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
Chelsea Bolton Wanderers
1 2
Date2 June 1945
VenueStamford Bridge, London
Attendance38,840

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

Notes
  1. 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.
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