1956–57 Stoke City F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke City 1956–57 Frank Taylor Mr G. Taylor Victoria Ground Football League Second Division 5th (48 Points) FA Cup Third Round Neville Coleman (26) Neville Coleman (27) 38,729 vs Port Vale (10 October 1956) 11,083 vs Bury (22 April 1957) 22,146 1955–56 1957–58 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes FFFFFF FF0000 The 1956–57 season was Stoke City's 50th season in the Football League and the 17th in the Second Division. With Stoke now entering a fourth season of Second tier football, there was much pressure placed on both manager Frank Taylor and the squad for 1956–57. And Stoke made a great effort in an attempt to gain promotion with a fine home record and new floodlights which saw Lincoln City beaten 8–0 with Neville Coleman scoring 7. However, after this Stoke bizarrely failed to find the back of the net in six straight defeats and this poor run of form cost Stoke promotion and in the end they finished in 5th position with 48 points.Matthews Tony The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1994 Lion Press 0-9524151-0-0 Season review League In the 1956–57 season, with the pressure on both the manager and players, Stoke made a great effort at winning promotion back to the First Division. A string of fine home results over Notts County (6–0), Leyton Orient (7–1) and Rotherham United (6–0) raised the fans hopes. Floodlights were installed in October 1956 and the first match under the lights was in the Potteries derby against Port Vale. A crowd of 38,729 turned up to see Stoke win 3–1 to maintain their good form. Neville Coleman was getting the bulk of Stoke goals which accumulated on 23 February 1957 when Lincoln City arrived at the Victoria Ground. That day Stoke hammered luckless Lincoln 8–0 with Coleman scoring a record seven of the goals. At this stage of the season promotion looked like it could be achieved but all of a sudden Stoke's form completely dropped, after a 1–1 draw with Sheffield United Stoke lost their next six matches and failed to score in any of them and their hopes of promotion died. FA Cup Stoke were drawn away at First Division side Arsenal in the third round and were beaten 4–2 by the "Gunners". Final league table Second Division y STK Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Second Division 1956–57 Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 18 August 1956 MiddlesbroughA1–113,116Cairns (pen)2 20 August 1956 Grimsby TownH1–020,921Coleman3 25 August 1956 Leicester CityH3–123,675Coleman, Cairns (pen), Oscroft4 28 August 1956 Grimsby TownA1–417,722Bowyer5 1 September 1956 Bristol RoversA0–425,4306 3 September 1956 Doncaster RoversH1–114,497King7 8 September 1956 Notts CountyH6–018,564Kelly, Oscroft, Bowyer, Coleman (2), Cairns (pen)8 10 September 1956 Doncaster RoversA0–414,6749 15 September 1956 LiverpoolA2–047,119Kelly, King10 22 September 1956 Leyton OrientH7–119,957Kelly, King, Cairns (pen), Coleman, Oscroft (2), Bowyer11 29 September 1956 Huddersfield TownA2–216,202Oscroft, Bowyer12 6 October 1956 Rotherham UnitedH6–021,589Oscroft, Bowyer, King (2), Coleman (2)13 10 October 1956 Port ValeH3–138,729Coleman (2), Kelly14 13 October 1956 Lincoln CityA1–013,066Coleman15 20 October 1956 Sheffield UnitedH3–326,849Coleman (2), Kelly16 27 October 1956 FulhamA0–129,74817 3 November 1956 Nottingham ForestH2–132,637Bowyer, Oscroft18 10 November 1956 West Ham UnitedA0–117,50019 17 November 1956 Blackburn RoversH4–121,067Bowyer, King, Coleman, Kelly20 24 November 1956 Bristol CityA2–117,796Coleman, Kelly21 1 December 1956 Swansea TownH4–123,409Coleman, King, Bowyer (2)22 8 December 1956 BarnsleyA2–211,626Bowyer, Kelly23 15 December 1956 MiddlesbroughH3–120,679Coleman (3)24 22 December 1956 Leicester CityA2–328,178Kelly (2)25 29 December 1956 Bristol RoversH2–130,936Bowyer, Graver26 1 January 1957 BuryA1–013,180Graver27 12 January 1957 Notts CountyA0–513,62028 19 January 1957 LiverpoolH1–031,144Oscroft29 2 February 1957 Leyton OrientA2–218,705Kelly (2)30 9 February 1957 Huddersfield TownH5–127,503Oscroft (2), Bowyer, Coleman, Cairns (pen)31 16 February 1957 Rotherham UnitedA0–111,51132 23 February 1957 Lincoln CityH8–010,790Coleman (7), King33 1 March 1957 Sheffield UnitedA1–120,277Kelly34 9 March 1957 FulhamH0–224,76635 16 March 1957 Nottingham ForestA0–432,29436 23 March 1957 West Ham UnitedH0–119,87537 30 March 1957 Blackburn RoversA0–127,60038 6 April 1957 Bristol CityH0–213,39739 13 April 1957 Swansea TownA0–115,00040 20 April 1957 BarnsleyH3–011,600Bowyer (2), Graver41 22 April 1957 BuryH2–011,083Bowyer, Oscroft42 29 April 1957 Port ValeA2–218,573Graver, King FA Cup 1956–57 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR35 January 1957 ArsenalA2–456,173Coleman 43'; Oscroft 64' Friendlies MatchOpponentVenueResult1Manchester CityH4–12FK Radnički NišH3–13Rot-Weiss EssenH5–04SchwenningenA1–35SSV Ulm 1846A4–06ForbachA4–37FC Singen 04A4–28ForbachA4–39OGC NiceA1–2 Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG Bill Robertson42010430DFENG Alec Acton000000DFENG Peter Ford200020DFENG John McCue39010400DFENG Frank Mountford39010400DFSCO Ken Thomson40010410DFENG Donald Whiston300030MFENG Bill Asprey900090MFSCO Bobby Cairns36510375MFENG Edward Rayner200020MFENG John Sellars40010410FWENG Frank Bowyer3814103914FWENG Neville Coleman4226114327FWENG Andy Graver13500135FWENG Colin Hutchinson100010FWSCO Joe Hutton700070FWSCO George Kelly3013103113FWENG Johnny King34910359FWENG Harry Oscroft4111114212FWENG Peter Phoenix000000FWENG Don Ratcliffe100010FWENG Derrick Ward300030 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke