1941–42 Stoke City F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke City 1941–42 Bob McGrory Mr H. Booth Victoria Ground Football League North 1st Phase 5th Football League North 2nd Phase 16th Football League War Cup First Round Tommy Sale (56) 13,864 vs West Bromwich Albion (6 April 1942) 1,500 vs Various teams 1940–41 1942–43 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes _redtop_2whitestripes FFFFFF 000000 The 1941–42 season was Stoke City's seventh 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 There were three separate competitions in the 1941–42 season, two series of Football League North and a Football League War Cup tournament. Stoke did well without pulling up too many trees, finishing 5th in the first phase of the league and then a rather poor 16th in the second. Attendances were quite small due to obvious restrictions imposed by the authorities but the entertainment value was high with goals in abundance, both home and away. Among the many impressive scorelines for Stoke were those of 8–3 v Everton, 7–1 v Wrexham, 9–0 & 7–2 v Tranmere Rovers and a 10–0 defeat by Northampton Town in late May. That heavy reverse against the "Cobblers" was unbelievable as Stoke fielded a strong line up. Tommy Sale was in incredible goalscoring form this season hitting 56 goals including eleven hat-tricks. Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League North 1st Phase MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 30 August 1941 EvertonH8–34,000Basnett (2), Sale (3), Brigham, Liddle, Blunt2 6 September 1941 EvertonH1–36,000Brigham3 13 September 1941 WrexhamA7–14,500Blunt, Bowyer (2), Basnett, Brigham, Sale (2)4 20 September 1941 WrexhamH5–23,000Blunt, Bowyer, Sale (3)5 27 September 1941 ChesterH2–54,000Blunt, Bowyer6 4 October 1941 ChesterA4–34,000Bowyer (2), Basnett, Sale7 11 October 1941 Manchester CityA3–43,000Sale (3)8 18 October 1941 Manchester CityH5–03,000Sale (3), Basnett, Peppitt9 25 October 1941 Manchester UnitedH1–15,000Liddle10 1 November 1941 Manchester UnitedA0–34,00011 8 November 1941 New BrightonA5–32,000Basnett, Hamlett, Mountford (2), Freddie Steele 12 15 November 1941 New BrightonH4–02,094Hamlett, Sale (3)13 22 November 1941 Tranmere RoversH9–01,500Sale (5), Basnett (2), Mountford, Bowyer14 29 November 1941 Tranmere RoversA7–22,000Sale (3), Basnett (3), Liddle15 6 December 1941 Stockport CountyA6–1500Sale (3), Soo (2), Basnett16 13 December 1941 Stockport CountyH3–12,000Sale, Mountford, Basnett17 20 December 1941 LiverpoolA1–14,000Bowyer18 25 December 1941 LiverpoolH4–311,000Sale (2), Basnett, Liddle Football League North 2nd Phase MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 28 March 1942 BlackpoolA0–44,0002 11 April 1942 WalsallA0–11,0473 18 April 1942 WalsallH2–31,500Sale, Liddle4 25 April 1942 ChesterA4–21,500Sale, Basnett, Bowyer5 2 May 1942 ChesterH2–22,000Liddle (2)6 9 May 1942 Preston North EndA2–12,500Liddle (2)7 23 May 1942 Northampton TownA0–103,0008 30 May 1942 Northampton TownH3–21,500Liddle, Liddle, Blunt Football League War Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersQR 27 December 1941WalsallA4–13,000Clewlow, Sale (3)QR 3 January 1942WalsallH8–03,000Sale (6), Soo, BluntQR 10 January 1942West Bromwich AlbionA0–47,335QR 17 January 1942West Bromwich AlbionH2–14,573Mitchell, SaleQR 31 January 1942ChesterfieldH2–11,500Sale (2)QR 14 February 1942Bolton WanderersH3–12,000Sale (3)QR 21 February 1942Nottingham ForestA0–11,000QR 28 February 1942Nottingham ForestH1–33,480SaleQR 14 March 1942ChesterfieldA1–22,500SaleQR 21 March 1942Bolton WanderersA1–13,000BasnettR1 1st leg 4 April 1942West Bromwich AlbionH5–35,000Basnett (2), Sale (3)R1 2nd leg 6 April 1942West Bromwich AlbionH1–613,864Sale Squad statistics Pos.NameMatchesAppsGoalsGKENG Dennis Herod380DFENG Harry Brigham333DFENG Roy Brown10DFENG Sid Clewlow21DFENG Neil Franklin320DFENG Stanley Glover340DFENG Harry Griffiths30DFENG Lol Hamlett352DFENG Eric Hampson10DFENG Eric Hayward30DFENG John McCue30DFENG Billy Mould100DFWAL 1807 Emlyn Williams30MFENG Edwin Blunt206MFENG Stanley Harrison20MFSCO Jock Kirton80MFENG Bobby Liddle3310MFENG Frank Soo123FWENG Fred Basnett3218FWENG Frank Bowyer3710FWENG Bill Caton110FWENG Eric Longford20FWENG Bert Mitchell21FWENG Frank Mountford84FWENG Alexander Ormston20FWENG Syd Peppitt41FWENG Tommy Sale3756FWENG Freddie Steele81FWENG James Westland20 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke City