1970–71 Stoke City F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke City 1970–71 Tony Waddington Albert Henshall Victoria Ground Football League First Division 13th (37 points) FA Cup Semi-final League Cup Second round Texaco Cup First round Anglo-Italian Cup Group Stage John Ritchie (13) John Ritchie (19) 39,889 vs Manchester United (20 March 1971) 13,358 vs Manchester City (14 April 1971) 19,905 1969–70 1971–72 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF The 1970–71 season was Stoke City's 64th season in the Football League and the 40th in the First Division. Stoke had a successful season making it to the semi-final of the FA Cup for only the second time in their history. Stoke made it through seven matches before facing Arsenal, where after building a 2–0 lead at Hillsborough Stoke let slip in the final few minutes and Arsenal levelled at 2–2. In the replay the "Gunners" won 2–0 at Villa Park. In the league Stoke finished in a mid-table position of 13th with 37 points, Stoke did record a famous win over Arsenal beating the eventual league champions 5–0 in September.Matthews Tony The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1994 Lion Press 0-9524151-0-0 Season review League Stoke had a good opening spell to the 1970–71 season, losing just three of their first 12 matches one of which was a crushing 5–2 defeat at Midlands rivals West Bromwich Albion. But generally the defence looked strong and solid and indeed six clean sheets were kept during that period. Stoke's sixth home game of the season on 26 September was against Bertie Mee's impressive Arsenal side at the Victoria Ground. Because of local travel difficulties (bus driver strike) just over 18,000 fans saw the match and those lucky enough to be there watch one of the best performances by a Stoke City side. Arsenal, who would go on to become First Division and FA Cup winners were well beaten 5–0 by Stoke in front of the Match of the Day cameras. As the season wore on Stoke found it difficult to maintain a consistent run of form in the First Division and their attentions soon turned towards the FA Cup. With the cup a distraction Stoke did well to finish in a mid table position of 13th. FA Cup After Christmas Stoke became heavily involved in the FA Cup and they came very close to making it to their first final. Revenge was gained over Millwall in the third round and then Huddersfield Town proved to be difficult to get the better of, the tie finally being decided in a second replay at Old Trafford, Stoke winning 1–0 thanks to a goal from Jimmy Greenhoff. In the fifth round Stoke met Ipswich Town and after a goalless draw, Denis Smith scoring the only goal at Portman Road to send Stoke through to face Hull City in the quarter-final. The tie at Boothferry Park was a cracking encounter with Stoke winning 3–2 to claim a place in the semi-final for the first time since 1899, 75 years ago. Their opponents in the semi-final were Arsenal with the tie played at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. Stoke produced a dominant first half display and went into the half time break 2–0 up, with Smith and Ritchie scoring the goals that sent Stoke supporters ecstatic. Alas it was not to be as Arsenal clawed their way back into the match thanks to two second half goals from Peter Storey with the last being a penalty in the last minute of the game. Stoke were left to rue only scoring two goals in their first half dominance as the "Gunners" earned a replay they hardly deserved. Villa Park was the venue for 'part two' of the contest and in front of 62,356, Arsenal comfortably won 2–0 and went on to lift the trophy and complete a domestic double alongside their First Division league title. On the eve of the final, Stoke won the third place play off against Everton 3–2. League Cup Millwall knocked Stoke out of the League Cup 2–1 in the second round. Final league table First Division y STK Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division 1970–71 Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 15 August 1970 Ipswich TownH0–017,0992 19 August 1970 Newcastle UnitedH3–015,197Burrows 22', Ritchie (2) 38', 89'3 22 August 1970 Derby CountyA0–235,4614 26 August 1970 West Bromwich AlbionA2–522,607Ritchie 12', Conroy 55'5 29 August 1970 Crystal PalaceH0–013,4696 2 September 1970 Nottingham ForestH0–013,9517 5 September 1970 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–121,056Greenhoff 25'8 