1921–22 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1921–22 season
Chairman Mr E.Reynish
Manager Arthur Shallcross
Stadium Victoria Ground
Football League Second Division 2nd (52 Points)
FA Cup Third Round
Top goalscorer League: Jimmy Broad (25)
All: Jimmy Broad (27)
Highest home attendance 27,015 vs Port Vale (24 September 1921)
Lowest home attendance 5,000 vs Bury (21 January 1922)
Average home league attendance 15,200
Home colours

The 1921–22 season was Stoke's 22nd season in the Football League and the fourth in the Second Division.

After almost being relegated to the third tier last season Stoke improved dramatically and finished in 2nd position gaining promotion to the First Division.[1] Key to Stoke's success was the early season signing of the Broad brothers Tommy and Jimmy with the later scoring 27 goals.[1]

Season review

League

After the disappointments of last season, there was another conscious effort to strengthen the squad for the 1921–22 season, and a wealthy director John Slater proved to be the most ambitious as he spent a lot of his own money to bring to the club the Broad brothers, Tommy and Jimmy.[1] Jimmy was an out-and-out centre forward who came in after having scored 37 goals in 48 matches for Millwall.[1] Tommy on the other hand was a pacey right winger who signed from Manchester City.[1] The idea of developing young talent was also coming to the fore, with the appointment of Tom Brittleton as player-coach, which was met with approval from the clubs supporters.[1]

The season turned out to be one of the best the club had experienced up to that time and promotion was gained to the top-flight, Stoke finishing runners-up to Nottingham Forest.[1] Eleven home draws probably cost Stoke top spot but nevertheless their form throughout the season was very good and the team was well supported by the fans with an average attendance of 15,000.[1] Jimmy Broad was top scorer with 25 league goals and he also became the first Stoke player to score four goals in a Football League match, achieving this feat in a 5–1 home win over Crystal Palace in early December.[1] Stoke also achieved an unbeaten league run of 15 matches from 27 December to 8 April.[1]

FA Cup

The Cup also provided Stoke with some success as they beat local rivals Port Vale 4–2 in an epic cup tie in Burslem.[1] Arthur Watkin scored a hat-trick in front of 14,471 tie at The Old Recreation Ground.[1] Stoke then saw off Northampton Town 3–0 in a replay before 43,689 fans turned out to see Stoke take on Aston Villa in the third round.[1] The match ended goalless and in the replay Villa ran away with it and scored four without reply.[1]

Final league table

PosClubPWDLFAGAPts
1Nottingham Forest422212851301.70056
2Stoke421816860441.36452
3Barnsley422281267521.28852
4West Ham United422081452391.33348
5Hull City4219101351411.24448
6South Shields4217121343381.13246
7Fulham421891557381.50045
8Leeds United4216131348381.26345
9Leicester City4214171139341.14745
10The Wednesday4215141347500.94044
11Bury4215101754550.98240
12Derby County421591860640.93839
13Notts County4212151547510.92239
14Crystal Palace4213131645510.88239
15Clapton Orient421591843500.86039
16Rotherham County4214111732430.74439
17Wolverhampton Wanderers4213111844490.89837
18Port Vale421482043570.75436
19Blackpool421552244570.77235
20Coventry City4212102051600.85034
21Bradford Park Avenue421292146620.74233
22Bristol City421292137580.63833

