1949–50 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
1949–50 season
Chairman	Mr H. Booth
Manager	Bob McGrory
Football League First Division	19th (34 Points)
FA Cup	Round 3
Top goalscorer	Frank Bowyer (15)
Highest home attendance	41,635 vs Sunderland (27 December 1949)
Lowest home attendance	17,297 vs Middlesbrough(3 December 1949)
	← 1948–49 1950–51 →

The 1949–50 season was Stoke's 50th season of league football and the 29th in the First Division.

Overview

The 1949–50 season started on a bad note for Stoke as Neil Franklin handed in a transfer request which caused a rift between him and the management and also caused morale to drop. By October time Stoke were deep in relegation trouble and around this time Bob McGrory broke the club's transfer record with the £9,000 signing of Celtic's Leslie Johnston. However the most notable signing was that of Harry Oscroft who would later become a great player for Stoke.

Just after Oscroft's arrival Stoke slumped to a poor 6–0 defeat to Arsenal as Stoke went a poor run of form. Stoke just managed three points from their remaining eight games and just avoided relegation. It was a very poor season and after narrowly missing out on a championship just three seasons ago it was disappointing to see Stoke almost relegated.

Final league table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Portsmouth	42	22	9	11	74	38	1.947	53
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	13	9	76	49	1.551	53
3	Sunderland	42	21	10	11	83	62	1.339	52
4	Manchester United	42	18	14	10	69	44	1.568	50
5	Newcastle United	42	19	12	11	77	55	1.400	50
6	Arsenal	42	19	11	12	79	55	1.436	49
7	Blackpool	42	17	15	10	46	35	1.314	49
8	Liverpool	42	17	14	11	64	54	1.185	48
9	Middlesbrough	42	20	7	15	59	48	1.229	47
10	Burnley	42	16	13	13	40	40	1.000	45
11	Derby County	42	17	10	15	69	61	1.131	44
12	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	61	61	1.000	42
13	Chelsea	42	12	16	14	58	65	0.892	40
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	12	16	47	53	0.887	40
15	Huddersfield Town	42	14	9	19	52	73	0.712	37
16	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	14	18	45	59	0.763	34
17	Fulham	42	10	14	18	41	54	0.759	34
18	Everton	42	10	14	18	42	66	0.636	34
19	Stoke City	42	11	12	19	45	75	0.600	34
20	Charlton Athletic	42	13	6	23	53	65	0.815	32
21	Manchester City	42	8	13	21	36	68	0.529	29
22	Birmingham City	42	7	14	21	31	67	0.463	28

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup Winners
	Relegated

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	20 August 1949	Bolton Wanderers	A	0 – 4	29,333
2	22 August 1949	Liverpool	H	0 – 0	27,205
3	27 August 1949	Birmingham City	H	3 – 1	28,069	Bowyer (2), Godwin
4	31 August 1949	Liverpool	A	1 – 1	38,097	Bowyer
5	3 September 1949	Derby County	A	3 – 2	29,305	Bowyer, Sellars, Kirton
6	5 September 1949	Burnley	A	1 – 2	25,062	Bowyer
7	10 September 1949	West Bromwich Albion	H	1 – 3	36,815	G Mountford
8	12 September 1949	Burnley	H	1 – 1	25,077	Bowyer
9	17 September 1949	Manchester United	A	2 – 2	42,614	F Mountford (Pen), Godwin
10	24 September 1949	Chelsea	H	2 – 3	28,650	G Mountford, F Mountford (Pen)
11	1 October 1949	Newcastle United	A	1 – 4	49,903	Bowyer
12	8 October 1949	Fulham	H	0 – 2	24,904
13	15 October 1949	Manchester City	A	1 – 1	31,151	F Mountford (Pen)
14	22 October 1949	Charlton Athletic	H	0 – 3	20,740
15	29 October 1949	Aston Villa	A	1 – 1	30,000	Sellars
16	5 November 1949	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2 – 1	40,111	Sellars, F Mountford (Pen)
17	12 November 1949	Portsmouth	A	0 – 0	33,257
18	19 November 1949	Huddersfield Town	H	0 – 0	20,038
19	26 November 1949	Everton	A	1 – 2	30,000	Peppitt
20	3 December 1949	Middlesbrough	H	1 – 0	17,297	Bowyer
21	10 December 1949	Blackpool	A	2 – 4	17,000	Peppitt, Johnston
22	17 December 1949	Bolton Wanderers	H	3 – 2	19,023	Johnston, Bowyer (2)
23	24 December 1949	Birmingham City	A	0 – 1	20,000
24	26 December 1949	Sunderland	A	0 – 3	50,246
25	27 December 1949	Sunderland	H	2 – 1	41,635	Bowyer, F Mountford (Pen)
26	31 December 1949	Derby County	H	1 – 3	25,989	Whiston
27	14 January 1950	West Bromwich Albion	A	0 – 0	34,840
28	21 January 1950	Manchester United	H	3 – 1	38,901	G Mountford (2), Bowyer
29	4 February 1950	Chelsea	A	2 – 2	45,097	Johnston (2)
30	18 February 1950	Newcastle United	H	1 – 0	31,399	Oscroft
31	25 February 1950	Fulham	A	2 – 2	30,000	G Mountford, Bowyer
32	4 March 1950	Manchester City	H	2 – 0	29,986	G Mountford, Bowyer
33	11 March 1950	Huddersfield Town	A	0 – 4	18,702
34	18 March 1950	Everton	H	1 – 0	22,125	Bowyer
35	25 March 1950	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1 – 2	38,388	Whiston
36	1 April 1950	Portsmouth	H	0 – 1	26,456
37	8 April 1950	Charlton Athletic	A	0 – 2	28,000
38	10 April 1950	Arsenal	A	0 – 6	30,064
39	15 April 1950	Aston Villa	H	1 – 0	20,590	Meakin
40	22 April 1950	Middlesbrough	A	0 – 2	32,000
41	29 April 1950	Blackpool	H	1 – 1	17,797	Johnston
42	6 May 1950	Arsenal	H	2 – 5	22,225	Oscroft (2)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	7 January 1950	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0 – 1	47,000

Appearances

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Dennis Herod	20	0	1	0	21	0
GK	Norman Wilkinson	22	0	0	0	22	0
DF	Harry Meakin	5	0	1	0	6	0
DF	John McCue	35	0	0	0	35	0
DF	Frank Mountford	37	5	0	0	37	5
DF	Roy Jones	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	John Sellars	40	3	1	0	41	3
DF	Cyril Watkin	37	0	1	0	38	0
DF	Neil Franklin	34	0	1	0	35	0
DF	William Mould	7	0	0	0	7	0
DF	Eric Hampson	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	George Mountford	32	6	0	0	32	6
MF	Frank Bowyer	42	15	1	0	43	15
MF	Syd Peppitt	9	2	0	0	9	2
MF	Jock Kirton	15	1	0	0	15	1
MF	John Malkin	28	1	1	0	29	1
MF	Edward Wordley	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Donald Whiston	4	2	1	0	5	2
MF	Roy Brown	0	0	1	0	1	0
FW	Frank Baker	11	0	0	0	11	0
FW	Reginald Pickup	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Alexander Ormston	5	0	0	0	5	0
FW	Verdi Godwin	22	2	1	0	23	2
FW	Bill Caton	9	0	0	0	9	0
FW	Bill Barker	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Leslie Johnston	27	5	1	0	28	5
FW	Harry Oscroft	16	3	0	0	16	3

References

Matthews, Tony: "The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City" (Lion Press, 1994, ISBN 1-85983-100-1).

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