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1900–01 Stoke F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Stoke
season	1900–01
manager	Horace Austerberry
chairman	Mr W Cowlishaw
stadium	Victoria Ground
league	Football League First Division
league result	16th (27 Points)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	First Round
league topscorer	William Maxwell
(16)
season topscorer	William Maxwell
(16)
highest attendance	12,000 vs Aston Villa
(29 December 1900)
lowest attendance	3,000 vs Derby County
(24 November 1900)
average attendance	7,650
prevseason	1899–1900
nextseason	1901–02
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body1	a02040
rightarm1	a02040
shorts1	002060
socks1	a02040

(16) (16) (29 December 1900) (24 November 1900) The 1900–01 season was Stoke's 12th season of in the Football League.

It was a hard season for Stoke as they were almost relegated to the Second Division but survived after winning their final match of the season 4–2 away at Notts County.

Season review

League

By now Stoke had lost the valuable services of Tom Robertson, Jack Kennedy and Joe Turner while dedicated full-back Jack Eccles made only two appearances and later became club trainer as the team slowly broke up. Only two points were collected from their first eight games and a disjointed Stoke side slipped to the bottom of the table. The situation improved slightly with the arrival of Welsh forward Mart Watkins from Oswestry Town but Stoke were involved in a relegation dog-fight until the final day of the season.

On Good Friday (5 April 1901) Stoke went to Bury and were denied two blatant penalties and lost 3–2. This defeat left Stoke in 17th position, three points and one place above West Bromwich Albion who had three games in hand, while Preston and Wolves were just above them. Stoke's remaining two games were both away - to Wolves and Notts County. Preston ended their season with a home clash with West Brom who were struggling to find any form and looked doomed. Remarkably, Stoke upped their game and won both matches while Preston lost and went down with Albion leaving Stoke safe in 16th place. It had been a tense and difficult season and the club's finances were now in a very precarious state, both manager and chairman recognized this and the club would now look at the local leagues for players.

Unfortunately ace marksman William Maxwell bid farewell to Stoke at the end of the season joining Third Lanark for £250 after scoring 85 goals in 173 games for the "Potters" and he would be sorely missed.

FA Cup

The 1900–01 season saw Stoke having to play in the Intermediate Round which was a consequence of their secretary failing to get their entry to the competition to the FA by the required time. Stoke beat Second Division Glossop 1–0. In the first round Stoke lost 2–1 in a replay to Small Heath after a 1–1 draw at the Victoria Ground.

Final league table

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1900–01 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	1 September 1900	Aston Villa	A	0–2	15,000
2	8 September 1900	Liverpool	H	1–2	12,000	Maxwell
3	10 September 1900	Notts County	H	1–1	5,000	Jones
4	15 September 1900	Newcastle United	A	1–2	20,000	Wood
5	22 September 1900	Sheffield United	H	0–1	7,000
6	29 September 1900	Manchester City	A	0–2	15,000
7	6 October 1900	Bury	H	1–2	4,000	Maxwell
8	13 October 1900	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	9,000	Johnson
9	20 October 1900	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–0	10,000	Jones, Maxwell
10	27 October 1900	The Wednesday	H	2–1	6,000	Jones (2)
11	3 November 1900	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–2	12,052	Maxwell, Watkins
12	10 November 1900	Everton	H	0–2	8,000
13	12 November 1900	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–1	3,000	Watkins, Wood
14	17 November 1900	Sunderland	A	1–6	5,000	Johnson
15	24 November 1900	Derby County	H	0–1	3,000
16	1 December 1900	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	5,000
17	22 December 1900	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–0	5,000	Maxwell (3)
18	25 December 1900	Preston North End	A	2–4	6,000	Maxwell, Higginson
19	26 December 1900	Preston North End	H	5–0	7,500	Maxwell (3), Higginson, Watkins
20	29 December 1900	Aston Villa	H	0–0	12,000
21	1 January 1901	Liverpool	A	1–3	10,000	Higginson
22	12 January 1901	Newcastle United	H	2–0	6,000	Benbow (2)
23	19 January 1901	Sheffield United	A	4–0	4,000	Maxwell (2), Johnson, Watkins
24	26 January 1901	Manchester City	H	2–1	3,000	Johnson, Watkins
25	16 February 1901	Nottingham Forest	H	0–3	7,000
26	23 February 1901	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–3	5,000	Maxwell, Watkins
27	2 March 1901	The Wednesday	A	0–4	3,000
28	9 March 1901	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–0	5,000	Maxwell, Leech
29	16 March 1901	Everton	A	0–3	10,000
30	23 March 1901	Sunderland	H	0–0	9,000
31	30 March 1901	Derby County	A	1–4	5,000	Leech
32	5 April 1901	Bury	A	2–3	2,000	Watkins, Whitehouse
33	9 April 1901	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–0	4,000	Watkins, Higginson
34	13 April 1901	Notts County	A	4–2	6,000	Watkins, Higginson, Maxwell, Johnson

FA Cup

Main article: 1900–01 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
IR	5 January 1901	Glossop	H	1–0	5,000	Benbow
R1	9 February 1901	Small Heath	H	1–1	12,000	Watkins
R1 Replay	13 February 1901	Small Heath	A	1–2 (aet)	10,000	Benbow

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps
GK	ENG Arthur Cartlidge	7	0	0	0	7	0
GK	ENG Tom Wilkes	27	0	3	0	30	0
FB	ENG Bill Capewell	33	0	3	0	36	0
FB	ENG Peter Durber	33	0	2	0	35	0
FB	ENG Jack Eccles	2	0	1	0	3	0
HB	ENG John Bowman	2	0	0	0	2	0
HB	ENG James Bradley	34	0	3	0	37	0
HB	ENG Tom Holford	6	0	1	0	7	0
HB	ENG Billy Leech	33	2	2	0	35	2
HB	ENG Edward Parsons	5	0	1	0	6	0
HB	ENG Alf Wood	29	2	2	0	31	2
FW	ENG Len Benbow	21	2	3	2	24	4
FW	ENG George Harris	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	ENG Sam Higginson	18	5	2	0	20	5
FW	ENG Freddie Johnson	34	5	3	0	37	5
FW	ENG Jimmy Jones	12	4	1	0	13	4
FW	ENG Arthur Lockett	16	0	0	0	16	0
FW	SCO William Maxwell	27	16	3	0	30	16
FW	ENG Tom Simpson	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	WAL Mart Watkins	28	9	3	1	31	10
FW	ENG Frank Whitehouse	6	1	0	0	6	1

References

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

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