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Football match
1942 Football League War Cup final
Event1942 Football League War Cup
Sunderland Wanderers
3 6
on aggregate
First leg
Sunderland Wanderers
2 2
Date23 May 1942
VenueRoker Park, Sunderland
Second leg
Wanderers Sunderland
4 1
Date30 May 1942
VenueMolineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
1941 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.

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.

Match details

First leg

First leg
Sunderland2–2Wolverhampton Wanderers
Carter 54'
Stubbins 77'
Westcott 11', 87'
Roker Park, SunderlandAttendance: 34,776
Sunderland Wanderers

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

Second leg

Second leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers4–1Sunderland
Westcott
Broome 51'
Rowley 59', 70'
Carter 58'
Molineux Stadium, WolverhamptonAttendance: 43,038
Wanderers Sunderland

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

References

  1. 1942 war cup final on Roker-Roar.com
  2. When Brentford won a Wembley cup final By Richard Foster, The Guardian, 5 Jan 2021
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