Stoke City 1942–43 football season
The 1942–43 season was Stoke City 's eighth season in the non-competitive War League.[1]
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.[1]
Season review [ ]
In the 1942–43 season there were again two series of League competition a cup tournament.[1] Stoke played 38 matches and were beaten in ten of those.[1] They took 6th place in the first phase and 10th in the second.[1] 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 .[1] Frank Mountford was leading scorer with 20 whilst both Frank Bowyer and Fred Basnett hit 18.[1]
Results [ ]
Stoke's score comes first
Legend [ ]
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Match
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
1
20 August 1942
Crewe Alexandra
H
4–1
3,000
Sale (3), Peppitt
2
5 September 1942
Crewe Alexandra
A
2–1
2,204
Sale , Liddle
3
12 September 1942
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
2–3
4,251
Bowyer , F Mountford
4
19 September 1942
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
1–0
5,029
Soo
5
26 September 1942
Derby County
H
5–2
5,000
Soo (2), Bowyer , F Mountford (2)
6
3 October 1942
Derby County
A
1–0
10,000
Sale
7
10 October 1942
Birmingham
A
0–1
2,500
8
17 October 1942
Birmingham
H
1–2
4,000
Sale
9
24 October 1942
Aston Villa
A
0–4
10,000
10
31 October 1942
Aston Villa
H
1–0
6,000
Sale
11
7 November 1942
West Bromwich Albion
A
0–0
6,564
12
14 November 1942
West Bromwich Albion
H
5–1
3,331
A. Basnett (2), F Basnett , Bowyer (2)
13
21 November 1942
Wrexham
A
4–2
3,500
Basnett , Caton , Liddle , F Mountford
14
28 November 1942
Wrexham
H
2–0
2,500
F Mountford (2)
15
5 December 1942
Crewe Alexandra
A
3–3
2,500
F Mountford , Liddle , Sale
16
12 December 1942
Crewe Alexandra
H
6–1
2,000
Basnett (2), G Mountford (2), Liddle , F Mountford
17
19 December 1942
Walsall
H
7–1
5,100
F Mountford (2), G Mountford , Basnett , Liddle , Sale , Male (o.g.)
18
25 December 1942
Walsall
A
2–2
2,229
Basnett , Bowyer
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Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
QR
26 December 1942
Crewe Alexandra
H
6–1
7,000
F Mountford (2), G Mountford , Bowyer , Basnett
QR
2 January 1943
Crewe Alexandra
A
3–1
2,500
G Mountford , Basnett
QR
9 January 1943
Aston Villa
H
1–0
3,000
G Mountford
QR
16 January 1943
Aston Villa
A
0–3
7,000
QR
23 January 1943
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
4–4
6,226
Bowyer (2), Basnett (2)
QR
30 January 1943
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
2–2
5,847
Bowyer , F Mountford
QR
6 February 1943
Walsall
H
2–1
4,000
Bowyer (2)
QR
13 February 1943
Walsall
A
1–4
3,000
Bowyer
QR
20 February 1943
Derby County
H
4–0
6,000
Bowyer , Basnett , Soo
QR
27 February 1943
Derby County
A
1–0
10,000
F Mountford
R1 1st Leg
6 March 1943
Chester
A
3–2
6,500
F Mountford (2), G Mountford
R1 2nd Leg
13 March 1943
Chester
H
5–2
8,000
Basnett , Bowyer (2), Liddle , Sale
R2 1st Leg
20 March 1943
Aston Villa
H
1–3
15,000
Bowyer
R2 2nd Leg
27 March 1943
Aston Villa
A
0–2
20,000
Squad statistics [ ]
References [ ]
^ a b c d e f g Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City . Lion Press. ISBN 0952415100 .
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