# 1906–07 Stoke F.C. season

The 1906–07 season was Stoke's 18th season in the Football League.
After flirting with relegation for quite a while, Stoke's luck run out in 1906–07 as they were relegated, finishing bottom of the First Division with 26 points, five away from safety. It was a bad season for Stoke and would be the start of a troubled period for the club.

## Season review
### League

After a good 1905–06 season, the 1906–07 campaign ended in tears and sorrow for Stoke supporters, as the team finished bottom of the First Division and were relegated for the first time. They dropped to the foot of the table early in the new year and stayed there winning just 4 of the last 16 fixtures. Finance was bad and Fred Rouse left for Everton in a £600 deal in November much to the annoyance of the fans. Defence was a problem for Horace Austerberry and he used 28 players including 4 amateurs. Stoke scored just 41 goals in 38 matches and there was hardly a bright spot throughout the season and Stoke entered the Football League Second Division for the first time.

### FA Cup

Stoke's poor league form was not helped by three matches against West Bromwich Albion after drawing 1–1 and 2–2 West Brom won 2–0 in the second replay at Villa Park.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 16 | Bury | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 58 | 68 | 0.853 | 32 | |
| 17 | Manchester City | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 53 | 77 | 0.688 | 32 | |
| 18 | Notts County | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 46 | 50 | 0.920 | 31 | |
| 19 | Derby County (R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 41 | 59 | 0.695 | 27 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 20 | Stoke (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 41 | 64 | 0.641 | 26 | Relegation to the Second Division |

## Results

Stoke's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League First Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 1 September 1906 | Liverpool | A | 0–1 | 30,000 | |
| 2 | 3 September 1906 | Aston Villa | H | 0–2 | 12,000 | |
| 3 | 8 September 1906 | Bristol City | H | 0–3 | 6,000 | |
| 4 | 10 September 1906 | Aston Villa | A | 0–1 | 20,000 | |
| 5 | 15 September 1906 | Notts County | A | 2–2 | 11,000 | Rouse, Fielding |
| 6 | 22 September 1906 | Sheffield United | H | 1–1 | 5,000 | Rouse |
| 7 | 29 September 1906 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 1–1 | 10,000 | Chalmers |
| 8 | 6 October 1906 | Manchester United | H | 1–2 | 9,000 | Rouse |
| 9 | 13 October 1906 | Derby County | H | 2–1 | 6,000 | Arrowsmith (2) |
| 10 | 20 October 1906 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 1–3 | 10,000 | Rouse |
| 11 | 27 October 1906 | Sunderland | H | 2–2 | 7,000 | Arrowsmith, Holford |
| 12 | 3 November 1906 | Birmingham | A | 1–2 | 8,000 | Holford |
| 13 | 10 November 1906 | Everton | H | 2–0 | 6,000 | Arrowsmith, Capes |
| 14 | 12 November 1906 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 1–1 | 5,000 | Fielding |
| 15 | 17 November 1906 | Woolwich Arsenal | A | 1–2 | 10,000 | Baddeley |
| 16 | 24 November 1906 | The Wednesday | H | 1–1 | 6,000 | Holford (pen) |
| 17 | 1 December 1906 | Bury | A | 0–2 | 7,000 | |
| 18 | 8 December 1906 | Manchester City | H | 3–0 | 7,000 | Holford, Chalmers (2) |
| 19 | 15 December 1906 | Middlesbrough | A | 0–5 | 12,000 | |
| 20 | 22 December 1906 | Preston North End | H | 0–2 | 6,000 | |
| 21 | 24 December 1906 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 3–0 | 5,000 | Chalmers (2), Sturgess |
| 22 | 26 December 1906 | Newcastle United | H | 1–2 | 9,000 | Arrowsmith |
| 23 | 5 January 1907 | Bristol City | A | 0–4 | 6,000 | |
| 24 | 19 January 1907 | Notts County | H | 1–1 | 3,000 | Capes |
| 25 | 26 January 1907 | Sheffield United | A | 0–2 | 9,000 | |
| 26 | 9 February 1907 | Manchester United | A | 1–4 | 7,000 | Holford (pen) |
| 27 | 16 February 1907 | Derby County | A | 1–2 | 10,000 | Gallimore |
| 28 | 2 March 1907 | Sunderland | A | 1–3 | 12,000 | Fielding |
| 29 | 9 March 1907 | Birmingham | H | 3–0 | 3,000 | Fielding, Baddeley, Chalmers |
| 30 | 11 March 1907 | Liverpool | H | 1–1 | 3,000 | Chalmers |
| 31 | 16 March 1907 | Everton | A | 0–3 | 8,000 | |
| 32 | 29 March 1907 | Newcastle United | A | 0–1 | 30,000 | |
| 33 | 30 March 1907 | The Wednesday | A | 1–0 | 10,000 | Chalmers |
| 34 | 6 April 1907 | Bury | H | 3–1 | 3,000 | Chalmers, Gallimore, Arrowsmith |
| 35 | 13 April 1907 | Manchester City | A | 2–2 | 10,000 | Arrowsmith, Baddeley (pen) |
| 36 | 15 April 1907 | Woolwich Arsenal | H | 2–0 | 4,000 | Chalmers, Sturgess |
| 37 | 20 April 1907 | Middlesbrough | H | 0–2 | 3,000 | |
| 38 | 27 April 1907 | Preston North End | A | 2–2 | 6,000 | Chalmers, Davies |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 12 January 1907 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 1–1 | 30,000 | Baddeley |
| R1 Replay | 17 January 1907 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 2–2 | 14,000 | Arrowsmith, Fielding |
| R1 Second Replay | 21 January 1907 | West Bromwich Albion | N | 0–2 | 25,000 | |

## Squad statistics

| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Fred Rathbone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Leigh Richmond Roose | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| GK | Isaiah Turner | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| FB | Harry Benson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FB | Charlie Burgess | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| FB | Albert Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FB | Lloyd Davies | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| FB | Ernest Mullineux | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| HB | George Baddeley | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 4 |
| HB | Harry Croxton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| HB | Tom Holford | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 5 |
| HB | Albert Sturgess | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| HB | John Whitehouse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Arthur Arrowsmith | 34 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 8 |
| FW | Charlie Axcell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Amos Baddeley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Freddie Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Adrian Capes | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| FW | Jackie Chalmers | 26 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 11 |
| FW | Billy Davies | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| FW | Ross Fielding | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 5 |
| FW | George Gallimore | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| FW | Arthur Griffiths | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | John Love Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Jack Miller | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| FW | Ernie Millward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Syd Owen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Fred Rouse | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| FW | Bill Williamson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |