13 Southern Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 2 September 1912 Norwich City H 0 – 1 10,000
2 5 September 1912 Norwich City A 0 – 1 3,000
3 7 September 1912 Brighton & Hove Albion A 1 – 3 4,000 Whittaker
4 14 September 1912 Northampton Town H 1 – 0 4,000 Alf Smith
5 21 September 1912 Coventry City A 2 – 5 6,000 Alf Smith, Revill
6 28 September 1912 Queens Park Rangers H 0 – 0 7,000
7 2 October 1912 Watford A 4 – 2 4,000 Revill (2), Hardman, English (o.g.)
8 12 October 1912 Brentford H 1 – 0 5,000 Hardman
9 19 October 1912 Merthyr Town A 1 – 2 3,000 Alf Smith
10 26 October 1912 Millwall Athletic H 0 – 2 3,000
11 2 November 1912 Crystal Palace A 0 – 1 3,000
12 9 November 1912 Bristol Rovers H 2 – 1 4,000 Alf Smith, Turner (pen)
13 16 November 1912 Plymouth Argyle A 0 – 4 5,000
14 23 November 1912 Swindon Town H 1 – 1 8,000 Revill
15 30 November 1912 Southampton A 1 – 2 7,000 Alf Smith
16 7 December 1912 Portsmouth H 2 – 0 6,000 Revill, Lenaghan
17 14 December 1912 Reading A 2 – 6 3,000 Lenaghan, Hardman
18 21 December 1912 Exeter City H 0 – 2 5,000
19 25 December 1912 West Ham United A 0 – 5 8,000
20 26 December 1912 West Ham United H 0 – 1 10,000
21 28 December 1912 Brighton & Hove Albion H 4 – 1 7,000 Alf Smith, Revill, Hardman, Herbert
22 4 January 1913 Northampton Town A 0 – 9 1,600
23 18 January 1913 Coventry City H 0 – 1 5,000
24 25 January 1913 Queens Park Rangers A 0 – 1 12,000
25 6 February 1913 Watford H 1 – 2 6,000 Herbert
26 15 February 1913 Brentford A 2 – 4 2,000 Herbert, Alf Smith
27 22 February 1913 Merthyr Town H 2 – 0 4,000 Herbert, Alf Smith
28 1 March 1913 Millwall Athletic A 2 – 1 9,000 Herbert, Pentland
29 8 March 1913 Crystal Palace H 0 – 0 7,000
30 14 March 1913 Bristol Rovers A 0 – 4 2,000
31 21 March 1913 Gillingham A 0 – 0 5,000
32 22 March 1913 Plymouth Argyle H 0 – 2 5,000
33 24 March 1913 Gillingham H 0 – 2 3,500
34 29 March 1913 Swindon Town A 2 – 3 3,000 William Smith, Holmes
35 5 April 1913 Southampton H 3 – 1 4,000 William Smith, Holmes (2)
36 12 April 1913 Portsmouth A 1 – 4 4,000 Alf Smith
37 19 April 1913 Reading H 4 – 0 3,500 Revill, William Smith (2), Heggarty
38 26 April 1913 Exeter City A 0 – 1 1,000

FA Cup

Main article: 1912–13 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 16 January 1913 Reading H 2 – 2 14,000 William Smith, Revill
R1 Replay 22 January 1913 Reading A 0 – 3 12,000

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Richard Herron 5 0 0 0 5 0
GK Bert Gadsden 33 0 2 0 35 0
DF Ernest Mullineux 16 0 1 0 17 0
DF George Turner 33 1 2 0 35 1
DF Sam Baddeley 29 0 2 0 31 0
DF Joe Jones 30 0 2 0 32 0
DF George Smart 15 0 0 0 15 0
DF Charles James 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Alec Milne 16 0 0 0 16 0
DF Jimmy McVay 11 0 0 0 11 0
MF Ernest Hodkin 22 0 2 0 24 0
MF Enos Whittaker 16 1 2 0 18 1
MF Harold Hardman 19 4 0 0 19 4
MF Crop Hawkins 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF Archie Heggarty 20 1 2 0 22 1
MF Henry Hargreaves 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF Albert Pitt 4 0 0 0 4 0
MF Billy Tempest 4 0 0 0 4 0
MF George Roche 3 0 0 0 3 0
FW William Holmes 5 3 0 0 5 3
FW Alf Smith 34 9 2 0 36 9
FW Tom Revill 34 8 2 1 36 9
FW John Lenaghan 19 2 0 0 19 2
FW Harold Leese 5 0 1 0 6 0
FW Tom Bailey 13 0 0 0 13 0
FW Billy Herbert 16 5 2 1 18 6
FW Richard Coates 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Archie Sproson 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Fred Pentland 5 1 0 0 5 1
FW William Smith 5 3 0 0 5 3

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