1957–58 Stoke City F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke City 1957–58 Frank Taylor Mr C. Salmon Victoria Ground Football League Second Division 11th (42 Points) FA Cup Fifth Round George Kelly (22) George Kelly (24) 27,568 vs Leyton Orient (28 December 1957) 10,879 vs Derby County (26 April 1958) 20,511 1956–57 1958–59 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes FFFFFF FF0000 The 1957–58 season was Stoke City's 51st season in the Football League and the 18th in the Second Division. The pressure was now beginning to increase on Frank Taylor with the club gearing up for another season in the second tier. Taylor believed he was building a useful and settled squad however the supporters were starting to get impatient with him. The 1957–58 season was again a huge disappointment as after a good first half of the season was followed up by a poor second half and they ended up in 11th position.Matthews Tony The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1994 Lion Press 0-9524151-0-0 Season review League Prior to the start of the 1957–58 season both George Bourne and John Malkin had to retire from playing due to injury. Despite this the management left the transfer market alone during the summer of 1957 with Frank Taylor saying: I am slowly getting together a useful squad and building a settled side. However the club was still short on forward players with only five available these of Frank Bowyer, Neville Coleman, Johnny King, George Kelly and Harry Oscroft. Yet to their credit these five kept the goals flowing with Kelly top scoring with 24 to his name. The 1957–58 season again proved to be a big disappointment and whilst until December Stoke were in the top two, they ended up in 11th place with absolutely nothing to show for the early efforts. Taylor did go out and spend £11,000 on Dennis Wilshaw from Wolverhampton Wanderers and long serving Frank Mountford bowed out after eight years and took up a coaching role a position he would keep until 1980. The fruits of the club's youth policy were slowly play dividends with the emergence this season of Tony Allen a quality full back who go on to win international honours with England. Peter Bullock also came through the youth team whilst he did not have a very successful career with Stoke he made his debut against Swansea Town at the age of 16 and 163 days old and he scored becoming the club's youngest player and goalscorer. FA Cup Stoke made in-roads in the FA Cup overcoming Aston Villa in a 2nd replay and then Middlesbrough to reach the fifth round where they came up against a powerful Bolton Wanderers side who with the help of Nat Lofthouse beat Stoke 3–1 as they went on to lift the cup. Final league table Second Division y STK Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Second Division 1957–58 Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 24 August 1957 MiddlesbroughH4–123,286Oscroft, King (2), Kelly2 26 August 1957 Bristol CityH3–023,001King, Kelly, Bowyer3 31 August 1957 Leyton OrientA2–017,497Kelly, Oscroft4 3 September 1957 Bristol CityA1–225,432Kelly5 7 September 1957 Charlton AthleticH2–226,848Kelly, Oscroft6 9 September 1957 Bristol RoversH3–523,090Kelly, Coleman, Asprey7 14 September 1957 Doncaster RoversA1–09,157King8 16 September 1957 Bristol RoversA0–220,0229 21 September 1957 Rotherham UnitedH4–120,487Kelly (3), Anderson10 23 September 1957 LiverpoolH1–223,231Twentyman (o.g.)11 28 September 1957 Huddersfield TownA0–112,46712 5 October 1957 Grimsby TownH4–118,540Kelly (2), Ratcliffe, King13 12 October 1957 Lincoln CityH1–120,791King14 19 October 1957 Notts CountyA2–113,400King, Kelly15 26 October 1957 Ipswich TownH5–117,469Acres (o.g.), Kelly (2), Oscroft (2)16 2 November 1957 Blackburn RoversA0–126,10017 4 November 1957 Cardiff CityH3–020,116Coleman (2), Bowyer18 9 November 1957 Sheffield UnitedH2–321,602Coleman, Bowyer19 16 November 1957 West Ham UnitedA0–523,23020 23 November 1957 BarnsleyH3–117,555King, Kelly, Ratcliffe21 30 November 1957 FulhamA4–319,781King, Coleman (3)22 9 December 1957 Swansea TownH6–224,113King (2), Bowyer, Kelly (3)23 14 December 1957 Derby CountyA0–024,35824 21 December 1957 MiddlesbroughA3–119,220Kelly (2), Coleman25 26 December 1957 Cardiff CityA2–530,240Kelly (2)26 28 December 1957 Leyton OrientH1–327,568Coleman27 11 January 1958 Charlton AthleticA0–320,15728 18 January 1958 Doncaster RoversH0–021,46629 1 February 1958 Rotherham UnitedA2–07,921Bowyer, Ratcliffe30 8 February 1958 Huddersfield TownH1–116,489Kelly31 22 February 1958 BarnsleyA2–114,182Bowyer, Short (o.g.)32 1 March 1958 Notts CountyH0–113,42533 8 March 1958 Ipswich TownA3–117,169Coleman (2), Wilshaw34 15 March 1958 Blackburn RoversH2–424,107Coleman, Wilshaw35 22 March 1958 Sheffield UnitedA0–319,54036 29 March 1958 West Ham UnitedH1–414,514King37 5 April 1958 Lincoln CityA3–18,169Oscroft, Wilshaw (2)38 7 April 1958 LiverpoolA0–339,44939 12 April 1958 FulhamH1–218,918King (pen)40 19 April 1958 Swansea TownA1–423,345Bullock41 22 April 1958 Grimsby TownA0–010,57942 26 April 1958 Derby CountyH2–110,879Wilshaw (2) FA Cup 1957–58 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR34 January 1958 Aston VillaH1–145,800KellyR3 Replay8 January 1958 Aston VillaA3–3 (aet)38,939Oscroft, Coleman, KellyR3 2nd Replay13 January 1958 Aston VillaN2–037,702Coleman, CairnsR425 January 1958 MiddlesbroughH3–143,756Wilshaw (3) 32', 35', 81'R515 February 1958 Bolton WanderersA1–356,667Cairns 87' Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG Wilf Hall24050290GKENG Ken Hancock000000GKENG Bill Robertson18000180DFENG Tony Allen34050390DFENG Ron Andrew500050DFENG John McCue33050380DFENG Peter Ford500050DFSCO Ken Thomson37050420MFENG Bill Asprey28100281MFSCO Bobby Cairns20052252MFENG Frank Mountford11000110MFENG John Sellars27050320FWAUS John Anderson410041FWENG Frank Bowyer36550415FWENG Peter Bullock310031FWENG Neville Coleman3312423714FWENG Peter Hall000000FWENG Colin Hutchinson200020FWSCO George Kelly3322523824FWENG Johnny King3815304115FWENG Harry Oscroft21611227FWENG Don Ratcliffe31320333FWENG Dennis Wilshaw19653249–Own goals–3–0–3 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke