1892–93 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1892–93 season
Chairman	Mr S. Barker
Manager	Arthur Reeves
Stadium	Victoria Ground
Football League First Division	7th (29 Points)
FA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Joe Schofield (13); All: Joe Schofield (13)
Highest home attendance	12,000 vs Preston North End (14 November 1892)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Newton Heath (7 January 1893)
Average home league attendance	5,070
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1891–92 1893–94 →

The 1892–93 season was Stoke's fourth season in the Football League.

Stoke finally made an improvement in the Football League finishing in 7th position with 29 points.^[1] Stoke fielded a settled side all season as just sixteen players were used with five of them playing in every match.^[1]

Season review

League

In 1892–93 Stoke finally made an impression in the Football League and claimed seventh place in the table.^[1] They collected 29 points, 11 more than bottom club Newton Heath, but were 19 points behind champions Sunderland.^[1] Ted Evans became the first Stoke player to be sent-off in the league when he received his marching orders in an away match at Everton on 12 November 1892, Stoke held out for a 2–2 draw.^[1] Throughout the season manager Arthur Reeves was able to field a settled side which included successful Scottish imports Davy Christie, Davy Brodie, Billy Dickson, Willie Naughton and Jimmie Robertson.^[1] Stoke went on an eight match unbeaten run through October and November and back to back home 7–1 and 6–0 victories over Newton Heath and Bolton Wanderers respectively the best results in an encouraging campaign for the "Potters".^[1]

FA Cup

There was no joy in the cup as Stoke lost 2–1 to Accrington in the first round. It proved to be the final meeting between the sides as Accrington resigned from the league at the end of the season.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Sunderland	30	22	4	4	100	36	2.778	48
2	Preston North End	30	17	3	10	57	39	1.462	37
3	Everton	30	16	4	10	74	51	1.451	36
4	Aston Villa	30	16	3	11	73	62	1.177	35
5	Bolton Wanderers	30	13	6	11	56	55	1.018	32
6	Burnley	30	13	4	13	51	44	1.159	30
7	Stoke	30	12	5	13	58	48	1.208	29
8	West Bromwich Albion	30	12	5	13	58	69	0.841	29
9	Blackburn Rovers	30	8	13	9	47	56	0.839	29
10	Nottingham Forest	30	10	8	12	48	52	0.923	28
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	12	4	14	47	68	0.691	28
12	The Wednesday	30	12	3	15	55	65	0.846	27
13	Derby County	30	9	9	12	52	64	0.813	27
14	Notts County	30	10	4	16	53	61	0.869	24
15	Accrington	30	6	11	13	57	81	0.704	23
16	Newton Heath	30	6	6	18	50	85	0.588	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	3 September 1892	Derby County	H	1–3	5,000	Schofield
2	10 September 1892	Nottingham Forest	A	4–3	9,000	Dunn (2), Turner (2)
3	12 September 1892	Aston Villa	H	0–1	4,500
4	17 September 1892	Accrington	H	2–2	9,000	Schofield, Evans
5	24 September 1892	Burnley	A	2–3	9,000	Dickson (2)
6	1 October 1892	Sunderland	A	1–3	8,000	Schofield
7	10 October 1892	Aston Villa	A	2–3	8,000	Dickson, Evans
8	15 October 1892	Bolton Wanderers	A	4–4	3,500	Evans (2), Schofield (2)
9	22 October 1892	Nottingham Forest	H	3–0	5,500	Schofield, Robertson (2)
10	29 October 1892	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	5,000	Robertson (2)
11	5 November 1892	Notts County	A	1–0	10,000	Robertson
12	12 November 1892	Everton	A	2–2	12,000	Robertson, Naughton
13	14 November 1892	Preston North End	H	2–1	12,000	Naughton (2)
14	19 November 1892	Burnley	H	4–1	3,500	Naughton, Dickson (2), Robertson
15	26 November 1892	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–1	600	Evans, Schofield
16	3 December 1892	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	3,500
17	17 December 1892	The Wednesday	H	2–0	5,000	Dickson, Naughton
18	24 December 1892	Derby County	A	0–1	8,000
19	26 December 1892	Accrington	A	2–5	3,000	Evans (2)
20	31 December 1892	Preston North End	A	1–2	5,500	Schofield
21	7 January 1893	Newton Heath	H	7–1	1,000	Dickson (3), Robertson (2), Schofield, Edge
22	14 January 1893	Bolton Wanderers	H	6–0	4,500	Robertson, Evans (3), Proctor, Sommerville (o.g.)
23	28 January 1893	Everton	H	0–1	5,000
24	11 February 1893	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–2	6,000	Naughton
25	25 February 1893	Blackburn Rovers	A	3–3	3,500	Schofield (3)
26	11 March 1893	Notts County	H	1–0	4,500	Robertson
27	18 March 1893	Sunderland	H	0–1	10,000
28	31 March 1893	Newton Heath	A	0–1	10,000
29	1 April 1893	The Wednesday	A	1–0	5,000	Dickson
30	3 April 1893	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–2	8,000	Schofield, Dickson

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	21 January 1893	Accrington	A	1–2	4,000	Brodie

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Leon Boullemier	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	Bill Rowley	30	0	1	0	31	0
FB	Tommy Clare	30	0	1	0	31	0
FB	Lachie Thomson	7	0	0	0	7	0
FB	Alf Underwood	26	0	1	0	27	0
HB	Davy Brodie	30	0	1	1	31	1
HB	Davy Christie	27	0	1	0	28	0
HB	Jack Proctor	30	1	1	0	31	1
FW	Charlie Baker	4	0	0	0	4	0
FW	Billy Dickson	30	11	1	0	31	11
FW	Billy Dunn	5	2	0	0	5	2
FW	Alf Edge	1	1	0	0	1	1
FW	Ted Evans	25	10	1	0	26	10
FW	Danny McLaren	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Willie Naughton	24	6	1	0	25	6
FW	Jimmie Robertson	26	11	1	0	27	11
FW	Joe Schofield	29	13	1	0	30	13
FW	Wilmot Turner	5	2	0	0	5	2
–	Own goals	–	1	–	0	–	1

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

[The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

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