Just caught this on the Guardian Knowledge - definitely WWII, but made me smile anyway:

At the other end of the scale, Graham Bristol says that, in the 90 days between 31 January and 30 April 1959, Norwich played an absurd 27 matches, including three lots of fixtures on consecutive days. "Out of the 27 games, three players were ever-present (Bly, Butler & Crossan), Ashman, Crowe & McCrohan missed only one game, while Brennan & Hill missed two and Thurlow missed a mere four."

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 18, 12:24:29