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1923–24 Stoke F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Stoke
season	1923–24
manager	Tom Mather
chairman	Mr E.Reynish
stadium	Victoria Ground
league	Football League Second Division
league result	6th (46 Points)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	First Round
league topscorer	Jimmy Broad
(14)
season topscorer	Jimmy Broad
(14)
highest attendance	25,297 vs Bury
(22 March 1924)
lowest attendance	6,000 vs Hull City
(27 October 1923)
average attendance	11,765
prevseason	1922–23
nextseason	1924–25
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pattern_ra1	_red_stripes
pattern_so1	_band_red
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(14) (14) (22 March 1924) (27 October 1923) The 1923–24 season was Stoke's 24th season in the Football League and the fifth in the Second Division.

With Stoke back in the Second Division after their short stay in the First and without a manager the supporters questioned what the future held for the club. Tom Mather was appointed as the club's new manager in October 1923 and it would start a run of consistency as from 1923 to 1976 Stoke had just four managers. Mather led the club to sixth position in the table with just two wins in their last 12 matches costing Stoke a promotion challenge. At the end of the season Mather decided to sell a number of players including fans favourites Jimmy Broad, Tommy Broad and Billy Tempest; some players not asked to re-sign smashed up the offices at the Victoria Ground and caused a considerable amount of damage.

Season review

League

There was little money available for new players, and when former Southend United boss Tom Mather, a Lancastrian from Chorley, was given the managerial position in October, he quickly set about restoring the team's fortunes. Mather, who had been assistant manager at both Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers before becoming manager at Burnden Park during World War I, certainly consolidated the club and a final league finish of 6th was a decent outcome and would give Mather a platform to build on.

There was however a regrettable incident at the club just as the season ended when a group of players, who had not been asked to re-sign for the next season, arrived at the Victoria Ground and started smashing up the offices and dressing rooms, causing a considerable amount of damage. The offenders were immediately released by the club and things were quickly sorted out. There was a substantial clear-out, with a number of players leaving who had served the club well whilst there was also changes at boardroom level with chairman Mr E. Reynish relinquishing his position as chairman and wealthy director John Slater also left after he had injected a lot of his own money into the club with mixed success.

FA Cup

No progress was made in the FA Cup with Stoke going out in the first round to Leeds United.

Final league table

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1923–24 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	25 August 1923	Leeds United	H	1–1	20,000	J Broad
2	27 August 1923	Leicester City	A	0–5	14,500
3	1 September 1923	Leeds United	A	0–0	15,000
4	3 September 1923	Leicester City	H	1–0	11,000	Davies
5	8 September 1923	Blackpool	H	2–2	11,898	Davies, Richardson
6	15 September 1923	Blackpool	A	1–1	6,000	Davies
7	22 September 1923	Nelson	H	4–0	12,150	Davies (2), J Broad, Howe
8	24 September 1923	Southampton	H	1–1	20,000	Richardson
9	29 September 1923	Nelson	A	0–2	12,000
10	6 October 1923	Port Vale	H	1–0	21,685	Clarke
11	13 October 1923	Port Vale	A	4–2	16,800	J Broad (2), Eyres (2)
12	15 October 1923	Southampton	A	1–0	14,000	Kelly
13	20 October 1923	Hull City	A	0–2	8,000
14	27 October 1923	Hull City	H	1–0	6,000	Kasher
15	3 November 1923	Derby County	H	1–1	20,000	J Broad
16	10 November 1923	Derby County	A	1–1	12,000	Eyres
17	17 November 1923	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	9,000	J Broad
18	24 November 1923	Crystal Palace	A	1–5	15,000	Eyres
19	1 December 1923	The Wednesday	H	1–1	8,000	Eyres
20	8 December 1923	The Wednesday	A	0–3	14,000
21	15 December 1923	Coventry City	A	2–1	12,000	J Broad, Eyres
22	22 December 1923	Coventry City	H	2–1	6,000	J Broad, Eyres
23	26 December 1923	Bradford City	H	2–0	18,000	J Broad, Davies
24	29 December 1923	Bristol City	A	1–1	7,000	J Broad
25	5 January 1924	Bristol City	H	3–0	10,300	Davies (2), Clarke
26	19 January 1924	Clapton Orient	H	0–1	11,000
27	26 January 1924	Clapton Orient	A	2–0	7,700	J Broad, Sellars
28	2 February 1924	Stockport County	H	0–0	13,800
29	9 February 1924	Stockport County	A	1–0	4,000	Roxburgh
30	16 February 1924	Oldham Athletic	H	1–1	6,000	Davies
31	23 February 1924	Oldham Athletic	A	0–0	5,000
32	1 March 1924	South Shields	H	0–0	8,348
33	8 March 1924	South Shields	A	0–1	6,000
34	15 March 1924	Bury	A	0–1	6,000
35	22 March 1924	Bury	H	0–0	25,297
36	29 March 1924	Manchester United	A	2–2	10,000	J Broad, Tempest
37	5 April 1924	Manchester United	H	3–0	20,000	J Broad, Tempest, Sellars
38	12 April 1924	Barnsley	H	2–0	9,799	Sellars (2)
39	19 April 1924	Barnsley	A	0–0	6,224
40	21 April 1924	Fulham	A	0–3	10,000
41	23 April 1924	Fulham	H	0–0	8,000
42	26 April 1924	Bradford City	A	1–2	4,000	J Broad

FA Cup

Main article: 1923–24 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
	R1	12 January 1924	Leeds United	A	0–1	26,574

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	Total	Goals	Apps
GK	SCO Kenny Campbell	11	0	0	11	0
GK	ENG Bob Dixon	31	0	1	32	0
DF	ENG Sammy Davis	2	0	0	2	0
DF	ENG Tommy Howe	24	1	0	24	1
DF	SCO George Lennon	1	0	0	1	0
DF	SCO Bob McGrory	29	0	1	30	0
DF	ENG Billy Wootton	0	0	0	0	0
MF	ENG Ewart Beswick	5	0	0	5	0
MF	ENG Tom Brittleton	35	0	1	36	0
MF	ENG Harry Brough	33	0	0	33	0
MF	ENG George Clarke	18	2	1	19	2
MF	ENG Joseph Depledge	5	0	0	5	0
MF	ENG Wilf Edwards	0	0	0	0	0
MF	ENG Billy Fitchford	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Ireland Alfred Jordan	2	0	0	2	0
MF	ENG Joe Kasher	23	1	1	24	1
MF	ENG Arden Maddison	1	0	0	1	0
MF	ENG Vic Rouse	24	0	1	25	0
MF	ENG George Stentiford	8	0	0	8	0
FW	ENG Len Armitage	3	0	0	3	0
FW	ENG Jimmy Broad	37	14	1	38	14
FW	ENG Tommy Broad	30	0	1	31	0
FW	ENG Harry Davies	31	9	1	32	9
FW	ENG Jack Eyres	19	7	0	19	7
FW	ENG Charles Kelly	9	1	0	9	1
FW	WAL Dai Nicholas	9	0	1	10	0
FW	ENG Bert Ralphs	12	0	0	12	0
FW	ENG Frank Richardson	6	2	0	6	2
FW	SCO John Roxburgh	14	1	0	14	1
FW	ENG Harry Sellars	8	4	0	8	4
FW	ENG Andy Smith	3	0	0	3	0
FW	ENG Billy Tempest	29	2	1	30	2

References

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

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