1929–30 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
1929–30 season
Chairman Mr A.McSherwin
Manager Tom Mather
Stadium Victoria Ground
Football League Second Division 11th (40 Points)
FA Cup Third Round
Top goalscorer League: Charlie Wilson (20)
All: Charlie Wilson (20)
Highest home attendance 19,013 vs Cardiff City (14 September 1929)
Lowest home attendance 5,369 vs Nottingham Forest (15 March 1930)
Average home league attendance 11,523
Home colours

The 1929–30 season was Stoke City's 30th season in the Football League and the tenth in the Second Division.

With the 1920s, which had seen Stoke hit the highs of the First Division and lows of the Third Division, coming to an end there was hope around the city that the club could regain its top-flight status. The Victoria Ground was improved again and could now hold 50,000. Despite a good start to the season with 15 points collected from the first 12 matches Stoke could not maintain a promotion challenge and finished in mid-table.[1]

Season review

League

With the 1920s now drawing to a close there were high hopes that, after three seasons of reasonable success on the pitch, a return to the First Division could be imminent.[1] Tom Mather was proving to be a fine manager, who with little or no resources, had built a team good enough to compete with the best in the country.[1] The bad feeling surrounding the sale of Harry Davies was slowly receding and two new forwards emerged, Wilf Kirkham from Port Vale and Wilf Chadwick from Wolverhampton Wanderers.[1]

The 1929–30 season was launched with a ceremony at the Victoria Ground which saw the Football League vice-president Mr C. Sutcliffe, officially declare open the new covered accommodation on the Butler Street stand for 12,000 spectators, bringing the overall number of fans under cover up to 20,000.[1] At this time it was considered that the Victoria Ground was only second in the country to Liverpool's Anfield with the total capacity now at 50,000.[1]

With Dick Williams still in goal and Bob McGrory and Billy Spencer at full back, Stoke started the season well and after twelve matches they lay second in the table.[1] However Stoke could not maintain their challenge as they were robbed of key players through injury mainly McGrory whose leadership was sorely missed and in the end Stoke settled for a position in mid table.[1]

FA Cup

Stoke suffered great misfortune in the FA Cup as in the third round Stoke were leading Doncaster Rovers 3–2 up until 76 minutes when the match was called off due to heavy snow fall. In the 'replay' Doncaster won 1–0.[1]

Final league table

PosClubPWDLFAGAPts
1Blackpool422741198671.46358
2Chelsea422211974461.60955
3Oldham Athletic4221111090511.76553
4Bradford Park Avenue4219121191701.30050
5Bury422251578671.16449
6West Bromwich Albion4221516105731.43847
7Southampton4217111477761.01345
8Cardiff City421881661591.03444
9Wolverhampton Wanderers421691777790.97541
10Nottingham Forest4213151455690.79741
11Stoke City421681874721.02840
12Tottenham Hotspur421591859610.96739
13Charlton Athletic4214111759630.93739
14Millwall4212151557730.78139
15Swansea Town421491957610.93437
16Preston North End4213111865800.81337
17Barnsley421482056710.78936
18Bradford City4212121860770.77936
19Reading4212111954670.80635
20Bristol City421392061830.73535
21Hull City421472151780.65435
22Notts County429151854700.77133

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 31 August 1929 Bradford CityH2–016,568Wilson, Archibald
2 2 September 1929 Charlton AthleticH2–110,000Wilson, Chadwick
3 7 September 1929 Swansea TownA2–212,136Wilson, Bussey
4 9 September 1929 Charlton AthleticA4–420,000Wilson, Bussey (2), Cull
5 14 September 1929 Cardiff CityH1–119,013Wilson
6 21 September 1929 Preston North EndA1–58,000Kirkham
7 28 September 1929 Bristol CityH6–213,492Kirkham, Wilson (3), Cull, Mawson
8 30 September 1929 Wolverhampton WanderersH3–06,648Kirkham, Mawson, Archibald
9 5 October 1929 Notts CountyA3–37,000Wilson, Liddle (2)
10 9 October 1929 Tottenham HotspurA1–312,000Wilson
11 12 October 1929 ReadingH2–215,853Wilson, Kirkham
12 19 October 1929 SouthamptonH4–014,666Kirkham, Sellars, Mawson, Williamson
13 26 October 1929 MillwallA1–28,000Mawson
14 2 November 1929 Oldham AthleticH0–215,840
15 9 November 1929 Nottingham ForestA1–26,000Chadwick
16 16 November 1929 ChelseaH1–18,000Robertson
17 23 November 1929 BuryA0–25,000
18 30 November 1929 BlackpoolH0–111,546
19 7 December 1929 BarnsleyA1–39,058Liddle
20 14 December 1929 Bradford Park AvenueH2–18,881Shirley (2)
21 21 December 1929 West Bromwich AlbionA3–211,809Shirley, Wilson (2)
22 25 December 1929 Hull CityA0–36,000
23 26 December 1929 Hull CityH3–111,553Shirley, Williamson, Mawson
24 28 December 1929 Bradford CityA0–312,000
25 4 January 1930 Swansea TownH0–16,640
26 18 January 1930 Cardiff CityA2–110,124Wilson, Bussey
27 25 January 1930 Preston North EndH2–310,325Wilson, Archibald
28 1 February 1930 Bristol CityA6–210,022Wilson (4) (1 Pen), Bussey, Kirkham
29 8 February 1930 Notts CountyH1–18,583Kirkham
30 15 February 1930 ReadingA0–05,175
31 22 February 1930 SouthamptonA1–210,000Armitage (pen)
32 1 March 1930 MillwallH1–08,987Wilson
33 8 March 1930 Oldham AthleticA0–517,749
34 15 March 1930 Nottingham ForestH6–05,369Kirkham (3), Williamson, Sellars, Bussey
35 22 March 1930 ChelseaA2–335,000Kirkham (2)
36 29 March 1930 BuryH1–010,019Liddle
37 5 April 1930 BlackpoolA2–09,959Kirkham, Sellars
38 12 April 1930 BarnsleyH3–07,431Kirkham, Armitage (pen), Liddle
39 19 April 1930 Bradford Park AvenueA2–36,700Liddle, Archibald
40 21 April 1930 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–218,092Kirkham
41 26 April 1930 West Bromwich AlbionH0–38,012
42 3 May 1930 Tottenham HotspurH1–06,570Cull

FA Cup

Main article: 1929–30 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R311 January 1930 Doncaster RoversA3–213,224Abandoned after 76 minutes
R316 January 1930 Doncaster RoversA0–17,748

Squad statistics

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GKEngland Dave Beswick 100010
GKEngland Norman Lewis 17010180
GKEngland Dick Williams 24000240
DFEngland Arthur Beachill 20010210
DFEngland Tommy Dawson 300030
DFScotland Bob McGrory 21000210
DFEngland Charlie Scrimshaw 200020
DFEngland Billy Spencer 40010410
DFEngland Harold Watson 200020
MFEngland Len Armitage 30210312
MFScotland Thomas Godfrey 100010
MFEngland Peter Jackson 600060
MFScotland William Robertson 910091
MFEngland Harry Sellars 40310413
MF Paddy Turley 100010
MFScotland Tom Williamson 37310383
FWScotland Bobby Archibald 40410414
FWEngland Walter Bussey 31610326
FWEngland Wilf Chadwick 721082
FWEngland John Cull 22310233
FWEngland Wilf Kirkham 2715002715
FWEngland Bobby Liddle 25600256
FWEngland Joe Mawson 11500115
FWEngland John Shirley 14400144
FWEngland Harold Taylor 400040
FWEngland Charlie Wilson 2720102820

References

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