1945 Football League War Cup final

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]

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

Match details

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Chelsea1–2Bolton Wanderers
Rooke   34' Hunt   77'
Hamlett   84' (pen.)
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

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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.