Arthur Shallcross

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Arthur Shallcross
Personal information
Date of birth 1876
Place of birth Leek, England [1]
Date of death 1950 (aged 73–74) [1]
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, England
Teams managed
YearsTeam
1919–1923 Stoke

Arthur J. Shallcross [1] (1876 – 1950) was an English association football manager who managed Stoke City between February 1919 and March 1923. [1]

Association football team field sport

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

Stoke City F.C. association football club

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.

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Career

Shallcross played for his native Leek before becoming a Football League referee in 1895. [1] He was appointed secretary-manager of Stoke in February 1919, in time for Stoke's first season back in the league since 1908. [1] A steady season of mid-table followed in 1919–20 but Shallcross then angered the supporters with the seemingly unnecessary sale of Charlie Parker to Sunderland, but he did bring in Bob McGrory who would have a long career at the Victoria Ground. [1]

In association football, the referee is the person responsible for enforcing the Laws of the Game during the course of a match. He or she is the final decision-making authority on all facts connected with play, and is the only official on the pitch with the authority to start and stop play and impose disciplinary action against players during a match. At most levels of play the referee is assisted by two assistant referees, who are empowered to advise the referee in certain situations such as the ball leaving play or infringements of the Laws of the Game occurring out of the view of the referee; however, the assistant referees' decisions are not binding and the referee has authority to overrule an assistant referee. At higher levels of play the referee may also be assisted by a fourth official who supervises the teams' technical areas and assists the referee with administrative tasks, and, at the very highest levels, additional assistant referees and/or video assistant referees.

The 1919–20 season was Stoke's 20th season in the Football League and the second in the Second Division.

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After almost being relegated in 1920–21 Stoke finished 2nd in 1921–22 to gain a return to the First Division. [1] Key to Stoke's success was the early season signing of the Broad brothers Tommy and Jimmy with the later scoring 27 goals. [1] However any hope that it be the start of a sustained spell in the top-flight was quickly dashed as Stoke struggled all through the 1922–23 season and with relegation looming Shallcross was sacked in March 1923. [1]

The 1920–21 season was Stoke's 21st in the Football League and the third in the Second Division.

The 1921–22 season was Stoke's 22nd season in the Football League and the fourth in the Second Division.

The Football League First Division is a former division of The Football League, now known as the English Football League. Between 1888 and 1992 it was the top-level division in the English football league system. Following the creation of the FA Premier League it was a second-level division. In 2004 it was rebranded as the Football League Championship, and in 2016 adopted its current name of EFL Championship.

Manager statistics

TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Stoke [1] 1 February 191931 March 1923 161 59 23 69 36.65

Honours

The Football League Second Division was the second level division in the English football league system between 1892 and 1992. Following the foundation of the FA Premier League, it became the third level division. Following the creation of the Football League Championship in 2004–05 it was re-branded as Football League One.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN   0-9524151-0-0.
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