1939–40 FA Cup

February 2022 December 2021 FA Cup 1939–40 England 1938–39 1945–46 The 1939–40 FA Cup was an abandoned season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. The competition began as the 65th season of the competition, but was abandoned after just the first round of qualifying matches, due to the start of World War II. Suspension The 1939–40 FA Cup began on 2 September 1939, the day after Germany had invaded Poland. On 3 September the United Kingdom declared war with Germany and its allies. The FA suspended the FA Cup on 7 September, until further notice;Hodgson Alan The Abandoned Season https://www.htafc.com/news/2020/march/the-abandoned-season/ Huddersfield Town FC 8 July 2020 on 21 September it was announced that all organised football was cancelled for the duration of the war, with only friendly and regional competitions permitted. All results to date in the 1939-40 season were declared null and void.Blitz Sam When English football was last suspended – how the league was left during the war https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/english-football-suspended-during-second-world-war-two-postponed-cancelled-covid-19-coronavirus FourFourTwo 8 July 2020 26 March 2020 The Football League War Cup began in October 1939.Noel Stuar The Magic of the Football League War Cup 26 December 2017 https://theballisround.co.uk/2017/12/26/the-magic-of-the-football-league-war-cup-2/ The Ball is Round 8 July 2020 Organised by the Football League, this was the only national-level competition during the war. Alongside this, the Wartime League or regionalised competitions provided regular football for players and fans during the war.Taylor Matthew Life during wartime: how the Second World War exposed football's regional divides https://www.wsc.co.uk/stories/13973-life-during-wartime-how-the-second-world-war-exposed-football-s-regional-divides When Saturday Comes 8 July 2020 Extra-Preliminary Round 62 ties were scheduled for 2 September 1939.The Forgotten FA Cup Matches 30 August 2019 https://facupfactfile.wordpress.com/2019/08/30/the-forgotten-fa-cup-matches/ FA Cup Factfile 8 July 2020FA Cup 1939-40 https://www.fchd.info/cups/facup1939-40.htm FCHD 8 July 2020 The results of several matches are missing, but it is not known if these were simply not played, or if the results went unrecorded as it quickly became apparent that the competition would not be continued. Of the teams involved, this was the only FA Cup appearance for Holiday's Sports, Cheadle and Esso. Norwich Electricity Works withdrew before playing a game, in what would have otherwise been their only appearance. Home teamScoreAway teamAmble8-4Chopwell CollieryAnnfield Plain 5-0Gosforth and CoxlodgeAshington 2-1Whitley & MonkseatonBirtley 2-1 Trimdon Grange CollieryCrookhall Colliery Welfare 1-1 Newcastle West EndReyrolles 5-2 ShankhouseThrockley Welfare 1-2 ScotswoodUsworth Colliery 5-1Dawdon Colliery RecreationHoliday's Sports 2-0 Brandon SocialWashington Chemical Works2-1 Chilton Colliery RecreationBuxton 4-0 Wilmslow AlbionMoulton Verdin v Middlewich AthleticNantwich v Haslington VillaWillaston White Star v CheadleArmthorpe Welfare 5-0 Rossington MainBentley Colliery 1-1 Meltham MillsBrodsworth Main Colliery 4-3 Bradford RoversGoole Town 8-1 LuddendenfootGrimethorpe Rovers 4-2 Ossett TownGuiseley 1-3 Rawmarsh WelfareRavensthorpe v Farsley CelticUpton Colliery 3-5 South Kirkby CollieryWorksop Town 1-0 Pilkington RecreationNorwich Y.M.C.A w/o Norwich Electricity WorksClapton 4-2 Dagenham TownHarwich and Parkeston v EssoBerkhamsted Town 1-2 BarnetStevenage Town F.C. v Bushey UnitedLondon Caledonians v EnfieldEpping Town 1-3 WareHarlow Town 2-3 Welwyn Garden CityKings Langley v Hertford TownHarrow Town 0-3 FinchleySaffron Walden v LeavesdenSt Albans City 6-1 Bishop's StortfordTufnell Park v PinnerWealdstone 7-3 Old JohniansCivil Service v Lyons ClubHounslow Town 0-3 Wycombe WanderersMaidenhead United 4-0 YiewsleyNewbury Town 1-2 Bicester TownOsberton Radiator 3-5 Pressed SteelOxford City v Headington UnitedRedford Sports v UxbridgeMarlow v SloughCamberley and Yorktown v Post Office EngineersEgham 0-12 WokingBanstead Mental Hospital v KingstonianVickers Armstrong v GuildfordWalton-On-Thames 2-1 Leyland MotorsVenner Sports v WimbledonGravesend United 1-3 BexleyMaidstone United 2-2 MargateRM Deal v WhitstableBournemouth Gasworks Athletic 4-0 BournemouthFareham 3-0 GosportHMS Victory v East CowesHamworthy v SherborneThornycrofts v Winchester CityTrafalgar Sports v Osborne AthleticCalne and Harris United v Pewsey YM References General Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com Specific Category:FA Cup seasons FA Cup