The 1918–19 season was Stoke's fourth season in the non-competitive War League.

With the start of World War I, all Football League football was cancelled. In its place were formed War Leagues, based on geographical lines rather than based on previous league placement. Stoke contested the Lancashire Section in the Principal Tournament, and the Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group C. However, none of these were considered to be competitive football, and thus their records are not recognised by the Football League.

Season review The final war-time season of 1918–19 saw Stoke take the runners-up spot behind Everton. Stoke were again in impressive goal scoring form among those victories were those of 8–1 over Port Vale, 7–0 v Blackburn Rovers and 7–1 v Bolton Wanderers. Bob Whittingham top scored again with 23 goals taking his war-time total for Stoke to 86. With the war now over it was announced that the Football League would return for the 1919–20 season and Stoke were due to enter the Second Division.

Final league table Lancashire Section Primary Competition

Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group C

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

Lancashire Section Primary Competition

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 7 September 1918 Manchester CityH3–08,000P. Jones (2), Watkin2 14 September 1918 Manchester CityA2–010,000Turner, Lockett3 21 September 1918 Oldham AthleticH1–03,000Harrison4 28 September 1918 Oldham AthleticA1–33,000Turner5 5 October 1918 Port ValeH3–214,000Turner, Bowser, McGregor6 12 October 1918 Port ValeA8–113,000Bowser, Lockett (2), Whittingham (4), Herbert7 19 October 1918 Blackburn RoversH7–08,000Lockett (3), Turner (2), Herbert, Harrison8 26 October 1918 Blackburn RoversA6–0700Harrison, Bowser, Herbert (3), Parker9 2 November 1918 EvertonA1–514,000Bowser10 9 November 1918 EvertonH0–212,00011 16 November 1918 RochdaleA2–34,000Bowser, Jones12 23 November 1918 RochdaleH1–112,000Herbert13 30 November 1918 Preston North EndA1–012,000Brown14 7 December 1918 Preston North EndH5–012,000Brown (2), Harrison, Whittingham (2)15 14 December 1918 Bolton WanderersA1–113,000Whittingham16 21 December 1918 Bolton WanderersH7–112,000Whittingham (3), Brown (3), Parker17 28 December 1918 BuryA2–04,000Whittingham, Turner18 4 January 1919 BuryH3–112,000Whittingham (2), Wootton19 11 January 1919 BlackpoolA6–16,000Whittingham (2), Brown (2), Harrison, Herbert20 18 January 1919 BlackpoolH2–110,000Whittingham, Brown21 25 January 1919 Stockport CountyA2–110,000Whittingham, Brown22 1 February 1919 Stockport CountyH1–010,000Whittingham23 8 February 1919 LiverpoolA1–123,000Brown24 15 February 1919 LiverpoolH3–124,000Whittingham (2), Harrison25 22 February 1919 Southport VulcanH0–28,00026 1 March 1919 Southport VulcanA5–34,000Herbert (3), Whittingham (2)27 8 March 1919 Manchester UnitedH1–210,000Whittingham28 15 March 1919 Manchester UnitedA1–330,000Wootton29 22 March 1919 BurnleyA2–115,000Martin (2)30 29 March 1919 BurnleyH2–18,000Whittingham, Herbert

Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group C

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 5 April 1919 Manchester CityA0–125,0002 12 April 1919 Manchester CityH1–114,000Phillips3 19 April 1919 Manchester UnitedA1–028,000Phillips4 21 April 1919 Port ValeH2–228,000Phillips, Wootton5 26 April 1919 Manchester UnitedH4–228,000Jones, Martin (3)6 28 April 1919 Port ValeA1–428,000Herbert

Squad statistics Pos.NameMatchesAppsGoalsGK Tom Kay20GK A. Morris60GK Teddy Peers280DF Alf Bishop10DF Arthur Cook50DF J. Emery40DF George Garratly100DF Jack Maddock140DF Alec Milne10DF Bertie Smart10DF George Smart70DF Billy Twemlow260DF Tommy Weston10DF Fred Wilkinson10DF Harry Wootton30MF Bill Charnley10MF George Clarke60MF Joe Jones282MF Charlie Parker222MF Fred Parker50MF Dick Smith280MF H. Sweetmore10FW R. Bowers20FW Sid Bowser105FW Tommy Bowyer30FW David Boxley20FW David Brown1012FW A. Ellis10FW P. Flaherty10FW Fred Groves20FW Harry Hampton83FW Billy Harrison287FW Billy Herbert2712FW L. Jones20FW P. Jones12FW Aaron Lockett126FW George Limer10FW G. McGregor51FW James Martin75FW Wilf Phillips53FW Billy Tempest90FW S. Timms10FW Eli Turner156FW Arthur Watkin21FW G. Whipp20FW Bob Whittingham1723FW James Wootton233

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