1943–44 Stoke City F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke City 1943–44 Bob McGrory Mr H. Booth Victoria Ground Football League North 1st Phase 34th Football League North 2nd Phase 13th Football League War Cup First Round Tommy Sale (30) 20,000 vs Birmingham (29 January 1944) 2,106 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (29 April 1944) 1942–43 1944–45 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes _band_red FFFFFF 000000 The 1943–44 season was Stoke City's ninth 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 With the war now at its most demanding clubs had to rely on even more guest players and Stoke used the most players this season more than any other time during the war. With most senior players being called for military duty there was a largely youthful feel to Stoke squad for the 1943–44 season and it showed as they ended the first phase of the Football League North in an overall position of 34th (out of 50 teams) and in the second phase they finished in 13th. Freddie Steele hit an impressive 20 goals from just 9 matches including a double hat trick against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League North 1st Phase MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 23 August 1943 Aston VillaH0–26,0002 4 September 1943 Aston VillaA1–215,000Sale3 11 September 1943 Crewe AlexandraA1–24,905F Mountford4 18 September 1943 Crewe AlexandraH4–23,950Sale, Bowyer (2), G Mountford5 25 September 1943 Derby CountyH5–14,000Leuty (o.g.), Peppitt (2), G Mountford, Franklin6 2 October 1943 Derby CountyA2–28,000Bowyer, Liddle7 9 October 1943 Wolverhampton WanderersH5–05,119Bowyer, G Mountford (2), Basnett (2)8 16 October 1943 Wolverhampton WanderersA2–17,242Basnett (2)9 23 October 1943 BirminghamH1–15,000G Mountford10 30 October 1943 BirminghamA0–23,90011 6 November 1943 West Bromwich AlbionH3–33,520Sale (2), Liddle12 13 November 1943 West Bromwich AlbionA0–36,91213 20 November 1943 WrexhamA1–43,850Sale14 27 November 1943 WrexhamH7–33,000Sale (2), Basnett (2), Steele (2), Liddle15 4 December 1943 Crewe AlexandraH5–03,500Sale (2), Peppitt (2), Basnett16 11 December 1943 Crewe AlexandraA1–23,000Franklin17 18 December 1943 WalsallA2–41,147Clewlow, Rist (o.g.)18 28 December 1943 WalsallH0–16,022 Football League North 2nd Phase MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 18 March 1944 Leicester CityH2–53,279F Mountford, Sellars2 25 March 1944 Leicester CityA2–27,000Ormston, Bowyer3 10 April 1944 Crewe AlexandraA6–14,350Bowyer (2), Sale (2), F Mountford, Pointon4 29 April 1944 Wolverhampton WanderersH2–22,156Sale, Jackson5 6 May 1944 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–21,997Watkin Football League War Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersQR 30 December 1943Wolverhampton WanderersA1–119,951SaleQR 1 January 1944Wolverhampton WanderersH9–36,798Steele (6), Sale (2), LiddleQR 8 January 1944Aston VillaH6–316,492Steele (3), Peppitt (3)QR 15 January 1944Aston VillaA2–032,000Kirton, OrmstonQR 22 January 1944BirminghamA1–41,750BasnettQR 29 January 1944BirminghamH4–120,000Steele (3), SaleQR 5 February 1944WalsallH5–14,000Sale (2), Ormston, Peppitt, Shelton (o.g.)QR 12 February 1944WalsallA2–01,986Sale, F Mountford QR 19 February 1944West Bromwich AlbionA8–25,000Sale (3), Steele (4), BowyerQR 26 February 1944West Bromwich AlbionH5–48,000Sale (2), Steele (2), G MountfordR1 1st leg 4 March 1944Aston VillaH4–511,508Sale (2), Steele (2)R1 2nd leg 11 March 1944Aston VillaA0–322,000 Midland Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR1 1st leg 1 April 1944Derby CountyA3–19,000Peppitt, Steele, BowyerR1 2nd leg 8 April 1944Derby CountyH1–17,000BasnettR2 1st leg 15 April 1944West Bromwich AlbionH1–13,434SaleR2 2nd leg 22 April 1944West Bromwich AlbionA1–37,202Southern (o.g.) Squad statistics Pos.NameMatchesAppsGoalsGKENG Emmanuel Foster170GKENG Dennis Herod10GKENG Edgar Podmore10GKENG Norman Wilkinson80DFENG Harry Brigham160DFENG Sid Clewlow21DFENG Stuart Cowden30DFENG Doug Dunn10DFENG Neil Franklin342DFENG Jack Griffiths40DFENG Lol Hamlett100DFENG Eric Hayward60DFENG Bill Kinson180DFENG John McCue340DFENG John Sellars31DFENG Roy Shufflebottom10DFENG Cyril Watkin11MFENG Jack Edwards30MFENG Stanley Glover10MFSCO Jock Kirton81MFENG Bobby Liddle254MFENG George Mountford196MFENG Jim Simpson20MFENG Frank Soo20MFENG Bobby Windsor20MFENG Edward Wordley10MFENG Bert Wright10FWENG Fred Basnett229FWENG Edwin Blunt10FWENG Frank Bowyer329FWENG Bill Caton20FWENG Roy Crossley30FWENG Stanley Harrison20FWENG John Jackson31FWENG Stanley Matthews30FWENG Alfred Massey20FWENG Frank Mountford294FWENG Alexander Ormston123FWENG Syd Peppitt119FWENG Bill Pointon21FWENG Tommy Sale3930FWENG Freddie Steele920FWENG Thomas Vallance10FWENG Ken West10 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke City