1885–86 Stoke F.C. season

Stoke
1885–86 season
Manager	Harry Lockett
Stadium	Victoria Ground
FA Cup	First Qualifying Round
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1884–85 1886–87 →

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

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]

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

References

^ ^a ^b Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

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v t e 1885–86 in English football
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1885–86 Stoke F.C. season

Season review

FA Cup

Squad statistics

Staffordshire Senior Cup

References

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