1922–23 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke

1922–23 season

Chairman

Mr E.Reynish

Manager

Arthur Shallcross,
Jock Rutherford

Stadium

Victoria Ground

Football League First Division

21st (30 Points)

FA Cup

Second Round

Top goalscorer

League: Jimmy Broad (23)
All: Jimmy Broad (26)

Highest home attendance

44,000 vs Sunderland (26 December 1922)

Lowest home attendance

10,000 vs Nottingham Forest (31 March 1923)

Average home league attendance

19,450

Home colours

← 1921–22

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The 1922–23 season was Stoke's 23rd season in the Football League and the 19th in the First Division.

With Stoke's achievements last season they found themselves back in the First Division for the first time since 1907; however it would prove to be a short stay.^[1] In their opening eight matches, Stoke collected just two points and found themselves bottom of the table. Despite spending money on improving the squad, results were still poor and manager Arthur Shallcross was sacked in April 1923. He was replaced with former England international Jock Rutherford, but he was unable to avoid relegation.^[1] Rutherford then completed the shortest managerial spell in the club's history as a heated argument with the directors led him to resign just four weeks into his tenure.^[1]

Season review

League

With the club's First Division ambitions achieved, there was more than the usual air of optimism for the 1922–23 season, but things did not go according to plan and from their opening eight matches, Stoke claimed just two points (both draws) and found themselves anchored to the bottom of the table.^[1] Stoke's first win of the season came away at West Bromwich Albion when Harry Davies scored the only goal in his second appearance.^[1] Again the director's ambition and determination to maintain First Division status showed through with the arrivals of Joe Kasher and Bert Ralphs to name a few.^[1] This belated heavy expenditure on players cost the finance's dearly, but good crowds were able to cover the cost. Unfortunately relegation was not avoided and Stoke made an instant return to the Second Division.^[1]

Former England international Jock Rutherford was appointed manager of Stoke in April 1923, taking over from Arthur Shallcross who had served the club for the previous four years. However his stay was brief and after a heated row with directors the quickly left leaving Stoke without a manager going into the 1923–24 season.^[1]

FA Cup

In the Cup Stoke beat Blyth Spartans 3–0 in the first round before being knocked out 3–1 to Bury.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	26	8	8	70	31	2.258	60
2	Sunderland	42	22	10	10	72	54	1.333	54
3	Huddersfield Town	42	21	11	10	60	32	1.875	53
4	Newcastle United	42	18	12	12	45	37	1.216	48
5	Everton	42	20	7	15	63	59	1.068	47
6	Aston Villa	42	18	10	14	64	51	1.255	46
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	17	11	14	58	49	1.184	45
8	Manchester City	42	17	11	14	50	49	1.020	45
9	Cardiff City	42	18	7	17	73	59	1.237	43
10	Sheffield United	42	16	10	16	68	64	1.063	42
11	Arsenal	42	16	10	16	61	62	0.984	42
12	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	7	18	50	50	1.000	41
13	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	12	16	50	58	0.862	40
14	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	12	16	47	62	0.758	40
15	Burnley	42	16	6	20	58	59	0.983	38
16	Preston North End	42	13	11	18	60	64	0.938	37
17	Birmingham	42	13	11	18	41	57	0.719	37
18	Middlesbrough	42	13	10	19	57	63	0.905	36
19	Chelsea	42	9	18	15	45	53	0.849	36
20	Nottingham Forest	42	13	8	21	41	70	0.586	34
21	Stoke	42	10	10	22	47	67	0.701	30
22	Oldham Athletic	42	10	10	22	35	65	0.538	30

