1920–21 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1920–21 season
Chairman Mr E.Reynish
Manager Arthur Shallcross
Football League Second Division 20th (35 Points)
FA Cup Round 1
Top goalscorer Arthur Watkin (15)
Highest home attendance 27,455 vs Port Vale (2 October 1920)
Lowest home attendance 5,000 vs Barnsley (2 March 1921)
← 1919–20 1921–22 →

The 1920–21 season was Stoke's 28th season of league football and the third in the Second Division.

Contents

Overview

For the 1920–21 season there was a lot of movement at boardroom level as former player Samuel Ashworth and several others became club directors. This was to try to help Stoke bring in better quality players to the Victoria Ground. Tom Brittleton made the move and immediately became club captain. However manager Shallcross angered Stoke supporters with the unnecessary sale of Charles Parker to Sunderland who had spent six years at Stoke and became a fan favourite.

A shortage of goals saw Stoke slip dangerously towards towards the lower regions of the Second Division as the 1920-21 season progressed and with only one club being relegated to the newly formed Third Division the margin of five points and a 20th place finish out of 22 was too close for comfort. However it was the signings of Bob McGrory and the Broad brothers Jimmy and Tommy which proved to the main positives of a disappointing season.

Final league table

Second Division

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Birmingham 42 24 10 8 79 38 2.079 58
2 Cardiff City 42 24 10 8 59 32 1.844 58
3 Bristol City 42 19 13 10 49 29 1.690 51
4 Blackpool 42 20 10 12 54 42 1.286 50
5 West Ham United 42 19 10 13 51 30 1.700 48
6 Notts County 42 18 11 13 55 40 1.375 47
7 Clapton Orient 42 16 13 13 43 42 1.024 45
8 South Shields 42 17 10 15 61 46 1.326 44
9 Fulham 42 16 10 16 43 47 0.915 42
10 The Wednesday 42 15 11 16 48 48 1.000 41
11 Bury 42 15 10 17 45 49 0.918 40
12 Leicester City 42 12 16 14 39 46 0.848 40
13 Hull City 42 10 20 12 43 53 0.811 40
14 Leeds United 42 14 10 18 40 45 0.889 38
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 16 6 20 49 66 0.742 38
16 Barnsley 42 10 16 16 48 50 0.960 36
17 Port Vale 42 11 14 17 43 49 0.878 36
18 Nottingham Forest 42 12 12 18 48 55 0.873 36
19 Rotherham County 42 12 12 18 37 53 0.698 36
20 Stoke 42 12 11 19 46 56 0.821 35
21 Coventry City 42 12 11 19 39 70 0.557 35
22 Stockport County 42 9 12 21 42 75 0.560 30

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1920–21 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 28 August 1920 Nottingham Forest A 2 – 2 21,000 Brown, Parker
2 30 August 1920 Rotherham County H 2 – 0 10,000 Watkin, McColl
3 4 September 1920 Nottingham Forest H 4 – 0 19,000 Watkin (3), McColl
4 6 September 1920 Rotherham County A 1 – 1 15,000 Tempest
5 11 September 1920 The Wednesday A 3 – 1 25,000 Tempest (2), Brown
6 18 September 1920 The Wednesday H 0 – 1 30,000
7 25 September 1920 Port Vale A 1 – 2 19,967 McColl
8 2 October 1920 Port Vale H 0 – 1 27,455
9 9 October 1920 Notts County H 1 – 0 10,000 Watkin
10 16 October 1920 Notts County A 0 – 3 8,500
11 23 October 1920 Coventry City H 4 – 1 12,000 Tempest (2), McColl, Maddock
12 30 October 1920 Coventry City A 0 – 1 18,000
13 6 November 1920 Leeds United H 4 – 0 14,000 Watkin (3), Brown
14 13 November 1920 Leeds United A 0 – 0 20,000
15 20 November 1920 Birmingham H 1 – 2 15,000 Brown
16 27 November 1920 Birmingham A 0 – 3 12,000
17 4 December 1920 West Ham United H 1 – 0 10,000 Brittleton
18 11 December 1920 West Ham United A 0 – 1 15,000
19 18 December 1920 Fulham H 1 – 2 7,000 Brittleton
20 25 December 1920 Leicester City A 1 – 3 20,000 Watkin
21 27 December 1920 Leicester City H 1 – 1 15,000 Tempest
22 1 January 1921 Fulham A 3 – 1 8,500 Watkin (2), Brittleton
23 15 January 1921 South Shields A 1 – 1 15,000 Burton
24 22 January 1921 South Shields H 0 – 0 5,000
25 5 February 1921 Cardiff City A 1 – 0 28,000 Watkin
26 12 February 1921 Hull City A 1 – 1 5,000 Watkin
27 14 February 1921 Cardiff City H 0 – 0 12,000
28 26 February 1921 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 3 – 3 20,000 Watkin, McColl, Smith
29 10 March 1921 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1 – 0 8,000 Tempest
30 12 March 1921 Stockport County A 0 – 2 4,000
31 19 March 1921 Stockport County H 1 – 0 7,000 Watkin
32 25 March 1921 Blackpool A 1 – 3 14,000 Whitehurst
33 26 March 1921 Clapton Orient H 0 – 1 14,000
34 28 March 1921 Blackpool H 1 – 1 12,000 Tempest
35 2 April 1921 Clapton Orient A 2 – 3 6,000 Whitehurst, Little
36 9 April 1921 Bury H 0 – 1 7,000
37 11 April 1921 Hull City H 1 – 3 5,000 Tempest
38 16 April 1921 Bury A 0 – 3 5,000
39 23 April 1921 Bristol City H 0 – 0 7,000
40 30 April 1921 Bristol City A 0 – 5 6,000
41 2 May 1921 Barnsley H 3 – 2 5,000 Tempest (pen), Brittleton, Helme
42 7 May 1921 Barnsley A 0 – 1 7,000

FA Cup

Main article: 1920–21 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 8 January 1921 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2 – 3 35,000 Watkin, Burton

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Tom Kay 27 0 1 0 28 0
GK Percy Knott 12 0 0 0 12 0
GK Edwin Stevenson 3 0 0 0 3 0
DF Tom Brittleton 41 4 1 0 42 4
DF Alec Milne 42 0 1 0 43 0
DF Charles Parker 9 1 0 0 9 1
DF David Parkes 6 0 0 0 6 0
DF Jack Maddock 8 1 0 0 8 1
DF Percy Brooke 7 0 1 0 8 0
DF Jack Moorwood 9 0 0 0 9 0
DF Billy Twemlow 3 0 0 0 3 0
DF Bob McGrory 2 0 0 0 2 0
DF Bill Dickie 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF George Clarke 41 0 1 0 42 0
MF Dickie Smith 37 1 1 0 38 1
MF Harry Crossthwaite 18 0 1 0 19 0
MF Billy Tempest 37 10 1 0 38 10
MF John Spencer 16 0 0 0 16 0
FW David Brown 19 4 1 0 20 4
FW Jimmy McColl 27 5 0 0 27 5
FW Arthur Watkin 35 15 1 1 36 16
FW Matthew Burton 5 1 1 1 6 2
FW Louis Page 8 0 0 0 8 0
FW James Martin 3 0 0 0 3 0
FW Syd Mellor 3 0 0 0 3 0
FW George Jarvis 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW Tommy Little 17 1 0 0 17 1
FW Reginald Forrester 7 0 0 0 7 0
FW Albert Whitehurst 11 2 0 0 11 2
FW Jack Helme 4 1 0 0 4 1

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