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1917–18 Stoke F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Stoke
season	1917–18
manager	Joe Schofield
chairman	Mr E.Reynish
stadium	Victoria Ground
league	Lancashire Section Primary Competition
league result	1st
cup1	Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group B
cup1 result	3rd
league topscorer	Billy Herbert
(32)
highest attendance	25,000 vs Liverpool
(9 March 1918)
lowest attendance	4,000 vs Various teams
prevseason	1916–17
nextseason	1918–19
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pattern_b1	_red_stripes
pattern_ra1	_red_stripes
pattern_so1	_color_3_stripes_white
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socks1	FF0000

(32) (9 March 1918) The 1917–18 season was Stoke's third season in the War-time League.

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 Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group B. However, none of these were considered to be competitive football, and thus their records are not recognised by the Football League.

Season review

In the Primary Competition of the Lancashire League Stoke finished in 1st place with 48 points whilst in the Secondary Competition they finished 3rd with 6 points. Stoke were in free scoring form this season amassing 106 goals including a 16–0 win over Blackburn Rovers this was followed up by an 8–1 win over Rovers a week later. Stoke also beat teams 9–0 (Burnley), 7–0 (Oldham), 6–0 (Port Vale). Stoke won the Primary Competition and thus competed in the championship decider against Leeds City over two legs. However Leeds won 2–1. Both matches against Leeds drew impressive crowds and gate receipts totalled £918 which went to the National Footballers' War Fund.

Final league table

Lancashire Section Primary Competition

Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group B

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Lancashire Section Primary Competition

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	1 September 1917	Bolton Wanderers	A	5–2	6,000	Howell (2), Bridgett, Whittingham (2)
2	8 September 1917	Bolton Wanderers	H	6–2	7,000	Howell (2), Bridgett, Whittingham, Herbert (2)
3	15 September 1917	Preston North End	A	3–2	5,000	Howell, Whittingham, Herbert
4	22 September 1917	Preston North End	H	4–0	8,000	Howell, Herbert, Bridgett, Jones
5	29 September 1917	Port Vale	A	2–0	10,000	Herbert, Whittingham
6	6 October 1917	Port Vale	H	4–1	8,000	Herbert, Whittingham (2), Howell
7	13 October 1917	Blackpool	A	5–0	4,000	Harrison, Herbert (2), Howell (2)
8	20 October 1917	Blackpool	H	3–1	7,000	Howell, Whittingham, Parker
9	27 October 1917	Manchester City	H	4–3	9,000	Herbert, Watkin (2), Turner
10	3 November 1917	Manchester City	A	0–1	20,000
11	10 November 1917	Blackburn Rovers	H	16–0	8,000	Whittingham (4), Turner (4), Herbert (3), Parker (2), Harrison, Bridgett, Jones
12	17 November 1917	Blackburn Rovers	A	8–1	4,000	Whittingham (2), Herbert, Howell (2), Jones, Bridgett (2)
13	1 December 1917	Rochdale	A	0–0	4,000
14	8 December 1917	Everton	H	3–0	8,000	Bridgett (2), Howell
15	15 December 1917	Everton	A	2–3	10,000	Bridgett, Whittingham
16	22 December 1917	Bury	H	1–0	5,000	Howell
17	29 December 1917	Bury	A	1–1	4,000	P. Jones
18	5 January 1918	Oldham Athletic	H	7–0	5,000	Herbert (4), Howell (2), Martin
19	12 January 1918	Oldham Athletic	A	2–2	3,000	Herbert, Howell
20	19 January 1918	Stockport County	H	2–1	4,000	Herbert, Howell
21	21 January 1918	Stockport County	A	3–0	3,000	Martin, Jones, Smith
22	2 February 1918	Manchester United	H	5–1	6,000	Bridgett, Parker, Herbert, Howell (2)
23	9 February 1918	Manchester United	A	1–2	10,000	Harrison
24	16 February 1918	Southport Central	A	2–0	3,000	Howell, Turner
25	23 February 1918	Southport Central	H	4–0	4,000	Turner, Lockett, Herbert, Jones
26	2 March 1918	Liverpool	A	1–1	22,000	Howell
27	9 March 1918	Liverpool	H	3–1	25,000	Howell (2), Bridgett
28	16 March 1918	Burnley	H	9–0	16,000	Herbert (2), Bridgett, Howell (3), Parker, Lockett, Harrison
29	23 March 1918	Burnley	A	2–0	4,000	Howell, Lockett
30	27 April 1918	Rochdale	H	1–2	6,000	Jones

Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group B

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	29 March 1918	Port Vale	A	2–1	7,000	Herbert, P. Jones
2	30 March 1918	Manchester United	A	1–2	11,000	Jones
3	1 April 1918	Port Vale	H	6–0	12,000	Herbert (3), Lockett, Bassett (2)
4	6 April 1918	Manchester United	H	0–0	8,000
5	13 April 1918	Manchester City	H	1–1	9,000	Herbert
6	20 April 1918	Manchester City	A	0–2	11,000

Championship Decider

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1st leg	4 May 1918	Leeds City	A	0–2	15,000
2nd leg	11 May 1918	Leeds City	H	1–0	14,000	Parker

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	Matches	Apps
GK	ENG Richard Herron	2	0
GK	ENG A. Morns	5	0
GK	ENG Teddy Peers	31	0
DF	ENG Arthur Allman	5	0
DF	ENG Jack Maddock	23	0
DF	ENG Alec Milne	4	0
DF	ENG George Turner	1	0
DF	ENG Billy Twemlow	37	0
DF	ENG Harry Wootton	1	0
MF	WAL Joe Jones	38	6
MF	ENG Charlie Parker	38	6
MF	ENG Dick Smith	32	1
FW	ENG G. Bassett	4	2
FW	ENG J. Bridgett	24	10
FW	ENG Billy Briscoe	1	0
FW	ENG S. Connor	1	0
FW	ENG S. Cooper	1	0
FW	ENG Thomas Greaves	2	0
FW	ENG Billy Harrison	33	4
FW	ENG Billy Herbert	38	32
FW	ENG Harry Howell	31	28
FW	ENG P. Jones	3	2
FW	ENG Aaron Lockett	9	5
FW	ENG James Martin	9	3
FW	SCO G. McGregor	1	0
FW	ENG Billy Tempest	1	0
FW	ENG Eli Turner	13	9
FW	ENG Arthur Watkin	3	2
FW	ENG Bob Whittingham	17	15

References

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

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