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Booth</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manager</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Bob_McGrory" title="Bob McGrory">Bob McGrory</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stadium</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">Victoria Ground</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Football_League_North_and_South" title="Football League North and South">Football League North 1st Phase</a></th><td class="infobox-data">34th</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Football_League_North_and_South" title="Football League North and South">Football League North 2nd Phase</a></th><td class="infobox-data">13th</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Football_League_War_Cup" title="Football League War Cup">Football League War Cup</a></th><td class="infobox-data">First Round</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Top goalscorer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Tommy Sale</a> <br /> (30)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest home attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">20,000 vs <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham</a> <br /> (29 January 1944)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest home attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">2,106 vs <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> <br /> (29 April 1944)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0; 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text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1944%E2%80%9345_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1944–45 Stoke City F.C. season">1944–45</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1943%E2%80%9344_in_English_football" title="1943–44 in English football">1943–44 season</a> was <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a>'s ninth season in the non-competitive War League.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1939 <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> was declared and <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">the Football League</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_review">Season review</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943%E2%80%9344_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Season review"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the war now at its most demanding clubs had to rely on even more guest players and Stoke used the most players this season more than any other time during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With most senior players being called for military duty there was a largely youthful feel to Stoke squad for the 1943–44 season and it showed as they ended the first phase of the Football League North in an overall position of 34th (out of 50 teams) and in the second phase they finished in 13th.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Freddie Steele</a> hit an impressive 20 goals from just 9 matches including a double hat trick against <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943%E2%80%9344_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Stoke's score comes first</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legend">Legend</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943%E2%80%9344_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"><small>Win</small> </td> <td style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"><small>Draw</small> </td> <td style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"><small>Loss</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football_League_North_1st_Phase">Football League North 1st Phase</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943%E2%80%9344_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Football League North 1st Phase"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Match</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Venue</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Scorers </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>1</td> <td>23 August 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>6,000</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>2</td> <td>4 September 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>15,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>3</td> <td>11 September 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>4,905</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Mountford" title="Frank Mountford">F Mountford</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>4</td> <td>18 September 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>4–2</td> <td>3,950</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bowyer" title="Frank Bowyer">Bowyer</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/George_Mountford_(footballer,_born_1921)" title="George Mountford (footballer, born 1921)">G Mountford</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>5</td> <td>25 September 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>5–1</td> <td>4,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leon_Leuty" title="Leon Leuty">Leuty</a> (o.g.), <a href="/wiki/Syd_Peppitt" title="Syd Peppitt">Peppitt</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/George_Mountford_(footballer,_born_1921)" title="George Mountford (footballer, born 1921)">G Mountford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Franklin" title="Neil Franklin">Franklin</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>6</td> <td>2 October 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>8,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Bowyer" title="Frank Bowyer">Bowyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Liddle" title="Bobby Liddle">Liddle</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>7</td> <td>9 October 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>5–0</td> <td>5,119</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Bowyer" title="Frank Bowyer">Bowyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Mountford_(footballer,_born_1921)" title="George Mountford (footballer, born 1921)">G Mountford</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Fred_Basnett" title="Fred Basnett">Basnett</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>8</td> <td>16 October 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>7,242</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Basnett" title="Fred Basnett">Basnett</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>9</td> <td>23 October 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>5,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Mountford_(footballer,_born_1921)" title="George Mountford (footballer, born 1921)">G Mountford</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>10</td> <td>30 October 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>3,900</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>11</td> <td>6 November 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>3–3</td> <td>3,520</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Liddle" title="Bobby Liddle">Liddle</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>12</td> <td>13 November 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>0–3</td> <td>6,912</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>13</td> <td>20 November 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>1–4</td> <td>3,850</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>14</td> <td>27 November 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>7–3</td> <td>3,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Fred_Basnett" title="Fred Basnett">Basnett</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Steele</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Liddle" title="Bobby Liddle">Liddle</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>15</td> <td>4 December 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>5–0</td> <td>3,500</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Syd_Peppitt" title="Syd Peppitt">Peppitt</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Fred_Basnett" title="Fred Basnett">Basnett</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>16</td> <td>11 December 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>3,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Franklin" title="Neil Franklin">Franklin</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>17</td> <td>18 December 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>2–4</td> <td>1,147</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sid_Clewlow" title="Sid Clewlow">Clewlow</a>, Rist (o.g.) </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>18</td> <td>28 December 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>0–1</td> <td>6,022</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football_League_North_2nd_Phase">Football League North 2nd Phase</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943%E2%80%9344_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Football League North 2nd Phase"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Match</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Venue</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Scorers </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>1</td> <td>18 March 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>2–5</td> <td>3,279</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Mountford" title="Frank Mountford">F Mountford</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Sellars_(footballer)" title="John Sellars (footballer)">Sellars</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>2</td> <td>25 March 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>7,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ormston" title="Alexander Ormston">Ormston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bowyer" title="Frank Bowyer">Bowyer</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>3</td> <td>10 April 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>6–1</td> <td>4,350</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Bowyer" title="Frank Bowyer">Bowyer</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Frank_Mountford" title="Frank Mountford">F Mountford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Pointon" title="Bill Pointon">Pointon</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>4</td> <td>29 April 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2,156</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Jackson_(footballer_born_1923)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Jackson (footballer born 1923)">Jackson</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>5</td> <td>6 May 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>1,997</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Watkin" title="Cyril Watkin">Watkin</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football_League_War_Cup"><a href="/wiki/Football_League_War_Cup" title="Football League War Cup">Football League War Cup</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943%E2%80%9344_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Football League War Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Round</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Venue</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Scorers </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>QR</td> <td>30 December 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>19,951</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>QR</td> <td>1 January 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>9–3</td> <td>6,798</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Steele</a> (6), <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Liddle" title="Bobby Liddle">Liddle</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>QR</td> <td>8 January 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>6–3</td> <td>16,492</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Steele</a> (3), <a href="/wiki/Syd_Peppitt" title="Syd Peppitt">Peppitt</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>QR</td> <td>15 January 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>32,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jock_Kirton_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jock Kirton (footballer)">Kirton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ormston" title="Alexander Ormston">Ormston</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>QR</td> <td>22 January 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>1–4</td> <td>1,750</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Basnett" title="Fred Basnett">Basnett</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>QR</td> <td>29 January 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>4–1</td> <td>20,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Steele</a> (3), <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>QR</td> <td>5 February 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>5–1</td> <td>4,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ormston" title="Alexander Ormston">Ormston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syd_Peppitt" title="Syd Peppitt">Peppitt</a>, Shelton (o.g.) </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>QR</td> <td>12 February 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1,986</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Mountford" title="Frank Mountford">F Mountford</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>QR</td> <td>19 February 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>8–2</td> <td>5,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a> (3), <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Steele</a> (4), <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bowyer" title="Frank Bowyer">Bowyer</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>QR</td> <td>26 February 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>5–4</td> <td>8,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Steele</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/George_Mountford_(footballer,_born_1921)" title="George Mountford (footballer, born 1921)">G Mountford</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>R1 1st leg</td> <td>4 March 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>4–5</td> <td>11,508</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Steele</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>R1 2nd leg</td> <td>11 March 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>0–3</td> <td>22,000</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Midland_Cup">Midland Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943%E2%80%9344_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Midland Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Round</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Venue</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Scorers </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>R1 1st leg</td> <td>1 April 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>9,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Syd_Peppitt" title="Syd Peppitt">Peppitt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Steele</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bowyer" title="Frank Bowyer">Bowyer</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>R1 2nd leg</td> <td>8 April 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>7,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Basnett" title="Fred Basnett">Basnett</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>R2 1st leg</td> <td>15 April 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></td> <td>H</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3,434</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Sale</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>R2 2nd leg</td> <td>22 April 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>7,202</td> <td>Southern (o.g.) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Squad_statistics">Squad statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943%E2%80%9344_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Squad statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" valign="bottom">Pos. </th> <th rowspan="2">Name </th> <th colspan="2" width="85">Matches </th></tr> <tr> <th>Apps </th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left">GK</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Foster" title="Emmanuel Foster">Emmanuel Foster</a> </td> <td>17</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">GK</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Herod" title="Dennis Herod">Dennis Herod</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">GK</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Podmore" title="Edgar Podmore">Edgar Podmore</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">GK</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norman_Wilkinson_(footballer,_born_1910)" title="Norman Wilkinson (footballer, born 1910)">Norman Wilkinson</a> </td> <td>8</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Brigham" title="Harry Brigham">Harry Brigham</a> </td> <td>16</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sid_Clewlow" title="Sid Clewlow">Sid Clewlow</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Cowden" title="Stuart Cowden">Stuart Cowden</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Doug Dunn </td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Neil_Franklin" title="Neil Franklin">Neil Franklin</a> </td> <td>34</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Griffiths" title="Jack Griffiths">Jack Griffiths</a> </td> <td>4</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lol_Hamlett" title="Lol Hamlett">Lol Hamlett</a> </td> <td>10</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Hayward" title="Eric Hayward">Eric Hayward</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Bill Kinson </td> <td>18</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_McCue_(footballer)" title="John McCue (footballer)">John McCue</a> </td> <td>34</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Sellars_(footballer)" title="John Sellars (footballer)">John Sellars</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Roy_Jones_(footballer)" title="Roy Jones (footballer)">Roy Shufflebottom</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Watkin" title="Cyril Watkin">Cyril Watkin</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Edwards_(footballer,_born_1921)" title="Jack Edwards (footballer, born 1921)">Jack Edwards</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Stanley Glover </td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jock_Kirton" title="Jock Kirton">Jock Kirton</a> </td> <td>8</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Liddle" title="Bobby Liddle">Bobby Liddle</a> </td> <td>25</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/George_Mountford_(footballer,_born_1921)" title="George Mountford (footballer, born 1921)">George Mountford</a> </td> <td>19</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Simpson_(footballer,_born_1923)" title="Jimmy Simpson (footballer, born 1923)">Jim Simpson</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Frank_Soo" title="Frank Soo">Frank Soo</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Windsor_(footballer)" title="Bobby Windsor (footballer)">Bobby Windsor</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Edward_Wordley" title="Edward Wordley">Edward Wordley</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bert_Wright_(footballer)" title="Bert Wright (footballer)">Bert Wright</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fred_Basnett" title="Fred Basnett">Fred Basnett</a> </td> <td>22</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Blunt" title="Edwin Blunt">Edwin Blunt</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bowyer" title="Frank Bowyer">Frank Bowyer</a> </td> <td>32</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Caton" title="Bill Caton">Bill Caton</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Roy_Crossley" title="Roy Crossley">Roy Crossley</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Stanley Harrison </td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Jackson_(footballer,_born_1923)" title="John Jackson (footballer, born 1923)">John Jackson</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews">Stanley Matthews</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Massey" title="Alfred Massey">Alfred Massey</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Frank_Mountford" title="Frank Mountford">Frank Mountford</a> </td> <td>29</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ormston" title="Alexander Ormston">Alexander Ormston</a> </td> <td>12</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Syd_Peppitt" title="Syd Peppitt">Syd Peppitt</a> </td> <td>11</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Pointon" title="Bill Pointon">Bill Pointon</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sale" title="Tommy Sale">Tommy Sale</a> </td> <td>39</td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Freddie Steele</a> </td> <td>9</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Vallance" title="Thomas Vallance">Thomas Vallance</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Ken West </td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943%E2%80%9344_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Lion Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0952415100" title="Special:BookSources/0952415100"><bdi>0952415100</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Encyclopaedia+of+Stoke+City&rft.pub=Lion+Press&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0952415100&rft.aulast=Matthews&rft.aufirst=Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1943%E2%80%9344+Stoke+City+F.C.