1887–88 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1887–88 season
Manager	Harry Lockett
Stadium	Victoria Ground
FA Cup	Fifth Round
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Last updated March 02, 2019

The 1887–88 season was the fifth season Stoke took part in the FA Cup.^[1]

The 1887–1888 season was the 17th 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

In the 1887–88 FA Cup Stoke advanced past local rivals Burslem Port Vale whom they beat 1–0 with a goal from George Lawton, Over Wanderers, Oswestry Town plus a fourth round Bye before losing 4–1 to West Bromwich Albion.^[1]

The 1887–88 Football Association Challenge Cup was the seventeenth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. One hundred and forty-nine teams entered, twenty-five more than the previous season, although four of the one hundred and forty-nine never played a match.

Port Vale Football Club is a professional association football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Port Vale is one of the few English league clubs not to be named after a geographical location, their name being a reference to the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal. They have never played top-flight football, and hold the records for the most seasons in the English Football League (107) and in the second tier (41) without reaching the first tier. After playing at the Athletic Ground in Cobridge and The Old Recreation Ground in Hanley, the club returned to Burslem when Vale Park was opened in 1950. Outside the ground is a statue to Roy Sproson, who played 842 competitive games for the club. The club's traditional rivals are Stoke City, and games between the two are known as the Potteries derby.

Winsford United Football Club are a semi-professional football club based in Winsford, Cheshire, England. The club was founded in 1883 and are nicknamed The Blues. The club is currently a member of the North West Counties League Premier Division, with home matches played at St. Luke's Barton Stadium.

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	5 October 1887	Burslem Port Vale	H	1–0	3,000	Lawton
R2	5 November 1887	Over Wanderers	A	3–0	3,000	Lawton, Edge, Owen
R3	26 November 1887	Oswestry Town	H	3–0	3,000	Ballham, Edge, Owen
R4	Stoke received a Bye
R5	7 January 1888	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–4	3,000	Owen

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	FA Cup
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals
GK	Bill Rowley	4	0
FB	Tommy Clare	4	0
FB	Alf Underwood	4	0
HB	Joe Broadhurst	1	0
HB	Will Holford	2	0
HB	Stan Meakin	1	0
HB	George Shutt	4	0
HB	Elijah Smith	4	0
FW	Lewis Ballham	4	1
FW	Alf Edge	4	2
FW	George Lawton	4	2
FW	Doug Millward	1	0
FW	Wally Owen	4	3
FW	Jimmy Sayer	3	0

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

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