1899–1900 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1899–1900 season
Chairman	Mr W Cowlishaw
Manager	Horace Austerberry
Stadium	Victoria Ground
Football League First Division	9th (34 Points)
FA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: William Maxwell (11); All: William Maxwell (11)
Highest home attendance	15,000 vs Aston Villa (13 November 1899)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 vs Blackburn Rovers (4 November 1899)
Average home league attendance	7,250
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1899–1900 season was Stoke's 11th season in the Football League.

As the nineteenth century gave way to the twentieth, it became common knowledge that Stoke were still under a heavy financial cloud. There had been more public appeals for funds - and a certain amount of money had been raised. The directors had continued to go to Scotland for players but, they were not all that successful. The team itself had flirted with relegation for a number of seasons now and there had been only one respectable cup run, Stoke often looked capable of beating the best teams in the country but they were far too inconsistent and always seemed to be at least a couple of quality players short of what was required to challenge for honours.[1]

Stoke's final season of the nineteenth century saw them finish in a mid table position of 9th, Stoke struggled for goals during the season scoring 37 only the bottom two relegated clubs scoring less.[1]

Season review

League

Stoke began the 1899–1900 campaign well, beating Liverpool and Preston North End at home and drawing away at Burnley in their first three matches.[1] Tom Wilkes had replaced the outgoing George Clawley in goal and there was a change in attack as local player Sam Higginson was introduced in the place of Fred Molyneux who joined Bristol City while Jack Farrell joined Southampton.[1] Tom Holford also came through the ranks at the Victoria Ground and he went on to become a club legend making over 260 appearances.[1] There was also change in the boardroom as Mr W Cowlishaw replaced Mr J Fenton.[1]

On 13 November 1899 league leaders Aston Villa visited Stoke which attracted a crowd of 15,000 to the Victoria Ground. Gate receipts amounted to £379 a record at the time. Villa won 2–0 and were on their way to a third straight title. Stoke took ninth place in the First Division just two points away from fifth.[1]

FA Cup

After last seasons run to the semi-final Stoke exited the FA Cup this season in the first round losing 1–0 in a replay to Liverpool after a 0–0 draw.[1]

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Aston Villa	34	22	6	6	77	35	2.200	50
2	Sheffield United	34	18	12	4	63	33	1.909	48
3	Sunderland	34	19	3	12	50	35	1.429	41
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	15	9	10	48	37	1.297	39
5	Newcastle United	34	13	10	11	53	43	1.233	36
6	Derby County	34	14	8	12	45	43	1.047	36
7	Manchester City	34	13	8	13	50	44	1.136	34
8	Nottingham Forest	34	13	8	13	56	55	1.018	34
9	Stoke	34	13	8	13	37	45	0.822	34
10	Liverpool	34	14	5	15	49	45	1.089	33
11	Everton	34	13	7	14	47	49	0.959	33
12	Bury	34	13	6	15	40	44	0.909	32
13	West Bromwich Albion	34	11	8	15	43	51	0.843	30
14	Blackburn Rovers	34	13	4	17	49	61	0.803	30
15	Notts County	34	9	11	14	46	60	0.767	29
16	Preston North End	34	12	4	18	38	48	0.792	28
17	Burnley	34	11	5	18	34	54	0.630	27
18	Glossop	34	4	10	20	31	74	0.419	18

Key: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	2 September 1899	Liverpool	H	3–2	8,000	Maxwell (2), Kennedy
2	9 September 1899	Burnley	A	2–2	5,000	Higginson, Parsons
3	16 September 1899	Preston North End	H	3–1	6,000	Maxwell (2), Kennedy
4	18 September 1899	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–3	6,500	Turner
5	23 September 1899	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1	5,000
6	30 September 1899	Glossop	H	1–0	3,000	Maxwell
7	7 October 1899	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–0	3,000	Maxwell, Higginson
8	14 October 1899	Sunderland	A	0–3	7,000
9	21 October 1899	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	13,500	Maxwell
10	28 October 1899	Everton	H	1–1	12,000	Maxwell
11	4 November 1899	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–0	3,000	Maxwell, Holford
12	11 November 1899	Derby County	A	0–2	5,000
13	13 November 1899	Aston Villa	H	0–2	15,000
14	25 November 1899	Notts County	A	3–1	9,000	Turner (2), Robertson (pen)
15	2 December 1899	Manchester City	H	1–0	12,000	Johnson
16	9 December 1899	Sheffield United	A	0–1	10,000
17	16 December 1899	Newcastle United	H	2–2	4,000	Turner, Higginson
18	23 December 1899	Aston Villa	A	1–4	18,000	Robertson
19	25 December 1899	Everton	A	0–2	15,000
20	26 December 1899	Burnley	H	3–0	4,500	Maxwell (2), Tooth
21	30 December 1899	Liverpool	A	0–0	5,000
22	13 January 1900	Preston North End	A	0–3	4,000
23	20 January 1900	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	4,000
24	3 February 1900	Glossop	A	2–1	2,000	Turner (2)
25	10 March 1900	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–3	6,000
26	17 March 1900	Derby County	H	1–1	5,000	Turner
27	19 March 1900	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–4	1,717
28	26 March 1900	Sunderland	H	1–2	6,000	Kennedy
29	31 March 1900	Notts County	H	1–0	6,000	Turner
30	7 April 1900	Manchester City	A	0–1	15,000
31	13 April 1900	Bury	A	1–0	6,500	Wood
32	14 April 1900	Sheffield United	H	1–1	6,000	Jones
33	16 April 1900	Bury	H	2–0	4,000	Jones (2)
34	21 April 1900	Newcastle United	A	2–2	12,000	Jones (2)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	27 January 1900	Liverpool	H	0–0	8,500
R1 Replay	1 February 1900	Liverpool	A	0–1	7,000

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Arthur Cartlidge	3	0	0	0	3	0
GK	Tom Wilkes	31	0	2	0	33	0
FB	Bill Capewell	11	0	1	0	12	0
FB	Jack Eccles	26	0	2	0	28	0
FB	Tom Robertson	34	2	2	0	36	2
HB	John Bowman	2	0	0	0	2	0
HB	James Bradley	33	0	2	0	35	0
HB	Tom Holford	7	1	0	0	7	1
HB	Edward Parsons	31	1	2	0	33	1
HB	Alf Wood	27	1	2	0	29	1
FW	Ephraim Colclough	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Sam Higginson	31	3	2	0	33	3
FW	Freddie Johnson	29	1	1	0	30	1
FW	Jimmy Jones	14	5	2	0	16	5
FW	Jack Kennedy	29	3	2	0	31	3
FW	William Maxwell	22	11	0	0	22	11
FW	Harry Mellor	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	Arthur Roberts	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	George Tooth	4	1	0	0	4	1
FW	Joe Turner	30	8	2	0	32	8
FW	Harvey Whittaker	4	0	0	0	4	0

References

Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

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