1945 Football League War Cup final

April 2022 1945 Football League War Cup final 1945 Football League War Cup Official programme Chelsea 1 Bolton Wanderers 2 2 June 1945 Stamford Bridge London 38,840 1944 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.https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy/2020/apr/24/how-english-football-responded-to-the-second-world-war The Guardian How English football responded to the second world war 24 April 2020 25 January 2022 Foster, Richard __TOC__ Match details 2 June 1945 Chelsea 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Rooke 34 Hunt 77Hamlett 84 (pen.) Stamford Bridge, London 38,840 _collarwhite _band white 0000cc 0000cc 0000cc FFFFFF 000000 Chelsea _collar_buttons_2 _hoops white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 003366 003366 Bolton Wanderers 1 SCO Ian Black2 SCO Ralph Cowan3 ENG George Hardwick4 SCO Robert Russell5 SCO John Harris6 ENG Dick Foss7 ENG George Wardle8 ENG Alex Machin9 ENG Ronnie Rooke10ENG Len Goulden11ENG Jimmy BainManager:SCO Billy Birrell 1 ENG Bill Fielding2 ENG Dick Threlfall3 ENG Harry Hubbick4 ENG George Taylor5 ENG Lol Hamlett6 ENG Daniel Murphy7 ENG Thomas Woodward8 ENG George Hunt9 ENG Nat Lofthouse10ENG Malcolm Barrass11SCO Willie MoirManager:ENG Walter Rowley Notes References Glanvill, Rick Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years Headline Book Publishing Ltd 2006 0-7553-1466-2 Hockings, Ron 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006 Category:1944–45 in English men's football Football League War Cup final War Cup final 1945 War Cup final 1945 Category:Football League War Cup finals Football League War Cup final