1885–86 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1885–86 season
Manager	Harry Lockett
Stadium	Victoria Ground
FA Cup	First Qualifying Round
	Home colours
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Last updated March 02, 2019

The 1885–86 season was the third season Stoke took part the FA Cup.^[1]

The 1885–1886 season was the 15th season of competitive football in England.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863 the club changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status. They are the second-oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts County, and were a founding member of the Football League in 1888. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football.

The FA Cup, also known officially as The Football Association Challenge Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competition in the world. It is organised by and named after The Football Association. For sponsorship reasons, from 2015 through to 2019 it is also known as The Emirates FA Cup. A concurrent women's tournament is also held, the FA Women's Cup.

Season review

Stoke fared little better in the 1885–86 FA Cup again failing to go beyond the first qualifying round, losing to nearby Crewe Alexandra in a replay after extra time.^[1]

The 1885–86 Football Association Challenge Cup was the fifteenth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. One hundred and thirty teams entered, sixteen more than the previous season, although six of the one hundred and thirty never played a match. Blackburn Rovers retain the cup for the third time in a row. As of 2017, they were the last side to achieve FA Cup hat-trick.

Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England. Nicknamed The Railwaymen because of the town's links with the rail industry, they play at Gresty Road. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system.

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
QR1	31 October 1885	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–2	2,000	Sayer, Shutt
QR1 Replay	7 November 1885	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–1	2,000

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	FA Cup
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals
GK	Percy Birch	2	0
FB	Tommy Clare	2	0
FB	Edgar Montford	2	0
HB	Fred Bettany	2	0
HB	Horace Brown	2	0
HB	Elijah Smith	2	0
FW	Joe Copestake	2	0
FW	Alf Edge	2	0
FW	George Lawton	2	0
FW	Jimmy Sayer	2	1
FW	George Shutt	2	1

Staffordshire Senior Cup

Round	Opponent	Venue	Result
R1	Goldenhill	A	1–0
R2	Smallthorne	A	7–1
R3	Mitchell' St. George	H	1–1
R3 replay	Mitchell' St. George	H	2–0
Semi final	Walsall Town Swifts	H	3–1
Final	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–4

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References

1 2 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

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