1969–70 Stoke City F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke City 1969–70 Tony Waddington Albert Henshall Victoria Ground Football League First Division 9th (45 Points) FA Cup Fourth Round League Cup Second Round Harry Burrows & John Ritchie (14) John Ritchie (16) 38,740 vs Manchester United (28 February 1970) 11,804 vs West Bromwich Albion (15 April 1970) 24,165 1968–69 1970–71 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF The 1969–70 season was Stoke City's 63rd season in the Football League and the 39th in the First Division. Stoke seemingly had an abundance of talent emerging as the 1960s gave way for the 1970s and Waddington addressed the past two seasons lack of goals by bringing back John Ritchie from Sheffield Wednesday and Jimmy Greenhoff from Birmingham City. It was a promising season with Stoke finishing in 9th position with 45 points.Matthews Tony The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1994 Lion Press 0-9524151-0-0 Season review League After two poor seasons, Tony Waddington recognised the goalscoring shortcomings and won over some of the worried supporters by bringing in former Leeds United forward Jimmy Greenhoff for a club record £100,000 and also brought back John Ritchie from Sheffield Wednesday. There was certainly a feeling around Stoke, with the infusion of forward talent that the club was putting together a side that could cause a few raised eyebrows in the First Division and whilst Alex Elder and Tony Allen were early season selections in defence they were soon drifting from the spotlight allowing local defenders Jackie Marsh and Mike Pejic to break into the team. With Gordon Banks in goals and the ever improving centre back pairing of 'hard men' Alan Bloor and Denis Smith, Stoke's back line looked solid. In midfield Irish winger Terry Conroy had now settled in England and was beginning to show his skill and pace on the wide positions. The improvements were there for all to see and the directors were keen to bring the best to the Victoria Ground and in September 1969 they achieved their aim. Brazilian star Pelé came over with his team Santos to play Stoke in a friendly, Pelé starring in a 3–2 win for the South Americans. Early on in the 1969–70 season after winning six and drawing five for their first 15 matches, Stoke suffered a 6–2 reverse at Everton when John Farmer, making his only appearance of the season, was carried off due to injury and defender Denis Smith had to go in goal. They quickly put that defeat behind them and lost only once of the next ten matches. But an absence of victories between 17 January and 28 March saw the team slip down into mid-table and finished up in 9th spot, their highest league finish for 22 years. FA Cup Stoke advanced past Oxford United 3–2 in a replay following a goalless draw at the Manor Ground before being knocked at Watford. League Cup There was no progress in this seasons league cup, as Stoke lost 2–0 at home to Burnley. Final league table First Division y STK Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division 1969–70 Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 9 August 1969 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–333,260Burrows2 12 August 1969 Nottingham ForestA0–022,4703 16 August 1969 West Ham UnitedH2–123,362Dobing, Ritchie4 20 August 1969 Nottingham ForestH1–120,029Burrows5 23 August 1969 Derby CountyA0–036,1706 27 August 1969 Coventry CityH2–025,507Conroy, Greenhoff7 30 August 1969 SouthamptonH2–122,037Burrows, Dobing8 6 September 1969 Crystal PalaceA1–326,745Ritchie9 13 September 1969 SunderlandH4–216,939Ritchie (2), Greenhoff, Herd10 17 September 1969 West Bromwich AlbionA3–124,869Ritchie, Greenhoff, Smith11 20 September 1969 LiverpoolA1–345,745Burrows (pen)12 27 September 1969 Manchester CityH2–029,739Ritchie, Greenhoff13 4 October 1969 Leeds UnitedA1–235,860Greenhoff14 6 October 1969 West Ham UnitedA3–326,860Burrows, Smith (2)15 11 October 1969 ArsenalH0–025,80116 18 October 1969 EvertonA2–648,684Burrows, Dobing17 25 October 1969 Tottenham HotspurH1–119,550Herd18 1 November 1969 Manchester UnitedA1–154,061Burrows19 8 November 1969 BurnleyH2–118,434Greenhoff, Eastham20 15 November 1969 Sheffield WednesdayA2–016,444Greenhoff, Ritchie21 22 November 1969 Ipswich TownH3–319,285Ritchie, Burrows (2) (1 pen)22 6 December 1969 Newcastle UnitedH0–117,76723 13 December 1969 SunderlandA3–015,205Dobing, Burrows (2), (1 pen)24 20 December 1969 Crystal PalaceH1–012,426Greenhoff25 26 December 1969 Derby CountyH1–037,456Burrows (pen)26 27 December 1969 SouthamptonA0–023,21527 10 January 1970 LiverpoolH0–230,03828 17 January 1970 Manchester CityA1–031,565Conroy29 31 January 1970 Leeds UnitedH1–136,506Dobing30 7 February 1970 ArsenalA0–026,36331 14 February 1970 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–128,862Pejic32 21 February 1970 Tottenham HotspurA0–129,97233 28 February 1970 Manchester UnitedH2–238,740Burrows, Smith34 7 March 1970 Ipswich TownA1–116,139Burrows35 17 March 1970 ChelseaA0–128,99636 20 March 1970 Newcastle UnitedA1–328,460Ritchie37 27 March 1970 BurnleyA1–116,127Stevenson38 28 March 1970 Sheffield WednesdayH2–116,632Ritchie (2) (1 pen)39 30 March 1970 EvertonH0–133,08340 4 April 1970 Coventry CityA3–027,754Ritchie (2), Dobing41 13 April 1970 ChelseaH1–222,707Stevenson42 15 April 1970 West Bromwich AlbionH3–211,804Ritchie, Greenhoff, Bernard FA Cup 1969–70 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR34 January 1970 Oxford UnitedA0–015,686R3 Replay7 January 1970 Oxford UnitedH3–217,204Stevenson, Ritchie (2)R424 January 1970 WatfordA0–123,354 League Cup 1969–70 Football League Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR23 September 1969 BurnleyH0–219,296 Friendlies MatchOpponentVenueResult1Asante KotokoH3–22GlentoranA2–03ArdsA1–24Oldham AthleticA1–05Norwich CityA1–26Port ValeH2–37Bangor CityA7–28Dallas TornadoH6–19DOS UtrechtA3–210PSV EindhovenA1–311SantosH2–3 Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG Gordon Banks3803010420GKENG Harry Dowd30000030GKENG John Farmer10000010DFENG Tony Allen80001090DFENG Alan Bloor3603000390DFNIR Alex Elder8(1)000109(1)0DFWAL Wyndham Evans00000000DFENG Jackie Marsh3603010400DFENG Mike Pejic3213000351DFENG Eric Skeels34(1)00(1)01035(2)0DFENG Denis Smith4043010444MFENG Mike Bernard9(2)100009(2)1MFIRE Terry Conroy27(4)2200029(4)2MFENG George Eastham31(3)1201034(3)1MFWAL John Mahoney20000020MFSCO Willie Stevenson18(2)2310021(2)3FWENG Harry Burrows31(3)14301035(3)14FWENG Peter Dobing4063010446FWENG Jimmy Greenhoff3393010379FWSCO David Herd4(5)200004(5)2FWENG John Ritchie31(1)14221034(1)16 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke