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1896–97 Stoke F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Stoke
season	1896–97
manager	Bill Rowley
chairman	Mr S. Barker
stadium	Victoria Ground
league	Football League First Division
league result	13th (25 Points)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Second Round
league topscorer	William Maxwell
(13)
season topscorer	William Maxwell
(16)
highest attendance	8,000 vs Everton
(2 January 1897)
lowest attendance	2,500 vs Bury
(12 April 1897)
average attendance	5,400
prevseason	1895–96
nextseason	1897–98
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(13) (16) (2 January 1897) (12 April 1897) The 1896–97 season was Stoke's eighth season in the Football League.

After last season's success of finishing in 6th position there was high hopes that it would signal a change in the club's fortunes. Alas it was a disappointing season for Stoke as little progress was made and they finished the season in 13th position with 25 points.

Season review

League

As the 1896–97 season beckoned there was a lot of talk of Stoke purchasing the football pitch at the cricket ground in the town, with a considerable amount of financial backing promised. However this never materialised much to the disappointment of chairman Mr S. Barker. During the campaign itself a total of 16 players made their senior debuts for the club including Zeke Johnston, Stoke's first Irishman signed from Burnley. There was little progress in the league with a 13th-place finish. The best result of the season saw Stoke beat Liverpool 6–1 in February 1897. Long serving forward Billy Dickson retired as did half-back Davy Brodie.

FA Cup

After beating Glossop 5–2 in the first round Stoke lost 2–1 in the next to Preston North End.

Final league table

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1896–97 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	2 September 1896	Aston Villa	A	1–2	5,000	Schofield
2	5 September 1896	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	7,000	Johnson, Wood
3	12 September 1896	Nottingham Forest	A	0–4	3,500
4	19 September 1896	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–3	4,000	Schofield, Eccles
5	26 September 1896	The Wednesday	A	3–4	6,000	Schofield, Wood, Johnson
6	10 October 1896	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–1	5,000	W Maxwell, Wood
7	17 October 1896	Nottingham Forest	H	3–0	5,000	W Maxwell, Schofield, Johnson
8	24 October 1896	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–4	4,000
9	31 October 1896	Aston Villa		H	0–2	4,000
10	7 November 1896	Derby County	A	1–5	3,000	W Maxwell
11	9 November 1896	Preston North End	H	2–1	4,000	W Maxwell, Eardley
12	14 November 1896	Bury	A	2–4	3,000	A Maxwell, Wood
13	21 November 1896	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–2	6,200	W Maxwell (2)
14	28 November 1896	Preston North End	A	0–3	5,000
15	5 December 1896	Derby County	H	2–2	5,000	W Maxwell (2)
16	12 December 1896	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–1	1,105	W Maxwell (2)
17	19 December 1896	Everton	A	2–4	7,000	W Maxwell, Schofield
18	2 January 1897	Everton	H	2–3	8,000	W Maxwell, Schofield
19	9 January 1897	Burnley	A	3–1	3,000	A Maxwell (2), Schofield
20	16 January 1897	Liverpool	A	0–1	7,000
21	23 January 1897	The Wednesday	H	0–0	5,000
22	6 February 1897	Liverpool	H	6–1	7,000	Schofield (2), W Maxwell, Hill (2), Hingerty
23	20 February 1897	Sunderland	A	1–4	2,000	Schofield
24	27 February 1897	Burnley	H	3–2	8,000	Hill (2), Hingerty
25	20 March 1897	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	8,000	Hingerty
26	27 March 1897	Sheffield United	A	0–1	2,000
27	3 April 1897	Sunderland	H	0–1	5,000
28	10 April 1897	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	5,000	Hill
29	12 April 1897	Bury	H	3–0	2,500	Hill, Schofield, Darroch (o.g.)
30	15 April 1897	Sheffield United	H	2–0	3,000	Hingerty, W Maxwell

FA Cup

Main article: 1896–97 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
	R1	30 January 1897	Glossop	H	5–2	2,000	W Maxwell (2), Schofield, Hingerty (2)
	R2	13 February 1897	Preston North End	A	1–2	6,000	W Maxwell

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG Albert Boardman	1	0	0	0	1	0
GK	[[File:St Patrick's saltire.svg	20px]] Zeke Johnston	16	0	2	0	18	0
GK	ENG Fred Latham	5	0	0	0	5	0
GK	ENG Bill Rowley	4	0	0	0	4	0
GK	ENG Fred Sheldon	5	0	0	0	5	0
FB	ENG Tommy Clare	30	0	2	0	32	0
FB	ENG Peter Durber	17	0	2	0	19	0
FB	ENG Jack Eccles	13	1	1	0	14	1
HB	ENG Lucien Boullemier	7	0	0	0	7	0
HB	SCO Davy Brodie	17	0	1	0	18	0
HB	SCO Bill Fearns	4	0	0	0	4	0
HB	SCO Jimmy Grewer	22	0	2	0	24	0
HB	ENG Ted McDonald	2	0	0	0	2	0
HB	ENG Jim Peacock	1	0	0	0	1	0
HB	ENG Harry Simpson	8	0	0	0	8	0
HB	ENG Arthur Rowley	25	0	2	0	27	0
HB	ENG Alf Wood	12	4	0	0	12	4
FW	SCO Billy Baird	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	ENG Arthur Bentley	5	0	0	0	5	0
FW	ENG Samuel Cole	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	SCO Billy Dickson	4	0	0	0	4	0
FW	ENG Billy Eardley	10	1	0	0	10	1
FW	ENG Billy Heames	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	SCO Jimmy Hill	10	6	1	0	11	6
FW	ENG Jim Hingerty	10	4	2	2	12	6
FW	ENG Freddie Johnson	14	3	1	0	15	3
FW	SCO Allan Maxwell	23	3	2	0	25	3
FW	SCO William Maxwell	29	13	2	3	31	16
FW	ENG Joe Schofield	29	12	2	1	31	13
FW	SCO Samuel Woods	1	0	0	0	1	0
–	Own goals	–	1	–	0	–	1

References

Matthews, Tony. (1994). "The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City". Lion Press.

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