1942 Football League War Cup final

The 1942 Football League War Cup final was contested by Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sunderland. For the only time in the competition's history, the trophy was decided over a two-leg final, played on 23 May and 30 May 1942. Wolverhampton Wanderers won the tie 6–3 on aggregate.[1]

1942 Football League War Cup final
Event1942 Football League War Cup
on aggregate
First leg
Date23 May 1942
VenueRoker Park, Sunderland
Second leg
Date30 May 1942
VenueMolineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

One week after winning the Cup, Northern winners Wolves played the 1942 London Cup winners Brentford in a North v South charity decider at Stamford Bridge - the first of four consecutive years that such a club championship game was played on Chelsea's ground between the winners of the London Cup (from 1943 to 1945 renamed the Football League (South) War Cup) which was played as a single game at Wembley, and the two-legged winners of the Football League (North) War Cup. Wolves and Brentford drew the 1942 match 1-1 on 6 June in front of a crowd of 20,174. No replays were played when these North v South end of season 'deciders' at Chelsea ended in draws.[2]

Match details

First leg

First leg
Sunderland2–2Wolverhampton Wanderers
Carter 54'
Stubbins 77'
Westcott 11', 87'
Attendance: 34,776
1England Albert Heywood
2England Jimmy Gorman
3England John Eves
4England Arthur Housam
5England Billy Hewison
6Scotland Alexander Hastings
7England Johnny Spuhler
8England Albert Stubbins
9England Cliff Whitelum
10England Raich Carter
11England Bill Robinson
Manager:
Scotland Bill Murray
1Wales Cyril Sidlow
2England Eric Robinson
3England Jack Dowen
4England Dennis Thornhill
5England Tom Galley
6England Dicky Dorsett
7England Frank Broome
8Scotland Alex McIntosh
9England Dennis Westcott
10England Ernest Stevenson
11England Jimmy Mullen
Manager:
England Major Frank Buckley

Second leg

Second leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers4–1Sunderland
Westcott
Broome 51'
Rowley 59', 70'
Carter 58'
Attendance: 43,038
1Wales Cyril Sidlow
3England Jack Dowen
3England Frank Taylor
4England Eric Robinson
5England Tom Galley
6England Dicky Dorsett
7England Frank Broome
8Scotland Alex McIntosh
9England Dennis Westcott
10England Jack Rowley
11England Jimmy Mullen
Manager:
England Major Frank Buckley
1England Albert Heywood
2England Jimmy Gorman
3England John Eves
4England Arthur Housam
5England Billy Hewison
6Scotland Alexander Hastings
7England Johnny Spuhler
8England Albert Stubbins
9England Cliff Whitelum
10England Raich Carter
11Scotland Bill Robinson
Manager:
Scotland Bill Murray

References

  1. 1942 war cup final on Roker-Roar.com
  2. When Brentford won a Wembley cup final By Richard Foster, The Guardian, 5 Jan 2021
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