1945 Football League War Cup final
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| Event | 1945 Football League War Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 2 June 1945 | ||||||
| Venue | 1944 | ||||||
The 1945 Football League War Cup final was the last final of 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]
Match details
| Chelsea | 1–2 | Bolton Wanderers |
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Rooke  34' |
pen .) |
Attendance: 38,840
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  Bolton Wanderers
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Notes
- ^ 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.