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1941–42 Stoke City F.C. Season
The 1941–42 season was Stoke City's seventh 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 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Harry Brigham
Harold "Harry" Brigham (born 1914) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest, Stoke City and York City. Career Born in Selby, West Riding of Yorkshire, Brigham started his career at Bolton Wanderers as an amateur before playing for Frickley Colliery. Following persistent overtures from Stoke City, he eventually joined Football League side in May 1936. He went on make 104 appearances in the Football League for Stoke as well as 216 in the wartime league. He also played for Chester and Wrexham as a wartime guest. He left in November 1946 just after the end of the war to join Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is a professional association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founde ... for a fee of £4,000, where he made 35 league appearances. He went on to sign for York City in Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockport County F
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt, Rivers Goyt and River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. It is the main settlement of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. At the 2021–2022 United Kingdom censuses, 2021 census, the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 117,935, and the metropolitan borough had a population of 294,773. Most of the town is within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Cheshire, with the area north of the Mersey in the historic county of Lancashire. Stockport in the 16th century was a small town entirely on the south bank of the Mersey, known for the cultivation of hemp and manufacture of rope. In the 18th century, it had one of the first mechanised silk factories in the British Isles. Stockport's predominant industries of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Steele (footballer)
Frederick Charles Steele (6 May 1916 – 23 April 1976) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Stoke City and England. He also had spells at Mansfield Town and Port Vale F.C., Port Vale as a player-manager, leading Vale to a league title. He remains a legendary figure in the histories of both Stoke and Vale. His nephew is former England cricketer David Steele (cricketer), David Steele. Signing with Stoke City in 1931 at the age of 15, he set a List of Stoke City F.C. records and statistics, club record when he scored 33 league goals in the 1936–37 Stoke City F.C. season, 1936–37 season. During the season, his 214-day-long international career also made for impressive reading, as he hit eight goals in six games for England. However, a series of misfortunes severely disrupted his playing career. Picking up a serious knee injury in 1937, he retired two years later after suffering from depression – aged just 23. After improving his physical and me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Mountford
Frank Mountford (30 March 1923 – 27 June 2006) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City. Career Mountford was thought to be one of many local start players to emerge from the youth ranks at the Victoria Ground during the 1940s but Mountford was born in Askern near Doncaster and moved to Stoke-on-Trent as a young boy. He broke into the first team during World War II and became one of the finest servants the club have had. During the War league seasons Mountford played as a centre forward and scored 23 goals during the 1940–41 season and 20 in 1942–43. He gradually began to move out to defence and by the time Football League had resumed he was able to play in a number of positions and his best season in a Stoke shirt came in 1950–51 season where he played in every match at centre back in place of Neil Franklin Cornelius "Neil" Franklin (24 January 1922 – 9 February 1996) was an English footballer who played for Crewe Alex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lol Hamlett
Thomas Lawrence Hamlett (24 January 1917 – 22 May 1986) was an English footballer who played at right-back for Congleton Town, Bolton Wanderers, and Port Vale. He scored nine goals in 181 league appearances in the six seasons of the Football League immediately following World War II. He later spent 25 years on the coaching staff at Port Vale, from July 1958 to March 1983. Playing career Hamlett became an apprentice joiner. He played football for Cornhill White Star and Chell Heath, as well as representing the North Staffordshire Schoolboys team. He had trials at Blackpool and Stoke City F.C., Stoke City. He was signed to Congleton Town, before joining Bolton Wanderers for a Cheshire County League record Transfer (association football), transfer fee of £750. World War II devastated his career, limiting him to guest appearances for Stoke City F.C., Stoke City and Manchester United F.C., Manchester United. Playing for Stoke, he scored two goals in 35 games in 1941–42 Stoke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brighton A
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Manchester United F
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, and the largest in Northern England. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Stockport, Tameside, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury and City of Salford, Salford. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort (''castra'') of Mamucium, ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers River Medlock, Medlock and River Irwell, Irwell. Throughout the Middle Ages, Manchester remained a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syd Peppitt
Sydney Peppitt (8 September 1919 – 25 December 1992) was an English footballer who played in the English Football League for Port Vale and Stoke City. Career Stoke City Peppitt began his career with his local club, Stoke City and made his debut during the 1936–37 season. He impressed in a few appearances in 1937–38 and 1938–39 but found it difficult to break into the first-team with Stanley Matthews occupying his position. His career was interrupted by World War II, during which time he played for Stoke and was also called up to the territorial army in Belfast and guested for Linfield. When League football resumed in 1946–47 he played in 29 matches scoring 12 goals as Stoke nearly won the First Division title, losing their must win match against Sheffield United 2–1. Peppitt remained in the side for the next two seasons before falling out of favour with manager Bob McGrory in 1949–50, making just nine appearances. Port Vale He was sold to local rivals P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester City F
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, and the largest in Northern England. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Stockport, Tameside, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury and City of Salford, Salford. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort (''castra'') of Mamucium, ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers River Medlock, Medlock and River Irwell, Irwell. Throughout the Middle Ages, Manchester remained a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester City F
Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester. It is also the historic county town of Cheshire and the List of Cheshire settlements by population, second-largest settlement in Cheshire after Warrington. Chester was founded in 79 AD as a "Castra, castrum" or Roman Empire, Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix during the reign of Emperor Vespasian. One of the main army camps in Roman Britain, Deva later became a major civilian settlement. In 689, Æthelred of Mercia, King Æthelred of Mercia founded the Minster Church of West Mercia, which later became Chester's first cathedral, and the Angles (tribe), Angles extended and strengthened the walls to protect the city against the Danes (Germanic tribe), Danes. Chester was one of the last cities in England to Norman conquest of Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Bowyer
Francis "Frank" Bowyer (10 April 1922 – 11 November 1999) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward for Stoke City. Career Bowyer was born in Chesterton, Staffordshire and played for Stoke-on-Trent schools before joining Stoke City's ground staff at 15. He signed professional forms in July 1939 just before the start of World War II and he played 28 matches in 1940–41 as also guested for Derby County during the war. He missed all of Stoke's 1946–47 season due to his national service. He was demobbed in February 1948 and made his Football League debut two months short of his 26th birthday some nine years after signing as a professional. He was renowned for his powerful volley shot and he top scored for Stoke in 1948–49 scoring 21 goals which put him up there with the best in the country. He then handed in a transfer request which was accepted by manager Bob McGrory who wanted to swap him for Bolton's Willie Moir but Bowyer changed his mind and withdrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
