1913–14 Stoke F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke 1913–14 Alfred Barker Mr Rev. A Hurst Victoria Ground Southern League Division Two 5th (40 Points) FA Cup First Round Alf Smith (16) Billy Herbert & Alf Smith (16) 18,000 vs Luton Town (13 April 1914) 3,000 vs Aberdare (3 January 1914) 6,566 1912–13 1914–15 _navy_stripes _navystripes _navy_stripes _color_3_stripes_red ff2000 ff2000 ff2000 002060 002060 The 1913–14 season was Stoke's fifth season in the Southern Football League. Stoke were now back in the poor quality Southern League Division Two and expectations were to gain an instant return to Division One. Stoke started the season well winning nine games in a row, however the team ran into poor form in the new year and ended up finishing 5th, 11 points from promotion.Matthews Tony The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1994 Lion Press 0-9524151-0-0 It was a bad performance and in April 1914 both chairman Mr Rev. A Hurst and manager Alfred Barker stepped down. Season review League Division Two of the Southern League for the 1913–14 season was made up of selection of poor Welsh clubs and a smattering of sides from around the London area, namely Luton Town, Brentford and Croydon Common. There was no money available, meaning the club had to rely on free transfers. There were still a number of new faces with the likes of former England international Fred Pentland joining from Halifax, James Bradley returning from Liverpool and Billy Herbert from Glossop. With Stoke doing well from the start of the season crowds were often good as Stoke embarked on a nine match winning run. However long distance travelling eventually caused Stoke problems and they lost their form and ended up finishing in a poor position of fifth. The directors, obviously disappointed as were the players and supporters, at not winning promotion, vowed to continue to build the team despite having little money available. Alfred Barker was now under pressure from supporters and indeed some directors who questioned his wisdom to employ part-time staff. He and chairman A. Hurst both stepped down in April 1914. It was a sad way to see such key figures, responsible for saving the club, leave in such circumstances. FA Cup After progressing past Shrewsbury Town and Barrow, Stoke lost to Aston Villa in the first round. Final league table main WDL QR 2 y STK CRO Croydon Common LUT Luton Town BRE Brentford SWA Swansea Town STK Stoke NPC Newport County MRH Mid Rhondda PON Pontypridd LLA Llanelly BAR Barry ABT Abertillery TON Ton Pentre MAR Mardy CAE Caerphilly ABD Aberdare TRE Treharris 23 5 2 76 14 24 3 3 92 22 20 4 6 80 18 20 4 6 66 25 19 2 9 71 34 14 8 8 49 38 13 7 10 55 37 14 5 11 43 38 12 4 14 45 37 9 8 13 44 70 8 4 18 44 51 8 4 18 33 61 6 6 18 30 60 4 7 19 21 103 4 5 21 33 87 2 4 24 19 106 green1 C C red1 R R R R R complete Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Southern Football League Division Two 1913–14 Southern Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 6 September 1913 Croydon CommonH1–17,000Pentland2 13 September 1913 Croydon CommonA0–26,0003 20 September 1913 Mid RhonddaA2–02,500Pentland, A Smith4 27 September 1913 Ton PentreA2–14,000Pentland, Revill5 4 October 1913 AbertilleryH3–04,000A Smith (2), Revill6 11 October 1913 Treharris AthleticA5–03,000Pentland, Herbert (3), Jones7 18 October 1913 LlanelliH2–110,000Pentland, Herbert8 1 November 1913 Treharris AthleticH5–17,000Revill (2), Herbert (pen), A Smith, Dyke9 8 November 1913 Swansea TownA3–23,000Herbert (2), A Smith10 15 November 1913 BarryH7–14,500Herbert, A Smith (2), Jones (2), Revill, D Smith11 22 November 1913 AberdareA4–21,000Herbert, A Smith (3)12 6 December 1913 Newport CountyA2–33,000Turner (pen), A Smith13 25 December 1913 CaerphillyA5–13,000A Smith (3), D Smith (2)14 26 December 1913 CaerphillyH4–010,000Turner (pen), Revill, Bailey, Lean (o.g.)15 3 January 1914 AberdareH4–110,000Herbert (3), Jenkins (o.g.)16 17 January 1914 BrentfordA0–25,00017 24 January 1914 Ton PentreH2–05,000Revill, Turner (pen)18 14 February 1914 Mid RhonddaH1–04,000Revill19 21 February 1914 AbertilleryA0–13,50020 28 February 1914 BrentfordH2–16,000D Smith, Turner (pen)21 14 March 1914 PontypriddH5–14,000D Smith (2), Revill, A Smith, Jones22 17 March 1914 LlanelliA0–24,00023 21 March 1914 BarryA1–13,500Herbert24 28 March 1914 Newport CountyH2–04,000D Smith, Tempest25 4 April 1914 MardyA2–11,000Hamnett (2)26 10 April 1914 Luton TownA1–25,000D Smith27 11 April 1914 MardyH4–03,000D Smith (2), Watkin, Hargreaves28 13 April 1914 Luton TownH1–218,000Bradley29 18 April 1914 PontypriddA1–42,000A Smith30 25 April 1914 Swansea TownH0–15,000 FA Cup 1913–14 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers4QR29 November 1913 Shrewsbury TownH2–05,000D Smith, Herbert5QR13 December 1913 BarrowH3–110,000Holmes, Herbert (2)R110 January 1914 Aston VillaA0–426,094 Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG Bert Gadsden30030330DFENG Richard Burton200020DFENG Charles James100010DFENG Jimmy McVay100010DFENG Alec Milne25030280DFENG Ernest Mullineux501060DFENG George Smart300030DFENG George Turner29430324MFENG Sam Baddeley701080MFENG James Bradley12130151MFENG Harry Davies100010MFENG Archie Dyke15130181MFENG Reg Forester100010MFENG Bob Hamnett520052MFENG Henry Hargreaves910091MFENG Crop Hawkins300030MFWAL 1807 Joe Jones23400234MFENG Charles Parker900090MFENG Tancey Wharton17020190FWENG Tom Bailey15120171FWENG Albert Ellis300030FWENG Billy Herbert2413332716FWENG William Holmes202141FWENG Fred Pentland750075FWENG Tom Revill22920249FWENG Walter Rowlands100010FWENG Alf Smith2216302516FWENG Dick Smith1510111611FWENG William Smith400040FWENG Billy Tempest10110111FWENG Arthur Watkin710071–Own goals–2–0–2 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke