1915–16 Stoke F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke 1915–16 Joe Schofield Mr E.Reynish Victoria Ground Lancashire Section Primary Competition 8th Midland Section Secondary Competition 4th Bob Whittingham (26) 14,000 vs Bolton Wanderers (5 February 1916) 3,000 vs Various teams 1914–15 1916–17 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes _color_3_stripes_white FFFFFF FF0000 The 1915–16 season was Stoke's first season in the non-competitive War 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 Southern Division of the Midland Section in the Subsidiary Tournament. However, none of these were considered to be competitive football, and thus their records are not recognised by the Football League. Season review With Peter Hodge returning to his family in Scotland former club great, Joe Schofield returned to the club in 1915 as manager for the War-time seasons and with a number of first team players joining the army Stoke fielded a number of 'guest' players as did many other clubs. For the whole war Stoke played in the Lancashire section and in the 1915–16 season ended up in mid-table position of 8th while in the Midland Section Secondary Competition Stoke finished 4th. Stoke's best result was a 7–1 win over Chesterfield Town and guest forward Bob Whittingham was top scorer with 26 goals to his name. Final league table Lancashire Section Primary Competition main WDL Q 2 y STK MC Manchester City BUR Burnley BLP Blackpool EVE Everton OLD Oldham Athletic LIV Liverpool STP Stockport County STK Stoke SPC Southport Central BRY Bury MU Manchester United BOL Bolton Wanderers ROC Rochdale PNE Preston North End 16 3 7 61 35 14 5 7 71 43 14 3 9 54 41 15 0 10 59 42 13 3 9 52 44 11 7 8 48 42 13 3 10 47 43 10 7 9 43 46 9 6 11 41 41 10 3 13 46 52 7 8 11 41 51 9 3 14 48 65 7 5 14 34 56 4 2 20 23 67 complete Midland Section Secondary Competition main WDL Q 2 y STK NOT Nottingham Forest NTC Notts County LEI Leicester Fosse STK Stoke DER Derby County CHE Chesterfield Town 7 0 3 28 12 5 3 2 16 12 3 3 4 15 19 4 0 6 21 18 4 0 6 23 28 3 2 5 15 29 complete Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Lancashire Section Primary Competition MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 4 September 1915 Preston North EndH3–16,000Smith, Jones, Whittingham2 11 September 1915 Stockport CountyA1–34,000Smith3 18 September 1915 LiverpoolH2–28,000Whittingham (2)4 25 September 1915 BuryH3–27,000Whittingham (2), Herbert5 2 October 1915 Manchester UnitedH0–06,5006 9 October 1915 BlackpoolA1–14,000Herbert7 16 October 1915 Southport CentralH2–03,000Whittingham, Tempest8 23 October 1915 Oldham AthleticA3–12,000Whittingham (2), Herbert9 30 October 1915 EvertonH3–24,000Whittingham, Smith, Hargreaves10 6 November 1915 Bolton WanderersA1–24,000Smith11 13 November 1915 Manchester CityH1–07,000Parker12 20 November 1915 RochdaleH1–14,000Whittingham13 27 November 1915 BurnleyA2–34,000Whittingham, Hargreaves14 4 December 1915 Preston North EndA3–23,500Whittingham (2), Ellis15 11 December 1915 Stockport CountyH0–23,00016 18 December 1915 LiverpoolA0–27,50017 25 December 1915 BuryA2–42,000Herbert, Whittingham18 1 January 1916 Manchester UnitedA2–18,000Hargreaves, Ellis19 8 January 1916 BlackpoolH3–17,500Whittingham, Watkin (2)20 15 January 1916 Southport CentralA1–12,000Whittingham21 22 January 1916 Oldham AthleticH2–16,000Whittingham (2)22 29 January 1916 EvertonA1–44,000Whittingham (pen)23 5 February 1916 Bolton WanderersH1–114,000Parker24 12 February 1916 Manchester CityA2–410,000Own Goal, Ellis25 19 February 1916 RochdaleA1–33,000Whittingham26 26 February 1916 BurnleyH2–213,000Whittingham, Smith Midland Section Secondary Competition MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 4 March 1916 Chesterfield TownA0–32,0002 11 March 1916 Nottingham ForestH0–14,0003 18 March 1916 Leicester FosseA1–27,500Whittingham4 25 March 1916 Notts CountyH3–06,000Whittingham (2), Smith5 1 April 1916 Derby CountyA2–44,000Smith (2)6 8 April 1916 Chesterfield TownH7–17,000Herbert (3), Ellis, Turner, Boxley (2)7 15 April 1916 Nottingham ForestA1–34,000Morris8 22 April 1916 Leicester FosseH1–06,000Own Goal9 24 April 1916 Derby CountyH6–16,000Own Goal, Whittingham (2), Herbert, Boxley, Harrison10 29 April 1916 Notts CountyA0–34,000 Squad statistics Pos.NameMatchesAppsGoalsGKENG Richard Herron360DFENG G. Cameron20DFENG George Clarke20DFWAL 1807 Albert Groves20DFENG Alec McClure20DFENG Alec Milne10DFENG George Smart320DFENG George Turner361DFENG Billy Twemlow10MFENG Frank Bentley110MFENG George Handley20MFENG Billy Harrison71MFWAL 1807 Joe Jones331MFENG A. Morris61MFENG Charlie Parker282MFENG Jack Shelton260FWENG David Boxley23FWENG Billy Briscoe20FWENG Matthew Burton10FWENG S. Cooper10FWENG Albert Ellis204FWENG Reginald Forrester10FWENG Thomas Greaves70FWENG Henry Hargreaves223FWENG Billy Herbert358FWENG Jack Peart10FWENG Dick Smith237FWENG Billy Tempest131FWENG Billy Tompkinson40FWENG G. Ward10FWENG Arthur Watkin32FWENG Albert Whitehurst10FWENG Bob Whittingham3226 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke