1944 Football League War Cup South final

1944 Football LeagueWar Cup South Final Chelsea v charlton 1944 programme.jpg 150 1944 Football League War Cup Official programme Chelsea 1 Charlton Athletic 3 15 April 1944 Wembley Stadium London 85,000 The 1944 Football League War Cup South Final was the final of the southern section of Football League War Cup, an unofficial cup competition held in England during the Second World War as a replacement for the suspended FA Cup. The match took place at Wembley Stadium on 15 April 1944 and was won by Charlton Athletic, who beat Chelsea 3–1. Charlton later contested a play-off against the winners of the equivalent North final, Aston Villa. Match summary Chelsea took an early lead with a penalty from Joe Payne. Charlton equalised through Charlie Revell and took the lead on 36 minutes when a defensive mix-up enabled Don Welsh to score. Revell scored Charlton's third a minute later to put the game beyond Chelsea's reach. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied forces, presented the cup to victorious captain Welsh.https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5ce7dc41bf30e/charlton-at-wembley-a-look-at-history cafc.co.uk Charlton at Wembley: A look at history 25 January 2022 The match produced a record gate of £26,000, of which £12,000 was recouped by the Government in Entertainment Tax.https://www.chelseafc.com/en/history/more-history/key-matches/key-match14 chelseafc.com 1944 and 1945 Football League South Cup finals 25 January 2022 Match details 15 April 1944 Chelsea 1–3 Charlton Athletic Payne pen. Revell Welsh Wembley Stadium, London 85,000 _collarwhite _bluesides _band white 0000cc 0000cc 0000cc ffffff 000000 Chelsea _collarwhite ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ffffff ff0000 Charlton Athletic 1 ENG Vic Woodley2 ENG George Hardwick3 ENG Eric Westwood4 SCO William Russell5 SCO John Harris6 ENG Dick Foss7 WAL Llew Ashcroft8 SCO Jimmy Bowie9 ENG Joe Payne10SCO Willie Fagan11ENG Charlie MittenManager:SCO Billy Birrell 1 ENG Sam Bartram2 ENG John Shreeve3 ENG Joe Jobling4 ENG George Smith5 SCO Jackie Oakes6 ENG Allenby Chilton7 ENG George Robinson8 ENG Sailor Brown9 ENG Charlie Revell10ENG Don Welsh11SCO Chris DuffyManager:ENG Jimmy Seed 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 War Cup South Final 1944 War Cup South Final 1944 Category:1943–44 in English football Category:Football League War Cup finals Category:1944 in sport in London Category:April 1944 sports events in the United Kingdom