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1901–02 Stoke F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Stoke
season	1901–02
manager	Horace Austerberry
chairman	Mr W Cowlishaw
stadium	Victoria Ground
league	Football League First Division
league result	16th (31 Points)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third Round
league topscorer	Mart Watkins
(15)
season topscorer	Mart Watkins
(16)
highest attendance	13,000 vs Bury
(2 September 1901)
lowest attendance	4,000 vs Newcastle United
(11 January 1902)
average attendance	7,280
prevseason	1900–01
nextseason	1902–03
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(15) (16) (2 September 1901) (11 January 1902) The 1901–02 season was Stoke's 13th season in the Football League.

Stoke failed to improve from last season's narrow escape and again required a final day survival, Stoke stayed up after a 2–2 draw with Manchester City one point more than Small Heath who could only draw 0–0 with Notts County and were relegated.

Season review

League

Stoke now without William Maxwell struggled again in 1901–02. With winger Freddie Johnson now skippering the side, Stoke again took 16th position in the First Division avoiding relegation by a single point thanks mainly to a four match unbeaten run at the end of the season. The relegation battle came to a crescendo in April with literally 14 of the 18 teams in the division in danger of the drop, with 3rd placed Newcastle United only avoiding relegation by seven points.

At the start of April the bottom of the table was tight with Stoke having one of the poorest goal-averages, and away trips to Notts County and Manchester City were favourites to go down. But again, Stoke escaped after switching 5 ft 5 inch half-back Tom Holford to centre forward for the last four games which ended in a 1–1 draw at Notts County, home wins 4–0 and 2–0 over Bolton and Grimsby respectively and a last gasp 2–2 draw with Manchester City where Holford scored his third goal in succession. Stoke could have gone down right at the death if Small Heath had beaten Notts County in their last match but they drew 0–0 and both the Birmingham club and Manchester City were relegated. One of Stoke's most bizarre events in their history occurred in January 1902 when the team fell ill with food poisoning just before a league match away at Liverpool. The players had eaten fish at the Adelphi Hotel and were violently sick in the dressing room at Anfield. Soon into the match goalkeeper Leigh Richmond Roose had to leave the pitch and Stoke went on to lose 7–0.

FA Cup

Stoke fared better in the FA Cup this season beating Aston Villa and Bristol Rovers before losing to Nottingham Forest in the third round.

Final league table

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1901–02 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	2 September 1901	Bury	H	1–2	13,000	Lockett
2	7 September 1901	Liverpool	H	1–0	12,000	Higginson
3	14 September 1901	Newcastle United	A	1–5	20,000	Lockett
4	21 September 1901	Aston Villa	H	1–0	10,000	Watkins
5	28 September 1901	Sheffield United	A	1–1	12,000	Higginson
6	5 October 1901	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	8,000	Johnson
7	12 October 1901	Bury	A	2–4	8,000	Watkins (2)
8	19 October 1901	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–2	10,000	Watkins, Lockett
9	26 October 1901	Grimsby Town	A	2–1	6,000	Watkins, Whitehouse
10	2 November 1901	Everton	A	0–1	16,000
11	9 November 1901	Sunderland	H	3–0	10,000	Watkins (2), Doig (o.g.)
12	11 November 1901	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–0	8,000	Watkins, Johnson, Hales
13	23 November 1901	Derby County	H	1–1	8,000	Harris
14	30 November 1901	The Wednesday	A	1–3	7,500	Johnson
15	7 December 1901	Notts County	H	3–0	7,000	Watkins, Hales, Lockett
16	14 December 1901	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–2	6,000	Watkins
17	26 December 1901	Sheffield United	H	3–2	12,000	Watkins (2), MacDonald
18	28 December 1901	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–4	7,000	Whitehouse
19	4 January 1902	Liverpool	A	0–7	7,000
20	11 January 1902	Newcastle United	H	0–0	4,000
21	13 January 1902	Manchester City	H	3–0	5,000	Higginson, Watkins, Whitehouse
22	18 January 1902	Aston Villa	A	0–0	25,000
23	1 February 1902	Nottingham Forest	A	0–2	6,000
24	15 February 1902	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–6	7,000	Watkins
25	17 February 1902	Small Heath	A	1–1	5,000	MacDonald
26	1 March 1902	Everton	H	1–2	10,000	MacDonald
27	8 March 1902	Sunderland	A	0–2	8,000
28	15 March 1902	Small Heath	H	1–0	6,000	Lockett
29	22 March 1902	Derby County	A	0–1	8,000
30	29 March 1902	The Wednesday	H	1–2	7,000	Higginson
31	5 April 1902	Notts County	A	1–1	5,000	Harris
32	12 April 1902	Bolton Wanderers	H	4–0	5,000	Harris, Holford, Higginson (2)
33	14 April 1902	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	4,000	Watkins, Holford
34	19 April 1902	Manchester City	A	2–2	7,000	Holford, Hillman (o.g.)

FA Cup

Main article: 1901–02 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	25 January 1902	Aston Villa	H	2–2	20,000	Watkins, Hales
R1 Replay	29 January 1902	Aston Villa	A	2–1 (aet)	22,000	Higginson, Hales
R2	8 February 1902	Bristol Rovers	A	1–0	15,000	Dunn (o.g.)
R3	22 February 1902	Nottingham Forest	A	0–2	29,000

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps
GK	ENG George Boote	1	0	0	0	1	0
GK	ENG George Lawton	1	0	0	0	1	0
GK	WAL Leigh Richmond Roose	24	0	4	0	28	0
GK	ENG Tom Wilkes	8	0	0	0	8	0
FB	ENG Harry Benson	1	0	0	0	1	0
FB	ENG Charlie Burgess	3	0	1	0	4	0
FB	ENG Bill Capewell	12	0	0	0	12	0
FB	SCO Andy Clark	34	0	3	0	37	0
FB	WAL Sam Meredith	27	0	4	0	31	0
HB	ENG Thomas Shufflebotham	0	0	0	0	0	0
HB	ENG Samuel Ashworth	25	0	4	0	29	0
HB	ENG George Baddeley	7	0	0	0	7	0
HB	ENG James Bradley	23	0	2	0	25	0
HB	ENG Tom Holford	29	3	4	0	33	3
HB	ENG Vic Horrocks	0	0	0	0	0	0
HB	ENG Billy Leech	13	0	2	0	15	0
FW	ENG Ross Fielding	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	ENG Len Hales	15	2	4	2	19	4
FW	ENG George Harris	15	3	0	0	15	3
FW	ENG Sam Higginson	30	6	4	1	34	7
FW	ENG Freddie Johnson	29	3	4	0	33	3
FW	ENG Arthur Lockett	27	5	4	0	31	5
FW	SCO Billy MacDonald	9	3	0	0	9	3
FW	ENG Bertram Wallace	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	WAL Mart Watkins	32	15	4	1	36	16
FW	ENG Frank Whitehouse	6	3	0	0	6	3
–	Own goals	–	2	–	1	–	3

References

Matthews, Tony. (1994). "The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City". Lion Press.
"A fishy sickness bug? When Liverpool put Potters in their plaice".

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