1935–36 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
1935–36 season
Chairman Mr A.McSherwin
Manager Bob McGrory
Football League First Division 4th (47 Points)
FA Cup Round 5
Top goalscorer Tommy Sale (14)
Highest home attendance 45,470 vs Arsenal (28 September 1935)
Lowest home attendance 8,374 vs Middlesbrough(21 December 1935)
← 1934–35 1936–37 →

The 1935–36 season was Stoke's 43rd season of league football and the 22nd in the First Division.

Contents

Overview

In the summer of 1935 former defender Bob McGrory took over as manager to end Tom Mather's eleven years in charge. McGrory decided not to make any major signings keeping faith with the current squad he had at the time but he did bring in his own back room staff in time for the start of the season.

McGrory's first season as manager turned out to be one of the finest season's in Stoke's history achieving 4th place in the First Division the highest place the club has ever been. They were never out of the top four of the table in the last three months and were regarded as one of the best teams in the country at the time.

Final league table

First Division

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Sunderland 42 25 6 11 109 74 1.473 56
2 Derby County 42 18 12 12 61 52 1.173 48
3 Huddersfield Town 42 18 12 12 59 56 1.054 48
4 Stoke City 42 20 7 15 57 57 1.000 47
5 Brentford 42 17 12 13 81 60 1.350 46
6 Arsenal 42 15 15 12 78 48 1.625 45
7 Preston North End 42 18 8 16 67 64 1.047 44
8 Chelsea 42 15 13 14 65 72 0.903 43
9 Manchester City 42 17 8 17 68 60 1.133 42
10 Portsmouth 42 17 8 17 54 67 0.806 42
11 Leeds United 42 15 11 16 66 64 1.031 41
12 Birmingham 42 15 11 16 61 63 0.968 41
13 Bolton Wanderers 42 14 13 15 67 76 0.882 41
14 Middlesbrough 42 15 10 17 84 70 1.200 40
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 15 10 17 77 76 1.013 40
16 Everton 42 13 13 16 89 89 1.000 39
17 Grimsby Town 42 17 5 20 65 73 0.890 39
18 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 6 20 89 88 1.011 38
19 Liverpool 42 13 12 17 60 64 0.938 38
20 Sheffield Wednesday 42 13 12 17 63 77 0.818 38
21 Aston Villa 42 13 9 20 81 110 0.736 35
22 Blackburn Rovers 42 12 9 21 55 96 0.573 33

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1935–36 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 31 August 1935 Leeds United H 3 – 1 22,549 Johnson (2), Davies
2 4 September 1935 Chelsea A 5 – 3 27,000 Johnson, Davies, Sale (2), Matthews
3 7 September 1935 West Bromwich Albion A 0 – 2 25,000
4 9 September 1935 Chelsea H 3 – 0 21,306 Sale, Steele, Turner (Pen)
5 14 September 1935 Sunderland H 0 – 2 34,509
6 18 September 1935 Liverpool A 0 – 2 35,000
7 21 September 1935 Birmingham A 5 – 0 12,000 Matthews (3), Johnson (2)
8 28 September 1935 Arsenal H 0 – 3 45,470
9 5 October 1935 Manchester City A 2 – 1 40,000 Sale, Westland
10 12 October 1935 Preston North End H 2 – 1 21,876 Sale, Turner (Pen)
11 19 October 1935 Brentford A 0 – 0 30,000
12 26 October 1935 Derby County H 0 – 0 27,384
13 2 November 1935 Everton A 1 – 5 34,000 Johnson
14 9 November 1935 Bolton Wanderers H 1 – 2 21,668 Sale
15 16 November 1935 Huddersfield Town A 1 – 2 12,000 Johnson
16 23 November 1935 Portsmouth H 2 – 0 16,470 Sale (2)
17 30 November 1935 Aston Villa A 0 – 4 25,000
18 7 December 1935 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 4 – 1 16,000 Sale (2), Liddle (2)
19 14 December 1935 Sheffield Wednesday A 1 – 0 14,000 Sale
20 21 December 1935 Middlesbrough H 1 – 1 8,374 Matthews
21 25 December 1935 Blackburn Rovers A 1 – 0 21,976 Matthews
22 26 December 1935 Blackburn Rovers H 2 – 0 23,000 Sale (2)
23 28 December 1935 Leeds United A 1 – 4 12,000 Steele
24 4 January 1936 West Bromwich Albion H 3 – 2 20,188 Steele, Matthews, Liddle
25 18 January 1936 Sunderland A 0 – 1 14,000
26 1 February 1936 Arsenal A 0 – 1 47,000
27 6 February 1936 Birmingham H 3 – 1 11,485 Davies (2), Westland
28 8 February 1936 Manchester City H 1 – 0 27,386 Westland
29 19 February 1936 Preston North End A 1 – 1 10,000 Turner (Pen)
30 22 February 1936 Brentford H 2 – 2 15,000 Sale, Liddle
31 29 February 1936 Bolton Wanderers A 2 – 1 10,204 Steele, Matthews
32 7 March 1936 Aston Villa H 2 – 3 18,344 Steele (2)
33 14 March 1936 Derby County A 1 – 0 20,000 Steele
34 21 March 1936 Huddersfield Town H 1 – 0 22,000 Matthews
35 28 March 1936 Portsmouth A 0 – 2 17,000
36 4 April 1936 Everton H 2 – 1 18,717 Turner, Matthews
37 10 April 1936 Grimsby Town A 0 – 3 9,000
38 11 April 1936 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1 – 1 20,000 Steele
39 13 April 1936 Grimsby Town H 1 – 0 22,770 Jack Hodgson (o.g.)
40 18 April 1936 Sheffield Wednesday H 0 – 3 16,362
41 25 April 1936 Middlesbrough A 0 – 0 10,000
42 2 May 1936 Liverpool H 2 – 1 13,231 Westland, Bradshaw (o.g.)

FA Cup

Main article: 1935–36 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R3 11 January 1936 Millwall A 0 – 0 25,000
R3 Replay 15 January 1936 Millwall H 4 – 0 18,000 Steele (3), Liddle
R4 25 January 1936 Manchester United H 0 – 0 25,000
R4 Replay 28 January 1936 Manchester United A 2 – 0 35,000 Sale, Robson
R5 15 February 1936 Barnsley A 1 – 2 40,245 Davies

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Norman Lewis 17 0 0 0 17 0
GK Norman Wilkinson 25 0 5 0 30 0
DF William Spencer 15 0 0 0 15 0
DF Charlie Scrimshaw 42 0 5 0 47 0
DF Arthur Tutin 42 0 5 0 47 0
DF Arthur Turner 42 4 5 0 47 4
DF Harry Sellars 6 0 0 0 6 0
DF Bill Winstanley 26 0 5 0 31 0
MF Stanley Matthews 40 10 5 0 45 10
MF Harry Davies 29 4 5 1 34 6
MF Frank Soo 35 0 5 0 40 0
FW Robert Liddle 33 5 5 1 38 6
FW Tommy Sale 32 14 5 1 37 15
FW Joe Johnson 31 7 0 0 31 7
FW Freddie Steele 29 8 4 3 33 11
FW James Westland 14 4 0 0 14 4
FW John Almond 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW George Antonio 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Syd Fursland 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Billy Robson 0 0 1 1 1 1

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