Stats & Facts - 1919-1931

The Management

Chairman: Mr W.E. Ord (until 1921/22 season) then Sir Meyrick Hollins
Managers: Vincent Hayes (1919-1923), James Lawrence (1923-1925), Frank Richards (1925-1927), Alex Gibson (1927-1931), Lincoln Hyde (1931 - )

League Positions

League Stats - Longest, Highest & Lowest

Best league position: 16th (Div 1 1920-21, 1921-22, 1922-23)
Lowest league position: 16th (Div 2 1929-30)
Longest run without defeat: 10 games (Div 2 1927-28)
Longest winning streak: 6 games (Div 1919-20)
Longest losing streak: 6 games (Div 1 1924-25)
Longest run without a win: 11 games (Div 1 1923-24)
Longest FA Cup run: Runners-up (1921-22)
Highest Win: 7-0 Vs Lincoln City (1928-29), Vs Cardiff City (1930/31)
Highest Defeat: 7-0 Nottm Forest (1926/27)

Leading Scorers season by season

1919-20 Tommy Roberts 29 goals (26 lg 3 FACup)
1920-21 Tommy Roberts 25 goals (18 lg 7 FACup)
1921-22 Tommy Roberts 25 goals (18 lg 7 FACup)
1922-23 Tommy Roberts 29 goals (28 lg 1 FACup)
1923-24 Tommy Roberts 26 goals
1924-25 Rowland Woodhouse 9 goals (6 lg 3 FACup)
1925-26 Alex James 14 goals
1926-27 Tommy Roberts 30 goals (26 lg 4 FACup)
1927-28 Norman Robson 19 goals
1928-29 Alex Hair 19 goals
1929-30 George Smithies & James McClelland 10 goals
1930-31 George Bargh & Tom Scott 14 goals

Did you know?

Arthur Causer is the only player to have played for two league teams called North End.
North End were thrashed 6-0 in a league game at Huddersfield - a week before they got beat 1-0 in the FA Cup Final!
Former chairman W.E. Ord sadly died in February 1924. He had been chairman for 29 years.
In 1924-25 North End only scored 8 goals away from home - a record. Meanwhile North End conceded 39.
Famous player Alex James made his debut for North End in 1925-26.
North End played an amazing derby game with Blackpool in 1925-26. The score finished 6-4 to North End with Harrison getting two goals and Gillespie, Russell, Jackson and James all getting one each.
North End infamously went on a end-of-season tour to the USA in 1929. Upon arriving, the crowd were hoping to see Alex James, but he didn't travel because he had been transferred to Arsenal shortly before the ship set sail.
Future Northender Willie Cunnigham was born during the 1924-25 season.
North End suffered a record 7-0 league defeat against Nottm Forest in 1926-27.
North End continued with their regular trouncing of Cardiff City, this time 7-0 in 1930-31.