1945 Football League War Cup final

1945 Football League War Cup final
Event	1945 Football League War Cup
Date	2 June 1945
Venue	Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance	38,840
	← 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

2 June 1945

Chelsea	1–2	Bolton Wanderers
Rooke 34'		Hunt 77' Hamlett 84' (pen.)

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 38,840

Chelsea

Bolton Wanderers



	1	Ian Black
	2	Ralph Cowan
	3	George Hardwick
	4	Robert Russell
	5	John Harris
	6	Dick Foss
	7	George Wardle
	8	Alex Machin
	9	Ronnie Rooke
	10	Len Goulden
	11	Jimmy Bain
Manager:
Billy Birrell



	1	Bill Fielding
	2	Dick Threlfall
	3	Harry Hubbick
	4	George Taylor
	5	Lol Hamlett
	6	Daniel Murphy
	7	Thomas Woodward
	8	George Hunt
	9	Nat Lofthouse
	10	Malcolm Barrass
	11	Willie Moir
Manager:
Walter Rowley

Notes

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

References

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.

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

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