1918–19 Stoke F.C. season
| 1918–19 season | |||
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| Chairman | Mr E.Reynish | ||
| Manager | Joe Schofield | ||
| Stadium | Victoria Ground | ||
| Lancashire Section Primary Competition | 2nd | ||
| Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group C | 2nd | ||
| Top goalscorer | Bob Whittingham (23) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 24,000 vs Liverpool (15 February 1919) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 3,000 vs Various teams | ||
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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 Southern Division of the Midland Section in the Subsidiary Tournament. However, none of these were considered to be competitive football, and thus their records are not recognised by the Football League.
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.
Key: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
Stoke's score comes first
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