1954–55 Stoke City F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke City 1954–55 Frank Taylor Mr T. Duddell Victoria Ground Football League Second Division 5th (52 Points) FA Cup Fourth Round Harry Oscroft (21) Harry Oscroft (21) 47,000 vs Port Vale (4 September 1954) 7,050 vs Fulham (26 March 1955) 21,131 1953–54 1955–56 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes FFFFFF FF0000 The 1954–55 season was Stoke City's 48th season in the Football League and the 15th in the Second Division. Taylor continued to add new players to the squad as the aim for 1954–55 was to gain promotion back to the First Division. Stoke made a great start to the season winning five out of their first six matches. Taylor was able to field a settled team for the majority of the season alas Stoke could not keep up their form and promotion was missed with Stoke finishing in 5th position. In the FA Cup Stoke were involved in one of the longest cup ties as their third round encounter with Bury went on to a fourth replay with Stoke finally winning 3–2 after 9 hours and 22 minutes of football.Matthews Tony The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1994 Lion Press 0-9524151-0-0 Season review League Stoke manager Frank Taylor continued to purchase players as he attempted to guide Stoke back into the First Division. He added the Wolverhampton Wanderers left back Jack Short to his squad in the summer of 1954. Things looked to be improving when Stoke started the 1954–55 season in fine form winning five out of six. Taylor was fortunate to be able to field a settled side but the form rate was not maintained and promotion was missed, albeit by a narrow margin, Stoke taking fifth spot just two behind promoted Birmingham City and Luton Town. During the season Stoke beat Liverpool away 4–2 their first victory at Anfield for 60 years. FA Cup In the FA Cup Stoke were drawn with Bury in the third round and after four draws the tie went to a fourth replay with Stoke finally beating Bury 3–2 in extra time. In total the tie took 9 hours and 22 minutes of football and had an aggregated scoreline of 10–9. Unfortunately for Stoke it was all in vain as in the next round they were defeated by Swansea Town. Final league table Second Division y STK Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Second Division 1954–55 Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 21 August 1954 Birmingham CityH2–127,984Oscroft, Hutton2 25 August 1954 Nottingham ForestA3–020,515King (3) (2 Pens)3 28 August 1954 MiddlesbroughA2–117,820King, Oscroft4 30 August 1954 Nottingham ForestH2–022,925Hutton, Oscroft5 4 September 1954 Port ValeH0–047,0006 8 September 1954 Leeds UnitedA1–020,000King7 11 September 1954 Rotherham UnitedH1–227,271Oscroft8 13 September 1954 Leeds UnitedH0–118,7379 18 September 1954 Luton TownA1–317,352Bevans10 22 September 1954 Ipswich TownA1–015,536Oscroft11 25 September 1954 Hull CityH0–010,18512 2 October 1954 Lincoln CityA4–113,728Oscroft (3), Hutton13 9 October 1954 Notts CountyA0–123,00014 16 October 1954 LiverpoolH2–023,569Oscroft, Hutton15 23 October 1954 West Ham UnitedA0–327,20016 30 October 1954 Blackburn RoversH1–127,540Bowyer17 6 November 1954 FulhamA2–232,000Bowyer, Oscroft18 13 November 1954 Swansea TownH4–119,993Hutton, Malkin, Short (2)19 27 November 1954 Derby CountyH3–118,055Bowyer (2), Oscroft20 4 December 1954 Bristol RoversA1–121,240McCue21 11 December 1954 Plymouth ArgyleH3–117,397Bowyer, King (2)22 18 December 1954 Birmingham CityA0–222,10023 25 December 1954 BuryH3–218,312King (3)24 27 December 1954 BuryA1–124,091King25 1 January 1955 MiddlesbroughH1–219,272Harris (o.g.)26 5 February 1955 Luton TownH0–021,15627 12 February 1955 Hull CityA1–110,165Oscroft28 19 February 1955 Lincoln CityH4–212,363Bowyer (3), King29 5 March 1955 LiverpoolA4–235,635King (2), Oscroft, Malkin30 12 March 1955 West Ham UnitedH0–220,49631 19 March 1955 Blackburn RoversA0–227,20032 26 March 1955 FulhamH1–17,050Oscroft33 28 March 1955 Notts CountyH3–08,171Oscroft (2), Finney34 2 April 1955 Swansea TownA5–312,534Oscroft (2), Finney, Bowyer, King35 9 April 1955 Doncaster RoversH3–020,259Oscroft, Bowyer, King36 11 April 1955 Ipswich TownH3–020,551Oscroft, Bowyer, Malkin37 16 April 1955 Derby CountyA2–112,584Finney, King38 18 April 1955 Rotherham UnitedA1–219,888Bowyer39 20 April 1955 Doncaster RoversA1–19,857Malkin40 23 April 1955 Bristol RoversH2–018,139Oscroft, Finney41 25 April 1955 Port ValeA1–040,066Bowyer42 30 April 1955 Plymouth ArgyleA0–223,844 FA Cup 1954–55 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR38 January 1955 BuryA1–120,227KingR3 Replay12 January 1955 BuryH1–1 (aet)13,352RatcliffeR3 Second Replay17 January 1955 BuryN3–3 (aet)2,469Bowyer (2), KingR3 Third Replay19 January 1955 BuryN2–2 (aet)9,881Ratcliffe, KingR3 Fourth Replay24 January 1955 BuryN3–2 (aet)22,549Thomson, Coleman (2)R428 January 1955 Swansea TownA1–327,892Malkin Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG Wilf Hall105060GKENG Bill Robertson41010420DFENG George Bourne28060340DFENG John McCue41100411DFENG Jack Short25260312DFSCO Ken Thomson41061471MFSCO Bobby Cairns18060240MFENG Frank Mountford40030430MFENG Alan Martin303060MFENG John Sellars38000380FWENG Stan Bevans11100111FWENG Frank Bowyer2913623515FWENG Neville Coleman202242FWENG Bill Finney11440154FWENG Colin Hutchinson600060FWSCO Joe Hutton19500195FWENG Johnny King3617634220FWENG John Malkin26451315FWENG Harry Oscroft3721103821FWENG Don Ratcliffe6052112FWENG Derrick Ward301040–Own goals–1–0–1 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke