1929–30 Stoke City F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke City 1929–30 Tom Mather Mr A.McSherwin Victoria Ground Football League Second Division 11th (40 Points) FA Cup Third Round Charlie Wilson (20) Charlie Wilson (20) 19,013 vs Cardiff City (14 September 1929) 5,369 vs Nottingham Forest (15 March 1930) 11,523 1928–29 1930–31 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes _band_red FFFFFF 000000 The 1929–30 season was Stoke City's 30th season in the Football League and the tenth in the Second Division. With the 1920s, which had seen Stoke hit the highs of the First Division and lows of the Third Division, coming to an end there was hope around the city that the club could regain its top-flight status. The Victoria Ground was improved again and could now hold 50,000. Despite a good start to the season with 15 points collected from the first 12 matches Stoke could not maintain a promotion challenge and finished in mid-table.Matthews Tony The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1994 Lion Press 0-9524151-0-0 Season review League With the 1920s now drawing to a close there were high hopes that, after three seasons of reasonable success on the pitch, a return to the First Division could be imminent. Tom Mather was proving to be a fine manager, who with little or no resources, had built a team good enough to compete with the best in the country. The bad feeling surrounding the sale of Harry Davies was slowly receding and two new forwards emerged, Wilf Kirkham from Port Vale and Wilf Chadwick from Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 1929–30 season was launched with a ceremony at the Victoria Ground which saw the Football League vice-president Mr C. Sutcliffe, officially declare open the new covered accommodation on the Butler Street stand for 12,000 spectators, bringing the overall number of fans under cover up to 20,000. At this time it was considered that the Victoria Ground was only second in the country to Liverpool's Anfield with the total capacity now at 50,000. With Dick Williams still in goal and Bob McGrory and Billy Spencer at full back, Stoke started the season well and after twelve matches they lay second in the table. However Stoke could not maintain their challenge as they were robbed of key players through injury mainly McGrory whose leadership was sorely missed and in the end Stoke settled for a position in mid table. FA Cup Stoke suffered great misfortune in the FA Cup as in the third round they were leading Doncaster Rovers 3–2 up until 76 minutes when the match was called off due to heavy snow fall. In the 'replay' Doncaster won 1–0. Final league table Second Division y STK Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Second Division 1929–30 Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 31 August 1929 Bradford CityH2–016,568Wilson, Archibald2 2 September 1929 Charlton AthleticH2–110,000Wilson, Chadwick3 7 September 1929 Swansea TownA2–212,136Wilson, Bussey4 9 September 1929 Charlton AthleticA4–420,000Wilson, Bussey (2), Cull5 14 September 1929 Cardiff CityH1–119,013Wilson6 21 September 1929 Preston North EndA1–58,000Kirkham7 28 September 1929 Bristol CityH6–213,492Kirkham, Wilson (3), Cull, Mawson8 30 September 1929 Wolverhampton WanderersH3–06,648Kirkham, Mawson, Archibald9 5 October 1929 Notts CountyA3–37,000Wilson, Liddle (2)10 9 October 1929 Tottenham HotspurA1–312,000Wilson11 12 October 1929 ReadingH2–215,853Wilson, Kirkham12 19 October 1929 SouthamptonH4–014,666Kirkham, Sellars, Mawson, Williamson13 26 October 1929 MillwallA1–28,000Mawson14 2 November 1929 Oldham AthleticH0–215,84015 9 November 1929 Nottingham ForestA1–26,000Chadwick16 16 November 1929 ChelseaH1–18,000Robertson17 23 November 1929 BuryA0–25,00018 30 November 1929 BlackpoolH0–111,54619 7 December 1929 BarnsleyA1–39,058Liddle20 14 December 1929 Bradford Park AvenueH2–18,881Shirley (2)21 21 December 1929 West Bromwich AlbionA3–211,809Shirley, Wilson (2)22 25 December 1929 Hull CityA0–36,00023 26 December 1929 Hull CityH3–111,553Shirley, Williamson, Mawson24 28 December 1929 Bradford CityA0–312,00025 4 January 1930 Swansea TownH0–16,64026 18 January 1930 Cardiff CityA2–110,124Wilson, Bussey27 25 January 1930 Preston North EndH2–310,325Wilson, Archibald28 1 February 1930 Bristol CityA6–210,022Wilson (4) (1 Pen), Bussey, Kirkham29 8 February 1930 Notts CountyH1–18,583Kirkham30 15 February 1930 ReadingA0–05,17531 22 February 1930 SouthamptonA1–210,000Armitage (pen)32 1 March 1930 MillwallH1–08,987Wilson33 8 March 1930 Oldham AthleticA0–517,74934 15 March 1930 Nottingham ForestH6–05,369Kirkham (3), Williamson, Sellars, Bussey35 22 March 1930 ChelseaA2–335,000Kirkham (2)36 29 March 1930 BuryH1–010,019Liddle37 5 April 1930 BlackpoolA2–09,959Kirkham, Sellars38 12 April 1930 BarnsleyH3–07,431Kirkham, Armitage (pen), Liddle39 19 April 1930 Bradford Park AvenueA2–36,700Liddle, Archibald40 21 April 1930 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–218,092Kirkham41 26 April 1930 West Bromwich AlbionH0–38,01242 3 May 1930 Tottenham HotspurH1–06,570Cull FA Cup 1929–30 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR311 January 1930 Doncaster RoversA3–213,224Abandoned after 76 minutesR316 January 1930 Doncaster RoversA0–17,748 Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG Dave Beswick100010GKENG Norman Lewis17010180GKENG Dick Williams24000240DFENG Arthur Beachill20010210DFENG Tommy Dawson300030DFSCO Bob McGrory21000210DFENG Charlie Scrimshaw200020DFENG Billy Spencer40010410DFENG Harry Watson200020MFENG Len Armitage30210312MFSCO Thomas Godfrey100010MFENG Peter Jackson600060MFSCO William Robertson910091MFENG Harry Sellars40310413MF20px Paddy Turley100010MFSCO Tom Williamson37310383FWSCO Bobby Archibald40410414FWENG Walter Bussey31610326FWENG Wilf Chadwick721082FWENG John Cull22310233FWENG Wilf Kirkham2715002715FWENG Bobby Liddle25600256FWENG Joe Mawson11500115FWENG John Shirley14400144FWENG Harold Taylor400040FWENG Charlie Wilson2720102820 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke