1901–02 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1901-02 season
Chairman Mr W Cowlishaw
Manager Horace Austerberry
Football League 16th (31 Points)
FA Cup Round 3
Top goalscorer Mart Watkins (15)
Highest home attendance 13,000 vs Bury (2 September 1901)
Lowest home attendance 4,000 vs Newcastle United (11 January 1902)
← 1900–01 1902–03 →

The 1901–02 season was Stoke's 14th season of league football.

Contents

Overview

On the eve of the new season ace striker Willie Maxwell joined Third Lanark for £250 after scoring 85 goals in 173 games for the 'Potters'. He was sorely missed and although Mart Watkins weighed in with 15 goals, Stoke's League form in 1901–02 was again disappointing.

With Freddie Johnson now captain of the team Stoke again took 16th position in the table this time avoiding relegation by just a single point thanks mainly to a four-match unbeaten run right at the end of the League fixtures.

The relegation battle came to a crescendo in April with 14 of the 18 teams in the First Division in danger of being relegated to the Second Division. Even 3rd place Newcastle only escaped relegation by seven points.

Stoke with one of the poorest goal-averages in the Division were favourites to go down, however they managed to escape the releation places for a second season running. Stoke could have got relegation on the final day of the season if Small Heath had beaten Notts County but the match finished 0–0 and both Small Heath and Manchester City went down.

Stoke fared better in this season FA Cup making it to the quarter-finals before losing to Nottingham Forest. One of the positives of the season was the emergence of goal-keeper Leigh Richmond Roose

Final league table

First Division

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Sunderland 34 19 6 9 50 35 1.429 44
2 Everton 34 17 7 10 53 35 1.514 41
3 Newcastle United 34 14 9 11 48 34 1.412 37
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 15 6 13 52 48 1.083 36
5 Nottingham Forest 34 13 9 12 43 43 1.000 35
6 Derby County 34 13 9 12 39 41 0.951 35
7 Bury 34 13 8 13 44 38 1.158 34
8 Aston Villa 34 13 8 13 42 40 1.050 34
9 The Wednesday 34 13 8 13 48 52 0.923 34
10 Sheffield United 34 13 7 14 53 48 1.104 33
11 Liverpool 34 10 12 12 42 38 1.105 32
12 Bolton Wanderers 34 12 8 14 51 56 0.911 32
13 Notts County 34 14 4 16 51 57 0.895 32
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 13 6 15 46 57 0.807 32
15 Grimsby Town 34 13 6 15 44 60 0.733 32
16 Stoke 34 11 9 14 45 55 0.818 31
17 Small Heath 34 11 8 15 47 45 1.044 30
18 Manchester City 34 11 6 17 42 58 0.724 28

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1901–02 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 2 September 1901 Bury H 1 – 2 13,000 Lockett
2 7 September 1901 Liverpool H 1 – 0 12,000 Higginson
3 14 September 1901 Newcastle United A 1 – 5 20,000 Lockett
4 21 September 1901 Aston Villa H 1 – 0 10,000 Watkins
5 28 September 1901 Sheffield United A 1 – 1 12,000 Higginson
6 5 October 1901 Nottingham Forest H 1 – 1 8,000 Johnson
7 12 October 1901 Bury A 2 – 4 8,000 Watkins (2)
8 19 October 1901 Blackburn Rovers H 2 – 2 10,000 Watkins, Lockett
9 26 October 1901 Grimsby Town A 2 – 1 6,000 Watkins, Whitehouse
10 2 November 1901 Everton A 0 – 1 16,000
11 9 November 1901 Sunderland H 3 – 0 10,000 Watkins (2) Ned Doig (o.g.)
12 11 November 1901 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3 – 0 8,000 Watkins, Johnson, Hales
13 23 November 1901 Derby County H 1 – 1 8,000 Harris
14 30 November 1901 The Wednesday A 1 – 3 7,500 Johnson
15 7 December 1901 Notts County H 3 – 0 7,000 Watkins, Hales, Lockett
16 14 December 1901 Bolton Wanderers A 1 – 2 6,000 Watkins
17 26 December 1901 Sheffield United H 3 – 2 12,000 Watkins (2), McDonald
18 28 December 1901 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1 – 4 7,000 Whitehouse
19 4 January 1902 Liverpool A 0 – 7 7,000
20 11 January 1902 Newcastle United H 0 – 0 4,000
21 13 January 1902 Manchester City H 3 – 0 5,000 Higginson, Watkins, Whitehouse
22 18 January 1902 Aston Villa A 0 – 0 25,000
23 1 February 1902 Nottingham Forest A 0 – 2 6,000
24 15 February 1902 Blackburn Rovers A 1 – 6 7,000 Watkins
25 17 February 1902 Small Heath A 1 – 1 5,000 McDonald
26 1 March 1902 Everton H 1 – 2 10,000 McDonald
27 8 March 1902 Sunderland A 0 – 2 8,000
28 15 March 1902 Small Heath H 1 – 0 6,000 Lockett
29 22 March 1902 Derby County A 0 – 1 8,000
30 29 March 1902 The Wednesday H 1 – 2 7,000 Higginson
31 5 April 1902 Notts County A 1 – 1 5,000 Harris
32 12 April 1902 Bolton Wanderers H 4 – 0 5,000 Harris, Holford, Higginson (2)
33 14 April 1902 Grimsby Town H 2 – 0 4,000 Watkins, Holford
34 19 April 1902 Manchester City A 2 – 2 7,000 Holford, Jack Hillman (o.g.)

FA Cup

Main article: 1901–02 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 25 January 1902 Aston Villa H 2 – 2 20,000 Watkins, Hales
R1 Replay 29 January 1902 Aston Villa A 2 – 1 AET 22,000 Higginson, Hales
R2 8 February 1902 Bristol Rovers A 1 – 0 15,000 Dunn (o.g.)
R3 22 February 1902 Nottingham Forest A 0 – 2 29,000

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Tom Wilkes 8 0 0 0 8 0
GK George Boote 1 0 0 0 1 0
GK George Lawton 1 0 0 0 1 0
GK Leigh Richmond Roose 24 0 4 0 28 0
FB Charlie Burgess 3 0 1 0 4 0
FB Harry Benson 1 0 0 0 1 0
FB Bill Capewell 12 0 0 0 12 0
FB Andy Clark 34 0 3 0 37 0
FB Sam Meredith 27 0 4 0 31 0
HB Samuel Ashworth 25 0 4 0 29 0
HB Billy Leech 13 0 2 0 15 0
HB George Baddeley 7 0 0 0 7 0
HB Tom Holford 29 3 4 0 33 3
HB James Bradley 23 0 2 0 25 0
FW Ross Fielding 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW Arthur Lockett 27 5 4 0 31 5
FW Freddie Johnson 29 3 3 0 32 3
FW Mart Watkins 32 15 4 1 36 16
FW Len Hales 15 2 4 2 19 4
FW Billy McDonald 9 3 0 0 9 3
FW George Harris 15 3 0 0 15 3
FW Frank Whitehouse 6 3 0 0 6 3
FW Bertram Wallace 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Sam Higginson 30 6 4 1 34 7

References

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