# 1910–11 Stoke F.C. season

The 1910–11 season was Stoke's third and final season in the Birmingham & District League and second in the Southern Football League.
Stoke again played in two league competitions in 1910–11 and were very successful in both. They won the Birmingham & District League and also gained promotion to the Southern Football League Division One after finishing runner-up to Reading on goal average.

## Season review
### League

Progress was being made slowly, and the directors were able to spend money on new players to strengthen the squad, whilst at the same time the club decided to remain in two league competitions. One major acquisition in the summer of 1910 was forward Jack Peart from Sheffield United. He made a brilliant impact, scoring 31 goals in just 21 matches before breaking his leg against Crewe Alexandra in December 1910. Stoke also re-signed goalkeeper Arthur Cartlidge for £315 a lot of money for a 'keeper in 1910 as Stoke's finances began to improve.
Stoke played 59 competitive fixtures in 1910–11. They won the Birmingham & District League and gained promotion from the Southern Football League Division Two as runners-up. A total of 167 goals were scored in the 56 league matches with the two Smiths Alf and William scoring 58 between them. They were numerous high-scoring victories including a 10–0 win over Halesowen Town, an 8–0 away win at Chesham Town and an 8–1 home win over Kettering Town. Stoke also hit six on five occasions.
With Stoke now in a tougher competition the directors decided that Stoke should leave their reserve side to play in the Birmingham & District League and let their first team concentrate on the Southern League.

### FA Cup

After fine qualifying round wins over Worcester City (7–0) and Lincoln City (4–0), Stoke lost 2–1 in the first round to Manchester City.

## Final league table
### Birmingham & District League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 1 | Stoke | 34 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 95 | 48 | 1.979 | 50 |
| 2 | Aston Villa Reserves | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 97 | 41 | 2.366 | 48 |
| 3 | Walsall | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 60 | 44 | 1.364 | 46 |
| 4 | Wrexham | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 52 | 1.423 | 41 |
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 85 | 61 | 1.393 | 40 |
| 6 | Stourbridge | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 82 | 54 | 1.519 | 38 |
| 7 | Worcester City | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 77 | 79 | 0.975 | 38 |
| 8 | Wellington Town | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 65 | 62 | 1.048 | 37 |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion Reserves | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 58 | 0.931 | 34 |
| 10 | Dudley Town | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 67 | 0.836 | 33 |
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 61 | 74 | 0.824 | 32 |
| 12 | Wednesbury Old Athletic | 34 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 61 | 82 | 0.744 | 30 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 69 | 75 | 0.920 | 29 |
| 14 | Brierley Hill Alliance | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 75 | 0.840 | 29 |
| 15 | Birmingham Reserves | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 73 | 92 | 0.793 | 26 |
| 16 | Stafford Rangers | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 45 | 73 | 0.616 | 26 |
| 17 | Kidderminster Harriers | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 66 | 0.561 | 20 |
| 18 | Halesowen | 34 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 48 | 99 | 0.485 | 15 |

### Southern Football League Division Two

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 1 | Reading | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 11 | 5.000 | 35 |
| 2 | Stoke | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 72 | 21 | 3.429 | 35 |
| 3 | Merthyr Town | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 22 | 2.364 | 33 |
| 4 | Cardiff City | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 29 | 1.655 | 28 |
| 5 | Croydon Common | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 26 | 2.346 | 25 |
| 6 | Treharris | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 31 | 1.226 | 23 |
| 7 | Aberdare | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 1.152 | 23 |
| 8 | Ton Pentre | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 40 | 1.100 | 23 |
| 9 | Walsall | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 41 | 0.902 | 18 |
| 10 | Kettering | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 34 | 68 | 0.500 | 13 |
| 11 | Chesham Town | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 97 | 0.165 | 5 |
| 12 | Salisbury City | 22 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 92 | 0.174 | 3 |

## Results

Stoke's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Birmingham & District League

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 3 September 1910 | Wellington Town | A | 1–1 | 1,500 | Turner |
| 2 | 10 September 1910 | Worcester City | A | 1–4 | 2,000 | Peart |
| 3 | 17 September 1910 | Birmingham Reserves | A | 3–2 | 2,000 | Peart (2), Baddeley |
| 4 | 24 September 1910 | West Bromwich Albion Reserves | H | 2–0 | 5,000 | Peart (2) |
| 5 | 1 October 1910 | Stafford Rangers | A | 3–0 | 2,500 | Peart, A Smith, Turner |
| 6 | 8 October 1910 | Dudley Town | H | 5–2 | 10,000 | Peart (3), A Smith, W Smith |
| 7 | 15 October 1910 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 3–0 | 8,000 | Peart, W Smith, Baddeley |
| 8 | 22 October 1910 | Stourbridge | A | 1–2 | 3,000 | Thornton |
| 9 | 29 October 1910 | Walsall | H | 3–4 | 7,000 | Peart (2), A Smith |
| 10 | 5 November 1910 | Kidderminster Harriers | A | 2–2 | 2,000 | Peart, A Smith |
| 11 | 12 November 1910 | Wrexham | H | 6–2 | 7,500 | Peart (2), A Smith, Baddeley, Turner (2) |
| 12 | 26 November 1910 | Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves | H | 6–1 | 5,000 | Peart (3), A Smith (2), Turner |
| 13 | 10 December 1910 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 1–0 | 10,000 | S Baddeley |
| 14 | 17 December 1910 | Wednesbury Old Athletic | A | 0–1 | 2,000 | |
| 15 | 24 December 1910 | Brierley Hill Alliance | H | 4–1 | 2,500 | A Smith (2), Leese, Baddeley |
| 16 | 31 December 1910 | Wellington Town | H | 6–1 | 2,500 | A Smith (3), Baddeley, Brown |
| 17 | 7 January 1911 | Worcester City | H | 2–1 | 8,000 | Leese, Boulton |
| 18 | 21 January 1911 | Birmingham Reserves | H | 6–2 | 3,000 | W Smith (2), Baddeley, S Baddeley, Hay (2) |
| 19 | 28 January 1911 | West Bromwich Albion Reserves | A | 2–1 | 3,500 | W Smith, A Smith |
| 20 | 11 February 1911 | Dudley Town | A | 0–1 | 1,000 | |
| 21 | 18 February 1911 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 1–0 | 2,000 | Leese |
| 22 | 25 February 1911 | Stourbridge | H | 2–1 | 2,500 | W Smith, A Smith |
| 23 | 4 March 1911 | Walsall | A | 4–2 | 3,500 | W Smith, A Smith, Baddeley, Leigh |
| 24 | 11 March 1911 | Kidderminster Harriers | H | 5–0 | 6,500 | W Smith, A Smith (2), Leese (2) |
| 25 | 18 March 1911 | Wrexham | A | 1–7 | 3,000 | Hardman |
| 26 | 25 March 1911 | Aston Villa Reserves | H | 2–1 | 11,000 | W Smith, A Smith |
| 27 | 1 April 1911 | Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves | A | 3–2 | 2,000 | W Smith, A Smith, S Baddeley |
| 28 | 3 April 1911 | Halesowen | A | 1–0 | 2,000 | Hay |
| 29 | 8 April 1911 | Halesowen | H | 10–0 | 10,000 | A Smith (5), Leese, W Smith, Savage (3) |
| 30 | 15 April 1911 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 0–1 | 12,000 | |
| 31 | 17 April 1911 | Stafford Rangers | H | 4–0 | 12,000 | W Smith (2), Turner, Paxton |
| 32 | 22 April 1911 | Wednesbury Old Athletic | H | 2–0 | 6,000 | A Smith, Hardman |
| 33 | 24 April 1911 | Aston Villa Reserves | A | 0–4 | 3,000 | |
| 34 | 29 April 1911 | Brierley Hill Alliance | A | 3–2 | 2,000 | Leese, Griffiths, Hardman |

### Southern Football League Division Two

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 1 September 1910 | Ton Pentre | A | 3–2 | 3,000 | Peart (2), Griffiths |
| 2 | 12 September 1910 | Treharris Athletic | A | 4–1 | 3,000 | Peart (3), Baddeley |
| 3 | 3 October 1910 | Ton Pentre | H | 3–0 | 3,000 | Peart, Griffiths (2) |
| 4 | 12 October 1910 | Croydon Common | A | 1–2 | 2,000 | Griffiths |
| 5 | 17 October 1910 | Aberdare | A | 4–2 | 3,000 | W Smith (2), Peart, Brown |
| 6 | 24 October 1910 | Kettering Town | H | 8–1 | 3,000 | Peart (3), Brown (2), Turner, Baddeley, W Smith |
| 7 | 5 November 1910 | Chesham Town | H | 3–0 | 2,000 | Horrocks (3) |
| 8 | 7 November 1910 | Croydon Common | H | 6–2 | 1,000 | Peart (2), Baddeley (2), W Smith, A Smith |
| 9 | 14 November 1910 | Aberdare | H | 1–0 | 3,000 | Peart |
| 10 | 12 December 1910 | Walsall | H | 4–0 | 3,000 | W Smith (2), Brown, Griffiths |
| 11 | 27 December 1910 | Cardiff City | H | 5–0 | 9,000 | W Smith (2), Griffiths, Baddeley (2) |
| 12 | 2 January 1911 | Salisbury City | H | 6–0 | 3,000 | A Smith (3), Griffiths (2), Brown |
| 13 | 30 January 1911 | Merthyr Town | H | 4–1 | 5,000 | W Smith, Griffiths, Baddeley, Boulton |
| 14 | 4 February 1911 | Chesham Town | A | 8–0 | 2,000 | W Smith (3), Boulton (3), Turner, Baddeley |
| 15 | 20 February 1911 | Reading | H | 1–0 | 5,000 | Boulton |
| 16 | 8 March 1911 | Salisbury City | A | 2–2 | 1,000 | Turner, Baddeley |
| 17 | 20 March 1911 | Walsall | A | 0–1 | 2,000 | |
| 18 | 27 March 1911 | Merthyr Town | A | 0–2 | 8,000 | |
| 19 | 10 April 1911 | Treharris Athletic | H | 2–0 | 2,000 | Savage, Leese |
| 20 | 14 April 1911 | Reading | A | 0–2 | 10,000 | |
| 21 | 18 April 1911 | Cardiff City | A | 2–1 | 4,000 | W Smith, A Smith |
| 22 | 27 April 1911 | Kettering Town | A | 5–1 | 5,000 | W Smith, A Smith, Leese, Baddeley (2) |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 4QR | 19 November 1910 | Worcester City | H | 7–0 | 6,000 | Peart (2), A Smith (2), Baddeley (3) |
| 5QR | 3 November 1910 | Lincoln City | H | 4–0 | 12,000 | Peart, A Smith, Griffiths, W Smith |
| R1 | 14 January 1911 | Manchester City | H | 1–2 | 23,883 | A Smith |

## Squad statistics

| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Horace Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Jack Baxter | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| GK | Arthur Cartlidge | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| GK | Richard Herron | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| GK | Fred Rathbone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| GK | Jack Robinson | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| DF | Charles James | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Dick Hawe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | James Hay | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| DF | Harry Holt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Ernest Mullineux | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| DF | George Turner | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 9 |
| DF | Jimmy Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Sam Baddeley | 53 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 3 |
| MF | William Bradbury | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| MF | John Brown | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 |
| MF | Archie Dyke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Victor Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Harold Hardman | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| MF | Francis Hobson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Vic Horrocks | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| MF | George Latham | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | Harry Leese | 50 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 9 |
| MF | Albert Pitt | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | James Swarbrick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Tom Thornton | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| FW | Amos Baddeley | 42 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 21 |
| FW | Ernest Boulton | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| FW | Thomas Greaves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Arthur Griffiths | 44 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 11 |
| FW | Harry Leigh | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| FW | John Paxton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| FW | Jack Peart | 21 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 34 |
| FW | Albert Savage | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| FW | Alf Smith | 41 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 35 |
| FW | William Smith | 53 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 28 |