+season" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output 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title="1883–84 Stoke F.C. season">1880–81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883%E2%80%9384_Stoke_F.C._season#Before_competitive_football_-_1868_to_1882" title="1883–84 Stoke F.C. season">1881–82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883%E2%80%9384_Stoke_F.C._season#Before_competitive_football_-_1868_to_1882" title="1883–84 Stoke F.C. season">1882–83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883%E2%80%9384_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1883–84 Stoke F.C. season">1883–84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884%E2%80%9385_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1884–85 Stoke F.C. season">1884–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885%E2%80%9386_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1885–86 Stoke F.C. season">1885–86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886%E2%80%9387_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1886–87 Stoke F.C. season">1886–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887%E2%80%9388_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1887–88 Stoke F.C. season">1887–88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888%E2%80%9389_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1888–89 Stoke F.C. season">1888–89</a></li> <li><a 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Stoke F.C. season">1896–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897%E2%80%9398_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1897–98 Stoke F.C. season">1897–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1898–99 Stoke F.C. season">1898–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899%E2%80%931900_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1899–1900 Stoke F.C. season">1899–1900</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1900%E2%80%9301_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1900–01 Stoke F.C. season">1900–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901%E2%80%9302_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1901–02 Stoke F.C. season">1901–02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902%E2%80%9303_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1902–03 Stoke F.C. season">1902–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903%E2%80%9304_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1903–04 Stoke F.C. season">1903–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904%E2%80%9305_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1904–05 Stoke F.C. season">1904–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905%E2%80%9306_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1905–06 Stoke F.C. season">1905–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906%E2%80%9307_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1906–07 Stoke F.C. season">1906–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907%E2%80%9308_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1907–08 Stoke F.C. season">1907–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908%E2%80%9309_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1908–09 Stoke F.C. season">1908–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909%E2%80%9310_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1909–10 Stoke F.C. season">1909–10</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1910–11 Stoke F.C. season">1910–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911%E2%80%9312_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1911–12 Stoke F.C. season">1911–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912%E2%80%9313_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1912–13 Stoke F.C. season">1912–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913%E2%80%9314_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1913–14 Stoke F.C. season">1913–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914%E2%80%9315_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1914–15 Stoke F.C. season">1914–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915%E2%80%9316_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1915–16 Stoke F.C. season">1915–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916%E2%80%9317_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1916–17 Stoke F.C. season">1916–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917%E2%80%9318_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1917–18 Stoke F.C. season">1917–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918%E2%80%9319_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1918–19 Stoke F.C. season">1918–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1919–20 Stoke F.C. season">1919–20</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920%E2%80%9321_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1920–21 Stoke F.C. season">1920–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921%E2%80%9322_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1921–22 Stoke F.C. season">1921–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1922–23 Stoke F.C. season">1922–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923%E2%80%9324_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1923–24 Stoke F.C. season">1923–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924%E2%80%9325_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1924–25 Stoke F.C. season">1924–25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925%E2%80%9326_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1925–26 Stoke City F.C. season">1925–26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926%E2%80%9327_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1926–27 Stoke City F.C. season">1926–27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927%E2%80%9328_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1927–28 Stoke City F.C. season">1927–28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928%E2%80%9329_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1928–29 Stoke City F.C. season">1928–29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929%E2%80%9330_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1929–30 Stoke City F.C. season">1929–30</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930%E2%80%9331_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1930–31 Stoke City F.C. season">1930–31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931%E2%80%9332_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1931–32 Stoke City F.C. season">1931–32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932%E2%80%9333_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1932–33 Stoke City F.C. season">1932–33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933%E2%80%9334_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1933–34 Stoke City F.C. season">1933–34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1934–35 Stoke City F.C. season">1934–35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935%E2%80%9336_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1935–36 Stoke City F.C. season">1935–36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1936–37 Stoke City F.C. season">1936–37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1937–38 Stoke City F.C. season">1937–38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938%E2%80%9339_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1938–39 Stoke City F.C. season">1938–39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%9340_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1939–40 Stoke City F.C. season">1939–40</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940%E2%80%9341_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1940–41 Stoke City F.C. season">1940–41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941%E2%80%9342_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1941–42 Stoke City F.C. season">1941–42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942%E2%80%9343_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1942–43 Stoke City F.C. season">1942–43</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1943–44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944%E2%80%9345_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1944–45 Stoke City F.C. season">1944–45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945%E2%80%9346_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1945–46 