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First team 1940-41 - War League North

Results   Pos Team   Pl   Totals   GA/GD   Pts
Home Away W D L F A
2-2   1 Preston North End   29   18 7 4 81 37   2.189   43
1-0   2 Chesterfield   35   20 6 9 76 40   1.900   46
1-9 2-7   3 Manchester City   35   18 10 7 104 55   1.891   46
  4 Barnsley   30   18 4 8 86 49   1.755   40
2-4   5 Everton   34   19 7 8 85 51   1.667   45
  6 Blackpool   20   13 3 4 56 34   1.647   29
  7 Halifax Town   30   10 13 7 64 51   1.255   33
1-3   8 Manchester United   35   14 8 13 80 65   1.231   36
  9 Lincoln City   27   13 7 7 65 53   1.226   33
  10 Newcastle United   23   12 0 11 49 41   1.195   24
  11 Huddersfield Town   33   11 6 16 69 58   1.190   28
  12 Middlesbrough   27   16 1 10 84 71   1.183   33
  13 New Brighton   26   15 1 10 97 82   1.183   31
1-0 2-2   14 Burnley   35   17 7 11 62 53   1.170   41
  15 Leeds United   30   13 8 9 62 54   1.148   34
2-0 0-5   16 Liverpool   37   15 6 16 91 82   1.110   36
2-1 0-3   17 Wrexham [wal]   29   15 5 9 78 71   1.099   35
4-0 3-5   18 Chester   35   14 6 15 94 89   1.056   34
  19 Doncaster Rovers   32   15 7 10 77 74   1.041   37
1-5 1-4   20 Oldham Athletic   37   17 4 16 78 77   1.013   38
  21 Grimsby Town   27   12 2 13 60 63   0.952   26
  22 Bradford (Park Avenue)   31   9 7 15 64 74   0.865   25
  23 Rotherham United   29   12 5 12 48 57   0.842   29
  24 Blackburn Rovers   32   9 10 13 49 60   0.817   28
1-1 2-5   25 Bury   38   10 9 19 80 100   0.800   29
  26 Bolton Wanderers   16   6 2 8 31 40   0.775   14
  27 Tranmere Rovers   25   9 5 11 67 90   0.744   23
1-5   28 Sheffield United   25   6 6 13 44 60   0.733   18
5-2 3-9   29 Bradford City   29   8 3 18 72 99   0.727   19
1-1 1-3   30 Rochdale   32   12 5 15 64 92   0.696   29
4-1 0-8   31 Southport   28   7 2 19 61 88   0.693   16
  32 York City   25   7 4 14 49 71   0.690   18
  33 Hull City   23   8 3 12 44 67   0.657   19
  34 Sheffield Wednesday   30   9 6 15 50 78   0.641   24
x x   35 Stockport County   29   9 5 15 54 93   0.581   23
  36 Crewe Alexandra   24   2 3 19 32 84   0.381   7
     

Positions decided on goal average

Date Opponents Comp FT Scorers
Sat 31 Aug A Chester WT 3-5 Toseland 1p, Catterick, Howe
Sat 7 Sep A Oldham Ath WT 1-4 Toseland
Sat 14 Sep H Chester WT 4-0 Catterick 2, Burgess 2
Sat 21 Sep H Rochdale WT 4-0 Burrows 3, Burgess
Sat 28 Sep H Oldham Ath WT 1-5 Catterick
Sat 5 Oct A Burnley WT 2-2 Burgess 2
Sat 12 Oct A Everton WT 2-4 Howe 1p, Bagley
Sat 19 Oct H Bury WT 1-1 Burgess
Sat 26 Oct H Liverpool WT 2-0 Middleton 2
Sat 2 Nov A Liverpool WT 0-5  
Sat 9 Nov A Bury WT 2-5 Howe, Self
Sat 16 Nov A Rochdale WT 3-5 Catterick 3
Sat 23 Nov H Wrexham WT 2-1 Howe 2p
Sat 30 Nov A Wrexham WT 2-2 Titterington, Taylor Tommy
Sat 7 Dec H Burnley WT 1-0 Woodcock
Sat 14 Dec H Manchester C WT 1-9 Titterington
Sat 21 Dec A Manchester C WT 2-7 Ridgway, Leighton
Wed 25 Dec A Manchester U WT 1-3 Bagley
Sat 28 Dec A Southport WT 0-8  
Sat 4 Jan H Preston NE WT 2-2 Catterick, Bagley
Sat 11 Jan H Sheffield U WT 1-5 Catterick
Sat 18 Jan H Crewe Alex CM 2-1 Reid, Watson
Sat 25 Jan H Southport WT 4-1 Watson, Catterick 3
Sat 1 Feb H Blackpool WK 1-3 Watson
Sat 8 Feb A Blackpool WK 2-9 Toseland, Reid 1p
Sat 8 Mar H Chesterfield WT 1-0 Howe
Sat 22 Mar A Bradford C WT 3-9 Butler 1p, Watson, Bagley
Sat 5 Apr H Rochdale WT 1-1 Williams TH
Sat 12 Apr A Rochdale WT 1-3 Reid 1p
Mon 14 Apr H Bradford C WT 5-2 Bagley, Reid, Watson 3
Sat 26 Apr A Wrexham WT 0-3  

First Team 1940-41 Appearance and Goal Totals

Appearance totals for non senior competitions may not be complete

  CM WK WT
App Gls App Gls App Gls
Tommy Bagley 1 0 2 0 25 5
Jack Bowles 0 0 0 0 3 0
Harry Burgess 0 0 0 0 7 6
Arthur Burrows 0 0 0 0 19 3
Malcolm Butler 1 0 2 0 18 1
Harry Catterick 1 0 0 0 16 12
Sid Chappell 0 0 2 0 17 0
Joseph Egerton 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bill Fielding 1 0 2 0 25 0
Colin Gleave 0 0 0 0 2 0
Joseph Green 0 0 0 0 1 0
Harry Haslam 0 0 0 0 1 0
Freddie Howe 1 0 2 0 25 6
Jackie Johnson 1 0 2 0 5 0
Tom Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gwyn Jones 0 0 0 0 5 0
Norman Kitchen 0 0 0 0 1 0
Leonard Leighton 0 0 0 0 2 1
Walter Lumby 0 0 0 0 1 0
Edward Lyons 0 0 0 0 3 0
Richard Maudsley 1 0 2 0 5 0
John Middleton 0 0 0 0 3 2
Owen Minshull 0 0 0 0 3 0
William Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Neilson 0 0 0 0 6 0
Billy Newton 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Noble 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Percival 0 0 0 0 21 0
Duggie Reid 1 1 2 1 7 2
Fred Ridgway 0 0 0 0 6 1
Eddie Self 0 0 0 0 1 1
Smith 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Stevens 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tommy Taylor 0 0 0 0 8 1
Billy Titterington 0 0 1 0 16 2
Harry Topping 1 0 2 0 26 0
Ernie Toseland 0 0 1 1 15 2
Fred Watson 1 1 2 1 4 5
Thomas Williams 0 0 0 0 3 1
Arthur Woodcock 0 0 0 0 2 1