1945 Football League War Cup final

1945 Football League War Cup final
Event1945 Football League War Cup
Date2 June 1945
VenueStamford Bridge, London
Attendance38,840
1944

The 1945 Football League War Cup final was the last final of the Football League War Cup, a cup competition held in England during the Second World War as a replacement for the suspended FA Cup. The match was a play-off between the winners of the North and South competitions, respectively Bolton Wanderers and Chelsea. The match took place on 2 June 1945, and was staged at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's home ground. Bolton won the match 2–1.[1]

Match details

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Chelsea1–2Bolton Wanderers
Rooke 34' Hunt 77'
Hamlett 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 38,840
Chelsea
Bolton Wanderers
1 Scotland Ian Black
2 Scotland Ralph Cowan
3 England George Hardwick
4 Scotland Robert Russell
5 Scotland John Harris
6 England Dick Foss
7 England George Wardle
8 England Alex Machin
9 England Ronnie Rooke
10 England Len Goulden
11 England Jimmy Bain
Manager:
Scotland Billy Birrell
1 England Bill Fielding
2 England Dick Threlfall
3 England Harry Hubbick
4 England George Taylor
5 England Lol Hamlett
6 England Daniel Murphy
7 England Thomas Woodward
8 England George Hunt
9 England Nat Lofthouse
10 England Malcolm Barrass
11 Scotland Willie Moir
Manager:
England Walter Rowley

Notes

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  1. ^ Foster, Richard (24 April 2020). "How English football responded to the second world war". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

References

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  • Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
  • Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.