The 1942–43 season was Stoke City's eighth season in the non-competitive War League.
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 In the 1942–43 season there were again two series of League competition a cup tournament. Stoke played 38 matches and were beaten in ten of those. They took 6th place in the first phase and 10th in the second. 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. Frank Mountford was leading scorer with 20 whilst both Frank Bowyer and Fred Basnett hit 18.
Results
Stoke's score comes first
Legend WinDrawLoss
Football League North 1st Phase MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 20 August 1942 Crewe AlexandraH4–13,000Sale (3), Peppitt2 5 September 1942 Crewe AlexandraA2–12,204Sale, Liddle3 12 September 1942 Wolverhampton WanderersA2–34,251Bowyer, F Mountford4 19 September 1942 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–05,029Soo5 26 September 1942 Derby CountyH5–25,000Soo (2), Bowyer, F Mountford (2)6 3 October 1942 Derby CountyA1–010,000Sale7 10 October 1942 BirminghamA0–12,5008 17 October 1942 BirminghamH1–24,000Sale9 24 October 1942 Aston VillaA0–410,00010 31 October 1942 Aston VillaH1–06,000Sale11 7 November 1942 West Bromwich AlbionA0–06,56412 14 November 1942 West Bromwich AlbionH5–13,331A. Basnett (2), F Basnett, Bowyer (2)13 21 November 1942 WrexhamA4–23,500Basnett, Caton, Liddle, F Mountford14 28 November 1942 WrexhamH2–02,500F Mountford (2)15 5 December 1942 Crewe AlexandraA3–32,500F Mountford, Liddle, Sale16 12 December 1942 Crewe AlexandraH6–12,000Basnett (2), G Mountford (2), Liddle, F Mountford17 19 December 1942 WalsallH7–15,100F Mountford (2), G Mountford, Basnett, Liddle, Sale, Male (o.g.)18 25 December 1942 WalsallA2–22,229Basnett, Bowyer
Football League North 2nd Phase MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 3 April 1943 Notts CountyA1–14,000Bowyer2 10 April 1943 Notts CountyH1–11,500Liddle3 17 April 1943 Derby CountyA1–25,000Hamlett4 24 April 1943 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–42,677F Mountford5 26 April 1943 Leicester CityA2–12,424F Mountford (2)6 1 May 1943 Leicester CityH3–01,500Bowyer, G Mountford, Vallance
Football League War Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersQR 26 December 1942Crewe AlexandraH6–17,000F Mountford (2), G Mountford, Bowyer, BasnettQR 2 January 1943Crewe AlexandraA3–12,500G Mountford, BasnettQR 9 January 1943Aston VillaH1–03,000G MountfordQR 16 January 1943Aston VillaA0–37,000QR 23 January 1943Wolverhampton WanderersA4–46,226Bowyer (2), Basnett (2)QR 30 January 1943Wolverhampton WanderersH2–25,847Bowyer, F Mountford QR 6 February 1943WalsallH2–14,000Bowyer (2)QR 13 February 1943WalsallA1–43,000BowyerQR 20 February 1943Derby CountyH4–06,000Bowyer, Basnett, SooQR 27 February 1943Derby CountyA1–010,000F Mountford R1 1st Leg 6 March 1943ChesterA3–26,500F Mountford (2), G MountfordR1 2nd Leg 13 March 1943ChesterH5–28,000Basnett, Bowyer (2), Liddle, SaleR2 1st Leg 20 March 1943Aston VillaH1–315,000BowyerR2 2nd Leg 27 March 1943Aston VillaA0–220,000
Squad statistics Pos.NameMatchesAppsGoalsGK Phil Bates170GK Donald Bliton70GK Emmanuel Foster40GK Dennis Herod60DF Harry Brigham320DF Roy Brown20DF Sid Clewlow20DF Neil Franklin310DF Stuart Cowden10DF Stanley Glover10DF Lol Hamlett341DF John McCue330DF Billy Mould20DF John Sellars20DF Fred Sherratt40MF Len Howell10MF Bill Kinson50MF Jock Kirton10MF Bobby Liddle327MF Alfred Massey10MF George Mountford218MF R. Micklewright10MF Arthur Tutin10MF Thomas Vallance11FW Albert Basnett22FW Fred Basnett2518FW Frank Baker10FW Edwin Blunt10FW Frank Bowyer3718FW Bill Caton91FW John Jackson40FW Bert Mitchell20FW Frank Mountford3620FW Alexander Ormston10FW Syd Peppitt21FW Tommy Sale3710FW Frank Soo134FW Harry Ware10
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