Stoke City F.C. season">1945–46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1946–47 Stoke City F.C. season">1946–47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1947–48 Stoke City F.C. season">1947–48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1948–49 Stoke City F.C. season">1948–49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949%E2%80%9350_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1949–50 Stoke City F.C. season">1949–50</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1950–51 Stoke City F.C. season">1950–51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1951–52 Stoke City F.C. season">1951–52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1952–53 Stoke City F.C. season">1952–53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1953–54 Stoke City F.C. season">1953–54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1954–55 Stoke City F.C. season">1954–55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1955–56 Stoke City F.C. season">1955–56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1956–57 Stoke City F.C. season">1956–57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1957–58 Stoke City F.C. season">1957–58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Stoke City F.C. season">1958–59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1959–60 Stoke City F.C. season">1959–60</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1960–61 Stoke City F.C. season">1960–61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1961–62 Stoke City F.C. season">1961–62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1962–63 Stoke City F.C. season">1962–63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1963–64 Stoke City F.C. season">1963–64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1964–65 Stoke City F.C. season">1964–65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1965–66 Stoke City F.C. season">1965–66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1966–67 Stoke City F.C. season">1966–67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1967–68 Stoke City F.C. season">1967–68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1968–69 Stoke City F.C. season">1968–69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1969–70 Stoke City F.C. season">1969–70</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1970–71 Stoke City F.C. season">1970–71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1971–72 Stoke City F.C. season">1971–72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1972–73 Stoke City F.C. season">1972–73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1973–74 Stoke City F.C. season">1973–74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1974–75 Stoke City F.C. season">1974–75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1975–76 Stoke City F.C. season">1975–76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1976–77 Stoke City F.C. season">1976–77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1977–78 Stoke City F.C. season">1977–78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1978–79 Stoke City F.C. season">1978–79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1979–80 Stoke City F.C. season">1979–80</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1980–81 Stoke City F.C. season">1980–81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1981–82 Stoke City F.C. season">1981–82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1982–83 Stoke City F.C. season">1982–83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1983–84 Stoke City F.C. season">1983–84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1984–85 Stoke City F.C. season">1984–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1985–86 Stoke City F.C. season">1985–86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Stoke City F.C. season">1986–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Stoke City F.C. season">1987–88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Stoke City F.C. season">1988–89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1989–90 Stoke City F.C. season">1989–90</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">00</span><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1990–91 Stoke City F.C. season">1990–91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1991–92 Stoke City F.C. season">1991–92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1992–93 Stoke City F.C. season">1992–93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1993–94 Stoke City F.C. season">1993–94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1994–95 Stoke City F.C. season">1994–95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1995–96 Stoke City F.C. season">1995–96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1996–97 Stoke City F.C. season">1996–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1997–98 Stoke City F.C. season">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1998–99 Stoke City F.C. season">1998–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1999–2000 Stoke City F.C. season">1999–2000</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2000–01 Stoke City F.C. season">2000–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2001–02 Stoke City F.C. season">2001–02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2002–03 Stoke City F.C. season">2002–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2003–04 Stoke City F.C. season">2003–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2004–05 Stoke City F.C. season">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2005–06 Stoke City F.C. season">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2006–07 Stoke City F.C. season">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2007–08 Stoke City F.C. season">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Stoke City F.C. season">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2009–10 Stoke City F.C. season">2009–10</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2010–11 Stoke City F.C. season">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2011–12 Stoke City F.C. season">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Stoke City F.C. season">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2013–14 Stoke City F.C. season">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2014–15 Stoke City F.C. season">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2015–16 Stoke City F.C. season">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2016–17 Stoke City F.C. season">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2017–18 Stoke City F.C. season">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2018–19 Stoke City F.C. season">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2019–20 Stoke City F.C. season">2019–20</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2020–21 Stoke City F.C. season">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2021–22 Stoke City F.C. season">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2022–23 Stoke City F.C. season">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2023–24 Stoke City F.C. season">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2024–25 Stoke City F.C. season">2024–25</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">2025–26</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">2026–27</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">2027–28</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">2028–29</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">2029–30</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" 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