12 September 1970 Leeds UnitedH3–022,592Ritchie (2) 20', 90', Burrows 47'9 19 September 1970 Manchester CityA1–435,473Bernard 80'10 26 September 1970 ArsenalH5–018,153Ritchie (2) 28', 43', Conroy 62', Greenhoff 64', Bloor 84'11 3 October 1970 BlackpoolA1–125,324Dobing 56'12 10 October 1970 West Ham UnitedH2–123,033Greenhoff 36', Dobing 89'13 17 October 1970 Ipswich TownA0–218,15914 24 October 1970 Tottenham HotspurA0–336,23815 31 October 1970 Huddersfield TownH3–117,625Greenhoff 5', Conroy (2) 54', 75'16 7 November 1970 Manchester UnitedA2–247,451Conroy 1', Ritchie 72'17 14 November 1970 EvertonH1–126,240Ritchie 42'18 18 November 1970 Leeds UnitedA1–425,004Conroy 15'19 21 November 1970 ChelseaA1–236,227T Smith 30'20 28 November 1970 SouthamptonH0–016,84821 5 December 1970 Coventry CityA0–123,77522 12 December 1970 BurnleyH0–013,29923 19 December 1970 Derby CountyH1–021,906Burrows 60'24 26 December 1970 LiverpoolA0–047,10325 9 January 1971 Newcastle UnitedA2–025,680Greenhoff 1', Burrows 62'26 16 January 1971 West Bromwich AlbionH2–020,882Conroy 23', 78'27 30 January 1971 SouthamptonA1–219,500Greenhoff 20'28 6 February 1971 Coventry CityH2–117,208Mortimer (o.g.) 45', Greenhoff 50'29 20 February 1971 ChelseaH1–226,592Conroy 47'30 23 February 1971 BurnleyA1–112,209Conroy 12'31 27 February 1971 Huddersfield TownA1–015,626Conroy 78' (pen)32 13 March 1971 EvertonA0–238,92433 20 March 1971 Manchester UnitedH1–239,889Ritchie 77'34 3 April 1971 Crystal PalaceA2–316,963Ritchie (2) 81', 90'35 7 April 1971 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–022,808Burrows 61' (pen)36 10 April 1971 LiverpoolH0–128,81037 13 April 1971 BlackpoolH1–113,916Jump 16'38 17 April 1971 West Ham UnitedA0–126,26939 24 April 1971 Manchester CityH2–013,358Bernard 20', Ritchie 52'40 27 April 1971 Nottingham ForestA0–013,50241 1 May 1971 ArsenalA0–155,01142 5 May 1971 Tottenham HotspurH0–114,019 FA Cup 1970–71 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR32 January 1971 MillwallH2–121,398Ritchie 31', Greenhoff 77'R423 January 1971 Huddersfield TownH3–334,231Greenhoff 3', Burrows 65', Conroy 75' R4 Replay26 January 1971 Huddersfield TownA0–0 (aet)40,231R4 2nd Replay8 February 1971 Huddersfield TownN1–039,302Greenhoff 68'R513 February 1971 Ipswich TownH0–036,809R5 Replay16 February 1971 Ipswich TownA1–030,232Smith 74'Quarter-final6 March 1971 Hull CityA3–241,452Conroy 45', Ritchie (2) 70', 81'Semi-final27 March 1971 ArsenalN2–254,770Smith 22', Ritchie 31'Semi-final Replay31 March 1971 ArsenalN0–262,3563rd Place play-off7 May 1971 EvertonN3–25,031Bernard 27', Ritchie (2) 47' 80' League Cup 1970–71 Football League Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR29 September 1970 MillwallH0–010,230R2 Replay16 September 1970 MillwallA1–212,789Conroy 57' Texaco Cup 1970–71 Texaco Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR1 1st Leg14 September 1970 MotherwellA0–114,450R1 2nd Leg30 September 1970 MotherwellH2–1 (3–4 pens)15,779Bloor, Burrows Anglo-Italian Cup 1971 Anglo-Italian Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersGroup match 126 May 1971 RomaH2–211,520Greenhoff 13', Smith 58'Group match 229 May 1971 Hellas VeronaH2–010,252Ritchie 53', Jump 78'Group match 31 June 1971 RomaA1–037,450Ritchie 56'Group match 44 June 1971 Hellas VeronaA1–28,000Ritchie 88' Friendlies MatchOpponentVenueResult1ArdsA1–02PortadownA5–03GlentoranA1–14Finn HarpsA3–05Crewe AlexandraA3–16Shrewsbury TownA2–27East FifeA1–08MarseilleA1–29RCD MallorcaA0–3 Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTexaco CupAnglo-Italian CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG Gordon Banks390100101040550GKENG John Farmer300010100(1)05(1)0DFENG Alan Bloor36180202140522DFNIR Alex Elder3(2)00(3)00000104(5)0DFENG Jackie Marsh34(2)08020104049(2)0DFENG Mike Pejic420100202040600DFENG Eric Skeels27(2)09(1)0101(1)04042(4)0DFENG Denis Smith36082202041523MFENG Mike Bernard402101102020553MFIRE Terry Conroy3411922120004714MFENG George Eastham16(3)060200(1)00024(4)0MFENG Sean Haslegrave15070000040260MFENG Stewart Jump10(1)10(1)000002112(2)2MFENG Terry Lees4(3)01(1)00000005(4)0MFWAL John Mahoney15(3)03(1)000004022(4)0MFSCO Willie Stevenson3(2)0001000004(2)0FWENG Harry Burrows33(1)5810(1)0210043(2)7FWENG Peter Dobing11200202000152FWENG Jimmy Greenhoff337832020314811FWENG John Ritchie26(1)13561(1)0204338(2)22FWENG Terry Smith2(1)1000000002(1)1–Own goals–1–0–0–0–0–1 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke