1963–64 Stoke City F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke City 1963–64 Tony Waddington Mr G. Taylor Victoria Ground Football League First Division 17th (38 Points) FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Final (runners-up) John Ritchie (18) John Ritchie (30) 45,697 vs Manchester United (18 April 1964) 20,488 vs Bolton Wanderers (22 February 1964) 30,315 1962–63 1964–65 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes _color_3_stripes_white FFFFFF FF0000 The 1963–64 season was Stoke City's 57th season in the Football League and the 33rd in the First Division. With the club now on a high after gaining promotion back to England's top tier, Tony Waddington wasted no time in bringing in new signings to make sure relegation was avoided. He broke the transfer record and despite some concern during the season Stoke stayed up comfortably in 17th position. Stoke enjoyed success in the League Cup reaching the final against Leicester City before losing 4–3 over two legs.Matthews Tony The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1994 Lion Press 0-9524151-0-0 Season review League With the euphoria of winning promotion over, Waddington knew that his side had to be strengthened to have any hope of surviving in the First Division. The first big name signing he made was that of Peter Dobing for a club record fee of £37,500 from Manchester City and £6,000 for Bobby Irvine a young goalkeeper from Linfield. Also signed by Stoke this season was John Ritchie a centre forward signed from non-league Kettering Town for a small fee of £2,500. Ritchie scored 30 goals in his first season and went on to become Stoke's best ever goalscorer. Stoke made a dream start to the 1963–64 season beating Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 at home on the opening match of the season, Jimmy McIlroy scoring both goals, and then accounting for Aston Villa 3–1 two days later. There followed though, a run of 10 matches without a win and Stoke found themselves at the wrong end of the table. Waddington was not happy with his defence and went out and bought Calvin Palmer from Nottingham Forest for £30,000 and George Kinnell from Aberdeen for £27,000 and another 'keeper Lawrie Leslie from West Ham United. On the other hand, he released Don Ratcliffe, and Ron Wilson. John Ritchie was introduced into the first team by October and he made an instant impression as he started scoring the first few of his 171 for the club. With Ritchie in full flow, things improved and in nine matches from early October to mid November, Stoke remained unbeaten. However around Christmas time the team again went through a bad spell losing eight times including some heavy defeats. Stoke recovered well in the second half of the season and began to pull themselves away from the danger zone. A huge 9–1 win over Ipswich Town in March gave the team the confidence they needed and five wins in their last nine fixtures lifted Stoke to a final position of 17th, 10 points above relegated Bolton Wanderers. FA Cup Stoke beat Portsmouth 4–1 in the third round and then edged past Ipswich in a replay before losing in a replay to Swansea. League Cup Away from the league Stoke had a great run in this seasons League Cup having made an unspectacular start to the competition which started in 1960. In 1963–64 they made it through to the final where they met Leicester City. Stoke's run had seen them knock-out Scunthorpe United after three matches, Bolton Wanderers, Bournemouth, Rotherham United and then Manchester City in the semi-final. The final itself was played over two legs, Stoke drawing 1–1 at the Victoria Ground in the first clash. This proved to be insufficient as Leicester won the return leg at Filbert Street 3–2 giving them a 4–3 aggregate win and with it the League Cup. Final league table First Division y STK Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division 1963–64 Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 24 August 1963 Tottenham HotspurH2–140,017McIlroy (2) 17', 45'2 26 August 1963 Aston VillaA3–139,041Mudie 17'; Dobing (2) 26', 86'3 31 August 1963 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–243,217Viollet 13'4 4 September 1963 Aston VillaH2–236,649Sleeuwenhoek (o.g) 30'; Viollet 54'5 7 September 1963 Leicester CityH3–334,453Viollet (2), Asprey6 11 September 1963 Sheffield UnitedA1–425,347McIlroy7 14 September 1963 Nottingham ForestH0–134,4588 18 September 1963 Sheffield UnitedH0–230,2309 21 September 1963 Blackburn RoversA0–130,51710 28 September 1963 BlackpoolH1–227,244Clamp (pen)11 5 October 1963 ChelseaA3–329,204Mudie 6'; Tambling (o.g.) 19'; Harris (o.g.) 79'12 9 October 1963 ArsenalH1–231,014McIlroy13 12 October 1963 Bolton WanderersA4–317,366McIlroy (2), Ritchie (2)14 19 October 1963 FulhamH1–124,464Ritchie15 26 October 1963 West Bromwich AlbionA3–223,800Ritchie, Dobing, Palmer16 2 November 1963 BurnleyH4–437,279Keith Bebbington 20'; Ritchie (2) 27', 44', Dobing 81'17 9 November 1963 Ipswich TownA2–015,006Ritchie 38'; Dobing 57'18 16 November 1963 Sheffield WednesdayH4–430,695Ritchie (3), Dobing19 23 November 1963 EvertonA0–247,14320 30 November 1963 Birmingham CityH4–127,308Ritchie (2), Dobing, Kinnell21 7 December 1963 Manchester UnitedA2–552,232Ritchie 60'; Dobing 85'22 14 December 1963 Tottenham HotspurA1–236,209Palmer23 21 December 1963 Wolverhampton WanderersH0–227,07024 26 December 1963 LiverpoolA1–649,948Ritchie 35'25 11 January 1964 Leicester CityA1–223,333Clamp26 18 January 1964 Nottingham ForestA0–017,87227 1 February 1964 Blackburn RoversH3–132,275Bridgwood, Bebbington (2)28 8 February 1964 BlackpoolA0–114,45229 22 February 1964 Bolton WanderersH0–120,48830 29 February 1964 ArsenalA1–126,208Kinnell31 4 March 1964 ChelseaH2–021,264Dobing 18'; Palmer 59'32 7 March 1964 West Bromwich AlbionH1–125,021Viollet33 21 March 1964 Ipswich TownH9–116,166Viollet (3) 2', 43', 50'; Dobing 4'; McIlroy (2) 20', 79'; Ritchie (2) 51', 67'; Bebbington 90'34 27 March 1964 West Ham UnitedA1–429,484Dobing35 28 March 1964 BurnleyA0–123,86936 31 March 1964 West Ham UnitedH3–024,990Dobing, McIlroy, Palmer37 4 April 1964 EvertonH3–235,315Viollet 24'; Bebbington (2) 30', 90'38 8 April 1964 Sheffield WednesdayA0–230,20139 11 April 1964 Birmingham CityA1–019,890Kinnell (pen)40 18 April 1964 Manchester UnitedH3–145,697Palmer 18', Viollet 21', Ritchie41 25 April 1964 FulhamA3–315,748Dobing (2), Bridgwood42 29 April 1964 LiverpoolH3–132,149Bebbington 48'; Ritchie 71'; Dobing 88' FA Cup 1963–64 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR34 January 1964 PortsmouthH4–128,966Ritchie (2), Viollet (2)R425 January 1964 Ipswich TownA1–121,894McIlroy 37'R4 Replay29 January 1964 Ipswich TownH1–034,612McIlroy 65'R515 February 1964 Swansea TownH2–240,095McIlroy, MatthewsR5 Replay18 February 1964 Swansea TownA0–229,582 League Cup 1963–64 Football League Cup 1964 Football League Cup Final RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR225 September 1963 Scunthorpe UnitedA2–26,945Dobing (2)R2 Replay16 October 1963 Scunthorpe UnitedH3–311,060Dobing, Ritchie (2)R2 2nd Replay22 October 1963 Scunthorpe UnitedN1–04,297RitchieR329 October 1963 Bolton WanderersH3–011,285Ritchie (2), BebbingtonR427 November 1963 Bournemouth & Boscombe AthleticH2–19,766Ritchie (2)Quarter-final16 December 1963 Rotherham UnitedH3–212,988Ritchie (2), KinnellSemi-final 1st Leg15 January 1964 Manchester CityH2–021,019Ritchie, AspreySemi-final 2nd Leg2 February 1964 Manchester CityA0–116,894Final 1st Leg15 April 1964 Leicester CityH1–122,369BebbingtonFinal 2nd Leg22 April 1964 Leicester CityA2–325,372Kinnell, Viollet Friendlies MatchOpponentVenueResult1FK Austria WienA0–12AberdeenA0–23BenficaH0–14BelenensesA0–05Club Santa FeA2–36Independiente MedellínA3–07Club Universidad de ChileA0–08Boca JuniorsA2–19River PlateA0–510San LorenzoA1–2 Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKNIR Bobby Irvine1100010120GKSCO Lawrie Leslie2505050350GKIRE Jimmy O'Neill600040100DFENG Tony Allen41050100560DFENG Ron Andrew40000040DFENG Alan Bloor00001010DFSCO George Kinnell2435052345DFENG Eric Skeels39050100540DFZAF 1928 Eddie Stuart2301060300DFSCO Ron Wilson20000020MFENG Bill Asprey2914091422MFENG Gerry Bridgwood1620060222MFENG Eddie Clamp1824060282MFENG John Flowers50000050MFSCO Jackie Mudie43001053MFENG Calvin Palmer3055050405FWENG Keith Bebbington3674092499FWENG Peter Dobing391620935019FWNIR Jimmy McIlroy32943704312FWENG Stanley Matthews904100131FWENG Don Ratcliffe80001090FWENG John Ritchie2918429104230FWENG Dennis Viollet321032614113–Own goals–1–0–0–1 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke Category:1963–64 Football League First Division by team