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1919–20 Stoke F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Stoke
season	1919–20
manager	Arthur Shallcross
chairman	Mr E.Reynish
stadium	Victoria Ground
league	Football League Second Division
league result	10th (42 Points)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	First Round
league topscorer	David Brown
(13)
season topscorer	David Brown
(13)
highest attendance	30,000 vs Birmingham
(6 December 1919)
lowest attendance	5,000 vs South Shields
(24 April 1920)
average attendance	12,145
prevseason	1918–19
nextseason	1920–21
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(13) (13) (6 December 1919) (24 April 1920) The 1919–20 season was Stoke's 20th season in the Football League and the second in the Second Division.

With the country back to normal after the hostilities in Europe, a full league programme was restored for the 1919–20 season and Stoke were able to take their place back in the Football League since 1908. Stoke had an up and down season as they went on runs of victories and then runs of defeats and unsurprisingly finished in a mid table position of 10th. The 1919–20 season also saw the Potteries derby become a league fixture as local club Port Vale were elected into the football league due to the expulsion of Leeds City. Stoke won the first league meeting between the two clubs 3–0 at Vale's Old Recreation Ground.

Season review

League

During the war Stoke had some success as they impressed in the Lancashire section of the war league. There was of course sadness as seven players died fighting in the war. These were goalkeeper Richard Herron, half-backs Henry Hargreaves and Stan Ripley and reserve team players George Limer, Jack Shorthouse, Tom Kinson and Bill Nixon. Stoke's exploits in the War-League not only brought prestige and standing, but also swelled the coffers to the extent of financial stability. It was hoped that the club was set for a bright future and, with virtually everyone retained who had acquitted themselves so well in the war period, promotion was the target. Two Scottish players George Jarvis (from Celtic) and Jock Stirling (from Bradford Park Avenue) joined the forward ranks, whilst goalkeeper Tom Kay became first choice keeper and would go on to make 70 successive appearances.

The 1919–20 season opened well with good sized crowds being entertained by a winning team. Stoke collected maximum points in eleven of the first 15 matches and they only failed to score in one. Bob Whittingham, who had been such a stalwart during the war, rejoined the club on a permanent transfer from Chelsea and at the same time (October) David Brown arrived from Dundee to give Stoke's forward line an impressive look. But amazingly and completely out of context, Stoke's fortunes took a dramatic turn as they lost the next five matches. The team did manage to recover and in the end finished in 10th spot. A mid-table position was acceptable since the club had sought, initially, to consolidate its position in the Second Division. But the supporters were disappointed with the end result after such a good start to the season.

FA Cup

Fellow Second Division side Bury defeated Stoke in the first round 2–0.

Final league table

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1919–20 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	30 August 1919	Barnsley	H	2–0	12,000	Jarvis (2)
2	1 September 1919	Hull City	A	0–3	8,000
3	6 September 1919	Barnsley	A	2–1	7,000	Jarvis, Tempest
4	8 September 1919	Hull City	H	3–1	10,000	Jarvis (2), Maddock (pen)
5	13 September 1919	Blackpool	H	2–0	9,000	Smith, Boxley
6	20 September 1919	Blackpool	A	1–3	6,000	Herbert
7	27 September 1919	West Ham United	H	2–1	10,000	Herbert (2)
8	4 October 1919	West Ham United	A	1–1	20,000	Phillips
9	11 October 1919	Stockport County	H	2–1	8,000	Clarke, Stirling
10	18 October 1919	Stockport County	A	1–3	7,000	Boxley
11	25 October 1919	Rotherham County	H	3–0	5,000	Jarvis (2), Jones
12	1 November 1919	Rotherham County	A	3–1	12,000	Jarvis, Brown (2)
13	15 November 1919	Bristol City	A	2–1	6,000	Parker, Whittingham
14	17 November 1919	Bristol City	H	2–0	8,000	Whittingham, Twemlow (pen)
15	22 November 1919	Grimsby Town	H	3–0	5,000	Jones (2), Jarvis
16	29 November 1919	Grimsby Town	A	0–2	4,000
17	6 December 1919	Birmingham	H	0–1	30,000
18	13 December 1919	Birmingham	A	1–2	40,000	Page
19	20 December 1919	Leicester City	A	1–3	19,641	Brown
20	25 December 1919	Coventry City	A	2–3	15,000	Brown, Whittingham
21	26 December 1919	Coventry City	H	6–1	20,000	Brown (2), Whittingham (2), Phillips (2)
22	27 December 1919	Leicester City	H	3–0	15,000	Brown (2), Whittingham
23	3 January 1920	Fulham	A	0–0	10,000
24	17 January 1920	Fulham	H	1–0	7,000	Parker
25	24 January 1920	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2	8,000
26	28 January 1920	Nottingham Forest	A	2–0	6,000	Brown, Martin
27	7 February 1920	Lincoln City	H	1–3	10,000	Whittingham
28	14 February 1920	Lincoln City	A	1–2	8,000	Jarvis
29	21 February 1920	Bury	H	1–1	12,000	Twemlow (pen)
30	28 February 1920	Bury	A	0–1	12,000
31	6 March 1920	Port Vale	A	3–0	22,697	Whittingham, Brown, Watkin
32	13 March 1920	Port Vale	H	0–0	27,000
33	20 March 1920	Clapton Orient	A	1–2	8,000	Brown
34	27 March 1920	Clapton Orient	H	2–0	18,000	Brown, Maddock (pen)
35	3 April 1920	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2	40,000
36	5 April 1920	Huddersfield Town	H	0–1	20,000
37	6 April 1920	Huddersfield Town	A	0–3	30,000
38	10 April 1920	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–3	10,000	Maddock (pen)
39	17 April 1920	South Shields	A	2–2	16,000	Watkin (2)
40	24 April 1920	South Shields	H	0–0	5,000
41	26 April 1920	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–4	12,000
42	1 May 1920	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–0	10,000	Brown, Boxley (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 1919–20 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
	R1	10 January 1920	Bury	A	0–2	12,000

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	Total	Goals	Apps
GK	ENG Tom Kay	42	0	1	43	0
DF	ENG Percy Brooke	4	0	0	4	0
DF	ENG Jack Maddock	15	3	0	15	3
DF	ENG Alec Milne	30	0	1	31	0
DF	ENG George Smart	4	0	0	4	0
DF	ENG Billy Twemlow	33	2	1	34	2
MF	ENG George Clarke	30	1	1	31	1
MF	WAL Joe Jones	15	3	0	15	3
MF	ENG Charlie Parker	34	2	1	35	2
MF	ENG Dickie Smith	33	1	0	33	1
MF	ENG Harry Wootton	1	0	0	1	0
FW	ENG Tommy Bowyer	0	0	0	0	0
FW	ENG David Boxley	8	4	0	8	4
FW	SCO David Brown	31	13	1	32	13
FW	ENG Matthew Burton	3	0	0	3	0
FW	ENG Bill Charnley	2	0	0	2	0
FW	ENG Harry Crossthwaite	12	0	0	12	0
FW	ENG Billy Herbert	11	3	0	11	3
FW	SCO George Jarvis	30	10	1	31	10
FW	ENG James Martin	13	1	0	13	1
FW	ENG Louis Page	12	1	0	12	1
FW	ENG Wilf Phillips	13	3	1	14	3
FW	SCO Jock Stirling	20	1	1	21	1
FW	ENG Billy Tempest	36	1	1	37	1
FW	ENG Billy Tompkinson	1	0	0	1	0
FW	ENG Arthur Watkin	11	3	1	12	3
FW	ENG Bob Whittingham	18	8	0	18	8

References

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

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