Stoke City 1944–45 football season
The 1944–45 season was Stoke City 's tenth 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 [ ]
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.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1]
Results [ ]
Stoke's score comes first
Legend [ ]
[ ]
Match
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
1
26 August 1944
Aston Villa
A
0–4
25,000
2
2 September 1944
Aston Villa
H
3–1
10,000
Pointon , Sale (2)
3
9 September 1944
Northampton Town
H
5–0
9,000
Pointon , Bowyer , Steele (3)
4
16 September 1944
Northampton Town
A
1–1
2,500
Bowyer
5
23 September 1944
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
2–0
13,806
Pointon (2)
6
30 September 1944
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
1–4
12,134
Sale
7
7 October 1944
Walsall
A
1–1
5,000
Sale
8
14 October 1944
Walsall
H
0–2
4,000
9
21 October 1944
Birmingham
H
0–0
6,000
10
28 October 1944
Birmingham
A
1–1
8,000
Steele
11
4 November 1944
West Bromwich Albion
A
3–2
18,656
Sale (2), Matthews
12
11 November 1944
West Bromwich Albion
H
2–3
8,067
Sale , Steele
13
18 November 1944
Port Vale
H
2–0
18,000
Bowyer (2)
14
25 November 1944
Port Vale
A
0–3
9,618
15
2 December 1944
Coventry City
A
1–0
6,405
Sale
16
9 December 1944
Coventry City
H
5–0
4,020
Sale (3), Bowyer , Mannion
17
16 December 1944
Leicester City
H
5–2
5,000
Sale (2), Matthews (2), Frame (o.g.)
18
23 December 1944
Leicester City
A
5–1
5,000
Sale (2), Matthews , Bowyer , G Mountford
19
26 December 1944
Derby County
H
4–2
8,000
Sale (3), Basnett
[ ]
Match
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
1
2 April 1945
Derby County
A
1–2
22,000
Sellars
2
7 April 1945
Manchester United
A
1–6
45,616
Chilton (o.g.)
3
14 April 1945
Manchester United
H
1–4
5,000
Whalley (o.g.)
4
5 May 1945
Port Vale
H
6–0
800
G Mountford (4), Sellars , Sale
5
9 May 1945
Port Vale
H
4–2
5,000
Sellars (2), Kirton , Jackson
6
19 May 1945
Everton
H
5–1
2,500
G Mountford , Jackson , Sale , Sellars , Bayford
7
21 May 1945
Crewe Alexandra
A
2–3
4,000
Jackson (2)
8
26 May 1945
Everton
A
2–3
8,000
Bowyer , Sale
[ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
QR
30 December 1944
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
2–0
9,896
Bowyer , Jackson
QR
6 January 1945
Wrexham
H
2–2
12,000
Sale (2)
QR
13 January 1945
Wrexham
A
1–2
8,000
G Mountford
QR
3 February 1945
Chester
A
3–2
3,500
G Mountford , Basnett , Sale
QR
10 February 1945
Chester
H
7–0
12,000
Basnett (3), Sale (3), F Mountford
QR
17 February 1945
Port Vale
H
8–1
13,000
Basnett , G Mountford (5), Soo
QR
24 February 1945
Port Vale
A
6–2
18,000
Sale (2), Steele (3), Soo
QR
3 March 1945
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
3–1
17,784
Sale (2), G Mountford
QR
10 March 1945
Crewe Alexandra
H
1–2
10,000
Liddle
QR
17 March 1945
Crewe Alexandra
A
2–2
11,000
Sale (2)
QR
24 March 1945
Bury
A
2–3
11,629
Steele (2)
QR
31 March 1945
Bury
H
3–0
18,000
Sale , G Mountford , Basnett
R1 1st leg
21 April 1945
Aston Villa
H
1–0
6,000
Jackson
R1 2nd leg
28 April 1945
Aston Villa
A
0–2
15,000
Squad statistics [ ]
References [ ]
^ a b c d e Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City . Lion Press. ISBN 0952415100 .
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