WW2 Wartime fixtures

1943-44 - Wartime competition and friendlies

By 1943, a number of local footballers have been placed into reserved occupations and Cyril Spiers makes moves to try and re-establish a small group of regular players. With that objective in mind he goes out and signs Fred Stansfield, Arthur Lever, Billy Rees and Colin Gibson, all from local sources, all players that are to emerge in one of City's greatest sides once the war has ended. City's post war 'local heroes'side begins to take shape.


Date Opponents Competition V. Res.   Goalscorers Att.
August 28 Lovell's Ath. Wartime League West H 1-2 L Griffiths K. 3,500
September 4 Lovell's Ath. Wartime League West A 1-3 L Moore 4,000
September 11 Bristol City Wartime League West H 4-1 W Steggles 2, Williams, Sherwood 3,000
September 18 Bristol City Wartime League West A 1-2 L Raybould 3,310
September 25 Bath City Wartime League West A 7-2 W Court, Williams, Clarke 2, Moore 2, Raybould 3,500
October 2 Bath City Wartime League West H 1-3 L Moore 4,000
October 9 Aberaman Wartime League West H 3-2 W Moore 2, Williams 3,000
October 16 Aberaman Wartime League West A 2-1 W Wood, Clarke 450
October 23 Swansea Town Wartime League West H 5-0 W Williams 3, Moore, Clarke 4,500
October 30 Swansea Town Wartime League West A 3-1 W Moore 2, Raybould 2,000
November 6 Bristol City Wartime League West H 1-0 W Sherwood 3,000
November 13 Bristol City Wartime League West A 1-1 D Wood 4,000
November 20 Bath City Wartime League West H 3-1 W Clarke, Williams 2 3,500
November 27 Bath City Wartime League West A 1-2 L Williams 2,300
December 4 Swansea Town Wartime League West H 1-0 W Clarke 2,500
December 11 Swansea Town Wartime League West A 4-2 W Raybould 2, Williams, Moore 1,000
December 18 Lovell's Ath. Wartime League West A 1-4 L Raybould 2,760
December 25 Lovell's Ath. Wartime League West H 5-1 W Moore 2, Williams 2, Clarke 3,000
December 27 Bath City War League Cup North (Q) A 2-3 L Clarke, Steggles 6,000
January 1 Bath City War League Cup North (Q) H 1-2 L Sherwood 4,000
January 8 Swansea Town War League Cup North (Q) H 7-1 W Moore 3, Sherwood, Wood, Rees, Carless 2,500
January 15 Swansea Town War League Cup North (Q) A 2-1 W Rees, Wood 1,200
January 22 Aberaman War League Cup North (Q) A 2-1 W Rees, Carless 800
January 29 Aberaman War League Cup North (Q) H 4-1 W Raybould, Williams 2, Rees 3,000
February 5 Bristol City War League Cup North (Q) H 2-0 W Moore, Rees 5,000
February 12 Bristol City War League Cup North (Q) A 0-2 L   4,000
February 19 Lovell's Ath. War League Cup North (Q) H 2-0 W Wood, Low (og) 6,000
February 26 Lovell's Ath. War League Cup North (Q) A 1-2 L Rees 7,000
March 4 Lovell's Ath. War League Cup North (1-1) A 0-2 L   6,000
March 11 Lovell's Ath. War League Cup North (1-2) H 1-0 W Rees 10,000
March 18 Aberaman War League North H 6-0 W Gibson, Moore 2, Rees 2, Clarke 2,000
March 25 Aberaman War League North A 5-0 W Rees 2, Clarke, Carless, Gibson 1,000
April 1 Bristol City War League North H 5-0 W Clarke, Preece (og), Rees 2, Carless 1,000
April 8 Bristol City War League North A 2-1 W Rees, Dare 2,000
April 10 Lovell's Ath. War League North H 1-1 D Moore 3,000
April 15 Lovell's Ath. War League North A 0-2 L   3,000
April 22 Swansea Town War League North A 4-2 W Gibson 3, Lester 4,000
April 29 Swansea Town War League North H 3-1 W Rees 2, Carless 2,000
May 6 Bath City War League Cup West (1-1) A 2-4 L Gibson, Clarke 5,000
May 13 Bath City War League Cup West (1-2) H 0-0 D   8,000