1945 Football League War Cup Final

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.[1]

Match details
Chelsea1–2Bolton Wanderers
Rooke 34' Hunt 77'
Hamlett 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 38,840
Chelsea
Bolton Wanderers
Chelsea:
1 Ian Black
2 Ralph Cowan
3 George Hardwick
4 Robert Russell
5 John Harris
6 Dick Foss
7 George Wardle
8 Alex Machin
9 Ronnie Rooke
10 Len Goulden
11 Jimmy Bain
Manager:
Billy Birrell
Bolton Wanderers:
1 Bill Fielding
2 Dick Threlfall
3 Harry Hubbick
4 George Taylor
5 Lol Hamlett
6 Daniel Murphy
7 Thomas Woodward
8 George Hunt
9 Nat Lofthouse
10 Malcolm Barrass
11 Willie Moir
Manager:
Walter Rowley

Notes
  1. 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.
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