1942 Football League War Cup final explained

1942 Football League War Cup final
Event:1942 Football League War Cup
Team1:Sunderland
Team1score:3
Team2score:6
Details:on aggregate
Firstleg:First leg
Team1score1:2
Team2score1:2
Date1:23 May 1942
Stadium1:Roker Park
City1:Sunderland
Secondleg:Second leg
Team1score2:1
Team2score2:4
Date2:30 May 1942
City2:Wolverhampton
Previous:1941
Next:1943

The 1942 Football League War Cup final was contested by Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sunderland. For the only time in the competition's history, the trophy was decided over a two-leg final, played on 23 May and 30 May 1942. Wolverhampton Wanderers won the tie 6–3 on aggregate.[1]

One week after winning the Cup, Northern winners Wolves played the 1942 London Cup winners Brentford in a North v South charity decider at Stamford Bridge - the first of four consecutive years that such a club championship game was played on Chelsea's ground between the winners of the London Cup (from 1943 to 1945 renamed the Football League (South) War Cup) which was played as a single game at Wembley, and the two-legged winners of the Football League (North) War Cup. Wolves and Brentford drew the 1942 match 1-1 on 6 June in front of a crowd of 20,174. No replays were played when these North v South end of season 'deciders' at Chelsea ended in draws.[2]

Match details

First leg

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1 Albert Heywood
2 Jimmy Gorman
3 John Eves
4 Arthur Housam
5 Billy Hewison
6 Alexander Hastings
7 Johnny Spuhler
8 Albert Stubbins
9 Cliff Whitelum
10 Raich Carter
11 Bill Robinson
Manager:
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1 Cyril Sidlow
2 Eric Robinson
3 Jack Dowen
4 Dennis Thornhill
5 Tom Galley
6 Dicky Dorsett
7 Frank Broome
8 Alex McIntosh
9 Dennis Westcott
10 Ernest Stevenson
11 Jimmy Mullen
Manager:
Major Frank Buckley
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Second leg

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1 Cyril Sidlow
3 Jack Dowen
3 Frank Taylor
4 Eric Robinson
5 Tom Galley
6 Dicky Dorsett
7 Frank Broome
8 Alex McIntosh
9 Dennis Westcott
10 Jack Rowley
11 Jimmy Mullen
Manager:
Major Frank Buckley
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1 Albert Heywood
2 Jimmy Gorman
3 John Eves
4 Arthur Housam
5 Billy Hewison
6 Alexander Hastings
7 Johnny Spuhler
8 Albert Stubbins
9 Cliff Whitelum
10 Raich Carter
11 Bill Robinson
Manager:

Notes and References

  1. http://roker-roar.com/pauldays/navbar/warcupfinal.html 1942 war cup final
  2. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jan/05/brentford-won-wembley-cup-final-traffic-police-tottenham When Brentford won a Wembley cup final