1944–45 Stoke City F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke City 1944–45 Bob McGrory Mr H. Booth Victoria Ground Football League North 1st Phase 11th Football League North 2nd Phase 17th Football League War Cup First Round Tommy Sale (34) 18,000 vs Various teams 800 vs Port Vale (5 May 1945) 1943–44 1945–46 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes _band_red FFFFFF 000000 The 1944–45 season was Stoke City's tenth 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 Tommy Sale now entering the twilight zone of his eventful career again went goal crazy in the 1944–45 season, scoring 34 goals in 40 appearances. In league action, neighbours Port Vale were taken for 14 goals, Stoke winning 8–1 at home and 6–2 away all in the space of eight days (17–24 February 1945) and indeed, during that months Stoke hit 24 times in just four matches. Overall Stoke's form was not that great despite being in fine goalscoring form and they took 11th place in the first phase and 17th in the second. Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League North 1st Phase MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 26 August 1944 Aston VillaA0–425,0002 2 September 1944 Aston VillaH3–110,000Pointon, Sale (2)3 9 September 1944 Northampton TownH5–09,000Pointon, Bowyer, Steele (3)4 16 September 1944 Northampton TownA1–12,500Bowyer5 23 September 1944 Wolverhampton WanderersH2–013,806Pointon (2)6 30 September 1944 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–412,134Sale7 7 October 1944 WalsallA1–15,000Sale8 14 October 1944 WalsallH0–24,0009 21 October 1944 BirminghamH0–06,00010 28 October 1944 BirminghamA1–18,000Steele11 4 November 1944 West Bromwich AlbionA3–218,656Sale (2), Matthews 12 11 November 1944 West Bromwich AlbionH2–38,067Sale, Steele 13 18 November 1944 Port ValeH2–018,000Bowyer (2)14 25 November 1944 Port ValeA0–39,61815 2 December 1944 Coventry CityA1–06,405Sale16 9 December 1944 Coventry CityH5–04,020Sale (3), Bowyer, Mannion17 16 December 1944 Leicester CityH5–25,000Sale (2), Matthews (2), Frame (o.g.)18 23 December 1944 Leicester CityA5–15,000Sale (2), Matthews, Bowyer, G Mountford19 26 December 1944 Derby CountyH4–28,000Sale (3), Basnett Football League North 2nd Phase MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 2 April 1945 Derby CountyA1–222,000Sellars2 7 April 1945 Manchester UnitedA1–645,616Chilton (o.g.)3 14 April 1945 Manchester UnitedH1–45,000Whalley (o.g.)4 5 May 1945 Port ValeH6–0800G Mountford (4), Sellars, Sale5 9 May 1945 Port ValeH4–25,000Sellars (2), Kirton, Jackson6 19 May 1945 EvertonH5–12,500G Mountford, Jackson, Sale, Sellars, Bayford7 21 May 1945 Crewe AlexandraA2–34,000Jackson (2)8 26 May 1945 EvertonA2–38,000Bowyer, Sale Football League War Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersQR 30 December 1944Wolverhampton WanderersH2–09,896Bowyer, JacksonQR 6 January 1945WrexhamH2–212,000Sale (2)QR 13 January 1945WrexhamA1–28,000G MountfordQR 3 February 1945ChesterA3–23,500G Mountford, Basnett, SaleQR 10 February 1945ChesterH7–012,000Basnett (3), Sale (3), F MountfordQR 17 February 1945Port ValeH8–113,000Basnett, G Mountford (5), SooQR 24 February 1945Port ValeA6–218,000Sale (2), Steele (3), SooQR 3 March 1945Wolverhampton WanderersA3–117,784Sale (2), G MountfordQR 10 March 1945Crewe AlexandraH1–210,000LiddleQR 17 March 1945Crewe AlexandraA2–211,000Sale (2)QR 24 March 1945BuryA2–311,629Steele (2)QR 31 March 1945BuryH3–018,000Sale, G Mountford, BasnettR1 1st leg 21 April 1945Aston VillaH1–06,000JacksonR1 2nd leg 28 April 1945Aston VillaA0–215,000 Squad statistics Pos.NameMatchesAppsGoalsGKENG Dennis Herod250GKENG Emmanuel Foster60GKENG William Leigh20GKENG George Marks20GKENG Edgar Podmore60DFENG Harry Brigham360DFENG Roy Brown20DFENG Stuart Cowden150DFENG Neil Franklin320DFENG John McCue330DFENG Billy Mould20DFENG John Sellars195DFENG Cyril Watkin90DFSCO Stan Williams30MFENG Arthur Cunliffe10MFENG Bill Kinson40MFSCO Jock Kirton111MFENG Bobby Liddle111MFENG John Mannion51MFENG George Mountford2315MFENG Alexander Ormston40MFSCO Tommy Pearson10MFENG Frank Soo83FWENG Albert Basnett10FWENG Fred Basnett177FWENG Eric Bayford21FWENG Frank Bowyer238FWENG Thomas Howshall10FWENG John Jackson236FWENG Stanley Matthews154FWENG Frank Mountford401FWENG Syd Peppitt20FWENG Bill Pointon84FWENG Tommy Sale4034FWENG Freddie Steele1710FWENG Bobby Windsor20 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke City