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1922–23 Stoke F.C. season

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{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox Football club season

| club = Stoke

| season = 1922–23

| manager = Arthur Shallcross,
Jock Rutherford

| chairman = Mr E.Reynish

| stadium = Victoria Ground

| league = Football League First Division

| league result = 21st (30 Points)

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = Second Round

| cup2 =

| cup2 result =

| league topscorer = Jimmy Broad
(23)

| season topscorer = Jimmy Broad
(26)

| highest attendance = 44,000 vs Sunderland
(26 December 1922)

| lowest attendance = 10,000 vs Nottingham Forest
(31 March 1923)

| average attendance = 19,450

| prevseason = 1921–22

| nextseason = 1923–24

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| pattern_b1 = _red_stripes

| pattern_ra1 = _red_stripes

| pattern_sh1 =

| pattern_so1 = _band_red

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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.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}} 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. 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.

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. Stoke's first win of the season came away at West Bromwich Albion when Harry Davies scored the only goal in his second appearance. 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. 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.

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.

=FA Cup=

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

Final league table

{{:1922–23 Football League|transcludesection=First Division|only_totals=y|showteam=STK}}

Results

Stoke's score comes first

=Legend=

class="wikitable"

|style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"|Win

|style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"|Draw

|style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"|Loss

=Football League First Division=

{{Main|1922–23 Football League}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"

!Match!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|1

26 August 1922Oldham AthleticA1–419,000Groves
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|2

28 August 1922ChelseaH1–220,000Watkin
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|3

2 September 1922Oldham AthleticH2–225,000J Broad (2)
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|4

4 September 1922ChelseaA2–320,000J Broad (2)
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|5

9 September 1922Huddersfield TownH2–222,000J Broad, Watkin
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|6

13 September 1922BirminghamA0–220,000
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|7

16 September 1922Huddersfield TownA0–110,000
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|8

23 September 1922West Bromwich AlbionH0–220,000
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|9

30 September 1922West Bromwich AlbionA1–025,000Davies
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|10

7 October 1922Manchester CityH1–120,000J Broad
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|11

14 October 1922Manchester CityA1–218,000J Broad
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|12

21 October 1922Sheffield UnitedA0–210,000
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|13

28 October 1922Sheffield UnitedH4–015,000Davies (2), J Broad, Nicholas
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|14

4 November 1922Bolton WanderersA1–112,000J Broad
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|15

11 November 1922Bolton WanderersH2–016,000J Broad, Seddon (o.g.)
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|16

18 November 1922Blackburn RoversH1–118,000T Broad
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|17

2 December 1922Cardiff CityA1–220,000J Broad
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|18

9 December 1922Cardiff CityH3–110,000J Broad (pen) (2), Tempest
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|19

16 December 1922MiddlesbroughA1–35,000Tempest
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|20

23 December 1922MiddlesbroughH0–015,112
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|21

26 December 1922SunderlandH1–244,000J Broad
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|22

30 December 1922ArsenalA0–316,000
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|23

1 January 1923SunderlandA0–230,000
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|24

6 January 1923ArsenalH1–022,000Brittleton
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|25

20 January 1923EvertonA0–423,000
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|26

22 January 1923Blackburn RoversA5–110,000J Broad (3), Nicholas, Ralphs
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|27

27 January 1923EvertonH4–115,000J Broad, Nicholas, Watkin (2)
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|28

8 February 1923Preston North EndA2–412,000J Broad (2)
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|29

10 February 1923Preston North EndH4–210,000J Broad (pen) (3), Davies
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|30

17 February 1923Aston VillaA0–620,000
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|31

24 February 1923Aston VillaH1–119,850Watkin
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|32

3 March 1923BurnleyA2–310,000Davies, Eyres
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|33

10 March 1923BurnleyH0–120,000
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|34

17 March 1923Tottenham HotspurH0–020,000
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|35

24 March 1923Tottenham HotspurA1–328,000Watkin
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|36

31 March 1923Nottingham ForestH0–110,000
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|37

2 April 1923BirminghamH0–020,000
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|38

7 April 1923Nottingham ForestA1–012,000Richardson
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|39

14 April 1923Newcastle UnitedH1–020,000Watkin
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|40

21 April 1923Newcastle UnitedA0–113,000
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|41

28 April 1923LiverpoolH0–018,000
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|42

5 May 1923LiverpoolA0–115,000

=FA Cup=

{{Main|1922–23 FA Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"R113 January 1923Blyth SpartansA3–09,121J Broad (2), Nicholas
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"R23 February 1923BuryA1–332,000J Broad

Squad statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|Pos.

!rowspan="2"|Name

!colspan="2" width="85"|League

!colspan="2" width="85"|FA Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|Total

Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Gilbert Brookes

|12

020140
align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Kenny Campbell

|8

00080
align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bob Dixon

|2

00020
align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Leslie Scott

|20

000200
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tommy Howe

|6

00060
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} George Lennon

|2

00020
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Bob McGrory

|32

020340
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Alec Milne

|36

020380
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tommy Weston

|4

00040
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ewart Beswick

|3

00030
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Brittleton

|16

120181
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Brough

|12

000120
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} George Clarke

|25

010260
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Kasher

|29

020310
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Poole

|6

00060
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Vic Rouse

|37

010380
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Dickie Smith

|1

00010
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Broad

|30

23233226
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tommy Broad

|21

110221
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Davies

|24

500245
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Eyres

|4

10041
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Groves

|13

100131
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Dai Nicholas

|32

321344
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Pointon

|0

00000
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bert Ralphs

|22

110231
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Frank Richardson

|8

10081
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jock Rutherford

|0

00000
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Smith

|2

00020
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Victor Staley

|0

00000
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Tempest

|20

220222
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Arthur Watkin

|34

720367
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Albert Whitehurst

|1

00010
align="left"|–align="left"|Own goals

|–

1–0–1

References

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{{Stoke City F.C. seasons}}

{{1922–23 in English football}}

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