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

Main article: 1922–23 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	26 August 1922	Oldham Athletic	A	1–4	19,000	Groves
2	28 August 1922	Chelsea	H	1–2	20,000	Watkin
3	2 September 1922	Oldham Athletic	H	2–2	25,000	J Broad (2)
4	4 September 1922	Chelsea	A	2–3	20,000	J Broad (2)
5	9 September 1922	Huddersfield Town	H	2–2	22,000	J Broad, Watkin
6	13 September 1922	Birmingham	A	0–2	20,000
7	16 September 1922	Huddersfield Town	A	0–1	10,000
8	23 September 1922	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–2	20,000
9	30 September 1922	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–0	25,000	Davies
10	7 October 1922	Manchester City	H	1–1	20,000	J Broad
11	14 October 1922	Manchester City	A	1–2	18,000	J Broad
12	21 October 1922	Sheffield United	A	0–2	10,000
13	28 October 1922	Sheffield United	H	4–0	15,000	Davies (2), J Broad, Nicholas
14	4 November 1922	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	12,000	J Broad
15	11 November 1922	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–0	16,000	J Broad, Seddon (o.g.)
16	18 November 1922	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1	18,000	T Broad
17	2 December 1922	Cardiff City	A	1–2	20,000	J Broad
18	9 December 1922	Cardiff City	H	3–1	10,000	J Broad (pen) (2), Tempest
19	16 December 1922	Middlesbrough	A	1–3	5,000	Tempest
20	23 December 1922	Middlesbrough	H	0–0	15,112
21	26 December 1922	Sunderland	H	1–2	44,000	J Broad
22	30 December 1922	Arsenal	A	0–3	16,000
23	1 January 1923	Sunderland	A	0–2	30,000
24	6 January 1923	Arsenal	H	1–0	22,000	Brittleton
25	20 January 1923	Everton	A	0–4	23,000
26	22 January 1923	Blackburn Rovers	A	5–1	10,000	J Broad (3), Nicholas, Ralphs
27	27 January 1923	Everton	H	4–1	15,000	J Broad, Nicholas, Watkin (2)
28	8 February 1923	Preston North End	A	2–4	12,000	J Broad (2)
29	10 February 1923	Preston North End	H	4–2	10,000	J Broad (pen) (3), Davies
30	17 February 1923	Aston Villa	A	0–6	20,000
31	24 February 1923	Aston Villa	H	1–1	19,850	Watkin
32	3 March 1923	Burnley	A	2–3	10,000	Davies, Eyres
33	10 March 1923	Burnley	H	0–1	20,000
34	17 March 1923	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–0	20,000
35	24 March 1923	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	28,000	Watkin
36	31 March 1923	Nottingham Forest	H	0–1	10,000
37	2 April 1923	Birmingham	H	0–0	20,000
38	7 April 1923	Nottingham Forest	A	1–0	12,000	Richardson
39	14 April 1923	Newcastle United	H	1–0	20,000	Watkin
40	21 April 1923	Newcastle United	A	0–1	13,000
41	28 April 1923	Liverpool	H	0–0	18,000
42	5 May 1923	Liverpool	A	0–1	15,000

FA Cup

Main article: 1922–23 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	13 January 1923	Blyth Spartans	A	3–0	9,121	J Broad (2), Nicholas
R2	3 February 1923	Bury	A	1–3	32,000	J Broad

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Gilbert Brookes	12	0	2	0	14	0
GK	Kenny Campbell	8	0	0	0	8	0
GK	Bob Dixon	2	0	0	0	2	0
GK	Leslie Scott	20	0	0	0	20	0
DF	Tommy Howe	6	0	0	0	6	0
DF	George Lennon	2	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Bob McGrory	32	0	2	0	34	0
DF	Alec Milne	36	0	2	0	38	0
DF	Tommy Weston	4	0	0	0	4	0
MF	Ewart Beswick	3	0	0	0	3	0
MF	Tom Brittleton	16	1	2	0	18	1
MF	Harry Brough	12	0	0	0	12	0
MF	George Clarke	25	0	1	0	26	0
MF	Joe Kasher	29	0	2	0	31	0
MF	Billy Poole	6	0	0	0	6	0
MF	Vic Rouse	36	0	1	0	37	0
MF	Dickie Smith	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Jimmy Broad	30	23	2	3	32	26
FW	Tommy Broad	21	1	1	0	22	1
FW	Harry Davies	24	4	0	0	24	4
FW	Jack Eyres	4	1	0	0	4	1
FW	Fred Groves	13	1	0	0	13	1
FW	Dai Nicholas	33	3	2	1	35	4
FW	Bert Ralphs	22	1	1	0	23	1
FW	Frank Richardson	8	1	0	0	8	1
FW	Andy Smith	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Billy Tempest	20	2	2	0	22	2
FW	Arthur Watkin	34	7	2	0	36	7
FW	Albert Whitehurst	1	0	0	0	1	0
–	Own goals	–	1	–	0	–	1

References

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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