1942–43 Stoke City F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke City 1942–43 Bob McGrory Mr H. Booth Victoria Ground Football League North 1st Phase 6th Football League North 2nd Phase 10th Football League War Cup Second Round Frank Mountford (20) 15,000 vs Aston Villa (20 March 1943) 1,500 vs Various teams 1941–42 1943–44 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes _band_red FFFFFF 000000 The 1942–43 season was Stoke City's eighth season in the non-competitive War League.Matthews Tony The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1994 Lion Press 0952415100 In 1939 World War II was declared and the Football League was cancelled. In its place were formed War Leagues and cups, based on geographical lines rather than based on previous league placement. However, none of these were considered to be competitive football, and thus their records are not recognised by the Football League and thus not included in official records. Season review In the 1942–43 season there were again two series of League competition a cup tournament. Stoke played 38 matches and were beaten in ten of those. They took 6th place in the first phase and 10th in the second. Their best result of the season was a 7–1 victory over Walsall in mid December and two 6–1 wins over nearby Crewe Alexandra. Frank Mountford was leading scorer with 20 whilst both Frank Bowyer and Fred Basnett hit 18. Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League North 1st Phase MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 20 August 1942 Crewe AlexandraH4–13,000Sale (3), Peppitt2 5 September 1942 Crewe AlexandraA2–12,204Sale, Liddle3 12 September 1942 Wolverhampton WanderersA2–34,251Bowyer, F Mountford4 19 September 1942 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–05,029Soo5 26 September 1942 Derby CountyH5–25,000Soo (2), Bowyer, F Mountford (2)6 3 October 1942 Derby CountyA1–010,000Sale7 10 October 1942 BirminghamA0–12,5008 17 October 1942 BirminghamH1–24,000Sale9 24 October 1942 Aston VillaA0–410,00010 31 October 1942 Aston VillaH1–06,000Sale11 7 November 1942 West Bromwich AlbionA0–06,56412 14 November 1942 West Bromwich AlbionH5–13,331A. Basnett (2), F Basnett, Bowyer (2)13 21 November 1942 WrexhamA4–23,500Basnett, Caton, Liddle, F Mountford14 28 November 1942 WrexhamH2–02,500F Mountford (2)15 5 December 1942 Crewe AlexandraA3–32,500F Mountford, Liddle, Sale16 12 December 1942 Crewe AlexandraH6–12,000Basnett (2), G Mountford (2), Liddle, F Mountford17 19 December 1942 WalsallH7–15,100F Mountford (2), G Mountford, Basnett, Liddle, Sale, Male (o.g.)18 25 December 1942 WalsallA2–22,229Basnett, Bowyer Football League North 2nd Phase MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 3 April 1943 Notts CountyA1–14,000Bowyer2 10 April 1943 Notts CountyH1–11,500Liddle3 17 April 1943 Derby CountyA1–25,000Hamlett4 24 April 1943 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–42,677F Mountford5 26 April 1943 Leicester CityA2–12,424F Mountford (2)6 1 May 1943 Leicester CityH3–01,500Bowyer, G Mountford, Vallance Football League War Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersQR 26 December 1942Crewe AlexandraH6–17,000F Mountford (2), G Mountford, Bowyer, BasnettQR 2 January 1943Crewe AlexandraA3–12,500G Mountford, BasnettQR 9 January 1943Aston VillaH1–03,000G MountfordQR 16 January 1943Aston VillaA0–37,000QR 23 January 1943Wolverhampton WanderersA4–46,226Bowyer (2), Basnett (2)QR 30 January 1943Wolverhampton WanderersH2–25,847Bowyer, F Mountford QR 6 February 1943WalsallH2–14,000Bowyer (2)QR 13 February 1943WalsallA1–43,000BowyerQR 20 February 1943Derby CountyH4–06,000Bowyer, Basnett, SooQR 27 February 1943Derby CountyA1–010,000F Mountford R1 1st Leg 6 March 1943ChesterA3–26,500F Mountford (2), G MountfordR1 2nd Leg 13 March 1943ChesterH5–28,000Basnett, Bowyer (2), Liddle, SaleR2 1st Leg 20 March 1943Aston VillaH1–315,000BowyerR2 2nd Leg 27 March 1943Aston VillaA0–220,000 Squad statistics Pos.NameMatchesAppsGoalsGKENG Phil Bates170GKENG Donald Bliton70GKENG Emmanuel Foster40GKENG Dennis Herod60DFENG Harry Brigham320DFENG Roy Brown20DFENG Sid Clewlow20DFENG Neil Franklin310DFENG Stuart Cowden10DFENG Stanley Glover10DFENG Lol Hamlett341DFENG John McCue330DFENG Billy Mould20DFENG John Sellars20DFENG Fred Sherratt40MFENG Len Howell10MFENG Bill Kinson50MFSCO Jock Kirton10MFENG Bobby Liddle327MFENG Alfred Massey10MFENG George Mountford218MFENG R. Micklewright10MFENG Arthur Tutin10MFENG Thomas Vallance11FWENG Albert Basnett22FWENG Fred Basnett2518FWENG Frank Baker10FWENG Edwin Blunt10FWENG Frank Bowyer3718FWENG Bill Caton91FWENG John Jackson40FWENG Bert Mitchell20FWENG Frank Mountford3620FWENG Alexander Ormston10FWENG Syd Peppitt21FWENG Tommy Sale3710FWENG Frank Soo134FWENG Harry Ware10 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke City