 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Kurume 1939, pakupera kwemwaka wekupedzisira wakazara Hondo Yenyika Yechipiri isati yatanga, muchengeti wemagariro akasaina kuSwindon Town, kwaakaita kuoneka kwake kwekutanga muFootball League. Mukati mokurwisana, Ephgrave akabatira nyika yake muRoyal Marines, zvichiguma nokutapwa kwake paKreteuye akabatwa somusungwa wehondo muOdessa, Ukraine kwemakore mana. Paakadzokera kuEngland akasainwa naSouthampton, kwaakashandiswa semuchengeti wepagedhi wekutanga mwaka wekutanga mushure mehondo. Mumwaka wa194647 akatamba mumitambo makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe kubva pamakumi mana nematanhatu eChikamu chechipiri, pamwe nemitambo miviri yeFA Cup iyo Vatsvene vakatamba, kunyangwe mumwaka unotevera aive wechipiri sarudzo kuna Len Stansbridge uye, gare gare, Ian Black, achingoita mitambo minomwe chete muligi muhafu yekutanga yemushandirapamwe. 