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 Second Division

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
1 27 August 1921 West Ham UnitedH2–015,000Watkin, J Broad
2 29 August 1921 South ShieldsA1–14,000J Broad
3 3 September 1921 West Ham UnitedA0–320,000
4 5 September 1921 South ShieldsH2–18,500J Broad (2)
5 10 September 1921 Clapton OrientH0–015,000
6 17 September 1921 Clapton OrientA0–110,000
7 24 September 1921 Port ValeH0–027,015
8 1 October 1921 Port ValeA1–024,996J Broad
9 8 October 1921 Bradford Park AvenueH0–112,000
10 15 October 1921 Bradford Park AvenueA4–210,000J Broad (2), Watkin, T Broad
11 22 October 1921 Leeds UnitedA2–110,000J Broad, Tempest
12 29 October 1921 Leeds UnitedH3–015,000J Broad, T Broad, Whitehurst
13 5 November 1921 Hull CityH0–010,000
14 12 November 1921 Hull CityA1–79,000Watkin
15 19 November 1921 Notts CountyH0–06,000
16 26 November 1921 Notts CountyA0–010,000
17 3 December 1921 Crystal PalaceH5–19,000J Broad (4), Groves
18 10 December 1921 Crystal PalaceA2–012,000J Broad (2)
19 17 December 1921 Rotherham CountyA0–06,000
20 24 December 1921 Rotherham CountyH1–16,000J Broad
21 26 December 1921 FulhamA1–217,000Clarke
22 27 December 1921 FulhamH3–020,000Tempest, Watkin, Groves
23 31 December 1921 The WednesdayH1–112,000Groves
24 14 January 1922 The WednesdayA1–010,000Groves
25 21 January 1922 BuryH1–05,000T Broad
26 4 February 1922 Leicester CityH1–19,000T Broad
27 8 February 1922 BuryA1–07,000Watkin
28 11 February 1922 Leicester CityA4–321,000Groves (2), J Broad, Tempest
29 25 February 1922 Derby CountyA4–28,000Groves, J Broad, Twemlow, Mellor
30 4 March 1922 Coventry CityH2–216,000Groves, J Broad
31 6 March 1922 Derby CountyH1–111,000J Broad
32 11 March 1922 Coventry CityA1–025,000Groves
33 18 March 1922 BarnsleyA2–210,000J Broad, Watkin
34 25 March 1922 BarnsleyH1–014,000Tempest
35 1 April 1922 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–120,000Tempest
36 8 April 1922 Wolverhampton WanderersH3–010,000Tempest, J Broad (2)
37 14 April 1922 BlackpoolA2–317,000J Broad, Groves
38 15 April 1922 Nottingham ForestH1–120,000J Broad
39 17 April 1922 BlackpoolH1–120,000Tempest
40 22 April 1922 Nottingham ForestA1–312,000Whitehurst
41 29 April 1922 Bristol CityA0–215,000
42 6 May 1922 Bristol CityH3–016,000Groves, Watkin (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 1921–22 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R17 January 1922 Port ValeA4–214,471Watkin (3), Tempest
R228 January 1922 Northampton TownA2–216,000Watkin (2)
R2 Replay2 February 1922 Northampton TownH3–030,000Tempest, J Broad (2)
R318 February 1922 Aston VillaH0–043,689
R3 Replay22 February 1922 Aston VillaA0–426,540

Squad statistics

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GKEngland Tom Kay 600060
GKEngland Percy Knott 15020170
GKEngland Jimmy Lee 21030240
DFEngland Tommy Howe 100010
DFScotland Bob McGrory 41050460
DFEngland Alec Milne 41050460
MFEngland Ewart Beswick 17040210
MFEngland Tom Brittleton 14050190
MFEngland George Clarke 42150471
MFScotland Bill Dickie 12000120
MFEngland Billy Poole 600060
MFEngland Dickie Smith 35020370
MFEngland Fred Wilkinson 300030
FWEngland Jimmy Broad 4125524627
FWEngland Tommy Broad 32340363
FWEngland Fred Groves 2812503312
FWEngland Tommy Little 400040
FWEngland Syd Mellor 810081
FWEngland Albert Moore 100010
FWWales Dai Nicholas 600060
FWEngland Louis Page 100010
FWEngland Victor Shore 300030
FWEngland Sam Spencer 100010
FWEngland Billy Tempest 41752469
FWEngland Charlie Twemlow 110011
FWEngland Arthur Watkin 358554013
FWEngland Albert Whitehurst 620062

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

See also

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