The City Ground

SEASON: 1944-45

Prev Season: 1943-44
Next Season: 1945-46

DIVISION:: World War II
MANAGER(s):
FA Cup:: -
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: ( goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored
Conceded
Won By
Lost By

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 0
Lowest League Attendance:: 0
Average League Attendance:: 0
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

NORTHERN DIVISION								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Huddersfield Town	18	14	3	1	50	22											2.273	31		-	-
2	Derby County	18	14	1	3	54	19											2.842	29		-	-
3	Sunderland	18	12	4	2	52	25											2.080	28		-	-
4	Aston Villa	18	12	3	3	54	19											2.842	27		-	-
5	Everton	18	12	2	4	58	25											2.320	26		-	-
6	Wrexham	18	11	3	4	40	18											2.222	25		-	-
7	Doncaster Rovers	18	12	0	6	48	27											1.778	24		-	-
8	Bradford Park Avenue	18	10	4	4	45	31											1.452	24		-	-
9	Bolton Wanderers	18	9	6	3	34	22											1.545	24		-	-
10	Manchester City	18	9	4	5	53	31											1.710	22		-	-
11	Stoke City	18	9	4	5	37	25											1.480	22		-	-
12	Birmingham	18	8	6	4	30	21											1.429	22		-	-
13	Barnsley	18	10	2	6	42	32											1.313	22		-	-
14	Rotherham United	18	9	4	5	31	25											1.240	22		-	-
15	West Bromwich Albion	18	9	4	5	36	30											1.200	22		-	-
16	Liverpool	18	9	3	6	41	30											1.367	21		-	-
17	Grimsby Town	18	9	3	6	37	29											1.276	21		-	-
18	Halifax Town	18	8	5	5	30	29											1.034	21		-	-
19	Chester	18	9	3	6	45	45											1.000	21		-	-
20	Blackpool	18	9	2	7	53	38											1.395	20		-	-
21	Burnley	18	8	4	6	39	27											1.444	20		-	-
22	Leeds United	18	9	2	7	53	42											1.262	20		-	-
23	Sheffield Wednesday	18	9	2	7	34	30											1.133	20		-	-
24	Chesterfield Town	18	8	3	7	30	19											1.579	19		-	-
25	Darlington	18	9	1	8	52	45											1.156	19		-	-
26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	7	5	6	31	27											1.148	19		-	-
27	Rochdale	18	7	5	6	35	33											1.061	19		-	-
28	Crewe Alexandra	18	9	1	8	43	41											1.049	19		-	-
29	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	4	7	30	29											1.034	18		-	-
30	Manchester United	18	8	2	8	40	40											1.000	18		-	-
31	Preston North End	18	7	4	7	26	28											.929	18		-	-
32	Walsall	18	5	6	7	27	29											.931	16		-	-
33	Gateshead	18	7	2	9	45	53											.849	16		-	-
34	Northampton Town	18	5	6	7	30	38											.789	16		-	-
35	Newcastle United	18	7	1	10	51	38											1.342	15		-	-
36	Sheffield United	18	6	3	9	27	25											1.080	15		-	-
37	Hartlepool	18	7	1	10	41	47											.872	15		-	-
38	Oldham Athletic	18	7	1	10	28	36											.778	15		-	-
39	Mansfield Town	18	6	3	9	31	40											.775	15		-	-
40	Nottingham Forest	18	5	5	8	22	34											.647	15
41	Coventry City	18	6	2	10	23	42											.548	14		-	-
42	York City	18	6	1	11	49	52											.942	13		-	-
43	Middlesbrough	18	5	3	10	34	57											.596	13		-	-
44	Bradford City	18	6	1	11	35	60											.583	13		-	-
45	Accrington Stanley F	18	5	2	11	29	46											.630	12		-	-
46	Port Vale	18	5	2	11	22	36											.611	12		-	-
47	Bury	18	5	2	11	28	48											.583	12		-	-
48	Stockport County	18	5	1	12	33	70											.471	11		-	-
49	Hull City	18	4	3	11	23	60											.383	11		-	-
50	Southport	18	3	4	11	32	55											.582	10		-	-
51	Lincoln City	18	4	2	12	32	56											.571	10		-	-
52	Leicester City	18	3	4	11	23	46											.500	10		-	-
53	Tranmere Rovers	18	2	1	15	20	53											.377	5		-	-
54	Notts County	18	2	1	15	19	62											.306	5		-	-

COMBINED DIVISION								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Derby County	26	19	3	4	78	28											2.786	41		-	-
2	Everton	27	17	3	7	79	43											1.837	37		-	-
3	Liverpool	24	16	3	5	67	26											2.577	35		-	-
4	Burnley	26	15	3	8	56	36											1.556	33		-	-
5	Newcastle United	23	15	1	7	71	38											1.868	31		-	-
6	Aston Villa	25	14	2	9	70	45											1.556	30		-	-
7	Chesterfield Town	24	10	9	5	40	24											1.667	29		-	-
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	11	7	6	45	31											1.452	29		-	-
9	Manchester United	22	13	3	6	47	33											1.424	29		-	-
10	Darlington	24	13	3	8	61	45											1.356	29		-	-
11	Bristol City	22	13	2	7	55	33											1.667	28		-	-
12	Blackburn Rovers	24	13	2	9	62	51											1.216	28		-	-
13	Huddersfield Town	27	12	4	11	52	49											1.061	28		-	-
14	Wrexham	22	10	7	5	55	36											1.528	27		-	-
15	Bolton Wanderers	23	11	5	7	52	35											1.486	27		-	-
16	Blackpool	24	12	3	9	58	42											1.381	27		-	-
17	Stoke City	23	12	2	9	67	42											1.595	26		-	-
18	Lovell's Athletic	19	12	2	5	44	27											1.630	26		-	-
19	Cardiff City	20	12	2	6	41	27											1.519	26		-	-
20	Grimsby Town	21	10	6	5	51	37											1.378	26		-	-
21	Birmingham	24	9	7	8	38	34											1.118	25		-	-
22	Crewe Alexandra	23	11	3	9	50	50											1.000	25		-	-
23	Doncaster Rovers	20	11	2	7	44	26											1.692	24		-	-
24	Bradford Park Avenue	22	10	4	8	49	39											1.256	24		-	-
25	Accrington Stanley F	24	9	6	9	39	41											.951	24		-	-
26	Barnsley	24	11	2	11	39	42											.929	24		-	-
27	Rotherham United	20	10	3	7	41	37											1.108	23		-	-
28	Gateshead	21	9	5	7	46	42											1.095	23		-	-
29	Preston North End	25	9	4	12	41	56											.732	22		-	-
30	Sheffield United	24	9	3	12	56	48											1.167	21		-	-
31	Sunderland	25	9	3	13	53	54											.981	21		-	-
32	Leeds United	22	9	3	10	53	55											.964	21		-	-
33	Sheffield Wednesday	25	8	5	12	53	56											.946	21		-	-
34	Leicester City	21	7	6	8	40	38											1.053	20		-	-
35	Bath City	20	10	0	10	50	48											1.042	20		-	-
36	Bury	20	8	4	8	38	43											.884	20		-	-
37	York City	22	8	4	10	48	56											.857	20		-	-
38	Chester	22	9	2	11	49	61											.803	20		-	-
39	Bradford City	20	8	3	9	43	46											.935	19		-	-
40	West Bromwich Albion	22	6	7	9	39	44											.886	19		-	-
41	Hartlepool	21	8	3	10	34	54											.630	19		-	-
42	Coventry City	21	6	6	9	36	53											.679	18		-	-
43	Nottingham Forest	17	5	7	5	23	25											.920	17
44	Tranmere Rovers	23	8	1	14	40	56											.714	17		-	-
45	Halifax Town	18	6	5	7	22	35											.629	17		-	-
46	Lincoln City	17	6	4	7	42	51											.824	16		-	-
47	Manchester City	19	7	2	10	32	43											.744	16		-	-
48	Northampton Town	14	6	3	5	23	30											.767	15		-	-
49	Oldham Athletic	21	7	1	13	39	56											.696	15		-	-
50	Stockport County	19	7	0	12	31	50											.620	14		-	-
51	Middlesbrough	24	6	2	16	40	73											.548	14		-	-
52	Walsall	18	5	3	10	24	33											.727	13		-	-
53	Swansea Town	20	6	1	13	42	63											.667	13		-	-
54	Port Vale	21	5	2	14	27	60											.450	12		-	-
55	Mansfield Town	12	5	1	6	22	38											.579	11		-	-
56	Hull City	18	5	1	12	30	54											.556	11		-	-
57	Rochdale	20	4	3	13	17	49											.347	11		-	-
58	Southport	22	3	3	16	33	82											.402	9		-	-
59	Notts County	21	4	0	17	29	62											.468	8		-	-
60	Aberaman	17	2	2	13	36	69											.522	6		-	-

LEAGUE NORTH CUP QUALIFYING								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Derby County	10	7	3	0	38	9											4.222	17		-	-
2	Aston Villa	10	8	1	1	31	13											2.385	17		-	-
3	Bristol City	10	8	0	2	27	10											2.700	16		-	-
4	Everton	10	8	0	2	39	15											2.600	16		-	-
5	Burnley	10	7	1	2	25	10											2.500	15		-	-
6	Cardiff City	10	7	1	2	26	11											2.364	15		-	-
7	Doncaster Rovers	10	7	1	2	30	13											2.308	15		-	-
8	Liverpool	10	7	1	2	34	15											2.267	15		-	-
9	Stoke City	10	6	2	2	35	14											2.500	14		-	-
10	Lovell's Athletic	10	7	0	3	24	15											1.600	14		-	-
11	Barnsley	10	7	0	3	18	14											1.286	14		-	-
12	Wrexham	10	5	4	1	30	17											1.765	14		-	-
13	Bolton Wanderers	10	6	1	3	27	15											1.800	13		-	-
14	Bradford Park Avenue	10	6	1	3	23	19											1.211	13		-	-
15	Manchester City	10	6	1	3	23	19											1.211	13		-	-
16	Rotherham United	10	5	3	2	18	15											1.200	13		-	-
17	Newcastle United	10	6	0	4	30	21											1.429	12		-	-
18	Darlington	10	5	2	3	22	18											1.222	12		-	-
19	Bradford City	10	5	2	3	23	21											1.095	12		-	-
20	Northampton Town	10	5	2	3	19	20											.950	12		-	-
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	5	1	4	23	15											1.533	11		-	-
22	Leicester City	10	3	5	2	23	16											1.438	11		-	-
23	Chesterfield Town	10	4	3	3	18	13											1.385	11		-	-
24	Birmingham	10	5	1	4	19	14											1.357	11		-	-
25	Sheffield United	10	5	1	4	24	18											1.333	11		-	-
26	Blackpool	10	5	1	4	27	22											1.227	11		-	-
27	Bury	10	5	1	4	21	19											1.105	11		-	-
28	Crewe Alexandra	10	4	3	3	23	23											1.000	11		-	-
29	Halifax Town	10	4	3	3	14	14											1.000	11		-	-
30	Manchester United	10	5	1	4	16	16											1.000	11		-	-
31	Accrington Stanley F	10	5	1	4	15	18											.833	11		-	-
32	West Bromwich Albion	10	3	4	3	20	15											1.333	10		-	-
33	Blackburn Rovers	10	5	0	5	31	25											1.240	10		-	-
34	Huddersfield Town	10	4	2	4	21	18											1.167	10		-	-
35	Gateshead	10	4	2	4	15	18											.833	10		-	-
36	Hartlepool	10	4	2	4	19	24											.792	10		-	-
37	Nottingham Forest	10	3	4	3	9	13											.692	10
38	Leeds United	10	4	1	5	29	25											1.160	9		-	-
39	Sunderland	10	4	1	5	24	22											1.091	9		-	-
40	Grimsby Town	10	3	3	4	20	19											1.053	9		-	-
41	Mansfield Town	10	4	1	5	18	34											.529	9		-	-
42	Preston North End	10	2	4	4	14	16											.875	8		-	-
43	Lincoln City	10	3	2	5	21	33											.636	8		-	-
44	York City	10	3	1	6	25	29											.862	7		-	-
45	Middlesbrough	10	3	1	6	23	30											.767	7		-	-
46	Walsall	10	3	1	6	13	21											.619	7		-	-
47	Southport	10	3	1	6	19	40											.475	7		-	-
48	Port Vale	10	3	1	6	13	30											.433	7		-	-
49	Bath City	10	3	0	7	28	34											.824	6		-	-
50	Swansea Town	10	3	0	7	27	33											.818	6		-	-
51	Hull City	10	2	1	7	15	25											.600	5		-	-
52	Tranmere Rovers	10	2	1	7	15	28											.536	5		-	-
53	Rochdale	10	1	3	6	9	30											.300	5		-	-
54	Oldham Athletic	10	2	0	8	19	28											.679	4		-	-
55	Sheffield Wednesday	10	1	2	7	14	29											.483	4		-	-
56	Stockport County	10	2	0	8	14	35											.400	4		-	-
57	Coventry City	10	1	1	8	16	35											.457	3		-	-
58	Aberaman	10	1	1	8	17	46											.370	3		-	-
59	Chester	10	1	1	8	14	39											.359	3		-	-
60	Notts County	10	1	0	9	12	33											.364	2		-	-

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

WWII Main League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 26, 1944	Derby County	H	0-0	Draw	13,294
2	Sat Sep 02, 1944	Derby County	A	0-5	Loss	9,936
3	Sat Sep 09, 1944	Sheffield United	A	0-2	Loss	7,909
4	Sat Sep 16, 1944	Sheffield United	H	2-2	Draw	7,904	Inskip (?), Baxter (?)
5	Sat Sep 23, 1944	Notts County	H	2-1	Win	9,536	Beaumont (?), Beswick (?)
6	Sat Sep 30, 1944	Notts County	A	-	Draw	-
7	Sat Oct 07, 1944	Chesterfield	A	1-0	Win	-	Dulson (?)
8	Sat Oct 14, 1944	Chesterfield	H	2-1	Win	6,876	Johnson (?, ?)
9	Sat Oct 21, 1944	Mansfield Town	H	2-5	Loss	7,626	Dulson (?, ?)
10	Sat Oct 28, 1944	Mansfield Town	A	2-4	Loss	7,000	Beaumont (?), Johnson (?)
11	Sat Nov 04, 1944	Rotherham United	A	2-1	Win	-	Dulson (?), Inskip (?)
12	Sat Nov 11, 1944	Rotherham United	H	1-2	Loss	5,316	Johnson (?)
13	Sat Nov 18, 1944	Lincoln City	H	2-2	Draw	-	Rawson (?), Elliott (? pen)
14	Sat Nov 25, 1944	Lincoln City	A	2-2	Draw	-	Wheatley (?), Beaumont (?)
15	Sat Dec 02, 1944	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	6,000	Johnson (?)
16	Sat Dec 09, 1944	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-0	Win	5,893	Wheatley (?)
17	Sat Dec 16, 1944	Grimsby Town	A	1-3	Loss	2,000	Peace (?)
18	Sat Dec 23, 1944	Grimsby Town	H	1-2	Loss	5,874	Davies (?)

WWII Combined League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
1	Sat Dec 30, 1944	Leicester City	H	0-0	Draw	6,788
2	Sat Jan 06, 1945	Derby County	H	1-1	Draw	18,790	Johnson (?)
3	Sat Jan 13, 1945	Derby County	A	0-3	Loss	12,715
4	Sat Feb 03, 1945	Chesterfield	A	1-0	Win	4,620	Stevenson (?)
5	Sat Feb 10, 1945	Chesterfield	H	1-1	Draw	7,298	Davies (?)
6	Sat Feb 17, 1945	Notts County	H	1-4	Loss	7,520	North (?)
7	Sat Feb 24, 1945	Notts County	A	2-1	Win	10,000	North (?), Elliott (? pen)
8	Sat Mar 03, 1945	Leicester City	A	1-1	Draw	-	Johnson (?)
9	Sat Mar 10, 1945	Mansfield Town	H	2-1	Win	10,400	Barks (?), Elliott (? pen)
10	Sat Mar 17, 1945	Mansfield Town	A	0-1	Loss	7,874
11	Mon Apr 02, 1945	Notts County	H	6-0	Win	6,920	Blenkinsop (?, ?, ?), Martin (?), Simpson (?), Johnson (?)
12	Sat Apr 07, 1945	Coventry City	H	1-1	Draw	6,000	Simpson (?)
13	Sat Apr 14, 1945	Coventry City	A	1-1	Draw	3,188	Johnson (?)
14	Thu Apr 19, 1945	Birmingham City	A	1-4	Loss	3,000	Betts (?)
15	Sat Apr 21, 1945	Notts County	A	3-1	Win	4,000	Leverton (?, ?), Mee (?)
16	Sat Apr 28, 1945	Notts County	H	2-5	Loss	3,407	Elliott (? pen, ? pen)
17	Sat May 26, 1945	Birmingham City	H	0-0	Draw	2,900

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed May 09, 1945	Derby County	England	A	2-2	Draw	-	Leverton (?, ?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Bert Williams
GK		Cunningham (1945)
GK		F Payne
GK		Laurie Platts
GK		Norman Wilkinson
GK		Peter Taylor
GK		W Styles
GK		Wright (1945)
D		Edward Blagg
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
D		JW Firth
D		P Hepworth
D		Ron Guttridge
D		S Griffin
D		Sam Godfrey
M		Billy Linacre
M		Bob McCall
M		Bryn Elliott
M		Denny Foreman
M		Ernest Morris
M		Frank Hindley
M		Gordon Brown
M		Horace Stevenson
M		J Beswick
M		Jack Hutchinson
M		James Cronkshaw
M		John Maund
M		Ken Powell
M		L Thorpe
M		Lloyd Iceton
M		R Oxley
M		Ray Paul
M		Robert Davies
M		Ron Peace
M		Tanner Allen
M		Tom Blenkinsop
M		Tom Waring
M		Victor Walker
M		William Baxter
F		Colin Rawson
F		Eddie Barks
F		EF Smith
F		Eric Betts
F		Frank Johnson
F		Fred Inskip
F		Frederick Martin
F		George Crisp
F		George Drury
F		George Mee
F		Gordon Kaile
F		Ian McPherson
F		Jack Edwards
F		Laurie Coen
F		Len Beaumont
F		Noel Simpson
F		R Townsend
F		Ralph Dulson
F		Roland 'Tot' Leverton
F		Roland Wheatley
F		Stanley Flewitt
F		Tom Johnson
F		Tom North
F		W Gough
F		William Morley

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season