1917–18 Stoke F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke 1917–18 Joe Schofield Mr E.Reynish Victoria Ground Lancashire Section Primary Competition 1st Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group B 3rd Billy Herbert (32) 25,000 vs Liverpool (9 March 1918) 4,000 vs Various teams 1916–17 1918–19 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes _color_3_stripes_white FFFFFF FF0000 The 1917–18 season was Stoke's third season in the War-time League.Matthews Tony The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1994 Lion Press 0-9524151-0-0 With the start of World War I, all Football League football was cancelled. In its place were formed War Leagues, based on geographical lines rather than based on previous league placement. Stoke contested the Lancashire Section in the Principal Tournament, and the Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group B. However, none of these were considered to be competitive football, and thus their records are not recognised by the Football League. Season review In the Primary Competition of the Lancashire League Stoke finished in 1st place with 48 points whilst in the Secondary Competition they finished 3rd with 6 points. Stoke were in free scoring form this season amassing 106 goals including a 16–0 win over Blackburn Rovers this was followed up by an 8–1 win over Rovers a week later. Stoke also beat teams 9–0 (Burnley), 7–0 (Oldham), 6–0 (Port Vale). Stoke won the Primary Competition and thus competed in the championship decider against Leeds City over two legs. However Leeds won 2–1. Both matches against Leeds drew impressive crowds and gate receipts totalled £918 which went to the National Footballers' War Fund. Final league table Lancashire Section Primary Competition main WDL Q 2 y STK STK Stoke LIV Liverpool EVE Everton MC Manchester City STP Stockport County ROC Rochdale BOL Bolton Wanderers MU Manchester United OLD Oldham Athletic PNE Preston North End PTV Port Vale BLP Blackpool SPC Southport Central BRY Bury BRN Burnley BLB Blackburn Rovers 22 4 4 109 27 21 6 3 101 26 19 6 5 92 36 15 8 7 57 28 17 3 10 59 32 14 9 7 78 51 13 4 13 68 70 11 8 11 45 49 11 6 13 50 59 12 3 15 38 53 9 8 13 47 58 9 7 14 46 70 8 6 16 33 69 8 5 17 46 64 5 4 21 32 104 2 1 27 22 127 complete Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group B main WDL Q 2 y STK MC Manchester City MU Manchester United STK Stoke PTV Port Vale 4 1 1 11 4 3 1 2 6 7 2 2 2 10 5 1 0 5 4 15 complete Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Lancashire Section Primary Competition MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 1 September 1917 Bolton WanderersA5–26,000Howell (2), Bridgett, Whittingham (2)2 8 September 1917 Bolton WanderersH6–27,000Howell (2), Bridgett, Whittingham, Herbert (2)3 15 September 1917 Preston North EndA3–25,000Howell, Whittingham, Herbert4 22 September 1917 Preston North EndH4–08,000Howell, Herbert, Bridgett, Jones5 29 September 1917 Port ValeA2–010,000Herbert, Whittingham6 6 October 1917 Port ValeH4–18,000Herbert, Whittingham (2), Howell7 13 October 1917 BlackpoolA5–04,000Harrison, Herbert (2), Howell (2)8 20 October 1917 BlackpoolH3–17,000Howell, Whittingham, Parker9 27 October 1917 Manchester CityH4–39,000Herbert, Watkin (2), Turner10 3 November 1917 Manchester CityA0–120,00011 10 November 1917 Blackburn RoversH16–08,000Whittingham (4), Turner (4), Herbert (3), Parker (2), Harrison, Bridgett, Jones12 17 November 1917 Blackburn RoversA8–14,000Whittingham (2), Herbert, Howell (2), Jones, Bridgett (2)13 1 December 1917 RochdaleA0–04,00014 8 December 1917 EvertonH3–08,000Bridgett (2), Howell15 15 December 1917 EvertonA2–310,000Bridgett, Whittingham16 22 December 1917 BuryH1–05,000Howell17 29 December 1917 BuryA1–14,000P. Jones18 5 January 1918 Oldham AthleticH7–05,000Herbert (4), Howell (2), Martin19 12 January 1918 Oldham AthleticA2–23,000Herbert, Howell 20 19 January 1918 Stockport CountyH2–14,000Herbert, Howell 21 21 January 1918 Stockport CountyA3–03,000Martin, Jones, Smith22 2 February 1918 Manchester UnitedH5–16,000Bridgett, Parker, Herbert, Howell (2)23 9 February 1918 Manchester UnitedA1–210,000Harrison24 16 February 1918 Southport CentralA2–03,000Howell, Turner25 23 February 1918 Southport CentralH4–04,000Turner, Lockett, Herbert, Jones26 2 March 1918 LiverpoolA1–122,000Howell27 9 March 1918 LiverpoolH3–125,000Howell (2), Bridgett28 16 March 1918 BurnleyH9–016,000Herbert (2), Bridgett, Howell (3), Parker, Lockett, Harrison29 23 March 1918 BurnleyA2–04,000Howell, Lockett30 27 April 1918 RochdaleH1–26,000Jones Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group B MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 29 March 1918 Port ValeA2–17,000Herbert, P. Jones2 30 March 1918 Manchester UnitedA1–211,000Jones3 1 April 1918 Port ValeH6–012,000Herbert (3), Lockett, Bassett (2)4 6 April 1918 Manchester UnitedH0–08,0005 13 April 1918 Manchester CityH1–19,000Herbert6 20 April 1918 Manchester CityA0–211,000 Championship Decider MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1st leg 4 May 1918 Leeds CityA0–215,0002nd leg 11 May 1918 Leeds CityH1–014,000Parker Squad statistics Pos.NameMatchesAppsGoalsGKENG Richard Herron20GKENG A. Morns50GKENG Teddy Peers310DFENG Arthur Allman50DFENG Jack Maddock230DFENG Alec Milne40DFENG George Turner10DFENG Billy Twemlow370DFENG Harry Wootton10MFWAL 1807 Joe Jones386MFENG Charlie Parker386MFENG Dick Smith321FWENG G. Bassett42FWENG J. Bridgett2410FWENG Billy Briscoe10FWENG S. Connor10FWENG S. Cooper10FWENG Thomas Greaves20FWENG Billy Harrison334FWENG Billy Herbert3832FWENG Harry Howell3128FWENG P. Jones32FWENG Aaron Lockett95FWENG James Martin93FWSCO G. McGregor10FWENG Billy Tempest10FWENG Eli Turner139FWENG Arthur Watkin32FWENG Bob Whittingham1715 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke