1940 Football League War Cup final

April 2022 1940 Football League War Cup final 1940 Football League War Cup West Ham United 1 Blackburn Rovers 0 8 June 1940 Wembley Stadium London 42,300 1941 The 1940 Football League War Cup final was contested by West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers. Route to the final En route to the final West Ham played Chelsea, Leicester City, Huddersfield Town and Birmingham City before a semi-final with Fulham which they won 4-3.https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2021/june/08-june/day-west-ham-united-win-football-league-war-cup On This Day: West Ham United win the Football League War Cup | West Ham United F.C. www.whufc.com 13 June 2022 8 June 2022 Match It was played on 8 June 1940 and kicked off at 6.30pm despite fears that London would be bombed by the Luftwaffe.1940 Football League War Cup Final: West Ham v Blackburn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy_fYUqk-0A www.youtube.com 13 April 2012 The wartime crowd included wounded members of the BEF recently evacuated from Dunkirk. West Ham won the tie 1–0; the only goal coming from Sam Small in the 34th minute when he followed up a parried shot from George Foreman.http://www.whufc.com/articles/20071018/cockney-cheer-in-war-cup_2236895_1328700 Cockney cheer in War Cup | Great Games Details | Great Games | Vintage Claret | West Ham United Whufc.com 2011-07-02 2012-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302175727/http://www.whufc.com/articles/20071018/cockney-cheer-in-war-cup_2236895_1328700 dead http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/ThroughTheYears/0,,10303~78792,00.html Blackburn Rovers | Club | History | Through The Years | Through The Years | 1935 - 1944: Relegation and promotion Rovers.co.uk 2011-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716192710/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/ThroughTheYears/0%2C%2C10303~78792%2C00.html 16 July 2011 dead http://www.anyoldirons.me.uk/pdf/1900%20-%201960/09_06_40.pdfFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=25675 War Time Football - Cup Final British Pathe 1940-06-13 2011-07-02 Match details 8 June 1940 West Ham United 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Small 34 Wembley, London 42,300 _claretborder _astonvilla old _claretborder _hoops_sky 99ccff 990033 99ccff FFFFFF 990033 West Ham United _bluehalf2 _2 white stripes 0000ff ffffff ffffff ffffff 0000ff Blackburn Rovers 1 ENG Herman Conway2 ENG Charlie Bicknell3 ENG Charlie Walker4 ENG Ted Fenton5 ENG Dick Walker6 ENG Joe Cockroft7 ENG Sam Small8 SCO Archie Macaulay9 ENG George Foreman10ENG Len Goulden11ENG Stan FoxallManager:ENG Charlie Paynter 1 ENG James Barron2 WAL Billy Hough3 ENG Walter Crook4 ENG Arnold Whiteside5 SCO Bob Pryde6 ENG Frank Chivers7 ENG William Rodgers8 ENG Len Butt9 ENG John Weddle10ENG Albert Clarke11ENG Billy GuestManager:ENG Bob Crompton Post match The trophy was presented to the winning team by A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty. As the match was played during wartime, no reception was held for the winning team. Some players went to the Boleyn public house on Green Street for a few pints whilst others returned immediately to their service units.Blows Kirk The Essential History of West Ham United 2000 Headline Book Publishing Swindon 0-7472-7036-8 78 References Cup Football League War Cup Final War Cup Final 1940 Category:Football League War Cup finals War Cup Final 1940 Category:June 1940 sports events in the United Kingdom