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1925–26 Stoke City F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Stoke City
season	1925–26
manager	Tom Mather
chairman	Mr A.McSherwin
stadium	Victoria Ground
league	Football League Second Division
league result	21st (32 Points)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth Round
league topscorer	Harry Davies
& Bobby Archibald
(10)
season topscorer	Harry Davies
& Dick Johnson
(13)
highest attendance	21,782 vs Port Vale
(7 September 1925)
lowest attendance	6,670 vs Bradford City
(27 February 1926)
average attendance	12,144
prevseason	1924–25
nextseason	1926–27
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& Bobby Archibald (10) & Dick Johnson (13) (7 September 1925) (27 February 1926) The 1925–26 season was Stoke City's 26th season in the Football League and the seventh in the Second Division. It was also the first season under the name of Stoke City.

Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status in 1925 and so Stoke added the word 'City' to their name and have since been forever known as Stoke City. However, despite a change of name there was no change in fortunes on the pitch as Stoke failed to improve after last season's narrow escape and they were relegated to the Third Division North this time finishing one point from safety.

Season review

League

The 1925–26 season was a season of change as Stoke F.C. became Stoke City F.C. and there was a new offside law introduced which allowed two opponents (not three as before) to be between the attacker and the goal. This change prompted many high scoring matches throughout the county as teams struggled to adapt the changes with the traditional 2–3–5 formation, eventually teams started to use new formations and tactics. But Stoke did not share the high scoring and they struggled all season with many disappointing displays.

Injuries certainly hampered the team's efforts throughout the season and by the new year relegation looked inevitable and despite a late revival a failure to beat Southampton on the final day of the season sealed Stoke's fate and they dropped into the third tier for the first time. However the signing of Huddersfield Town's Charlie Wilson in March 1926 proved to be a vital addition as he would be key in making sure Stoke's stay in the Third Division North would be a short one.

FA Cup

With sides in the top two divisions now starting in the third round Stoke played Wigan Borough and beat them 5–2 however Stoke themselves were on the receiving end of a heavy cup defeat losing 6–3 to Swansea Town in the fourth round.

Final league table

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1925–26 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	29 August 1925	Stockport County	H	3–0	17,296	Clennell (2), Archibald
2	31 August 1925	Port Vale	A	0–3	20,000
3	5 September 1925	Fulham	A	4–2	10,000	Davies (2), Ralphs (2)
4	7 September 1925	Port Vale	H	0–3	21,782
5	12 September 1925	South Shields	H	0–1	13,334
6	14 September 1925	Oldham Athletic	A	2–7	6,680	Sellars, Howe (pen)
7	19 September 1925	Preston North End	A	0–2	10,000
8	26 September 1925	Middlesbrough	H	4–0	9,617	Paterson (3), Archibald
9	3 October 1925	Portsmouth	A	0–2	12,000
10	10 October 1925	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0	15,609
11	17 October 1925	Bradford City	H	1–0	8,377	Davies
12	24 October 1925	Derby County	A	3–7	15,000	Davies (2), Paterson
13	31 October 1925	Clapton Orient	H	0–0	9,106
14	7 November 1925	Barnsley	A	1–2	10,000	D Johnson
15	14 November 1925	Blackpool	H	1–3	8,529	Archibald
16	21 November 1925	Darlington	A	2–1	8,529	D Johnson, Clennell
17	28 November 1925	Hull City	H	3–1	7,155	D Johnson, Clennell, Archibald
18	5 December 1925	Chelsea	A	1–1	15,000	Davies
19	12 December 1925	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	9,033	Archibald
20	19 December 1925	Southampton	A	2–1	9,033	D Johnson, Clennell
21	25 December 1925	Swansea Town	A	1–1	12,000	Davies
22	26 December 1925	Swansea Town	H	1–1	19,814	Ralphs
23	2 January 1926	Stockport County	A	1–2	6,600	Walker
24	16 January 1926	Fulham	H	5–0	7,565	D Johnson (4), Archibald
25	23 January 1926	South Shields	A	1–5	5,000	Davies
26	6 February 1926	Middlesbrough	A	0–3	8,800
27	13 February 1926	Portsmouth	H	2–1	11,724	Davies, Clifford (o.g.)
28	20 February 1926	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–5	15,000	Clennell
29	22 February 1926	Preston North End	H	1–3	10,140	Archibald
30	27 February 1926	Bradford City	A	1–2	6,140	Davies
31	6 March 1926	Derby County	H	0–1	14,808
32	13 March 1926	Clapton Orient	A	0–4	8,000
33	20 March 1926	Barnsley	H	1–2	18,638	Archibald
34	27 March 1926	Blackpool	A	0–0	7,500
35	3 April 1926	Darlington	H	6–1	13,811	Clennell (2), Archibald, Wilson, Williams (2)
36	5 April 1926	The Wednesday	H	0–1	18,138
37	6 April 1926	The Wednesday	A	0–2	20,000
38	10 April 1926	Hull City	A	0–1	6,000
39	17 April 1926	Chelsea	H	1–3	10,219	Wilson
40	24 April 1926	Nottingham Forest	A	2–1	12,000	Archibald, Sellars
41	26 April 1926	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	8,461	Wilson
42	1 May 1926	Southampton	H	1–1	8,012	D Johnson

FA Cup

Main article: 1925–26 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
	R3	9 January 1926	Wigan Borough	A	5–2	3,992	D Johnson (3), Davies (2)
	R4	30 January 1926	Swansea Town	A	3–6	21,000	D Johnson, Davies, Beswick

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps
GK	SCO Kenny Campbell	7	0	0	0	7	0
GK	ENG Bob Dixon	34	0	2	0	36	0
GK	ENG Percy Knott	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	ENG Tommy Howe	6	1	0	0	6	1
DF	SCO Bob McGrory	36	0	2	0	38	0
DF	ENG Alec Milne	25	0	2	0	27	0
DF	ENG Harold Robson	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	ENG Billy Spencer	16	0	0	0	16	0
MF	ENG Ewart Beswick	23	0	1	1	24	1
MF	ENG Harry Brough	5	0	0	0	5	0
MF	ENG Tommy Dawson	8	0	0	0	8	0
MF	SCO George Dickie	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	ENG Reginald Hodgkins	2	0	0	0	2	0
MF	ENG Peter Jackson	10	0	0	0	10	0
MF	ENG Sam Johnson	30	0	2	0	32	0
MF	ENG Alec McClure	4	0	2	0	6	0
MF	ENG Harry Sellars	13	2	0	0	13	2
MF	ENG John Walker	25	1	1	0	26	1
FW	SCO Bobby Archibald	42	10	2	0	44	10
FW	ENG Len Armitage	14	0	0	0	14	0
FW	ENG Walter Bussey	4	0	0	0	4	0
FW	ENG Joe Clennell	24	8	2	0	26	8
FW	ENG John Cull	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	ENG Harry Davies	30	10	2	3	32	13
FW	ENG Jack Eyres	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	ENG Charles Hallam	6	0	0	0	6	0
FW	ENG Dick Johnson	31	9	2	4	33	13
FW	ENG Charles Kelly	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	SCO James Maxwell	10	0	0	0	10	0
FW	SCO George Paterson	7	4	0	0	7	4
FW	ENG Bert Ralphs	16	3	2	0	18	3
FW	ENG Arthur Watkin	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	ENG Joey Williams	11	2	0	0	11	2
FW	ENG Charlie Wilson	11	3	0	0	11	3
–	Own goals	–	1	–	0	–	1

References

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

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