1962–63 Stoke City F.C. season

February 2015 February 2015 Stoke City 1962–63 Tony Waddington Mr G. Taylor Victoria Ground Football League Second Division 1st (53 Points) FA Cup Third Round League Cup Third Round Dennis Viollet (23) Dennis Viollet (23) 42,366 vs Sunderland (15 April 1962) 11,596 vs Charlton Athletic (12 September 1963) 25,446 1961–62 1963–64 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes _band_white FFFFFF FF0000 The 1962–63 season was Stoke City's 56th season in the Football League and the 23rd in the Second Division. 1963 was also Stoke's centenary year which was celebrated with a friendly match at the Victoria Ground against Spanish giants Real Madrid. In the club's centenary year Stoke managed to finally achieve promotion back to the top flight after a ten-year absence. Despite a slow start Stoke went on two fantastic unbeaten runs and although there was a nervy end to the season a Stanley Matthews inspired 2–0 over Luton Town in the final home match secured Stoke both promotion to the First Division and the Second Division title.Matthews Tony The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1994 Lion Press 0-9524151-0-0 Season review League The 1962–63 season saw Stoke officially celebrate its centenary and the hope from the supporters was that it would be marked by promotion. A failure to win any of their first six matches caused a few grumblings from the fans but a four-goal haul from Dennis Viollet helped Stoke beat Charlton Athletic 6–3 to set the tone for the season. Keith Bebbington and Eddie Clamp joined the club as well as Stoke's first African footballer, Eddie Stuart from South Africa. From late August to 8 December Stoke went 18 matches unbeaten and were on track for promotion. The run came to an end away at Leeds United ten days before Christmas, but after winning at Rotherham United on Boxing Day, the season came to an end as one of the worst winters on record gripped the country. After two months without football Stoke played again on 2 March and beat Walsall 3–0. Just after this match Waddington completed a transfer when he signed Northern Ireland and Burnley striker Jimmy McIlroy for £25,000. His debut for Stoke ended in a loss as Stoke fell to a 6–0 defeat at Norwich City. Stoke then won six straight to end the season. A draw at Roker Park was quickly followed by victories over Cardiff City and Sunderland at home while a vital point was gain in a thrilling 3–3 draw at Huddersfield Town. Three straight defeats caused some concern but a 1–0 win at Chelsea meant that Stoke were within one win of gaining a return to the First Division. And so over 12,000 Stoke fans made the trip to Bury to see them gain promotion at Gigg Lane but it did not go well and the "Shakers" certainly stirred things up by winning 2–1 to put the celebrations on hold. For the penultimate match against Luton Town at the Victoria Ground a crowd of 33,644 turned up to see if Stoke could gain promotion. Jackie Mudie gave Stoke the lead and then Stanley Matthews sealed the promotion in typical Matthews style as he dribbled around Town 'keeper Ron Baynham to send the home crowd ecstatic and end ten years in the Second Division. On 24 April 1963 Stoke arranged a friendly with the famous Real Madrid. The match was seen as the celebration for the club's centenary. The match finished 2–2 with Dennis Viollet and Jimmy McIlroy scoring for Stoke while Félix Ruiz and Ferenc Puskás scored for Real. FA Cup Stoke lost at the first attempt against Leeds United but it was seen as a blessing in disguise by the management as they wanted to concentrate on gaining promotion. League Cup After beating Walsall, Stoke lost 3–1 away at Aston Villa. Final league table Second Division y STK Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Second Division 1962–63 Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 18 August 1962 Leeds UnitedH0–127,1182 22 August 1962 Derby CountyA1–124,408Skeels3 25 August 1962 Swansea TownA1–216,474Griffiths (o.g.)4 29 August 1962 Derby CountyH3–319,009Asprey (2), Viollet5 1 September 1962 ChelseaH0–019,2866 8 September 1962 Luton TownA0–06,8787 12 September 1962 Charlton AthleticH6–311,596Viollet (4), Ratcliffe, Bebbington8 15 September 1962 SouthamptonH3–116,062Bebbington, Mudie (2)9 18 September 1962 Charlton AthleticA3–017,872Bebbington, Mudie, Asprey10 22 September 1962 Scunthorpe UnitedA0–011,36411 29 September 1962 BuryH2–024,480Viollet, Mudie12 6 October 1962 Newcastle UnitedH3–126,775Viollet (2), (1 Pen), Skeels13 13 October 1962 WalsallA0–015,86214 20 October 1962 Norwich CityH3–020,375Viollet (2), G Matthews15 27 October 1962 Grimsby TownA1–114,419Mudie16 3 November 1962 Plymouth ArgyleH2–224,281Mudie, Skeels17 10 November 1962 Preston North EndA1–114,677Bebbington18 17 November 1962 PortsmouthH3–121,142Mudie, Viollet (2)19 24 November 1962 Cardiff CityA1–121,900Mudie20 1 December 1962 Huddersfield TownH2–129,856Viollet, Stuart21 8 December 1962 MiddlesbroughA2–211,799Viollet, Thompson22 15 December 1962 Leeds UnitedA1–319,331Mudie23 26 December 1962 Rotherham UnitedA2–111,717Viollet, Asprey24 2 March 1963 WalsallH3–025,462Mudie (3)25 9 March 1963 Norwich CityA0–625,95026 16 March 1963 Grimsby TownH4–124,626Viollet (2), Mudie, Asprey27 23 March 1963 Plymouth ArgyleA1–022,956Ratcliffe28 27 March 1963 Swansea TownH2–026,532Mudie (2)29 30 March 1963 Preston North EndH3–021,863Mudie (2), Viollet (pen)30 1 April 1963 Rotherham UnitedH3–131,226Viollet, Ratcliffe, McIlroy31 6 April 1963 PortsmouthA3–019,256Mudie, Ratcliffe, McIlroy32 12 April 1963 SunderlandA0–062,13833 13 April 1963 Cardiff CityH1–030,419Viollet34 15 April 1963 SunderlandH2–142,366Viollet (2) (1 pen)35 20 April 1963 Huddersfield TownA3–327,779Viollet, McIlroy, Skeels36 27 April 1963 MiddlesbroughH0–125,73337 1 May 1963 Newcastle UnitedA2–525,900McIlroy (2)38 4 May 1963 Scunthorpe UnitedH2–325,530Ratcliffe, Stuart39 11 May 1963 ChelseaA1–066,199McIlroy40 14 May 1963 BuryA1–225,376Mudie41 18 May 1963 Luton TownH2–033,644Mudie, S Matthews42 22 May 1963 SouthamptonA0–218,295 FA Cup 1962–63 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR36 March 1963 Leeds UnitedA1–336,873Bebbington 70' League Cup 1962–63 Football League Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR225 September 1962 WalsallA2–110,583G Matthews, BebbingtonR310 October 1962 Aston VillaA1–320,373G Matthews Friendlies MatchOpponentVenueResult1Shamrock Rovers & Bohemian XIA3–42LimerickA5–23Sheffield UnitedA0–24Real MadridH2–25Israel XIA1–06Bnei Yehuda Tel AvivA1–1 Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKIRE Jimmy O'Neill4201020450DFENG Ron Andrew20100030DFENG Tony Allen4101020440DFENG Alan Bloor00001010DFENG Eric Skeels3841020414DFZAF 1928 Eddie Stuart4020010412DFENG Terry Ward900010100DFSCO Ron Wilson10000010MFENG Bill Asprey4251010445MFENG Gerry Bridgwood40101060MFENG Eddie Clamp3201010340MFSCO Bobby Howitt1000010110MFENG Alan Philpott10000010FWENG Keith Bebbington1941121226FWENG Graham Matthews41002263FWENG Stanley Matthews3110000311FWNIR Jimmy McIlroy1860000186FWSCO Jackie Mudie392000104020FWENG Jack Nibloe20000020FWENG Don Ratcliffe4251020455FWENG John Ritchie30101050FWENG Tommy Thompson51000051FWENG Dennis Viollet372310103923–Own goals–1–0–0–1 References External links Ok07djiTy30 Title decider against Luton Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke