1934–35 Stoke City F.C. season

The 1934–35 season was Stoke City's 35th season in the Football League and the 21st in the First Division.

Stoke City
1934–35 season
ChairmanA. McSherwin
ManagerTom Mather
StadiumVictoria Ground
Football League First Division10th (42 points)
FA CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Tommy Sale (24)
All: Tommy Sale (24)
Highest home attendance45,349 vs Arsenal (6 October 1934)
Lowest home attendance9,965 vs Huddersfield Town (4 May 1935)
Average home league attendance22,349

Stoke had an unprecedented amount of funds available as the chairman announced that they had recorded a £13,422 profit. The results on the pitch were similar to last season this time in reverse order with Stoke having a good first half but a poor second half to the campaign. Stoke finished in 10th position with 42 points.[1]

Season review

League

Chairman Sherwin went on record in the summer of 1934 by saying never before in its history has the club been in such a good position financially, Stoke had just made a profit of £13,422.[1] There was a considerable talk of more ground improvements to be made to the Victoria Ground, but some fans wanted the money to be spent on the development of younger players.[1]

Stoke started the 1934–35 season by losing 4–1 at Sheffield Wednesday but then quickly made amends by beating Leeds United 8–1 in their opening home match with Stanley Matthews scoring four goals which earned him his first England call up.[1] Another local star to emerge from the youth team was forward Freddie Steele who used to work for Downings Tileries before becoming a professional footballer.[1] Stoke started the campaign well and for one week in October they sat top of the table. They remained in the top five until February but a disappointing run of results towards the end of the season saw them finish in mid-table position of 10th.[1]

FA Cup

Stoke were embarrassed in this season's FA Cup losing, 4–1, away at Swansea Town.[1]

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
8 Everton 42 16 12 14 89 88 1.011 44
9 West Bromwich Albion 42 17 10 15 83 83 1.000 44
10 Stoke City 42 18 6 18 71 70 1.014 42
11 Preston North End 42 15 12 15 62 67 0.925 42
12 Chelsea 42 16 9 17 73 82 0.890 41
Source:

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
125 August 1934Sheffield WednesdayA1–418,000Liddle
227 August 1934Leeds UnitedH8–124,555Matthews (4), Johnson (2), Sale (2)
31 September 1934BirminghamH2–029,642Sale, Tutin
43 September 1934Leeds UnitedA2–420,000Sale, Liddle
58 September 1934Derby CountyA2–018,220Sale, Turner
615 September 1934Manchester CityA1–360,000Johnson
722 September 1934MiddlesbroughH2–019,768Matthews (2)
829 September 1934Blackburn RoversA1–010,127Davies
96 October 1934ArsenalH2–245,349Sale (2)
1013 October 1934PortsmouthA1–018,000Sale
1120 October 1934Aston VillaH4–133,744Sale, Johnson, Liddle (2)
1227 October 1934ChelseaA2–025,000Sale (2)
133 November 1934SunderlandH0–327,737
1410 November 1934Leicester CityA3–025,000Sale (2), Matthews
1517 November 1934EvertonH3–229,127Liddle, Johnson (2)
1624 November 1934Grimsby TownA1–312,125Turner (pen)
171 December 1934Preston North EndH3–121,455Sale (2), Johnson
188 December 1934Tottenham HotspurA2–330,000Matthews, Davies
1915 December 1934Wolverhampton WanderersH1–218,000Sale
2022 December 1934Huddersfield TownA4–14,037Sale (2), Davies, Liddle
2125 December 1934West Bromwich AlbionA0–338,531
2226 December 1934West Bromwich AlbionH3–018,219Liddle, Johnson, Steele
2329 December 1934Sheffield WednesdayH1–119,387Liddle
245 January 1935BirminghamA0–030,000
2519 January 1935Derby CountyH1–125,006Liddle
2626 January 1935Manchester CityH2–024,453Ware, Johnson
272 February 1935MiddlesbroughA0–212,000
289 February 1935Blackburn RoversH3–120,646Davies, Sale (2)
2920 February 1935ArsenalA0–230,529
3023 February 1935PortsmouthH1–215,014Johnson
312 March 1935Aston VillaA1–425,000Johnson
329 March 1935ChelseaH0–113,186
3316 March 1935SunderlandA1–430,000Ware
3423 March 1935Leicester CityH3–015,000Matthews (2), Turner (pen)
3530 March 1935EvertonA0–520,346
366 April 1935Grimsby TownH0–013,439
3713 April 1935Preston North EndA2–513,000Robson (2)
3819 April 1935LiverpoolA0–520,000
3920 April 1935Tottenham HotspurH4–111,653Sale (3), Liddle
4022 April 1935LiverpoolH1–120,305Sale
4127 April 1935Wolverhampton WanderersA1–217,489Almond
424 May 1935Huddersfield TownH2–09,965Davies, Turner (pen)

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R31 January 1935Swansea TownA1–420,200Matthews

Squad statistics

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Freddie Houldsworth 200020
GK Norman Lewis 36010370
GK Ken Scattergood 400040
DF John Bamber 300030
DF Joe Buller 100010
DF Bob McGrory 42010430
DF John Oliver 000000
DF Charlie Scrimshaw 100010
DF Billy Spencer 41010420
DF Bill Wright 000000
MF Jack Lewis 200020
MF Peter McArdle 100010
MF Wilf Mayer 100010
MF Harry Sellars 40010410
MF Arthur Turner 39410404
MF Arthur Tutin 41110421
FW John Almond 110011
FW Harry Davies 35510365
FW Joe Johnson 3811103911
FW Bobby Liddle 3810103910
FW Stanley Matthews 3610113711
FW Charlie Middleton 000000
FW Billy Robson 320032
FW Tommy Sale 3524103624
FW Frank Soo 900090
FW Freddie Steele 910091
FW Harry Ware 420042

References

  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
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